Sam is BEYOND rude!!! I was waiting in line and heard him say to fellow staff "Don't smile at me like your fucking stupid" He is rude, unruly and a bullish behavior should not be tolerated in this store or anywhere in the company. He needs to be FIRED! I'm sure this isn't the first time and HE NEEDS TO GO! The discrimination and smug attitude is unacceptable and felt in the store from a customer's standpoint. We will not be returning to this establishment again. read more

Decent pizza for the price you pay. This pizza is pretty good and I like how you can make it how you want right there in front of you. I gave a lower rating because one of the guys there had a really long beard and no hair net and was leaning over the cheese and it made me uncomfortable, I just kept thinking (oh god, there's going to be hair in my pizza), luckily this didn't happen. But I'm a believer that if you have facial hair you shouldn't lean over food without a hairnet. People seemed rushed (but that can be expected of a fast food joint). Overall food was good. read more

Think of subway style fast food but pizza. Quality pizza cooked in a wood fire oven. Tons of toppings and sauces! So affordable! The downtown location even has some delivery I think. Get the s'more and ask them to cook it in the oven! Yum! read more

$8 build yourself a pizza, how could this be a bad thing. They have just about every pizza topping you can think of. My eyes were amazed at all of the ingredients. My brain couldn't stop saying add that to my mouth. I put way to much on mine. On my next visit I'll definitely scale that puppy back. Crispy crust was perfectly crispy. Toppings we're warm if not hot. Plus they have a spicy pizza sauce. The beer selection is very limited, but I found a local beer I like. By the time I got my napkin, sriracha, and graded cheese my name was called out. Fast too, I'll be coming back for lunch!! Soon read more

Blaze Pizza - Salad Near Me - Des Moines, Iowa

If you arrive here at noon, you're in for a long wait. But, don't give up and hop over to Guru (although it's super delicious as well) or Fuzzy Taco (ugh), trust me the wait in Blaze's line is worth it! I went to Blaze for the first time a couple weeks ago, and I was definitely not disappointed. I decided to go rogue and build my own pizza. I got the jitters because it seems like it's going to be confusing to order, but it's really more like a subway for pizza. They have clear lists of all your options. And everyone was super friendly, so don't be intimidated. I ended up with a pizza that had artichokes, basil, red peppers, cherry tomatoes, a classic red sauce, and vegan cheese. I did appreciate that they changed their gloves when making my pizza. I also grabbed a Mexican Coke at the checkout (hooray, glass bottles)! The wait wasn't very long, and I was insanely happy with how it turned out. The only two tiny, nitpicky complaints I have are that I missed the memo that the first thing I should tell them is that I want a gluten free pizza crust, and the guy who yells out the names for pizzas was really quiet. But overall, I'm really happy with this place. read more

I get that you guys were short on staff tonight 6/25/23 9:15p-10:20p but serving burnt pizzas to customers is not right at all! I had to have my order re-done twice which took over an hour and they still tried to give me burnt pizza.. the team didn't stop taking orders to get the backed up orders completed. The guy putting the pizzas in the oven was rude to customers and kept saying I don't know where your order went and can't help you. Overall just a bad night/experience for every customer tonight. read more

Me and my buddies came from Phoenix for some job training, we were looking for some spicy food. Jenni provides us the "Iowa treatment ", they went above and beyond for us. Highly recommend this place " I am done!!!!" 10/10 read more

I have eaten at many other Blaze locations, but this was my first trip to this one. I ordered through their app, which is always very simple and convenient. I chose to do pick up and when I arrived they were visibly swamped with customers. This doesn't surprise me too much as who doesn't love some good pizza on a Friday! Unfortunately, my pizza was burnt when they pulled it from the oven. Rather than them throwing it in the box and me finding out later, they were very open about it and immediately started making me a new one. I was compensated for my time with a coupon & a cookie, which is more than appreciated, as I understand how this whole customer service thing can be challenging at times! The staff were pleasant, friendly and accommodating! I will definitely be ordering from here again....oh & definitely get the cookies! Yum! read more

