Olive Theory Pizzeria

The pizza is fantastic and the owner is a sweetheart. Much praise to this establishment, hope they grow into a franchise and put Chipotle out of business.

My coworkers planned to eat lunch at panera and saw this new pizza place next door so we decided to try it. We loved it!
A great concept –you can build your own pizza and they make it in front of you, similar to a chipotle or subway. Then they put it in the oven and bring it to your table. Very thin crispy crus which I love. The red sauce was excellent and I had mozzarella, Parmesan, bacon, spinach and mushrooms. They had plenty of great meat, cheese, and veggie options to chose from and unlimited.
My pizza was cooked perfectly and my pizza and drink was like $ 10. Such a fantastic lunch place or a casual dinner.
Inside was clean and modern. Staff was very friendly.
This will be my pizza go-​to now instead of Labriola which has become overpriced with long waits.

Had i know it was sauce on a saltine I would have never stopped in.

One star for quick and friendly service. One for casual atmosphere. Two for taste and speed. One for convenience. Very good chipotle service style pizza.

Very good pizza with quality ingredients. The only qualm I had was that they had no croutons for the Caesar salad. Otherwise, Olive Theory is good enough to warrant many return visits to come.

My seven year old and I walked in to olive Theory and were immediately greeted by friendly staff. As first timers, we got an overview of the menu and how it all works. The food was freshly prepared in front of me any then a few minted in the brick oven and to my table. Great food and low priced for the quality and taste.

First thing that makes this place unique to me is that your pizza is done in two minutes. It’s set up like Subway where you add all the ingredients that you would like, which are all very fresh and delicious.
The only trade-​off is that you have to like thin crust pizza. Not a true cracker crust pizza but very thin.

First time here and was quite impressed! Super tasty food, savory with excellent seasoning, and light enough that you don’t feel like you ate a brick. I had the harvest– pie-​sandwich (like a calzone) and it was full of vegetables that were fresh while the rest of my party had a mix of pizzas that were customized. The service was very friendly and fast even though they just got a deluge of 40 pizzas ahead of us. Owners were very friendly as well as passionate about their model to «eat well and do good» they seem like quality. Will be back again! Love that this place is local.

Not a big fan of super long reviews, so mine is quick and to the point. I thought this pizza tasted awesome and was reasonably priced. I had a pepperoni, sausage, green pepper, mushroom with feta and mozzarella drizzled with bbq sauce. It was awesome!!! In town for two more weeks and plan to eat here for my cheat meal each week!

Read the Unilocal reviews and saw they were great. We knew it wasn’t a fancy place, but we were looking for a quick dinner with our 14 year old son.
The restaurant was clean and bright, though the front area was a little too bright. The staff greeted us when we entered. Ordering was self explanatory. We each ordered one of the house special pizzas, along with a caesar salad. The price of $ 7.99 for each pizza was a deal!
The food all came out in less than 10 minutes. The pizzas were hot and the salad cold.
We loved their pizzas. On all, the crisp was super thin and really crispy. My son had the Darwin’s Natural Selection, lots of meat. My wife had the Buddha’s Karma. I had the Titan’s Unleashed. Our only complaint was that the Buddha needed some more flavor– garlic or something.
The staff checked on us a couple of times, gave my wife a sample of their homemade mushroom soup, and even brought us warm chocolate chip cookies!
Overall, it was an excellent experience! We will be back.

This is a fairly new restaurant, owned by a family with significant restaurant experience, according to the man I spoke with as we waited for our food.
And boy was it a short wait! That’s due to the pizza’s (about 10″ round) are made on super thin crust. It looks a lot like a tortilla.
Olive Theory Pizzeria is on Butterfield Rd near Best Buy. Their theory is to «inspire and empower individuals and communities through the love of food, learning and philanthropy.»
This place reminds me more of one of the hip new chain restaurants like Go Roma than a family owned restaurant. Very clean modern look and a simple concept focusing on pizza, a few few sandwiches and salads.
You can «build your own“pizza, sandwich or salad with an assortment of sauces, meats, cheeses, veggies and finishes or decide from 5 house pizzas, 3 pie-​sandwiches and 4 salads. They also offer 3 sides.
They told me that Buddha’s Kharma is probably their most popular. «Good for you in this life and next.» It’s made with Fire Roasted Garlic Olive Oil, Mozzarella, Spinach, Mushrooms and Parmesan.
I chose Athena’s Gift with Garlic Pesto, Mozzarella, Tomatoes, Black Olives, Red Onions and «Poseidon’s Blessing,» a blend of Parmesan, Oregano and Salt. It was very good. Both my wife and I enjoyed it and I will order it again.
My wife is not an adventurous eater and she built her own with Red Sauce, Sausage, Baby Spinach & Mozzarella. Very good!
Most meals are $ 7.99
I’ll give Olive Theory Pizza 5 stars when they begin selling beer and wine, which is apparently in the works. Get free refills on Coke fountain drinks. They also have bottled water and other soft beverages.
I’m impressed with this family restaurant. They plan on opening a second location. I think it will be at least a regional chain in the next few years!
Eat Well. Do Good.

