Mama’s Famous Pizza & Heroes
50 S Houghton Rd, Tucson, AZ, 85748
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Address :
50 S Houghton Rd
Tucson, AZ, 85748 - Phone (520) 751-4600
- Website https://www.mamasfamous.com
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Opening Hours
- Mon :11:00 am - 10
Specialities
- Takes Reservations : Yes
Delivery : Yes
Take-out : Yes
Accepts Credit Cards : Yes
Good For : Lunch
Parking : Private Lot
Bike Parking : Yes
Wheelchair Accessible : Yes
Good for Kids : Yes
Good for Groups : Yes
Attire : Casual
Noise Level : Average
Alcohol : Beer & Wine Only
Outdoor Seating : Yes
Wi-Fi : Free
Has TV : No
Waiter Service : No
Caters : Yes
Categories
Pizza
Pizza is a famous Italian dish savored around the world. The entire credit for the popularity of Pizza in the United States goes to the chain of pizzerias all over the country. While the base and the texture of Pizza remains same across the globe, it's the toppings that differs from country to country. In the United States, you will find the top pizzerias serving pizzas with the toppings of mainly beef, bacon, chicken, ham, and sausage for the non-vegetarians. Other than these famous meat options, Pizzas with veg toppings such as mushrooms, pepperonis, garlic, tomatoes, spinach, etc. are also famous in most restaurants in the United States.
Irrespective of your locality, you will find a variety of different restaurants in your cities offering pizzas of all different types. Pizza is hot favorite among people of all ages in the United States. A large size pizza is enough to feed a family of 3 or 4 at large. Pizza is also the most preferred food whenever a group of friends is hanging out together. Pizza gained popularity in the United States after the American soldiers stationed in Italy returned from World War II.
Over the years, different pizzerias in the United States have developed their own respective regional variations. Pizza gained popularity as the iconic dish in the United States in the second half of the 20th century. Whether you prefer thin or thick crust pizza, you can find a pizza of your preference at the best pizza restaurants in your city.
Italian Cuisine
The immense popularity of Italian cuisine globally isn't unknown. You can find an Italian Pizzeria around every corner of almost every city in the United States. Not to forget that in every house, people enjoy mac and cheese as comfort food. But it would be wrong to believe that Italian food starts with pizza and ends with good pasta as this Mediterranean country has much more to offer other than these two dishes. In Italian Cuisine, there is a high use of fresh tomatoes, all kinds of herbs, great quality of cheese, all types of meat, seafood and fresh handmade pasta. Many find it hard to believe that Italians have been making noodles long back.
Italian and Greek cuisines are always mistaken to be same, but they are poles apart. The primary difference between the two cuisines is the use of cheese in most of the Italian dishes. Italians love to cultivate their own cheese and process them as per their food requirement. It is believed that some cheese is so expensive that cheese producers secure them in lockers.
If you are bored eating the same old pasta or pizza, you can try some of the authentic Italian dishes like Risotto, Polenta, Ribollita, Lasagna, Fiorentina Steak, Bottarga, Ossobuco, Carbonara, Focaccia, Arancini and Supplì. Another item which Italians love to relish every morning is a good cup of Italian Coffee. Once you taste a freshly brewed cup of Italian Coffee, you might not visit Starbucks ever again. Authentic Italian food is made with heart and soul, so go find a restaurant where you can relish Italian cuisine in your city.
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Jamie L.
The food is always delicious. The only thing keeping my rating from a solid five stars is the generally bad service. Whenever I call them to place an order I feel rushed and it seems like I'm inconveniencing them. Their delivery hours are weirdly inconsistent and they're often unpleasant to deal with. After a few months, I decided to give it another shot because I really wanted some good pizza. I ended up not ordering. There were some issues with the delivery times that I would normally have worked through but... They're just so impressively unhelpful. It shouldn't be clear to the customer that they could care less if you place an order. It's not hard to provide a pleasant customer service experience.
(3)Tina F.
This is our second time eating take out here. Our first experience was good. One pepperoni pizza, a pepperoni calzone (hardly any filling, mainly crust), and the veggie Stromboli. It's pricey but we liked it enough to return. The pizza we got tonight though was horrible and we'll be looking for a new pizza place. We were skimped on most of the toppings and the taste as a whole was gross.
(2)Eye S.
What a huge letdown! I LOVE Mama's pizza but this location is going downhill fast! I ordered a family size pizza (almost $40) and asked for it to be cooked well done. When I get it home and start eating, we quickly realized they burned the hell out of the bottom of the crust! It was HORRIBLE! After spending that kind of money I expect a great pie but that's far from what we received. I was extremely embarrassed as I talked this place up with my whole family and they couldn't even get a slice down with the overwhelming taste of burnt crust! Never again
(1)Paulie D.
