Village Pizza & Grill

Village Pizza and Grill is the sit-down restaurant version of Village Bakery. It's a great place to go if you want some really great pizza with some really good beer. They also serve kebab sandwiches, hamburgers, and specialty salads, as well as a few other entree dishes, like steak.

If you come on a nice weather night, be prepared to wait a long time to grab an outside table.

The restaurant inhabits a building that used to be an infamous party house. Does anyone remember if it had a name?

The 2007-2008 school year this was the baseball house. They did a fantastic job remodeling, one would never know that this was the freshmen black out spot.

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2009-08-26 14:30:29   As of 8/26/09 I can verify that this place is open for business and that it is associated with Village bakery. I called them up and they said as much. —tombrokaw

2009-08-27 11:38:05   sure, it's the new location that serves the drinkage, and hopefully the latenight pizza cause it's near drunkie central —StevenDaubert

2009-08-27 20:52:15   Went there for dinner, the pizza was amazing (which wasn't a surprise coming from the owners of Village Bakery), the ambiance was very nice. It's kinda like a nicer, bigger version of Burgers & Brew, with ample indoor and outdoor seating. Service was quite slow but I'll give them a pass since it's the first week. Will definitely be coming back again, and again. Especially for that spinach and roasted garlic pizza. Mmmm... —jsogul

2009-08-28 15:25:28   Pizza is wonderful, as expected. Ambiance is great and they have lots of comfortable outside seating. They have a pretty good beer selection on tap. All the staff was very nice and pleasant. Yes, the service was slow, but out server notified us and apologized in advance that he was swamped. I think even the owner was serving and busing tables. Give them a few weeks and I bet they will get it all figured out. —lemurific

2009-08-28 18:03:11   Went there a second time on friday. They did have things other than 8 inch pizzas, but still no smoked salmon, which I really wanted to try. The 8 inch pizzas are not worth it, just get the 16, it's better value. The burgers are good but not as good as burgers and brew and with slightly inferior variety. The pizza is, as has been stated, the best in Davis. Gf had the kabob sandwich which had a pleasant and unique flavor. Perhaps not as spicy as one might expect. I would like to see more middle eastern food.

The service was all over the place. Ordered a potato salad, got fries. Friend ordered a side salad, got fries. Gf ordered steak fries, waiter came much later to tell her she'd get curly fries. Asked them to cut the burger, they forgot. Told me they had jalapenos, came much later to say they didn't. No pen with the bill. They did refill our water quickly. This kind of thing is to be expected in the early going anyway. So it's not a big deal.

They did have much more pleasant servers than burgers and brew, which I feel is their direct competition. —tombrokaw

2009-08-31 16:22:37   Can someone put up a menu please? :) —sm0729

2009-08-31 16:47:24   Several people I know were surprised that they were closed on Sunday, 8/30. Don't know if they won't do Sundays, or if, perhaps, this was part of the "shake out" process. —DougWalter

2009-09-01 21:35:16   First time eating here tonight. The place itself is really nice, very comfortable to sit and enjoy. The service was struggling with the large amount of people there, which is to be expected the first few weeks of being open. The waiter was a nice enough guy, seemed to like looking at my gf more than me but thats totally rational. Our waiter was slow to get us our one free refill, which was a little upsetting to have to pay after a single refill. We ordered a meat-veggie combo pizza which was great. The tomatoes were especially fantastic, and the sausage was very flavorful. the 16inch was a bit much for the two of us, I'd recommend the 12inch for two people unless you wanna n0m pizza really bad. Its a great place to take Davis newbies or visitors and overall we enjoyed our dinner.

