Pizza Palace

The pizza is so greasy! The regular cheese pizza is dripping with grease. It’s so bad that the box was soaked… gross.

Food is great and good sized portions. Service is always really friendly and quick –prices are decent too.

Best grinders in the area! Pizza is good, but the grinders are my absolute favorite!

Been coming here 20 years driving up from Florida. I always stop here at least 3x when visiting a week. Just left with a grinder to go on trip back. Owner opened up 10 mins early just for me to order one. Best in town. 5 stars all the way whether it’s pizza or a grinder. I’ll be back next month. Yum :)

Just got the 4 small pizza get one free deal. And come to find out after waiting 30 minutes for pickup all the pizzas weren’t cut. When I called to tell them this they said «well it’s busy» so I guess my advice for people who intend to go there is don’t! They’ll be too busy to offer good consistent service and careless enough to not want to fix their mistakes. Only giving it two stars because the owner is a nice guy it’s his staff who’s the problem. It’s too bad because the pizza is delicious when done correctly.

Awesome food and super friendly staff. One thing to keep in mind before going is that they give you SO much food! You will most likely take leftovers home.

Pizza Palace is your typical pizza restaurant. Their menu includes pizza, seafood dinners, salads, grinders, burgers, sandwiches, fried chicken, appetizers, french fries, onion rings, milk shakes, and limited dessert menu. Their pizza is definitely worth trying. I am a huge fan of crust and they have a nice crispy buttery tasting crust. Their pizza is what I think of when I think of a «Connecticut pizza,» it’s thick, but not too thick and has perfect amount of sauce to cheese ratio. Plus, their pizza sauce is delicious. They have all the basic pizza toppings. I find that when a restaurant offers too many menu options, they run the risk of becoming a «jack of all trades, master of bone.» With that being said, Pizza Palace does not offer the gourmet pizzas, like buffalo chicken, or Barbeque chicken, etc., but that’s okay because the options that they do offer are supreme, so why fix something that isn’t broken???
I am a stickler for a clean restaurant and this restaurant meets my standards. I usually order takeout, and have rarely (once many years ago at other location) sat down to eat-​in, however I have used the ladies’ room and it’s always clean and fresh, and I have spent time inside waiting on my order, and I have always found the restaurant to be clean, well kept, and fresh. The staff are always friendly and prompt. They seem to work well together, which is not always the case at all restaurants.
The food… My favorite thing to order here is mozzarella sticks. By far they have the best mozzarella sticks in the area. For $ 5.99, you get six sticks and home-​made spaghetti sauce. Their sauce is hands down the best in the area. I would even go as far as to say that their sauce is in direct competition with high-​end Italian restaurant, Tony D’s. I am extremely picky when it comes to spaghetti sauce, and their sauce makes the cut. There are only two places in Connecticut that I order spaghetti and red sauce from and that is here and Tony D’s restaurant in New London. If you enjoy spaghetti sauce, definitely worth a try. Another item that I really enjoy here is their whole belly fried clams. There are not many places that offer fresh whole belly friend clams, and of those that do, there are even fewer places that get it right. Pizza Palace is one of those places that gets it right. So, if you enjoy whole belly clams as much as I do, give this place a try, you won’t regret it. Their garlic bread is pretty typical, pizza restaurant style, nothing out of the ordinary, but definitely good. Last, but not least, prices. Their prices are very reasonable, give or take a little here or there, but in the same ball park as their local competition. Some things on their menu are prices a little lower and some things are prices a little higher than their local competition, but in the end it all evens out. I never base my meal solely on price, I prefer to pay more money for quality than to pay less for poor quality. I find this place to be reasonably priced with high quality food. It is obvious that they put effort into offering their customer a quality, tasty meal. Worth a try.

Great food, seriously delicious if you compared with the others restaurants around the area. Good service too and you can take it to go!

Our server was excellent. Very nice and attentive. She even made the effort to let us know the reason for the delay in pizza and kept giving me updates. I love that. The food itself was ok. I’m not a big fan of Greek style pizza but there was something about this one that kept me eating. It had almost a buttery taste to it. Different but good. If I’m in the mood for a bigger, softer pizza I’ll come on back to this place but as long as New Haven and NY style pizza is around, it won’t be very often.

Super friendly, great prices, awesome pizza. ’nuff said!

I grew up going to this place back when Teddy was running the old building next door. After 8 years I went back, and the food is just as great! I did have a guy burn my bacon pizza, but they replaced it. This is the perfect stop for a afternoon lunch!

Pizza is great but service is unpredictable. This place is a little greedy on the servings on things such as french fries, clam strips, and sodas. A Large fry looks like a small, a small drink looks like a kids drink… etc. sometimes i feel like my wallet got robbed.

The pizza was delicious. It reminded me of Pizza Hut, but with crispier crust. A large was more than enough for 2 people, and would have fed 3. I’m looking forward to leftovers. The service could have been better — we waited a while for extra water. We had paper plates and cups.

Our final day in Connecticut began with sleeping in. Ahhhhhh, I HEART vacations. And praise the Lord that my 8 month old also decided to sleep in. After snoozing the alarm for the 20^th time, we finally got up and since we wanted to hit up the cider making demonstration at B.F. Clyde’s by 1pm, a quick lunch was in order. Pizza Palace was a quick and delicious spot for lunch.
Food — We ordered a small special ($ 8.75), which was a 10″ pizza with pepperoni, sausage, meatball, onions, peppers, and mushrooms. The crust was thick and similar to Pizza Hut’s pan pizza, only much less greasy. How they managed to get the crust so crispy on the outside without making it oily is a mystery to me. The small is large enough to feed 2 or 3, so if you need more food, the large special is $ 16.90. We also ordered a small Italian combo grinder ($ 5.95). We asked them to cut it into 4 pieces, and it was almost like having a sushi-​sized sandwich (
). Mr. Owl may have taken 3 licks to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll Pop, but he’d only need a bite or two to get through these pieces. The sandwich itself wasn’t anything out of the ordinary but would be a decent option for lunch. They also have Italian specialties, such as spaghetti, ravioli ($ 6.50), and calzones ($ 6.95), and seafood, such as fish and chips ($ 9.45), clam strips ($ 9.45), and fried scallops ($ 11.75).
Location — the interior was spacious and would be good for groups. We went around lunch time on a Saturday and there were several other customers. Note: Pizza Grotto is right next door and every time we drove by, there wasn’t a single car in the parking lot. You almost have to feel bad for it. It’s kinda like they’re the stinky kid who got caught picking his nose. I found myself strangely sympathetic towards PG, but judging by the lack of customers, make sure you go to Pizza Palace.
Service — was incredibly friendly. They were kind enough to cut the small grinder into 4’s. We had less than an hour for lunch, and the food came out quickly and we made the cider demo on time.
Great spot for a quick pizza or sandwich in Groton.

Surprisingly, pretty darn good think crust (somewhat greasy but not too greasy, just good greasy!) traditional style pizza.