On my last visit to mamas on Houghton, my boyfriend and I are both ordered pasta I got the baked ziti, my boyfriend got the ravioli, on the menu the prices is listed as 845. we ordered drinks, a side salad, paid and went and sat down. When we received our food we got the itemized bill with the prices on it and realize we were charged 1020 for our pasta. We ate our food it was nothing impressive and when we were leaving, i went to the counter and asked why there was a price difference. I was told because we had a "full"piece of bread we got charged 1020 instead of 845. We were never offered a difference in bread so we did not know that there would be an almost $2 charge for a piece of bread that was the size of half of a hot dog bun. The food was mediocre. it is obvious the ravioli is not homemade and baked ziti is actually penne pasta. I was disappointed in the way we were treated when I questioned the charge the girl completely ignored me after she went and talked to her manager the manager came out and ignored me as well , he didn't apologize for the overcharge and they just fixed it and didn't explain what they were doing so I'm waiting to make sure that there is not a double charge on my credit card for the meal. We will never go back to Mama's on Houghton.
(1)Elsbeth P.
You know, it's the local joint that's just around the corner and the pizza is awesome. We don't ever really eat in- we order to go and have a beer while we wait, and we've never had any complaints about the service or the food. It's great pizza, they use fresh mushrooms (yay!) and the beer is cold. It's consistent and dang is the breaded ravioli good. Good stuff!
(4)Kate L.
I remember when I was in high school (yikes! 15 years ago now!) when we would have a half day at school, my friends and I would take the bus down to the U of A campus, and we'd go have lunch at the Mama's Pizza that used to be at University and Park. Long since gone is that location, but my love of Mama's among me and my friends has remained! Mama's is a wonderful Tucson tradition. The feel among all the restaurants is usually the same... dive-y in a fun, familiar way. HUGE slices of pizza, and generally large portions. Reasonable prices. Fun times. That is what is consistent among the Mama's, regardless of location. However, for some reason, the food taste seems to vary... sometimes quite considerably? I don't know if they vary the recipes among the sites or not, so I think you might have to try many and decide for yourself which one is best. Having just moved to the eastside, we were excited that a Mama's was so close! After living in the northwest side we've either have to go down to Mama's in Oro Valley (which has the BEST tasting pizza among all the sites, in my humble opinion) or to drive to the midtown site to meet our friends. This Mama's was so close, we couldn't wait so we headed over on Christmas Eve. This place definitely LOOKS like a Mamas. Awesome outdoor patio. Cool tree on the inside. Absolutely a Mama's vibe. Staff were great, nice but somewhat inaccessible (mostly in the back hanging out, which was understandable since we were the only ones in the place and it was Christmas Eve). Food came out on time. Garlic bread was good, fried zucchini was good, pizza... unfortunately it was pretty "meh". It was a 4-star Mama's look with a 2.5 star food. Maybe it's because they had a new guy there on Christmas Eve? Maybe just a fluke? No worries, we'll give it another shot and come back with an update. I'm hoping to come back with a higher star!
(3)Sonja M.
Ok, I'm gonna be honest, the pizza is not that good. However the atmosphere is so sweet, totally peaceful, peroni on tap, fun music playing, just reminds me of a local Chicago place. The fried zucchini is great, and hey, they have an outdoor pool table. Well be back, the fun, cozy atmosphere and drinks cancel out the blah , huge pizza slices. Ps. I LOVE that there is not a tv anywhere to be found........
(3)Chris K.
Love the pizza the ricotta cheese super yummy and goes great on their pie. Also delivery is fast and the pizza is always hot.
(4)Vanessa W.
We were ordering here semi-regularly for about a month or two. Maybe once a week, I think? The calzones were huge (HUUUUUUGE) and decently priced and The Man loved them. The spaghetti was pretty meh - just noodles with a thin red sauce and the pizza was meh too. At least to me, a Chicago bred girl. But then - the very last time he ordered, The Man got food poisoning so bad (from the same something he had been ordering each time) he was out of business for 24 hours and worshiping the Porcelain Princess hourly. Poor guy. Anyhow. That'll really turn you off from ever ordering from that place again. The pizza search continues...
(1)Robert P.
We eat here pretty regularly. Have tried pretty much everything on the menu and I would have to say it is one of the better pizza places in Tucson. It's not upscale or fancy, but a great basic pizza place with a good atmosphere that is a far better value than you would find at the chains. The "slices" are huge and can feed several people and cost less than $10 without sacrificing flavor. My family of 4 can usually eat there for less than $30.
(5)Amber S.