—Innerlightz

• I ate there about three weeks ago and I did not have to pay for refills on Diet Coke. —NickKory
  

2009-09-02 12:12:56   Innerlightz: Wait, you have to pay after you get one refill? That is unfortunate if that is what you meant. that's the best part of going out to eat. I may have to rethink this place... —EricaMacGregor

2009-09-07 17:50:32   the 2007-2008 school year this was the baseball house. they did a fantastic job remodeling, one would never know that this was the freshmen black out spot. —shraken

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2009-09-16 09:50:10   I had a really good experience here. I ordered the roasted red pepper and goat cheese pizza, and it was probably one of the best things I've ever tasted. My boyfriend got the margherita pizza with pepperoni, and that was good too. Service was a little slow, but they were really busy. —StephanieRobinson

2009-09-16 15:27:57   The remodel looks fantastic. I was really excited to see the chain link fences that used to surround it gone when I returned to Davis this summer. Can't wait to try it, but it always seems too busy when I pass by. Maybe within a few months, I'll stop by. —BrookeB

2009-09-16 19:16:51   I had a great time last night. The place was full but they squeezed me and my friends into a bar table to eat since we didn't care about eating outside. The pizza is great and the beer prices are reasonable. I will be coming back. —ARWENNHOLD

2009-09-17 20:36:12   Had a celebratory dinner on the patio on a nice day. Their blue corn calamari is probably the best calamari in Davis (unless someone can point me to better). The blue corn batter adds a nice flavor compared to the usual flour batter. Their pizza was up to par with what you would expect from the Village Bakery, I had the roasted bell pepper with goat cheese and an anchor steam from tap. —KellyM

• Wow, sounds great! The calamari and the fact that I've always loved Village Bakery means this is one of the first spots we're trying when we roll into Davis next time. —Evan 'JabberWokky' Edwards
  

2009-09-20 09:54:44   Ate here last night; obviously still a new place (hostess, waiters a little slow and inexperienced but really nice). I had the smoked salmon pizza which was delightful, split a chili appetizer which was also tasty. Watch out for the gourmet veggie burger, however - my dining companion was EXTREMELY disappointed that it was advertised as "gourmet" and then came out a freezer garden burger. Please, Village Pizza, do NOT advertise something you can buy in the safeway freezer section in boxes of 4 as GOURMET, and PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE someone in Davis make a good housemade veggie burger - you would be frequently visited! This place is DEFINITELY the best in town for pizza, and I will be back frequently for that! —UCDvetstudent

2009-09-22 19:46:52   spinach pizza was great, pitchers are huge, staff was super nice. love it. —bluemoon

2009-09-30 13:26:37   I've been here twice for lunch, after hearing glowing reports of the food and ambiance. But both times, my experience has been disappointing. Maybe it's great for dinner, but pretty mediocre for lunch. First time I got a BLT, and the bacon looked microwaved and the bread was thin and not toasted so the sandwich basically felt apart as I tried to eat it. How hard is it to make a good BLT? Second time I got a personal pizza, and it was not close to fresh- the crust was tough, the toppings wilted and oily, and it looked and tasted microwaved. Basically it was the quality of re-heated leftovers- not worth the $8. —annlewis

2009-10-05 21:32:45   Mediocre/terrible place. Pizza was bland; clam chowder came out cold; our cups were empty 80% of the time and best of all, we had a waiter that recommended the bland pizza and when we told him we didn't like it, he said we should have ordered something with more savory toppings. Yes, because fresh tomatoes, sausages, pepperonis, etc. are such boring toppings. Pizza is pretty tough to screw up on and of course, Village Pizza succeeded in failing. The menu was very typical- sandwiches, salads, and pizzas. There's nothing memorable or great about this place. I would NOT recommend this place to anyone who appreciates food. —skcmned

2009-10-12 20:40:56   At 11:40 this morning, I paid in cash, and the change fund was not out yet. That's poor management. Food was reasonably good, though. As with many places in Davis, if you want a refill on something, like a glass of wine, you have to go back and stand in line. That's a direct hit on revenue, because I won't stand in line. I don't understand why so many places in Davis don't have separate beverage service, but the Grad gets it. —JohnBerg

2009-10-12 21:58:29   Went here with a friend for dinner Friday. I guess I may not have the same interpretation of "medium" as the cooks do, because I thought my burger was very rare. I do have to comment that the seasoning/taste of the burger overall was good, next time I will just have to order well-done. Also I wish the potato salad had more potato in it. —Babhari

