Crozet Pizza at Buddhist Biker Bar

There were fruit flies when we dined here. It was a Friday afternoon and looks like they just opened and may have forgotten to clean the night before. Other than that, the food is great, pretty nostalgic pizza taste, and that Beer Dip Sauce (?) is a nice addition. The female staff is attentive and courteous, the male one chose to have his beer first before starting to work (he’s probably the bar tender).

On a quick weekend to visit Charlottesville and found this hidden gem off Main. Walked in and Brendan(?) happily greeted us and then brought us a pitcher of water to start. We ordered three different pizzas and each was amazing! The garlic knots are really, really good too. If you get a chance to look at their menu, the options are endless for toppings. The crust.... So good! And we also ordered a side of jalapeno ranch that was really the right dip for our pizza. I highly recommend stopping by and saying hi to Brendan and grab a pizza!

Love this place -- Awesome pizza!! And I'm pretty picky!! Recommend going in the summer, and after 6pm. Next to no one here and able to park in a closed business lot nearby. Say outside at the picnic tables there. And a treat for the kids to have a train come by so close!! Fun ambiance. <3

Got two pizzas to go and had some drinks at the bar. The college atmosphere was definitely in full effect. Drinks we're good and cheap and the pizzas were absolutely amazing. The pizza was cooked perfectly, "great undercarriage", the sauce, toppings, and cheese were all generous. Great stuff.

This place has really gone downhill over the past year. The pizza quality is EXTREMELY hit or miss, and they automatically add a 20% gratuity for very little service. The only reason I even go anymore is for trivia night on Tuesdays. This place used to be amazing.

This a sweet spot downtown charlottesville. We stopped here for chow after hiking crab tree falls. There was only one server whose name.i can't recall on a really nice Saturday afternoon that took the time and effort to check on us very often, made sure our needs were met despites the fact that she was the only one and they had a decent crowd. The establishment was clean and the pizzas were delightfully delicious. My girlfriend is a picky vegetarian while I eat all meat everything but she was very pleasently surprised with the quality of the veggy pizza she got. We marked it as a spot where we will be returning.

Have been coming here since I got to uva. I’ve always loved them, but their pizza quality has tanked and they just started applying mandatory 20% gratuity on bills. This is not a sit down restaurant or a place where service is provided other than them bringing your pizza and leaving. This kind of mandatory gratuity is ridiculous.

This is the burned bottom of my calzone. I flipped it upside down so you can see it. I expected more from this place. I normally get a good calzone but someone dropped the ball on this one. It should not have left the shop. The only reason I gave the dinner 2 stars was because I had their Caesar salad which is delicious. BTW, this burned calzone was my birthday dinner. Oh well.

I don't know what happened here, didn't National Geographic rate it the best pizza in the world? I wouldn't rate it the best pizza on the corner - not even close. All I can say is thank goodness we tried this place before we brought anyone with us. It would have been embarrassing : The crust was ok, not great. The base sauce was bland and, on my pizza, undetectable. Come on, how can you not taste pesto? The topping combinations are uninspired and flavorless, and the wait is long, long, long. Staff were friendly but you didn't come here for them. Outdoor seating area is nice, so have a drink and enjoy that. Eat something tasty before or after - you won't find it here. Yelp sort by newest ratings to get a true idea of what this place is like now.

My birthday dinner was a calzone from Crozet Pizza at BB. Normally it is very good, but look at what they served me. It is upside down intentionally so you can see how badly burned the calzone was. It never should have left the restaurant. Shame on them!!!! Most of it was thrown away. Thank goodness that the Caesar salad was good.

Mediocre to a degree that it feels like mediocrity is what they're shooting for. Had Crozet Pizza a half dozen times over a year. This last time was the last time we'll willingly eat here. Ordered large two pizzas and wings. The barbecue chicken was a thick layer of overly sweet barbecue sauce with cheese and chicken that had no taste. It was all sauce, which was not great. Second pie was standard cheese. It was OK at best. Had something on top, maybe oregano? Either way, I've had better frozen cheese pizza. And the wings? That just made me angry. Terrible wings. Sauce was so sweet, I might as well have shot a pixie stick and then taken a bite. At least the ranch was good. Might be OK overall for college students who get a discount, but this place is not to be recommended.

Crozet Pizza has great happy hour deals every day of the week. The service is great and the management seems very fun. They host great events like Glozet!! I love the night scene here. You can even go in the winter and they have fires set up outside. The ambiance at the bar is wonderful. I would recommend Crozet Pizza for any time of day. Fresh zens are their specialty drink so go ahead and try it out!

