Inbound Pizza
1232 Commonwealth Ave
Allston, MA 02134 (617) 566-1617
- Nearest Transit:
Harvard Avenue (Green)
- Price Range: $
- Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
- Parking: Street
- Attire: Casual
- Good for Groups: Yes
- Good for Kids: No
- Takes Reservations: No
- Delivers: Yes
- Take-out: Yes
- Waiter Service: No
- Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
- Outdoor Seating: No
- Alcohol: None
36 Reviews for Inbound Pizza
Like most pizza places in the Boston area, this is nothing to write home about. The pizza itself is pretty nasty. I've had slices that were completely dried out as well as slices that had damp wet nasty crust. I haven't bothered with most of the rest of the menu. However, I will say that the eggplant parmigiana sub is not bad. Basically the food is a good option when you're starving or drunk and everything else is closed.
As far as the staff goes, they've screwed up my pickup orders in the past. Also, when it gets crowded with drunk idiots on weekend nights, they can't seem to figure out whose turn it is to order. The guys who work there are all Turkish (I think) so you can catch them watching Turkish movies on the television set in the back every once in a while. That's a plus or a negative depending on how amusing you find the idea of watching a bunch of dudes get excited about Turkish cinema.
No person should ever enter or consume the food from this establishment during daylight hours. In fact, Inbound is a place only to be experienced very late at night (much like HiFi in Cambridge but without the random inexplicable aura of awesome).
I stumbled in here with a fellow yelper (who shall remain nameless) after an accident involving a mix up of my antihistamines and her percocets. The crowd and the weird community bulletin board with the mismatched adverts for overpriced, nonexistent, apartments kept me entertained while my friend contemplated a. whether we would eat food here, and b. whether in fact we knew "that guy over there."
In the end, we did know "that guy over there," and, as Inbound had given his order to someone else by mistake (they later called him at home - he's a regular - and replaced it for free - pretty cool right?) we pranced off into the night for more adventures of the stupid variety.
The next morning when reflecting on the night before I came to one solid conclusion:
1. Redneck's Roast Beef is to Hungry, Mean drunks as Bravo is to Hungry, Giddy, drunks, as Inbound is to stoners.
The end.
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I should preface this by saying that I went here sober and hadn't had much to eat that day.
I found the pizza to be worse than average. Around here, there seems to be a pizza place on every corner with typical $2.50/$3.00 slices that will be exactly what you are looking for. My food seemed like it was not made with any love. Flavorless.
Not to be deterred by one bad experience, I went back and had a decent pepperoni/sausage calzone and watched soccer (default for any dignified pizza place around here). I wouldn't go back unless I HAD to eat in the next 5 minutes. Save your stomach and go to Sabatino's if you're heading out or to Sicilias if you're heading in. Of course, this is all second to Crazy Dough's - what every pizza place has wet dreams about.
For a place to just get slices at its definitely worth 4 stars. They have slices of reg cheese and pepperoni but they also have buffalo chicken with blue cheese sauce on it,,,yummm! and for only 2.50$ the slices are pretty good size! the only downside is if your paying with a card theres a 10$ min...kinda of a bummer if you just want a slice and a drink. but they are open till 3am which is sooo awesome for those late night snacks. I went tonight with my friends and had a buffalo chicken slice and it was very yummy, and we watched a little Seinfeld while we ate, it was good times. its definitely a place to go to eat a slice and mooch off their cable tv,
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All right, honestly. I've only been here after a night of some heavy(ish) drinking. So, I'm willing to admit the my opinion is somewhat skewed. With that being said...
Nothing beats a slice of their Buffalo Chicken pizza at 130 in the morning. When you get *that* craving after stumbling out of Wonder Bar/Great Scott/Common Ground, it's a must. Seriously, though, if you ever ate/looked at it sober, it would probably make you hurl, recover, then hurl some more. But under the veil of drunkenness, it is the most delicious tasting-and-looking piece o' 'za ever. EVER.
The guys working are always very friendly to my friends and I, and are gracious enough to entertain my drunken ass while I wait for my slice.
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A few years ago my ex-boyfriend (who at the time was my current b/f) lived right above this place. Aside from the fact that I thought he was too old to be living in college-town and needed to grow up, I did like that his apt. smelled like pizza 24 hours a day.
I ate far too much of this pizza back then. It wasn't the most memorable pizza I've ever had but I actually thought it was decent. I liked the frozen yogurt more though.
