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Extreme Pizza
Category: Restaurants Pizza Pizza [Edit]
2352 Shattuck Ave(between Channing Way & Durant Ave)
Berkeley, CA 94704
Neighborhood: Downtown Berkeley
(510) 486-0770
- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Street
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- Yes
- Take-out:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- No
- Outdoor Seating:
- Yes
- Good For:
- Lunch, Dinner
- Alcohol:
- Beer & Wine Only
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
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138 reviews for Extreme Pizza
Review Highlights
"...the paia pie, yard sale, and drag it through the garden."
(in 6 reviews)
"I always order the same pizza - Pandora's Box."
(in 5 reviews)
"Get it with tomato sauce, you'll thank us later."
(in 6 reviews)
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138 reviews in English
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Review from Arian E.
San Jose, CA
10/22/2011
Fantastic pizza - from a confessed Za lover, and one-time pizza cook. Amazed at all the sub-3-star reviews - almost skipped this place because of that. After skimming reviews, I'll chalk them up to bitchy Berkeley primadonnas.
Meat Pizza - 4 stars. Combination including onions, great flavor.
Custom Za - added linguica and salami to their standard 2-cheese Pepperoni Pizza. Solid 4+ stars.
Service was okay. One girl busy talking on phone at the counter, but one of the guys in the kitchen ran up to help.
I will totally order here again.
This is medium crust pizza FYI. I generally prefer super thin or super thick pizza, and tend not to like in-betweener crusts. That said I think this is great for an in-betweener crust. If you like medium crust, you might like it even better than I did. -
Review from John M.
San Diego, CA
1/23/2012
If you think this place is good, you either havent had good pizza yet (try Zacharys Chitown Deep Dish Pizza) or you have brain/tongue damage.
They should change their name to X-treme pizza so their name can match the lameness of their food.
The pizza pies werent very good and none of the ones we ordered tasted better than Costco pizzas. Seeing as how I can get a Costco pizza for 5 bucks, that's pretty sad. My friend had a coupon and this place wouldnt honor it. The dude tried to say that my friend had photocopied it or some BS.
The service was worst than the food. It was slow and the cashier had no idea what was going on. We should have just left when they wouldnt take our coupon, but I didnt want them to have to toss food cause of a coupon situation so I said pay anyways.
If you have that kind of brain damage that makes bad food taste good, come here. -
Review from Ting S.
9/9/2011
Extreme bad service. Extreme poor attitude by management. Extreme horrific delivery system.
Following the recommendation of their takeout menu, I utilized the online delivery system to place an order. Respected their advertised "average delivery time 45 min." motto and waited about an hour and 10 minutes to call and check on the order. Called twice and the call was not put through. Finally, on third try, someone answered and put me on hold. I patiently waited 3 minutes. Finally:
1. Was told they were out of the gluten-free crust and that's why the order wasn't fulfilled.
2. Was told they had tried to call but the call did not go through.
I responded that my phone had not rung, and I had no voicemails or missed calls. I also asked why an email was not sent as well, and was told they had no record of my email, even though the order was placed online, and my emailed receipt clearly stated my phone number, address and email. When the manager came on the phone, the previous conversation was repeated, and he added:
1. Your phone number must've been wrong (I verified it was correct on my reciept)
2. It was my fault for waiting so long to call about my order.
To add insult, both the employee and manager's initial responses were "would you like a regular or wheat crust instead?"
NO I ORDERED A GLUTEN-FREE CRUST BECAUSE I CAN'T EAT WHEAT!
The feedback form on the website also leads to a broken link when you attempt to submit it. How convenient! -
Review from Diner Revue F.
Albany, CA
1/30/2012
Hands down great pizza, not very salty just right. We met the district manager very nice and quite knowledgeble about customer needs. Staff was very friendly. We ordered a well done pepperoni . I will say it came out pipping hot .. Love your food great quality, excellent service
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Review from Sunny Z.
Berkeley, CA
1/20/2012
POURING WEEK in Berkeley!!! So I decided to order take outs... heard about their terrible delivery system, but I got introduced to order via http://seamless.com and avoided having to speak to them over the phone! HA ... turned out I was so pleased by the delivery I came here to comment... their delivery guy was super nice (since I missed his call THREE times and he had to come by the second time ...couldn't find a parking lot ... in pouring rain...oops!) And they wrote me a note thanking me for the tip!