It can be either really good or pretty terrible, a true hit or miss place. I have only ever gotten pizza there so I don't know if this is true for all of the food here. The first two times I have gotten pizza there the pies were really good, it's pretty much an upgraded version of the classic delivery style pizza (think papa John's). The third time I got one it was absolute garbage, two-three times as much sauce as the first two pies I got and way too much cheese, it was essentially soup on crust. Since I have had several good and bad experiences. This most recent time (the pie in the photo) it was not great, too little cheese, too much sauce, and soggy towards the tip of the slice. Honestly even though it's a bit of a coin flip, I'd still recommend it, when it's good it rivals just about any place around and is very reasonably priced.

Be aware of the automatic 20% gratuity charge (We were a party of 2). There is no mention on the online menu, that they direct you to use, either. Make sure you ask for a physical copy of the receipt to ensure you're being charged correctly. We were charge full price for happy hour drinks. The server, who came to our table without a pen or paper, also rang my order wrong. I received a pizza instead of a calzone, but I happily accepted because I didn't mind the pizza. 2 stars because the food and drinks were good.

Pizza is still at 3 stars-- decent but prices lean on the expensive side for what you get. However, I'm updating my review to give them another star because I really like the outdoor space, and it's my favorite bar on the corner. They convert to a college bar late night. The outdoor patio is awesome in the warmer weather and good for fresh air. I like that it's usually cleaner than the other bars on the corner. Sometimes they bring DJs or bands to perform on Friday nights so it's worth checking their Instagram to get an idea of the type of music they will have then.

Great little venue with outdoor seating and live music. Fast service even on game day, and yummy food!

Damn, the bartender is slow. Are they running a nonprofit or a business. Small line but still takes forever to get served. Emergency!!

Traveling with a Hoo alumni, I had to try the Fresh Zen drink at Crozet. It was as great drink, and I can see the appeal of Crozet as a college student to hang out with friends in a casual bar. The exterior looks like a college house + patio, and walking inside I was surprised to see the bar and dine-in seating. They serve drinks in red cups, really giving the college vibe. There's a really nice outdoor patio with seats and also a bar that was not open at the time, with nice outdoor lights too.

Their white sauce is the bomb dot com. We got a half and half big yang and outlaw. This was really the yin to my yang! You could taste the flavor in the white sauce and the dough was perfectly fluffy! I've had better buffalo chicken pizzas in the past, but this outlaw was not half bad, just preferred the white base in the yang. The weird thing I thought when we went, was it was a beautiful 80 degree day outside and they have ample outdoor space, but no one, and I mean we were by ourselves eating, on a prime evening weekday. We were just surprised it wasn't as popular as we would've expected!

I had to update my review because I'm so disappointed in this place! I ordered the spinach artichoke dip (which comes with tortilla chips) and a small southern thing pizza for curbside pick-up. The bar is always 10-20 minutes behind their estimated pickup. Some nights I have waited as long as 30-40 minutes after their original asap ETA (estimated 10-20 minutes after ordering). Argh! I wouldn't mind waiting if the food was good, but it's okay. But the spinach artichoke dip was really subpar. The smallest container of dip for a bag full of chips. Disappointing! Pizza is okay. Service is good, not great. And for what you pay, really not worth the time. Went from a returning customer with a 5-star rating to a bummer.

I had a great time getting pizza at Crozet with my friends. Crozet is a sit yourself place and they offer mostly outdoor seating with some indoor seating inside. I opted for the small personal Feisty Italian and felt very satisfied and full since my pizza was loaded with toppings. I will be getting the Feisty Italian the next time I come! The restaurant also offers vegan cheese which is a plus! Our pizzas came out hot and tasted like they came straight out of the oven. I also enjoyed the atmosphere at Crozet as a place to hang out with friends and grab a casual bite.

The food is always good at crozet pizza and the drinks aren't too expensive considering most of the college spots on the corner rack up the prices. I had the outlaw pizza (jalapeño, Jack cheese, Buffalo chicken and red onion) and was not disappointed! The pizza was spicy and tangy and was absolutely fantastic. One star off because it does take a long time to come out, especially when people start packing into the bar. Overall, the food, drinks and atmosphere are both solid for a college bar so I'll be back!

Great pizza. Liked everything about the crust, flavor, and composition. If you're into buffalo, I was especially a fan of the Outlaw which is buffalo chicken, ghost pepper Jack though I didn't find the pizza too spicy, cheddar, red onion, jalapeño. Someone's a buffalo sauce base makes this type of pizza messy, but this one was solid. Gluten free pizza was your standard frozen crust, which is fine as the toppings are great. If you're into pizza calculators and values like I am, the 14" large size is the way to go. It is a much better value than the 10" and the price/square inch of it isn't much higher than the 16" xl.

