$2.99 buffet at Cici’s Pizza on Thursday


Cici’s Pizza in Colonie is hosting a customer-appreciation day on Thursday (9/6) and will offer its buffet for $2.99 all day, starting at 11 a.m. The normal price is $5.49.

Cici’s is located at 145 Wolf Road.

Steve Barnes

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17 Responses

  1. Woodrow says:

    I’ve never been tempted to visit Cici’s, and assume that it must be a very bad imitation of pizza. Not only that, they cannot use real cheese at the prices they charge.

  2. joeyjags says:

    What a deal, going to eat as much as I can, Cici’s food is delicious!!!

  3. Cheese says:

    @Woodrow, Give it a rest and try something new for once in your life.

  4. RealTomT says:

    I’ve been dragged to CiCi’s twice by different sets of coworkers, despite my warnings. This would not be a “deal” if they were giving the food away. Their product is sub-standard and not edible.

  5. Woodrow says:

    Well, I’m at least tempted now, with two that have had a good experience there. Thanks for the input…

  6. Ken R says:


    So you’ve never tried it, but have formed an opinion as to its taste/quality? Interesting.

  7. Eric says:

    I went to Cici’s for the first time about 2 weeks ago. While it is true that compared to a high-end pizza shop that uses higher end ingredients and different cooking techniques (I saw a conveyor type pie oven) they fall short. Overall however, for a basic salad, pasta, soup and dessert bar along with any type of pizza you can dream up, the value is there and you won’t go away hungry.

  8. Moondog says:

    I went a few months ago not expecting too much but was pleasantly surprised. Eric is right.

  9. Tim in Waterford says:

    To use a tired phrase, it is what it is. You can get better pizza, pasta, salad, and soup anywhere else, especially around here, but that doesn’t mean Cici’s is bad. The food is edible enough to keep you going back until you’ve had your fill, which is really all you can ask for a $5.49 a head buffet. Clearly it’s not for everyone, but it serves its purpose. I’ve been to Cici’s a couple times, and while I wouldn’t make it a regular haunt, I’d stop in again if I was in the mood for cheap pizza.

  10. Tom says:

    I ate there once at the regular price and would not return even if they gave it away.

  11. Jackie says:

    I’m with Tom.

  12. non-foodie says:

    I ate in Cici’s once and let’s put it this way: you get what you pay for. I would personally never return, but some people love it. They are the same people who would eat anything.

  13. Interested says:

    I’m with Tom on this one….that food was the most disgusting food I have tasted and had to pay for. I felt sick for hours after eating there and will never ever ever go back!!! GROSS and it was dirty and the staff could barely speak English…that right there is a turn off for me…sorry be were are in the USA…SPEAK ENGLISH!!

  14. silvfx66 says:

    Its a kids place, pizza is what you would expect for the price. The desserts are usually pretty good. I mean really how can you go wrong Albany, its $2.99, better than the gas discount at Price Chopper.

  15. Hawk says:

    For $5.49 you shouldn’t be expecting fine dining. A great place if you are on the run and have a family of kids to feed on a budget. Food snobs should get off their high horse and understand that not everyone has the inclination to or the finances to eat organic, farm to table, blah, blah, blah every time they go out to eat. #13, as for the staff not being able to speak English, I have been there multiple times and everyone I have spoken to has conversed in perfectly understandable English. Maybe you should learn to write in English – “sorry be were are in the USA”….Huh?

  16. Grrrr says:

    I did it. I went to Cici’s today to check it out. I figured that at $2.99, It wouldn’t be much of a loss if it was horrible. Well, it wasn’t horrible.

    First, the place is very clean. And they have an open kitchen so you can see what they are doing. That too was very clean.
    Next, everyone that worked there, from management to buskers, we’re polite, friendly and spoke English regardless of their national origin.

    The food is edible. It wasn’t bad but I would compare it to a slight notch below pizza Hut. They had 2 salads. One was already dressed but looked soggy. The other was not dressed and had some fixings and dressings on the side. Same quality lettuce and veggies as say…Olive Garden. The soup was equivalent to progresso canned soup. The pasta was was cooked they way most places cook it. Unfortunately it wasn’t al dente but it also wasn’t mushy. The red sauce and Alfredo sauce on the side tasted liked what you’d get in a jar at the grocery store, similar to Ragu. The pizzas were plentiful from super thin crust, regular crust to thick crust. The regular and thin crust were better then I had expected. The variety of toppings was great. Some meaty, some veggie, some combo, some cheese only etc. The sauce, cheese and toppings were scarce. The sodas ( addition charge) are self serve with endless refills and they had 3 different desserts that were sweet so they satisfied.

    HOWEVER…they have signs everywhere telling you that if you don’t see the pizza you want, they will custom make a pizza for you and bring the whole thing to your table. So you can order as many as you want, one at a time, with as much cheese and as many toppings your heart desires. At no extra charge.

    There were people eating there from all walks of life. Construction workers, office workers in suits and dresses, young families with small children, older couples, college students, townies, some thin, some fat , some average.

    It was what it was. It wasn’t disgusting yet I won’t be going out of my way again to eat there since my pallet prefers amazing pizza that usually costs about $25 for a large pie from my favorite mom and pop places. But if you have many children or you are in a hurry, have little money and want to stuff yourself silly, this place fits the bill. Gourmet it is not. Kid friendly it is.

    Oh, and if you go today for their $2.99 deal they give you a bunch of discount coupons and another voucher to return again for only $2.99

  17. J says:

    That crap shouldn’t be allowed to be called pizza.