Food was okay ! I'm happy as long as my stomach's satisfied in this horrible weather! -
Review from Bonnie N.
Oakland, CA
12/11/2011
I like pizza of all sorts...Boot & Shoe, Arizmendi, Lanesplitters to Papa John's. This is not gourmet pizza and it's not meant to be. It's a small joint, quick, and they get the job done. I order the veggie slice and thoroughly enjoy it. I will say it's about a dollar or two more than it should be, however, I'm not sure what quality ingredients they use. I have not ordered a full pizza here, yet. The theme is a little silly...extreme sports and extreme pizza but whatever, I think it's pretty cool. BUT, the coolest part is that you can get a slice and soda here and then mosey on down to an awesome Willy Wonka inspired candy shop right next door! Lots of fun...
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Review from Amanda N.
4/25/2011
Eeeek. My least favorite pizza place in Berkeley - probably even more so than Domino's, because at least then you have cheap deals.
I never really cared for any of their "extreme" pizza combinations - it's just too much, personal taste. I tried their sub sandwiches too, but they get soggy very quickly.
Delivery is timely enough, but I don't even order from here unless I have a good coupon. Many of the coupons aren't even really worth it anyway though.Listed in: Go Bears!
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Review from Jana S.
3/16/2011
When do I *ever* have a hankering for a meatball parm sandwich? Easy peasy: NEVER. Yes Yelpers, I have never had one in all my life, and no, I am neither an immigrant nor a vegetarian.
And yet I did, just a short while ago. And it was yummerz. (as was the price $7)
Strange, eh? "What kind of American are you?".. I'll put it out there so as to freak you out and speak your thought aloud.
First one ever, and it was awesome. Large sandwich! Not too salty, with enough sauce and cheese melted ever delicately, bun was not too sogged up. Incredibly filling and could only finish half of it.
Would come back again, without a doubt. Thumbs up! Super helpful and smile-filled customer service too, which never hurts. -
Review from Paulina P.
Los Angeles, CA
7/14/2011
Been there twice. The service not especially friendly, but whatever-- it was fast. The pizza is pretty damn good, don't know what everyone else is talking about.
Well, the Veggie pizza at least. Pesto instead of tomato sauce, piping hot and cheesy, with tomato slice topping or sliced potato (different each time), which was interesting to find on pizza.
For $4.62 you actually get *two* slices of regular pizza, or a very wide slice cut in half, so the price misleading-- actually decently portioned (and I can eat.) -
Review from Eric B.
1/27/2011
After certain Life experiences, there are some places that people won't go visit again. For example, when my ex-wife grew up in the greater Berkeley area, her Dad used to take her to dinner at various places and initiate various "Father Knows Best" discussions. To this day, she'll avoid those restaurants at almost all costs.
I occasionally ate at this Extreme Pizza during an Extreme part of my life. The food was OK, and this place was certainly a welcome (albeit short) respite from what was going on at the time.
There is better Pizza out there, but I'll happily stop by at a an Extreme Pizza joynt if neighbourhood, timing, and hunger all come together the right way. However, just has my life has moved on for the better, this is one part of Shattuck that I'll gladly just walk on by. -
Review from Patrick T.
Berkeley, CA
10/16/2011
Are you thinking about going to Extreme Pizza? Don't. My roomies and I ordered from there, and spent the rest of the night telling jokes about how "Extremely Dissapointing" it was. What you should do, is order from Lanesplitters instead. Its badass. Or better yet, go ahead and order from Extreme, then Lanesplitters. You got to know what the bottom is like to know the top.
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Review from Michelle C.
Buena Park, CA
1/1/2011
Alright, I've only eaten here once, so my review should be taken with a grain of salt, but I feel like I have a couple important things to say.
1. My order was really good, and I'd get it again if I could.
I got the individual extreme pizza, "Mr. Pestato Head." It had pesto, potatoes, red onions, feta, fresh basil, oregano and mozzarella. It was delicious, and a large portion. It was an 8 inch pizza divided into four slices, and I finished two.
2. However, it was a kind of pricey.
It was about 10 dollars for that individual pizza, which is alright, but it's not cheap. It's not an every day lunch kind of price. I don't eat that much, so the portion was okay for me, but if you're a male college student I think you're gonna need a bit more.
