I've heard people raving about Buddy's for a while so decided to give this one a try being the closest to me. The store was clean, the staff was friendly, food was ready in a reasonable amount of time, but for me it was flavorless and forgettable. I ordered the 4 square Hawaiian and cheese breadsticks. Unlike other pizza places where the pizza and flavors stay with you for a while, there is nothing. Even the marinara for dipping breadsticks was generic, no zip or zing, just tomato.
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We visited Buddy's while on a trip. Coming from New Jersey, we are pretty picky about pizza. The pizza at Buddy's was delicious. The crust is thicker, and there was a decent amount of sauce on the pizza. Each bite was an explosion of flavor; absolutely delicious!We also appreciated the great customer service. Abbe, our server, took the time to answer any questions about the menu, and was attentive to our needs. When my son's pizza was made incorrectly, Abbe made sure the order was corrected. Thank you Buddy's for providing great food and excellent customer service. We could certainly use one of your restaurants back in NJ!
elliottn
We stopped in for lunch on a weekday and ordered the loaded cheese fries and a few pizzas. Everything was delicious. The interior was clean and bright. Service was good. We love Buddys and will stop by when we’re in the area.
Crista Kreisler
My husband and I just left Buddy’s. There were maybe five other tables of customers in the entire restaurant. We were seated right away and then forgotten. Not a single person asked is if we wanted to order, took a drink order, nothing. We made eye contact with several servers who all immediately looked away. My husband approached who we assumed to be the manager as we walked out. He told him we sat for 10 minutes and were never helped. He responded with: “OK” I guess we understand why they weren’t busy at dinner time on a Friday night.
jrock 1975
Excellent pizza as all their other locations! My first time in Lansing so I’m glad there here . I had Alyssa she was great for a server . Super fast ,clean ,and friendly service. I had the Henry Ford pizza damm it was good !
Cirea Strode
Overall the pizza was very good. We got to Motown style pizza! The staff was pleasant. We did have a group of well behaved children ( 6 total and 4 adults) after eating we stayed a while to catch up (maybe an additional 25 minutes) with the adults and felt pressure to leave after we ate. I understand if they needed the space however there was no wait. We also had tipped well because service was not bad. However it’s rude to make customers feel like they need to leave. As we caught the hostess constantly staring and pointing as to when we were going to leave.
Kelly Crone-Willis
Excellent Detroit style. Our waitress said she was new, but she was totally awesome. We had a variety of pizzas, including gluten free. All were tasty with perfect crust. Nice selection of craft beers, too.
Jason D.
Excellent pizza as all their other locations! My first time in Lansing so I'm glad there here . I had Alyssa she was great for a server . Super fast ,clean ,and friendly service. I had the Henry Ford pizza damm it was good !
Ally B.W
We went and there were maybe three other tables eating. The food was pretty cold when we got ig. Alfredo was fairly flavorless. For as slow as it we, we thought our food should have arrived to the table hot and the server slightly more attentive. We had to ask other servers walking by for silverware and side plates.
Rose Thompson
Stopped in to try for the first time. The thin crust 4 square is my favorite also had the loaded fries…delicious but filling. Let’s not forget the yummy bread sticks. Our server Tatiana was awesome. Very friendly and attentive will be back.
The pizza wasn't amazing. We spent about $85 with tip for our family of 4 and even the kids said they'd be fine with little Cesar's next time. As with most places, they are sadly understaffed, but our waitress was sweet and pleasant, despite knowing she was covering half the place by herself. We made sure she knew she was doing great.
Peter H
We really enjoyed Buddy's. It was a busy Friday night and we were seated immediately and served quickly. The pizza options are great and having eaten pizzas all around the world - Rome, Chicago, New York, Palermo, New Orleans, Naples, Florence, Milwaukee, San Jose, CR, Munich, and Sydney we found this pizza excellent in every way. We had never had brick cheese as the base cheese and it was amazing. The crust was the perfect mix of chewy and crip for both our pizzas along with the chunky tomatoes. It was a great meal all the way around.
Laura G.
I'm not from Detroit so I don't have anything to compare Buddys to but this pizza is so great. The ambience is great too.
Todd L.
Over priced and not that much flavor. I expected the pizza to be a lot better, but was sadly disappointed.