2009-10-17 15:11:01   Good location, went there last night and got to sit upstairs outside, which is way cool and right next to an owl house. ON THE OTHER HAND, everything else was pretty much CRAP. We got there and were seated right BEFORE a group of 8 next to us, and our waitress didn't even take our drink order until taking all of their food and drink orders 10 minutes later, then served them before us. Tried to bring the wrong pizza to our table right after that, then tried to bring our garlic bread to the wrong table - they need to get their table numbers right. Food was alright but wasn't that good, fries were way skimpy (but good), didn't bring any condiments to the table, had to ask for condiments and drinks. Oh yeah, they brought a bottled beer to me, brought it with a not-chilled glass and oh yeah, didn't even open it! My girlfriend had to search her purse for 10 minutes to find her bottle opener. They were pretty much TERRIBLE TERRIBLE TERRIBLE. The food was so-so. Will order a pizza to go from the other place next time. This place acts way more yuppie than they are. That waitress needs some schoolin'. —GarrettGallegos

2009-10-25 15:55:57   I went last week. The pizza was great and the house salad excellent. BUT THE SERVICE WAS HORRIBLE! The waiter forgot to put our order in and we waited 45 minutes for a pizza! They gave us a discount on the bill but I do hope some training takes place for better service. Simple mistakes were made like reaching across the table to pick up food, never refilling water, etc. But the food was great and I'll go back and hope for better service this time! —lovestorun

2009-10-27 19:08:20   I was worried about the service from some of the reviews here, but ours (on a Sunday evening) was just fine. Quirky, but fine — fine meaning, our order was taken promptly, our pizza arrived in around the time it takes to make a pizza, we were checked on to make sure we were OK, and our check arrived promptly. And I am thrilled to see that moving down the street has not affected the quality of the pizza. Now to check out some of the other menu items... —CovertProfessor

2009-11-08 21:07:38   So I guess sometimes they close early on Sunday nights when it's slow after 8. I was excited to finally try this place ... oh well, another night. —ChristyMarsden

2009-11-08 21:20:00   Probably the best pizza I've had in Davis.

The good: amazing pizza
The bad: not such a good value. Prices are VERY high. You'll pay about $10 for a very small pizza. Other items are expensive too, so I got a small pizza there, and then got something else elsewhere. Also, they do close early if there aren't enough people there, as Christy noted above. —IDoNotExist

2009-11-13 11:00:33   MENU PLEASE! —ashleyinthemist

2009-11-20 14:49:33   They need to hire more servers. Each server handles too many tables so service is very slow. Took 15 minutes to get our glasses of water. They were great and friendly though, so maybe that Sunday night was just overly busy. —julpham

2009-11-20 17:14:41   I was so excited when this place opened! It has probably the best outdoor dining in town. The food is good; the bar is well-stocked. I was so excited the first couple of times I was there—there was table service and the wait people were attentive. On a weekend afternoon, however, we went there with some out of town guests. To our dismay, there was no table service—we had to get in line and order at the bar. Unfortunately, we were behind a large group of young women (with matching purple shirts and pig tails!) who each proceeded to order separately and painstakingly slowly. We LITERALLY spent 25 minutes in LINE. When the food came out, the service was disorganized and slugish. No one was bussing tables—diners came in and moved dirty dishes off of the tables themselves. When they have table service, this place shines! Five stars!!!
When they go the typical Davis route of counter service, thumbs down! —toriac

2009-11-21 12:54:18   I have eaten here several times. The pizza is always amazing and some of the servers are great, but it's the specials that truly shine. The fish tacos were the best ones I have ever had. The French onion soup is also delicious, pulled of like a five star restaurant. Keep up the good work village. Whoever makes the specials is truly talented. —Pinkadottie

2009-11-21 13:28:54   Chris is also a really great waitor. And the bartender with auburn hair is so sweet and a total hottie. —Pinkadottie