This place is great - they have a large variety of fresh toppings for your pizza and you can build your own for about $8.50. Pair your pizza with a salad and you have a great dinner. Definitely a great place to bring the family or a date! I'll be back! read more

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Love that you can get a custom made pizza for 8 bucks! Staff is uber friendly and willing to help. Smores are awesome as well. Love the spicy red sauce and garlic pesto sauce. Pizza has 6 slices when cut. Quick and easy service....pizza is done in less than 8 minutes. read more

Blaze Pizza - Salad Near Me - Des Moines, Iowa

Im a huge fan of Blaze and havent met a store I havent liked! Being vegan, its great to go to a place that lets you make what you want and where you dont have to skimp on the toppings! They have vegan cheese and now vegan chorizo (which is spicy and delicious!) I'm always down for Blaze and hope it continues to grow and stay in business a long time! read more

Blaze Pizza - Salad Near Me - Des Moines, Iowa

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"Hot! Hot! " Is yelled as another fresh Blaze pizza comes out of the fire oven. In under 10 min you can walk in, order your pizza, decorate it with your choice of toppings add you walk down the line and get your drink add your pizza is tossed into the fire oven. You can make your own or pick a signature house pizza. Build your own for just $7.95 PIZZA, DRINKS AND SMORES! The company prides itself on fresh food with no nitrates in the ingredients. Fresh house made dough. Light and crispy You can get yourself a adult beverage or fun pop as you don't have long to wait for your food. If you want a salad they have those as well and soon will be adding them to the fresh line. So many choices for pizza and then they slide you down the line to pick your toppings and extra goodies. It's great to hear that there are other locations coming soon. The staff behind the line are all very helpful and full of energy. They are happy to be there and exited to serve you. The S'mores pies were fantastic and they warm them up too. Oh yum. Come in and enjoy especially if you need quick pizza fix. read more

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Been here once and I'm hooked! Love, love, love brick-oven-fired thin crust pizza. Awesome variety of pizza toppings. Pretty much anything you could want on a pizza, they have it. They have a few specialties, but you can also build your own, and at no extra cost per topping! Just as you would at Subway, you go through the line and pick out your toppings. They are all about quick service. Your pizza is ready in 3 minutes. The staff is super friendly and helpful. They walk you through the process if you're not sure how it works. They do a great job at explaining your options. The price is right as well. Pizza and drink for less than $10, my kinda bargain. I will definitely visit this place often. read more

Blaze Pizza - Art Lover and a Ruthie - Salad Near Me - Des Moines, Iowa

As part of the elite team I felt I needed to try this, I'm happy I did we had good service the staff was friendly and enjoyed our company. I loved that they had exile on tap and angry orchid in bottles for my wife. I very much enjoy the fact that this restaurant even though they have many stores will still use local ingredients and local brews on tap. The only reason I won't give a full 5 stars is the toppings are a bit sparse. I will give credit where deserved and that I'd the price at under $8 you can't expect it to be loaded. I had the white top with a little bit of the garlic pesto on the crust turned out great. This would be great option for lunch if you are in the area. read more

What an amazing option for a quick bite!! Blaze is truly a fast, scrumptious pizza! And!!! They have vegan chz! I love the whole idea! Pick your toppings by seeing them, watch your pizza get made, all the while smiling employees clearly having a good time! Can't wait to go back! read more

We stopped by on a friday evening. The place was pretty full - only a couple open tables. We got in line and were able to order after a few minutes. I tried the art lover pizza with artichoke. The drink options are great. You can have a beer, wine, agua, or the regular fountain drinks. The pizza was ready by the time we got our drinks. I wished there was more artichoke on the pizza. I was very surprised wuth how good the red sauce is! I can eat anything with that. It was a much more generous amount of red sauce on the art lover pizza than others i saw. I also liked the thin light crust. I had wine with my pizza but i really loved the blood orange drink they had. I would definitely be back to try the other pizzas! read more

