Came because of reading how excited people were about having a franchise here but we were not impressed by the taste or appearance. It's ok. Definitely not the "pizza from the promised land" that I had read about from others familiar with the franchise. Our order was wrong - wrong size pizza was brought out and our drink refills were wrong as well. I'm sure this is new opening jitters. We had cheese pizza on original crust and pepperoni/sausage on deep dish. Burned my mouth on the pizza. So bad that the roof of my mouth is peeling. ‍ Paid a little over $50 for a small cheese, a medium pepperoni/sausage and 2 drinks. read more

Happy Joe's Pizza - Pizza Near Me - Oro Valley, Arizona

Came here Wednesday evening for a quick dinner with our kids. We were really excited to have a new place in OV. The person at the front who greeted us was very kind but that's where the good experience ended. The manager had to take our drink order because our server was underage, and this man could not have seemed more put out to help us. Wouldn't even look at us. Very odd behavior for management. I got a meatball sandwich which was cold and tasteless. My husband got an Italian sub which he thought the veggies were old. And the pizza was very mediocre. When we were leaving the young kid thanked us for coming in while the manager was cursing a piece of equipment he was working on. Two stars just because the greeter and the server were very kind. . read more

Added a star because I forgot my hat and the staff held it for me until I could return the next day. Open, airy layout. Nice refresh from the previous venue. Cute mural in the lobby showing the timeline of Oro Valley juxtaposed with the timeline of the restaurant. An Egypt location? Who knew?. We ordered off the menu. Food decent. Coordination tion seemed a bit lacking our food came out at separate times about 10minutes apart. We had to ask the servers several times about our order status. Hope they can get that straightened out. Nice place for a kid friendly meal. read more

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The best thing I can say about this place is that it is bright and fresh looking and the servers are all very nice. We opted for the Thursday buffet. They have a small salad bar. Reaching the toppings with the glass in front was quite difficult. The lettuce was either shredded iceberg or romaine lettuce. The pizzas are put out under a heat lamp and sit there until they are finished. This results in pizza that lacks in taste. They did make a vegetarian pizza for me. Being hot helped with the taste. The ice cream is from Blue Belle. Can't go wrong there. $95 for 5 adults for mediocre food was way overpriced! Sorry, but I won't be returning. read more

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The food tasted great! We had the taco pizza supreme and it tasted wonderful! The service was prompt and very attentive! It was very clean and we had privacy in the back room read more

Went here with my family and we had a wonderful time. The service was great-Denali was super nice and attentive. Food was delicious.. we had had the taco supreme pizza, and chicken Alfredo pizza.. clean, cozy, welcoming and I definitely recommend read more

Not being from the midwest where Happy Joes are from we didn't know what to expect. Walking in we were greeted quickly and seated. They have a small arcade room with some games. You can see the kitchen from the dining room and one observation would be to not have several people in the kitchen doing nothing but leaning, as my manager from my very first fast food job in high school used to say 'if you have time to lean, you have time to clean'. The pizza was ok but really didn't wow me like I wanted. Would we come back? Maybe when the grandkids are visiting but probably not if it's just the two of us. read more

What a disappointment! As midwesterners, we had high hope for an old favorite. Unfortunately, Happy Joe's did not deliver. Pizza was just average, and service was terrible. Good thing we weren't seated near the beverage refill area, because I had to get my own refills. We will DEFINITELY NOT be returning!! read more

Well, I know this place just recently opened up, but there's a lot of training to be done. My wife is the one that really wanted to come up here to try the taco pizza. We got here and had about a 15 minute wait and as we did, we checked out the decor and what it had to offer. There is a very small arcade room and then there is a golf simulation room. Does a little bar area off to the side and they do have a dessert bar where they will make the custom desserts. My wife got the taco pizza and I got a cheese pizza with bacon and we got the cheese sticks to start as an appetizer. We thought the cheese sticks would be maybe six pieces but was a full round tray and we're not exactly full of flavor and then I took at least a good 20-25 minutes for our pizzas to arrive. during this time a couple to the table next to us took almost 20 minutes for someone to come by and even acknowledge them and take their drink orders If you've ever been to barrio's pizza, it tastes pretty much the same. We really doubt we will return to this establishment as there is much better pizza places to go in town. Sorry read more

Happy Joe's Pizza - Desert treats - Pizza Near Me - Oro Valley, Arizona

I love taco pizza. I waited months for happy joes to open. I finally made it there. Restaurant is very nice. Service is pleasant. I will never return. They stole my money and gave me the worst pizza i have had in years. I only the worst frozen pizzas could be any worse. Corporate has a very serious emergency on their hands. Here is a 30 dollar pizza picture. I took the picture on its way to the trash. read more

Happy Joe's Pizza - Taco pizza - Pizza Near Me - Oro Valley, Arizona

Came in with my son for lunch. We came in, but apparently nobody was on shift. Waited and no one came out to serve tables or the front desk. Some other customers were kind to walk around and trying to have a locate some stuff, but were unsuccessful. read more

So sad. We were very excited to try this new restaurant, but we will not return. The place is cute, but the games room is very small and the spaghetti and pizza were nothing to write home about. It seemed like microwave pizza. read more

Picked up a couple pizzas for dinner and they were delicious! I grew up in the Midwest and they were every bit as good as I remembere.

