I'm in love. This place is sooooo good! The staff is very knowledgeable and friendly. I ordered garlic knots, mozzarella sticks, and a pizza. Everything was amazing! The garlic knots were so good!!!!! (If you get pizza, dip the crust in the sauce on the garlic knots). My meal was fresh and delicious. I love the atmosphere. Highly recommended! read more

This small restaurant got a local designation of best pizza in 2016. I like their pizza fine, just not the best I've ever had, though you need to know I actually LIKE pizza that other people find greasy. They do have nice topping options including sliced meatballs, a white pizza, and other standards. Subs are good, though not the overstuffed 12-inch sort of super-sizing fame. Still, my favorite is the steak sub, hot and gooey with banana peppers. It leaves me wanting just a bit more which I think says something about the quality of the eating. There are wings with several sauce options, vegetarian sandwiches, and a few beers on tap with a couple wine choices at $6 a glass. No kiddie menus that I could find. Daily specials seem to rotate and may include pasta with their lasagna night a local favorite. They are located just across the street from the ocean so you could spend a sweaty day in the sun and catch a snack and a beer on their deck on the way home. They're open seven days a week until January when they will close Monday and Tuesday for the winter. They even offered to provide water to one beachgoer's dog while they ate outside. Nice folks. I'll be back. read more

PizzaKrieg's review is based on almost 40 years of enjoying (or trying to enjoy) great pizza. The perfect pizza is a balance of all parts of the pie. Crust, sauce, cheese, toppings, all work together. No component or flavor overpowers another. All parts of the pizza are cooked properly, no raw dough or burnt cheese. All flavors are in harmony and each bite is bursting with balanced, consistent, exquisite flavor. Too long don't read version: I've had 3 pizzas out of this building in 3 years by 3 different owners. First 2 were 2 of the worst pizzas I've ever had. 3rd was better, but still faulted. Pepperoni Grill is best of the pizza restaurant offerings if you're at the Oak Island beach and are hungry(VERY HUNGRY) for pizza. Box up review: Box: Here's a welcome site, the box was not soaked with grease. Crust Overall: The crust had fair flavor. It may be fresh made, but dough takes some time for the yeast to ferment and develop flavor. The pizza had a very large ring of un-topped dough around the edge, very chewy. It was hard to chew and most of the edge went in the trash. Worse crust can be had on the island however, which can be likened to a cracker. Kudos to Pepperoni Grill for having the crust done in the middle of the pie. It had a nice brown on the bottom as well. I've had many pizzas that were a mass of grease soaked raw dough in the center. I ordered a large and a small pizza. The large had an unacceptably large dough ring, as it appears they place the same amount of toppings on a large as they do the small, just on a bigger piece of dough. Sauce: The highlight of the pizzas, when I got a taste of it. The sauce was very sparingly applied. A bit sweet, but acceptable. Their website mentions a garlic kick, but I detected no garlic flavor in the sauce. Cheese: Cheese had good flavor and there was a decent amount applied, till you hit the dough ring. Toppings: The Pepperoni Grill website says they use fresh toppings and they never skimp. The mushrooms were undeniably of the canned variety and were also skimped upon. The pepperoni tasted good, and was applied slightly above skimping level. Of all other toppings, onion, banana pepper, garlic, spinach, roma tomato, olives, their freshness (or even presence in the case of the garlic) was not apparent. Staff: The woman who took my order in the restaurant was responsive, accurate, friendly, and appeared to believe in the restaurant's product. Building: Nice and clean inside. Nice décor and easy to read menu. Overall: The overall impression of my meal is that it consisted of a large, very chewy (sometimes difficult to chew), very salty piece of bread with sparse toppings. Glad to see someone in this building though, and they were busy at the time I was there. read more

I am a pizza connoisseur from philly + lg. pepperoni and sausage pizza ÷ pepperoni grill x friendly and attentive staff = excellent!

