Brick Oven Restaurant

I used to eat at the brick oven at Lakeline mall every other week and I really miss it! This one is just as good, the pizza is really good and the homemade dressings are great as well. I need to make another trip over there soon!

This place had the best salad I’ve EVER had in my life! It was spinach with big chunks of mozzarella on it! Unfortunately, I went there yesterday and they are no longer making it. I am still dealing with the break up.

Very good place. Great food. Pizza and calzones are excellent. Great service, atmosphere, wine. Highly recommend. Despite the poorly planned development. Be prepared for a parking nightmare.

I really don’t know why it took me such a long time to try this place, but I’m glad I finally did. I’m sure it had to do with my love of the chain’s downtown location on Red River but this location is actually in my ‘hood so … why not? It is on a corner of a strip mall next to the HEB off of Hwy 183.
We ordered pizza … duh! I ordered a combo with canadian bacon and black olives and my lovely wifey traveling companion had the always excellent Southwest Chicken pizza. As with the downtown location, both orders had really fresh ingredients and was not overly greasy. Our server was very friendly and helpful if not a little overworked for the number of tables he seemed to be covering.
The prices are a little on the high side but the atmosphere of the place is worth a little extra. They have a very pretty outdoor patio area we will have to try as well. Overall, nothing but a positive experience for us!

The food is delicious and comforting and the staff is friendly! This is a great neighborhood restaurant perfect for a work lunch, dinner with friends, or grabbing the whole family to share a pizza! The menu is full of classics like lasagna and margherita pizza, but also allows you to build your own! Pizza crust is thin, crispy and tasty — it doesn’t leave oil on your fingers or your napkin! A MUST ORDER? MEATBALLS — delicious, delicious! Donnie welcomed us with a warm greeting and checked on us during the meal, and our servers were attentive and knowledgeable. We are definitely Brick Oven fans!

4 starts out of 5 because they have great food, but sometimes they are inconsistent.
Great service. The staff of is very polite eager to help. The food is usually great, however they sometimes they mess up the other. However the food and great staff make up for the occasional mishaps.

Took my son here for his birthday and the food was awesome!!! Great service and my whole family raved about their meal!

Came in yesterday before the dinner rush. The food was pretty great. We had a salad and large pizza and both were flavorful and loaded with toppings. The only issues with this business is the uncomfortable booths in the restaurant and the server staff being slow. Overall the experience was decent.

I love the pizza! It tastes great with sun-​dried tomatoes on it. Pepperoni is not the best idea for this pizza.

Good honest food.
My coworkers and is went here for our Wednesday lunch bunch outing.
We all opted for the meatball sandwich which proved to be a good way to go. I actually got a half meatball sandwich with the cheesy potato soup they had on special. The portions are huge! Honestly the «half meatball sandwich» is closer to a full sandwich and the soup I got was a huge bowl so there were leftover which was fine by me.
The clientele does lean a bit more to the older side but that doesn’t bother me any!

Very affordable wine. One of the few places that doesn’t think a $ 10 retail bottle of wine should be 45 $.
The portobello and prosciutto pizza is my favorite thing to get. Delicious. Their calzones are monsterous. Good for at least two meals.
They do tend to over dress the salads but if you get it on the side your all set.
This isn’t the best Italian in town but for the price it is worth four stars. Service is very friendly. Good place to take a family.

One of my favorite restaurants! I’ve been going there for years. The food and service is great!

This is a conundrum of a review for me. The food is consistent, and it isn’t bad, it’s ok, it’s just that nothing is great. Everything just «meets expectations» if you will, which just makes for a blah experience. The décor in here isn’t helping anything, it’s hokey at best, outdated at worst. The service is always ok, never overwhelmingly good or bad, just… sufficient. That being said. You can usually get in without a wait, and there is usually parking, which is a big deal in this town. So, if you’re craving Italian, and don’t want too much fuss, this is a solid choice.

First time coming here and overall it was very good! The atmosphere was cozy and it was definitely family friendly. The outdoor sitting area was very cute. I enjoyed the food very much. I had the basil pesto alfredo and my hubby had the Cooks Meat pizza (not sure the exact name). The food was very good, super tasty I enjoyed it very much. My only complain would be that the bread that came with my pasta tasted like refrigerator. I mean I don’t expect freshly baked bread but it was kind of nasty. Overall great little location, good food, friendly staff. Me and the hubster will be coming back.

