We tried several times to eat at Grimaldi's Pizzeria at the Quarry location but weren't able to get in due to long waits and staffing challenges. We were honestly disappointed, but we finally made it to the La Cantera location, and it was absolutely worth it! We were seated in about 20 minutes, which was very reasonable, and from the moment we sat down, everything was fantastic. We started with the antipasto, and it was fresh, flavorful, and a perfect start to the meal. For our pizza, we created our own 16-inch with the garlic white crust, and it was incredible. I had pineapple, grilled chicken, jalapeños, and hot honey on my half, and my husband had Italian sausage, black olives, mushrooms, and basil across the whole pizza. The flavors were outstanding, and the quality of the ingredients really came through. This experience completely made up for our earlier attempts. Great food, great service, and a great atmosphere. We will definitely be back! read more

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Grimaldi's is one of those spots where the ambience is undeniably amazing, but the overall experience can be a bit of a gamble. If you're looking for a beautiful space to sit and enjoy the vibe, this is it--just don't be in a rush. The Service: We've found the service can be quite slow, so it's not the best choice if you have hungry kids who need to eat right away. The Pizza: It's a very specific coal-fired style. While the flavor is there, the crust frequently has burn spots, which can be a polarizing "feature." Because of the thin, charred nature of the crust, it's not the most kid-friendly pizza style in our experience--my little ones definitely prefer something a bit more traditional and less "crispy." Great for a date night or a slow adult dinner, but maybe not the first pick for a quick family pizza night. read more

So evidently their waiting list means absolutely nothing. If you go and complain and give them a hard time, they will just seat you. It doesn't matter if your checked in right before the dude that tried to get in front of you after you waited with your party for 5 min to check in. And no they didn't have reservations or call ahead because we had 6 people and they had 8 and we were told that was reserved for parties of 4 and under. So there's that. So yeah. We waited almost 2 hours just to see every single person who came after us get seated first and here we are, just waiting, patiently. Never said a word, while everyone else is complaining and giving them a hard time. That's not the way to go... you have to be mad and let them know!! We had no choice but to leave and go find someplace else. Never again. They are so disorganized. It's just not worth it. read more

Grimaldi's Pizzeria - Pizza Near Me - San Antonio, Texas

I was happy with my free cheese pizza birthday reward. I ordered at 2:30, just made it before they stoke the oven at 3:00. I was surprised that it takes 30 minutes to make a pizza when the restaurant wasn't even busy. When I opened the box to inspect my pizza, I inquired about the dried up leaf and was told it was basil. This is unnecessary and makes the pizza ugly. The pizza tasted good and the thin crust was crispy. Be sure to sign up for rewards program and make a purchase at least a month before your birthday to qualify for the reward. read more

Grimaldi's Pizzeria - Cheese pizza - Pizza Near Me - San Antonio, Texas

Celebrated my cousins birthday. I made reservations since I have heard this place gets busy! Glad we did. Our server was amazing. She was attentive and friendly. The seasonal spinach salad was so goooood! I love thin crust pizza, so I was excited to try it! We ordered a few pizzas, but just I tried the margherita pizza. Everything tasted fresh! I also learned you get a free pizza for your birthday if you join their points program! read more

Grimaldi's Pizzeria - Pizza Near Me - San Antonio, Texas

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We enjoyed our pizza from Grimaldi's! We also got the house salad and it was delicious. The small was very generous and was easily shareable for two people. We got the 18 inch pizza and had leftovers! We got the margherita pizza which we liked but there's the option to build your own pizza which is nice! Did not get dessert. Would recommend stopping in! read more

Grimaldi's Pizzeria - Pizza - Pizza Near Me - San Antonio, Texas

Showed up at ten 30 am on a Sunday funday, small crowd of one family was there already. When doors opened we waited exactly 31 min for the pizza and ordered the Don with a side of ranch, side of Pesto, side of marinara and a Cesar salad. Total 57 dollars and tip. We had a lemonade and Dr. Pepper. Only thing that wasn't quality was unsweetened tea, but we got lemonade and it was 10/10. read more

