OMG I ordered a pizza and we pulled into the parking lot and the owner brought out my pizza. I've been in Chico for over 40 years and have never tried Monstros Pizza. Wow the pizza is amazing I will definitely be ordering again soon. read more

It wasn't what I was expecting after all the hype. He does put a hell of a lot of cheese on his pizzas, though, I'll give him that.

I just moved in to an apartment behind this place and decided to buy one. This is absolutely the best pizza I can ever remember having in my mouth. Something about the cheese is just- and the sauce! The crust was perfect too. I am definitely ordering from them again. I think they just have better ingredients- definitely not a sysco refurb. Guy even hand delivered it over my fence. 10/10 customer service. I'm definitely going to try their spaghetti next time. read more

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The pizza was amazing oh my goodness!!! Dare I say best pizza I've ever had. Service was amazing the owner (I presume) was so kind 10/10 services Can't wait to see this place open up, definitely going to regular. read more

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Great pizza and service. The sauce is awesome and with all the fresh veggies their pizza can't be topped.

Amazing pizza not too greasy have been enjoying his pizza for years great place for really good prices. Highly recommended. read more

Monstros Pizza - Excellent pizza not too greasy. Great customer service have always enjoyed his pizza for years. Definitely recommended. - Pizza Near Me - Chico, California

Best Pizza I've ever had. Almost just as good when it's reheated the next day. I wish they would open the restaurant side back up but... I won't hold that against them. read more

Pretty good. Lots of cheese. Crust is nice and crunchy. Sauce is meh. Locals rave, but I'm kind of indifferent on it; leaning towards good tho. read more

A very long time ago I was a student at Chico state and I would frequent Monstros...when it was open obviously. The dive atmosphere and the random hours only lend to the awesomeness of Monstros. Monstros doesn't need you, you need Monstros. Best pizza in Chico hands down, when you can get it of course. read more

I've lived in Chico for 10 years and I've been hearing about the elusive monstro's all along. I work in the restaurant industry and I can't make it to them most night that they're open. Tonight I called, 40 minutes before close, to make a pickup order. When they asked if I had ordered in the past, I told them no and they told me to call a phone number they gave me. It was the number for Woodstocks. Disappointing and unprofessional as fuck. read more

I lived in Chico for a year, and after moving away, I have dreams about this place! First of all, I'm sorry, but Chico is sadly lacking in basic flavors everywhere. When MOD Pizza is the best pizza place you have in town, something's wrong. Monstros Pizza, however, holds its own, not just as the best pizza joint in Chico but sits on the top 3 of my list of Best Pizza Joints in the U.S. I'll admit hours are goofy, but once you accept it, you'll learn it's one of the things that make them special! When you catch them at the right time, the wait is 100% worth it! The flavors, toppings, dough, and sauce blend beautifully together like the northern lights--tasting as delicious as it looks. read more

Been living in chico for 6 years and always saw this place and was curious about it. Decided to give it a try and this shiz SMACKS. Get the mexican pizza, its pepperoni, pickled jalapenos and carrots and its INSANE. It is a little sus and you cant go inside. You have to call it in, and then call when you get there and the owner brings it out to your car. The windows are basically boarded up which is odd, but i have decided it doesn't matter because the pizza is that good. read more

Definitely a Chico icon! The pie is the best in town. Great fresh toppings, sauce is flown in from Chicago, and always hot and delicious. Service is call in order and pick up to go, and the owner is the coolest guy around, who is super funny and welcoming. Check them out, for sure!!! read more

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Great pizza. Good customer service. Quality ingredients and quick service! The only down fall is the hours of operation and how hard it is to get a call through to place an order! The pick up is a little sketch at first but once you get it down it won't be an issue. I love the amount of pepperonis and cheese they put on the pizza, I love this pizza dough. It's not great warmed up though, sometimes the bread gets a little tough. We've gone back twice! Top 3 in Chico read more

Monstros Pizza - Pepperoni pizza light sauce - Pizza Near Me - Chico, California

Picked up pizza last night, bumping from 4 to 5 star. This is the best pizza in town. 22 bucks for a pizza is a great deal Pickup was right on time Pizza was fresh and tasty read more

Monstro's never misses! Greg busts him hump and the result is perfect, every time. The service is always friendly, everything runs easy and smooth from my experience, and the prices are hard to beat. A large runs me $23-25 depending on if he's running a special that day. My family and I get a large pepperoni at least once or twice a month. Not only is the recipe perfect, but it's reliable. The consistency is excellent and you can always count on getting a great pizza. Nowadays it's a pickup only operation, so follow their Facebook page to see if/when they're going to open. If they do then you just call in when the post says they're opening, place your order and then head down to get it when he lets you know it's almost ready. He meets you at the door, pay in cash (only), and your pizza's good to go. Honestly I think it's a kind of a fun way to do business differently, and I'm sure it saves him some on overhead costs. Even though there's no dining in right now, I still love the aesthetic of Monstro's, it has an old school authenticity to it. Where just about every other pizza place is trying to be trendy and modern, Monstro's stays true to itself. It doesn't pretend to be something it's not, it's a great pizza joint beloved by locals and students alike and it doesn't apologize for anything, nor should it! If you're able to catch them when they're open, definitely grab one for dinner! read more