Brad Arnold
management seems to be amazing its a music artist community inspired place that has been on many recommendations such as foodnetwork motown museum.
I've heard people raving about Buddy's for a while so decided to give this one a try being the closest to me. The store was clean, the staff was friendly, food was ready in a reasonable amount of time, but for me it was flavorless and forgettable. I ordered the 4 square Hawaiian and cheese breadsticks. Unlike other pizza places where the pizza and flavors stay with you for a while, there is nothing. Even the marinara for dipping breadsticks was generic, no zip or zing, just tomato.
We visited Buddy's while on a trip. Coming from New Jersey, we are pretty picky about pizza. The pizza at Buddy's was delicious. The crust is thicker, and there was a decent amount of sauce on the pizza. Each bite was an explosion of flavor; absolutely delicious!We also appreciated the great customer service. Abbe, our server, took the time to answer any questions about the menu, and was attentive to our needs. When my son's pizza was made incorrectly, Abbe made sure the order was corrected. Thank you Buddy's for providing great food and excellent customer service. We could certainly use one of your restaurants back in NJ!
We stopped in for lunch on a weekday and ordered the loaded cheese fries and a few pizzas. Everything was delicious. The interior was clean and bright. Service was good. We love Buddys and will stop by when we’re in the area.
My husband and I just left Buddy’s. There were maybe five other tables of customers in the entire restaurant. We were seated right away and then forgotten. Not a single person asked is if we wanted to order, took a drink order, nothing. We made eye contact with several servers who all immediately looked away. My husband approached who we assumed to be the manager as we walked out. He told him we sat for 10 minutes and were never helped. He responded with: “OK” I guess we understand why they weren’t busy at dinner time on a Friday night.
Excellent pizza as all their other locations! My first time in Lansing so I’m glad there here . I had Alyssa she was great for a server . Super fast ,clean ,and friendly service. I had the Henry Ford pizza damm it was good !
Overall the pizza was very good. We got to Motown style pizza! The staff was pleasant. We did have a group of well behaved children ( 6 total and 4 adults) after eating we stayed a while to catch up (maybe an additional 25 minutes) with the adults and felt pressure to leave after we ate. I understand if they needed the space however there was no wait. We also had tipped well because service was not bad. However it’s rude to make customers feel like they need to leave. As we caught the hostess constantly staring and pointing as to when we were going to leave.
Excellent Detroit style. Our waitress said she was new, but she was totally awesome. We had a variety of pizzas, including gluten free. All were tasty with perfect crust. Nice selection of craft beers, too.
Excellent pizza as all their other locations! My first time in Lansing so I'm glad there here . I had Alyssa she was great for a server . Super fast ,clean ,and friendly service. I had the Henry Ford pizza damm it was good !
We went and there were maybe three other tables eating. The food was pretty cold when we got ig. Alfredo was fairly flavorless. For as slow as it we, we thought our food should have arrived to the table hot and the server slightly more attentive. We had to ask other servers walking by for silverware and side plates.
Stopped in to try for the first time. The thin crust 4 square is my favorite also had the loaded fries…delicious but filling. Let’s not forget the yummy bread sticks. Our server Tatiana was awesome. Very friendly and attentive will be back.
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The pizza wasn't amazing. We spent about $85 with tip for our family of 4 and even the kids said they'd be fine with little Cesar's next time. As with most places, they are sadly understaffed, but our waitress was sweet and pleasant, despite knowing she was covering half the place by herself. We made sure she knew she was doing great.
We really enjoyed Buddy's. It was a busy Friday night and we were seated immediately and served quickly. The pizza options are great and having eaten pizzas all around the world - Rome, Chicago, New York, Palermo, New Orleans, Naples, Florence, Milwaukee, San Jose, CR, Munich, and Sydney we found this pizza excellent in every way. We had never had brick cheese as the base cheese and it was amazing. The crust was the perfect mix of chewy and crip for both our pizzas along with the chunky tomatoes. It was a great meal all the way around.
I'm not from Detroit so I don't have anything to compare Buddys to but this pizza is so great. The ambience is great too.
Over priced and not that much flavor. I expected the pizza to be a lot better, but was sadly disappointed.
management seems to be amazing its a music artist community inspired place that has been on many recommendations such as foodnetwork motown museum.