I always thought the staff was pretty friendly and smiley - but maybe it's because I was well past my drunken fool days by then.
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I don't know, maybe I'm a pizza snob but the pizza from this place just downright sucks. Maybe it's because i'm from the NYC area (CT actually, which, for those who don't know, is close enough to NY, seriously) and there's no shortage of awesome pizza around there. I don't know. The crust was too chewy, the sauce was boring, they obviously used the cheapest cheese they could possibly find. The delivery guy was nice though and they came pretty quickly I guess.
But yeah, probably not gonna go back there unless I'm really desperate, and for desperation, there's a Mc'D's right across the street.
I order from them most often when I'm looking for easy, consistent pizza / subs. The delivery is usually pretty fast, and the service is just fine. Nothing to write home about, but pretty much the most steady and plain decent tasting little pizza place in the area, IMO.
Myeh. Mediocre single slices. Not amazing, but at least it was thin and the right balance of cheese to sauce. It's really all that this Pizza-Hut-hating girl could ask for.
I watched the cook burn a pizza and throw it away in laughter, just to start all over. Heh. It happens.
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Horrible service, just horrible. I called and ordered my food and it came out way more expensive than advertised. They said, "Oh, you must have an old menu. We'll send you a new one with your order." No offer for a one-time discount or something. And in the end they didn't even give me a new menu!
Also, I ordered their "Ace of Club" sandwich, which sounded good: chicken, guac, tomatoes, lettuce, cheese, bacon, garlic. What I got was a travesty, soggy lettuce on a soggy burger bun with a tiny smear of industrial-grade powder+water guac and gristly chicken. The bacon was okay, but bacon is always okay. My friends were equally disappointed with their salads, which were okay except they were given tiny portions of dressing.
I'm never ordering from here again, ever.
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Our Saturday night drink-a-thon could only end one way....with pizza. My comrades and I had just returned to Carla's humble abode in Brighton, after a taxi cab ride (that I barely remember), and a night out consuming beers at Our House and The Avenue. Looking back, drinking half a bottle of Stoli Vanilla before we even left the house, may have been a tad foolish, enjoyable, but perhaps even a prerequisite to any evening at Avenue/Our House what with their so many various levels of donkitude.
I digress, we conversed and decided a sausage pizza and mozz sticks needed to be delivered to our stomachs immediately. I loved that about our happy little get together, not a lot of girls are into sausage on pizza, they always want silly things like green peppers and onions. Carla dialed up InBound and placed our order, while we anticipated possibly never recieving it and looked at chodes on craigslist's "casual encounters". This has become a habit. We were told it would take 45 mins, and suprisingly, it arrived within what seemed to be 20, altho time flies when you're scrutinizing scumbags cheating on their wives on the internet. Pizza arrived, and was greasy delicious and moderately priced if I remember correctly. Well worth plugging this little number into my phone.
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The pizza is decent (if you want amazing pizza, go to Uno's next door) and cheap, the sandwiches are good, and I've always had excellent service. I live in the area, the staff recognizes me by now and they seem to like to give me extra pizza at no extra charge, so I'm a fan.
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I have major issues with Inbound pizza.
When I found out that this place served buffalo chicken pizza (and regularly keeps slices of it handy) I was psyched. That is, until I tried the stuff. Their 'buffalo chicken' pizza is an absolute travesty. Anyone with any standards when it comes to buffalo sauce, chicken, or blue cheese will be sorely disappointed. The chicken is nondescript at best- it has no buffalo spice to speak of and tastes like tiny pieces of cold chicken mcnuggets. The blue cheese sauce is even worse- think Elmer's glue with a funky aftertaste. I'm sure that will appeal to some, for whom it will bring back fond memories of kindergarden days spent eating Elmer's and learning the color wheel. As for the rest of us, you will likely be insulted that this place dares to ruin the reputation of blue cheese everywhere with this crap. I can only assume that this is what semen tastes like. Spitters everywhere, consider yourself acquitted.
Okay, so the buffalo pizza sucks. But they still serve cheese and pepperoni, right? (Both of which are infinitely harder to mess up). And they are open late, so that must be worth something, correct? Here's my second issue. The assholes that work there apparently utilize a sliding scale price structure depending on 1) how drunk you appear to be, and 2) how close they are to closing time. I've gone in there on 4 separate occasions and been charged 4 different prices for the exact same thing! Not to mention the fact that one guy there (who looks particularly unsanitary- kinda like Steve Buscemi's scarier, greasier cousin) always demands a tip!