A pretty solid place for pizza! We ordered a couple of pizzas and the Buddha belly, and everyone loved what they ate. I personally loved the Buddha belly because it was the biggest while also being the cheapest, and it came out with three different sauces. The one thing is that if you order pizza and you ask for garlic or any sauce on the side, they'll charge you for it without telling you that they're charging extra. They also had a couple of drink specials that tasted pretty good. Service was alright, it was hard to come by to get indoor seating. Overall we'll be going here again, and I recommend

I freaking love their pizza. I've ordered it a few times and it def hits the spot. It's not overly cheesy, the crust is on point. Even the ranch dressing is delicious to dip the pizza in. I've been on the hunt for a good pizza place since I moved here and this def is my go to place. It was recommended and so glad I ordered from here. I have yet to eat there so can't wait to try it out at some point to update my review after dining in!

Fantastic pizza and sauces. We ordered the Fun Guy and the Buffalo Belly for delivery. Both were delicious. We enjoyed all three of the sauces, but the jalapeño ranch was a particular favorite. My one critique is the Buffalo Belly was not spicy at all. Either they forgot to add the ghost pepper jack or the ghost pepper they used was exceptionally mild. Nonetheless, I would highly recommend Crozet Pizza at the Buddhist Biker Bar.

I gave 4 stars because my guy friend and I for some reason both had indigestion/reflux after eating this pizza

My rating is based on the food. Five stars. Yummy pizza. We had the big yang pizza (sp?) Other things to consider besides the food....Located right off the college campus. Parking is a challenge. Service was too laid back and no real menus (online only, but didn't include all prices or different sizes).

I was told that Crozet pizza is the best pizza in Charlottesville, and with a statement that bold (I care about pizza a lot), I had to see for myself. Verdict: it's really great pizza but maybe not the #1 pizza of my heart. I was very satisfied with the buffalo chicken dip we got as an appetizer, but pretty much anything with buffalo chicken makes me happy. Now the crackers that came with them - looks like a saltine, crumbles/breaks like a saltine, but packs a little kick that I was very much about. Pizza wise, there is objectively a correct choice to make and that is the Big Yang: "garlic sauce, chicken, bacon, cheddar, ghost pepper jack, and spicy ranch." This pizza hit many buzz words for me and it delivered. The only thing that would make it better for me is a side of that spicy ranch dipping sauce or garlic sauce. Probably the main con of this establishment for me personally is the crowd: lots of college youths come through especially later at night, so if you want to avoid this, I'd recommend coming earlier!

This place is amazing the food and the atmosphere has. Chill vibe. We are sitting outside on the huge deck. Tables are distanced and comfortable. The music vibe feels good , the sounds bouncing in my ears feels like Motown. The weather is perfect , and it feels good to be in the presence of people and good food. I highly recommend coming in for good pizza and chill vibes.

The pizza was great! I had the fun guy. It's light and delicious! Fun guy has carmelozed onions, basil, mushrooms and a garlic base. I highly recommend. Husband and daughter had sausage and onions on theirs and they were happy. My husband said he LOVED the music the most! They do require you to wear a mask everywhere on the property except at your table. They are strict about it and I was happy about that.

I have great memories of going to the original Crozet Pizza as a kid, so I was thrilled when I realized there was a location in Charlottesville. The outside is a huge house off of the Corner, and the interior is very warm and cozy. We ordered the garlic knots, a cheese pizza, and the 747 calzone. All of it was great and came out fast. I could have eaten all the garlic knots in the restaurant, and the calzone was very good. The pizza was excellent as well. I am very much looking forward to going back here!

This was our first pizza experience in Charlottesville and it did not disappoint. The crust was very good (I like a medium thick and chewy crust, being on the carbs)! We had the The Big Yang Pizza which had some nice kick and the Buddhist Pie with sausage. Both we loved and would likely have repeat orders - even though there's others we'd love to try, these were excellent and full of flavor. And naturally the cheesy garlic knots were amazing and I could just purely eat that!!!

Fine beer and good live jam bands on sundays, but for the love of god please turn down the horrible house music for people who live nearby

Looking for overpriced pizza, terrible service, limited beer selection and dirty restrooms? Then you've come to the right place! Stopped by this place for pizza and beer while traveling through town. Tried to order 3 different beers from the menu (draft and can) and were told all 3 were out of stock. Seriously? Settled on the Buddha beer because it was available. We were told it would be "on the house" since our first 3 selections were unavailable but found out later that we were charged for it anyway. The patio was cute and fortunately the weather was pleasant because we waited for over an hour to get 3 small overpriced pizzas. The waitress barely checked on us and neglected to refilled our cups of water. We eventually had to run her down inside to get to go boxes and our check. Overall it was an expensive, disappointing stop.