Best pizza I have ever had!! Great lunch special..2 slices (big) and a soda for $6 and they gave us free garlic knots!!! I don't know what they out in those but they are addictive!!! We had friends come in and stay the week in a beach front house right across the street and we ate pizza here three times!!! read more

I had went there recently and I was disgusted. None of the workers wash there hands after playing with their hair or grabbing their junk! I would not recommend going here! Prices are insane and they suck quite frankly. Better off just getting mcdonalds!!! Ew! read more

After a long day at the beach, we ordered take out pizza from the Pepperoni Grill. Ordered a thin crust pep and cheese and a specialty pizza, the lasagna pizza. Both were very good although I would have liked a little more "lasagna" on the specialty pizza. My order was waiting on me when I arrived at a very busy, somewhat chaotic restaurant. I will certainly try this place again on a return visit to Oak Island. read more

Excellent pizza. Excellent fried green beans. This is our favorite pizza place and we eat here at least two times every visit to our house here. I don't think anyone would be disappointed. read more

Pizza was bland. My dad and I both had a pizza and neither was anything to write home about. Delivery was good and the food actually arrived early but just wasn't great. There are better options. read more

The pizzas looked great, the toppings were good, but the sauce and the dough/crust were really plain. I'd give it a 2.5 overall. Just seemed bland (bad canned sauce bland). The price was on the higher end and do I expected more flavor. I'd honestly rather have Dominos. We got three pizzas. One veggie, one supreme, and one cheese and pepperoni. read more

Friendly staff, great pizza and right on the beach! Stopped here multiple times during my week on Oak Island. The location and menu is perfect for lazy beach days. read more

Pepperoni Grill - We couldn't make up our minds on what toppings to get so they let us get them all in 1 pizza! (Hawaiian, Vegetable Garden and Pepperoni). - Pizza Near Me - Oak Island, North Carolina

Always love the pizzas from Pepperoni Grill! It is often the first stop we make on the island! Staff and owner are friendly, too!

Awesome place right across from the beach! The best pizza I've had in a long time and they had these awesome macaroni cheese bites with homemade ranch dressing. I can't wait come here again next year. I stayed in oak island for 4 days and we ate here twice. It was awesome both times read more

This place is great! Looks a bit sketchy from the outside, but once you're in you're golden. Pizza is incredible and the spicy garlic wings are amazing. One star lost for slow service, but other than that I would recommend for sure. Better to eat in than take home btw. read more

Really good New York style pizza. It was a perfect crust. We ordered wings too...they were ok. I would definitely come back for the pizza, but not for the wings. Price was over $30 for large pie and 12 wings. read more

Recently ordered tomatoe Bianca, sounded good. But it had very small amount of Roma tomatoes, if it was truly Roma tomato, ? Garlic, couldn't be tasted or seen. Crust good though. Overall a very tasteless pizza . Very disappointed. Don't recommend it. read more

Of the 2 items in my takeout order, both were not good. I ordered an eggplant parmesan sandwich and the eggplant was burnt. Also, I ordered a calzone with extra fresh garlic and the garlic was not completely cooked. read more

This is a great pizza restaurant. It is semi self service in that you order at the cash register and then they bring the food to your table. It is right across the street from the ocean with limited ocean views. I've eaten there on several occasions. The vegetable pizza is great, the margarita pizza is awesome and they have a decent draft beer selection and a couple of wine options. The large salad is plenty to share with another person. It is relatively inexpensive. I will be back! read more

Good food, fresh, well made. However they are terrible at managing their business. Instead of bringing in people to handle the phones when they are busy, they turn them off. Yet they put on their menu that they take call ins. Either support your advertising or don't do phone orders simple. Also advertising on Facebook should match actual dates and times of operations. States open Monday and Tuesday after April 1st but they were closed The 11th and 12th. Just an observation. read more

My husband and I ordered tonight and it was quite disappointing. Let me say that I am a huge fan of this place, however, our order tonight was absolutely terrible. My chicken ceaser salad was only iceberg lettuce. Where is the romaine. Our pizza, sausage, onion and garlic had huge chunks of raw garlic on it, it was not crispy like I requested, and it tasted like it was the daily pie that was under the heat lamp all day. Extremely disappointed in our order tonight. I will give them another try and I only hope that it improves. read more

If your in Oak Island this is the place to go for pizza. The lunch special is awesome! Also make sure you sign up for the points, you can get some great deals. read more

Pepperoni grill killed the pizza game tonight. The service was fantastic and the food was great. I would definitely recommend eating here.