What the hell am I tipping you for?! You just charged me $6.40 for two slices of cheese pizza that look like they were peeled off the floor, and I'm 99% sure that you were just scratching your balls less than a minute ago!!
Fellow Yelpers, just promise me one thing- no matter how drunk you are, no matter how hungry you are, if you ever find yourself out in the area of Harvard Ave. and considering a visit to Inbound Pizza, promise me that you will not do it. I don't care if you opt for the 24-hour Tedeschi across the street, decide to cannibalize your date, or even come running across the street to my apartment and hold me at gunpoint to demand the remnants of my fridge- just don't eat at Inbound.
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May be the most conveniently located pizzeria in all of Boston; certainly not the best. A few nights ago, I hatched a plan to open up a rival pizza place across Comm Ave called Outbound Pizza.
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It's too bad that so many people had bad experiences with Inbound, because last Saturday, this place was my best friend.
Granted, this was my first experience and I doubt that Inbound is all that consistent in quality, but it saved me from the hell of post-alcohol starvation. It was 2 am, and our options for nourishment were scant. Desperate times called for desperate measures. We called Inbound. Large sausage pizza and a small order of mozz sticks? Yes, please!
We were told that the wait would be 45 minutes to an hour, which didn't surprise me all that much. It was Saturday night/Sunday morning, the bars were closed, and the drunks wanted their grease fix. Begrudgingly we settled in for the long wait and anticipated not getting our pizza.
Lo and behold, the buzzer for the door rang about 15 minutes after placing the call. Awesome. We settled in for fat and grease and cheese galore.
Our little late-night snack hit the spot and left me full and ready for sleep. Maybe I'll try them again and see if the quality holds up, or if it was an elusive one-time experience, never to be repeated.
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Prepare yourself for the worst service humanly possible. If the food made up for it, like the 'Soup Nazi' in Seinfeld I would be able to deal with it; but it's truly sub-par at best.
Let's start with the greeting. I didn't get one... No hello, how are you, what can I get you... nothing. The guy quickly and rudely turned to me and said 'what?' in a very brazen manner. Whatever.. I can deal with that in this day and age...
I ordered an Italian sub and he asked me what i wanted on it. I said onions and lettuce, and that I would like it toasted. However he took my order so quickly while he was looking at other things I had to make sure he heard me say toasted, so I repeated myself. (Note: it was not busy in there, this was about 5pm.) He snaps back 'I know!' So i notice the other guy making it and he was putting lettuce and onions on it... so i assumed he wasn't going to toast it, as they usually put those things on after. Again, I ask, 'toasted, right?' He snaps back again, 'yes, no problem, toasted.'
So I turn away for a bit and come back to pick up my sub and pay and leave. I get in my car and notice the sub is cold! So much for the toasted! I also notice that it's missing the provolone cheese...
So I go back in and tell the guy, quite angrily that it's not toasted... and it's missing the cheese. He looks befuddled and turns to another guy who snaps at me 'what's wrong??' I explain the situation to him and ask if he can put the cheese on it and toast it for me. I also mention the fact that I asked 3 times for it to be toasted. He angrily snaps back first with 'you never asked for it to be toasted!' Then he yells at me and says that i asked for onions and lettuce, and that I didn't say anything about cheese... Excuse me, but doesn't a freakin' Italian come with cheese? Isn't that a given? So at this point i'm just pissed off and I tell him that provolone cheese in an italian is a given. I shouldn't have had to mention it. He then yells back saying it was my fault..... Enough is enough, so I ask to speak to the manager. He yells back, 'I am the fucking manager!'
Let's just say I never went back. I've heard similar experiences from some other people and I'm not at all surprised. Shit service, and shit food.
It's too bad too, because I have lived a few blocks away for the last few years. There's much better pizza/sub shops in the area, with much better service.
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While there isn't anything too special about the pizza, they were surprisingly extremely nice dealing with the hordes of drunk kids (including myself). They sold us their last pizza for cheap so they get 4 stars.
Been here a few times just because they're convenient. Pizza is very average at best. The service was slow and unfriendly. One time they actually took our eat-in order out for delivery by mistake so we waited forever and they didn't even offer an apology. Another time they pretended to heat up a slice for me when I turned my back and actually served it to me cold! Won't ever go back again.
