Larry's Pizza in Central Arkansas

Basic Information:

Pizza: Larry’s Pizza

Number of Locations: 11, all in central Arkansas

Location Reviewed: 12911 Cantrell Road (Update: this location is closed, but several locations remain open in central Arkansas.)

Website: https://larryspizzaofarkansas.com/

Date of Review Visit: March 2017

What I Ordered: Medium pizza (12”) with sausage and pepperoni

Price: $12.20

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Summary Review: 1.5 stars (out of 5)

Detailed Review:

Crust: The crust at Larry’s Pizza is of the ultra thin and crispy southern style.  My pizza was baked just the right amount, which is not easy to do when the crust is this thin.  Overall, this crust has good texture and consistency, but it has absolutely no flavor.  Score: 7/10.

Sauce: There is almost no sauce on this pizza, and what little sauce there is has no flavor.  While thin crust pizzas are usually lightly sauced, Larry’s takes that principal to the extreme.  Score: 1/10.

Cheese: This pizza tastes fairly salty, probably due to the cheese.  The cheese appears in sufficient quantity, but it has no flavor.  (Do you see a trend developing?) Score: 4/10.

Toppings: The sausage is of the pellet variety with some spices but, I repeat again, no flavor.  The pepperoni is a little better: it is crispy, and you can actually taste the meat.  Both appear in good quantity.  Score: 6/10.

Overall Taste: The best tasting thing about this pizza might be the crust, which means that the overall taste is pretty bland.  Score: 5.5/10.

Pizza Appearance: The toppings dominate the pizza’s appearance, as you would expect for a thin crust pizza.

Dining Atmosphere: I ordered carry-out, but this location has a nice large dining area with a Cici’s style party room.

Customer Service: The service was questionable: the lady taking my order did not know how large a medium pizza was.

Monetary Value: Even for a 12” pizza, this pizza is very overpriced relative to what you put in your mouth.  Larry’s offers a lunch and dinner pizza buffet that would help on the price, but the buffet was not open when I stopped by in the mid-afternoon.

The Final Judgment:

I could see coming here as an alternative to Cici’s, but save for the occasional self-gourding via pizza there are far better pizza options around.  Score: 59/100.