Upper Crust Pizza & Pasta

2415 Mission St, Santa Cruz - 95060
264 reviews
Pizza Italian
(831) 423-9010

The folks who work here are pleasant, kind and efficient. Unfortunately, the pizza was less than amazing. Not bad, just not something I see myself wanting again. Of course, I didn't try all the options, so perhaps there's something that would hit it out if the park. My kids did not like how 'runny' the cheese was on their pizza. Also, being kids, they didn't like the thicker pizza crust and the fact that it's served cut in squares. But that's just kids for ya. Perfectly fine place for a quick slice of pizza that will fill you up, but if taste is what you're looking for, perhaps look a little more.

Whenever I'm in Santa Cruz I try to stop here. Pizza is delicious! Staff is nice. Bathrooms are clean. Really all you need to know. Check them out if you are in the neighborhood.

Great "pizza joint" atmosphere and great soda - pizza is solid, better than average but a bit dry. Toppings are fine mainstream commercial contents (the stuff you can buy in bulk and find their ways onto most mainstream pizzas) - it wouldn't dawn on me to think about the next time I would want to go back which is why I gave it a 3.

Ordered Pasta with pesto sauce, garlic bread. All tasted good.

Super delicious Sicilian pizza! Didn't care for the pan pizza as much, but the Sicilian pizza in itself was worth the stop. Loved that they sell by the slice too, and the slices are huge! Would definitely come back!

Chill pizza pub at the edge of west Santa Cruz near enough to Natural Bridges. This place is a vibe, the employees are cool, the ambience, pizza, everything about it is awesome. The pepperoni pizza smacked and for a medium with a beer, price isn't too bad. Definitely my favorite pizza spot in Santa Cruz.

Pizza was good. Appreciate a good Sicilian style pizza. Garlic bread was kinda missing flavor... probably better use to dip into something like marinara or ranch. Meatballs were just OK as well... kinda small and bland.

We got a thin crust Margarita pizza. It was very good. ?The staff was friendly and our food came out pretty quickly.We were hungry and forgot to take a picture when it first came out. ?Highly recommend this place. We will be going back before we leave.

I don't have any pictures to share but the food was good. The best part for me was how hot our food was when it was served. We had 2 different types of pizza, wings, and a salad. Fair pricing. We will be back.

Friendly staff, tasty pizza. I tried the thick crust Mt Etna and it was crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside. Absolutely TONS of garlic and jalapenos. Pretty dang good.