3. The sliced pizzas are cheap, but definitely not as good as the special orders.
They have regular slices of pizza at a fair/cheap price, but it's just normal pizza that you can get anywhere. They have a specialty, their "extreme" pizzas, and that's what tastes good.
So I feel like I've said what has to be said. I don't know if you're put off by my review, but don't be! I feel like it's a place to try at least once, it's good! And then you can decide for yourself if you want to be a regular :) -
Review from petunia t.
Berkeley, CA
9/26/2011
Craving pizza late night and everything else was closed. Ordered a large - $24. It was tiny, with only a paltry amount of meat, and even less cheese! The only thing Extreme was our disappointment with the pizza.
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Review from Carrie V.
Berkeley, CA
9/14/2011
The pizza is decent, not great, and it's pretty expensive for what it is.
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Review from Kat S.
El Cerrito, CA
3/7/2011
If you are looking for a pepperoni pie, don't eat here. It is far too expensive to just get "normal" pizza.
But if you are willing to try one of their speciality pizzas, it is FANTASTIC! Our favorite is Wingin' It - a buffalo wing inspired pizza. They have a wide variety of vegetarian and meat-lover speciality pizzas and now will accomodate a gluten-free diet. If you want to build your own, this is a great place if you like unusual toppings. You can get an aflredo sauce, pesto sauce, or marinara sauce, choose your cheeses, and add unusual toppings like hummus to your pie.
We always go delivery so this review is NOT for the actual physical location (though I have been there once and found it to be clean and the staff friendly).
Another favorite is the Back Country Betty salad. It is so nice to be able to order something healthy, fresh, and tasty to go along with my bit of fatty-carbalicious-heavenly-sin. Most pizza places have crap salads made of unused pizza toppings, but Extreme's are fanastic and come in personal and family sizes.
Their cheesecake and cookies are decent as is their garlic bread. -
Review from Topp M.
Phoenix, AZ
11/22/2010
A dump in the wall and while I do not expect much of a service of such a place, oh man was I disappointed of their pizza.
I have had better frozen pizza from Safeway.
It is pretty damn amazing that a pizza place can manage to fuck up pizza that bad. Sadly I we will not be back. I rather go to Papa Johns up the street, or go for Chinese.
Oh, and if anyone from Extreme Pizza should read this: Ghetto ass jaggoffs, at least make sure that your employees have their pants covering their ass and not down on their knees while working. -
Review from Ashleigh B.
Capitola, CA
7/12/2011
I actually thought this place was really good! Not sure why it only gets 3 stars
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Review from Andi C.
Los Angeles, CA
7/3/2011
They have good pizza. There are just other places in Berkeley with really good pizza. They have really interesting specialty pizzas. You can order pizzas vegan or gluten free too. Everyone that works here is super chill. One time, the credit card system was down so guy helping me just gave me my pizza for free.
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Review from Allister D.
Sunnyvale, CA
6/17/2011 1 photo
I used to like Extremes a lot but they disappointed me yesterday night. Their WINGS were suppose to be crispy and spicy. Last night they were frozen and made like 3 days ago which made the meat and skin not so tender anymore and soggy. ew it was fuckin gross!! The blue cheese sauce was too damn thick and stale tasting. The margarita pizza was ok but it was a bit too greasy than usual. :/ sucky night but I hope extreme changes it up. FDA needs to check that place out hahah
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Review from Kevin J.
El Cerrito, CA
7/14/2011 8 Check-ins Here
I work 2 doors down and I am a regular. The employees kinda know what I always get. Their speciality pizzas are second to none.
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Review from Jessica t.
San Francisco, CA
11/8/2006
Last year, after an extreme-ly long day, when I was subletting a place in Berkeley and doing an extreme-ly annoying late-night commute back from SF, I decided to stop in here and order some food.
The pizza didn't look that great, and I was about to just forget it, but too tired to cook (pour cereal into bowl with milk), I started to read the overhead menu.
As I tried to focus on the menu, I couldn't stop thinking about the name - Extreme Pizza. What's so extreme about it? Is it the Extreeeeeemely greasy looking pizza? The Extreeeeeeeemely corny pizza names or.......or the Extreeeeeeeeemely 'on the edge' pizza combinations....where's the extreme?
