8 Frozen Pizzas That Aren't Worth The Price, According To Customers

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Some customers claim there are frozen pizzas that are even better than delivery. And while there's some highly popular frozen pizza brands — Motor City, for instance — many frozen pizzas miss the mark. A good frozen pizza should deliver a satisfying balance of sauce, cheese, toppings, and crust without requiring much effort beyond heating the oven. There are several hallmark qualities that make a frozen pizza fall short. From cheese that refuses to melt, flavorless sauce, and crusts that never quite crisp up, a few key qualities can make or break a frozen pie.

Sometimes, the problem is simpler: The lack of toppings doesn't justify the purchase. Other frozen pizzas were once beloved freezer staples but have declined in quality over time, leaving customers reaching for delivery instead. We scoured pizza reviews, social media threads, and online ratings to find the frozen pizzas that simply aren't worth buying — so you can skip the disappointment.

Totino's Pizza Rolls are a beloved freezer staple that many '90s kids still remember fondly or enjoy to this day. However, Totino's Pepperoni Party Pizza is nothing like the nostalgic freezer staple customers remember with such enthusiasm. And while it may be cheap, retailing for close to $2, customers claim no price makes this frozen pie worth buying.

Namely, the Party Pizza receives criticism for tasting cheap, and many customers have found the cheese burns rather than melts. A quick look at the ingredient list reveals they use imitation mozzarella instead of real cheese. To make matters worse, customers also claim the crust is dry and cardboard-like, and the combination is almost inedible. One long-time Totino's lover claimed on Reddit that this product alone might be enough for them to turn their back on the brand permanently. Another Redditor wrote, "I've just been calling them depression squares for years now. Let's be real, Totino's, it's not a party and it's barely pizza."

DiGiorno, known for the infamous slogan, "It's not delivery. It's DiGiorno," revolutionized the frozen pizza industry when it introduced rising crust pizza to grocery store frozen aisles. But according to frustrated customers online, the brand's quality has severely declined over time, and the rising crust pizza it became known for is one of the biggest culprits. Customers have noticed a sharp downtick in quality control and ingredient quality.

The cheese is thinner and the pizza crust is drier, lacking the delicious sauce they used to love the brand for. To make matters worse, the pizzas appear to be much smaller than they used to be. One customer wrote on Reddit, "This is the smallest 'full size' pizza I've seen in my entire life ... The so-called stuffed crust is 70% air with a thin strip of cheese and they have the nerve to charge $9 for this." DiGiorno pizza used to be something worth splurging on, but customers are turning to other options in the freezer aisle.

Customers have high expectations when a brand name like California Pizza Kitchen appears in the grocery store freezer, but the Margherita Thin Crust Pizza doesn't rise to the occasion, according to customers online. One common complaint is that the pie is missing basil, a key ingredient that differentiates it from other types of pizza. A reviewer on Walmart wrote, "It has a little blob of sauce and ZERO basil on it. Those 2 ingredients MAKE the dang pizza."

Another customer shared their frustration with the lack of basil on Reddit, stating, "So I'm just out here eating a glorified cheese pizza with tomatoes on it." Additionally, shoppers find that the pizza is lacking ingredients in general. One disappointed customer shared a picture of their sad-looking pizza online, showing ingredients so sparse you can see most of the crust through them. Considering this is one of the pricier frozen pizza options at just under $7.86, it's worth skipping at the grocery store.

Stouffer's Pepperoni French Bread Pizza offers a unique take on frozen pizza as it comes served on two thick, open-faced loaves of French bread. But it's the bread that customers tend to have a problem with, claiming it has a strange chewy consistency that ruins the rest of the elements. One food reviewer ranked it the worst of seven frozen pizza options for this reason. They also found that it didn't cook evenly, leaving some parts soggy while others were dry.

Even customers who have a soft spot in their heart for the nostalgic food find that the quality has declined over time. One Redditor wrote, "The sauce is REALLY bland ... almost like ketchup," to which several others agreed. Overall, the consensus is that these French bread pizzas have an off-putting texture and flavor that is simply unmemorable, so they're best left on the shelf.

Ellio's pizza rose to fame in the early '60s for its unique rectangular shape that perfectly fit onto school lunch trays and in toaster ovens. And while they were a favorite household staple for many kids of the 1990s, customers are not so impressed today. One TikTok food reviewer explained, "In 2026, this tastes like pizza-flavored cardboard ... This is actually awful." He goes on to describe the sauce as tasting like Chef Boyardee and the crust falls somewhere between cardboard and a sponge. Even for just $4, the so-called pizza isn't worth it when there are so many tastier options on the market today.

Dave Portnoy, Kind of Barstool Sports himself, did a review of the pizza and described it as tasting like straight junk food, giving it a scathing 3.1 out of 10 star rating. Other customers agree that while this pizza may have passed when they were kids in the '90s, it's nothing but disappointment today.

Another frozen pizza that customers are no longer impressed by is Jack's Original Thin Pizza. Hungry pizza lovers take issue with many elements of this pizza. One reviewer on the Jack's site wrote, "The crust is as flat as a piece of paper, yet it fails to get crispy ... The cheese is so flavorless that the cows they received milk from should be fired. All in all, I wouldn't recommend unless you're starving."

Another reviewer described the crust as a wet Ritz cracker, and others find the flavors to be simply unmemorable. Other reviewers find that the pizza simply doesn't cook evenly, leaving you with either burnt cracker crust, or unmelted cheese; neither of which are very palatable. While some claim the pizza can be doctored up with your own ingredients, the consensus is that there are just better thin-crust frozen pizza options if you're looking for something quick and tasty.

While Walmart's Great Value brand is often hailed as one of the best grocery store private labels for its wide selection of affordable meal and snack options, customers find the Great Value Rising Crust pizza to be fairly disappointing. A whole pie costs $4.97, but Walmart shoppers claim the sauce and cheese taste just as cheap as the price. One Redditor who tried the Supreme version of the store brand rising crust wrote, "Pretty bland and tasteless to be honest and too much crust for my liking. Much rather have a Red Baron or Tombstone for the same price."

Customers have found that when the pizza comes out of the oven, it looks delicious, with plenty of toppings coverage and a nice broil on the crust — but despite an enticing appearance, the flavors just fall short. The sauce leans slightly bitter and bland, and lacks seasoning. If you're looking for that rich blend of savory and salty flavors that good pizza is known for, you're better off going with another brand.

Mama Cozzi's Pizza Kitchen is Aldi's exclusive private label brand for pizzas and Italian foods. While the brand carries several frozen pizzas worth trying, like its thin crust beef brisket and mini Margherita, the stuffed crust three meat pizza is one food you might want to avoid at Aldi, and it was rated poorly in our own ranking of Mama Cozzi's frozen pizzas.

Customers online find that the pizzas can be extremely hit or miss, and when they are a miss, they taste very bland in every category, from crust to sauce to toppings. Additionally, shoppers are particularly disappointed in the stuffed crust. One customer on Reddit claimed the crust was hardly stuffed at all, and they felt like they were eating a loaf of bread instead of the steamy, ooey-gooey melty cheese-filled pizza crust that is displayed on the package. For $7.15, you can find more impressive frozen pizzas at Aldi. In fact, the rising crust variety from the Mama Cozzi brand receives high praise, and some customers even call it a DiGiorno copycat for less.