Papa Lennon's

Italian restaurant · Meiners Oaks

Papa Lennon's

Italian restaurant · Meiners Oaks

515 W El Roblar Dr, Ojai, CA 93023

Highlights

Pizzeria & Italian spot serving pasta, salads, subs & specials in quaint digs with a courtyard.

515 W El Roblar Dr, Ojai, CA 93023 Get directions

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$10–20 · Menu

@infatuation

"Papa Lennon’s sounds like the pizza place by your high school, and like most small-town pizza shops, there are some hits and misses on the menu. The pizzas are generally pretty solid—especially the Thai Chicken, which comes with carrots and peanut sauce—but the non-pizza items are the real highlights. They have a great beet salad with goat cheese and candied walnuts, and the chicken parm sandwich is heavy, very flavorful, and exactly what you want after a day pretending you’re a person who hikes." - nikko duren

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@infatuation

"Papa Lennon’s name makes it sound like the pizza place by your high school, and like most small town pizza shops, there are some hits and misses on the menu. The pizzas are generally pretty solid - especially the Thai Chicken, with comes with carrots and peanut sauce - but the non-pizza items are the real highlights. They have a great beet salad with goat cheese and candied walnuts, and the chicken parm sandwich is heavy, very flavorful, and exactly what you want after a day pretending you’re a person who hikes. You’ll also be very happy to find the great, enclosed side patio with a fountain on it, which will look very appealing to dunk your head in after your six-mile hike." - Brett Keating

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Sharon S.

Google

Family-owned casual cafe a little ways out of downtown with an interesting “locals” feel. Delicious Caesar salad with lots of garlic, sandwich with a fried egg. Yumm! We sat in outside shaded patio. Delightful.

K G

Google

Local mom and pop eatery using quality ingredients. I started with an Amber beer on tap which was perfect; Hubby ordered a Mexican Coke. My hubby started with the Albondigas soup and, having eaten it at many Mexican restaurants, said it was done right. We shared the Goat to Pizza, which was unique (think pizza with spinach, goat cheese sundried tomatoes and thinly sliced lemons. Yes, lemons.) Delicious. NOTE, this is brick fired and 10 inch. Highly recommend. We ended the meal with the espresso bean Gelato. So yummy and a perfect soft consistency. We may have found our fave in Ojai. Next time we come, we will dine in the cute outdoor courtyard.

Greg Bryett

Google

Sadly the food was a disaster. Perhaps the kitchen was having a bad day. We ordered pizza and noodles. The pizza was hard and the vegetables piled on the pizza were not cooked properly. The food was over seasoned and greasy. The restaurant itself smelled stale. Again, perhaps we arrived on a bad day. I may try them again to see if the food has improved. I don't like giving bad reviews, but perhaps this will spur the owners to investigate.

Jose Arellano

Google

It's like a good place for 1st date the eating areas ate inside or patio and even one table for 2 out by side walk , it doesn't have waiters no free refill on soft drinks or no complimentary bread rolls, I had spaghetti and meat balls it was ok kinda like from the can, my son had chicken Alfredo he enjoyed it he sed the chicken portion in his plate was generous and good.. it's diffrent mostly good atmosphere and alot of beautiful trees and old places to see in the Ojai valley

Amy

Google

Best pizza in the area! I went for pasta but pizza stole the show! Meatballs were hard and I wasn't able to enjoy them but the red sauce had good flavor. Pasta Primavera was delicious and had perfectly cooked veggies and noodles. And the Beet Nick salad was enough for 4 people to share but a little scarce on the beets. We Loved the "Lennonade" refreshing and different. The seating on the patio was lovely. I love the ability to get the condiments, extra plates and utensils but not a huge fan of bussing my own table after. Tipping well each visit I feel includes service to the tables but I guess I'm old fashioned. Or just old idk lol Will continue to visit, and enjoy the food, especially the pizzas!

Jayesh Prabhakar Ghag

Google

One of the best pizza we ever had!!! We ordered 3 pizzas and they were all delicious 😋 Our most favorite was Mediterranean pizza. White Sauce and marinara sauce both were good...I like their patio ambience..lots of green in outdoor seating. I wll definitely recommend this place.

Rhiannon Chae

Google

Looove the Greek salad and garlic fries and the outside atmosphere! One of my favorite places to go in Ojai!

Marimar Toledo

Google

Paying for atmosphere cos food here is less decent than Olive Garden. I come out to not cook but could have made this pasta better at home :( Pizza looks so mediocre too. Pomodoro tomatoes should be DICED - not so chunky.