We stumbled across this place after moving to the area. It's located on the south side of the university on Cooper Street and at the time was catering to college and high school students, the high school being across the street to the south.
Originally it had no waitress, you just picked up the pizza yourself and brought it to the table as well as getting your own drinks.
The original owner sold that location to his brother-in-law and opened a new location a few miles down the street in the next city, Mansfield, but has since moved to the Grandbury area and has two locations in that area. Since then they've hired a waitress or two probably because they're not the most polished of folks as far as southerners are concerned, you get used to that, and went up on their prices, currently having gone up again and not so reasonable. They've also expanded the building to include the outside seating inside.
The pizza is similar though, thin but not crispy thin. You can also get an assortment of other things, pasta, salad, dessert and garlic bread. They used to have bread knots which I thought were way better. They take a little longer to make but with business booming they have to trim the time down somewhere. Their subs are ok. On a down side I wouldn't suggest the dessert, it's not great and for the price not worth it.
Parking isn't always very easy. The parking lot is a bit of a mess to get around especially with the many other businesses around it and few parking spots specifically for Nizza. They do an ok job of keeping the restaurant and area around it clean. It's not spotless and being on a corner of two busy streets gets a lot of trash blown by and caught.
Inside the restaurant they keep the tables wiped down pretty well and it's comfortable to hang out and eat your meal. I've never felt rushed although it does take a little while sometimes to get your food.
Overall it was a nice place to have lunch. Their pizza is easy to split and on average would run up toward $15 with toppings. Drinks were reasonable and subs were a good option if no one can agree on what pizza they want. Parking can be iffy but inside is comfortable.
Caution: They recently went up significantly on prices and are pricing themselves out of the student market. It's on the high end of the scale for the product and the ambiance doesn't support it. As of 9/17/12 the online menu still hadn't reflected this change and is deceptive. What should have been about an $18 order was quoted at $26, about 40% higher. For the price there are better options.
Location: 1430 S. Cooper, Arlington, Tx
Hours: Sun-Th 11-10, F-Sat 11-11
Website: http://www.nizzapizza.net/
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