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The pizza assortment is great, presentation was incredible. The ambiance and atmosphere was well set. Highly recommend getting the meats pizza. Customer service was on point as well. Would recommend and definitely go back after two times now! read more

Ordered online for delivery, pizza was very messy and missing half my toppings. Had to take in myself for exchange despite me paying $20 for delivery and tip. (No problem) once arrived I exchanged my pizza and was denied refund for delivery fee and tip. Why am I paying a delivery fee for a pizza I had to pick up which was already delivered an hour late... emailed corporate and got response from Brittany saying they would credit me for pizza and dessert but I never received any of those things. Made multiple attempts to contact Brittany and she just spam me with the same response. Assuming Brittany is ai read more

Great food service and ambience. Went for thr Don and the new spicy pepperoni pies today. Both were delicious. We had kids with us and so my only complaint was that the high chairs need to be cleaned before re-using. Ours was dirty and we had to clean, even the seat off, before placing my nephew. Waitress was always coming by for drink re-fills and checking on us. We also ordered the small side salad. This is a big salad and is actually enough for 4. The only downside is the mushrooms. Way too many for this size salad, imo. But if you are a mushroom lover, then this is your jam, because there was a whole small bowl left of them. We were not mushroom eaters, lol. I cant even imagine the food cost to the restaurant on this waste/overuse. But it was a delicious salad. read more

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FOH staff and management is embarrassing. You get your drink and food put in then you never see your server again. Food runners bring out the food and poof all service is gone. The old white manager was groaning at the table next to us because they asked for on of the pizzas to be on the other side of the table. She was complaining with the servers she is going to turn people away at 10:45 with guests in ear shot. If you are so upset that we are in your restaurant I would suggest having your serves check in so we can pay out and leave. The vibe is horrible, they don't want you in their building so please stop giving them your money. I would like to say this is all a one off but with how uninterested and irritated the manager on duty was you can tell it's just the culture that has been built in this building. read more

I will have to say worst fucking place to every come and eat have me waiting to place my order for first time on top of that there was not waiting stop for ppl to wait for there orders so I seat down at empty table just to get kick out of it and stand to wait for my Order they didn't give me heads up that order was ready or my ranch that payed for read more

Grimaldi's is going down hill. They need new management. How can you be out of so much. Salads were warm . Can we get the old Grimaldi back.

Two months ago my husband invited me to have some late lunch in this restaurant we did love the pizza and desserts in here and while we were here we mentioned to the waiter that we live nearby and he gave us a flyer saying if we wanted take out pizza we could get a discount using the flyer . So today I decided to get some take out pizza and use the flyer . I called the restaurant at 11:38 am since we wanted to order online and use the flyer with the $5 discount . A lady answered and I specifically asked her can we use the flyer if we ordered online or do I have to make the order over the phone and hand you the flyer so we get the discount . She said of course you can order online and just show us the flyer and we will discount it once you give us the flyer . I said okay I will order online. 3PM came and we walked all the way to pick up the online order . We showed the lady at the hostess stand the flyer for the $5 discount and she said she wanted to show this to their manager if they can honor it . A few minutes later she comes back and told us you cannot do this online because my manager will have to open up the order and the kitchen will have to make again the pizza . I said well we called earlier at 11:38 am and talked to someone she said we can do this online and once we pick up the order we can show the flyer and get the $5 discount . Oh no you can't do that you have to order it here physically then you show us the flyer before we can give out the discount , hey don't get me wrong it's not really about the $5 discount . It's about giving your customers the correct information . The very least the manager of this restaurant should have the proper training of customer service by exerting a little effort of making it right . I have worked in the hospitality industry for 32 years and this is not good customer service . $5 is not a big amount of money it's always about the principle and the effort to try to make it right . We have dined in so many times in. expensive restaurants and always tipped more for good service but I told my husband I will put this restaurant in my black list because the very least they could just have communicated to us the correct information on how to use the voucher it's not even about the money . It's about how they do things for their customers . There a a lot of pizza places we can go but this restaurant will definitely be not be one of them ever . I'm also not surprise that despite their good food they have a 3.5 rating and this speaks a lot on how their customer service is . read more

