Original Pete's Pizza

We typically visit the Pete’s at Howe & Arden after seeing a movie at Cinemark. Today, after viewing Wonka, we visited the Natomas location as my daughter needed to pick up my grandson in Natomas. I have had no complaints about this location until today. We had great service. We paid our check in cash. The waiter decided to keep the change. Typically, when the waiter “assumes” he can keep the change, he/she can assume that is their tip (Chicago Fire downtown). Today, however, our service was good up until our waiter “assumed” he could keep the change. Our waiter was Alex K. I wanted to leave a tip because service was good. My dev disabled son advised Alex that he received the incorrect change and Alex immediately knew and brought the missing change. We left him the appropriate tip and left. Next time this happens we will not. Advice: check your check, check your change, check your waiter and report to management. This has also happened to us at Mimosa House in East Sacramento.

I guess I should start by saying I am already a fan of the Pete's brewhouse chain of restaurants, so I guess it could seem like I am a little biased. However, if anything, I would say I hold them up to a higher standard already, since I know what they should be capable of delivering! That being said - I was not at all disappointed! The service was fantastic from the time we were seated until the time we walked out the door. I believe our server's name was Bianca, but it's been about a week since my last visit, so I'm not 100% certain. Either way, she was great! She was cheerful, helpful, and prompt. She checked on us, but didn't stop by too much. She even interacted well with my 9 year old niece, reading the conversation to see that she wanted to be treated more as a "grown up" than a little kid, which pleased her! I would be happy to sit in her section again! The food here was excellent! I came with some family, and we got: a hot pastrami sandwich with fries, the Chicken Parmesan (2 ways), and my absolute favorite dish, the chicken gorgonzola bowtie pasta with garlic cheese bread. We also shared some fried artichoke hearts, and mozzarella sticks. •Cheese sticks were good, pretty much what you would expect. •The artichoke hearts were delicious, served with melted butter and some kind of herb mayo for dipping. Amazing fresh, but definitely eat them there because they don't keep or reheat particularly well. •The pastrami has always been one of my go to orders here, and it was just as tasty as ever, with a little kick from the horseradish they put on it! Fries were fresh, hot and crispy. • I guess I didn't previously realize that the chicken Parmesan came with half red sauce, and half white sauce (side by side) both were tasty, but I preferred the red, the white was good, but not the flavor I normally expect from this dish. •and last, but certainly not least - the chicken gorgonzola bowtie pasta was amazing, as usual. A lot of times, gorgonzola sauce can become overpowering, but not this one! Very nice balance of flavors with a delicious gorg flavor, but it didnt take over. And the garlic cheese bread is sooo good, whether just by itself or dipped in one of the pasta sauces. I highly recommend it!

DELICIOUS!! Pete's Famous Knots are the best, super cheesy and really good marinara sauce. My husband had the Chicken Parmesan and I had the Linguini & Shrimp. Both of these tasted amazing and they were the perfect portions. The only complaint was that my mixed drink was messed up and slow service. Would still definitely recommend, will definitely be back!

Omg. I lived in the neighborhood for a long time and never been here. Missed out on some delicious food and great customer service for so many years. I was starving and over did it. But everything and I mean EVERYTHING was delicious. Even the salad was great (I know, really salad?) Server was awsome, I came at a quiet time but still. Portions are huge, and soooooo dang delicious. You need to go try them out!!!!! Sure will be back soon. A little pricey, but for the quality of food, I will gladly pay!!!!