I wanted to like Papa John's & had been waiting for an opportune time to finally try it. I was very disappointed.
Papa John's is BETTER than- Little Caesars, Dominos & Pizza Hut- but that says very little, as they are all really bad pizzas.
Papa John's is worse than PizzaPizza- but that's far from an endorsement, as PizzaPizza is also far from good pizza.
I ordered a large, regular crust & sauce sausage pizza with onions, mushrooms (1/2 pizza), green pepper (1/2 pizza) & extra cheese for pick-up on a mid week evening around 6:15PM. Pizza was ready when I arrived & was as ordered. Pizza was also nice & hot.
My wife & I were able to eat a couple of slices each & I even had a cold slice the next morning. But we ate only because we were hungry. Their sauce is sweet- much too sweet. The crust tasted of nothing. Cheese was also tasteless. Vegetable toppings were fine & generous. Sausage was just so-so, but was also generously spread on the pizza.
If I had to eat a PapaJohn pizza ever again I would try their thin crust. PERHAPS that would make it somewhat better.