Pie@trio’s Pizzeria

Went for lunch on 14 Jan. Good selection, good pizza and good staff. We’ll be back! Salad bar was plentiful and tasty.

A very good pizza restaurant with lots of tables (no booths) and a cozy fireplace. Also lots of patio seating when the weather is nice. Family friendly. Lots of pizza toppings. The staff is very friendly and they have lots of big tvs for sports. The pizza is not artisan but it’s very good.

I don’t live in Longview but whenever work brings me near I always stop here for lunch. Awesome pizza good salad bar, I love this place they are the best!

Nice place to get some really good pizza. My husband is from this area and we were down here visiting s family member in the hospital. I suggested we give this place a try. The staff was very polite, prices are great and so was the pizza! Super clean in there. Very nice place to have s large group gathering. I want to go back again for the lunch buffet sometime.

In town visiting family and went here to get some pizza for dinner one night. The pizza was not very good at all. The crust was cooked ok but could have been crispier. There was barely any sauce and the cheese was cooked to the point where it was just melted but not fully melted and bubbly. And the prices are absolutely ridiculous even if the pizza was good. Really $ 20 for a large pepperoni when most places that is only about $ 12 and this one should have been only about $ 10 with the quality. And the specialty pizza we got was almost $ 30. Never going back to this place when we are in town.

Pizza is great here! We got a giant half combo/​half pepperoni and pineapple to go. It was fabulous. The pizza tasted just like I remember the old Pietro’s Pizza tasting. I don’t understand the extra «box charge» for a to-​go pizza though. It was only 50 cents, but, really? Charge me extra to get food to go? That is extremely annoying to me. The pizza itself isn’t cheap either. Our pizza was $ 31. That was just the pizza (and the box). We will be back because the pizza is excellent, but will definitely keep the cost and extra charges in mind before deciding on our next visit.

I don’t really understand the poor reviews. This place was delicious. I only wish there was one in vancouver where we live. We definitely will be back.

Absolutely delicious! I remember coming here as a kid over 20 years ago. The food is just as awesome as it was back then. We drove all the way from Portland to check it out after the remodel. The staff is friendly and extremely helpful. We will definitely be back soon!

This is the real deal! If you remember the NW pizza chain Pietro’s, it all started right here in Longview. In this very building. I understand the store is run by the three sons of the original owner (hence «trio’s»). This was the first pizza joint in this town; the original. The pizza is as it always was, thin and crisp. None of that thick and gooey crust for me.
I’m not sure why the sad reviews, the food is just as I remember it as a kid, and I’ve had nothing but good experiences here in the years since they’ve reopened. My Mother was raised in this town, her first pizza ever was here. She agrees it is as good as ever. Gone is the «Gay 90s» décor, but the food is the same. We would normally get the combo, but when I was young I like the Canadian bacon and tomato. And I don’t like my tomatoes cooked, gross!
Try the buffet lunch which includes salad bar and drink. They get an extra star from me just for the nostalgia.

Zero stars, well negative stars if possible. I remembered Pietro’s Pizza being edible, so I stopping in for a quick bite. They had a good deal on salad bar, drink and a small pizza. The salad was functional, but when the pizza showed up I knew I was in trouble. I have had a lot of bad pizza, we all have, but this was the absolute WORST pizza I can even remember. Amazingly bad really. The crust did not feel or taste anything like pizza crust, more like soggy saltine crackers, but with LESS flavor. The cheese LOOKED like melted cheese, but it could have been any tasteless gooey substance… NOT FLAVORED even remotely like cheese! then there was the neon red sauce that had less flavoring than generic catsup, hey… it WAS pretty red. I ordered red onions on top and they were basically raw, disGUSting. I may not be able to even think about eating another pizza for a long, long time… This was too traumatizing for me. It takes a special kind of genius to even dream up a pizza this spectacularly bad… and Pietro’s obviously has this type of evil genius.

This was my first time going to this pizza place, since it has «re-​opened.» First of all, I called and asked the size difference b/​t the large and giant, I am thinking the girl was new (hoping!) bc she said «Uh, well, the giant is bigger than the large.» I asked if she could tell me in inches, and she said «Uh, lemme ask.» Then came back with «Well they’re both 12 slices, but one is just bigger than the other.» She did eventually find out the sizes in inches for me. With that said, I ordered the 18″ and PAID for and 18″ but our pizza was actually 15″. Not to mention the two random slices of uncooked bell pepper just haphazardly thrown onto the pizza. I don’t think we’ll be going here again, ever! The pizza itself didn’t taste horrible, though, but definitely not great.

The pizza I enjoyed over 40 years ago at Pietro’s Pizza in Longview has come back at Pie@trio’s in the old Pietro’s location. The same old standbys are there (with new names due to ownership issues) — after Pietro’s closed, I thought I would never have a Bartender’s Special again, but now they are back. We were lucky enough to find this the last time we visited Longview, and now it’s on my list of places to visit every time I find myself back in town. If only I could find pizza like this in LA.

Not only could they not get the order correct, their size large pizza was equivalent a medium everywhere else along with the price tag being $ 22! They even charged us a .50 box fee?! When we called to speak to the manager he argued with us and told us that is what we ordered. The quality was below average, I would compare it to the worst take and bake. I will never order from this place again and figured the best revenge on being overcharged and argued with is a justified bad review. There are just too many good pizza places in town, we just thought we’d give this place a try as they used to be good a very long time ago.

