Richard's Brick Oven Pizza

"Richard’s Brick Oven is a Franklin and Indiana staple of how a brick oven pizza place should be. Coming from a vast traveling background and eating at a lot of places in the country this place does it right! They have beer and pizza to the tee, the service is amazing and they make sure to take care of their people. Eating here is like eating at your friends family owned restaurant. The staff is friendly, humble and most of all just normal people like you and I. Amazing place and amazing pizza I gladly drive 20+ minutes to here for dinner with my family and enjoy it every time. I hope that this place stay open for a century or more and they have the potential to expand due to doing something so simple so right. OneLove"

"Awesome service, nice place, and the restaurant was full, but not crowded or overwhelming. I only gave this place 4 stars because the pizza was okay. Our table got 2 different pizzas and both were floppy and wet towards the center. It's a bit of a let down because it looks good when the pizza gets to the table. But the salads and garlic pinwheels were great, gotta give this place another try soon."

"I am not sure how this place has 4.5 stars. I ordered two pizzas which totaled over $22 (for 10 inch pizzas). Neither one of them tasted very good. This was my first time trying this place and seeing as how they had 4.5 stars, I expected better. My kids wanted Little Caesars and to be honest, that was the best pizza of the night. I don’t think I’ve ever left a bad review for a business, I usually keep it to myself but I was definitely disappointed and mislead by the ratings of this place."

"I was in Indianapolis on business and I wanted to find an authentic brick oven pizzeria. Richard's was about 20 minutes south of where I was staying in historic Franklin. I've never heard of it and it was out of the way, but the pictures of the community looked nice and the food looked impressive. So I figured I'd give it a shot. I was not disappointed. Everything is amazing! The food, the staff, the aesthetic of the building... I was absolutely blown away! To top it off, they had a beautifully lit, garden patio area in back, next to an actual reflecting garden that you could walk through and enjoy. The only thing I regret about this trip is that I didn't make it earlier in the day when I could have walked around Franklin and taken in more of the beauty of this small community. It's shops, it's architecture, it's people... This is obviously the kind of place that deserves to be a destination for those who really appreciate what a community of artists and entrepreneurs can be. In what little time I was there I found myself inspired. So if you get the chance to visit, take it. You will not be disappointed."

"Pros: -kids meals are appropriate size and fairly priced -cheese tortellini is delicious (according to kids and husband) -garlic bread pinwheels are yummy -Gluten free pizza crust has no extra upcharge -Friendly staff and quirky environment Cons: -Side appetizer salad was disappointing size given how $$ it is -The staff, while nice, was not educated on if their house vinaigrette was gluten free or not -The pizza, both normal and gluten free, was surprisingly disappointing. Lacking flavor and floppy crust -The gluten free crust was floppy in the middle and burnt on the outer edges. When I brought it up, they did offer to replace it and cook shorter time but given how floppy it was in the middle already, I declined since it would only be worse in the middle -The garlic pinwheels are overpriced at $6 for 2 (normal garlic bread size) Probably will not be coming back given the pasta options seem much better than the brick oven pizza, and sadly there are no gluten free pasta options. I really wanted to like this! Bill for 2 kids and 2 adults was just shy of $50 before tip. Have had much better meals for that or less for our family."