Mellow Mushroom

Having experienced the restaurant in Asheville, I am leery when I see other towns try to pull off the vibe that is uniquely the Mellow Mushroom (the one in Charlotte tries, but doesn’t quite succeed).
Here in Murfreesboro, though, I’m happy to report that this version works. Maybe it’s because it is located in the college part of town, I don’t know, but the food was terrific and the vibe came closer to my expectations (fun and polite service included). In particular, I love their vegan cheese calzone with some veggies. Super, super tasty and big enough for two meals. The pretzels are also amazing. My only minor complaint is speed of service. Could be that college kids were working and it was relatively early in the day. Not sure, but if you’re starving when you walk in, be prepared to wait. Otherwise, my family and I really enjoyed our meal and will definitely return.

This is probably my favorite pizza joint in Middle Tennessee.
The Mellow Mushroom in Franklin gets top marks for vibe – it has a comfortable lived– in feel. It’s loud, boisterous, and fun.
The Mellow Mushroom in Murfreesboro gets top marks for that crazy yellow bus. The fit out and flow are not to my liking but perhaps it’s a matter of getting familiar with it and I intend to get accustomed.
Holy Shiitake is a family favorite for us – probably b/​c it sounds illicit to say, but I swear the tastiness carries the day and anyway, we always talk about having Holy Shiitake on Uranus. Hey, I live with 3 boys. If you can’t beat ‘em, out-​pun ‘em, I say. It’s one way to gain respect. The other way is to beat Diablo, but I digress.
Mellow Mushroom uses garlic liberally and that makes us love them unabashedly. It transforms their pizza and we usually ask for fresh chopped garlic – don’t always get it – sometimes get canned crushed garlic but sometimes if we are lucky, we get crushed garlic under oil without that ascorbic acid twang. The pizza dough here is exceptional. The crust is chewy, toothsome, and crispy on the bottom where it should be.
The cheese always tastes great – I believe (but don’t yet know as fact) that Mellow Mushroom uses a better quality cheese than your average bear.
We are always left feeling, yes, mellow after having this pizza. If I think about it long enough, I start to feel true gratitude to these folks. They obviously love making and feeding us all pizza and I’m thankful that they get up everyday doing just that: loving and feeding.

This place is pretty pricey and kind of hit or miss. Sometimes it’s totally worth it; sometimes it’s not. I’ve been overcharged a few times before, but usually don’t feel like complaining and getting it corrected. A $ 30 bill for a medium pizza and water isn’t uncommon. It used to be my favorite pizza, but lately it’s just been meh. It’s still a good place to try if you haven’t been here.

This place is delicious! The pizza is so good and flavorful, the staff is super nice and accommodating. My 2 year old loves this place! They will even double cut the pizza so her little hands can pick up the pizza without help from us!

Pizza here are delicious! Workers need more training. Manager on duty had very good customer service skills.

My boyfriend had been to another Mellow Mushroom location down in Florida and had said the pizza was pretty good, and I’m always up for a good pie so we decided to meet up here with a friend a couple weeks ago on a Tuesday night for some dinner. It was a pretty slow night, so we were seated right away. Our waitress was training someone new, so between the two of them the service was a little slow but nothing that was egregious or anything like that. Plus they stopped by a decent amount of times, so that kind of made up for it. However they were a little rusty on the beer options, and didn’t know all of the specials.
We started out with the spinach and artichoke dip, which was pretty much what you would expect. I opted for the Philosopher’s Pie, which has steak, portobello mushrooms, artichoke hearts, kalamata olives, and some different cheeses. Coming from the Chicago area, I’m kind of a huge pizza snob, which is why I think that their pizza is just alright. My boyfriend got the Mighty Meat, so I tried a little of that and I felt pretty much the same. The crust is a little chewy (for my taste anyway) and both were a touch on the greasy side. But by far not the worst pizza I’ve ever had.
Overall I would probably give this place another shot if I was in the area and didn’t have a whole lot of other options. My boyfriend enjoyed it a bit more than I did, so chances are I’ll probably be back at some point.

Mellow Mushroom has the best crust. The ingredients are fresh and each pizza has thought put into the combinations. I’m never disappointed. Also, they have an excellent beer selection and the atmosphere is laid back and relaxed.

My second favorite pizza in the Boro. Great staff, heady vibes, and great craft of tap. A little pricier than I would like and they don’t deliver, but solid. Try the Cosmic Karma pizza with Chicken added. The pizza bread has sesame seeds, which didn’t jive well with us, I would not suggest.

I love the fact that this pizza place has a full bar. The pizzas are huge and very filling. I usually take visitors to Mellow Mushroom for quality pizzas for a moderate price. I am definately a fan.