Advertises Peroni 0.0 but never in stock. Always an excuse. Overall service seems rushed and in a hurry. read more

Excellent food and service! It took a while for the wait time due to what I'm assuming a lack of available servers because there were plenty of seats available when we were seated. read more

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Pizza is great! Service is fair at best. Parking is absolutely horrendous! The mall took all the close parking and turned them into a pay to park. I'll look for free parking at other pizza places in the future. read more

I cannot comment on the food here because they are inconsistent with their hours and service. I drove 30 miles to come for lunch only to find out they clclose at 2:30pm between lunch and dinner. This is not advertised on the website nor on the outside of the business. I arrived today and they opened 90 minutes after the advertised time, and informed us tit would take over an hour for a pizza. What type of pizza business opens late and doesn't even offer the one item you are famous for, pizza. Beware if you attempt to come here, there are plenty of reliable options in the area if you decide to tempt fate and they fail to meet even your basic expectations. read more

Used to frequent this place fairly often, but today will be my last time. My girlfriends birthday was this month and we had used the free pizza reward which is redeemable through the rewards app, we called ahead to see if there'd be a wait time if we wanted to get a table and were told there was no wait times, upon arriving we walked up to the front and spoke with a long haired gentleman and let him know we had ordered ahead and would like a table seeing as there was many open tables and were interested in having some drinks, he then tells us we can't be seated cause we placed an online order? Hahah what? Never making eye contact with us this whole interaction, he then tells us we can speak with the staff at the bar to get our food. So we made our way to the bar and got our food, we ask if we can get some drinks and they said yes we're more than welcome to sit at the bar, 5+ staff members huddled around talking amongst themselves and almost 10 minutes later we finally have someone come up and ask what we'd like to drink, and immediately I'm told they got two warm kegs and most of their draft beer is out. at this point we just wanted to eat, so I take whatever cold beer they have and ask for some plates, we then eat the worst cold pizza with under cooked garlic we paid extra for. Manager must've been off today? Cause that was the most unprofessional food service I've ever experienced. If you're looking for a good spot in town just go to barbaros, happy hour everyday with half off food and drinks, and the staff actually seems to care there. read more

Frequent visitors at this location. Came in today on a Friday at 559pm. 2 young girls check me in for a party of 7- tell me it's going to be a 45 min to an hour wait. Every single party that came after me was seated before my party. Even a party of 9 came in after us and got seated at the 50 minute time frame. I go and inquire why the party of 9 was seated prior to us. She says- no they were here before you. I physically saw them get here after me and sign in. She said they had an 8 top; and ur telling me they got seated before my party of 7 because they had 8 or 9. Doesn't make any sense. The girl comes outside and asks if a 6 top is ok. I advised that was fine and I needed a high chair. She rolled her eyes and never got it. My daughter got up 20 minutes later and got her own high chair. We ordered our food and I was told that they have no Caesar dressing. So I ordered another type of salad. Waiters were very slow and overwhelmed. Today was a very bad experience here- seems that's the norm lately in the restaurant service industry. read more

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Food as always was delicious, hot and just great pizza. The perfect craving feeder. Service: Usually 25-30 minute wait since it's a popular place in La Cantera, and they do host super large parties occasionally. Table next to us was easily set up for 20+ guests. Sadly, service here is also their own downfall. We waited an hour for our food and never got checked in on, and basically our order never placed and we were forgotten. Two waiters came and both said "we're just running severely behind" but several tables were served and left by the time we got our food. Management did apologize to us by the end of the night for being forgotten but didn't offer anything :) but that's ok. As always, still a lovely chill place for a casual fun dinner! read more

Grimaldi's Pizzeria - Margarita with pepperoni - Pizza Near Me - San Antonio, Texas

