Monical’s Pizza

Not good /​yucko. Save your hard earned money for a better restaurant. Quick notes: Awkward business; order before sit down. Kids both banged heads on booth seat, and so did I –bad ergonomic seat design. Poor service. Tomato sauce like canned paste. Sausage sour. Cheese low quality. Pizza cold. Crust bland, flat, cardboard. Hot tea, no ice, bad flavor. No utensils. Small plates bowls. Ice burg salad buried in wet shredded cheddar: drown in ranch dressing to choke it down. Bland is the word. December, Cold temp inside building. One person working entire floor, can’t focus on customers. Kid placemats but no crayons. Won’t come back. not sure how this place stays in business. Locals must not know any better pizza exists.

The crust is like cardboard. Salad is iceberg. Everyone raves about the French dressing, but it is really bad. Just red colored sugar and oil. Go to Filippos if you want real local pizza.

Monical’s is a popular restaurant in Monticello — a chain that is the same anywhere you go. Mostly thin crust pizza and salads. Some other Italian dishes. Right next to Pizza Hut. Around town, more go to Monicals, although it is a bit more expensive and not too many coupons, deals. Usually clean and good parking. Service can be a bit «iffy» — wait staff does not stick around dining area too much — but back in kitchen too much. Also seating is a bit tight — can be noisy if crowded, especially with kids. Some think it is the best pizza in the state.

We stopped at Monicals for a late lunch during a business trip hoping for a local style pizza. That we did find, but it did not meet our expectations. I was not a fan of the paper thin pizza crust, my coworkers felt the same.
Being unfamiliar with the menu, ordering from the desk was confusing since we stopped in during «off peak» hours. I am unsure if other pizza crusts are available.