Delivery was good. Pizza was burnt. Probably better experience eating inside the restaurant.

This was a very disappointing experience- 1 star cuz I can't give 0. I ordered from an app for delivery. It was 1.5 hours late from the 45 min delivery time. I called and they gave me a hard time for using the app that was on their website. Really we're not helpful at all to see where and when it would be delivered. Had to call the app to get any information. Once I finally got the cold pizza- they didn't even knock on the door- dropped it on the porch and ran away. It also wasn't close to what I ordered. No GF crust, no cheese and definitely not extra cheese as ordered and paid for. Avocado salad had majorly brown avocado. When I called again, they said they would refund. I think just to get me off the phone. No refund came. Called at least 3 additional times to talk to manager. They were never available, never a call back. Terrible customer service. Not what I ordered & paid for. They admitted to doing wrong, but then failed to make it right. Super disappointed all the way around with this place. Will not go back and will tell everyone to avoid it. read more

We were really disappointed in the food we'd got from the Magnolia location. Used to really enjoy the Renton spot.

Not as consistent as they used to be but can still say their pizza is darn good. Looking for thiner, not crispy, good crust...these guys! They have two types of pepperoni and lots of cheese varieties! Just want my pizza to be consistently made and we would give more stars! read more

We had a great dinner tonight at Smoking Monkey. We were a large group and they handled it with ease. I can't wait to go back and try more of their fun pizzas. Thanks! read more

Wow!! The food here is actually decent and I love the service, however, it was brought to my attention that the management withholds tips to its servers?!? If this is not ILLEGAL, it is definitely immoral and NOT RIGHT! I highly recommend the employees here reach out to an employment lawyer for ILLEGAL WAGE WITHHOLDING and please leave cash tips to your servers when possible. The management here should feel ashamed and this is utterly despicable for any modern establishment read more

It's okay pizza, priced at a premium. These yelp reviews really made us excited to try this place (for the first time) and I gotta be honest... it's 3-stars at best (I really think that's being generous). The salad was pretty good, the cauliflower was a bit soggy (would've loved them crispier) and the pizza just... wasn't that great. $50 for a pie, salad, and cauliflower should've blown us away. read more

Smoking Monkey Pizza - Pizza slice - Pizza Near Me - Renton, Washington

My husband I haven't been back since 2021 simple because of bad, bad service. We thought ok let's give it a try now. First things first, one of the things that I did enjoy about Smoking Monkey was how eclectic the decor was. I loved the artwork that was in place, it was just so original. Not it's gone. Apparently there are new owners in place and all of the originality is gone. Bummer. Now there is a mural in the dining area of a cartoonish cute monkey holding onto a pizza, in the background are sailboards with pizza slice as sails and on top of the space needle is a pizza sitting there. Also the ferris wheel in Seattle is a pizza. It's cute, however the Smoking Monkey kind of doesn't work. The original decor had a definite connection with the title. Smokey was the name of the monkey in a space suit. Even his space suit with a star trek type of badge was in the shape of a pizza slice. The new owners have made a few changes also. Looks like the bar in full force in the dining room, along with a tv playing sports or whatever. There's a variety of tables in place also. The front counter has a full menu hanging down and now you can come in and buy pizza by the slice. There's a warmer in place. The choices for beer on tap was minimal, two in place Maybe they are working on this? Other drinks are in place, sodas, bottled beers. The menu is much larger now and there's pages and pages of choices with jungle animals on each page. We opted for our past favorite for an appetizer of fried cauliflower. We also ordered a side of ranch which was another favorite. Was it as good as previous times we were there? Hmm...that's debatable but it was good. The ranch has a huge amount of dill in place, it wasn't unpleasant. The order came out quickly and already had a spicy sauce that is usually in place. We ordered a pizza , Rumble in the jungle chicken ranch. Actually there are a few pizzas with the name jungle in it. But this pizza had ranch sauce, bacon, bell peppers, onion and mushrooms. It was good. The crust is a little different now and I can't put my finger on it but it was very good. The toppings are generous. The crust is not on point, I simply remember it being better. Here's my thoughts: the service has increased for the better, that's for sure. The waiter appeared to be very nervous, maybe he's new? However, it might be a good idea to have another waitress or waiter in place. There were more people coming in and because of this, it took a few attempts to get a box, along with another order of cauliflower in place. Same thing with the tab. I liked the food, it was good, did it feel like the same to me, maybe not, but this place has improved for the better. Would I go out of my way to go back, I'm not sure but I appreciate the efforts that being made. There is another one of these that has opened in Seattle, I'd love to see how this one compares and if it's owned by the same people. read more