It saddens me to leave this review because The Backyard has always been great and I've never had this experience in Cville before. I waited 30 minutes at the bar for a drink - and no it wasn't extremely crowded - sure, I'm am shorter and I wasn't wearing heels, but that should not prevent me from NEVER getting served because like every other patron there, I have a right to be served despite what I'm wearing. And I am positive that I do not have invisibility powers. After the first 15 minutes and observing the interactions at the bar, I realized that he served every non person of color and chose to deliberately avoid eye contact with me. Two guys that were initially behind me even got drinks before me. Everyone else behind me had made their way to the bar and gotten served and I wasn't even looked at once. Even when I tried to call out my order like some other people so rudely did, he took their orders and not mine. After speaking with another friend who is half Asian and realizing he had the same experience, I can only conclude that this establishment has hired some prejudiced, racist individuals that are discriminating their patrons. I hope you look into who was bartending the night of June 9th because this is absolutely unacceptable.

We had take out from Crozet Pizza this past weekend. We ordered "special" which included sausage, pepperoni, green pepper, onion, and mushroom and the "buddhist" which included white sauce, red pepper, sun dried tomato, feta, and basil. All of the vegetable toppings were sliced thin enough to be eaten in each bite but large enough to taste the flavor of it. The best thing was that the basil was in a really fine chiffonade so you could get the fresh taste throughout without a big leaf. The crust was a good mix of soft, crunchy, and chewy. They currently have easy online ordering and when we arrived, someone came out immediately to our car (wearing a mask) to check on us. It was great service and delicious pizza. It is more expensive than a chain but it's also a lot of pizza! It was almost 3 meals for our family of 4! We will definitely be visiting again soon.

They said the pizza would be hot and ready... well it wasn't. It might have been hot but I wouldn't know because it was never ready. 0 stars.

Garlic knots, Beer cheese and Margherita Pizza were all delicious. Pizza was good with crispy but soft crust & good amount of toppings. Good for a group

Awful service. Forgot to make my food, and failed to refund me for it. Another time took over an hour to get our food. The waitress seemed unconcerned that our food was taking so long.

I thought we were lost at first. Finally found it across the coffee shop. The pizza was delicious and we received wonderful service.

I love love love their pizza! And it's such a good spot to sit outside and enjoy a socially distanced drink. They have a frozen Rosé made with watermelon that is so refreshing right now!

Very good pies for va. Coming from Nj my expectations were low but they definitely will see me next visit to cville! Good drinks and friendly staff too!

TOGO pizza AND mimosa package! Couldn't get much better than that! Have a picnic or a group gathering? Crozet pizza will hook you up with pizzas and cocktails. The mimosa deal comes with a jug of OJ and a bottle of bubbly. They also have their signature cocktails to go as well. I recommend the fresh zen. Affordable and delicious.

If you come for a drink, it's a good spot with an outdoor patio. But a no-no for pizza. The pizza I had was just out of the oven and I thought it had to be good . I was wrong-- the pizza was bland.. and the toppings combination was odd.

Excellent menu items and prompt pick up. Enjoyed Our appetizers, pizza, and calzone. Can't wait to return.

Mellow atmosphere, attentive service, reasonable prices, fun drinks selection, very good pizza. What's not to like? The foundation of a pizza is the crust of course, and Crozet gets it pretty right. Ours arrived light, crispy and not too thick, which means you don't get a mouthful of bread when what you're really looking for is a carrier for the flavors and textures of your toppings. We went with a custom job (feta, garlic, portobello, 1/2 spinach) and inhaled every slice. Our server was knowledgeable about the menu and drinks, and able to provide background info on all of them. Turns out some of our beers were from the third keg ever (?!?) brewed by the brand-new Three Notch'd, which definitely bears following if you have the inclination. I would recommend CPBB for any group looking for a casual, tasty dinner. P.S. We sat outside under an umbrella. Another group of diners outside had chosen a table without an umbrella. During their meal there was some sort of squirrel altercation or ineptitude in the branches above them, and some branches and leaves dropped right into their dinner. Pretty funny for us! Not so much for them. Bottom line, choose an umbrella if you can. Squirrels are insane.

I love the pizza here! Sometimes the wait can be long, but the pizza comes hot and cheesy! The bar scene is also fun. Fresh Zens are a classic.

Best pizza in town! Great crust! The only bad part of this place was the bar not open during the day. They said they had no one to work the bar so we couldn't get a drink. Ummmm, what?