The bartender let my pizza sit in the hotbox because I didn't tip him. He checked me out early. He said my pizza was about 20 minutes though. They did bring the Pizza within 15 minutes and he just let it sit in the hotbox until I wave down a waitress, and she went and brought it for me terrible Terrible. It's takeout. I'm ordering I'm parking in the car. I'm going inside. I'm sitting at the bar all he's gotta do is walk to the kitchen and bring the pizza to the bar. Terrible service. I thought he was Batman at first, but then realized he was the worm guy. Can't deny the pizza was delicious. read more

Great food and service!!! The large house salad was huge and delicious! The margherita pizza was amazing. Thanks!

From the cozy booths to the wine bottle lighting, this pizzeria will satisfy your tastebuds and nostalgia. Not only is the brick oven pizza crust the best around, perfectly crisp and thin but the service is simply amazing. From the front door to your table, everyone greets with a warm smile & pays attention to the customers. read more

Grimaldi's Pizzeria - Barbecue chicken pizza - Pizza Near Me - San Antonio, Texas

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Great pizza, awesome salad! My favorite pizza place. Atmosphere is relaxed and family friendly.

I've been coming to this Grimaldi's location for 10 years, but unfortunately tonight will be the last time. My family received our appetizers and drinks quickly, but we waited 40 minutes for our pizza--which never arrived. What made it worse was the lack of communication. Our server never updated us on the delay and ignored our table until we confronted her. Her response was, "It's a long night and people have been waiting 30 minutes per pizza." Yet, the table next to us, who ordered after us, received their pizza within 15 minutes. I understand that the server doesn't control the kitchen, but the issue was the complete lack of courtesy and communication. In all my years at this location, I've never had an experience like this. Please do better. read more

I really wanted to love this place because of the recommendations I've gotten, but the food, the service, and the space itself were all just "meh." And, for $80 for one 18" pizza and a calzone, plus a sangria and three lemonades...it'll be a hard pass in the future. read more

Grimaldi's Pizzeria - Cheese pizza plus meatballs - Pizza Near Me - San Antonio, Texas

This place is such a disappointment over the past year. Each visit gets worse and worse. Last visit about a couple months ago was our last straw. 92% of the time we do take out to avoid long lines or dine in to avoid chaos. For orders pick up, there's a system, you can call to order, pick up at the bar and speak to apparently a designated person who will check/grab products if prepared. We've ran into bs such as never got the phone order (but can you wait 15 mins after waiting 1.5 hrs, it'll be done), another 15 mins turns into 30 mins, no line in front of bar - random people cutting in front of me. Most recent encounter, asked the dude behind the bar, who do I talk to to get my pick up? He goes and points, it's that lady right there who is clearly backed up and overwhelmed while you two dudes behind the bar are just hee hee haw hawing doing nothing besides twiddling your thumbs.. then he goes to me "what's the name on the order?" I stared at him right in the eyes and ignored. Didn't you say I need to talk to her? I'll wait for her then. screw you. Nevertheless I was already upset and annoyed, just give me my damn food and never get my business again. I did press the "unhappy face" during credit card transaction. 2 stars for the food. Grimaldi's pizza has always tasted great. Just get it in NY. Not worth the hassle at La Cantera. read more

Slowwwww kitchen... inattentive bar service... pizza is meh. I walked in on Saturday afternoon and hostess said my best bet was at the bar... they were pretty busy but it seemed most tables I could see were already eating their food. The bar server greeted me quickly and took my order and got my drink. So far so good. 20 minutes later.. no checking in, no nothing, no 12" simple pizza. One employee was walking items to the front but I couldn't get her attention because she had her phone earbuds in. Finally the hostess noticed my looks of concern and I asked her to check my order. I'm not sure I heard the reason but when she returned she apologized and said it would be another 10-15 minutes.. which it was. Still my bartender server managed to not notice me. When the pizza arrived I got the distinct impression my order was never turned in and it was confirmed when after eating the young lady who was finally checking on me had to repeat my order and key it in to generate the bill. The pizza is just ok. Crust is thin and crispy which I like but the sauce is basic and the cheese kind of thin. $24? 12" pizza and a soda. Never again Grimaldi. read more

