Von’s Dough Shack

Hit or miss. We’ve been there a few times now and it’s either decent, piping hot calzones or sad soggy undercooked ones. For cheap eats late at night, it’s OK. The guys working there are always nice though and the service is good.

I ordered delivery from Vons so often it’s breaking my wallet. Love their calzone. Delivery could be a lot faster; my average wait time is 50minutes to an hour, sometime after half an hour or so they would call me to let me know they couldn’t deliver… They surely could have let me know earlier than after 30 mins waiting.

I walked in one day with some friends to get dinner to go. I ordered a calzone and asked for a cup of water, they said no to the water. Building is super sketch, bad environment. Food is aight, get it delivered, not worth to walk in and wait inside.

Walked in and there was no one at the counter and A Day to Remember was blasting over the speakers. Never turned it down when a worker finally came to the counter after 5 minutes of us standing there. Could hardly hear what he had to say. Tables were also very dirty and flies everywhere. If you can deal with bad service/​atmosphere, the calzones are definitely worth it. I would recommend ordering online or via phone and then coming in to pick up.

People come here when they don’t know where to get a good calzone, or have money they need to blow because they’re hung over from the night before. Calzones are made not so much with love by apathetic college students looking to fill a part time position. Greasy, and oily crust, and inconsistent in the filling. Go here when you’re hung over at 1 am, and have money to blow in your pocket. Otherwise there are two much better pizza places down the hill.

The calzones they serve up here are unbeliveably good and reasonably priced. The «dough» is delicious, and comes in a variety of flavors/​seasonings. The calzone variety stretches far beyond traditional pizza toppings. I had the Philly Cheesesteak. There truly is something for everyone. I have nothing bad to say about the food itself. 5 stars all the way.
On the downside, the menu is limited to mainly calzones, drinks, and a few sides/​appetizers.
Why only 4 stars? It took for-​ev-​er to get our food. The place was almost empty on a Saturday night. We ordered 3 calzones TO GO, and waited over ½ hour for our order. In the meantime, complete silence from the staff, and even a bit of atttude when we asked what was taking so long.
If you’re going to eat here, and you should, call ahead and place your order and save yourself a headache. I can’t imagine what the stand and wait time would be like if they were ever busy.

I ordered delivery, paid the delivery fee plus a 20% tip. With that you would think it would take less than an HOUR after I put in my delivery for it to get to me. The food was good but thats kind of ridiculous.

4.5 stars. They have legendary calzones: piping hot, huge, endless variations. The veg options are on point — broccoli in a calzone? Yes. Please. Oh baby. So cheesy and amazing and just GET IN MY MOUTH.
Service sucks, though. Buncha hippie mouth-​breathers that are too incompetent to do their job, or at least when we came in.

Visited Von’s on Easter Sunday when nothing else in the area was open. We were a little leery because looking at the place it’s a real dive. But we decided to take a chance, because sometimes the dives have the best food. There are MANY options for calzones here. (probably around 30) Chicken, broccoli and parm sounded real good that day, so I ordered the number 69. They are affordable at around $ 7.00 for a calzone. This is expected since they are in the hear of the University area. The wait time was good at around 7 minutes for our order to be brought out to us. My calzone well stuffed with chicken and broccoli but in my opinion could use a bit more cheese. My partner ordered a ham, sausage, mushroom calzone and his appeared to have a lot more cheese. Flavors were good and the crust was above average based on the 200 calzones that I have had before.
Overall, I enjoyed my visit and if I’m back in the area again I would definitely make another visit. They are doing what all college dives should be doing. Provide a delicious, filling meal at a reasonable price. The next time, I may even try one of their dessert calzones. Lot’s of options on those as well.

WTF!!! I live in West Lafayette, right off of 52 between the Admiral Gas station and the Sunset Grill… I am trying to make an online order but it wont let me because they don’t deliver out here… which is literally a 10 minute or less drive on 231… makes no sense.

They are understaffed. We went there, and there was only one group ahead of us. We waited about 30+ mins for our take out order to come. We ordered calzones and waffle fries. Waffle fries were just very sad, they were all soggy and had weird taste to them. Calzones were doughy, but «edible.» I see why this place isn’t crowded during dinner time on Friday.