My god this place is amazing!!! There are so many different pizzas to choose from and they do not skimp on the toppings at all!!! Get the buffalo chicken pizza! I will eat here 3 – 5 times a month

UPDATE: Within minutes of posting this review, I received a message from the owner. He apologized and said he’d address these issues with his waitstaff. Customer service means A LOT to us, so although I said we’d likely not return in my review, we are now willing to give MM another chance. With so many dining options in our area, good customer service and the owner caring enough to read and respond to my review definitely makes me willing to return and hopefully be able to update my review with a more positive experience!
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I really do not like writing negative reviews, particularly when management attempts to make things right as the manager did here, but our experience was so poor it almost became funny.
We came on a Friday night and while the restaurant was busy, it was by no means slammed with open tables and immediate seating. It took 15 minutes for us to even see our server and get our drink orders in, then another 10 minutes to get our drinks. So, almost half an hour in and we finally had something to drink. We immediately placed our food order and our server said it’d be 25 minutes on our pizzas, but our salads came out pretty quickly. However, we both nursed our drinks because our server largely ignored our table. She was new and busy, but she did visit her other tables about 5x more than ours. After 40 minutes, our server said the kitchen had messed up my pizza, they’d bring my husband’s out and if mine was too far behind, the manager would comp my pizza. Another 20 minutes progressed and she returned to our table, asking how we were doing. My husband and I are very patient and kind in restaurants, having both been servers when we were young and understanding the pressures, particularly on a new server. However, by this time my husband’s patience was wearing thin, so he told the server in no uncertain terms we were not doing well at all.
We finally received our pizzas after over an hour of waiting, watching several tables that came in long after us turn over completely, so this wasn’t happening to everyone. The manager did come over and apologize. She was very nice and comped both our pizzas (we still paid for drinks and salads), and at that point I thought our night had turned around. However, we were subjected to more long waits for our check and a to go box, which was located at the counter about 12 steps from our table. Again, I know our server was busy but we watched her walk by the counter multiple times and finally my husband got one for himself and we left.
We spent nearly 2 hours here, and while the food was good, as my husband said a couple times, we could have had equally good pizzas and salads at the Boulevard and eaten there 3 times in the amount of time we spent at Mellow Mushroom. In spite of all this, we still tipped on what our check would have been before our pizzas were comped and appreciated the manager doing that, but will likely never return.

I have tried to give this place a chance three times, maybe I am just used really good food because I have been a vegan cook for 15yrs. But their pizza is soooo over priced for the quality. Very chewy dough, the four of us seriously had TMJ after we were done. Your Pie is cheaper and you get more topping instead of paying $ 1.39 for each one (crazy!).

This is my favorite pizza in the area! They always have creative toppings and flavor combinations!

My mom and I ate here for my birthday recently. We started with the bruschetta which was amazing. We had a hard time deciding what to order for the meal but ended up going with the Kosmic Karma pizza. We were not disappointed. The pizza was delicious. It’s not for you if you prefer lots of meat, but if you’re ok with pesto, feta, and tomatoes, you should definitely try it.
The only reason I didn’t give 5 stars is because there was a girl working there with dreads. The dreads weren’t so bad, but she was constantly scratching her head and picking at her forehead. It was just a bit gross for a restaurant.

Love this place ordered the Bayou Blue and Mighty meaty pizza. It was outstanding.
We were immediately greeted at the door and seated quickly. Our waitress Tara was awesome. she made sure all our needs were met.
Will be returning many more times.

Wow! This was our first visit to the Mellow Mushroom and I am happy to say it won’t be our last.
We got the Hummus with Pita bread as an appetizer and it didn’t disappoint any of us. My wife and our two sons (4 years old) loved sitting in the bus even if I did have to break up a fist fight between the two of them over who would be allowed to drive!
We got a medium pizza that was one half Holy Shiitake and one half House Pizza. It was more than we could eat… so yes, we are taking it home!
Our server was Maddie and she was AWESOME! She took our food allergy concerns seriously and made sure our first trip to the Mellow Mushroom wouldn’t be our last.
We had a great time!

Excellent pizza, excellent sides, excellent beer.
What more do you want? How about the location/​restaurant itself? Excellent.
If you’re in the area and craving pizza/​beer. Go. Highly recommended!

Although my visit was not great, the manager, Paul Linlau contacted me immediately. He seems to be doing everything possible to rectify the situation. So in all fairness, I plan on having another visit.
Hopefully my next visit will result in a wonderful experience as so many of my friends have had.
Just the fact that Mr Lindlau contacted me personally speaks volumes within itself.
Thank you, Paul.

One if the best pizza places I’ve been! We tried several pizzas. Our top two favorites were thaidye and holy shiitake mushrooms. If u want to eat delicious pizza, go to Mellow Mushroom!

Good beer, and good pizza. It doesn’t get much better. I’d recommend the Maui Wowie pizza and Bourbon Barrel Beer.