Capers Pizza Bar

We ordered a large 2 topping pizza for super bowl Sunday. The pizza was 50% off and service was fast and friendly. The pizza had just the right amount of cheese and toppings. I don’t know if it would have been worth $ 16 but the price we paid was well worth it.

Caper’s pizza is a great neighborhood joint. Not many Toledo restaurants offer vegetarian options, but I can always find good food.

Ok, so I have reviewed a lot of restaurants because I eat out alot. This was the first time after coming home from eating at a restaurant that both my wife and I became sick. My wife literally threw up once she walked in the door and I wasnt too far after. The food tasted good but there was something wrong with it that made us both sick. For that reason, I do not recommend this restaurant! We both ate individual 8″ pizza’s with a side salad.

Good pizza — had the chicken club! Yummy beer selection too. Nice that there’s a bar/​eating area and a separate more quite eating area.

Neighborhood pizza place with local Toledo owners. Go for the pizzas and they usually have good craft beer. Good bar prices. Interior needs some love.

So so sad. We have been wanting to go here for years and finally did. We met another couple here for dinner. We ordered drinks. I received my iced tea pretty fast with out any sugar or sweetener offered and the server was off before I could say anything. My wife had to wait for her wine. My iced tea looked like water in the dark red plastic cup. When I tasted it, it had a weird taste most likely from dirty pop gun or dispenser and there was little tea flavor. I asked the server and she said that they ran out of the tea the night before. I didn’t understand why you would still send out something you don’t have. A tiny hint of tea particles in a fountain line with water doesn’t cut it.
We ordered appetizers. I ordered the mussels. $ 10.95. When they came, they looked good but smelt a bit fishy. They were steamed and tossed with a little marinara. They were lukewarm and tasted old. I have a terrible thing of eating things even if they taste crappy to understand the cooking process and ingredients. My wife finally made me have them removed because they stunk.
We ordered Spaghetti with Meatballs. $ 10.95 It was a normal portion, not large portion of spaghetti and sauce with two meatballs. The meatballs were so soggy where they just fell apart and were so overpowered with oregano. It wasn’t too bad. The garlic toast that came with it was cold and stale.
I ordered a Spinach Calzone with spinach, tomatoes, artichokes, garlic, olive oil & light cheese. I requested to add chicken which the server happily wrote down. When I received it, there was no chicken. When I asked the server she said, «No there is chicken, I even wrote it down». I opened it to show her. She was surprised and said it should have because she wrote it down and rang in the chicken. She then said I will get some chicken and the manager will take care of the cost of the chicken.
While I waited 25 minutes for a piece of grilled chicken I decided to taste the calzone and what a bland mess. With chicken added I felt the the flavor would make an improvement.
I finally got two plastic cups with diced chicken for my now cold meal. I tasted the chicken and it was even more band than my meal. I was embarrassed because now I felt picky and I really am not. I will eat anything. We sent it back and the server came up and said, ’ The manager removed the calzone”. Now by now I would have thought the manager would have been over to talk to us. It want busy so no reason not to make this a better situation.
If I ever was forced to go back by gunpoint, I would just let the person shoot me so I could enjoy a better meal at a hospital.
If you need to go here I would reluctantly say, go here to drink and buy a pizza if you plan on getting drunk. Don’t go here for Italian food.
Well I am finished writing. my stomach is rumbling most likely due to the fishy mussels.
Response to the owner’s comment;
Emily,
The manager working that day should have come to our table since we had multiple issues. Your manager was clearly not there in your best interest or just lacks leadership skills possibly due to no development. We frequent locally owned restaurants to support them. I write reviews for them. Your food quality and service just wasn’t there. I write the actual experience both good and sometimes bad in hopes that operators will improve on what they do.
Unilocal reviews have saved me time and money, keeping me from going to establishments because of their guest comments. We have also gone to new places even though someone left an unwarranted bad review. Some times these restaurants turn out to be great. So I feel it was important to leave feedback on our experience.
I read other reviews from your customers and they are similar to mine.
Thanks for your reply,
Gil

