Usually love this place and pizza. Tonight was the worst pizza I've ever had. It's like they forgot the pepperoni on the pizza and threw it in minutes before it was taken out of the oven. Pepperoni was not cooked at all and just sitting on top of it. Terrible !!! When we called she would only offer 20 percent for next order. We travel 20 mins for their pizza and am now super disappointed read more

Red Boy Pizza - Pizza Near Me - Oakland, California

Best pizza in the hills! It was a great value for the price and you can be pleased that you are supporting a local place. COVID-19 protocols were in place (which I enjoyed) and the employees were very helpful. Will definitely order from here again read more

I used to like this place but since 3 years ago was the last time I ordered a pizza. They made the pizza and all the toppings in the middle. As before the pizza was excellent. I would have to agree not worth it. read more

This is a super solid neighborhood pizza place. Very family friendly, welcoming environment and the pizza is delicious. Eggplant Parmesan also very good, ice cold beer on tap, and my wife digs the wings. read more

What an amazing Pizza! If you thought you were "just gonna go grab some pizza for dinner" think again. This pizza is amazing. Cooked in a stone oven at 600 degrees it really doesn't get much better than this. Wait, I stand Corrected. It does. Because it came in a Heart Shape to support the American Heart Association; pretty sure when you can eat a cute, delicious, AND charity conscious pizza, all is good in the world. Located in a great area of Oakland that has plenty of parking (meter), a fun vibe, and a family atmosphere. read more

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This review is about the lack of mask wearing by employees at the Leimert site. The teenage guy who got my order today was the only employee visible wearing a mask. No one in the kitchen cooking was. The sign on the door says must wear a mask to enter. This is mandatory for staff. Where is the manager and the enforcement of this rule? If I have to wear one the staff absolutely does. We are trying to drop the rates here in Alameda County. To do this businesses need to do their part. Red Boy get it together. If staff doesn't comply then hire those who do. I was in there at 6 pm today. read more

I was not impressed with their food. First I asked for gnocchi with pesto cream sauce but they don't have it anymore - maybe take it off of the menu! Next they offered me tortellini. I said okay as long as there was no meat since I am vegetarian. I ordered a meat pizza for my family - and specifically said "well done." As you can see by the photos, I got a handful of tortellini with pesto - no cream included (It looks like I got about 1 cup for $12.45. I could have made it home WITH pesto-cream sauce for about $5.) and the pizza was soggy in the middle. I didn't want to drive all of the way back down the hill so we threw the pizza in the oven by slices - something we shouldn't have had to do. With the other few things we ordered, the bill was over $90. Too much to pay for food that I had to recook. The girl that answered the phone seemed frazzled. When we went to pick it up, I assume it was the same girl because she answered the phone with the name of a different restaurant and forgot to give me my change. I tried to support this local place but now I remember why I haven't been there is no long. read more

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Ordered 2 pizzas on Halloween at 4. Delivery didn't happen for a very long time so I called and then came down to the restaurant directly. At 6 I waited in the long line and explained why I was there. At 6:15 spoke with the manager. At 6:30 I spoke with someone else who told me that my order never went through. Watched the place fill up and then empty out while they "figured it out". Finally, after the kids already went out trick-or-treating hungry (not a great plan) they shoved the pizzas through the oven in a rush. I'd understand if I hadn't sat in the restaurant staring at the staff for 45 minutes, but how long does it take to find and rectify an order error? It's a pizza, not a suspension bridge. Place a new order and make the damn thing already. They may be fantastic every other night of the year but they dropped the ball so badly tonight that they'll never get my business again. Absolutely ridiculous. But wait, there's a punchline! At 7 I finally walked out with nothing. Great work guys. read more

Save yourself some money and buy a frozen pizza at the grocery store and heat it up at home. Tastes about the same!

