Unfortunately I have to leave this CiCi's a bad review... :( I'm a fan of this chains pizza buffet but this location def. let me down. I first called in asking a question about their pricing and the woman answering the phone told me I could go to cicis.com to get more info.... Only problem is it's actually cicispizza.com , lol. When my gf I arrived we place an order at the buffet line for them to make us a special pizza since there were limited vegetarian options. We wanted one half of the custom pizza to have pineapple. It arrives with Canadian bacon & pineapples. But.... We're vegetarian. So I tell the guy it's ok, we'll just take the meat off and give it to our dogs. He asks if he can make us another one and I say, "No, thanks." He then brings us another whole pizza with pineapple only. There's no way we can comfortably eat all this pizza. And guess what? I hate food waste. So after a few minutes I approach the counter and ask the same guy if I can have a to go box since he made us another pizza that we now can't finish... His answer is I can purchase one for $4.99. Or pay per slice @ .75 a slice. And he's rigid/stern on this, almost assuming an asshole-y tone with me. So to recap, even though it's his fault we have all this extra food, he won't let us take it out. I'm guessing he assumed we wanted meat on the pizza, he assumed we wanted to extra pizza even though I said no, and he assumed we didn't mind throwing away excess food like most other people. So, 3 assumptions = 3 fails. We ended up just scarfing it all and leaving very disgruntled. Really sucks this one is the only location in ABQ. Oh yeah, and I almost forgot- The desserts were old and stale being as they were closing soon and I suppose didn't see a need to put out anything fresh. Boo!
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Steve H.
ALL YOU CAN EAT PIZZA BUFFET At $6 per person for all you can eat pizza, bread sticks, soup, and salad; how could you be disappointed? Answer: You can't. You get what you pay for in terms of ingredients, quality, etc. This is not a gourmet restaurant by any means. Nothing you eat here will be outstanding or life changing, but it will all be good. My least favorite thing was the marinara. It is fairly light, runny, and sweet. A bit ketchup-esque. But, it is not bad. In fact, nothing here is bad. I tried everything at least once and I liked all of it pretty well. The restaurant itself was clean and welll kept. The staff was friendly and welcoming. Everything was stocked up, the buffet was well maintained and contained only freshly made pizzas. The cinnamon rolls are delicious! The only people who will not have a good dining experience at CiCi's, in my opinion, are snobby hipster turds with puny appetites. If you feel like you are too cool, and eating here is beneath you, then take your turd attitude and your acoustic guitar somewhere else. 3 STARS, I was pleased with my meal and my overall experience at CiCi's Pizza.
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Steven A.
The chicken bacon pizza is good but I only give 4 stars because there's never going to be a chocolate pizza
The service here is outstanding. The pizza is decent. For the reviewer who characterized the staff as "crack heads": Your ignorant ass obviously does not recognize hard-working people, which is what everyone here is. Leave your arrogant self at home, you POS.
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John Jah F.
Very, very, very nice staff Very, very, very bad pizza
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Kimberly B.
The service was good, and not too crowded or noise. But the variety was just okay. And the pizza was unsatisfactory.
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Leslie W.
