Comments on: Big Fred’s Pizza Garden

By: bbinks.

bbinks. — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:42:35 +0000

I were blindfolded, and ate the Big Fred’s of toady vs. the Big Fred’s of 20 years ago, I’d swear I was eating 2 different pizzas. This place has gown downhill for the last 4-5 years. My last several visits have been a real disappointment.

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 22:11:51 +0000

I went here recently with my great aunt and mom… we haven’t eaten here in 30 years, we I moved to California when I was 10. I have had Valentino’s a couple years ago upon my last visit to Omaha.

We arrived and the place had a nice retro cheesy vibe to it. We ordered our pizza and when it arrived, it just looked terrible. Oh well, here goes…

This pizza is absolute trash. Middle schoolers can bake a pizza this good in class. While most food outside of steaks is better in California, can it really be this bad? You are much better off buying a frozen pizza at a supermarket than eating this cardboard. A truly disappointing experience.

By: deleted

deleted — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 03:06:47 +0000

This place has gone downhill slowly the past ten years. I remember when this place was one of the best in town. But now it is tasteless and boring, and the pasta dishes are dowsed in ketchup - I almost threw up all over it. How about the shag carpet the place dons on the walls? WTF where they smoking?

By: dee

dee — Fri, 14 May 2010 15:47:38 +0000

big fred always took checks! now with modern tech these kids dont take checks. ha. great pizza but overpriced and no free pop refills ha ha ha.

By: Pizza lover

Pizza lover — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:51:22 +0000

This used to be the BEST pizza. Of course, I grew up on the stuff so like a few others have said it really does depend on what you get used to. to the person that said you could get the same thing at Pizza Hut? C’mon, I can see how one might not like Fred’s but Pizza Hut should be banned from calling that s— “pizza”.

Anyway, Fred’s has really gone downhill since Fred died. The service sucks about half the time. And the one thing you could ALWAYS count on was consistency. The pizza was the same no matter what - every time. Now you might get the pizza you remember from 10 years ago or you might get an undercooked pile of dung. Heartbreaking.

By: LaCasa Lover

LaCasa Lover — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:43:19 +0000

big freds pizza is unoriginal, lackluster and generic.

The only thing at big freds with ordering is there soft drinks and hot wings, which are very good.
The pizza and pasta at big freds is very below avarage and not worth the price or the wait.
Midtown for life.

By: Adam

Adam — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:37:18 +0000

When I go to a pizzeria, I go for the pizza, and I don’t order anything else until I’ve eaten there many, many times. A few of the comments here mention Fred’s other foods, and maybe they are good at cooking things that aren’t pizza. But for pizza, Fred’s is to be avoided at absolutely ALL COSTS. I have tried it a total of three times in the 14 years I have lived in Omaha, to give it the opportunity to change and impress me, but none of those three times have I actually been able to finish my meal. This is absolutely the worst pizza I have ever tasted. They make the big pizza chains taste like gourmet. The experience of eating at Big Fred’s was emotionally scarring, to the point where I get nauseous just driving by their building.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 06:17:27 +0000

Big Fred’s is just a pile of cheese on mushy crust. I can get the same thing at Pizza Hut. There are way better pizza places in Omaha. My Italian grandmother thinks Big Fred’s is boring American pizza.

By: Dean

Dean — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:14:11 +0000

I wonder how many people that have posted negative comments have actually grown up in Omaha? Is Big Fred’s the best, end all, be all of pizzas? I don’t know; but I do know that I did grow up in Omaha and used to eat at Big Fred’s ever Saturday night, as well as Godfathers before it became franchised and the mess that it is today.

Having lived all over the world, I have had pizza from every region and possible style imaginable. Whether you like it or not will depend on what you were raised on. Big Fred’s has always been awesome. Is it different from Chicago or New York-styles? Of course, just like Chicago and New York-styles are also different from Sicilian and Roma (yes, the Italian regions). Ever had a California-style pizza? The people who don’t like Big Fred’s probably wouldn’t like California-style either, since putting grilled chicken and artichokes hearts on a pesto-based pizza sauce sounded odd the first time I had it as well. It was good, just not what I was used to.

Big Fred’s is Omaha-style, they don’t claim to be Chicago, New York or any other ‘style’, they do it how they like it and their customers like it. I think it’s great, ground beef, sausage, onions, cheese, tomato sauce, oregano, salt and pepper; all melted together so that each bite is ooey-gooey-cheesy and meaty - sounds pretty good to me. Whenever my travels take me through the area, Big Fred’s is usually my first stop. Go there without any preconceived ideas of what you think pizza is supposed to be, you won’t be disappointed. I still haven’t been able to convince them to freeze their pizza’s and the FedEx one to me - maybe someday.

By: Mario

Mario — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:45:46 +0000

Actually Big Freds reminds me of a crappy pizza joint in Hot Springs, Arkansas called “RODS PIZZA CELLER”