Monstros Pizza - Good ol' large pepperoni, perfect every time! - Pizza Near Me - Chico, California

I've been wanting to try Monstros for a while now but never hit it right due to their crazy hours. I finally got it tonight and HOLY HELL it was SO delicious!! The crust was perfect- crispy on the bottom and chewy in the middle. It was super cheesy and still piping hot after the 10 minute drive home. read more

Monstros Pizza - a pepperoni pizza in a box - Pizza Near Me - Chico, California

Monstros has the best pizza in Chico! This was the first time I've had it in probably 10+ years, when I lived in Chico I would eat it at least once a week by the slice when going to high school. So many years later the pizza is just as good! They only accept cash and they're usually only open Wednesday through Saturday, check their FB page to be sure. They get really busy so I would recommend calling as soon as they open. If you don't get through right away keep trying, it's worth it! read more

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Excellent tasting pizza. Friendly staff. Super fast service for being scratch made. Highly recommended. Will definitely be going back soon.

Not your typical restaurant or even pizza set up. I kinda felt like I was ordering contraban or sumpin. Or maybe they just liked the Covid rules so much they never went back . Very nice gentleman though, cash only. The most important part, pizza rocked, tons of toppings and too hot to even try to eat! read more

I love greg, he's a local hero. Always a wonderful pizza, me and my roommates sit in a circle on the floor around the pizza and devour.

Hubs got me hooked on this place since he's been eating here since college. Tasty crust (sourdough?) and the sauce is bomb. Open in the evenings, cash only but worth it. read more

Pizza is pretty good - one of the best in Chico? Maybe. Something is a bit off about it though, not sure but maybe the sauce. The garlic bread is literally the best. Stars off for random ass hours - are they open? Who knows? Call and find out? No answer! Facebook? "Reminder we will reopen tomorrow" but no mention of them being closed in the first place. It's almost like this place is some guys hobby and half the time he just can't be arsed. read more

Great service and pizza! So fresh and tasty. Best pizza sauce I've had in a long time

Just had a combo pizza. Wow. I have to say it's the best I've had in Chico. Plenty of toppings - and the bacon (the crack cocaine of meats), was thick and cooked just right. Crispy but flexible. Nice level of cheese, sweet and tart tomato sauce, nice crust. Toppings go to the edge. I recommend it to everyone! I'm going to Monstros again this week. read more

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I really tried. I really wanted to try this place and support this place. Called 18 times. No answer so sad read more

Monstros Pizza - Pizza Near Me - Chico, California

I looked up Pizza places last week and this popped up. I had never heard of it and didn't really remember seeing it stand out when I drove by. BUT THIS RIGHT HERE IS A GEM. This is hidden for a reason. And good reason that is! I didn't look up their menu, just asked for a Large Pepperoni Pizza. He told me the price (which I thought was more than fair) and I arrived when he had told me to. The door was locked so I called and said I was outside. He came out and took my money. I then waited maybe ten minutes as this crispy, mouth-watering pizza came out to me in my car. I got home and oh man was I in heaven. The sauce was a little chunky which I always love the little bit of Tomato in there. The cheese would fall right off. If you need a BIG GREASY FLAVORFUL pizza for a bangin' price this is your dude! Thanks! That thing was absolutely amazing and there needs to be more places that follow this guys routine! read more

Monstros Pizza - Large Pepperoni Pizza - Pizza Near Me - Chico, California

Owner was super nice. We were there during graduations and it was hard to find a place that was open or didn't have a long wait. He was able to take our order and pizza was ready in a reasonable amount of time. Pizza was delicious as well. Thanks! read more

Lived in Chico for my first year of college and I still tell people how great this pizza was. It truly is the best pizza in the world!

Fantastic tasting pizza. Delicious Real ingredients. Definitely worth waiting till 6pm to order. I haven't had a bad pizza yet. Awesome. read more

This is the best pizza I've had. Not just here in Chico. I've had the best Chicago has to offer. I've eaten at the best New York joints. The combination of the crispy underside of the crust and toothy upper part along with the handmade sauce and quality toppings make this my favorite pizza read more

Monstros Pizza - a pepperoni pizza in a box - Pizza Near Me - Chico, California

Had this place for the first time the other day. They had run out of pesto sauce for my pizza so they comped me some pizza for the trouble. They were really cool about the whole thing, and the pizza was really good. I'll definitely be back for more. Can't wait to try the pesto next time. read more

