Came in to the Mellow Mushroom in Tempe on Mills Ave. on Pi day because they had a sign out from that said ," come celebrate pi day with pizza 3.14." When we asked about the special we were told there were none. When we pointed out the sign in front of the store advertising the special, the host dismissively said it was just an inside joke. I mentioned that it shouldn't be advertised as such. The manager then came over and said that there was no special but maybe their sign was worded wrong. But he would possibly give us a small discount. We cancelled our order and left. read more

Best pizza we've had in a long time. The crust had that chewy crunchiness that all great pizzas need to have. My kid had a pepperoni with bacon, I had the Mighty Meaty, while my wife and my other kid shared a Holy Shiitake Pie. She said it was the most decadent, most flavorful pizza she'd ever had, and it was polished off. We also had a great Caesar salad with tons of crunchy romaine and garlicky croutons. Amazing food. The service was super friendly and the atmosphere very funky with lots of artwork on the walls. Highly recommend this place! read more

Fire Devon or train your staff correctly. Will never be back nor would I ever recommend this place to anyone that I love. Horrific service to the point of embarrassment. Bar rescue, help this place. After being in the industry for 11 years, I've never received worse service as a whole. read more

My first time to Mellow Mushroom and I was very happy with the experience. Great beer selection, the salads were fresh, and the pizza was top notch. I consider myself a fan. I will return. read more

My family and I ordered online from here for dinner and it was amazing! Their gluten free and vegan options allow something for just about everyone. I only wish their gluten free pizzas came in bigger sizes other than just small. We also received really great customer service when I called to make sure that they knew that my pizza had a gluten allergy. I highly recommend ordering from here. read more

Went to grab some pizza a couple nights ago here for the first time and it was so delicious!!' The crust is unbelievable. Vlora was our server and she was so kind and relatable i will definitely be asking for her again. Need to come back for the reverse happy hour!! read more

I recently moved out here from the southeast and have had my fair share of Mellow Mushroom. I couldn't believe there was going to be one this close to me! I love that each one is so different. It's obvious they let them do their own thing, even though it's a chain. Went to the one in Tempe the week it opened. We had to convince our friends that it was worth it for six of us to get two large pizzas, but once they tasted it they understood why. Their specialty pizzas (the gourmet white is my favorite) are amazing and they have the best dough. (I don't know if they do it at this location, but I used to buy just their raw dough to make my own pizza at home- it's that good.) Toppings were generous and fresh. The pizza took a little while to get to us, but what good pizza doesn't? The service was great, too. We let our server know that we were heading to a concert after dinner and he did a great job of keeping the beers coming and getting our checks to us fast, even though they were pretty busy. I absolutely recommend it! read more

Great place for Gluten-Free pizza! They actually have a gluten free pizza menu as well as the create your own G-free pizza. The crust is very yummy, & the my pizza was super yum too. I had a pesto base, mozzarella + feta cheese, chicken & sun dried tomato pizza. Will be making future visits here for sure. MM is pretty hip & has a cool skater vibe to it. This place also has a full bar area too as well as many tvs on the wall for game watching. A must try! read more

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Nice atmosphere and food was surprisingly good, I liked the good beer selection The servers were slow and needed to be reminded of drinks a few times but were helpful and nice It was worth it especially during happy hour I'll be back to try again! read more

Mellow Mushroom is a chain that has locations mostly in college towns. I ate at the one in Boone, NC first. I thought the pizza was good, but a bit over priced, but they have a very good craft beer selection. So I gave the one in Tempe a try. I travel into Phoenix for business fairly regularly and eat at the Mushroom on almost every trip because the bartenders - Ariana and Katie - are friendly and efficient. Get there before 6 for happy hour specials. Order a medium pizza or larger and take the leftovers home. They also have reverse happy hour after 10:00pm. My favorite pizza is not one of their specials, but is should be: red sauce, spinach, mushrooms and caramelized onions. They should add it to the menu as it works great with their medium crust read more

I am a big fan of Mellow, so here is the deal I would recommend not eating here unless you called a to go in, or you sat at the bar and did not mind amateur service and long waits. 35 minutes to get our pizza and there are only 3 other tables in the restaurant. Service is amateur, but nice, very slow. Pizza, well it can't be beat, but the toppings were very light. This place has bad management written all over it. It's a shame. Next time I will call in a pick up. However the kitchens manager came out after the bill was dropped and apologized. At least someone there is customer oriented. He was able to turn it around. Someone should promote him to GM read more

I came here with my parents, sister, and 8 month old nephew. The music was way too loud, but I suppose we are not the chosen clientele. We had the bruschetta, which I didn't like, and the Mediterranean pizza, which was absolutely amazing. Great crust and delicious combination of ingredients. Service was fine. read more

