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Papa Del's Pizza

3.1 (689 reviews)
ModeratePizza, Salad, Sandwiches
Closed • 10:00 am - 9:00 pm
Updated 2 months ago

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Moderate noise
Casual
Good for kids
Good for groups

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Nobel V.

I had two extremes for their pizza, the thinnest, and the thickest... and I enjoyed both! Stumbled upon this spot when I was in the area, and I am happy I went! Coming in here, it was not too busy inside and we were seated right away. We started with some wings initially, and were then intrigued by the "Fried Garlic Butter Donuts". The wings were good, though everyone really enjoyed these fried donuts! Essentially fried dough, we were recommended to get this with the Nacho Cheese sauce, and oh man... this was a good way to start the meal! For the main course, we got the All American Thin Pizza w/ Bacon, and the Super Stuffed Pizza. The 2nd pizza is a Deep Dish pizza with extra cheese inside! Note that this pizza takes about an hour to prepare, but the wait is well worth it! Both pizzas were delicious in completely different ways. The thin pizza had a good crisp and just the right amount of cheese, sauce and flavor! The Super Stuff Pizza was very cheesy and I definitely needed a knife a fork to cut and eat it. It was VERY filling and every though we were a large group, we still took food home! Overall, if you are craving pizza in Champaign, this is one of the places to check out! Depending on your preference, I'm sure you will find the type of pizza that you like!

Kelsey O.

I haven't been here since I was in college and it was just as good as I remember! I'm a deep dish pizza person and this hit the spot. Service was excellent as well!

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Greg Z.

Review for SLICES not whole pizza order : We were in a time crunch so we chose the slice route , also this way everyone could get what they wanted . I personally chose the mushroom slice. Pretty solid slice for 4.50. Well worth it in my opinion . Perfect crust. Perfect ratio of shrooms and cheese . Now the sides on the other hand . The motz sticks were laughable for 7 dollars. I was expecting some mega sized ones as 6 only came with an order. Pretty disappointing to see 6 puny ones arrive and they basically tasted like aldi brand . The wings were a big disappointment as you get 12 wings for 20'dollars ?? We proceeded in buying 24 as we had 4 large gentlemen in our group ... for 40 dollars , was very very underwhelming as a couple even appeared to be undercooked . Now the bright side was our server was excellent she was fast and attentive as we arrived at 1130 on a Saturday. The beer list was extensive although the prices could have been a little friendlier. I would come back in again for a slice and a beer but nothing else

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Really good deep dish! Good service! Really liked the old Coca Cola bottling building rehab. Good job!

Robbin M.

1st time here and it was great! This was the small seep dish and my husband and I couldn't finish it! It does take some time....be patient!

Wings!
Vince R.

Great food and service! We wanted pizza and wings and all sorts of food here! Our server mentioned slices available instead of a whole pie (which takes time to make) and we were sold. Instant pizza and wings in short order piping hot! Cmon. Great deal. We had beers pizza slices wings and alll that for a lil over 100$ for 4 bros. Worth the stop!

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Dylan C.

A few things went wrong with my visit. To start off my friends burger looked like it was alive, it did not look good at all. And my girlfriend got the half and half meat and cheese ravioli (pictured below) was drowning in water almost, she ended up throwing up after only eating 2 pieces. And i got the lasagna, it was very dry and poorly seasoned tasted like it was frozen and not fresh. Our waitress was nice but didn't seem very professional seemed like she kinda just wanted to get out of there. It was a good looking establishment, it looked pretty clean, definitely if I were to come back I would wait for my pizza and see if that's good at least but definitely a poor first impression 4/10 DO BETTER.

I try to stop in for a slice is sausage and a PBR every time I'm home.

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The best pizza in Champaign! The deep dish is my favorite. Always a must when visiting, they never disappoint

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