Knolla’s Pizza

They said it would be 60 minutes, I canceled my delivery 80 minutes later when I called to check in and they hadn’t started the order yet. The guy on the phone sounded confused about refunding my money, said he would request a refund later on tonight.

Best pizza ever. We get pepperoni and sliced tomatoes every time, and we love it every time.

Some of the best pizza in Wichita. Knolla’s has a great pizza parlor feel and great for families. Tucked away in Picadilly on the east side of town. Yum!

We moved out of Wichita, to Kansas City no less, and still haven’t found pizza this good. Sausage Knolla’s uses has wonderful flavor to it; crust is substantial but not too thick; toppings are plentiful and there is just the right amount of marinara. I feel like the ingredients are great quality, and this pizza is NOT the nasty grease ball so many places serve. Sandwiches are solid too.

Best pizza! The cheeseburger pizza is so unique and the taco pizza is amazing plus I crave their salads. You really can’t go wrong! Everything is so fresh. It’s a great place everyone can enjoy.

We have always had great food and service until the night of the 26^th. One of the servers came over to our table telling us the manager was apologizing ahead of time that our two pizzas we ordered would not come out at the same time due to large numbers of call in orders. This did happen as the server said as they came out about 15 minutes apart. The frustrating part at this, our second pizza was cold when we received it as it had been sitting waiting to be brought to our table. As we took the pizza back to the counter to complain their answer was to put the pizza back in the oven. After 10 more minutes of waiting, our pizza was brought back out with the Pepperoni’s burned. Even though they gave us a coupon for a free pizza at a later date we will not be going back. It is unfortunate we had this experience as we always enjoyed their pizza.

Overall, knolla’s is a quality pizza shop that is pricey. It’s a nice change of pace from the corporate pizza co. s but that comes at a price, $ 20 for a large. Because of this, we only go when there are promotions (follow @360wichita). The Chicago style pizza is consistently piled with toppings, more than any other place I’ve ever been, including 2 of Chicago’s best, giordano’s and pizzeria uno/​duo. I’d never get the NY because of this amount.

So, if restaurants could give mixed signals, this one does. The cheese bread for one, is phenomenal. An order comes with two large helpings of marinara and the cheese bread itself comes out on as a large! The cheese is lightly salted giving the perfect taste, my God! You could just go and eat that!
We ordered a ‘works’ pizza, and it was just alright, however. There were plenty of toppings, but so much sausage it overpowered the flavors of the other toppings. The cheese was also too light to even hold the toppings in place, which made for messy eating.
My beer bottle was $ 4, which was a shock… Everything else was priced decently.

Lived in Wichita for about 8 years and have never had a bad pizza from here. Love, love, love it.

The pizza was great. Walking into the restaurant it was a little unclear what we should do… take a seat, wait to be seated, or go to the counter to order. There were no signs directing us. Also, no menu board was easily visible. However, the counter person was very helpful and patient and answered my questions. She also was willing to give us a free piece of cake to celebrate a birthday of someone in our party. On the whole our experience was very good.

One of the best pizza places in Wichita! The cheeseburger pizza is amazing and tastes like an actual cheeseburger on a pizza crust. Sounds weird but definitely worth a try! We are hooked on it! Also tried the meat pizza on a pan crust and it’s delicious as well. Salad was fresh too!

Good pizza and a cool vibe in the place. I have never been disappointed with the pizza, but the salads and sandwiches are not good. The deserts look good and if I had any room left I would have given one a shot. The Mexican Pizza has divided the family, so you will have to brave that pie on your own.

Generally has been our favorite pizza. But last night was very bad in several ways. Horrible slow service. They were more focused on carry out orders than minding the customers in the restaurant. Pop machine was out of carbonation, took forever to get fixed. Never was really right. Ran out of lids for drinks and paper towel rolls on the table. Pizzas took 48 minutes to be served. To their credit, the pizzas were correctly made and hot when they finally arrived. As we came in the place someone going out said, «you’re in for an hour wait.». He was spot on. Very disappointed in the place. Was supposed to be a family get together with loved ones we had not seen in several years. For bragging that this is the best pizza in town, it was very embarrassing to say the least. One star for service and 2.5 for pizzas.

Best pizza in the area! Been to Wichita brewery and it was like the worst frozen pizza. This place is number one on my list! Thanks Steve for your hospitality and delicious ingredients!

If you like your pizza made from canned ingrediants, try this place.