I will admit right off the bat mellow has some good deals and great beer selection which is why I have given them any stars. their late night happy hour is the best deal on mill ave on a week day night right up there with cue clubs drink prices. however that is where the good things stop for this location, this is some of the worst service I have ever received. I have been here on 2 different occasions and both times left a bad taste in my mouth here is just a short list of things that were not satisfying about it , going up to the bar and waiting for service for 5 min when the bar only had 3 other people at it. then waiting another 5 min for my beer having then try and charge me for beers i did not order or drink having them bring more then one person in party (3 to be exact) the wrong beers food taking upwards of 25 min for apps bartenders giving 0 attention even when I am asking about specific beers on tap they do not know descriptions to give me no one in the place made me feel welcome , made me feel they knew anything about their own jobs or products, or even cared to try. its unfortunate cus it is such a great location and I have been to other locations and never had any of these issues. even the manager who came to speak with us about our beers being incorrect and our tab being wrong was rude and seemed like he didnt care , will not be going back to this location. read more

I would love to give this location 5 stars but repeated errors and poor service have dropped my rating. We've been coming here for 3 years and the food is always amazing. Get the Maui waui pizza. It's the best. 3 years ago the service was great, attentive and friendly. Lately it hasn't been that way. Unfortunately our food has been burnt several times or the the bartender has forgotten our food on multiple occasions and we've been served cold food. Isn't there a food runner or a manager watching the expo line to ensure food gets out in a timely manner? Another time we had a server that would come by to check on us, we'd tell her we were ready to order and she promptly walk away. We love the pizzas and pretzels and want to come back more frequently but the service is making us think twice. Just wanted to update our review. The food is amazing and we really enjoy Alexis. If you're looking for a great pizza or fun selection of beer, this is the place. read more

The food is okay now, mostly bread and fillers in the sandwiches and all the flavorful menu items I used to love are gone. Pizza is good, so I'd stick to that. Portobello was awful, totally flavorless. And the service... full disclosure this was like a month ago, but we sat at a table for awhile before giving up on service and asking to go to the bar. We got one drink and then sat there without service again until at least 15 minutes after our drinks were finished. Not that the bartender was busy, she had friends at the end of the bar she was sitting there talking to the whole time. We were her only other customers. When I asked if there was any kind of flavor or pesto or anything she could give me for my awful bland, sauce-less sandwich, she said all they had was mayo. It did not help. This is the 3rd time we've dealt with this service and horrible food. I used to love them in Denver so I kept going back, but now we are done. Decent drink prices, and pizza, with awful service. So 2 stars. Maybe they should hire based on qualifications and not cool factor. read more

I'm in town visiting family . So I decided to go ahead and take them out for lunch today . We never been here but we were amazed by the good food , especially the pizza they allow you to customize to your likings . But what really topped the experience off was our server Tamara . She did a great job at giving us suggestions as well as taking care of us all during our visit . She checked up on us , refilled our drink , brought beer samples . They have a good variety of beer , she even mentioned to me about their happy hour which is why I'm coming back . I never had any server ever offer beer samples . That was the best thing ever . Really loved trying and buying my family beers , bringing them all back later tonight!! Pizza and beer can't beat that! 10/10 read more

Had the Kosmic Karma pizza and it was so good!! Tamara was the sweetest too! Just WISH we had as good of pizza and servers back home. I will definitely be back every time I visit AZ! read more

I LIVE for the spinach artichoke dip! Came in for some and my awesome server Vlora suggested the Enlightened Spinach Salad which was amazing!! As a server I always judge my servers pretty harshly and Vlora was a solid A+. She knows what she is doing and does it all perfectly! I will be coming back to this location to see her!! read more

Love Mellow! The pizza was amazing. Our server Vlora was wonderful!!! Coming back for sure!

I am amazed by the service at this location! The pizza was great, absolutely delicious!! And our server, Vlora was so great!!! She was helpful, outgoing and made it a very pleasant experience. I will be back, no doubt! read more

Before becoming a regular at mellow, I had the pleasure of having Jacob / Coyote as my server! He made my experience welcoming! Handled everything greatly! read more

I'm not a picky person but the food definitely left something to be desired. It was... meh. The waitress was friendly but provided horrible service. When taking drink orders she took mine and my friend's order and then looked at my teenage son and asked "will water be ok?". He was confused and thrown off by this so he just answered "ok". We waited forever for her to return and when she finally took food orders she again took mine and my friends and then said "will there be anything else?". Uhm...hello...there's a 15 year old boy sitting right here also!!! She never refilled our tea and we waited forever for our tickets. read more

Nice music, cool and helpful staff, great ambience. Great place to hangout at any time of the day (or night)!