I love pizza. When my sister asked if we wanted to go to a pizza buffet place, I was kinda excited. The buffet price is incredibly cheap. That should have been a tip off to me that the quality was going to be low. Unfortunately, it was pretty bad. The salad bar had limited options. There was a big bowl of salad mix (red cabbage, iceberg lettuce, shredded carrot) already mixed with Italian dressing and another bowl that was dry. For your toppings, you can choose jalapeños, cherry tomatoes, baby carrots or chopped red onion. There were 4 different salad dressings. One thing I can say was that the salad tasted fresh. There was a chicken soup with rotini in it. I didn't try it. Next to that was a steam tray with rotini. There was a red sauce and a white sauce. The red sauce tasted like Ragu; kinda sweet and thin. The buffet has all kinds of pizza and things made with pizza dough. Most slices have very little sauce and cheese. You get a good 2-3 inches of crust and then 3 inches of toppings. Everything looked the same to me, except the ones jalapeños, the ones with green chile and the pepperoni, all for obvious reasons. The rest just looked like variations of cheese pizza. There was one puffy rectangular pizza that I liked, if only because it had sauce over every inch of the top. The pepperoni itself is pretty tasty. There were multiple breadsticks. I didn't try them. They had thin brownies. My niece said that they tasted like the kind you get in a microwave dinner. There was also a dessert pizza. It was white and gooey. She said it tasted like custard. If you buy a drink, they have Coke products, sweet and unsweet tea. The staff was super friendly and made it a point to thank every person who left. There was a busboy who came by and checked on us a few times, making small talk. I realize he may have been just bored, but I liked that he felt compelled to speak to us. I realize that I didn't ask for a special type of pizza. I think if I were to return, I would ask for a pepperoni pizza with green chile, extra sauce and extra cheese and see if that would be better. I did get some of the red sauce that tasted like Ragu to dip my pizza in, but it didn't help with the dryness of the crust, unfortunately.
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Julie B.
This restaurant grossed my son and I out so bad we got up and left after paying and without our order. The people making the food looked dirty and there was no way we could've eaten that pizza. I have never left a restaurant after ordering and paying. It looked like the people working there were a bunch of crack heads. That was my 1st and last time at a CiCi's.
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Kenneth K.
Didn't know what to expect of a buffet pizza place, but I was pleasantly surprised. The pizza was OK, but much better when right out of the oven. The employees were awesome. Went out of their way to make sure that I had the flavor of pizza I wanted. Even brought one to my table when it came out of the oven, so I wouldn't have to go back to the line. Even the two kids that were cleaning tables were very accommodating, and were cheerfully doing their work. I will definitely return.
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John G.
Some people might scoff at the idea of a five dollar pizza buffet. Well, they would be right to scoff. Generally, the food here sucks, the service is non-existent, and the buffet is usually pretty barren. Most of the pizza is passable when it's fresh, and they offer a fairly large variety of toppings and styles. This is augmented by the fact that they will bake you any pie you want, just for you, if you ask. Some of their pizzas, like the buffalo chicken or the New Mexican, are unexpectedly decent, and their desert options are very tasty. So now the downside... The pizza tends to be mostly crust, with only a few bites per slice actually having toppings. I feel bad leaving the 'pizza bones' (as my nieces call them), but the crust is really bland. Because it's a buffet, of course, you can get as many slices as you want. Or at least that's the theory. In reality, the buffet is almost always running out of everything, with the staff scrambling to make pizza after pizza to fill it. I think this is because they give priority to the people order pizzas specifically, so when the the buffet line starts running dry and everyone starts ordering their own pies, they get even more backed up than they did before. Sometimes, ordering a pie of your own is the only way to really get something you want to eat. Good service in the regard, but a little misguided. Because of this system, nothing else in restaurant seems to get done. Tables don't get bussed or wiped down, and you can just forget about them taking the plates you've already used. Good thing you refill your own drinks or it would likely never happen. This is on a normal night. If there happens to be a kid's party or even a large group, all these problems become much worse. Alright, so why do I eat here? Well, when they are on their game and the place isn't too busy, it's well worth the five bucks. The pizza can be pretty decent and the service passable when they have fewer things to focus on. Other Cici's I've been to seem to handle their affairs with greater aplomb and organization as well, so maybe the aforementioned problems are just a produce of the way that this one location does things.
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Viren N.
Eh food was alright but staff was ghetto.
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Albuquerque, NM, 87109
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Takes Reservations : No Delivery : No Take-out : Yes Accepts Credit Cards : Yes Good for Kids : Yes Good for Groups : Yes Attire : Casual Noise Level : Average Alcohol : No Outdoor Seating : No Wi-Fi : No Has TV : Yes Waiter Service : No
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Kai S.