Now that Im not ticked off, I ll write this review. Waited quite a while at the please wait to be seated sign. The bartender kept shouting every few min «Someone will be right there.» Finally, a manager (Im guessing) in plain clothes had pity on us and sat us down. Now she is 2 of the stars because she was very nice. She did tell us that she was not a server. Took her 15 min for 3 drinks and I went to the bar n asked the bartender for menus. Asked for a beer menu and it is no more. I hate squinting at taps
So after we ordered an appetizer from the manager, she finally rounded up a server for us. Took about 30 min for appetizer. Cheesy garlic bread was good. Now we made our own pizza and 1 person ordered a calzone. Pizza was half veggie n other half chicken. It was eh. Sauce was not flavorful at all. Chicken was dry. I ate one piece and have leftovers in the fridge. The calzone was mostly dough n light on toppings per my sis n law.
Third star is for the Maumee Bay Amarillo ipa. We try to check out and the credit card machine is down for about 10 minutes. I was so ready to get the heck out of there I left my leftovers. Manager chased me out the door with it. Thanks but a no go for me. $ 70 for bad service.

Great craft beer selection on tap!
We ordered the BBQ, spinach artichoke, Italian and the taco pizza. The favorites were the BBQ and spinach artichoke! The taco pizza was soggy and the Italian was nothing outstanding.
They forgot the breaded artichokes so we didn’t have a chance to try those…

I am a real sucker for this place. The food is nothing crazy but it is real good for being a not normal pizza place in Toledo. There is a large variety of options to choose from and the lasagna and pizza are swell! The beer selection is usually top tier and trumps anything in South Toledo. I recommend this place to literally everyone. My only complaint is that service is usually pretty awkward and lackluster. My last time there the waitress saw us about 5 times yet it took her ten minutes to come by (and they were dead!). Great for food and drink though.

Capers has really good pizza, just as all the other reviewers state. Their beer selection is really good too, as well as being very reasonably priced. I tried the Great Lakes Chill Wave and the New Belgian Lips of Faith w/​coconut and curry when I was there. Both were exceptional, and they were between $ 4 and $ 5 a glass, which is a really good price considering what you’d pay by the bottle. Capers has cheap, quality craft beer and great pizza. What more could you want?!?

The craft beer selection, at least in terms of uniqueness and quality is, at times, pretty outstanding. The pizza is usually really good, but occasionally, it’s just average.

The food is great, especially the pizza. The waitstaff is friendly but it seems like the kitchen is slow (it is as if the staff know it too). Even carry out orders don’t seem to be done at the stated time.

Incredibly disappointed. I’ve heard amazing things but unfortunately, I don’t know why. The garlic cheese bread was essentially Aldi’s brand frozen garlic bread. The pizza tasted exactly like Marco’s but cost 3 times as much. I would definitely be interested in trying something else but the pizza is a no-​go from now on. Also, our waitress had long turquoise nails that kept touching our food and she was not very friendly.

Previously, had a very bad experience. Tonight, we had a really nice experience. Service was good, food was great, and even a small kitchen mistake was corrected and they gave us the mistake, as a bonus (on addition to quickly fixing our order). We’ll definitely keep coming back.

Clearly the pizza is amazing! It was my first time and I got the med. spin and artichoke add bacon! Toppings were amazing and fresh, bacon good and crispy and a bonus 25% off on Mondays! Totally stoked to hear it but will definitely return even at full price. Highly recommend and Emily was very helpful! Thanks for the great experience

Food was great, service was awful. The owners were on the patio drinking when we were sitted after waited 10 minutes for a drink order, i ask the owners if they were serving the patio. They jumped up and got someone finally, but they left and service went from bad to worse. Finally food arrived, we waited water and fixing for the pizza, had to go inside 3 times to get water and i took the pizza fixings from the bar. Will only order food to go.

Very good food, and a great atmosphere. The wait staff does a good job taking care of you and you can also tell they know the menu as they are quick to help with a suggestion!
Prices are reasonable and the beer selection is great!

Went with my spouse and kids on a Saturday night — Reviews on slow service were consistent with our experience. The server was very friendly and didn’t make any mistakes, but was slow. This would be fine if your group/​table is looking for a long meal to visit, etc., but not with 3 kids under 6 yrs old.
Food was pretty good — Pizza is more thin crust than pan style, but was good. I got a New York style calzone that was pretty tasty, wife had a grilled chicken melt type sandwich that she said was very good, too.
This would be great place to get together with friends, maybe a double date type night out where you want to catch a game or visit and not be be rushed. But if you are in a hurry or have young kids, may want to try some place else.
Giving it 3 out of 5 due to lack of speed service. Had service been a little quicker, would be 4 for sure.

The best pizza in Toledo. Has a great atmosphere, staff, and menu. Has two rooms, a full bar, and a large patio. It’s a great place to watch a game or hangout with friends.