My friends and I ventured to Mill for lunch and shopping yesterday. I've heard a lot of great things about Mellow Mushroom so we had to try it. The selection surpassed my expectations. There are so many options! It was hard to choose what to get. I think our server was slightly annoyed that we took a long time to decide and we had to flag him down a few times to have our drinks refilled but the food was good enough that I can overlook the service. The food was REALLY good. We settled on the pretzels and a BBQ chicken pizza. The pretzels, though closer to twisted bread sticks than a pretzel, were GREAT. The pizza crust was sweet and soft, the chicken was perfect and the BBQ sauce tasted homemade. The place is noisy but the atmosphere is cool. The prices are exactly what you'd expect. The menu is IMPRESSIVE and even though this is obviously a corporate restaurant, it isn't just your average corporate pizza place. read more

The pretzel bites are delicious. BUT, be warned. They charge $2 just for the rocks in your drink! WHAT? They should write that on the menu or warn you about it. Cause ice in your water is free. Terrible. read more

Decent pizza but very expensive. I decided to try this place while visiting some friends at ASU. The atmosphere was nice and the service was good but unfortunately the food was just OK , not what I expected for a $30 pizza. read more

Great food and atmosphere. The salad was terrific just the right amount of ingredients. The pretzel bites and the cheese was good too.

Happy Hour is definitely worth coming for. Cheap beers and cheap appetizers. Food here tastes great and when I went in with a large party the servers took great care of us. read more

Hubby and I were on our way to an Escape Room and needed a place to eat. We had a Groupon for this place so we decided to use it last night. For a Friday night, we were surprised they were pretty empty. We were seated right away and the waitress came to take our order. They have an extensive selection of beers and we both decided to order one. They were good although I felt that they could have been a little colder. We decided to start off with a small Enlightened Spinach salad to share. It had fresh spinach topped with chopped apples, dried cherries, and sprinkled with candied pecans and feta cheese. We also chose to add on chicken. The dressing the waitress suggested for it was their signature Esperanza. At first bite it felt like the wrong type of dressing for this type of salad; however, after a few bites the flavors began to meld together and it became quite tasty. We couldn't decide on which pizza to share so the waitress suggested we do half and half which is what we did. Our favorite was the Kosmic Karma. It had a base of red sauce with spinach, sun-dried tomatoes, sliced Roma tomatoes, and finished with both mozzarella and feta cheese. The pesto swirl they finished it with really set it off. For our other half we chose the Funky Q. Chicken. It was covered with BBQ chicken, mozzarella and cheddar cheese, caramelized onions, and Applewood smoked bacon then finished with a BBQ sauce swirl. It was good however I felt that the Applewood smoked bacon overpowered the other flavors. Service was fine and the waitress made sure to check on us regularly. Hubby and I agreed that the food was okay but it is not a place we would go out of our way to visit again. read more

Mellow Mushroom - Pizza Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

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I first tried this restaurant less than a week ago. The pizza selection was amazing, and the staff was very courteous. We ordered a half shiitake and half Thai pizza and both were really tasty, especially the shiitake and I don't even care for mushrooms like that. The sangria is really good and so is the pear cider! read more

I went to mellow mushroom out of surprise, I had never heard of the place but my friends convinced me to go. I'm very skeptical about trying new pizza places (it's my favorite food so I take it serious), I was kinda nervous to try it. Anyways we ended up having Vlora as our server and she recommended the best pizza on the menu and I absolutely fell in love with it! Definitely will be coming back and recommending to my friends! read more

Went back a second time cuz so good the first. Was just as good....better. Happy hour 3-6pm ALL apps & drinks half $. Pretzels with beer chz xlnt. Pear cocktail xlnt. Beautiful bathroom. Try the fantastic AMC theater with all new interior nearby. Seats recline to laying down, all u can drink self serve soda, super clean. read more

I have been to many Mellow Mushrooms on the East coast (Florida, South Carolina, Georgia, etc...) and was so excited to see when they opened their first one in North Phoenix. (Happy Valley location). I have been a regular customer since the grand opening. They now have 2 other locations, one in City North and this one off Mill Ave. I hear a rumor of another.... The happy hour specials for appetizers do not exist at this location, or its only for certain days. I am not sure. I guess some days you get pizza slices (on thursday nights) and others you may get the appetizers...I dunno, I will try to confirm if I go back. The beers are still half off and they are always rotating. That is one of the things I love about Mellow. I have eaten here a many times during non Happy Hour and it can get pricey. Unfortunately the food is not always consistent. I think one day they were running low on mozzarella and thus mixed it with cheddar cheese which greatly altered the taste of the thai dye pizza. The meat pizza is usually a safe bet, but there was a time when even that was lacking. There was good and bad days for the wings. Service is decent. So far no complaints there. Ambiance is just not there for me. I can't say I won't be back, but this is one location I will not be patronizing as much. Its my least favorite Mellow thus far. read more

