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Experience authentic Brooklyn pizza at Grimaldi’s Pizzeria in Ankeny’s Prairie Trail, Iowa. Celebrating over 100 years of pizza-making traditions, we use fresh ingredients and a secret recipe dough, hand-tossed daily. Our pizzas, baked in signature Coal-Fired Brick Ovens, offer a unique taste you won’t find in conventional oven pizza. This family-friendly, New York-themed restaurant is a passion-driven haven for pizza lovers. Join us in Ankeny for an unforgettable pizza experience that makes Grimaldi’s a must-visit for anyone seeking authentic, delicious pizza.
Casual, Brooklyn-based pizzeria chain serving brick-oven pies & calzones, plus wine & beer.
Address and Contact Information
Address: 1450 SW Vintage Pkwy #120, Ankeny, IA 50023
Phone: (515) 635-1038
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Reviews
Gene Hinders
Very hospitable establishment with great service and a fantastic Pizza!
The thin crust still had a good chew to it and the variety of toppings to choose from allows one to customize your pizza or you can pick from a number of their signature pizzas.
We opted to make our own unique combination of extra sauce, meatball, sausage, ham, and fresh garlic.
It’s a very open area and we watched the pizza dough flying high and spinning as we waited for our own to be brought out.
Very cool decor includes some old pictures of the origins of the Brooklyn Pizza place from under the bridge there in New York.
… moreThe thin crust still had a good chew to it and the variety of toppings to choose from allows one to customize your pizza or you can pick from a number of their signature pizzas.
We opted to make our own unique combination of extra sauce, meatball, sausage, ham, and fresh garlic.
It’s a very open area and we watched the pizza dough flying high and spinning as we waited for our own to be brought out.
Very cool decor includes some old pictures of the origins of the Brooklyn Pizza place from under the bridge there in New York.
Christina Reynolds
Great, pizza, service and atmosphere. The dough was thin just like I like it. Tried white sauce veggie on half and red sauce and meat on the other. Both were delicious. Love the salad options as well. We had the mediterranean and it was good as well.
… moreKelsie Tortorano
GRIMALDIS PIZZERIA: Ankeny location in The District
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Positive Review!
We’ve been in the area now for a little over 2 months, and we’ve been wanting to try it out. But with three little kids we were hesitant since we didn’t see that they offered a kids menu So today we finally decided to just give it a try. And I am so happy we did! We had nothing but a fantastic experience with our server Ally (not sure of the spelling). But she was absolutely so sweet to our kids. After we had already placed our drink order, our daughter mentioned how she saw that they have chocolate milk.. next thing you know our server Ally surprised her with a cup of chocolate milk! We ended up signing up for their rewards before ordering and received a free appetizer (we chose the Antipasto). We all really enjoyed it, the kids ended up eating the salami (so their salami is kid approved ). For our pizzas, we chose for the kids to share a 16” pepperoni with white garlic sauce (which is phenomenal)! And my husband and I ordered the Brooklyn Bridge with the traditional red sauce. I do have to say, I personally preferred their garlic sauce over their red sauce. But that’s mainly because the garlic sauce was seriously delicious. We decided to give their cannolis a try, I enjoyed the traditional one while everyone else preferred the chocolate cannoli. And another awesome experience before our food came out, was Ally asked if the kids could have “kids pizza dough” and she brought out small triangles of dough for the kids to play with.. which was a huge hit and kept them all occupied while waiting for our food. At the end we were about to leave and our two year old got sad his dough fell on the floor. So Ally and the manager made sure to give him his very own (along with a few extra pieces) in to go boxes and gave him his own little bag to carry it out. Seriously, we were very impressed with how family oriented Grimaldi’s was.
… more⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Positive Review!