I ordered a calzone. One small calzone. The woman who took my order looked just as tired as me. We bonded with a deep sigh, over our extreme-ly exhausted feet and heavy eyes. As I glanced to see how many orders were before mine, I noticed one of the pizza making guys look my way, before he started working on his next order. I gave him a quick "Seriously I'm Starving...no.....I mean EXTREME-LY STARVING" smile and sat down.
As my stomach gurgled loudly, I noticed the same pizza guy laboring over an extreme-ly huge doughy calzone.
'Damn....that's a small?! I hope it's mine' I thought.
I waited....
and waited....
and waited....
I had a feeling they might not have even put mine in yet.
I pulled my stool closer to the food counter, closed my eyes and hid by head between my crossed arms. I was abruptly awakened by my name. The cashier had a big box with my name on it.
"Here's your calzone and apparently they mixed up the order - so you have a large instead of small. But we'll just charge you for a small....oh and I put in some extra marinara sauce in here for you too.
I thanked them as best I could, and walked home with a lighter step and my face aglow. I'm still not sure if there really was a mix-up. I like to think that Extreme Pizza - was extreeeeeemely compassionate (until I can come up with a better word for it) that night, and wanted to put some good energy out there.
And.....I can honestly say, despite being completely starving and willing to eat anything, that calzone was RIDICULOUSLY 'extreme-ly' good. It was huge. It fed all of my roommates. We toasted marinara drenched calzone sections, well into the "Dr. Phil marathon"night (note: I only watch this show sometimes....and not cause I enjoy it....well......maybe a little part of me enjoys it...but only the tiniest part!)
Sigh. -
Review from jay h.
9/22/2006
EP guy: Heeeeeeyyyy, can I help you?
Me: Yes, we ordered a pizza for pick-up?
EP guy: Uh, sure...kay. Um....What did you order?
Viv: A veggie and a cheese.
EP guy: Wait...what is your number?
Viv: 510-555-5555
EP guy: Oh....kay. Um....the veggie and the cheese, right?
Me: Uh.....yeah.
EP guy: It'll be about 10 minutes.
Viv: That's fine we'll have two Sierra Pale Ale's please.
EP guy: Whuuuut? You guys want beer? Sure....
Twenty minutes later.
Me: Viv...is that our pizza on top of the oven?
Viv I don't' think so...they'd tell us if it was.
Me: Dude, Viv. They're stoned outta their MINDS!! They don't even remember their own names.
Viv: Really???....Excuse me. Are our pizza's ready?
EP guy: Dude...whose pizza's are those?
EP guy2: I dunno. It's a veggie and cheese.
Viv: Yeah, that's ours.
Ep guy: Heh, heh. We were waiting for you guys to finish your beers.
Me: Sure you were....
Stupid college stoners. I couldn't get too mad at them. I mean shit...I was buying pizza in Berkeley!!! There are very few people in this city who AREN'T high!!! Honestly though....mediocre pizza. -
Review from Lizz E.
Berkeley, CA
6/26/2009
The EP boys hook me up with free food & drinks. Not always, but often.
See, my fauxtwin & I befriended them on a whim over a shared cigarette. That same evening, one of the boys dragged us to a hippy party on Durant, where we (rather soberly) appreciated the hilarity found in a gaggle of obliterated UCB hippies singing Sublime and getting naked.
(And thank you, perverts: we observed and snickered without participating. I knew you were wondering.)
Ever since then, we've been thick as thieves.
Even without the hook up: the pizza is pretty good, inexpensive...and literally two blocks from my house. Can't complain!Listed in: The EB
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Review from Insensitive M.
Emeryville, CA
6/11/2007
EXTREME(LY BAD) PIZZA.
Ok. I don't know if the pizza is bad or not, because I'm just trying to get something to eat for lunch. I don't need an entire small pizza to myself, and I don't see any sign that they offer slices.. so I go over their sandwich board. It's ok.. a tad pricey.. but whatever.
I saw a BLT on the menu so I ordered it. BLT's are usually the cheaper sandwich on a menu, and not really something you can fuck up too badly. It's just bacon, lettuce and tomato. What could go wrong?
Well, he asked me what kind of cheese i wanted..
cheese? on a BLT? ummmmmmmmm ok. Provolone.
The sandwich comes out. It's not toasted (I guess I assumed it would be.. typically a BLT is toasted.