I would suggest to the owners look at who they hire to represent their small business . We ordered a large pizza and spaghetti for pick up on 7/12/20 at 3:40 The girl who was there today can't even say your welcome when we thanked her. It's so sad how customer service has gone downhill. read more

We picked up the Red Boy special a month ago and it was delicious! First takeout we'd had since Covid. It was such a treat to have a tasty meal made by pizza pros. Sanitary measures seemed adequate. read more

Used to order from here quite a bit but the quality has recently took a nosedive. Now everytime I get a pizza theres no way near enough sauce and theres too much cheese which makes it a sloppy greasy cheese and flat-bread spiral soup. Last visit I I ordered wings ...big mistake. 5 wings costs 7 dollars...and the look like fried rabbits feet. Theyre tiny. When she handed me the box it nearly floated out of my hand because there was hardly any meat on the bones. Was a total rip off. Lastly... I once i found a sizeable piece of plastic baked underneath the cheese of my pizza. I was in my mouth...I nearly almost plastic! I called and the woman who owns the establishment called me back and said she'd comp my food for next time. She never made good on that. Somehow the redwood road location has better quality food, but sadly the service staff are pretty unfriendly and scowl at you as if they hate dealing with customers. Weening myself off of redboy. read more

Red Boy Pizza checks off all the boxes: good pizza, excellent service, kid friendly, easy street parking AND it supports the local community. The staff was nice and friendly with my can't-be-still preschooler and responsive to our needs. Plus, it is always helping out local schools and groups such as the Girl Scouts. read more

Last couple of visits have been really disappointing. Last night we picked up a large Special / Paradise combination pizza and if we were at the store we would have returned it. There were only 1/2 the toppings on the Special and there were only a few pieces of pineapple on the Island Paradise. Not Paradise in my book and this is not the first time. Something has changed. I wish we would have taken a picture. After years of loyalty I am afraid they will not be on our list in the future. read more

A great, kid-friendly restaurant to come for pizza. The service is friendly, the pizza is good, the layout is nice. There's a grocery store around the corner if you need to get dinner and pick up some items for the house. They make other things pretty well (entrees, salads, sandwiches), but they do pizza the best. We've been coming here for years. Their sushi selection is lacking, though. I ask for the sushi menu and they claim they don't have one. I don't know what's up with that. read more

Absolutely love the pizza and the overall vibe of this location. Nice selection of beer and wine. The employees make you feel at home.

Definitely on top of my list when it comes to pizza. They have tv's that are always playing bay area sports which I love. I can always count on them not just for dine in but delivery doesn't take long at all!! read more

I love redboy! The tortellini with pesto cream sauce is the best! Always great service when you're there.

I love Red Boy Pizza. Having Round Table and Red Boy in my Neighborhood for quick and delicious delivery--I choose Red Boy every time. Prices are reasonable and I much prefer dealing with the people taking the order at Red Boy. They have an extensive menu--not just pizza and everything I've ordered there is delish! It's a rainy day out today...think I'll call Red Boy right now for delivery. I'm sure they'll be here in under an hour! read more

Friendly service, really tasty pizza, very peaceful and clean place...great spot to bring friends or family for a casual pizza night, but not too casual! Prices are reasonable for the size and great taste. The garlic bread is super buttery and the perfect texture. The only thing I wouldn't write home about is the salad...then again, it's December so not the best time for fresh salad ingredients. Oh they also have beer! And a decent selection at that! I'll be back :) read more

Great pizza and great crust. Not the kinda crust that is doughy but really good stuff. They must have learned from the restaurants in North Beach in SF because Red Boy's Pizza is just as good. I usually order some kinda of combination - chicken, sausage, artichoke hearts, put everything on it with a salad. Four kinds of beer on tap plus bottles, I usually order the Stella Artois. Very accommodating service. The waiter /waitress always come back to pour water and see if you need anything else. I also like the fact that they have the flat screen on with the sports. Go Oakland A's, wait Go Giants too! I'm definetly a frequent customer... read more

I don't know what happened to Red Boy, but I have to edit my original five-star review until they get the ingredients worked out. On our last several pizzas, the cheese had a weird texture, like either they changed to a cheaper cheese or it had been frozen. Then the other night we ordered one and OH MY GOD WHAT DID YOU DO TO THE CRUST, RED BOY!?!?!? It tasted like crappy Domino's Pizza crust. If you're reading this, RB, let me know when you get it worked out so I can resume my regular pizza habit and restore you to five-star status! Original review: Red Boy is our go-to pizza place! Their crust is awesome. We haven't had the problems others have had with the order being wrong, but we usually pick it up anyway instead of having it delivered because we can start eating it faster that way! read more