I am going to add my 5 stars to all the other reviews. Great concept… make your own pizza assembly style. Our family went and tried various pizzas and loved all of them. Service is excellent as well. Cool store design and layout. Will be going back soon to celebrate our daughters birthday with her teenage friends. Very reasonable prices. I rarely give 5 stars but this place deserves it for quality and value.

Super fresh ingredients = tasty pizza!
Olive theory has it all and then some. The concept is a build-​your-​own personal thin crust pizza in 3 minutes or less for $ 7.99!!! They even have prosciutto???
They also have fresh salads and what they call Pie-​Sandwiches which is kind of their own version of calzones but in actual sandwich form!
I got a pizza, but I will be back until I’ve had everything on the menu.

Olive Theory: (aw’-liv theer-​ee): Pronoun: Made to order personal pizzas baked perfectly in a brick oven. Synonym: Oh hello, Heaven.
This place is unique without compromising on great taste– you go through a line of ingredients and throw whatever you want on an 11″ thin crust. (Or order their special pizzas if you’d rather and then add or hold whatever ingredients if you decide to get picky.) The thin crust on the personals are perfectly crispy, and I usually have some slices left over. Bring your friends, bring your family, bring your pet rock– Olive Theory is a crowd pleaser.

My husband and I were out doing last minute shopping for the holidays and decided to try this place out. We had seen that they had a groupon so we decided to purchase it before heading over. The groupon was $ 12 for $ 20 worth of food. We actually found it difficult to spend the $ 20 without getting things we truly didn’t need. We chose to get two of the pizzas. The Darwins pizza which is all meat and absolutely delicious. Then we made our own with seasoned chicken and giardiniera which was also super tasty. The only negative comment I have is that the person putting the giardiniera on the pizza put way too much oil on as well. Pizzas are a perfect size, nice and crisp and the toppings were fresh. The staff were friendly and helpful, but there seemed to be an abundance of them. We will definitely be back for more and recommend to our friends. The concept of this place is pretty awesome too. Knowing you get to enjoy a delicious pizza while helping to feed the less fortunate is pretty cool. Way to go!

Come in here quite often because I work near by. Have met the owner and she’s super nice even gave me a coupon for next time. The staff is young but always very polite friendly and helpful if it is your first time. I’ve had the pizza here before and it great. You have to be a think crust lover. Today I decided to try a salad and that was also great oh yea did I mention everything is 7.99 $ no matter how many ingredients you add! Every time I’ve been in here it has not been busy surpassingly. It’s nice that they bring out the food right to your table.

Friendly staff. Reasonable price. Amazing food! Will definitely come back & bring more friends!

Made to order thin crust pizza. Open fired oven.
Fresh selections added as you choose while your watch. With everything added fresh before our own eyes and fired right away, this was among the best veggie style pizza we’ve found in a long time.
Friendly staff. Strip mall setting, clean basic décor.
Good value on the pizza, ok on a plain caesar, but you can add meats for the same prize. Calzones/​pizza sandwiches looked good too, so that’s on the list for the next visit. Located next to Panera.

There’s many of these fast casual pizza places popping up! I’ve been getting to try many of them. Some have highlights. Olive theory didn’t. The crust was the typical thin and crispy type. Sauce was mediocre and one positive is they have Sriracha. Other than that mostly run of the mill ingredients. It would be nice to see out of the box toppings like corn and black bean for those wanting to build something Southwestish. I found they use lots of cheese which some like. Don’t bother paying for the pizza dippers it’s pizza crust with oil and seasoning and marinara in a little bowl. The restaurant is nice and clean. I have a few choices for this type of pizza in the area now and that. Is a good thing. One major difference is their charity based business model which is great when a business gives back.

This is a chipotle type of concept for pizza. Similar to mod pizza and pie five. I can’t here for lunch and it was moderately busy. One person in front of us had 4 pizzas which slowed down the initial ordering process a little bit. But from order to pizza in my mouth was about 8 minutes.
They just opened up recently so they are still figuring stuff out. They brought the pizza out to the table.
The pizza is a thin crust and tasty. The sandwich is a tad small for the same price. Maybe it’s in my head.
One nice thing they do is donate a pizza for every 10 pizzas sold.
I’ll be back soon