Fantastic local divey restaurant!
They do calzones. You pick the calzone, then the dough, then the dipping sauce. I chose the «Where the Fegawi?» calzone, with bacon, steak, shrooms, marinara and mozzarella. Absolutely delicious. And, see my pics of interesting wall art.
If you visit Perdue, go here!

Food? C
Customer Service? A+
I ordered the Veg Out calzone garlic Italian doughand added Cajun seasoning to it. It was decent but I think the ricotta cheese was left out on accident and the calzone was pretty small. The ingredients weren’t very quality, especially for the price. The fried pickles were great though! The menu is promising, the food just needs some work or prices need to be adjusted. There are many places to eat that have similar prices but with much higher quality ingredients.
The guy that delivered my food to me was awesome. Super friendly and told me that he added another marinara sauce because my ‘zone looked super spicy and he didn’t want me to die haha.

I had it delivered and it was my first time trying the their food. The delivery was quick (30 minutes from ordering)
I ordered a calzone that was under-​baked and very doughy at the bottom. The filling inside was decent though and I like how there are many dipping sauce choices.
I also had the macaroni bites which were good but not great. Nothing too special about it.

MUCH better experience this time around! Food was still hot when delivered, food was delivered within 20 minutes of ordering, and honestly tasted better than the first time. Food was made correctly.
I’ll be back.

They wrote IDIOT on my mentally challenged friends food. Sickening. Don’t support this place.

This place is very… college. Go into it with that expectation, and just appreciate the delicious calzones.
Yes, it’s kinda grungy, and right across the street from the bars (which makes for excellent people watching during Breakfast Club, btw), and extremely unhealthy… but, like I said, just appreciate the yummy calzones.
I loved this place when I was in college, and I’ll even still stop by once in a while on visits to WL.

Less than impressed by the quality of food and service at this particular location. While the slapstick innuendo décor might be amusing to the drunk crowd, it left most of us raising an eyebrow for a quick noon lunch.
As a visitor, I could not believe how the staff treated us. Not only did they not take credit cards for only our section, but the waiter forgot to mention they ran out of pesto for my calzone… so he didn’t start it. Granted, he waited until 5 other people ordered after me. I waited as everyone else in my party was served. Not to mention, the credit card machine miraculously began accepting cards after we ordered. Well then.
Although there were some shortcomings with the staff, I believe the restaurant is just severely understaffed. The worker even compensated with an extra sauce. However, the meal was less than impressive. The calzone, though warm and nicely crisp, was thoroughly petrified with oil.

Used to eat at the LoveShack all the time back when I lived in Hawkins Hall and needed a fix of something unhealthy and this place was still the LoveShack. I guess something happened and the place went down the drain, I remember going and having uncooked dough in front of me. Yuck.
Von’s bought it and seems like it’s a smooth running machine (what does Von’s NOT sale? Bob Rohrman should start watching out).
Yeah, clearly it’s not healthy but neither are a lot of options in the area. You can sort of make it better for yourself by choosing spinach and whatnot. I’ll admit it’s not always my go-​to choice but it does satisfy a need for something hot and saucey when it’s cold out (aka ill start going more soon… WINTER IS COMING).

A temple of tranquility. A sanctuary of solace. A glorious drunk munchie nirvana. The Joys of the Shack.
When I lived in West Lafayette, my day yielded to the radiant abyss that served salad in a box, cheesy sticks, and divine calzones. Best. Calzones. Ever. Combinations that will make you want to lick boxes. A party in your mouth! My pick was either the Italiano or the Four Twenty. If you have the cash or the resolve, make the personal challenge of trying the whole menu. Hey, it will make a great story about your college experience!
Before it was the Von’s Dough Shop, it was Lov Shack. The sauces used to be bigger. Now you get a tiny version of what the dipping sauce used to be. Bummer. But it’s still worth it. Every time I make the trip to Von’s, I stop at the Shack for some nostalgic deliciousness. The inside is now painted in loud colors with simple cafeteria tables. The Shack slaves are always super cool, and if you can get them to hook you up with an extra sauce, it’s totally worth losing a bit of your dignity.
The price is right for the amount of food you get. Get a fake Den Pop from them while you’re there (Reference: Discount Den, around the corner). I can’t quite express how deep my belief is in the Dough Shack. And God said, Let there be dough: and there was calzones.