Rascal House Pizza

Took over an hour and a half to get a mediocre, $ 19 medium pizza that was cold when it arrived. First and last time ordering from this place.

For all the years I’ve lived in Cleveland, I had only gone to Rascal House Pizza once or twice at most, because no one ever suggests it, indicating there are plenty of better places. One nice thing about RHP is that it’s open until 2. I was there for the Cleveland Garlic Festival, instead of waking up after a nice short nap to go get a real meal like normal people, we woke up at 12:30am. Oops! Even room service had stopped serving, so we found out about RHP through the hotel front desk. It’s very basic, you order food at the counter, pick up your food at the counter, and eat at one of the few tables in the restaurant. We got the Philly sandwich. Given that it’s not Philly, I wasn’t expecting much, but for what it’s worth, at 1:30am, it wasn’t half bad. We also got some wings, and they were really good. It’s not bad place for a college town pizza place, but I wouldn’t go there with too high of expectations.

Rascal House is open late, which is its primary draw. The cheese steak sandwich was a bit greasy, with no veggies (just some decent beef, mushrooms, and cheese). The bread was thin and crunchy, not soft. The wings were actually pretty good. I didn’t try the pizza, but it looked very run-​of-​the-​mill and the kind of fare that only sounds good after a night of partying.

Tried this place out on the recommendation and hype from the previous resident of my current home in University Heights. The pizza wasn’t bad by any means, but I found it to be overpriced and on the small side. The crust was a little too light and airy, and the sauce wasn’t very flavorful, which made me feel even more that I was paying for more than I was getting back.
With other cheaper options in the area, I probably wouldn’t try this place again. I wouldn’t mind paying a premium if the pizza blew my mind or even just tasted so-​so but was gigantic, but with small portions and so-​so flavor, I can’t justify the price at all for Rascal House.

Delivers past 10pm! Yes, they’re a pizza outfit, but they also have non-​pizza offerings: sandwiches, chicken tenders, chicken wings, pasta, wraps, salads, desserts. Rascal’s also offers family-​sized portions of pasta dinners like their Rigatoni with meatballs (serves as many as 25)!
I’m not a pizza fan (unless it’s deep-​dish Little Star from San Francisco), so I was glad to see non-​pizza options. I ordered «The Italiano,» an Italian sub that consisted of capocolo, smoked ham, pepperoni, salami, onions, banana peppers, and provolone cheese. Dressed with a nice tart vinaigrette, I was fairly pleased with the sandwich. Greek salad is also fine, with fetas and Kalamatas. The two dishes proved a bit too much food for me, though, and I only had a couple of bites of the salad…