Love this place!!! Every time I come here, the staff is always smiling, helpful and polite! Great place to grab cheap drinks and great food. I recomend any of their pizza's and their meatballs! Ohhh my goodness, their meatballs, so tasty! I wish they offered more than just 3 to a plate. Go sit inside the bar and ask for Lexi! She is so much fun, attentive, polite and great at what she does! Mellow you are lucky to have her! You guys are AWESOME, keep it up! :) read more

I've been here about 3-4 times since it's opening & each time the service has been consistently poor, tolerable but definitely below par. I have continued to go back hoping it was a "working the kinks" out situation & as they were open longer everything would fall into place - NO WAY. I will never go back. Our experience last night by far topped the list of mouth open this-is-so-ridiculous-I-can't-believe-it-is-actually-happening-in-real-life. The menu says **ask about our gluten free beers** so I did & was informed the only gf beer was pear cider. Slightly annoyed because the menu is a little misleading. After the bartender got our drinks, our actual server took forever to come to the table (even though she walked back & forth 3-4 times) We wanted a gluten free pizza so I asked her what size the gf crust was & she said 10 inches. We ordered 2 pizzas, asking for no cheese on both. We also "built our own salad" asking specifically if the green olives were pitted & ordered those - our salad come to the table with black olives. She came back to our table awhile later & sits down next to me (this may sound stuck up/prissy whatever but seriously, I don't know you & I did NOT come to hang out or sit by you & I find it incredible tacky & invading to sit down without being asked just so you don't have to stand up while you talk with us) & says "do you have an allergy" excuse me, what? " do you have a gluten allergy? or are you just trying to be healthy or eat better or something because our crust is actually healthier, that gluten free crust has preservatives and eggs and its not healthy at all" um again, excuse me?? I have 2 years of nutrition classes under my belt, have worked with acupuncturists, herbalists, quantum biofeedback specialists, naturopaths, and spend hours doing personal research, experiments, and reading of my own and YOU in 1 sentence are going to speculate on my food choices, make me feel self conscious & without any actual facts or data or education tell me that something is healthy & something else is not healthy for me. This is absolutely unacceptable in my eyes & downright rude. She then goes on to explain that there are other aspects of the pizza's that aren't gluten free & we need to order off the gluten free menu, um HELLO?? Why is it that I am just being told about this menu now, wouldn't you have thought to bring to my attention there is a gluten free menu when I first asked about the gluten free crust? She brings the menu and it says the crust is in fact 12 inches (didn't I just ask her this question & she said 10?) so now we decide we only need 1 pizza & want to stick with the thai dye pie (I had heard its really tasty). She says its not on the gluten free menu & other things about it (not just the crust) have gluten. ok, so what are the other 'things'? She checks and comes back and says the sauce.I ask what other sauces could be used and she says none, you need to order off the gluten free menu. seriously WTF at this point. My husband doesn't want to go sauce-less because the pizza will be super dry so I say that's fine, I am sure a little sauce won't be a big deal for my stomach & I only plan on eating 1-2 pieces at most anyways. Instead of just taking our order as is our server then responds w/ "do you have an allergy or not" so rude, & most importantly, If she is going to go around giving health advice she should at least have a basic understanding of gluten, what it is, how it affects people, allergies, etc. gluten is not black & white, if you are allergic you don't eat one speck & break into convulsions like some people may from beans, peanuts, etc. It affects everybody differently ranging from malabsorption of nutrients, gas, bloating, headaches, leaky gut, etc. etc. - full blown celiacs have a much harder time & need to ensure no gluten is ever consumed, while some people just try to make prudent choices when available to limit the amount of adverse digestive problems that accompany consumption of gluten. There is also no reason why I should have to explain this, myself, or my choices to the server - especially when she is having a bad attitude. She finally goes away and our pizza comes out (over 30 minutes later) w/ yep, tons of melted cheese all over the place. We sent it back & when she came back told her what happened & said we wanted it togo, not only did she not apologize she didn't even say anything. We finally got the correct pizza & it was pathetic. There were barely any toppings & she had them put the sauce on the side, saying "she still didnt understand if we had an allergy or not" AAAAHHH! While waiting for our check she sat down hugging the guy at the table next to ours carrying on personal conversations, etc. helloooo??? we need our bill! no coupons, no apologies, nothing. I was a server for 5 years & I would NEVER let my husband tip someone $0 but I was so upset we left the exact amount and got out of there as fast as possible. read more

