Rod’s Pizza Cellar

$ 10.60 for a pizza buffett. Ain’t no pizza buffett worth that. Especially an eatery that is living off of past reputation. Salty food, lonnggg lines and mediocre desserts. Hate to gripe about a place that has been good in the past, but no thank you to this pizza unless they drop the price and upgrade the flavor.

I rarely leave bad reviews, but I feel this is necessary. Rods is kind of iconic in the area, everyone knows about the godfather pizza. Loved it when I was younger and it was prob one of my most fave pizza places. My dad suggested we go to celebrate his birthday on a Sat afternoon recently, and I was super disappointed with how far gone Rods has become. It was a buffet day, and the waitress discouraged ordering off the menu. It was not crowded at all. I went to get my kids food first, and there was no pizza. Like none. I asked and they seem perturbed I asked. They put out one pizza so I got the kiddos a few slices and waited for a Godfather. Went to get a salad and there was NO lettuce on the salad bar. Bowls were empty and no one that worked there was trying to do anything about it. They finally put out one pizza and a few others were also waiting, and one man cleaned out that whole pie without considering the rest of the people waiting in line. It was almost an hour before any pizza came out and they never refreshed the lettuce. I had one slice of pizza and a gross dessert pizza when it was all said and done. Not worth it. Take my advice. skip the buffet!!!

Called once put on hold for extend time then hung up on. Called back and told an hour wait. Which would not have been a problem but the parking lot was half empty.

Good pizza, big slices. Only Pepsi products though and took awhile to cook and get our pizzas.

Okay I gave them 4 stars. It’s simple the pizza was good and exactly as advertised. I had the Chicago style Godfather, it had everything in the kitchen on it then covered in mozzarella — side note the mozzarella was a bit salty. My wife had a «build your own» New York style cheese and mushroom. It was good but again a bit salty. The service was good. The inside of the restaurant is old but clean. The toy train circling the dinning room was pretty cool. I would eat here again

This place is gr8. Like we totally got seated in minutes, even though the place was filled… Like my drink at the bar last night.
Buuuuuuuut, it took a very very long time to get our food!

This was horrible. We went here thinking it would great since my husband had a wonderful experience a few years back. We were wrong!!! The trio of fries didn’t exist. They were out of two out of the three fries. The fried mushrooms were watery and nasty (and frozen). The fried ravioli was frozen. The meat version looked like canned dog food… and kinda tasted that way. The pizza was just as bad. The dough was a basic flour dough void of flavor. It was soggy. The cheese was so chewy we had to cut the pizza into bite size pieces. It was 6:30 at night and we were the only people there… should have left when we noticed this as we walked in. The final price tag? 31 bucks and some very very angry stomachs.

This is one of the best Italian places I’ve been to. The food is high quality, the portions are huge (the Feast for Two could feed 4), and the staff was so nice and helpful. I’d give it 6 stars if I could!
Must-​go!

No… Just no. Run away! Run far, far away! This place was awful. It was like a bad dream where everything that could go wrong was happening. It was way over priced (around $ 60 for two adults and a twelve year old), we sat for twenty minutes before the obviously annoyed waitress took our drink order. The pizza was burnt and it looked like they sprinkled burnt pizza crumbs all over the breadsticks. As for the «games» they offer, totally misleading. I was thinking maybe a few arcade games. Nope, tiny little TVs mounted far above the tables (most are broken) and the lame little hand held games you have to plug into the tv (also mostly broken). We will never ever go back. I don’t know who votes on these so called «awards» that Rod’s has won, but they obviously didn’t apply to this terrible pizza eatery.

What is up with all the overpriced food in Hot Springs… $ 17 for a small 10″ pizza? Heard good things about the Godmother/​Godfather, but not a fan of all that meat. We ordered the BBQ chicken pizza. Solid, but not mind blowing. Lots of BBQ sauce, good crust, but skimpy on the chicken and onions. We ordered easy on the cheese, but it came out bubbling with cheese and grease. I hope that wasn’t «easy», otherwise I can’t imagine what regular cheese looks like. We also felt like we needed a salad, so we got a caesar salad. It was to-​go, but they still put the dressing in instead of on-​the-​side. Who does that on to-​go orders? And it was $ 6 for a pile of wet iceberg lettuce.
The place is pretty run-​down and reminds me of the interior of an old Mr. Gatti’s. And just a note that they now have on the door: they are no longer accepting
certificates, in case anyone planned on purchasing one.

Solid local pizza joint. It seems like every mid-​sized town and up has their local pizza parlor. This is Hot Springs’ version. The staff was very friendly and the pizza was good. Their crust is good an ingredients are above average. Very reasonable prices.
Is it the beat pizza I’ve ever had? No. Though it’s probably top five. This is more or less Chicago style pizza with a less deep dish. Definitely worth a look.

My family and I came here after the St. Patrick’s Day parade in Hot Springs. Although the restaurant was quite empty, all of the servers seemed to be running around like they were swamped. When we walked in, the hostess seemed very «frazzled» (for lack of a better word). She seemed to forget some items, and then told our party, as well as about 2 other parties, that we would have to wait so she could take a bathroom break.
Once seated, our waiter was friendly, but was running around looking extremely busy, despite the fact that he was only waiting on 3 – 4 outside tables. Granted, he may have been waiting on tables indoors, too. I can’t speak to that.
As for the food — it was rather pricey. My family ordered a sausage pizza on sicilian crust, and it was good. I ordered a grilled chicken parmesan sandwich with sour cream fries. The sandwich was huge — but the chicken was somewhat flavorless. The fries were good, but nothing more than your normal steak fries in my opinion. I had originally asked if I could get a side salad instead of fries, and was informed it would be $ 4.99 extra! It would be nice if Rod’s offered any other side other than fries.
Not a terrible experience — the outside seating was nice, despite needing a few extra lights on the patio — but nothing spectacular, particularly for their prices.

This place was fantastic– a gem of a find. We were visiting here and stumbled on this place through the recommendation of a server at another restaurant. It’s not fancy pizza but it is definitely creative and delicious. And I absolutely loved the homemade pepperoni. I had a small pizza that lasted through 2 meals. I even took a photo of it– it was so beautiful! If I lived in Hot Springs I would definitely be a regular here. Rod– can you open a pizza spot in California? Thanks for the yumm!