(919) 832-3499
601 W Peace St
Raleigh,
NC
27605
35.7886
-78.6473
Neighborhood: University
Reviews & Ratings for Mellow Mushroom
46 reviews
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10/30/09
Highly overrated
by Raleigh Girl
The issues with parking, and the arrogance of the manager make this place not worth it. The pizza is okay, but the trade-off isn't worth it.
- Pros: decent pizza, veggie dishes
- Cons: Arrogant management, inflated egos, parking
03/20/09
Best Pizza Place
by boosting
This is the best place for pizza in raleigh. Unfortunately everyone knows it, just try to get in on a Friday night. The parking is terrible there but the food more than makes up for it once you get it. This place is overrun with college kids though.
- Pros: Pizza
- Cons: Crowded, Parking
01/26/09
Good pizza, chill atmosphere
by mkathrynp
There's a lot to look at on the walls, etc. Cool hippie mama type waitresses. Basically like most Mellow Mushroom's--not the coolest/biggest one I've ever been to though. Best time to go is in the Spring/Summer when you can sit outside on the patio. Eat a salad with Esperanza dressing, or just dip your pizza in it. It's SO tasty! Decent pizza...Lily's is still the best pizza in Raleigh though.
- Pros: Nice outdoor patio, Esperanza salad dressing!
- Cons: The parking lot is REALLY tiny, but that's to be expected for the location
08/24/08
Lively Atmosphere - Blah Food
by hutchy
This place was hopping when I went. I'm not sure what all of the fuss was over. Our Pizza was a crust with butter on it and a pool of goo in the middle resembling cheese. People I talk to say it's heavy and I'd have to agree. When that goo entered my stomach I was regretting it for sure. Lots of nice beers on tap though and a cool patio. I wish the food didn't make me feel so bad :)
- Pros: Fun Place
- Cons: Food
07/12/08
Awesome Vegetarian Options, and DELIVERY!~
by punkrockfeminist
Very cool, theres a ton of things I can order here, being a vegetarian. I really love the Tempeh subs, and the mega veggie pizzas. A cool tip for if you are eatin out on a buget is to order the hummus w/ pita wedges with a side of sprouts, tomatoes, banana peppers and onions. That way u can make lil veggie pita sandwiches! Fun! Also, thru Raleigh Take Out dot Com, u can order from them to be DELIVERED right to your house, and avoid the wait! Super awesome!
- Pros: Get it DELIVERED!
- Cons: Sometimes a lil pricey!
05/30/08
Overall Enjoyment
by qtjosh
This place has some of the best pizza you will find in Raleigh.. I love the fresh ingrediants and the crust is to die for. My friends and I always look foward to our regularly scheduled trip to Mellow Mushroom. The staff always seems friendly and accomodating. They are really great for groups as we go as a large group as well as a good family atmosphere. You have a choice to sit inside.. on a covered patio, or on a open canopy patio as traffic drives by.
- Pros: food, service, promptness, quality
- Cons: beer prices, parking
03/18/08
Only Meh....
by ohthehugemanatee
The one good thing I can say about the Mellow Mushroom is that the atmosphere is terrific. The outdoor patio on Peace Street is prime for people-watching. I just wish the food was as good. The crust is bland and flavorless and the selection of pizzas is that same as you would find in any pizza joint. The worst part of the experience was the service. Our waitress was more concerned with chatting with friends than to bother getting our drinks and then brought us the wrong pizza and gave ours away, so we had to wait for another pizza! If the food was better, this might have been overlooked as a waitress having a bad day, but coupled with disappointing food, it did not inspire a return visit.
- Pros: Great seating
- Cons: bland food, bad service
03/01/08
Great Pizza Joint
by cblaw
Since my office is down the street we have been frequent customers of the Raleigh location since they opened and always had a great experience. They have the best patio and pizza in Raleigh. The pizza is old school, hand tossed and cooked on a stone plus they have a lot of ingredients to choose from. I am surprised with the few bad reviews since we go there so often and never had a problem. The place is always packed so I am sure someone may not get the service they expect, but they must be doing something right.
- Pros: Pizza, patio, beer selection
- Cons: usually a wait
01/28/08
Excellent pizza!
by euncapher
I'm not sure what is up with all of the bad reviews saying that the service is bad. I've been to this location MANY times and have never had bad service. The pizza has always been outstanding, the drink refills aplenty, and the waitress we had last time even went out of her way to make sure the right football game was on while we were there. (Redskins, that is.) I love the Magic Mystery Tour pizza! Their pretzels also rock! I would definitely recommend Mellow Mushroom to anyone! One word: YUM!
- Pros: Pizza, pretzels, outdoor atmosphere
- Cons: They don't deliver
01/03/08
Really bad pizza; wait staff/manager rude/hot beer
by shadesofblonde
I guess my initial description sums it up. We went once because we thought that it must be good, with so many people eating outside. It took about 45 minutes to get a table for 2. Then, another 20 for a waitress to show up; even though we'd waited a long time, she just didn't have it in her to greet us or be polite. When we got our pitcher of (very expensive) beer, it was lukewarm. Then, another 50 minutes for the pizza...without....you guessed it (napkins). When we realized that she wasn't coming back to ask us how things were, one of us went up to the manager to ask for napkins; no apologies there; he gave us a withering look, as if to say, "You didn't really expect us to go out of our ways for you, did you?" He didn't have any reasons for our waits or the warm beer. Furthermore, the pizza was very undercooked. A truly bad experience, all around. As a former waitress, I would be so embarrased to work there or have any association with that place. I've heard that some of the other chains of MM were good but there's no way I'd drive out-of-town to chance my money, time, and food, on a place which so obviously doesn't care what its' patrons think!
- Pros: none at all
- Cons: food, service, management, cleanliness, long waits for everything, hot beer
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