The second best pizza after Tandoori Slice, but #1 for general pizza. An eclectic menu to make any hipster gush like they bought a treasure trove of Bob Dylan LPs. We had the Goatsmary pizza with added linguica, olives, mushrooms and garlic. It was AWESOME!!! Even driven home 15 minutes. So many creative and fun options, or make your own! I wish I had a piece of the pizza to photograph, but it disappeared that fast! read more

This place has really gone down hill since ownership change. I ordered a pizza well done and told them I wanted the crust to be crispy. It was not well done at all. Also, the person at the counter when I walked in talked soooo softly you could barely hear her and I am not hard of hearing. Then when I called to try and voice my complaints no one answered and the voicemail was full. This place no longer seems to care. It is sad to see. :( read more

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great pizza! a big plus was the speedy delivery. our pizza came 25 minutes early! delivered to our hotel room too!

Good was awesome! Will come back next time I'm in town! The food was original and delicious with generous servings. A+

My husband recently noticed that they deliver now and surprised me when I got home with the most delicious chicken, onions, cheesy goodness and I was happy and fed... how much more could I ask for? read more

So, I've been here before, and it was decent awhile back. Today, I tried to place an order in for a pie and was told they are not making pizza pies at the moment. They said, "It's gonna be a square pizza." I said that's fine. As I'm going to use the restroom, I see a pizza pie freshly made... gets worse. When I received my pizza, my first bite was "What's up with this bread?!?". Looks like a pre made store bought flat bread with toppings. Bread looks overworked or didn't let it rise. Bread looked flat, and it didn't look like it was cooked in a brick oven. Either way, it was trash. Do better read more

Smoking Monkey Pizza - Looks like store bought flat bread. - Pizza Near Me - Renton, Washington

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I placed an order to go, I live about 10 mins away. I am giving one star because 0 stars in not an option. I liken the pizza to frozen pizza from a grocery store freezer section, maybe worse. It was too dry to eat, limited toppings. Caesar salad was good after spending 5 minutes cutting the lettuce into bite size pieces. They give a lot of croutons, too many, may to make up for low quality and lack of flavor. I won't be back unless I hear they have new owners or cooks. Definitely was not the same as when I ate here before. The young man that took and delivered my order to me was nice, pleasant and helpful. read more

Visited on Wednesday April 16th in the evening. We walked in and a worker informed us to sit anywhere. We sat down on one of the few cleaned tables, keep in mind there were about 10-13 tables and only two other parties. The rest of the tables had left over drinks and napkins. After waiting for 5 minutes the worker came to give cups and a water pitcher then proceeded to walk away without a word being said. We sat there confused on how to order and needed to look at the menu online. We noticed the other parties eating with menus on their table. After waiting 10-15 minutes no one came to inform us how to order, no menu, and no check-in to see if we needed help. We decided to leave as we've waited almost 20 minutes without any service. read more

Service is awesome, staff is very friendly. Would come again! There's food ready to go, but also can be made as ordered

It's ok. Not worth the 4 star. Fair rating 3- 3.5 star taste. It's not bad but a foodie would knock this down a notch.