Congratulations to one of our newest restaurants in OV Marketplace! We had a great experience tonight at this family fun business. We had the boneless wings, combo pizza, and a "Sugar Daddy" Sundae. Our server was Ben who was friendly and conscientious. Food wait was less than 20 minutes and was hot and tasty! read more

Happy Joe's Pizza - Sugar Daddy Sundae - Pizza Near Me - Oro Valley, Arizona

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We'd heard great things about this place and couldn't wait to check it out. I'm admittedly kind of a pizza connoisseur/snob, so I was more than a little excited about a new place in OV. Honestly, not sure what all of the hype was about. We went on a Thursday because it was buffet night, so we figured we could sample a little of everything. On that, we were correct. Problem is, the sampling left tons to be desired. The first slice of pizza I tried was basic pepperoni and, although I tried, I just couldn't bring myself to finish it. The sauce was distractingly horrid and the crust was just meh. I also tried the cheeseburger pizza and the taco pizza slices. Neither impressed me enough to want more. Two pastas were offered, one with red meat sauce and one with alfredo (?). The alfredo was not bad, but neither wowed us at all. The salad bar, though limited, was actually pretty good (BUT...only ranch and Caesar dressings [?!?!?]). That said, how do you screw up a salad? I had to finish my meal with more salad because the pizza was so bad. We truly wanted to like.... love this place. We always do our best to support quality local businesses. Sadly, reality struck and it was just not good at all. Great service, great look to the place, but the food is why you go and it was a resounding 'no' for us. Unfortunately, we won't be going back. read more

We stopped by with 3 grandchildren to try this place out! Mind you Charred Pizza is in the same plaza. We heard that there was a game room for kids to play so I got 3 cards for 100$. We ordered a plain cheese pizza , Parmesan wings, chicken Alfredo pizza and one kid wanted Mac n cheese which the waitress took the pizza off. All three kids said they didn't like the pizza (they never say that!) the Mac n cheese was overly browned and wasn't hot in the middle. The chicken Alfredo was too salty and the chicken was not fresh. The wings were not that good the outside was very thick and chewy and I had to take off the skin to eat any of the inside. I would say the kids liked the game room but when we left we had to wait for our waitress who was the only server there to help with the prizes. I'm guessing the male there was a manager he noticed us waiting for the prizes but completely ignored us. He motioned for the only waitress that was there to come help us. He walked past us again without saying a word, knowing we were waiting to be helped while the waitress was tending to someone else. The waitress, Phoebe, was very nice and was the only person attending to customers so we had to wait for her. If you are going to open a pizza restaurant your pizza should be as good as the other pizza places around you like Charred Pie or Rosatti's Pizza, Or try Grandma Tony's! read more

Don't put too much weight into the bad reviews. It may be that those excited to damage the reputation of a business in the first week have questionable opinions. This is a great addition to Oro Valley! All of the staff were friendly and attentive. The pizza was delicious. The menu options are vast. The atmosphere is fun and the game room is a great option for those with kids. read more

We took my grandsons for pizza. Ordered a small cheese pizza and large combo. The large combo came out first but the cheese pizza didn't come out till we finished eating. Very disappointing. They said the cheese pizza boiled over and had to be remade. How difficult can it be. This place won't last long. read more

To those from the midwest, this is no surprise. We drove all the way from Sahuarita tonight and were not disappointed. The wonderful staff have the Taco Pizza (a first of its kind in the 70s) down to perfection making Joe Whitty smile from above. To those who've never heard of Happy Joe's, you will notice this is a step above your normal pizza place. If you have kids, come celebrate your birthday as this is a unique experience. This was a place of many of my childhood memories. read more

Happy Joe's Pizza - THE Taco Pizza - Pizza Near Me - Oro Valley, Arizona

Positive - all staff we interacted with were friendly. Scoop of ice cream was $1 which was a surprise after the cost of everything else on the menu. Negative - took awhile for someone to take our order and then pizza took a very, very long time to get after ordering (close to an hour). We had bought two $20 game cards for our twins which resulted in each child having 42 tokens. Games were 8 tokens each. That lasted about 5 minutes since they could only play 5 games. Once we ordered, we were not checked on. At the point we were ready to walk out, we flagged down the server to check on our pizza. He went in back and immediately came out with it. Pizza was cooked nice but was blah. We spent around $80 plus tip for mediocre pizza (one large and one small pizza). There was a lot of staff and they were hustling. Pizza wasn't good enough to bring us back. read more

Food was cold at the buffet. The salad bar was the only thing that was eatable. Service was good.