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My family and I came here a few days ago and I went in with the assumption that it was a regular restaurant but it was actually like a fast food pizza place. I didn't think I would like the concept but I ended up really liking the concept. When we got there the lady asked if we had been there before and we said no, so she kindly explained how the restaurant works. So we go through this sort of conveyor belt thing and put what we wanted our pizza. They have all assortments of cheese, meats, and vegetables to put on your pizza. I got sausage and green peppers on my pizza. When she put the cheese on the pizza it didn't look like it would be enough but I actually really liked the pizza without a lot of cheese. Our pizzas were out of the oven within five minutes of making them. That surprised me a lot because I thought they would need to have more time to cook it. For drinks they have many choices to choose from, they have homemade lemonade and tea next to the soda machine. I got their homemade lemonade and it was really good. The service was amazing and I love how they make the experience a personal experience and they almost make you feel like you are at home. The pizza tasted amazing. The crust was a little burnt but since it was thin crust I understand and also I actually really liked it like that. read more

Blaze Pizza - Thin crust pizza with mozzarella, sausage, and green peppers. - Salad Near Me - Des Moines, Iowa

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Was very luck/y to be invited to the Yelp Elite event. This is a long time coming as my travelling has been intense the last few months. As I write this I realize this is a Blaze Pizza and Pie 5 review of sorts. Blaze is subway for pizza. In the BEST POSSIBLE way. They hand make their dough every night and roll it and press it to order. You can get an unlimited number of toppings!! I think LeBron James put 35 toppings on his or something like that. I opted for their meat eater as I am not one to make food decisions under duress and was glad that I did! The crust is crispy just like I like it. Its actually very close to a NY pizza slice except its a bit more crispy. It's not as crispy as the cracker crust pizza's we get here in des Moines. The sauce has good flavor and the toppings are definitely high quality. In fact this is a question I asked them at the event, "why are you better than Pie 5 in Ankeny?" They answered me very quickly and said that their ingredients and dough were higher quality. I smirked and thought to myself...we will see. Well as fate would have it i ate at Pie 5 the very next day....and as you will see by the pictures the Blaze pizza just looks better (tastes better) and also the ingredients are much better quality. I could definitely taste the freshness in the dough that Blaze prides itself in, while Pie 5 definitely had the decidedly "frozen" flatness of flavor. So if i had to choose between the two (although why would you as both are so far from one another that the choice wouldn't be one you would face often) i would definitely choose Blaze. It's got high quality ingredients, yummy crispy crust, really good drinks and a pretty decent "smores" dessert. If you are in Ankeny then Pie 5 is a decent option but does not stand up to Blaze. I would drive to Blaze 9/10 times. The only reasons why Blaze didn't get 5 stars: 1. Flies - there was a major fly problem when we were there. Flies everywhere, makes me a bit concerned about the cleanliness...and I am a bit of a clean freak 2. Employees - the people were a bit too chatty, it was plastic and fake...I get that they wanted to leave a good impression and it was a yelp event but it made the interaction a bit forced and awkward. i would rather just mark up my pie choices on a piece of paper (like whichwhich) and be done with it. read more

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Delicious, fresh pizza - fast! We came during their grand opening event. Everyone who showed up could get a free pizza from 11a.m. to 11p.m. It was CRAZY busy but the friendly and fast-paced staff handled it well. Keeping in mind that normal business won't be like this, I can see myself stopping here for a quick bite to eat or our next date night. They offer many pizza offerings or you can build your own - endless toppings! Then, it only takes 180 seconds to fire your pizza and it's ready to be consumed. Be sure to check this place out! We're lucky they decided to town Iowa's first location right in our backyard! read more

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Great pizza at very low price. You can pick a specialty pizza or customize your own with any toppings for same $8 price. For an 11" pizza that is cooked in a fire burning oven with unlimited toppings it's a great deal. The crust is thin and crunchy. The toppings are fresh. Well done. It's like a subway for pizza but with great quality. I will definitely be coming back again. This is more of a casual and quick joint than a sit down restaurant so don't expect to have a waitress and things like that. For what this place is doing, it can't be done much better. I have had better pizza at double the price, but for $8 and a pizza in 5 minutes and that includes picking your toppings, it's darn good. read more

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This location doesn't require masks at all. I ordered pick up and saw numerous people walk in and out with oi masks. When I asked if they had a policy, they said they were a restaurant and couldn't attempt to enforce any policies. I watched customers just waiting in line without masks and standing around for their order without masks. read more

