Don't bother with Buddyz. Lou's is king! Drive the distance to central Phoenix and get the real deal.

Had great Chicago pizza there the other night-lots of good choices. Authentic Chicago-huge portions. Great to have it in Ahwatukee.

The building Buddyz is in has change name a million times. I think this pizzeria is her to stay. Family style atmosphere with great local beers as wells as all of your domestic favorites. Shout out to our server Jeremiah who was pretty much the model of customer service. He informed my friend that they were out of limes and immediately went to the store to get some for him. Keep up the good work and this store is here to stay. read more

Overpriced yuck. Went there last Friday night about 9pm. Had 2 glasses of beer, both reeked of the cleaner they use to flush the beer lines (complained both times to no avail), 2 glasses of the house Chardonnay, and the appetizer sampler plate ($12). $38 was the total. Two glasses of crappy beer and 2 glasses of house wine cost $26? Get real. Don't plan on ever going back, and I don't care how great their pizza is. read more

Ever taste fresh pickled jalapenos? Our waiter insisted they use all fresh ingredients even after I showed him the pickled jalapenos in my pie. My expensive 14" deep dish may have been good without the vinegar. (Perhaps they could strain the fresh jalapenos better?) Wonder what cans their fresh tomatos come from... read more

Food was really good - deep dish pizza was amazing the crust was delicious. The service on the other hand was terrible! I almost didn't finish placing my order because the order taker was just awful! She made me feel as if I was bothering her. Then when I went to pick up my order - there were two girls at the front a woman in front of me who they had already brought out her food. They proceeded to have a conversation about the one gals college plan and wishing she could study abroad. Another girl came up the woman took her food and left. Then they asked me how they could help me. So I stood around for 10mins while they carried on a conversation and such read more

Not Chicago style at all!! more like Pizza Hut and way more expensive. The real Chicago style is butter crust you can find at Lou Malnati's here and strongly recommend making the drive for it. This Chicago wanna be deep dish was an over priced Pizza Hut pizza. Also the service was terrible and barely ever open. Would never recommend to anyone! read more

Good pizza! Horrible service! This is the 3rd time I've ordered from Buddyz and each time the service has gotten worse. The first time I ordered I gave them a pass because they are new. 2nd time, OK you are still figuring it out, 3rd time and you are getting worse? This is why restaraunts fail! The girl working the phones on Sunday night 11/26 was absolutely horrible. I had a large order as I had guests over. She conforms the order and tells me it will be about an hour til the food is ready. 40 minutes go by and I send my wife down to pick up the food. They forgot an entire pizza(wife didn't know what I ordered) When I call back to tell her she screwed up the order she didn't apologize, she acted like it was my fault. Then she says to me: "so do you want me to put in another order for you?" UGH! I would prefer you get it right the first time. How do expect to keep customers of you have people like this working here? I do recommend the pizza however be careful and make sure you check you order. Until they get new staff I won't go back and I will be telling everybody who asks me to order somewhere else until they get a better staff. read more

The pizza was extremely salty. We just couldn't eat the pizza and trust me I like pizza. Additionally, I watched another couple eat one piece and they stopped eating the pizza. Funny thing, as we entered the place a family was leaving and one of them said, "I can't wait to get home and brush my teeth". One can only hope that this was an ingredient mistake. read more

Called at 6:30pm for a medium thin pizza for pickup and they "are closed because they won't have enough dough!" I asked what time they close, 8pm, but they don't want to make more dough. They had a big order at 5:30pm and they can't take anymore orders. Really? BuddyZ will not last long in Tukee with that service. I hope it's due to ironing out the kinks! read more

My family and I have been here twice and we will definitely be returning. This is by far the best pizza - their Sears Tower thin crust pizza is absolutely amazing! Sangria was tasty and enjoyed the atmosphere read more

Wow! Hubby & I were super excited for a brand new place in Ahwatukee but if your going to open a new restaurant please have enough staff in order to run things properly. We arrived around 6:30pm waited about an hour and the poor hostess said she was instructed NOT to seat anyone at this time because they were backed up in the kitchen and couldn't accommodate future orders. (I felt sorry for her she was embarrassed) so we ended up leaving without eating at all. Not sure at this time if we will return. read more

Pizza is awesome, decent price. Service was good. Will be back. Plenty of parking. They do take out also. First time eating in.

I love this place. Best pizza in the valley! But I am not sure how they think they can stay in business by opening at 4pm closing at 9pm on everyday!! Especially on Friday and Saturday nights. Oh, close is 8 pm on Sundays. Just a terrible terrible business plan. This location is notorious for turnover. They need to stand out and serve their patrons. Great pizza. Just want more of it. I hope they can make it. Honestly. 9 pm close on Friday and saturdays!!! That's a recipe for failure. read more

Yummy authentic pizza . Butter crust or the original both are delightful! They do get busy so plan ahead when ordering to go or in the restaurant. read more

Great Chicago and NY style pizza; Toasted Ravioli were exceptional; as was the service. Nice assortment of wine and beers. Can't wait to go back and try their pasta dishes! read more

We went out of our way and visited the Buddyz location in Queen Creek a couple of years ago and had been dying to get back ever since. When my husband and I found out they were opening a location in Ahwatukee, we were thrilled! My husband's family owns a pizza shop in the midwest and we have been struggling to find great pizza out here. We went to the Chandler Buddyz a couple days after they opened and have been back several times since. Each time, the food, service, and beer selection get better and better! Highly recommend the butter crust! read more

Great pizza and service! Prices are also very reasonable. A much-needed addition to the Ahwatukee neighborhood.

