Felix & Oscars Restaurant
| Address » | 4050 Merle Hay Rd, Des Moines IA (Map) |
| Phone » | (515) 278-8887 |
| Website » | http://www.felixandoscars.com/ |
| Downtown » | No |
| Type » | Restaurant |
| Tags » | Pizza |
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   (based on 14 reviews) |
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User Reviews (14 reviews)
Mar 15, 2008 nevesis
This is NOT Chicago deep dish pizza. If you've had the real stuff, you'll be disappointed at F&Os.
Jul 07, 2007 quietriot
The pizza is okay, but why is this place so damn dingy? It needs a thorough overhaul.
Nov 03, 2006 Jay
I eat pizza at least 4 times a week and have for 18 years(I'm 36). I live 2 hours away from Des Moines, but still get to frequent this place 4-6 times a year. It is THE best pizza in Iowa or Nebraska by far. The sauce and sausage and cheese and deep dish crust are incredible. I usually take some half-baked pizzas to my hometown to about 4 or 5 friends and for myself. They all think it is incredible as well. The atmosphere could use some improvement, but this pizza is A+++++++.
Oct 19, 2006 Sparky
I went there with some friends, I had the worst service. The restaurant needs a major overhaul and very dingy. I heard raves about the pizza and I got a single deep dish, it was the worst pizza I have EVER had, I didn't eat it and the server could have cared less. The rest of my party shared a pizza and enjoyed it....I won't be back. There are way better pizza joints in town.
Jun 28, 2006 T
Great Chicago Style Pizza! The restuarant itself is a bit "worn" I usually get mine to-go. The first time I tried the place I wasn't impressed, but ever since then I can't get enough!!
Apr 18, 2006 Fritz
Try a deep dish pepperoni and mushroom pizza with a side order of garlic cheese bread. Begin with some deep fried mushrooms and cold beer or pop. The place is awsome and has been my favorite for years. The bar is a typical neighborhood place that is dated and surprise...smoky. The restaurant side is also dated but I think the dark pub look is what they were going for. Iv'e always felt comfortable there and they used to serve beer in frosty mugs. You can feed 5 or 6 with a large deep dish and order of cheese bread called in for take out. Takes about 45 minutes and costs around $24... a little expensive but worth it to me every month or so.
Apr 02, 2006 Pepe
Best Pizza in Des Moines! The actual restaurant and bar areas are in dire need of a remodel. Restrooms are kinda gross. However, thier pizza is so good I still gotta give em 4 stars.
Feb 20, 2006 JWF
This place is awesome. These other reviewers have no idea what they are talking about. It feels like you are in Chicago and the no frills atmosphere adds to the experience. If you want to be seen in a fancy place, go elsewhere, if you want the best pizza in Des Moines, go here. The four cheese topper and the flat with sausage our my personal favorite.
Feb 16, 2006 Tony
This is not a nice restraunt. Ugly and dingy. Best bet is to come during a game and sit on the bar side of the restraunt with the big screen tv. Great deep dish pizza. Closest to Chicago style pizza as you'll get in Des Moines, and close enough in quality. And yes I've had good Chicago deep dish.
Dec 28, 2005 A-Rog
I echo every word of the posting from "A" and "D" below. They are right on target. Of course, on our visit, my wife and I didn't have the fortune of a pleasant server. Unlike "A" and "D," we tried the deep dish, which the postings below A's and D's mention. It was nothing special bordering on bad and certainly was not like eating Chicago pizza. No snobbiness intended, but any person who could say that hasn't been.
Dec 27, 2005 AandD
"A" and "D" fell for the ubiquitous legend that exists in Des Moines about this place. After all, everyone says, "They have great pizza." We tried it at 5 pm on a weekday. The restaurant was empty; the bar was full--and full of smoke which permeates the whole place and has for years.
Before we get to the pizza, the actual restaurant deserves a few words: Dirty. Dingy. Dark. Dreary. Disappointing. Disgusting. The restrooms are . . . a toilet.
We ordered a salad and a combination, regular crust pizza. The salad was limp, warm, plain, unimaginative and barely functional as a form of lettuce. The salad dressing was unremarkable.
The pizza crust was a disk of cardboard without flavor or texture. The sauce and spice combination was flat and lacking totally in 'pizza-like' flavor; ceretainly devoid of anything resembling a great pizza. The quality of the pepperoni can result only from being the rock bottom, least expensive choice possible. It was, however, hot.
The food is poor; the facility is poor; the cleanliness has left the building. The only redeeming element was a friendly wait person, for whom we award one star.
This is a bar, and not a very good one at that. Someone is writing about and maintaining the oral memory of what once was but is no longer. Felix and Oscar's is a gray disappointment from start to finish.
Aug 09, 2005 yarrow5
excellet pizza, tastes like you're in Chicago. Great garlic bread.
Jun 09, 2005 run
Arguably the best pizza in Des Moines!
Feb 18, 2005 anthony
Great deep dish pizza