Blaze is a great addition to downtown Des Moines especially for a different lunch option with fresh ingredients. The space itself was bright, welcoming, and a fun atmosphere with ample seating inside and out and SUPER simple validation for parking. The pizza menu contains some preset choices or you can create your own with a nice variety of sauce choices and fresh ingredients - the dough is made fresh, in house. I ordered the Red Vine and my date ordered the Meat Eater. Both tasted bright and ingredients were flavorful however my rating of a 4 and not a 5 was due to the crust, which had a nice char but very little flavor or chew. We finished up with a warmed up s'more which was the perfect finish! The staff was exceptional. Will definitely be back. read more

Blaze Pizza - The Red Vine - Salad Near Me - Des Moines, Iowa

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We went in about 3:30 to grab some late lunch. We walked in to a line of people but realized there was only ONE guy working, doing it all! We waited patiently and received our food. Big thanks to Mark for it all! He was the only one there the entire time we were eating and we were almost there an hour. Again, Mark is awesome! read more

So good! Like really, really good! We went here on a Monday night at 9pm, pretty dead but they were closing at 10 so that makes sense. The options on your pizza are endless! $7.95 for a build your own pizza and you don't have a limit on toppings, that's amazing! Same price for their signature pizzas, which are all funky but delicious. So many toppings, little wait time, cheap price! They have an app that gives you rewards too! S'more pies are pretty good as well! One thing, I put balsamic glaze as a finish on my pizza, probably won't do that again, or I'll ask for it to be put on lightly. read more

Blaze Pizza - Build Your Own on original crust with balsamic glaze finish. - Salad Near Me - Des Moines, Iowa

Wow. First time here. Was very excited about the oven!! They produce the best pizzas. Not this place. Two of the employees were more interested in joking with each other than they were helping the guest. Didn't really seem to care that this was my first time. Didn't explain much of anything to me. The pizza came out with so much flour, burnt flour at that, on the bottom that it was pretty much all I could taste. I'll pass next time. read more

Blaze Pizza - The bbq sauce was so watered down, it did nothing for the pizza. - Salad Near Me - Des Moines, Iowa

Pizza is pretty good, just make sure they don't leave your pizza in the oven way too long and burn it and have to make you a new one.

Love this place! I have a different pizza every time, tonight Danielle made me the perfect Pizza. She's my pizza hero. read more

Blaze Pizza - light red sauce cherry tomatoes mushrooms artichoke roasted garlic sauteed onions and spinach - Salad Near Me - Des Moines, Iowa

First time at this place and first time at a Yelp event!! Service and food was excellent. Lots of choices to choose from and you can build your own pizza all for the same price of $7.99. Basically it's similar to Subway where you order and pick your own toppings and the pizza gets cooked, all in about 8 minutes or less. If you love thin crust pizza or looking for a quick place to get a bite, I highly recommend this place. Food 5/5 - Ingredients were fresh, fresh, fresh!!! I can tell from the taste that everything is fresh because usually with most pizzas I can taste the extra sodium but with Blaze you don't get that taste. Some might think that their pizza is kind of bland, but right before they cook your pizza they do provide an option to add some sea salt to it if you like. Also, their blood orange lemonade was excellent. (This is part of their fountain drink). They also serve beer and other bottled soft drinks. As for dessert, they have their own version of Smores. I am not a Smores fan, but I thought it was pretty tasty. Service 5/5 - All the staff in there was very helpful and friendly. read more

Blaze Pizza - Built my own!! - Salad Near Me - Des Moines, Iowa

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I want to love this place, but found the pizza flavors to be mediocre. I was overly hopeful with all the signature flavors and tried the art lovers, even added feta and it still was meh. We loved Vesuvius pizza in Ames (now sadly closed) and this place doesn't hold a candle to it. I did like the customer service. As a 1st timer, I was grateful for their patience and help walking us through the process. As I perused other reviews before writing mine, I see tips about some glaze? We weren't offered this, so not sure what that's about. It's a pizza option for downtown, however, I would rather drive a little farther west to Gusto's instead. read more

