I'm only somewhat familiar with the place and have never been. Does anyone recommend it? I'm thinking about trying it out next time I'm in Waco but still trying to decide.

When I was a student, I loved Mazzio's on Valley Mills and more recently in Hewitt--but that one closed.

My favorite is Pizza House in Lorena. Rollos is pretty good. I pretty much only get the hamburger pizza there.

Go for the atmosphere. Leave with a belly full of decent pizza and beer. *** PRO TIP: order the focaccia bread!!! It's worth it w/ cheese. Also find the hidden room if you take kids. Only downside. You have to ignore the confederate battle flag on the wall.

Did I mention the delicious focaccia?

Is their Hawaiian pizza good?

Food is tied to emotion and I loved going there with Baylor friends in the 80s. Therefore, I still enjoy it now! Agree with everyone about the atmosphere, hidden room and the pizza being loaded with toppings. Fun place, good pizza.

NashvilleBear said:

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Food is tied to emotion and I loved going there with Baylor friends in the 80s. Therefore, I still enjoy it now! Agree with everyone about the atmosphere, hidden room and the pizza being loaded with toppings. Fun place, good pizza.

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All true. But what is just as important, or more so, too me is that Roland and Mary are good people. Have known Roland forever, and Mary since she started in the Golden Triangle location as a waitress.

Their pizza is very good. I'll second the hamburger recommendation. They put some much on there that you cannot see the cheese.

Having said that, please be warned that your service there will range from OK to terrible. Your best bet is to sit in the bar area. Either enter thru the back or walk thru the old-time payphone hidden door.

The bar area is usually better service. The rest of the restaurant's service is suspect at best.

Since others are giving there "seconds", I'll suggest the Pizza House in West. (My brother and his wife own this and Gerik's Bakery) Very comparable to Rollo's. My second for local, non-chain would be Slo-Rise in Woodway. NY style pie. Get the extra large. It's thin, but delicious.

Thanks everyone for all the useful info! This gives me much to think about. I will try out Pappa Rollo's.

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Their pizza is very good. I'll second the hamburger recommendation. They put some much on there that you cannot see the cheese.

Having said that, please be warned that your service there will range from OK to terrible. Your best bet is to sit in the bar area. Either enter thru the back or walk thru the old-time payphone hidden door.

The bar area is usually better service. The rest of the restaurant's service is suspect at best.

Since others are giving there "seconds", I'll suggest the Pizza House in West. (My brother and his wife own this and Gerik's Bakery) Very comparable to Rollo's. My second for local, non-chain would be Slo-Rise in Woodway. NY style pie. Get the extra large. It's thin, but delicious.

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Slo-Rise is only NY style in the sense that it is thin crust large pieces. It doesn't taste NY style because the crust is completely different (which is a huge indicator of NYStyle). It's good though, and a fun place to take kids if you eat there. They've got a good beer selection as well.

Coke Bear said:

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Their pizza is very good. I'll second the hamburger recommendation. They put some much on there that you cannot see the cheese.

Having said that, please be warned that your service there will range from OK to terrible. Your best bet is to sit in the bar area. Either enter thru the back or walk thru the old-time payphone hidden door.

The bar area is usually better service. The rest of the restaurant's service is suspect at best.

Since others are giving there "seconds", I'll suggest the Pizza House in West. (My brother and his wife own this and Gerik's Bakery) Very comparable to Rollo's. My second for local, non-chain would be Slo-Rise in Woodway. NY style pie. Get the extra large. It's thin, but delicious.

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I agree about the toppings but it isn't just the ground beef pizza that is like that. Every pizza they make is like that. They are practically casseroles of whatever kind of pizza toppings you ordered on crust.

Not a Rollos fan. Really greasy.

Agree on sitting in the back bar with a cold beer and a hamburger pizza. One of my favorites.

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I'm only somewhat familiar with the place and have never been. Does anyone recommend it? I'm thinking about trying it out next time I'm in Waco but still trying to decide.

When I was a student, I loved Mazzio's on Valley Mills and more recently in Hewitt--but that one closed.

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I was about curse at you for this oversite, however, I recalled that I seldom visited the hallowed halls of George's ('79). So, go and sin no more.

BCL79 said:

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historian said:

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I'm only somewhat familiar with the place and have never been. Does anyone recommend it? I'm thinking about trying it out next time I'm in Waco but still trying to decide.

When I was a student, I loved Mazzio's on Valley Mills and more recently in Hewitt--but that one closed.

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I was about curse at you for this oversite, however, I recalled that I seldom visited the hallowed halls of George's ('79). So, go and sin no more.

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I did not go to George's often enough in past years so I've tried to go a lot more in recent years.

Had my college grad party there(brother had his hs party there too lol). I think ive only been once since then. Service is not the best & they left a bad taste in my mouth since we reserved the back room and they sat people there to eat right before our reservation so had to wait a good amount of time to get our space.

I have good memories there and pizza toppings are plentiful. May need to check it out soon when I'm down for a game.

You buy it if you want to support local. It's not good by any stretch of the imagination. I put it on par with dominoes and pizza hut

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ImwithBU said:

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You buy it if you want to support local. It's not good by any stretch of the imagination. I put it on par with dominoes and pizza hut

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The ingredients alone are better than those two.

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shut up meat man

Rollo's was always better for the atmosphere than the food - and still is.

If I am in Waco and ordering pizza - probably not from Rollo's. But, sure, I would go back to the Valley Mills location provided they are playing Laurel and Hardy movies again.

Rollo's is good stuff. Atmosphere in the bar is great. Pizza is unorthodox, but it's good. Loads of toppings, and a crispy crust (in-house).

I have some horror stories associated with that place since it was my very first job in between the summer of graduating high school and starting college, but I won't share those here since y'all seem to have some very fond memories, and I wouldn't want to taint them.

I'll be the Rollo's hater here. Reminds me of Mr. Gattis.

But the atmosphere is superb and what a old school pizza bar should be.

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WILLIS said:

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I'll be the Rollo's hater here. Reminds me of Mr. Gattis.

But the atmosphere is superb and what a old school pizza bar should be.

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You leave Mr. Gatti's out of this, sir.

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Had many a fond high school memory from in and around Mr. Gatti's on a weekend night.

I can see the comparison being drawn (they share something of a rabbit pellet style sausage and hamburger), but I think the similarities are very distant. No one would slap a fresh Rollo's special down by a Gatti's pizza and think they were remotely the same thing. Totally different quality ingredients, Rollo's has 10X the toppings, and the Rollo's crust is crisp.

Shippou said:

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I have some horror stories associated with that place since it was my very first job in between the summer of graduating high school and starting college, but I won't share those here since y'all seem to have some very fond memories, and I wouldn't want to taint them.

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This better not be a clue...

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Shippou said:

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I have some horror stories associated with that place since it was my very first job in between the summer of graduating high school and starting college, but I won't share those here since y'all seem to have some very fond memories, and I wouldn't want to taint them.

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This better not be a clue...

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Hmmm, no, I'll just say I've seen some things.

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My favorite is Pizza House in Lorena.

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I ate there a lot my freshman year, they were always handing out coupons. It was a Sunday night staple when dorm cafeterias were closed. The old building was two stories; they'd show old movies on the walls.