Hi Joe!
Firstly, I wanted to thank you for your response. There are plenty of instances where an owner (or employee) will totally blast a Unilocaler for not _​loving_​their experience. I totally see where you’re coming from, though… I’m sure this is a business you love, and by loving it, naturally you want people to love their experience, too. I’m going to respond to your comments and try to explain our second trip to Brick Oven.
I didn’t update, only because I didn’t want to compound the issue, but we actually did give Brick Oven a second chance. I didn’t mention our first experience to our waitstaff, only because I usually don’t. I don’t want the company to think I’m trying to extort something free out of them. I’m here to tell you, though, that our second experience was much the same.
In truth, you’re right. The mushrooms did have to travel… well, maybe far? We live in Pflugerville. So they might have been dead to the window by the time I got them. Fair point. Still, I think it’s important to know, as an owner, that the mushrooms were just horrendous when I got them.
My major problem with our second visit wasn’t the appetizers, though (as we didn’t order any). It was the pizza. Our first pizza– and, Joe, I’m just going to be honest about this one… look into at least the first twenty reviews on your main page… this _is!_ a problem– was not what we ordered!
We ordered an extra pepperoni, extra sauce. We got onions and pepperoni, normal sauce! I hate onions, a terrible curse to be burdened with, I assure you, so. for me, the pizza was inedible. True, once the staff found out that it was wrong, they scurried to get it fixed, and were really apologetic, trying to get us free sides or free dessert (which we also did not get). But that’s not the point. The point is, had we driven home with that pizza, instead of eaten in, we would have been SOL.
The other thing about the pizza– the replacement pizza– was that it was just so burnt! Maybe that’s a risk you run with brick oven pizza. I’m willing to concede to that, even though I’ve eaten brick oven pizza at other establishments. I’m just not a huge fan of char, and the entire top half was burnt to a crisp! The crust was black, the toppings were dark and tasted of smoke/​ash. It wasn’t a good experience. And, again, I’m pretty sure you can see this in pictorial evidence from other Unilocalers, so it wasn’t just us.
I’m a Chicago girl. I’ve eaten pizza in some of the pizza meccas. I’m still searching for a good pizza in Austin. It’s not just this. And, I’m sure I do have higher standards than most. But, I just wanted you to know that… I’m not just out there to rag on your restaurant. I did try it again, and I didn’t go in to gouge you for free food. These might be kinks that can be worked out, and I’d like to see you guys do well! That’s really always my logic for going out to Unilocal.I try to give the good, just as much as the bad. I try to be fair.
I really wish your restaurant (and you!) all the best! I hope you continue to pizza-​on well into the future, my friend! =D

A local family favorite! This is one of my favorite Italian places to eat! There are a few throughout Austin.
This restaurant has wonderful customer service! There is hardly a wait. The staff are friendly.
The food is really good. The brick oven style pizza is one to try. It is a personal favorite.
The atmosphere is nice. You can watch them making the pizzas. There is outside patio seating that lights up at night. A great area if you are on a date.
This location has plenty of parking, as well.

Came here on a pretty quite Sunday afternoon for lunch with the boyfriend. We were seated immediately and ordered garlic bread with marinara sauce and a large margherita pizza. Having just moved to Austin from California, we were half expecting the garlic bread to come as rolls, but they were more like toasted slices of baguette. That’s when I realized it’s like Texas Toast (you know, the frozen ones at the grocery store), which makes sense. Anyway, it was decent — just wish it was a bit more garlicky. The marinara was flavorful and chunky without being too thick. We initially thought there wouldn’t be enough for the bread but it turned out to be plenty.
The pizza was good; I appreciate that the base was thin without getting super soggy from the toppings, though I usually prefer it a bit crispier. The pizza was also not too oily, which is refreshing after having Costco cheese pizza the other day. But, as someone who loves to eat cold leftover slices, the crust here gets pretty tough to chew through after it’s been in the fridge.
Anyway, overall we had a good experience; the food was pretty good and the service was very friendly and attentive. I’d come back to try other foods!

I’m a Chicago gal originally, and that means that deep dish stuffed pizza has my heart. Those thin crust things are tasty, but aren’t really a *meal*, ya know? However, I found myself in a rare mood for a thin crust pizza so we decided to give Brick Oven a try. It had been yeaaaars.
We started with a ceasar and greek salad — both were tasty. We ordered… I forget what it was called, but it was your typical supreme pizza with some modifications. Well, those modifications got left off the order rendering the pizza pretty much inedible for one of us — it wasn’t something easy to pick off. They were super apologetic about it, got our pizza out right away with the right stuff in the right places even though it was super busy, and comped us some desert. I think they ended up only charging us for one salad too or something.
And… what a desert it was. Chocolate cake with amy’s vanilla ice cream. Usually regular ol’ cake isn’t a thing I do at places unless it’s someone’s birthday, but this was oh so worth it.
I’ve had better pizza in my life, but this was pretty good stuff, and they’ll make sure to take care of ya. I’ll definitely be back if I want to cheat on my Chi-​town roots again.

Stopped in the Brick Oven for the first time today for lunch. And now I have a new favorite margherita pizza here in Austin. It’s right off Jollyville and very easy to get to. Parking makes no sense, but that’s the fault of the shopping center they are in but… don’t get me started.
Wait staff was under considerable pressure and seemed to be fairly understaffed with what a nearly a full indoor house. And honestly, we couldn’t tell they were. They were professional, polite and social. Food quality was excellent and timed perfectly so that all four of us received our meals hot and on time.
Seating was very comfortable. Noise level was higher than expected due to the design of the restaurant and the occupancy. Overall, a great dining experience and well worth it for the price.
Next time I need my wood oven margherita pizza, you know where I’ll be headed :-d

I had come here a few years ago, and it was just OK, maybe that day I was in the mood for a different kind of pizza. So I had decided not to review the place until I got to try it at least a second time.
We went last Saturday and both were wanting a thin crust pizza. Just a wonderful thin crust pizza here. I was amazed by its crunch. They didn’t skimp on the toppings, and were very nice when we had to send the first one back since it wasn’t the pizza we ordered.
The two of us split a medium pizza and each had a salad. But were still just a bit hungry. So we ended up getting the chocolate cake with a scoop of Amy’s Mexican vanilla ice cream.
I normally do not get desert, and would never recommend getting a desert, but at this place, save a little room and get this chocolate cake. IT WAS WORTH IT.