This is the 2nd time in a week I ordered pizza and got the wrong order. Pizza was good both times but I wish that we would have gotten what we ordered... read more

I have a large pizza delivered via a GrubHub. The delivery was spot on right on time. Everything was perfect. That's where that ended. The pizza was a Hawaiian pizza. I ordered extra pineapple and an extra Canadian bacon. I believe they forgot the extra bacon. The toppings were good. They tasted delicious. That wasn't the problem. My problem was the crust. It was so thin on the bottom as to be nonexistent you couldn't pick it up. You had to eat it with a fork. And even though it was so thin, it was very chewy, very hard to chew. read more

I wanted to love this place. So far I have not found one pizza place in Renton that I can call my go to pizza place. We ordered the half deluxe and Hawaiian pizza... we decided to get the Hawaiian one monkey style to be different.. worse decision ever.. the cinnamon was awful and ruined the whole taste for me. Peppers were more on the crunchy side where as I like them soft. Crust was good and cheese was pretty good. Service was actually nice.. but I'd have to pass on this one next time. read more

Smoking Monkey Pizza - 16" half Hawaiian half deluxe $27 - Pizza Near Me - Renton, Washington

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So it takes a lot for me to leave a negative review. I had HIGH hopes for this restaurant but was left disappointed. I ordered the lasagna which was actually burnt and not in the good burnt cheese way. This left it dry and hard. I also ordered the onion rings. These were hard as a rock and the actual onion was evaporated. So sad. Maybe it's a eat in and not delivery restaurant read more

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Very casual place, the salads were fresh and sizeable and the pizza was delicious! Wish I lived closer.

Impressive experience. Called and asked for a pan pizza. This part was so comical as I heard in the background that it was possible? Super interesting and honored that they would do this as the next closest place is in Tacoma. Smoking Monkey Pan Pizza??? Yes!!! Thank you Tom and Nathan and Preston for sharing your creativity with us and we enjoyed the pan pizza Detroit style aka Rentin. Tom, your attitude in creativity and why not try is so admirable. Gene Built the foundation and it's exciting to see why your SF roots will bring to Downtown Renton. read more

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Was recommend this place from some locals. Pizza was very oily/ greasy making crust soft. But had good flavor. Garlic bread was less garlicky than I was expecting, and fairly dry. But good with the buffalo sauce and marina sauce. The blue cheese was also very good! read more

Smoking Monkey Pizza - Pizza Near Me - Renton, Washington

Fresh, flavorful, and fantastic salads a must-try! Also the pizza is delicious it's crispy and full of flavours.

Meatballs had no cheese like advertised. Also they were so hard you have to cut them with a knife. They were like hockey pucks. The rest of food was decent but the meatballs were literally inedible. read more

The best part of this place was the cool retro space chimp art but they replaced that with a creepy 3d AI generated chimp from your toddlers favorite cartoon. The overpriced pizza was never what drew me to this place but now it's lost its soul too. The fried cauliflower was raw on the inside and burnt on the outside and they offer a free slice of cheese pizza for 5 star reviews. No complaints about the staff. read more

The food quality is terrible and prices are high. One of many examples we have is a magerita pizza that had half the ingredients missing and was burnt. Salads with ingredients and dressing missing. Delivery that takes almost 2 hours. We keep trying thinking that it would get better post covid but these folks are dependably overpriced and bad quality. read more

I always add my own toppings but the pizza hella bomb every time. Ranch hella good and the service is always friendly and they listen. They do deliver all the way in Kent which is really dope so I appreciate it every time I do order from here thank you. read more

Deep dish delivered last night. Off the chain good!! Didn't get a Pic before it was all gone but, mmmmm. read more

Overpriced Trash! That crust was absolutely rock hard. Literally cut the inside of my cheek. Pretty sad considering I've heard good things about this place from years ago. Now that I've had it first hand my day old Costco pizza was better. $32 for a pie? Wtf? read more