Unfortunately I have to leave this CiCi's a bad review... :( I'm a fan of this chains pizza buffet but this location def. let me down. I first called in asking a question about their pricing and the woman answering the phone told me I could go to cicis.com to get more info.... Only problem is it's actually cicispizza.com , lol. When my gf I arrived we place an order at the buffet line for them to make us a special pizza since there were limited vegetarian options. We wanted one half of the custom pizza to have pineapple. It arrives with Canadian bacon & pineapples. But.... We're vegetarian. So I tell the guy it's ok, we'll just take the meat off and give it to our dogs. He asks if he can make us another one and I say, "No, thanks." He then brings us another whole pizza with pineapple only. There's no way we can comfortably eat all this pizza. And guess what? I hate food waste. So after a few minutes I approach the counter and ask the same guy if I can have a to go box since he made us another pizza that we now can't finish... His answer is I can purchase one for $4.99. Or pay per slice @ .75 a slice. And he's rigid/stern on this, almost assuming an asshole-y tone with me. So to recap, even though it's his fault we have all this extra food, he won't let us take it out. I'm guessing he assumed we wanted meat on the pizza, he assumed we wanted to extra pizza even though I said no, and he assumed we didn't mind throwing away excess food like most other people. So, 3 assumptions = 3 fails. We ended up just scarfing it all and leaving very disgruntled. Really sucks this one is the only location in ABQ. Oh yeah, and I almost forgot- The desserts were old and stale being as they were closing soon and I suppose didn't see a need to put out anything fresh. Boo!
(2)Steve H.
ALL YOU CAN EAT PIZZA BUFFET At $6 per person for all you can eat pizza, bread sticks, soup, and salad; how could you be disappointed? Answer: You can't. You get what you pay for in terms of ingredients, quality, etc. This is not a gourmet restaurant by any means. Nothing you eat here will be outstanding or life changing, but it will all be good. My least favorite thing was the marinara. It is fairly light, runny, and sweet. A bit ketchup-esque. But, it is not bad. In fact, nothing here is bad. I tried everything at least once and I liked all of it pretty well. The restaurant itself was clean and welll kept. The staff was friendly and welcoming. Everything was stocked up, the buffet was well maintained and contained only freshly made pizzas. The cinnamon rolls are delicious! The only people who will not have a good dining experience at CiCi's, in my opinion, are snobby hipster turds with puny appetites. If you feel like you are too cool, and eating here is beneath you, then take your turd attitude and your acoustic guitar somewhere else. 3 STARS, I was pleased with my meal and my overall experience at CiCi's Pizza.
(3)Steven A.
The chicken bacon pizza is good but I only give 4 stars because there's never going to be a chocolate pizza
(4)John M.
Not the best quality but its inexpensive, you get what you pay for. And what you get is pretty good for the price. My favorite pizza's are the olé and the spinach. They recently upgraded the salad top what it used to be back in the day. Wednesday evenings there is usually a balloonist, bring the kids!
(3)Lotus X.
The service here is outstanding. The pizza is decent. For the reviewer who characterized the staff as "crack heads": Your ignorant ass obviously does not recognize hard-working people, which is what everyone here is. Leave your arrogant self at home, you POS.
(4)John Jah F.
Very, very, very nice staff Very, very, very bad pizza
(2)Kimberly B.
The service was good, and not too crowded or noise. But the variety was just okay. And the pizza was unsatisfactory.
(2)Leslie W.