Our family loves Mama's Pizza! We have never had a bad experience at this location. We have attended in big groups as well. We enjoying sharing this place with friends & family. Food comes our quickly & hot even of busy nights! The breadstix are one of my favorites in town! Always come out so hot you can touch them for the first few minutes. Cheesy garlic bread also good. The pizza this is so good! They have a family size pizza yes it's around $34 but so worth it! We have had 10 people eat off it! 1 slice more than fills you up! I have to have ranch with mine. The ranch is so good & thin. The Cannoli's here are also delicious. Honestly, I haven't had anything here I haven't enjoyed.
(4)Chuck D.
Wow... this place is legit. Just moved from Utah and this was the first place we ate. Huge family pizza was very good and warmed up perfect in oven the next day. We also had the wings and fried raviolis and a salad. I believe all the dressing are home made and we're really good. Salad was ok lettuce and croutons but dressing made it better. We enjoyed the best cheesecake we have ever had. Better then outback which WAS my wife's favorite. We will be back in fact were headed there now for some cheesecake. Glad we found Mamas
(5)Colin M.
Simply put, this was one of the worst pizzas I've ever had. I ordered a small Sicilian style deep dish pan pizza with mushrooms and pepperoni. I expected a thicker crust, but had a Chicago-style pan pizza in mind, where the toppings are as ample as any dough under them. This crust was at least one inch thick, but everything else was really skimpy, including the cheese. There couldn't have been more than 2 mushrooms sliced over the six pieces of pillowy, doughy crust. The crust was very bread-like -- and not in a good artisanal way, more like supermarket Wonder bread. The worst sin, however, was that the Italian herbs, withheld from the top of the pizza and the sauce, instead appeared in the crust. The sad thing is that another restaurant just down the street makes a very similar pizza -- rectangular, deep dish -- and it is so much better. Little Caesar's Deep!Deep! TM Dish Pizza has a nice caramelized cheese edge and enough cheese and stuff on top not to be overwhelmed by a gimmicky crust. It also provides 8-pieces and is hot when you pick it up. Little Caesar's costs only $8, while Mama's version was over $18. Obviously Mama's has a nicer atmosphere, but I really disliked my meal from there.
(1)JT H.
From what I can recall the pizza was good but the size was crazy big! Me and the car club decide to order like three family size pizzas that you would need two people just to carry over to the table. The atmosphere is very inviting but quality is also important.
(3)Samuel A.
We stopped here for a quick sandwich. Had not eaten here for over a year (not too impressed last time), but we thought what the heck can they do to a sandwich. Few people there when we got there and ordered 2 sandwiches and 2 sodas. Paid and got the soda, after 30 minutes went to the counter and the guy said oh they were backed up and short-handed but it would be right out. After 25 minutes more, I went up to the counter and said I was leaving and needed to cancel the order. He proceeded to tell me why it was taking so long and so on, didn't really care at that point. I said cancel my order. He had to get the manager who then proceeded to tell me again way it was slow. I told him 55 minutes was not acceptable for a sandwich or anything else for that matter. He said ok and refunded me my money, but never said sorry or try us again or screw off ... Will not go back!!! Mama's is not the place to go for a quick sandwich.
(1)Keila M.
Take out order- The worst customer service experience. Rude, overly hyper manager who ONLY cared about how my husband felt about the horrible situation.......when I was the one who was talking to him. Bad experience from calling in the order to actually eating the pizza at home with our kids. I could go into a great deal more detail about this experience but there were so many things wrong I would go on forever. Warning....don't spend $50 on take out pizza at this place. Pizza Hut is better.
(1)L L.
We came to Mama's several times & we had ordered the neopolitan pizza special, calzones, meatballs parmagiana Heros, pizza verde, & buffalo wings. All were delicious & the portions were generously. We never had a bad experience with the food or the servers! Great neighborhood pizza joint!
(5)Lauren K.
To put it short and sweet: Mama's is worse since my last review. On my last visit, they "forgot" to give me ranch with my cheese sticks. That seemed odd because it's a pretty obvious omission from the tray, especially when they gave me the cup of sauce. When I went to ask for it, the guy listened to my request, but didn't really acknowledge me while he got me the ranch. This because he was goofing around with another employee. So it goes at Mama's, I guess. The pizza is frozen and reheated, and it makes an already subpar piece of pizza even worse. It's dry, the cheese isn't gooey because it's been frozen, and it's just overall lackluster. I also found hair in my food during our last visit. Yuck. They've also raised their prices. A slice of pizza is borderline obscene now. Particularly when it's frozen. I supposed I'd still go here in a pinch because it's close to home and an easy meal, but that's it.
(2)Allison O.
I haven't had Mama's pizza since I graduated from college almost 15 years ago, and it was just as good (which means amazing) as I remembered. I took my parents and promised them some of the best pizza they'd had, and they were not disappointed. Mama's is one of the things I miss most about Tucson, and I'm so glad I got to have it again!
(5)Thomas S.