Monstro's is a pizza place that is also a punk rock venue. The owner is a fan of music, and an old punk rocker, from Whidby Island up here in Washington (off the coast of Seattle). One of the benefits of playing a place like that is the food: Monstro's gave a free pizza pie to each of the bands -- maybe even two. Their pizzas were ginormous, and they were tasty. We all stuffed our faces, and in the case of Stay Tuned singer Phil "Matt" E. and Misfats singer Glenolan Hamzinger, we had some pizza stuffed on the outside of our faces as well. Like all down Hamzinger's shirt, thanks to some wild gesturing on Phil's part while telling some story or another. Monstro's is located on a residential street, and is surrounded by apartments and housing. So the show had to start and end early -- the first band was on at 8pm, the last band had to be done by midnight. We were scheduled to be 2nd, Misfats 3rd. We pulled our van up to a side door that conveniently allowed loading in and out away from the crowd. And speaking of the crowd... I remember going to shows in L.A. when I was in my first couple years of college and seeing the older guys who played in the bands I liked. I remember kind of looking at them and being uncomfortable talking to them... I thought they were cool but they were older! They were touring! They had been playing shows and with bands for ten, fifteen years! They were old enough to drink! And now I guess I've come full circle. We pulled up and everyone at this place but us, the Misfats and the owner were local Chico State college students, probably ten years younger, if not more. Walking through the crowd and talking to folks I could feel that same reverse tension. I am now that older guy playing in the band on tour, drinking, making wise cracks about shit only the other older guys in the other bands understand. Don't get me wrong, everyone I talked to was really cool once I got them talking and joked with them a bit -- one girl even invited us to her place after the show to listen to music and talk if we "weren't doing anything else already." It just was an odd sense of reverse time warp or something. So, in a sense, this was to be a test of our music. Most of the themes we play are from shows that were off the air by the time most of these folks were watching tv. In some cases before they were born. I know our stuff has been played on some college radio around the country. But how well would it be received live? Our last show in Chico was at a mismatched venue, so we really didn't know how this would go over. Recognizing there wasn't a lot of time for setup and breakdown, all the bands started setting their gear up outside that door, protected by the Misfat's and our vehicles. I went in and listened to the first band and they were seriously punking it up, loud and full of energy, getting the crowd going. I started to get a bit worried... our set was fixed by what our fill in drummer Mike had learned in the last two days, and we couldn't swap anything in or out to account for the audience. How the hell was Jeffersons, a gospel rock song, going to go over with a crowd out to see a Misfits tribute? Seriously, I had nothing to worry about. We got set up, and I think the crowd was as nervous as we were seeing that we had no guitar (except bass), but we had a ... keytar? The house sound was being mixed by a fellow who kind of volunteered to do it -- we had two monitors on the floor and a few mikes, our vocals came out of some house speakers, and otherwise all sound was produced by us. There were some serious snafus in the vocal mixing, mostly due to the fact that no one there really knew how the system was wired or supposed to be mixed. At one point in our set the feedback was so deafening I could hardly play as it the speaker was right next to my head. But... once that was resolved, we played a fast paced, energetic set, fueled by a young crowd who seriously dug what we did and cheered loudly during and after our songs (and in some cases surprised us by singing along). I got some awesome compliments afterwards on our harmonies and my slap bass. The energy in the place was really cool. And to top it off, the beer was REALLY cheap. $1 PBRs in a bottle. Which was kind of scary, as there was a serious mosh pit going during the Misfats' set that included bottles skidding around on the floor (and a broken watch). We hung out and listened to the last band for a bit, sold some merchandise, handed out some free stuff, and rapped with the locals. Great energy, great scene, tasty pizza, and cheap beer. I look forward to coming back down to Chico again. read more

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Great food, great people! Definitely recommended! Garlic bread is on sourdough which is definitely a 5 Star alone! We got the 14 inch pizza with garlic bread and 2 drinks for $14 which is a great price for the quality. read more

Incredibly delicious pizza and a friendly staff! The guy who makes the pizza's says everything is from scratch and you can definitely taste it. Huge portions for the price! 13 bucks for a big pizza with garlic bread and 2 drinks. Love it here and will keep coming back as long as I'm in Chico! read more

Monstros Pizza - Pizza Near Me - Chico, California

Hands down the best pizza in town! Over 20 years of excellence!!! Premium pizza at an affordable price. Monstros definitely takes pride in each pie they make. Pepperoni and sausage, classic all time favorite. read more

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Awesome lowkey pizza restaurant. This place is definitely a hidden gem. The pizza is made fresh when you order it, so its always hot when it gets to the table. Very good quality of ingredients. Super friendly/cool owner. Something about this place just feels quite right, I am happy that it exists. read more

Monstros Pizza - Pizza Near Me - Chico, California

Was in town to watch my son play baseball. They delivered fresh hot pizza to the baseball field for me when most other places were closed.

Breath of death pizza tonight. As good as I remember it. Priced right and delicious.

Had my first pizza ever there (pepperoni & mushroom) and it was delicious. Excellent ingredients and it was baked to perfection.