And the kicker
BACON BITS.
COLD BACON BITS
I could have handled old, chewy bacon. Cold bacon, whatever.
but don't give me COLD BACON BITS.
So my sandwich was basically:
Cold bread. A slice of provolone, shredded lettuce, tomato, and bacon bits. (Not bacos.. it was at one point actual bacon), and mayo.
I was hungry and tried eating it anyway.
It was pretty fucking foul.
If the guy behind the counter wasn't such a weird, jocko/hippy/stoner/douchebag dude I might have sent it back.
But the experience started with him asking stupid questions about my tattoo (did it hurt?). He had plenty of his own tattoos.. I would think he would know the answer to that question already.
ok. I'm going to sit here and try not to feel EXTREMELY nauseated. -
Review from Scott F.
Philadelphia, PA
12/9/2008
Okay, I tried to walk into this place with an open mind. Their name is totally lame. Am I supposed to be transported to a bungee jumping platform in some insanely deep and picturesque misty gorge in New Zealand when I take a bite of their pizza? Come on. All I could imagine was, "what could they possibly mean by Extreme?" But I prepared myself not to judge, and wanted to try the pizza anyway.
Then I started looking at the menu. They serve slices, that's good. But they cost like five bucks. Okay, I can deal, maybe they're huge or something. This is, after all, EXTREME PIZZA.
But then I noticed a small note near the slice menu. It said something like "slices take five minutes."
This I cannot abide. The idea of a slice is that it is fast. One star.Listed in: Pizza in Berkeley
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Review from Shannon R.
San Francisco, CA
7/18/2007
Not "extreme" by any stretch of the imagination :)
However, it is okay. Not horrible. I actually really like their salads, I think that's where they really shine.
I went here tonight to grab a large pizza to go, and they charged me for an extra-large...I didn't realize this until after I had paid, did the math, and realized things didn't add up right...and they hadn't given me a receipt, either!!! They seemed kind of dumbfounded by my request to review the order, but ultimately gave me my $3 back, once they realized I was right! It was just a little annoying...but the pizza was decent. Half of it is in the fridge for tomorrow, and that's a good thing. -
Review from Bill R.
Emeryville, CA
12/16/2006
Good healthy sized slices. A little pricey but worth it.
Good combinations of toppings! -
Review from Sara M.
Silver Spring, MD
9/24/2006
I actually am quite fond of the pizza at Extreme Pizza. I've never actually gone in to order - ordering for delivery on their website is very easy, and they have lots of good topping choices.
I'm usually one of those people that throws the pizza crust away, but the crust at Extreme Pizza is so good that even I eat it.Listed in: Berkeley Take Out
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Review from Rob M.
San Mateo, CA
4/26/2006
Damn these guys are great! Try Andrenalin Rush or Everest or any of the others, lots of creative flavorings for pizza. Delivery is easy, just log onto their website and place your order, even pay with a CC right there. What could be simpler?
Update: These guys went from 4 stars to 1 simply because they have this a$$hole delivery driver who refuses to come upstairs and being the pizza to the door. His rationale is that he'll have to park in a red zone and will get a ticket. Please. He'll be there two minutes and everyone knows he won't be there long. The guy combined rudeness and stupidity however. When I went down to collect it from him I noticed he had left his car in the Traffic Lane instead!!!!! So, you're afraid somehow you'll get a ticket but you're not afraid to leave your car sitting parked in a drive lane of a busy street? I hope someone caves in the back half of his car one day. Anyhow, the food was fine but the attitude doesn't deserve support, particularly when there are plenty of places in Berkeley to go to. -
Review from Crystal D.
Oakland, CA
10/4/2010
Pizza, good.
Service, absolutely terrible.
I used to go here a lot because I liked the pizza, but the people working this place have no idea what they're doing. They accidentally charged my credit card twice for my order, and offered me a cookie instead of a refund. They lost my order at least five times. They let my pizza sit and get cold on the counter for like 20 minutes before they realized they hadn't served it to me. They take personal calls on their cell phones during busy lunch and dinner hours. It took the lady half an hour to figure out how to change the receipt paper roll, and made me late to class. I always tried to be polite, but I wondered everyday why it took me a year to finally give up on this place. Not worth coming here.
