Papa's Pizza Parlor Corvallis

Well, it seems like it 's been a year since I went. I must have figured it was about time, so I did. The pizza was OK. That 's all I expect, so no surprise there. There was an event going on, so the staff tried hard to keep various flavors coming out. I appreciate that they did try to keep one half of one non-meat pizza out on the buffet. Those non-meat options seemed to disappear pretty quickly; too bad they didn 't have more of 'em. Crust was ok; nothing spectacular. Mushrooms are from a can. The salad bar was well stocked with fresh spinach, marinated beets, and plenty of the usual suspects. The staff was friendly as always. Very much appreciated. They always smile. That 's got to be hard in that business, but they do it. Thank you! All that said, I lost my appetite when there was hair in my food. I know it wasn 't mine because it wasn 't silver/white. I guess that just happens, and if I hadn 't noticed it, I would be none the wiser. As it was, I decided I just wasn 't hungry anymore. Maybe I 'll go back next October? Maybe not.

Well, the pizza and salad buffets offer plenty of food. That is the good part. Pizza is decent although the options are sort of limited, and the salad bar is good. But, if you don't have kids, not sure this is a place to go to. Lots of kids here because there is a giant play area in the back. And the play area is nuts. Parents aren't supervising their kids at all. An employee asked me to keep an eye on the carousel because a kid had gotten stuck on it earlier. WTH? It is not my job to look after other people's kids. Remove the carousel or add a better system for supervision.

$44 plus tip for a large pizza that taste like it was made in a high school cafeteria. 2 stars because the driver was a nice guy. Feeding the rest to the dogs.

Brought my hubby granddaughter here for play time and pizza. Hubby and I bought small 10 Teriyaki Chicken pizza for $19.30 2 drinks for $6.30. Pizza was pretty good but in my opinion expensive and a bit over done as well. Not sure where the chicken was. Got Lil Square Meal for gd. It 's a little 4 or so cheese pizza that was over done with burnt edges, cookie, milk and small salad bowl. The price was good actually, $6.50 but not for an over cooked pizza that she won 't eat. And a salad bowl for kids??? I guess people get the jello. No just make a good pizza. Anyway I mentioned it to the cashier and he said All of those get burnt edges and we can 't cut any more of it off or the toppings will fall off . Ok so it 's still overdone and she won 't eat it. Then he said he 'd get his manager but seriously no. I am highly disappointed and probably won 't come back again.

I was hoping for a different experience the 2nd time around. I went for lunch earlier in the day, hoping it would be less crowded and/or better. WHY do so many people go here? haha. I don 't get it. I didn 't think it was possible to make pizza that I won 't eat. I will dig into a franchise pizza if it 's around. I took one bite of my Papa 's buffet pizza, and it was just BLEH. It wasn 't very hot, the crust was too crunchy and just overall tasteless. I scraped off a bit of the topping and ate it with a fork, but even that wasn 't good enough to justify the calories. I tossed most of it. I honestly don 't think I have ever tossed a piece of pizza in my life. The Salad bar is fine. The cashier gal was friendly. But I won 't be back. Make the trip to Benny 's in Monroe. GREAT salad bar, GREAT custom pizza slices (but ask for it slightly undercooked for a gooey, cheesy one- they tend to cook it 'well ' .