Big Daddy's Pizzeria in Pigeon Forge, TN

The Facts:

Pizza: Big Daddy’s Pizzeria

Number of Locations: 3, all near the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee)

Location Reviewed: 3053 Parkway in Pigeon Forge, TN

Website: https://www.bigdaddyspizzeria.net/

Date of Review Visit: May 2016

What I Ordered: small (10”) Boo Boo Bomber pizza (i.e. pepperoni pizza)

Price: $11.06 (pizza only; includes tax)

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Summary Review: 3 stars (out of 5)

Detailed Review:

Crust: Big Daddy’s crust has the not-too-thick not-too-thin style that can be rather unappetizing, but it comes across pretty well on this pizza.  Some flour baked into the crust provides nice texture.  This crust is not fantastic, but it is not horrible either.  Score: 7/10.

Sauce: I could barely taste the sauce, and not because it doesn’t exist.  In fact, the quantity is slightly above average.  The sauce just doesn’t have much flavor.  I also found small chunks of tomato in the sauce, a personal pet peeve of mine: I don’t want to find chunks of anything in my sauce.  I have had far better pizza sauces than this one.  Score: 4/10.

Cheese: The cheese comes in a thick yummy layer.  The 100% mozzarella blend does not have the most flavorful taste, but the excellent quantity makes the cheese the strength of this pizza.  Score: 9/10.

Toppings: The pepperoni appears in average quantity.  I could taste the spices in the pepperoni, but they are not overwhelming.  For only a one-topping pizza, the toppings are decent overall.  Score: 6/10.

Overall Taste: The cheese really saves what is otherwise a fairly dull-tasting pizza.  Nothing about this pizza really offends the taste buds but nothing really impresses them either.  Score: 7.5/10.

Pizza Appearance: The pepperoni was not evenly applied, so the pizza looked a little bare.

Dining Atmosphere: Big Daddy’s offers a casual family-oriented dining atmosphere with a nice video game arcade for the young and young-at-heart.

Customer Service: The service was quick and attentive.

Monetary Value: The quality is slightly above average and the price is slightly above average, so the price/quality value ratio grades out about average.

The Final Judgment:

Big Daddy’s Pizzeria makes a just slightly different than average pizza.  It is worth coming here occasionally for a change of pace, but there are better pizzas around.  Score: 53/80.