They gave my pizzza to the wrong tableand made us wait a hour to get our food, the bar tender was literally working out at the bar, made me and my partner uncomfortable. but our waitress was really nice and she gave us a discount for everything! read more

May 3rd 2025! Folks.. save your TIME & money . My girl flew in and we were at La Cantera mall doing some shopping. We were done and decided to grab a bite, her favorite food is pizza ! Found this place a headed over to it. Mind you, never been here! We go in go up to the check and see if we needed reservations or wait time etc. We stand there for 15 minutes minimum.. people were trailing in behind us. Finally my girl walks over the bar and asks.. is it seat yourself or what. He tells her no, let me go find our hostess. Mind you we have been here a minute! He walks all the way to the back of the restaurant, we see him approach a gentleman in the back who we noticed earlier, chatting with folks in the back. The guy goes up to him, tells him people have been waiting! He was visibly PO'd.. he comes up EXTREMELY RUDE. Doesn't say, sorry you've been waiting so long, how may I help you.. nope! It's 45 minutes to an hour wait. Doesn't even look at his list. I say sir there are 5 tables empty?! He RUDELY REPIES, I told you 45 minutes to an hour!! By this time, there are 7 people behind me. So we discuss, should we wait? People go by.. we hear them ask 45 minutes?! He says .. NO WAIT! this hole! I will go out of my way to tell folks how this hole treats new guests!! The POS hostess was a Mexican/spanish wearing glasses I would put his name on blast if I knew it! STAY AWAY FROM THIS CRAPPY EATING ESTABLISHMENT! them! read more

Went here today for lunch since it has always been my mom's favorite pizza place. We haven't gotten pizza much recently since they got a pizza oven but was in the area. There was no wait which was nice. Service was great! Our waitress was super sweet and attentive and always refreshed our water, took plates away when needed etc. My mom's plate was not clean when we sat down so the waitress replaced it for her. Not the best thing to notice when first being seated. The pizza was okay, we got the small pepperoni and small prosciutto Arugula. They were pretty small portions but perfect to share between the four of us. The prosciutto arugula one had the perfect amount of arugula and cheese but the pepperoni was very underwhelming. We also got a small Mediterranean salad which was HUGE and delicious. Definitely could share it between 4 people with multiple servings each. I could have eaten the whole thing though because it was very yummy. The restaurant itself was kind of dirty, like my mom's plate, and the womens restaurant was a mess and did not smell good. It did seem like it was not as nice as it used to be. My mom said while the pizza was good, it wasn't as great as it used to be and she'd prefer to have made it at home herself. Not sure we will be going back soon. read more

another to-go coal fired prosciutto pizza with wonderful crust along with promised pictures read more

Grimaldi's Pizzeria - Nice box - Pizza Near Me - San Antonio, Texas

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Stoking hours advertised are 3-5 pm, but when you walk in at 2:30 you'll also be told it's stoking hours. We'll take our business elsewhere.

Dined in on a Saturday afternoon. We were told that orders for pizza will not be put into the system until 4:30PM. With this being said we agreed, given that we checked in by 4PM. We sat at our table for fifteen minutes. I was disappointed because NO ONE took it upon themself to inform us that Grimaldi's was experiencing short staff. It wasn't obvious either - there were three hostess and three bartenders. How was I supposed to know. Regardless, I understood once informed about the matter. When situations like this occur and as a customer, it is always nice to get an update. We literally sat for fifteen minutes with no hello yet alone no water! Overall, we LOVE Grimaldi's. Our waiter was very kind, attentive, and friendly. Shoutout to the male waiter with the CUTE BLACK GLASSES. You made our time at Grimaldi's great! read more