Love the Pizza . Dearborn Station is the bomb. The service is the phenomenal and love the resturant lay out. Cozy & functional.

We went there twice, we wanted to try it out, both times the wait to get our food was in excess of 40 minutes. Very disorganized, not sure if it was the waiters, kitchen or computer system. First time we were their the waiters blamed it on the computer the next time we waited no feedback provided. Pizza was ok, not going to go back for a few weeks and see if the restaurant improved. I always get our pizza from Bell Italia. I wanted to give Buddy Z a shot read more

Best Chicago Pizza here! Usually just order to go, but it's the best pizza since being in Arizona. Deep dish is better than Giordano's and Lou Malnati's. So glad they opened an Ahwatukee location! We order at least every other week!! read more

The pizza here is definitely delicious but it takes far longer than most pizza places of the sort that I've been to. Supposedly deep dish takes even longer. Like I said though, the pizza is very very good, but it's hard to justify the wait time. They also do get packed so come early. read more

Bad service, food is marginal at best and waitress seemed to be from another world. Not a fan and will not be returning

I had a horrible experience today because we arrived at 5:00 and we did not get our food till 6:30. And when we finally got our food it was not good, they put way to much cheese on our pizza. read more

I've given Buddyz two tries - the first time, they had forgotten my order and I had to wait an additional 45 minutes in the lobby. The food was ok, but cold...I decided to give them another try. I called to place a pickup order, and after numerous attempts that resulted in a busy tone I finally got someone to answer...and I was immediately asked to go on hold. 6 minutes of dead silence on hold I gave up. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice... read more

Pizza is very good, but I advise take out only. Table service the worst, disorganized, frantic, poor management. Waited over an hour for our pizza. No thank you, no good night, receptionist looked like she was falling asleep. read more

this place has the best pizza in arizona hands down. you wont be disappointed. bombbbb pizza!!!!

Great pizza but just be prepared, wait times are intense. 75 minutes to make one cheese pizza and one chopped salad for a to go order on Friday at 5:30pm. If you have the time to wait that long, go for it. read more

We have been in need of a good pizza joint in the foothills and Buddyz does not disappoint. We went last night and had the deep dish pizza as well as the Caprese salad. Both were fantastic. There was a line out the door and we had to wait about 40 minutes on a Saturday at 6:00 pm. Totally worth the wait. I can't wait to try their other crusts. read more

Well yesterday (12/23) when I called in to order a couple of pizzas for pick up, I was told the kitchen was 3 hours behind and they were not taking pizza orders for carryout. This is at least the 3rd time I took my business elsewhere. Time for them to get their 2nd Suzy Bake Oven. A pizza place that can't make pizzas....We have had the thin crust which was pretty good; the pan pizza, average at best. They are generous with their toppings. Will attempt to try the deep dish next...here is why I say attempt....on Sunday 10/22, it was a 2 hour wait for carryout, on Friday 10/27, they ran out of sausage...the phone system can't handle the volumes of calls and it requires repeated call backs until you get thru. As other reviewers noted, the front office is manned by kids. This location has seen restaurants fail, one after another. If they can't figure out how to run their business, they will be the next casualty, and that's too bad. I'll keep going back to Spinato's, Lou's or even make the trek to Peoria for Giordano's until they figure this out....and yes, I'm a Chicago guy who knows pizza. read more

I tried on three different occasions to order a pizza from Buddyz, on the third attempt I got the order through. On the first attempt I tried for one and ahalf hours and I-called 12 Times and the line was busy. I then tried another time and this was on a Sunday and I finally got through after a number of attempts. When I get get through it was three hours before closing and I was immediately told that they were sold out of the thick crust and butter crust pizzas, So I didn't order anything again. A few more days rolls buy and then I now make an order for a large butter crust pizza with sausage pepperoni and tomatoes. I was high with anticipation with finally getting an order through. The butter crust pizza in my review it's far overrated and is more bread than ingredients that tomatoes in particular very few and far between. The pizza had a lot of cheese sauce they put on the crust was not exceptional nor was the sausage. I will gladly travel to Scottsdale to get a true butter crust pizza. It's too bad that these people move into a high-end neighborhood with low end service and withMinimum of phone lines and running out of Their signature product three hours before closing. Everyone knows the number of failures that this building has produced I hope these guys make it through the storm but they need to kick up the game. read more

As first time dinners you really want to like this place, nice environment, great Chicago decor but... We went to lunch on the recommendation of a friend, but were underwhelmed. First, we ordered then waited several minutes before being told that the turkey meatballs were not available after the order was placed. We reordered and waited 45 minutes for the two pizzas. The crust was nearly burned. The ingredients that we added were few. (Was that three or four pieces of mushroom on the whole half pizza?) The tea was way too strong, served just after brewing without ice. Pizza was O.K. but the sauce was heavy on the salty side. We requested separate glasses of ice to cool the drinks. Lot's of activity in the restaurant, but nothing accomplished. We had to hunt down a server to find our server. Lastly on cost, I don't think they were competitive based on other local places. I should try this again and see if it improves, but I too, would say try another restaurant..... read more