So disappointing, I love mamas pizza but just experienced terrible service. They charged us for the pizza and said someone accidentally took it home. They said the person was bringing it back and should be back here in a few mins with it. I was angry... I told them that's a health code violation and you need to make us a new pizza! Not happy with this!!!
(1)Brian H.
I used to frequent the Mama's on Euclid and University many years ago and remember their giant slices fondly. I have only been to the Sway location once. About tonight: Found a coupon for a family special (two topping large, bread sticks and a pitcher of soda - $19.99) in local rag, so I thought I'd take the kids out for some good pizza. We get there and the guy says it's only for Mon-Th and apologized noticing my obvious disgust with this info. Real nice how it's written in font 2 on the coupon. So, whatever, I ordered a large pie and some drinks($23) and waited. Wait time was acceptable, service was courteous and friendly, the pizza was good, but not great. I really like their sauce, the crust had the perfect texture, but needed a little more salt. I like NY style pizza, but I think Brooklyn is better at this. I liked the pizzeria atmosphere, but I think they're a little overpriced like many other folks on here. Could that be because we have become so accustomed to the chains and their mediocrity for $12? Maybe. Last, I think the Chicago style pizzerias give you more bang for your buck. Rocco's next time, kids.
(2)Brittany A.
I'm really surprised about all of the reviews to be honest...I've never been a huge pizza junkie. I've had Pizza Hut, Domino's, Papa John's, even some local places back home in Baltimore and it was always enough to fill my belly but nothing to write home about. Since I've had Mama's Pizza on Houghton, we've ordered it every Friday night for date-night in and now I actually CRAVE it. The pizza is huge and delicious. It is a bit pricey, but you honestly get what you pay for. We get a large pepperoni Neapolitan pizza when it's just the two of us and it's been consistently yummy - and also done within 20 minutes usually. Now that we have friends over for a movie and pizza, we get the family sized pie and it is freaking huge but just as delicious. It has the right amount of seasonings and flavor to be juicy and delicious but not so juicy that it's greasy. It's also definitely enough to have some left over and it's great left over too. I don't know why there are so many bad reviews but I hope it changes. I'm still going to order from there every Friday night for movie night because I haven't been disappointed yet. -We have also dined in for dates and it's usually pretty empty. It takes a while to get your food but it's worth it. It's quiet and comfy and cozy. Pretty busy on weekends though.
(5)Anthony B.
its ok i like to avoid it even though its close to my home service is slow and food tastes reheated
(2)Yvett R.
I'd heard that the pizza here is the best in the city, so I was really looking forward to going. Well, uh, other than the size of the pizza, I wasn't impressed by anything else. First of all, this location is tiny, so even on a week night, we had a hard time finding a table. We went here on a girls night out and had all decided to order the family size pizza. We ordered then waited and waited and waited and waited. Luckily we had a lot to talk about so it didn't really seem like a long time although it was a little more than half an hour. The menu states that this pizza is 24". Let me tell you that I wasn't prepared for how huge it really is. A slice alone doesn't fit on a regular paper plate. It is also one of those really soft flexible crusts. I guess like New York style that is folded to eat. Uh, I don't like that too much. I like to tear up pizza into pieces so it was really messy. I think I used 75 million napkins. The flavor was OK, but nothing amazing for me. So, do I think I'll come here again? Uh, yes, actually. I'm sure than when my parents come into town we'll order a huge pizza just to have a laugh but this isn't really the place were I'd say is the best pizza I've had. My quest for the tastiest pizza continues . . . . .
(2)Wendy A.
I have always LOVED Mama's, but Oh my GAWD this place has gone down hill since it opened I'll maybe drive to the others, but probably will go to Magpies. The pizza was ok this time, but I got a glass of chianti which was OUTRAGEOUSLY priced and as drinking found clumps of an unknown substance which was so gross I will never return. Might let the health department know about this. Not a place for kids spent most of the night listening to a family where profanity was there primary language!
(1)j k.
never...ever BUY ANY PIZZA OR DRINK HERE. We tried it for the first time...the jerk manager apparently believes in only hiring teenagers, as they were joking about in the kitchen, while we & others waited for our order TO BE MADE. Some fifty minutes later, this obscene 'pizza' arrived with spoiler sausage sliced ultra thin, three pieces of cooked salami, in lieu of the pepperoni, a skimpy/watery so-called 'sauce' and make-believe/wanna-be 'cheese'. Also the soda drinks were either pure sugar or nearly all-water, with very little carbonation (read: flat tasting) The folks next to us also complained about the fact that after waiting half an hour, they received somebody else order. the waiter told them, it would take another twenty minutes to correct & serve the right order. Smartly, they stated 'no way' got up & left this dive of a eatery. The so-called manager 'knows' absolutely nothing about running a business. NEVER...EVER eat here & tell EVERYONE you know to stay away as well!
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