I have a friend from New Jersey whose preferred pizza in Wichita is Knolla’s. Though I’m still trying to wrap my head around it, I figured with forty months since my last visit and every other pizza tasted in town, it was time to give Knolla’s a second go-​around.
The good news: maybe it was the jalapenos or pepperoni on my pie, but everything wasn’t as bland as I remember it. The sauce still could have used a lot more seasoning, and the crust was still pretty plain, though I don’t mind the cornmeal crispies or whatever consists of those stalactites hang from the underside of the crust.
The bad news: there’s other pizzerias, bars, and restaurants in the ICT that make a much better pie. Knolla’s is strictly middle-​of-​the-​road, which is probably why it’s still so popular.
The weird news: the Coney Island pizza is less of a travesty than the description would lead you to believe. I guess if you were to dump all of those ingredients into a hot dog bun it would be pretty similar. Isn’t much worse than the worst pie combination you could put together at Pacific Coast, I bet.
It’s the same generic type of pizza that most average pizzerias create. To call it New York-​style is a lie in every sense of the word, unless you’re talking about the Coney Island, in which case it’s just deceptive.

I actually wanted to give this place a bad review. I placed an order online and showed up 20 mins later and was told it was still going to be 30 more mins. They actually got the pizza out in 40 mins total which made it a little better. Still wasn’t happy but when I sat down to eat this pizza, I was pleasantly surprised it was very good. I had the NY pepperoni pizza and really enjoyed it.
My only advice is for them, you need to update your online order system. When your online system sends out a confirmation email it should give the customer an estimated time before that the pizza will be complete.

I’ll admit it: I am not a New York style pizza type of person. If I’m really, truly honest with myself, I’m totally not okay with a crust so thin that it would make crepes envious… nor am I good with the soggy mess that inevitably ensues after picking up a slice and watching in slow motion horror as mozzarella and sauce glides off of its edible background and onto whatever nice, white skirt I happen to be wearing.
So I’ll also admit that I really love Knolla’s pizza, not just because it isn’t the New York style it claims to be, but mainly because the crust is just so golly-​jeepers-​gosh darn delicious.
In a city where pizza-​by-​the-​slice is mostly unheard of, Knollas offers a slice of cheese heaven… and even better than those pretentious East Coast joints with their rows of slices with various hipster toppings lined up, Knollas freshly bakes each triangle of overly cheesy greasy goodness.
So the sauce isn’t perfect… nor is it extremely flavorful. But the crispy underside of the crust laden with pimples of gritty cornmeal offers a solid foundation for the gooey fluffy dough that lies beneath a layer (or six) of traditional toppings. And all of this rambling without a real description of what makes this crust so amazing… so here’s a sentence that’ll have to suffice: it’s a slightly sweet crust, infused with a vague sourdough kneaded essence.

Took a friend from out of town here. We ordered, sat down, and waited forever and a day for our food to come out. Mind you, we only ordered our own slices of pizza… I was thinking it would be premade and just reheated or something, but it seemed like they made a whole slice from scratch. I think it took about 30 minutes for 2 slices. no joke. A slice was around $ 5. I tried their buffalo chicken pizza and my friend had a slice of chicken alfredo pizza. Both were pretty good and the crust was crunchy just how i like it. Mine also had a little bit of cheese crust (the cripsy cheese that melted off the side). mmmm Any way, with that long of a wait, I would def order ahead of time.

Here’s one of those «best places in town» as touted by local media. I guess when you live in the town that Pizza Hut started, it doesn’t take too much of an effort for people to think you have a «good» pizza.
I had been itching to get here, because I had heard about the «coney island pizza,» thinking, wow, two of my favorite things, coney island hot dogs, and pizza, combined! This will be GREAT!
I ordered two small pies to go, the coney island, and the all meat, because I was hungry for pizza, and got the meat one as a back-​up in case I didn’t like the coney pie.
The coney is topped with hot dogs, hot dog chili sauce, diced dill pickles and onion, and a swirl of yellow mustard.
Conceptually? Interesting. Reality? YUCK!
I tried one bite. Ewww. Tried rolling the slice, and pretending the crust was a hot dog bun. Ewwww. Offered the remaining pie to two homeless guys, they passed.
So I opened the meat box, and one couldn’t complain about the quantity of toppings. One could complain about the quality, however.
Nothing disturbs me more than picking up a slice, and having the entire top, cheese and toppings, slide off the crust into the box. OK, there’s one thing that disturbs me equally, as much, picking up a slice, and having all the toppings roll off into the box. Such was the case here. The sausage was akin to «Sysco Meat Crumbles #2 or some such. Lifeless, tasteless, and looking suspiciously, all by their lonesome in the box, like something a furry big eared animal might leave behind.
I’ll post a video later. For now, these pics, the coney and the meat pie. I always try to find the good in a place, and I thought a hand-​tossed crust might be Knolla’s redemption, but even that fell flat. Lifeless was a word I used above, and I’d say it again about the crust. It just didn’t have any pizazz at all. A floury taste. Maybe they didn’t proof it.
The location I was at, pure carry-​out, except one table in front, for two. They were very busy. Somebody obviously likes these pies; just not me.
They have four or more locations. You can avoid all of them of your own volition.