Spinelli's Highlands

We aren’t from Louisville, so we had no idea what to expect. We were just craving pizza. The place has a super alternative vibe, hippy type atmosphere. The sign out front says they are open until 5am. Upon entering it definitely gives the vibes this is the spot to be about 2am and you’re looking for some food after a late night. The girl at the counter was pleasant. There didn’t seem to be table service at all. She handed us a paper menu and we ordered at the register. The pizza was pretty good in my opinion. We got a large all meat pizza, cheese bread and 1 of us got a soda. The check was a little over $50. A bit expensive to be honest, but the food was pretty decent. Their “dining room” wasn’t particularly comfortable. Table seating with stools. Fountain sodas to get your own drinks. The dining room was decorated in skulls, skeletons and a half naked mural of Burt Reynolds’s. Definitely different. Not really our vibe, but oh well. The bathroom was gender neutral and very dirty. I wouldn’t even take my daughter in there. We left and looked for a restroom elsewhere. I don’t do M/F restrooms and I definitely don’t do dirty ones.

We got 2 slices of chicken bacon ranch. Cheese sticks and a drink.. cost $32. Higher then we thought but I guess everything down town is. Was good tho.

I don't leave a lot of food reviews, but because I've been eating here for years, I figured I would drop a review on this place. It's the ONLY place in town that I've found that makes a good vegan pizza. With that said, I have to be honest about the negatives: The price is on the higher side, but I understand the vegan ingredients are pricey, so I let that slide. The turnover rate here must be insanely high, because every time I walk in, they have a different crew. Problem with this is that quality varies each time I go in. Some of them care about making a good pie, some of them don't. The first picture (holding the slice) was from December. It's a good quality pie. The second picture was from last week. The crust was carelessly made, the sauce lays bare all the way up to the edge of the crust in some areas, it looks like a rhino nutted cheese all over the middle, and some of those slices had maybe 1 or 2 pieces of sausage while others had the bulk. Again, I love the pizza here, but it's a coin flip every time I walk in on whether I'm getting a good pie or not. I hope management fixes this, because I know there are some good workers here that actually care about making a good pie, but the ones who don't care are tarnishing the place's rep.

The highlands is a really artsy and eclectic place to be, The pizza was better here than the downtown location and less likely to get shot at this one. Really liked it here and want to bring my son to the area when it gets warm outside again. I think he'll love all the colors ❤️

Wife and I had a great experience here. Food and service were both fantastic but as one of the employees mentioned it wasn't lit like I would imagine a pizza place to bit lit up but it also had a very "secret place to eat the no one knows about" vibe. We tried the chicken bacon ranch pizza, the cheese pizza, spinach salad, cheese fries, and got a couple canollis for desert. All of it was delicious! Well definitely be back!