I'm so disappointed, this place is so close and in our neighborhood it is sad that I have to report a negative review. We have ordered many times and 80% of time it is wrong. This time our delivery order didn't show and when I called after an hour of waiting (we live 1 mile away) they explained that our order was taken as a carry out instead of delivery- they then said it wasn't their fault despite us giving them our address and sent a delivery car with our dinner. Clearly our food sat under a heat lamp and the pesto on my pasta was so past it had separated- see photo. No apologies or discount. This is the last time in a string of screw up orders, I'm not usually one to post a review but this is ridiculous. read more

Red Boy Pizza - Pizza Near Me - Oakland, California

My boyfriend and I went here after a hike at Diamond Canyon, just a walk up the public stairs. We were dressed in hoodies and jeans, but still received a warm greeting. The pizza was delicious but the best part was the staff. We went on a Friday evening just before the rush of adorable families. The sun was setting and the waitress didn't hesitate to pull the shades down for our comfort. We decided on a medium Devil's Dare pizza (pepperoni/sausage, jalepenos and pepper flakes) and a small garden salad to split. I was all for the pizza if the pepperoni was 100% pork (I don't eat beef) and so I asked our waiter if he knew the contents of the pep. HE WENT AND CHECKED! That's attentive customer service. It was in fact 100% pork and was devoured. We shall return. read more

After reading over the past reviews, this beautiful restaurant has not received as much credit as it should. The menu has great variety of plates that range from pizzas to pastas and salads. There is also a kids menu for the light eaters. They do not serve bread and butter as a complementary starter, but their garlic bread is DELICIOUS! My friend and I shared the Gnocchi and caesar salad, which was very satisfying for two people. The pesto-cream sauce was AMAZING! Definitely home-made and thought out. This restaurant is a great place for a first-date or a comfortable lunch, as the dress code is casual. Family-run restaurants are always so greaat! Thank you for a great meal! read more

I'm not quite sure why I keep trying to give these people my hard-earned money. Each time I call, there is loads of attitude and a long wait for basic foods. I called Pastino's down the street and nothing but piping hot pizza in 20 mins. I want to like this place and I actually did. But the recent managerial updates have been disappointing. Please fix it. read more

Better than average pizza. Went there with friends. Ordered the salad slice combo. You really get two slices and can get whatever toppings you want. The pizza slices were tasty, but the crust was soggy in the middle and hard at the edges. Maybe it was because they were individual slices, but others at our table ordered slices, and I think they made a whole pie with that in mind. Price was 6.95 for the combo and 1.55 for soft drink. Pretty reasonable, since other places can charge you 8.95 for an individual pizza and 5.00 for a salad. Service was excellent. read more

Well, it turns out I had a wrong. Like Paula etc always say - wrong song choice! - I was choosing the wrong foods to order. I got it just right tonight! I had their Green Salad small with their very garlicky, delicious basil dressing. I ordered my gnocchi with their garlic white wine butter sauce instead of pesto & it was just right! Not too heavy...until I ate my garlic sourdough toast... Split my seams again! Seriously, I don't even know why I bought a treadmill; there's no undoing what I've just done! read more

Ordered but never received pizza. When I called the next day, they claimed to have attempted delivery and that they called me, but there is no evidence of calls from the business or the driver. They then claimed my mailbox was full, which is uttérly untrue. If they had acknowledged the error I would have understood but they lied outright. After a discussion they said a refund would have to be done by the owner who was not there. Never again. read more

This location just opened? or will soon? This type of pizza is way overdue in this area. The sourdough crust is amazing. I have been to multiple locations usually when heading up to San Rafael (you pass a few). I usually get bacon, tomato, and hot peppers which was recommended and i never turned back! Not to go unnoticed, the owners sons are hot stuff. PS. Support family owned businesses! read more

An Italian restaurant that no longer serves Italian wine After ten or fifteen years of being regular customers, we no longer order a bottle of white wine with dinner - the wine list is not printed on the menu anymore, so you have to ask the waitress (and we get disappointed each time we ask) -- all of the choices are from the west coast, none are from Italy anymore. Tonight, was a rough night - they were out of glassware -- this has happened on and off for years, but tonight was by far the worst. In the past they would jump on the problem, tonight no one took any initiative. My wife's glass of wine came at least 10 minutes after she ordered it, my beer arrived after our pizzas, so maybe 20 to 30 minutes later, and it was warm. The pizzas arrived fairly quickly, but the pastas came about 15 minutes later. Pasta only takes a few minutes to cook. A newish waitress had lots of excuses, but the excuses became very tiring after a while. The new owner seems friendly, and her workers are almost always super nice. The food has suffered, recently too many pizzas come out overcooked or burned, and too many come out undersized -- not covering the pan. Wine choices and attention to detail have decreased under the new ownership. 2 stars for tonight, with 5 stars for 15 years of wonderful friendly service, 4 stars for the kid friendly food over the long haul. read more