What a fun place. The staff was knowledgeable and explained the concept very well for us newbies. They did a great job of making recommendations when I asked. I highly recommend the Blood Orange Lemonade. Thanks, Paul for the recommendation. I had the spicy sauce. While it wasn't super spicy, it had a nice subtle kick that did not overwhelm the taste buds. Ingredients like green pepper, spinach, and more looked and tasted very fresh. They cut their veggies fresh daily and also make their dough from scratch. I loved the thin crust and the oven baked taste of the pizza. Maybe it tastes even better because you can stand there and watch it cook. And you HAVE to try the S'mores cookie sandwich. Have them heat it up. It is worth the wait. Your mouth will thank you. Just ignore your waist when it complains. read more

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FANTASTIC! Made to order with fresh ingredients and very reasonably priced. They stand by their pizza if it's burnt or anything hung they remake it. Tremendous service staff, love their positive attitudes. Lemonade is just as good as the pizza! Offers gluten free and vegan options. Family, work and schedule friendly! read more

I really love to get the build your own pizza here! They have many topping to choose from and many different types of cheeses. They also have gluten free and vegan friendly options. They are always very fast at making the pizzas and the prices are not bad. I'd definitely recommend going here if you are in the mood for a cheap personal pan pizza. read more

Blaze Pizza - Salad Near Me - Des Moines, Iowa

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Absolutely love the concept of this place, like chipotle or pancheros but for PIZZA! Staff is extremely friendly and helpful, they even have a mobile app where you can earn rewards and order online! Pizza is made to order, and usually doesn't take longer than 5 minutes. $7.95 for a build your own pizza with unlimited toppings, or $6.25 for a one topping pizza but with over 30 different topping options, how could you choose just one?! read more

Blaze Pizza - 2 build your own pizzas on gluten free crust - Salad Near Me - Des Moines, Iowa

The staff is great, very friendly and helpful. The ingredients were fresh. The pizza was bland and flavorless. I love pizza and with all the 5 star ratings I expected better, but it was not for me. read more

Good food, but terrible service. They ask a question and walk away and there was not one couple behind us!

I enjoyed everything about this place: fast, friendly service, delicious pizza, huge variety of toppings, relatively affordable, perfect portion size, and a clean store. We will be loyal returning customers! read more

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I really like the idea of a build your own pizza but the pizza itself is not much to rave over. I would think a thin crust would be crispy but my pizza was soggy. I asked for gluten free crust and they ended up letting people jump ahead of me in the line because my crust had to be specially pressed which only took an extra minute so I don't know why they had to push two other people ahead of me when I was already waiting in line. What would be cooler is if we could build our own at a station and they just throw it in the oven and whoever gets done making theirs first. I would even leave my pizza in longer since their method pushes the pizzas out too soon. I feel like if I come back it will be better the next time but for the second time I'm just not sold on this place. read more

Blaze Pizza - Build your own gluten free soggy crust with Italian sausage, onion, spinach and mushrooms. - Salad Near Me - Des Moines, Iowa

Love Blaze Pizza so much! it is definitely one of my go-to places for a fast and filling meal! It is super inexpensive for what you get. I always do the build your own, because I can put whatever I want on it and it will be the same price as if you choose one on their menu. Their lemonade options are phenomenal, they offer Blue Sky Soda, which is one of my absolute favorites, and beer! The location is amazing as well! It's within walking distance to Court Ave. and Principal Park, but the one downside is the parking. It does allow you to park your car in their lot for up to 2 hours for free if you get your ticket validated, but if you are there for more than 2 hours or you lost your ticket, you can end up spending more money then you would like. read more

Really cool concept with build your own pizza and watch it fired. My son loved it and the warm s'more was great. Really nice folks. Good prices. read more

Blaze Pizza - Watching the pizza he designed being fired and his S'more being warmed - Salad Near Me - Des Moines, Iowa

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It's quick. It's easy. It's centrally located. I'm here FAR too often because of how easy it is to get a good sized vegan meal for a very reasonable price. The option for a rewards program is nice too. Great place for people like me who are vegans on the go (or just people on the go in general). read more