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Reviewed March 11, 2023 via mobile

Delicious pizza in a fun outdoor setting. Our favorite was the pizza with Calabrian chili. The chopped salad was also really fresh and fed four of us.

Date of visit: March 2023
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Reviewed February 22, 2023

Excellent lunch spot with tasty beer and wine options. Sitting outside on the patio in the sunshine was awesome.

Date of visit: February 2023
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Reviewed October 13, 2022 via mobile

My wife and I had dinner here last night after a long day of hiking. We had the Salty Surfer and added Pepperoni and mushrooms. Yummmm. This is a cafeteria style restaurant and plenty of outdoor seating

Date of visit: October 2022
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Reviewed September 28, 2022

We enjoyed a lunch recently at the Lucky Penny and it was wonderful. Excellent service, perfect food. We will look forward to going here again

Date of visit: September 2022
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Reviewed July 31, 2022

Great location and outdoor dining. Pizzas and salads great with wide range of selections. Drinks are fun too!

Date of visit: July 2022
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Reviewed May 17, 2022 via mobile

We stopped here for lunch. Had our bikes so it was convenient to eat outdoors snd have bikes near us. Had the classic pizza with mushrooms added. The crust was delicious. Sauce was really good snd had a bit hot zing to it. The added...mushrooms were top notch. Very informal setting. Definitely worth a visit.More

Date of visit: May 2022
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Reviewed May 3, 2022 via mobile

Went twice last week. Dine in with family. Then take out with same family members. All pizzas have special names. We had mushroom and Hawaiian Style, referred to as Surfer something or other. Best thing about the pizza is the crust. Excellent. Much better than...high volume pizza places. Staff nice and friendly. Plenty of outdoor seating. Good selection of beverages. Eat in if possible. Take out pizzas are still good. But bottom crust gets soggy.More

Date of visit: May 2022
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Reviewed April 30, 2022 via mobile

This great Restaurant is in the funk zone next to the Lark restaurant. You order at the window and they serve you at their nice outdoor tables with plenty of shade. We ordered the paninis, lemonade and rosemary chips - yum! The outside of this...restaurant is decorated with over 150,000 pennies on the walls. The owner of this restaurant asked school kids to design square tiles with pennys in exchange for a donation to their school. We learned that trivia on the funk zone tour! Great place to stop for lunch while touring all the shops and wineries!More

Date of visit: May 2022
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Reviewed March 18, 2022

The Lucky Penny is an order at the walk-up counter restaurant. They have a selection of beer, wine and homemade lemonade for the kids. There are also really good salad and, of course, lots of pizza options. The pizza was great. Seating is all outdoors,...and first come first served. They were very accommodating to families, and it was very kid friendly. A good casual spot.More

Date of visit: March 2022
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Reviewed January 31, 2022

Website claims Lucky is open daily at 11:00. We called to order a pizza and phone message said we are open every day, just stop by. On line ordering app was down, so we "just stopped by" and they were closed. Very frustrating when a...business doesn't care enough about customers to update their hours.More

Date of visit: January 2022
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Reviewed January 7, 2022 via mobile

Great atmosphere & friendly service. The pretzel and homemade mustards stole the show. Pizza was unique & tasty. Beer on tap superb - according to our group. Kid-friendly with adult taste.

Date of visit: October 2021
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Reviewed January 7, 2022 via mobile

Staff was more than friendly and service very fast. I just wish that I was a fan of their pizza crust. I love wood fired pizza and I liked their sauce and Butcher toppings, but the crust just didn’t have that structural yeasty flatbread taste...and the texture was a bit spongy for a thin crust pizza. Sorry guys…It was good, but just not my style.More

Date of visit: January 2022
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Reviewed December 20, 2021 via mobile

i love the outdoor seating with turf. the service was good and the people were nice. i had the margherita pizza but the only thing was that it had basically no cheese on it. i know those types of pizzas aren’t supposed have much cheese...but there was like none on mine. great otherwiseMore

Date of visit: December 2021
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Reviewed October 17, 2021

The food was very good but eating off disposable plates eve when dining at the restaurant was a big disappointment. Salads with a plastic fork?? Not very nice.

Date of visit: October 2021
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Reviewed September 5, 2021 via mobile

Great experience - the food was fresh and the ingredients were high quality. Awesome wood fired pizza. The staff was really great too.

Date of visit: September 2021
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Response from Barb D | Reviewed this property |
There are many options for vegetarians.
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Response from Ann06 | Reviewed this property |
Hi, Pam. I used to live in Gilbert! I do not know if Lucky Penny has gift cards. Probably best to call them.
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Lucky Penny is rated accordingly in the following categories by Tripadvisor travelers:
  • Food: 4.5
  • Service: 4
  • Value: 4
  • Atmosphere: 4