We’ve been in the area now for a little over 2 months, and we’ve been wanting to try it out. But with three little kids we were hesitant since we didn’t see that they offered a kids menu So today we finally decided to just give it a try. And I am so happy we did! We had nothing but a fantastic experience with our server Ally (not sure of the spelling). But she was absolutely so sweet to our kids. After we had already placed our drink order, our daughter mentioned how she saw that they have chocolate milk.. next thing you know our server Ally surprised her with a cup of chocolate milk! We ended up signing up for their rewards before ordering and received a free appetizer (we chose the Antipasto). We all really enjoyed it, the kids ended up eating the salami (so their salami is kid approved ). For our pizzas, we chose for the kids to share a 16” pepperoni with white garlic sauce (which is phenomenal)! And my husband and I ordered the Brooklyn Bridge with the traditional red sauce. I do have to say, I personally preferred their garlic sauce over their red sauce. But that’s mainly because the garlic sauce was seriously delicious. We decided to give their cannolis a try, I enjoyed the traditional one while everyone else preferred the chocolate cannoli. And another awesome experience before our food came out, was Ally asked if the kids could have “kids pizza dough” and she brought out small triangles of dough for the kids to play with.. which was a huge hit and kept them all occupied while waiting for our food. At the end we were about to leave and our two year old got sad his dough fell on the floor. So Ally and the manager made sure to give him his very own (along with a few extra pieces) in to go boxes and gave him his own little bag to carry it out. Seriously, we were very impressed with how family oriented Grimaldi’s was.
Madison Corey
Yum! This is one of my favorite pizza places. We got the extra pepperoni and hot honey, the don, a pepperoni and black olive, and a margherita. Every single one was delicious & the workers were the absolute sweetest. Our server was especially kind and made our experience 10x better!
… moreR.R. Nunya
We walked in on a Saturday around 645. Had a 10-15 minute wait. It’s noisy in there and there is no area to wait in. There are two reception type areas and if they got rid of one they could add a small seating area. Once seated a waitress came and took our drink order. We had two Old Fashioneds, a glass of wine and a Spritzer. They took 30 minutes to get there. We already had our appetizer and our pizza had just been delivered to the table. The bar should never be that backed up. We probably would’ve had another round but feared we’d be waiting until midnight.
… moreChris Buckley
Beautiful atmosphere along with a wonderful group of employees. I remember eating there with family, absolutely peak.
They aren’t just amazing to their customers though. As a dasher, they also went above and beyond for my order, and kept things professional and courteous.
If you’re thinking about having a night out, I highly reccomend this location to anyone looking to eat good food along with some good vibes.
… moreThey aren’t just amazing to their customers though. As a dasher, they also went above and beyond for my order, and kept things professional and courteous.
If you’re thinking about having a night out, I highly reccomend this location to anyone looking to eat good food along with some good vibes.
Joe Durby
Don’t waste your time or money.
Our evening started off exciting. My wife ordered pizza to be delivered so it would arrive right when I got home from work for a mid-week date night. The tracker showed a delay, likely from the snow that rolled in, so I went out to shovel. Thirty minutes later I came back in and the order had been pushed back another thirty minutes.
With the weather and already an hour delay, I told my wife I would call the restaurant and pick it up myself. I called and asked if they could remake it fresh and I would come in. They agreed. I even told them to keep the delivery fee and tip for their staff. After I finished clearing my truck my wife called me back. The restaurant had called her and said they actually couldn’t do what they told me, they had to cancel the order, and we would get our refund in three to five days. They claimed this was because she used a third party app. It was their website. Make that make sense.
I wasn’t happy, but my wife was excited to try this place, so I drove in anyway. They charged $47 for a large pizza and bruschetta. The bruschetta was literally bread and a tiny cup of diced tomatoes. I asked for the manager and she explained how I almost got a free pizza, but somehow didn’t, and how they didn’t have a delivery driver for the order sitting on the rack behind her. She also said they don’t have drivers and can’t find any. I asked for a discount for the trouble, the drive, and the refund delay. She offered something that sounded fair. Or so I thought.
When I got home I realized the tag on the bruschetta had our original receipt price and matched exactly what I paid after my so called discount. My wife told me they offer a free starter online. They charged me for that free starter and then removed it to make it look like a discount. Nothing was actually discounted. After everything we went through, the total was basically the same as if the order had been delivered.