I think I drove by this place a while ago and they might have closed it...finally. -
Review from Rick C.
Berkeley, CA
2/22/2010
I love pizza. I love mediocre pizza. I love fancy pizza. I love cold pizza. I love new and crazy pizza. Get the drift?
Extreme Pizza, I have to say from all my years of pizza-eating, is just decent. The toppings and styles that they have are pretty new but then again everything in Berkeley and San Francisco is about redefining the old and revolting, right? I got a gift card for $5 and was pretty much disappointed; it would only got me one slice. I picked the special and after five minutes, I realized what I had actually ordered. The sign listing all the slices had the special of the day in a different and lighter marker that couldn't be read from about three feet away, crap. I looked at the big board that I was too lazy to look at before and found that it had pork. Crap, I don't eat pork.
I ask the cashier if I can change my order and she says yes. I told her I don't eat pork and she said that it would be okay. She asked me what I'd like instead. Feeling pretty good, I start to ask for random pizza toppings that I could think of and if they had pork in it. Unfortunately, another employee chimed in and took over because another customer had walked in.
The cashier was a doll; this woman was not. I asked if the pepperoni was beef, she said it was beef and pork. I asked if they had sausage that was beef. She gave me a funny look and said no as if I asked if a pizza with pepperoni was vegetarian. I asked if there was a way to give me anything but pork. She said they had a vegetarian pizza. I had paid for the special which was $5, I better be getting some freaking meat and some glorious toppings. I politely refused. Frustrated, she asked if I wanted meatballs cut up and on cheese and I said yes only if it had no pork. She gave me a weak smile and made my pizza, threw it in a box haphazardly and just handed to me. No thank you, no sorry, nothing. At least it was efficient and to the point, right?
Wow, thanks for catering to your customer. At least the pizza was okay, too bad it came with an attitude, a goddamn expensive price, and lackluster service. -
Review from Lauren S.
1/9/2008
Im not sure what they were called, but I went to a Critical Resistance meeting this Tuesday and was met with some of the best Pizza I've had in as long as I can remember. One was cheese-less pizza with sweet fresh tomatoes, basil and lots of red onions (yum), and the other was a pesto/basilly mushroomy desliciousness with chunks of parmesean, and other cheeses.
The salad was exciting, solely because it WASN'T the typical crappy pizza-place salad, ya know that skin-crawlingly nasty iceburg lettuce? Yeah. No - theirs was nice dark greens and purples, and they hooked it UP with artichoke hearts, mushrooms, cheese and tomatoes. Their Ranch was notable, but the buffalo wings were a) not spicey - whats up with that? and b) pretty fatty rather than meaty.
That's whats up with my causal one-night stand with Extreme Pizza. It was extremely yummy.
Thanks, Critical Resistance! Visit the radical Prison Abolitionist organization at: http://www.criticalres.../ -
Review from Kameron K.
San Francisco, CA
4/5/2010
Ok so with the abundance of pizza places in Berkeley, Extreme pizza is in the middle for me.
Not as good as Zachary's or Cheeseboard but better than Fat slice or Blondies.
They some good vegetarian options as well as a clearly marked menu for veggies with a tomato symbol for vegetarian options. They also have a cow, chicken and pig marked symbols for meat pizzas so its easy to tell which are which.
I've had the "peace in the middle east" F'in AWESOME! Instead of tomato sauce it has hummus, its freaking amazing.
I came back this weekend to get one and they were OUT of hummus, fail. Ended up getting the Mr. Pestato head (potato pizza with basil and pesto). Took as a take and bake and ended up also being really good.
I appreciate the take and bake option as we wanted to still look around shattuck before bringing out pizza home.
Thanks extreme pizza, although I wish the bums outside your place would stop bothering me.... -
Review from Jamaica Y.
Philadelphia, PA
10/2/2007
The men at Extreme Pizza have discovered that there is more to meat than just beating. I say men because only a man would name the nuanced flavors of the slice I had yesterday "Meat Pizza". Salami, red onions, feta, bacon, and mozzarella on a thin crust is worthy of so much more.
I also say men because, maybe it was just a crazy coincidence, but I was the only gal in the joint. Everyone making the pizzas, everyone waiting in line, everyone eating...ALL men. So ladies, get off of http://Match.com and head over to Extreme! (If you don't find a man they have good cheesecake) -
Review from Sarita y Marky J.
