Fuel Pizza Cafe

Great pizza, cool location in heart of Davidson. Great atmosphere! Not fancy, but that’s just what I want in a pizza place

Save your money! Cold, overpriced, overcooked! New to the area and this will be the first and last order I make here.

I’ve tried so many times to «like» Fuel. It’s the canned tomato paste taste I loathe. The décor gets me too, it’s old vintage cans and garage chic it’s just rusty and dusty and skeevey. Mostly kids working there and that’s not a problem but there is always a table with left over scraps that even when not busy they don’t «bus» it with any sort of interest in cleaning off tables.

Place is «okay». Normal feel of a pizza joint with some vintage décor.
Typical local pizza joint customer service… High school kids doing summer help. Didn’t see anyone who appeared over 24.
We ordered the «award winning» taco pizza, and honestly wasn’t to impressed. I felt I could of done a better job. Not sure if I’ll come back. Definitely going to check out Ma’s next.

Pizza is good if you eat it there but not if it sits for any length of time. I used to love getting the cheese slice and garlic knots in the restaurant as it was tasty and affordable. Now it’s gotten kind of pricey for reheated pizza slices and 2 inch balls of dough.

We’ve been searching for a good pizza place for over a year. With so many NYers here, how in the world are most pizza places so bad or just not exactly right?
Fuel Pizza’s NY Style is the best of its kind in the Lake Norman/​North CLT area. Crust, sauce are the highlight. Great local beers available a plus as well.

After resisting after so many bad experiences, I am finally breaking down and leaving this restaurant the horrible review they so badly deserve. Tonight is the fourth night in the past year where we ordered dinner for our family via their website and the order was not received. When I called, they said «I know, it’s a problem». Really? take the site down then!
When you call in it’s not much better. I’ve received orders for other houses. I’ve had my order not show up. Excuses every time.
Their pizza is pretty good, but I am done supporting our local restaurant as they are totally unreliable and don’t do anything to resolve their issues.

Too many amazing places to eat in Davidson to waste your time here. The food wasn’t good and neither was the service. Look elsewhere.

Friendly staff. Expensive for pizza though. One of those places where the pizzas are cooked ahead of time and you pick the slice. They reheat them but sometimes the pieces are stale. It also prevents you from ordering some types by the slice as they aren’t on the day’s rotation.

Good, tasty pizza. Great for an everyday meal or a last minute meal solution. We get the Riviera pizza with added pepperoni just about every time. Delicious artichoke, olives, and feta cheese. Their spinach/​ricotta/​tomato pizza is also very good, and their calzones (with pepperoni added) are nearly perfect. I grab a slice or pie there frequently, and have never had problem with an order.

Not the best pizza I have had around. It was OK but I have had better. I like all the antiques they have around and it seems like a good local hangout for the college students but other than that I have had better pizza around

Fuel is the perfect stop on your way home when all you want is no-​nonsense, standard, good pizza. It’s not fantastic, but it’s not bad. In fact, it is pretty good. Just don’t expect fancy schmancy pizza here, and you’ll leave happy.
They have a good selection of toppings. They have a few beers and some salad options. I thought the wheat crust was a nice option, though they were out last time I went so I haven’t tried it yet. Kudos for having gluten-​free options and for offering several different sizes of pies.
Service was slow, but they were busy, and I wasn’t in any hurry, so I didn’t mind. Small parking lot could be a problem on a busy night. This would be a great option for watching a basketball game (they have a few TVs) or throwing a kids birthday party. Bottom line: it’s a solid neighborhood joint that will definitely count me among its return customers.

The gluten free pizza is great. The poor quality service is annoying. Every time I visit, something goes wrong… and I do not have these problems in most restaurants. Once, my boyfriend and I order our food and his came out while mine took another 30 minutes. They offered to give me 50% off of my next order and wrote my name on a list. When I called to use the discount, they couldn’t find the sheet but said they’d honor it anyway. Another time, I ordered a pizza to go and when I went to pick it up, watched as the manager and his employees huddled in a corner chatting about something on one of their phones while my pie fell off of the belt. They offered me free bread, though I don’t eat gluten and was in a hurry and didn’t want to wait for another pizza to be made. Great food… but not worth the hassle.

Good, solid pizza and a relaxed, friendly vibe. We were there during winter break for Davidson University so it was understaffed, but the staff was very friendly and apologetic for a bit of a longer wait. They were out of the honey whole wheat crust that we wanted, and the beer selection could be better, but overall a fun place to stop in for a hot pizza in Davidson.

I make shitloads of pizza and am really into the art of this food. That said, I’m not a snob or a bitch about it. The cheese pie was decent, but the other slices sucked. Toppings were not fresh, and, worst of all, slices were not hot. That is really bad in my book. Sauce was o.k., crust was too chewy. Service was terrible. The 16 year old behind the counter was clueless. Salad was packaged in fridge with bad, goopy Italian dressing. Horrible selection of small-​bottled cheap-​ass wine. Is it that hard to buy some decent house wine?

Had takeout last night of cheese pizza and chicken wings.
I used to love this place and would ask to have it every time I’d visit my family here in Davidson but I think the pizza has changed a little bit.

Fuel Pizza serves GLUTEN FREE PIZZAS for an extra $ 2. I am new to the Gluten Free diet and being able to eat pizza again has been wonderful. I really enjoy the GF Pizzas with fresh and plentiful veggie toppings. The GF crust tastes just like a normal thin crust pizza. My husband said his pizza was just OK. Unfortunately, the overall price per pizza is a bit higher than I would like to pay.

Non c’e male for an American pizza chain: takeout fast, toppings savory.

Awesome pizza and casual place

The northmost outpost of the Fuel Pizza empire is very similar to the original on Central Avenue.
Located on Main Street in Davidson, it is small, and unlike a few other locations downtown, looks like it actually might have been a gas station at one point.
The food is typical Fuel though… great pizza! For me they have been very consistent and have been great from location to location.
The gas station motif is in full-​effect here, and there is a small outdoor patio in the front as well, where you can sit, enjoy your pizza pie and watch traffic saunter by in this laid-​back southern village.