Once upon a time, there was a pizza parlor called Pietro’s. It was in the same building as Pie@tro’s. In fact, the décor was really quite similar to Pie@tro’s minus a few modern amenities such as flat screens, soda fountain service, etc. It offered fantastic pizza… equivalent to Bruno’s. Kids and adults everywhere in Longview and surrounding cities would gather there after sporting events, or just for dates and get togethers. It was wildly popular. Then,.rumor has it… Campbell soup conglomerate came in and made an offer the owners could not refuse… then proceeded to run it into the ground. Pietro’s as we knew it… died. At the same time, Bruno’s opened up and became very popular, as it had the ever so popular quality that the original Pietro’s once had. Bruno’s became even more popular after an employee, Sharry Konopski, became Playboy’s Playmate of the month for August 1987… Centerfold gold!
(tune of Centerfold. j Geil’s)
The girl’s been told
Her looks and booty’s just hit gold
This Pizza girl’s the centerfold
Pizza girl’s the centerfold.
Yes, pizza sales went through the roof for Bruno’s. The newly acquired Pietro’s tanked. After a few years, Pie@tro’s came to be. I believe the rights to the name of Pietro’s was sold to Campbell Soup, so it could not be used… ergo. Pie@tro’s. (Pie– at– rose).
I’ve dined there. It’s not bad pizza. The sauce is tasty… crust is crispy… and like Bruno’s the toppings go all the way to the edge. Bruno’s has better pepperoni… Pie@tro’s pepperoni is big and floppy… not crispy and small like Bruno’s. Also, Pie@tro’s uses canned mushrooms… (shame shame shame)… The prices are comparable to Brunos… for what I consider a «lesser» pizza. It’s okay… I would eat here if friends wanted to come here, but it’s not my first choice.
Clearly I have been doing a pretty close comparison to Bruno’s and that is because when I was growing up here, it was the only two comparable games in town… kinda like Pat’s or Geno’s in Philly. You’re either one or the other.
In my opinion, the chain pizza places can’t even compare or touch these two places. It’s like comparing clothes from Sears to clothes from Saks… it just isn’t a level playing field.
The verdict? Pie@tros is a mere shadow of Pietro’s of long ago… and is still running a close second to what I consider the reigning… and most expensive pizza place in town.
What’s your vote?

Pietro’s isn’t what it used to be, but it’s the closest thing in Longview to the pizza of yore. Some of my favorites are still there like the Barmaid Special and the Taco pizza. The crust is still cornmeal crunchy and the pepperoni is still curly and super oily. The price is pretty high compared to the myriad of pizza choices nowadays, but it’s still pretty good pizza.

It’s hard to find good pizza. It’s just ok. Plain Jane hard crust pizza. Not at all like the good ol pizza place that was there years ago.

This is the pizza of my youth. I was very happy to see it open again a couple years ago. Best pizza in town. My favorite has been and will always be their Taco pizza, try it out you will not be disappointed. There pepperoni is also excellent. Wish it was a little cheaper but maybe it tastes so good because of the quality products they use.

Thoroughly disappointed. First, the kid behind the counter was not helpful at all — seemed almost bothered that we were there. Second, the biggest shock was there were about 10 big screen TVs around the room — which is an incredible distraction for families with young kids. In addition, music was playing overhead and the noise from the less than full restaurant was deafening. It was very difficult to have a nice family night out with the noise and the TVs.
In addition, the pizza was mediocre — and canned mushrooms? Really? Canned.
It was the most bizarre restaurant experience we’ve ever had.

I had the Popeye (spinach, feta, sundried tomatoes and black olives) and a diet Pepsi. Ray had some kind of pepperoni, mushroom and sausage thing.
First, the pizza: Delicious. Thin, crispy crust with a really nice mix of ingredients (for me). Ray’s mushrooms looked canned. And another table got a pie with raw tomatoes on it (see Kris’ review) it peeled off. This is such a southwest Washington thing, the uncooked tomatoes on pizza, and I totally do not get it. It’s just gross and wrong. The pepperoni was not nearly as awesome as Bruno’s, but Bruno’s does not have the same veg options as Pie@trio’s. Choose wisely.
The soda: They have a lot of different beers, and this would probably be the way to go (for dinner, I was having lunch). The soda was okay. They also offer some fancy schmancy sodas.
The atmosphere: Dark, and there are like seven large flat-​screen TVs around the walls, which is a little overwhelming if you just want to eat and you’re next to the wall and this huge screen is flashing in your eyes. If it had better lighting and less Pokemon-​disease making potential, it would be quite attractive. The music was random and didn’t cover up the loud kitchen noises.
The service: Great. The pizza came out quick. But since you order it at a counter and there weren’t many customers we didn’t really put them to the test.
I’d say your best bet is to go in for dinner, when they may turn lights on, get beer with your pizza and go for something a little more chi-​chi than not.

Solid Longview-​style pizza — for some reason, every place in this town likes to put whole cold, sliced tomatoes on top of their pizzas, which I think is sort of icky. But all of the places here in town do it, so whatever.
Crust is better than Papa Pete’s, but neither of them have much flavor in the pizzas. A little more cheese here than Papa Pete’s, and better quality veggies than Bruno’s. Salad bar didn’t look too tasty. They have a $ 7.50 buffet lunch if you’re looking for cheap eats.