It's like when your a kid and you have to choke down an entire big bag of salt and vinegar chips before they start to finally taste good.
One could say the same about Inbound Pizza. It's made by some kind of eastern euro-anians, but they're all pretty nice guys considering the shit they spend their weekends taking from drunk college tools and local trash.
The pizza itself is about what you'd expect from anywhere that isnt Italian or Greek. Its got the cardboard-ish bottom, unamazing sauce, sufficient coating of cheese and oily residue. You'll find it has a very distinct taste if you eat frequently enough.
It's fairly cheap- 5 bucks for two slices of cheese and a soda- they also have Vitamin Water and a couple kinds of bottled tea/juice.
Some things to be aware of include:
-The pizza they make if you order a whole pizza is of a different texture and quality than the pizza they sell by the slice
-They have three basic types of pizzas they cook to sell by the slice. Buffalo chicken (bits of fried chicken in buffalo sauce with blue cheese dripped over it in a big spiral), Cheese, and Pepperoni. Anything else you see in that little heater is just a cheese pizza with stuff thrown on it after the fact.
-They're open late, 2am late on weekend party nights.
-If its packed with drunks, wait off to the right to make your order and then get the fuck out of the way by standing off to left or back so that others can order, tons of drunks will just stand there at the counter and piss off the otherwise cool staff.
I've never eaten anything other than the pizza, although i've seen them bake some gigantic calzone's. I dont believe they have a bathroom although I live near by so I just run to my apartment to drain the vein instead of playing that shell game with paper towels where you try not to touch anything.
And if your girlfriend (or boyfriend?) is into post party rear entry (not the hole God intended) all you have to do is hold off a couple of hours and it'll be pre-greased with the aforementioned oily residue- leading to the area insult- "your girlfriend's crotch smells Super 88 and her ass taste like Inbound Pizza."
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Well, they get a few stars because I actually LIKE the buffalo pizza (although I'd admit it looks like chunky barf on bread)...
They LOOSE a few stars because the greasy guy there ALWAYS eye fucks any girl I'm with - to the point of akwardness... dude your a greasy pizza guy, let it go.
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The Buffalo Chicken Pizza by far is one of the best pizza slices in the Boston area. I am from Buffalo and many Boston pizza places fail at making buffalo chicken pizza. Inbound is an exception and if you are from anywhere near Buffalo, you will love their slices. Its much like Just Pizza.
I love inbound. When my friends want to go to Allston Village, I look at them like they are naked. WHAT SELF RESPECTING PIZZA LOVING DRUNK WOULD GO TO ALLSTON VILLAGE? They would. Everytime I go in I get my nice crispy semi-fresh slice of cheese, warmed in the oven. DELICIOUS. And for a 1.75, what drunk cant afford that?
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Their pizza is terrible. You should only eat it if you have no other options. If it is early, walk down to T. Anthony's for a better slice.
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Awwww everyone is oh so negative about this place! Come on, what would you do without Inbound Pizza? Where would you go for your late night grease fix?
I admit this pizza is not gourmet, not in the least bit. It's pretty greasy and not top quality but personally I think it's a pretty decent value. At least the place is honest. You know when you walk in that you're not going to be able to get a gorgonzola, pear, and walnut white pizza. You've got the standard toppings and the standard greasy pizza. Whatever. It's beats out the overpriced crap that Uno's serves next door.
I think this place is still great for the starved and drunk despite what all the pizza snobs say.
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Ah Inbound Pizza how often I have been walking down the street and found that you were just there. So often you have been in the same place when I found that you were there. What a very off occurance. And I, being a hungry person, go in and munch on a slice. I remember the time that I ordered a steak tip sub. Why did you let me do that? You need to remind me that I am not visiting you for good food. I am just going in to put something into my stomach. I do enjoy your fries at times.
The straight-Basic pizza place
What's good-location and open late
The slap-don't try anything tricky it's a bad idea.
4 stars only because they always have buffalo chicken pizza ready to sell by the slice. I don't think I've ever seen that anywhere else and I kind of love buffalo chicken. Buffalo chicken on Pizza is even better. That's the only thing I go for. I tried to order a whole pie from here once, I believe it was a veggie pizza and it was pretty awful. I would just stick to the ready-to-go slices.
Scenario: Allston at 2:00 am. Delightfully bubbly head from dancing and drinking all night and a rumbling belly looking for something delicious and familiar.