Nice bar at night and does a great job brining in live music, but this 2nd location of Crozet pizza suffered from disorganization that resulted in a lack of quality service in the evening when operating as a restaurant. Sat outside and were consistently overlooked by wait staff. After multiple trips inside to find a waitress, the owner walked by and noticed a large table of 10+ people that had no menus and were clearly getting anxious. While polite, the owner clearly struggled with control over the restaurant and her staff and her only response was to comp us our drinks that were lost. When our pizza finally came, it was nice but our lasting impression was of extremely poor service. Bartenders inside were polite, but seemed overworked in their small bar. Bruschetta was very good. I'll continue to come here during good weather nights to enjoy the awesome bar and outside area, but for dinner I'll head elsewhere because of poor service.

Always a good time! No matter what just stop by and have pizza or anything on the menu. Perfect spot any time of the day!

Do you love drink specials? How about seriously good, non-chain pizza? Crozet Pizza is great inside and out, summer and winter. They have great music even when they don't have live musicians. The service is consistently good, especially inside. You won't be disappointed!

We are in Charlottesville for graduations and we to this place for dinner and really enjoyed their thin crust pizza. We tired various craft beer as well and and some of their were local. Food was very good as well as ambience. Will go back for sure ! Happy graduation

This place is awesome. Best pizza on the corner for sure. Gets crowded with students so come earlier in the night. Great ranch.

"Most Overrated Pizza in the Galaxy" ... That's not one of the quotes you'll read on the menu next to National Geographic's "Best pizza in the world" and other critic reviews claiming the "best in the US." I might give it the "7th Best Pizza in Charlottesville behind Dr. Ho's, Christians, Vita Nova, Whole Foods, Mellow Mushroom, and Fry's Spring Station," and that's a stretch. My wife and I got the Greek pizza. The only saving grace was the fact that it was completely covered with Feta. That's not very fair - anything covered with feta should be good. The pizza was otherwise boring and bland. Sure, better than Papa John's, but only marginally. Decent crust (but not a Christian's crust, if you know what I mean). Boring sauce, cloyingly sweet for my taste. I'm dousing my leftovers with Cholula hot sauce to salvage what I can of this overrated pie. As service goes, the waiter was courteous and fast... so fast that he spilled a full glass of water on my wife as he was bringing our drinks. If it weren't for this, I might have shelled out $7 for a craft beer that sells for $4 everywhere else, but I didn't like the idea of risking a great IPA being spilled on one of us. That's alcohol abuse. This is the first review I've written on Yelp, and I joined just to write this solely because the pizza was THAT OVERRATED. Maybe the best you can get in Crozet, but if you're on the corner you have much better options. Skip it.

It's rumored that this place is closing soon; I'm not terribly surprised. Basically, you get pizzas with what appear and taste like average-quality ingredients. The crust is of uneven thickness and the sauce is of uneven distribution and often insufficient given the somewhat thick (compared to NY style) crust. First time, last time. Two stars only because Charlottesville has terrible pizza options.

Seeing Backyard go was very sad, but Crozet Pizza did a good job of sprucing the place up while keeping it relatively true to its roots. The place is more of a "chill" bar than its Corner peers, and has a really nice vibe. We finally got to try it out for an extended evening of dinner/drinking. (I had tried to come in the past, but eventually left after an hour of waiting when we found out that the host, who had continually assured us we would be seated soon, had lost the list of waiting guests). The menu is strange. There's pizzas and a couple salads, and that's that. (No appetizers, sides, etc.) I wouldn't put much weight into the pre-selected pies, which are pretty unexciting. There's a giant toppings list, so just make your own, The pizza itself is very good. Nothing special, but the toppings are fresh, the crust is good, and it's cooked in a more "authentic" way than Mellow. The prices are great, especially when I compare it to DC. ~15 dollar pitchers of rotating decent beers, 5 dollar cocktails, and 15 dollar pizzas with toppings. The service was laughably terrible. Paper plates? Strange, but whatever. Long waits? It's a college town, sure. But come on. Crozet Pizza only serves pizza, but doesn't own those little pizza stackers that lift them off the table. The waitress basically moved our plates to the corner of the table and stuck 2 pizzas down instead, which was hilarious. We found another table to bring over to put the pies on. We ordered drinks, which sat at the bar for LITERALLY 10 minutes until I decided to go get them myself. This happened twice. She'd disappear for huge periods of time, then come back and ask us if we wanted the check ("NO! We want to order more things again!") Maybe our graduation made us snobby...but that was all brutal. If you're going to hang out, eat pizza, and drink in a relaxed atmosphere...and see past the service issues, Crozet Pizza's great.