I love pizza. When my sister asked if we wanted to go to a pizza buffet place, I was kinda excited. The buffet price is incredibly cheap. That should have been a tip off to me that the quality was going to be low. Unfortunately, it was pretty bad. The salad bar had limited options. There was a big bowl of salad mix (red cabbage, iceberg lettuce, shredded carrot) already mixed with Italian dressing and another bowl that was dry. For your toppings, you can choose jalapeños, cherry tomatoes, baby carrots or chopped red onion. There were 4 different salad dressings. One thing I can say was that the salad tasted fresh. There was a chicken soup with rotini in it. I didn't try it. Next to that was a steam tray with rotini. There was a red sauce and a white sauce. The red sauce tasted like Ragu; kinda sweet and thin. The buffet has all kinds of pizza and things made with pizza dough. Most slices have very little sauce and cheese. You get a good 2-3 inches of crust and then 3 inches of toppings. Everything looked the same to me, except the ones jalapeños, the ones with green chile and the pepperoni, all for obvious reasons. The rest just looked like variations of cheese pizza. There was one puffy rectangular pizza that I liked, if only because it had sauce over every inch of the top. The pepperoni itself is pretty tasty. There were multiple breadsticks. I didn't try them. They had thin brownies. My niece said that they tasted like the kind you get in a microwave dinner. There was also a dessert pizza. It was white and gooey. She said it tasted like custard. If you buy a drink, they have Coke products, sweet and unsweet tea. The staff was super friendly and made it a point to thank every person who left. There was a busboy who came by and checked on us a few times, making small talk. I realize he may have been just bored, but I liked that he felt compelled to speak to us. I realize that I didn't ask for a special type of pizza. I think if I were to return, I would ask for a pepperoni pizza with green chile, extra sauce and extra cheese and see if that would be better. I did get some of the red sauce that tasted like Ragu to dip my pizza in, but it didn't help with the dryness of the crust, unfortunately.
(2)Julie B.
This restaurant grossed my son and I out so bad we got up and left after paying and without our order. The people making the food looked dirty and there was no way we could've eaten that pizza. I have never left a restaurant after ordering and paying. It looked like the people working there were a bunch of crack heads. That was my 1st and last time at a CiCi's.
(1)Kenneth K.
Didn't know what to expect of a buffet pizza place, but I was pleasantly surprised. The pizza was OK, but much better when right out of the oven. The employees were awesome. Went out of their way to make sure that I had the flavor of pizza I wanted. Even brought one to my table when it came out of the oven, so I wouldn't have to go back to the line. Even the two kids that were cleaning tables were very accommodating, and were cheerfully doing their work. I will definitely return.
(4)John G.
Some people might scoff at the idea of a five dollar pizza buffet. Well, they would be right to scoff. Generally, the food here sucks, the service is non-existent, and the buffet is usually pretty barren. Most of the pizza is passable when it's fresh, and they offer a fairly large variety of toppings and styles. This is augmented by the fact that they will bake you any pie you want, just for you, if you ask. Some of their pizzas, like the buffalo chicken or the New Mexican, are unexpectedly decent, and their desert options are very tasty. So now the downside... The pizza tends to be mostly crust, with only a few bites per slice actually having toppings. I feel bad leaving the 'pizza bones' (as my nieces call them), but the crust is really bland. Because it's a buffet, of course, you can get as many slices as you want. Or at least that's the theory. In reality, the buffet is almost always running out of everything, with the staff scrambling to make pizza after pizza to fill it. I think this is because they give priority to the people order pizzas specifically, so when the the buffet line starts running dry and everyone starts ordering their own pies, they get even more backed up than they did before. Sometimes, ordering a pie of your own is the only way to really get something you want to eat. Good service in the regard, but a little misguided. Because of this system, nothing else in restaurant seems to get done. Tables don't get bussed or wiped down, and you can just forget about them taking the plates you've already used. Good thing you refill your own drinks or it would likely never happen. This is on a normal night. If there happens to be a kid's party or even a large group, all these problems become much worse. Alright, so why do I eat here? Well, when they are on their game and the place isn't too busy, it's well worth the five bucks. The pizza can be pretty decent and the service passable when they have fewer things to focus on. Other Cici's I've been to seem to handle their affairs with greater aplomb and organization as well, so maybe the aforementioned problems are just a produce of the way that this one location does things.
(2)Viren N.
Eh food was alright but staff was ghetto.
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