Oakland, CA
2/11/2010
Okay, this is going to sound weird, but one of us is not really a pizza eater. However, the other is a pizza MANIAC!!!! Having said that, we both LOVVVE this pizza so much we want to marry it.
Our favorites:
PANDORA'S BOX= Baby Spinach, Marinated Artichoke Hearts, Sun-Dried Tomatoes, Feta, Fresh Garlic, Fresh Basil, Oregano and Mozzarella. Get it with tomato sauce, you'll thank us later. Also:
DRAG IT THROUGH THE GARDEN= Fresh mushrooms, green peppers, red onions, marinated artichoke hearts, broccoli, tomatoes, fresh basil, fresh tomato sauce and mozzarella (or soy cheese).
SOY CHEESE!!!!! These are our favs cuz we haven't tried any of the others yet. The pizza dudes are really nice on the phone and are great about substitutions. The guy I talked to today said, "awesome!" maybe twenty times while I was ordering. SO extreme! I feel like if I had been there in person I might've gotten some high-fives. He also said it would be forty-five minutes and it came in like, twenty-five. Awesome! -
Review from Jewel J.
Laurel, MD
7/1/2007
As much as I don't want to give this place one star... I must. Their sauce is horrible... it doesn't even taste like tomato sauce. Their crust is hit or miss. The toppings are sparse. And they are expensive, which is not a good combination. The only thing that is edible here is the chicken wings and the breadsticks.
Don't waste your money trying Extreme Pizza... walk the extra 15 minutes and get some better pizza on Telegraph. -
Review from Andrew S.
Berkeley, CA
4/20/2010
Totally not worth it unless you have the buy-one-get-one-free coupon. If you live near a store, watch out for their advertisement in the mail. With the buy-one-get-one-free coupon, it's a good price for some unique (and tasty!) pizza. It's also great for the lazy.
I've tried a number of their pizzas, and they're rather unusual, but generally memorable pizzas. My favorite is the Boar'der, which is a BBQ pizza. Kickin' Chicken with the ginger peanut sauce is delicious. Also good: Drag It Through The Garden, Everest, Pandora's Box.
If you don't have the advertisement, mention it over the phone and they'll give you the number. -
Review from Jeffrey R.
Berkeley, CA
3/20/2007
The first time I ordered from Extreme Pizza, the pizza did not arrive. After a couple of hours, I called them and they profusely apologized saying that their driver had broken his leg and I would not be charged for the pizza.
I guess they really are Extreme Pizza. -
Review from Alyssa S.
San Francisco, CA
10/29/2006
Does mixing lots of topping combinations together really make a pizza extreme? Maybe if said pizza also base jumped or skateboarded down the side of the Transamerica pyramid. Anyway, I like their pizza. It's ok. Nothing great. Less greasy than some of the other options in Berkeley.
Last time I ordered from them I got the new Adrenaline Rush (which of course is shot up to your apartment in a giant slingshot and you have to try to catch it, you know, to induce the adrenaline rush). Anyway, I was really excited about that pizza because it's described as a BLT on a pizza, topped with fresh lettuce tossed in ranch. I imagined it would be like salad and pizza and a sandwich, all wrapped up in one. Oh, the possibilities. But the bacon was kind of undercooked and the "fresh lettuce tossed in ranch" was a scoop of slimy lettuce like cole slaw dripping with ranch, served in a separate container. It wasn't even enough to cover one slice, let alone fresh. Extreme, when you're charging $20 for a pizza don't hold back on the lettuce. -
Review from becky s.
Fremont, CA
4/29/2007
Ordered from here twice because I had a $5 off coupon from the RSF. This pizza isn't that extreme. I thought that the combinations would have been like bacon, jellybeans, apple pizza. Now that would be extreme but the combinations they make you can find in the freezer department at Safeway.
Had the BBQ chicken pizza (rockin rooster? something like that) which was good. I liked BBQ sauce but didn't like that there wasn't any tomato sauce. Actually the next time I ordered from here I got the Thai pizza and that pizza didn't have tomato sauce either. What kind of pizza doesn't have tomato sauce? Thats just silly.
Wouldn't order from here without the coupon b/c its quite expensive and there are many other places in Berkeley that are cheaper that have tomato sauce included damn it!