I went to Mello Mushroom for first time Saturday 8-16-2014 The Good Pizza (House Special) tasted good enough, even though a little over priced. The salad was good (Enlightened Spinach Salad) although I have never ordered a spinach salad that didn't come pre-dressed and they really didn't have a traditional Spinach Salad dressing, we did the balsamic. It was a Saturday afternoon at about 4:15 and there were maybe 15 people in the place and was definitely not busy, and there was plenty of staff 6 or so pizza makers , 4-5 servers (I assume they were servers anyway) and a couple hostess and at least 1 manager on duty that I could see not including bar kitchen and bar staff. OK now the not so good.... I don't think our server worked there ( I say this half jokingly) se showed up at out table to take out order, deliver out drinks, bring us out salad and then bring us our pizza and then to bring us our check. never ever checking on us to see if we needed anything else ( we had no silverware, there was no salt on the table, to see if we needed any refills on our drinks ) and when she wasn't at our table (which was not very often) I have no idea where she was she was not where to be seen ( probably why she didn't take as good of care of us as she should have) And I mean no where to be see, no in the pizza making area , not at hostess stand , not at bar, not in any of the other sections, its like she left and came back very strange for a place that wasn't even busy. ok next the hostesses were by front door talking to each other ignoring everything else that was going on. The Manager (I assume He was manager he was dressed differently than everyone else and seemed to be giving out orders) seemed more like he was more interested in talking up a couple of different wait staff (female) and being Mr Player and important that he didn't even notice the lack of service we were receiving. Also the fact that The men's restroom trash can was overflowing with paper towels and the sing was utterly disgusting and that the faucet on the right in the men's bathroom was just sitting on the sink, it was not attached to the sink in any way other than the hoses that supplied water. I washed my hands and kept my paper towel and was going to bring it back to my table rather than throw it on floor in restroom. on the way back to my table there was a trash can about 7 feet from mr manager man that was completely full to the to that things were sticking over the top but not over flowing I put the towel in there, I had to be careful or it would have been on the floor there also. I sat back down and watched this manager talk to a server and then he threw something in the over full trash can. I was thinking I can't believe he didn't have some one empty the trash. It was almost overflowing. a few minutes later one of the servers threw something in the trash, he walked over to the can and looked at it a few times and looked perplexed. He called her over I was thinking he was going to have here empty it, instead he asked her why she threw something away , and then she said why, and he and her both walked away from the trash can. no one emptied it at all. My lunch date said that the woman's restroom garbage can was not quite overflowing, but apparently the women there aren't as good of shots as the men because there 5-6 towels of floor in there. and mind you this was around 5 pm on a Saturday afternoon at his time, before they were even busy, I can only imagine how bad it must get when the place gets busy And I can only imagine that if this is the cleanliness that they have in their public, open areas, I don't think I want to know what happens in there not seen areas of prep, and refrigeration, and dishes. Yuck I would not recommend this place, not because the pizza wasn't decent, but more because of sanitary concerns and lack of attention to details from the staff from the manager all the way down to the servers, I know that it all starts at management and I guess if the manager is more concerned with chatting the ladies up then running a restaurant, I guess this is how the details that are most important (cleanliness, customer service, appearance) don't really have time or priority to be taken care of. read more

I can't even comment on the food they serve here. Reason being, there was no food to be served. Arrived at the restaurant, never was greeted but only to sit down next to the bar. No problem with that, except no one even tried to acknowledge us. Sat unwaited for about 15 mins, being clearly visible to the wait staff. Left disappointed and clearly upset with the unprofessionalism and discern of the staff at mellow mushroom. I should give them 0 stars but you can't. Never tasted the food and staff was rude. Disappointed customer!! read more

Amazing food and impeccable service our server Vlora made our MM experience absolutely fantastic definitely coming back for the amazing food and great service! read more

I came here with my partner-in-crime Brian V. because I heard they had really good gluten free pizza...I was not disappointed. We ordered the gluten free House Special - Red sauce base with mozzarella cheese, pepperoni, sausage, ground beef, ham, Applewood smoked bacon, mushrooms, black olives, Roma tomatoes, green and peppers...without onions. Our pizza was delicious! The service was great! I will definitely return for more yummy pizza next time I am in Tempe! read more

Kelsey makes a bomb chicken pita. Dustin is spot on with the order accuracy the food at mellow is bomb.