I guess not fair review since I live in Chicago, but this place was not very good. Pepperoni pizza was overcooked. Hard to eat. Not very good. read more

$42 dollars for two large pizzas and they were not fully cooked. They were tough when biting and the flavors were bland.

Nice staff, large menu, yummy pizza, complimentary garlic knots! Lunch special for 2 slices of your choice and a drink for $6 is great!

Dope place, lovely people, ambience on point, gonna miss the bus girl, hustles all day. Boom

Generally I'm a fan of this restaurant. However I ordered a pizza and garlic knots and I got there and waited 30 minutes just to find out they didn't ring up my order. Furthermore, I had to reorder the meal and pay full price for it. read more

I was unimpressed with the large garden (veggie) pizza that I had delivered. The top was undercooked and cheese and vegetables were watery and tasteless. I won't be ordering again. Maybe the food is better if you eat in. Disappointed read more

The staff is very friendly! Pizza is AMAZING! I come here every time I come to the beach!

2 stars for friendly staff, hot pizza. We ordered take out, Big Kahuna, and the pizza crust was so chewy that it was hard to eat. As another person said hardly no pineapple or ham. We won't eat the pizza again. read more

Decent pizza. We had the double pepperoni and Hawaiian pizza. Sauce was a little bland so need to jazz it up with spices

This is likely one of the worst pizza I've ever had. There was nothing on this pizza that was fresh. Dough was undercooked, sausages were frozen, canned mushrooms, sauce was flavorless. Also, the place was pretty dirty. read more

I called ahead of time to make sure they were open. They were. Called 2 hours later to place my order and no one answered the phone. Called a total of 4 times and never got an answer. It was a Tuesday night. Surely someone could have answered and at least put me on hold. Went to Dominos... read more

This is my absolute favorite restaurant in the oak island/ Southport area. GREAT food and the staff is so friendly!! Pizza and wings are great!!! read more

Bummer! OKI site was a 3-4 star & wha' hoppened? Welcomed & supported it at my island.But - on 5/30/15 3 take out pizzas at $44.00 were undercooked, skimpy toppings & no seasonings! We redid them & that defeated the take out idea.E-mailed their website on 6/1/15 with comments & never got a reply/explanation "so sorry". What gives? read more