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This is a beautiful looking restaurant, definitely trading on NYC vibes. Service was lackluster and surprisingly slow: we were there at the 11am opening on a Tuesday, the restaurant remained less than half full, and the wait staff was having more fun kibitzing with each other than handling tables. On top of that, while it took ~30 minutes to get a pizza, they were sure to bring out 7-8 pizzas for their to-go section! Couldn't help but watch hungrily as they were brought out one-by-one past our table. Also was told brusquely that we couldn't get a seat by a window, as that section wasn't open for lunch. Way to make a new guest feel welcome, guys! That's NYC for you, so perhaps I can chalk that up to an attempt at authenticity. Ordered a classic 16" sausage and mushroom pie. Pizza's got great quality cheese and toppings so kudos there. Sauce is a bit sparse, too tart, and a little watery (though that could be from the mushrooms). I'm formerly from NYC, and I know that Grimaldi's has a great rep, but this isn't really an NYC-style pie to me. There's a certain texture you're looking for: not too soft and floppy at the tip like a Neapolitan, where you really need a knife and fork for the first third of the slice. But it should be slightly foldable. This crust was crispy, but stiff and a cracker-like in texture. Maybe that's signature Grimaldi style? In sum, I'd say try it and see what you think. It's certainly edible. But 'edible' isn't 'great', and the attitude of the waitstaff is below average. There are better places to spend your money. This place scores a 2 out of 5 on the 'CTJ Scale', as noted below. 5 out of 5 stars: Come-to-Jesus good. Would be OK passing away after finishing a plate here. 4 out of 5 stars: Come-to-Mary good. Would be OK having a nosh here with Mother Mary. 3 out of 5 stars: Come-to-Joseph good. Would be OK having a beer here with Jesus' Dad. 2 out of 5 stars: Come-to-the-Apostles good. Meh. Wouldn't have my last supper here. 1 out of 5 stars: Come-to-Nobody good. I wouldn't have my penultimate supper here, either. read more

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Because of the host staff, we had a mediocre dining experience. Initially, when we put our name on the list, they told us it would be a 45 minute wait.We came back to check on our table after 40 minutes and the man at the host stand told us we would have to wait another hour. We looked at him sideways and said we've already been waiting 45 minutes and you told us initially that it would be 45 minutes to an hour. Why are we waiting another hour and he said well we have a party of 30 that we have to seat later and we don't want to disrupt the flow of their meal. In the meantime, more than half of the tables were empty. The party of 30 hadn't arrived yet and they still hadn't arrived by the time we left . Luckily some nice young waitress came up and said why don't you just put them at table 51 I'll be their server. So she's sat us immediately and then she explained to us that the two people at the hostess stand were new. They didn't know what they were doing. Note to management: train your host staff because otherwise you're gonna make a lot of diners angry. We almost left and went somewhere else if it hadn't been for this nice waitress that knew what she was doing. A fter all said and done. We did actually have a very nice meal. Are the management responses computer generated? They all say the same thing....especially to the 1 star reviews. read more

we love the taste of Grimaldis Pizzeria (La Cantera). But this last time, they burned the pizza and there were large bubbled spots all over that it was just disappointing. They also took over an hour to serve after placing our order. Please do better to maintain your good reputation. read more

Ahhh this is a staple for my family! Where to begin? The food is amazing as are the wine options. I love that they offer dough for kids to play with as it keeps them entertained and busy. I do wish they offered reservations although now you can join the waitlist which makes for a shorter wait time. They serve my favorite ceaser salad ever! Def take the time to check it out! read more

Although the wait is always pretty long since it's a popular pizza place, I love the atmosphere and gingham table clothes! One thing I have noticed after several visits though is that the hosts are a little rude and unwelcoming. If you're a meat lover, I would recommend The Don! The Margherita pizza is also really good! I love bringing friends and family to Grimaldis because I can rely on good pizza. I love that the menu helps you with pairing the right wine with pizza as well!! read more

Grimaldi's Pizzeria - The Don/Brooklyn Bridge - Pizza Near Me - San Antonio, Texas

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