Ordered using doordash. The food item names have changed a bit since the last time I've had them. Was craving for cosmic chicken pizza. Saw that doordash had a coupon for the Tarzans bread sticks...which appeared to be covered with cheese on the picture. When the food arrived I was surprised to find what looked like burnt pizza crust with nothing on it. Was very dry. Looked at the menu once more and it seems they must have gotten confused and gave me the deep jungle garlic bread instead of what I actually ordered. The cosmic chicken was also not what I remember. Definitely lacking in taste. Not sure what happened with this place. read more

Best pizza ever had in my life. If you wanna grab a slice in downtown Renton this is the place to go. Don't miss out on a once in a lifetime opportunity to try New York style pizza in the heart of Renton Washington. The customer service is extremely well and they treated us with the upmost respect. Without a shadow of a doubt I will be visiting here again. my wife and I had a lovely time here at this pizza restaurant and we got a half and half chaos chicken and perfect pepperoni. Or should I say Hella pepperoni. read more

Smoking Monkey Pizza - Half and Half Chaos BBQ Pizza and Pep Perfection Pizza - Pizza Near Me - Renton, Washington

Arguing about giving my change back and tried to cut me short saying "we don't have any change bro" And gives us a coin that isn't even American. They probably spit in our pizza absolutely abysmal service. read more

Not burnt, not bad! If thin crusts are your jam, this monkey is your man/ma'am! A 12" was enough for two, but if you're a big eater you can easily put away more. read more

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I got the calzone and it was very good. There weren't many people here, so hard to tell exactly what kind of vibe and service this place produces. It did take 30 minutes to get my food when nobody was in front of me. read more

Smoking Monkey Pizza - Tropical Calzone - Pizza Near Me - Renton, Washington

Ordered three pizzas. A tad oily, but the toppings seem fresh / good quality. Nice staff interaction on my visit. The reason for 3 stars is the crust. It's pretty average and rather "bread-y." Floppy slices and no crisp to it. Crust is filling, not light / airy as you might expect in an artisanal pizza place. That said, though, this seems like a great place for families & kids. Really busy with kids soccer team and parents on my visit. Solid prices (fair), and it'll fill you up. Good value, just wish the crust had a bit more sophistication to it. Thanks to the team for being kind and prompt! read more

Smoking Monkey Pizza - Pepperoni pizza - Pizza Near Me - Renton, Washington

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I was not even planning on going there. I had already bought something else to eat. But when I saw that they were open and had slices, I had to go. Relatively on the Eastside, they are few places that serve slices. It's fine to get a whole pizza to share with friends/family (if you have any nearby) or if you can subsist on the same thing for days on end. For the rest of us, we can have our slices and small pizzas. I never knew of this place because I'm not in their delivery radius and I don't often go to Renton. But passing by it, I appreciate a place that tells you what they offer from the outside. (Slices and drinks)! They are many cute/interesting options in the menu for a full pie ( goat cheese anyone?). But those options were more limited for slices. I do think it was partially because some pizzas were cooking in the oven and I came at the post noon time. The pre-order/pickup options didn't seem to advocate for slices. However, I was not deterred since my personal policy is to try a pepperoni slice when I first go to a pizza place (keeping things consistent is important for studies like these). The menu item is called pep perfection and you will see why in my photos. That slice was COVERED in pepperoni (from crust to the pizza point and width wise as well). I also need to appreciate that they had special boxes for their slices. So I was able to take it home and eat it on my couch. Overall, I was satisfied with my visit. If I'm hungry when in Renton, I would swing by for a bite (other than slices they have beer and appetizers to fill the void in your stomach) read more

Smoking Monkey Pizza - Pizza slice (Pep Perfection Pizza) - Pizza Near Me - Renton, Washington

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Food was so good!! We will return again! Service was excellent and the restaurant was very comfortable! P.s. get any cookie because they are all wonderful read more