Rusted Sun Pizzeria: Discover the Heart of Salt Lake City's Pizza Scene

I love everything about this place. Their food is excellent and so tasty, their service is always delightful and the atmosphere is cozy and quaint!

Chill, mixed tunes. EXCELLENT service (Michelle). BOMB fresh food. Housemade dough, tender chicken, buttery roasted garlic, scrupmtious artichoke hearts, savory mushrooms... Calzone is the way to go...mmmmmmm Cheesecake is just meh, tho.

Very unassuming and charming spot for pizza and calzones. We ordered two of their calzones and were wowed by the size -- one calzone is definitely plenty of food for one person. They have many interesting standard options available plus a build you own option (for both calzones and pizzas). Excited to go back and try their pizzas too as they looked great!

I can't wait to get back to SLC and get another pizza. My favorite pizza place ever. Great ambiace with great art work.

Great pizza and good service create an awesome experience! The place is small and easy to overlook, but it's worth it.

This place knows how to make pizza and their calzones are in it to win it it has a family feel and the cheese tastes right. The secret is likely also in the sauce. If your pizza place doesn't have salami as an ingredient then you have been missing out for years...Rusted Sun Pizzeria also has the best tasting Canadian bacon I've ever had on a pie (and I usually do not like hamming it up despite what this review purviews)

This is a top pizza spot for me in SLC. I ordered the combo pizza with no olives or mushrooms. There was no issue customizing my order and the staff was helpful (and didn't get grief about my somewhat picky order). The location is on State street and I don't think they have parking so I parked about a block down off the main road. It's a quiet and small location but was seated right away. You can tell they use quality ingredients. The food tasted fresh and not heavy at all.

I've passed by Rusted Sun countless times. It is on State Street in a not-so-great area. It seems to be always busy. Decades later, I finally decided to give it a try and see for myself what this place is all about. It was a Friday night (because nothing goes better together than Friday night and pizza). The reviews mentioned how the restaurant space is limited so I ordered carry-out over the phone just like we used to do it back in the '90s. I stuck to my usual order of pepperoni, mushrooms, and pepperoncini only they didn't have pepperoncini. They kindly offered jalapenos as a substitute, but it's just not the same. We also ordered a Hawaiian with black olives. I was a bit too hungry while ordering which is just as dangerous as grocery shopping on an empty stomach. This time it resulted in a impulse addition of the "Killer Cheese Dip". The gentleman on the phone told me the order would be ready in about 25 mins. We took the first parallel parking spot we could find on State Street noticing the parking lot on the North side of the building during the sort walk to the restaurant. The place was packed, every table in the place was taken and there was a growing line crowding the entry. The man behind the counter acknowledged me almost right away and asked if I had an order to pick up. I arrived a few minutes early, but my order was already done. As I waited to pay, I had a couple minutes to look around. All the pictures online make the place look stuffy, dingy, and dirty. I was surprised to find that to be far from the case. The place was clean. Despite a semi-open kitchen, there was enough circulation to make it not in the least bit stinky or stuffy even with a front house full of breathing customers. One common thing I noticed in the review pictures was a ceiling vent that appeared particularly dingy. It turns out the vent is covered by cellophane which makes it appear a certain way when in reality it is not dusty or dirty at all. Navigating through a crowd that had doubled since I arrived, I made my way to the door with my piping hot boxes. The verdict on the pizza is a solid 9.5/10. The bake was perfect, flop was minimal, and the crust had good crunch. The sauce was great and the toppings were fresh. The Killer Cheese Dip turned out to be an excellent impulse buy. I have thought about it almost nonstop since our order and I'll be back for sure just for that. Two 16" pizzas and an order of Killer Cheese Dip ran us a bill totaling $68 before a generous tip for great, fast carry out service. If you love pizza and have not yet tried the Rusted Sun, I suggest you move it to the top of your list.

I don't live too far from here, but hadn't stopped by before. My group wanted to try a few different menu items, so we got calzones so we could try each. I think the best from our group was the chicken pesto. For each of them, I probably should have ordered extra sauce, but that may just be my person preference for the ratio. I generally hold a high standard for pizza and think that these are a reasonable option for the valley. Their menu wasn't too diverse, but they do cover the basics. The shop itself was really small, and if you plan on dining in, there could be a wait. It's definitely worth a try.

Cute spot for pizza or a calzone. This place is very family friendly and the staff are kind and quick to get your order going. I went with the Caprese calzone. I'm not sure what mozzarella they use but wow, it was so good. I'd recommend!