We got pizza and a salad delivered for dinner last night and, sadly, it wasn't a very good experience. Here's the good part: the food came in about 45 minutes, which is what they estimated. The pizza: the crust was spongy and tasteless and the tomato sauce on the pizza was very sour. Very disappointing. The salad: the Caesar salad, if it can even be called that, was made with iceberg lettuce, not romaine lettuce. (Say what?!) We asked for the dressing on the side, and the salad came with the dressing on the salad. 'Nuff said. read more

My sweetie lives near this Red Boy. We often phone to get pizza delivered. The pizza always arrives on time. I love the chewy fresh pizza crust and they always put plenty of toppings on. We occasionally go to the restaurant to eat. We go on the late side so we haven't been there when it's super-busy. The seating is comfortable. The staff has always gone out of their way to be friendly and accommodating. They cheerfully respond to special requests and make sure our drinks are refilled throughout the meal. I like their meatball sandwich. The spinach salad is fresh with lots of bacon, and the "small" salad is generously sized (enough for two to share as an appetizer). The only thing I don't like is that the restaurant is noisy, even when it's not very crowded. read more

The neighborhood really needs this place. It sucks they got robbed in their first week, but it gave them some free advertising (that's how I found out they were open). Anyway, definately the best pizza place in the area: staff is friendly and genuine, although like many families they may be a bit over the top. I've had their whole pizza, by the slice (the whole pizza is better), and pasta; it's all good. It's a nice place to sit down and eat and kids are welcome. read more

Ordered to-go and the pizza was alright. The antipasto salad on the other hand was a disappointment. I had to doctor it up since it was mostly lettuce with a little bit of black olives and exactly 4 pieces of thin sliced salami and ham. No tomatoes, artichokes, peppers or pickled type veggies. read more

Red Boy Pizza - Skimpy Antipasto salad: 4 pieces of thin salami & ham. Not worth it! - Pizza Near Me - Oakland, California

I had friends coming over for a meeting, and we had agreed upon pizza and beer. I waited for them to arrive so I could get their preference on what pizza to order. We agreed on the Red Boy Special. The order delivered pretty quickly, and we all agreed it was pretty tasty. I don't eat pizza often, but this was excellant pizza to have delivered, and I will certainly use them again! I can't speak to the experience of eating in the restaurant or picking up, but I tend to order pizza delivery more than I go to eat in at a pizza place. read more

Try the Caroline or the Parisienne - they are sooooooooo good. Crust is great and delivery is fast - so happy to have them in the neighborhood! I've only hung out in the restaurant once, at the bar while waiting for my take out. It was pretty noisy in there but the servers were great, they have good deals on wine and a nice big screen TV. read more

Bought a Groupon for this place. I've driven by many times over the years and told myself I'd stop by one day. It's kinda cool how it's in a residential area, but continues to survive. The staff was very nice. Salad was a bit smaller than I thought it'd be. We ordered a large thinking it would feed the 3 of us, but it was a large salad for an individual. Not sure if I read it correctly. Try the Devil's Dare pizza...it's really good. The staff kept coming back to sure we were all good. We'll have to go back again! read more

Our first time here, the food is delicious! The appetizers are great! The lemon vinaigrette dressing for the salad was amazing. We had the sour dough crust pizza, half combination and half pepperoni and Italian sausage. It was one of the best pizza's I've had. We will definitely be back to try their pasta. Great little restaurant, great service and delicious food. This will definitely be one of our go-to places! read more

Ok this is the second time I ordered from the restaurant and the first time great me lasagna was a full box size with meat balls and vegetables dish was great also. This time they must have given me the damn leftovers because this is what they sent me for my $54.00. They was closed by the time I got my order after 10pm. But I'm very disappointed with this service tonight. read more

Red Boy Pizza - Lasagna - Pizza Near Me - Oakland, California

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