Better pizza available from Bashas at a lower price. New Restaurant, interior was very nice, but plastic plates and glassware made the e patience seem cheap. Un-sweetened Ice tea tasted stale. The ice cream was delicious, I have never had real ice cream I didn't love! We used a promotional offer to pay that was buy a $25 certificate get one free. The bill came up to $40 plus tax. The server never presented us with a bill, just verbally told us the amount due. After we gave the server the two $25 certificates, she later returned to the table and ok, you guys are good to go. I asked the server for a copy of the receipt, and asked why there was no change back from the $50, the server stated that the when you use the certificate, tax and gratuity are not included and you do not receive any change back if you don't use all of the $50. Seemed a little strange, but when I read the fine print on the certificate, it did indeed state these terms. I told the server that I was not aware of those terms, but I understood, and that it was certainly not the servers fault. I then asked if we could order something else to use up the balance of the $50, the server said she asked the manager and the manager said no, and that he or she would not make an exception. Not a big deal, but just kind of left a not so good feeling about what could have been an opportunity for good customer service that was wasted. I'm not sure how long this restaurant will last, but if I were betting on it, not too long. read more

Greeter was rude. Had the buffet at noon. Salad bar looked ok. Pizza tasted like frozen pizza. Pasta was dry. Pizza florentine tasted ok but found a bone in the chicken. Waitress was pleasant. Expensive. Won't return. read more

Enjoyed the pizza I had and my husband's spaghetti was good! wish they served coke products . Our server, Phoebe, was lovely. It was a slow night there so it was quiet in the restaurant. Everything was clean and bright! read more

Zero stars. Terrible service - pizzas were cold, undercooked, and gross. Salads were meh. Will not be going back....ever.

Food was below average. Service seems to be still figuring it out. Was hoping for a fun atmosphere but it was beyond lacking.

Ok, they were only open a week and have not worked the bugs out. What bothers me is the you don't see any manager addressing the issues on Yelp so the owners should be concerned. Now to the food: We ordered three pizzas and a pasta dish. The first taco pizza came out and it was barely warm. The other two pizzas came out 15 minutes later and they were nice and hot. A sauerkraut and Canadian bacon and the blackened shrimp pizza, both were really good. They could not figure out how to get the pasta dish out of the kitchen. We asked the manager, the waiter multiple times where the pasta dish was and it came out 30 minutes later and by that time we were too tired to eat it. The wait staff was abundant and very attentive. It's the kitchen that is very unorganized and needs to be fixed. I know what happy Joe's pizza is supposed to taste like. I grew up in Muscatine, Iowa, which was where the first franchise of happy Joe's was. I still love their pizza and I will go back after they get things fixed. read more

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Food was not great. Yes oro valley really needs a kid restaurant. Food is appropriate for kids. Loud Here too. One And done for me. However our server Shellby was GREAT. She won you 3 stars read more

Service is great. Pizza is just ok. I don't think it will be there long. Too much competition in the area.

I thought the food was good and the service was good. I got the buffet and the ambience was really good as well I also feel like maybe the service could be a little bit better but yeah. read more

We were excited to hear about a new option for dining in the area. We love what we ordered (the taco pizza- the taco sauce really made it and the chicken bacon ranch). Will definitely be back even if it's just for a quick pick up order or just as a spot to get out and grab some ice cream. Looks like it would be fun for kids (really needed for the area). read more

This place just opened so give them time to work out the kinks. As an Iowa based staple, it was just as good as the Midwest charm as we remembered. The pizza was PERFECT and the employees were all so friendly. Happy Joes is always a special place and the food never disappoints. read more

Had the buffet. Limited number of items in the buffet. The pizzas in the buffet were the specialty pizzas. Cost was over $16 for the buffet. My fault for not looking at it before I purchased. I didnt like their pizza sauce, and the pizzas are not as good other pizza in the area. Very disappointed with the food and the cost. Will not be going back read more

We enjoyed our food on our first visit to this new restaurant in OV!! BBQ brisket nachos were good and unique! we each splurged on sundaes and they were yummy and nicely priced! looking forward to trying their buffet with grandkids one day soon! Service was very good for newly opened place and their remodel of the old Red Lobster was very nicely done! read more

this place is awesome. It's brought to Tucson being the only location here and is very niche. I had a great time and food was good for an arcade and party place. read more