Outstanding! Always busy and a great place to get pizza, I recommend getting anchovies! The pizza is incredibly delicious and hot as Hades. I cannot get enough! more

Pagliai's (pronounced "polly-eyes") has a simple menu: pizza, pop beer. (Really. No fries or burgers or anything else.) Pizza is hand-tossed and served with ordinary toppings (no goat cheese here). Basic, and not gourmet by any means, but tasty. The kitchen is right as you walk in the door and open to the seating area, so you can see that... more

A friend recommended trying Pagliai's Pizza and I wish that I knew of this place sooner! They offer excelllent, hot thin crust pizza. The staff was friendly and the price was moderate. You can also purchase frozen pizzas to make at home for about $5 less than the cost of the eat in/carry out cooked pizzas. more

Most native Iowa Citians rave about Pagliai's. But in my opinion, the pizza and the restaurant itself are mediocre. I've had worse pizza, but I've also had far better, elsewhere. more

The pizza was good, but didn't live up to the hype. more

Get The Palace Special"...their "everything" pizza. It is wonderful. Never tasted pizza quite like this anywhere else...definitely unique, but in a good way. more

I want some right now. more

the beat pizza in a over crowed market more

I've been a fan of Pagliai's since I first ate there in junior high three decades ago. In college, it was my first choice on Sunday night when the dorm cafeteria was closed. We've taken our children there from birth to college. It's one of places in town where everyone mixes -- babies, college kids, professors, non-University people, etc. And... more