Then we finally sat down to eat. The pizza was cold and terrible. If you like razor thin pizza with barely any meat, this is your spot. The entire box was covered in a pile of arugula that made it even worse. Like so much you couldn’t even tell it was a pizza. Date night turned into eating late, cold, disappointing pizza and joking about who got the slice with the most meat because there was so little on it. The bruschetta was bread with a few tomatoes spread thin enough that you might get one cube per bite. Our family recommended this place and said it was a must eat in Ankeny. I have no idea how. The hot honey was the only thing they got right, it was hot, and honey.
I gave this place one star because zero wasn’t an option. If I am ever hungry and near this place again, I would dig in the trash can out front before eating here.
… moreOur evening started off exciting. My wife ordered pizza to be delivered so it would arrive right when I got home from work for a mid-week date night. The tracker showed a delay, likely from the snow that rolled in, so I went out to shovel. Thirty minutes later I came back in and the order had been pushed back another thirty minutes.
With the weather and already an hour delay, I told my wife I would call the restaurant and pick it up myself. I called and asked if they could remake it fresh and I would come in. They agreed. I even told them to keep the delivery fee and tip for their staff. After I finished clearing my truck my wife called me back. The restaurant had called her and said they actually couldn’t do what they told me, they had to cancel the order, and we would get our refund in three to five days. They claimed this was because she used a third party app. It was their website. Make that make sense.
I wasn’t happy, but my wife was excited to try this place, so I drove in anyway. They charged $47 for a large pizza and bruschetta. The bruschetta was literally bread and a tiny cup of diced tomatoes. I asked for the manager and she explained how I almost got a free pizza, but somehow didn’t, and how they didn’t have a delivery driver for the order sitting on the rack behind her. She also said they don’t have drivers and can’t find any. I asked for a discount for the trouble, the drive, and the refund delay. She offered something that sounded fair. Or so I thought.
When I got home I realized the tag on the bruschetta had our original receipt price and matched exactly what I paid after my so called discount. My wife told me they offer a free starter online. They charged me for that free starter and then removed it to make it look like a discount. Nothing was actually discounted. After everything we went through, the total was basically the same as if the order had been delivered.
Then we finally sat down to eat. The pizza was cold and terrible. If you like razor thin pizza with barely any meat, this is your spot. The entire box was covered in a pile of arugula that made it even worse. Like so much you couldn’t even tell it was a pizza. Date night turned into eating late, cold, disappointing pizza and joking about who got the slice with the most meat because there was so little on it. The bruschetta was bread with a few tomatoes spread thin enough that you might get one cube per bite. Our family recommended this place and said it was a must eat in Ankeny. I have no idea how. The hot honey was the only thing they got right, it was hot, and honey.
I gave this place one star because zero wasn’t an option. If I am ever hungry and near this place again, I would dig in the trash can out front before eating here.
Matthew Froah
We carried out pizza for our family gathering. The staff I interacted were helpful and the pizza was Amazing!! 5 stars for the food – 4 stars for service and atmosphere since I was only in the restaurant for a few minutes. We will be back for the entire experience!
… moreSpaceballs: The Reviewer
Unfortunately a specialty pizza order with one modification was not possible to get right. Pizza was inedible for me when gorgonzola was included on the buffalo chicken pizza even though it was requested to be left off. Others in family thought it was an average pie, but that strong of a cheese was too much to get past. Take out order, was not worth taking back. I am sure they would have corrected but family was too hungry. Still giving a decent rating as the restaurant is good about charities and fundraising events.
… moreCody Johnson
Such a great pizza joint with an awesome atmosphere and fantastic food. Their cannolis are unmatched.
They have a nice selection of drinks too, many wines and beers.
One of my favorite pizza restaurants around.
… moreThey have a nice selection of drinks too, many wines and beers.
One of my favorite pizza restaurants around.