This is where Inbound Pizza comes in. It's no secret why the lines are out the door and around the corner from midnight - 2:00 am Thursday - Sunday.
People are drunk and people are hungry.
For their part, the folks at Inbound make a pretty decent pizza --in fact, it's one of the better ones I've had around the Allston area. Where they lose me is the service.
I'm all for the guy at the counter being friendly... I'm not ok with him telling me I have beautiful eyes while simultaneously staring at my chest and packing my "bonus slice".
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I must admit I am thrown for a loop by some of the reviews people have put up here. Not that I think anybody's lying, I'm just surprised that the quality at Inbound has either 1) plummetted or 2) been subject to huge fluctuations. I used to live very close to Inbound and ate there very often. Their pizza is on the high side of middling, and their subs and wings both make the grade. Not worth a lot of effort, but definitely destroys Nastalie's or International for late-night Allston pizza.
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What my review read before was "inbound kicks a$$... bla bla There have been a few times, though that it was inconsistent and not that fresh. Whatever. "
NEW REVIEW
I'm eating the most disgusting pizza in my life as I type and listen to music...
I'm a little bit sick, and that affects the taste of things a little, but my main point of this Edited Review is this:
I didn't understand a question the guy on the phone asked, so I had him repeat it, and he got frustrated (which leads me to believe is why my pizza is so crappy right now)
Anyway, the pizza looks like trash that they had cooked at 12 this afternoon and then threw some buffalo chicken pieces on top and microwaved it. It sure tastes that way, and I DEFINITELY KNOW WHEN PIZZA IS REHEATED AND NOT FRESH...
I will never order from here again. Good job, a$$holes...
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First - stay away from the pizza - especially if you choose one of those slices that's sitting in that warmer thing for hours.
Other than that the subs are pretty good. They toast a warm sub and are generous with the fillings.
The staff is really friendly and always greet me with a smile and conversation. Actually at this point they recognize my order over the phone and when I just drop in ask why I didn't call ahead.
If you live in the neighborhood it's a good sub shop. There's plenty of other late night options that would do you better on a belly full of beer.
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I agree with Dan. This place serves it's purpose well. When I'm drunk at 2am, I don't wanna wait 30 min. for a great pizza. I want a fat slice from inbound in 30 seconds. I'll eat it there, I wont even sit down. Not like you have to. Slide it down your throat and return to the drinking local of your choice.
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I used to live down the street from this place for over a year. I went there once. Once. That is all it took to relalize I would rather have a hobo walk over my pizza than get a slice from there. Dirty, thrown together, ingredients of dubious origins. Just don't, okay?
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How dare you guys give this place such a bad review! When reviewing a place like this you need to take into context what this place actually is. It is a greasy pizza delivery place in allston village. It is not trying to be gourmet pizza or anything. On a Friday night with friends there is no place I would rather call to bring me large pepperoni and large buffalo chicken pizzas. Also Inbound is 100 times better then most of the delivery pizza places that pile their menus at my door.
Pizza, Pizza, Pizza...
Everyone loves pizza.
Last night I was searching my menus for dinner, after narrowing it down to Indian and pizza. Pizza won this evening...
I ordered a medium pepperoni and bacon pizza, and it was great, nice crust, good crunch, not to greasy which kept gave the bottom of the pizza great stability and good crunch with each bite.
Toppings were plentifully and full strips of yummy bacon dressed the slices. A side of buffalo wings (fried chicken wings with buffalo sauce), was a great side to this pizza... in fact, i have leftovers, i may go toss a slice in the oven and its gonna be a great reheat.
fast delivery and quality food for a Thurs night...
nice work guys...
Awesome hangover food. Greasy pizza, yummy wraps and subs, decent wings and apps. I'm a big fan of the neopolitan pizza - fresh tomatoes, fresh mozzarella and anchovies. DELISH.
I've never been inside but have been getting delivery for ages. It can be a bit slow if you order at peak time - late night on the weekends.
Don't expect anything spectacular, but if you're looking for cheap delivery, you won't be disappointed.
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Was that mold on my pizza? I don't know, but I didn't want to find out. An utterly mediocre sub/pizza place to begin with, enhanced by the fact that their portions are small and the prices a bit higher than average. This is Allston Village; there are MANY better places to eat. And, as I said: the last time I was there, there was some icky white stuff on my pepperoni, which was served from a pizza that seemed to have been in the window for a while. There are worse places, but probably not many.
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