Best food experience on Oak Island, Hands Down! (note: you will find my review on both google and tripadvisor!) I had the pleasure of meeting the owner of this amazing restaurant and wanted to return the wonderful service experience I was given with a fair assessment. Over the last six years, my family and I have eaten at almost all the establishments on Oak Island and so I feel like if I rate this against all other restaurants, it is a fair comparison. I will be rating on Service, Quality, Speed, Cleanliness, Experience. Service: This was an instant surprise! To walk into a place you have never been and expect to be waited on is an absolutely understandable viewpoint. Since this restaurant is self-serve/order you would think there could be lots of confusion. NOPE! As we entered we sat down at an open table and were greeted by the ONLY person in the front of the house. At first glance I was sure we would need to do everything from order to practically expo our own food and bus our tables, but instead, the lady greeted us and asked if this was our first visit to Pepperoni Grill. Of course it was and so she gave us the rundown of what they were about and how to handle our service. No confusion, no wondering, immediate service, and a wonderful way to start our meal. Throughout our meal we were checked on (not for refills, that's our job) to make sure our meal was satisfactory as well as pleasant conversation about the area in general. At the conclusion of our meal we were surprised to find they had overheard my daughters' desire to have a pepperoni pizza next time we were here and brought out a piece for my girls to enjoy, free of charge. That was huge for us, a family of 5 on a limited budget for the evening. Nothing could have surprised us more, however, than the wonderful dessert for our anniversary. Complimentary cannoli for our family. All in all, this service experience was top notch and there were ZERO turn-offs for our family. Rating: 5 of 5 Quality: Our family ordered a large pizza (classic white) and fried pickles. Complimentary garlic knots were provided with the meal in lieu of table bread and that might have been the best tasting part of the meal. The fried pickles were fresh from the fryer and served with ranch dressing. They were fried golden, crispy, and hot and were perfectly complimented by the cool ranch. The pizza was a standard brick oven style crust cooked just right and served as plain as advertised. Nothing fancy, nothing exquisite. The ricotta cheese was a surprisingly filling additive to traditional pizza fare and 2 pieces in I couldn't do any more. The flavor wasn't lacking and the amount was sufficient (with leftovers) for 2 adults and 3 children. The aforementioned cannolis were amazing and garnished with chocolate syrup and cinnamon/sugar to really drive home that sugar high you will have ten minutes after you leave. Rating: 5 of 5 Speed: What's to say? The longest I saw anyone in the restaurant wait was about 10 mins. On a much busier evening I would expect a wait of 20-25 mins but we were in on a slow evening with perfect conditions. No wait other than for the preparation and cooking of food at its normal pace. Not one iota to complain about. Rating: 5 of 5 Cleanliness: With only one employee up front you might expect some lag in the cleaning and busing of the place but the lady did a knock-out job of maintaining a balance of what needed to be done and helping customers. That's not to say that several people from the back didn't help, but rather they were very efficient in how they managed their time and kept the appearance of a much fuller staff with maybe only 5 employees in the entire establishment. The floors and walls were all clean and and restaurant tidy. Rating: 5 of 5 Experience: The culmination of the above qualities gives an easy picture of why this restaurant deserves the 5 star rating I gave them. I would eat there EVERY meal if had the money to do so. There is no better restaurant I can recommend here on Oak Island, and I encourage you all to give the Pepperoni Grill a worthy try! read more

Let's start with the positive things. We got a large thin crust half Big Kahuna, half Carnalicious. The Carnalicious was great. The pizza was good. Best slice you e ever had? No. But it was good. Manager/Owner of E. Beach Drive location, you should secret shop. First I called to place an order. A girl answered, asked me to hold, and that is where I stayed for 10 minutes before hanging up. 10 minutes of dead silence. Sounds crazy to wait that long but I was willing to do it for the sake of the review. I'm a patient person. I waited 5 minutes and called back. I got a busy signal. Who gets a busy signal in this day and age. So I waited 5 more minutes and tried again. I let the phone ring for 3 minutes. I've been told this place is good. So my husband said he would just go to the restaurant. He was back pretty quick with food. I asked if it was really busy. He said no. There was 1 table and 3 people working. Maybe they have a big delivery business. I don't know, but if I was the owner, I wouldn't worry about how much money you are making, but how much money could you be making? Time for a staff check. read more

This place is great. The food is amazing and the staff bends over backwards to make sure you're satisfied. We had calzones and Stromboli. The calzone was the best I've ever had. When my husbands Stromboli wasn't what he expected they fixed it with a smile. Their garlic knots were SO GOOD. You should definitely give this place a try read more

Upon ordering, some garlic knots were brought to us. They were a bit bland, the dough needed more salt to bring out the flavor. The pizza was delicious: crust was crispy (needed salt), toppings were plentiful, and there was no grease (even with cheese, pepperoni, and sausage). Staff was friendly and the place was clean! read more

This place is great. I was hesitant at first to try it. This building has cycled through a number of restaurants over the years. But pepperoni grill is for real and hopefully here to stay. Called in a order for delivery. Person on the phone was very prompt, polite, and knowledgable. Ordered two pizzas, a calzone, and a meatball appetizer. Food was delivered in a timely manner. Everything was delicious. Will definitely be ordering again. read more