Bon Appetit named Pizza Jerk one of the country's "50 Best New Restaurants". Thrillist named the restaurant one the best pizzerias in the U.S. Portland Monthly included the pizzeria in a list of the city's best new restaurants of 2016. Kara Stokes included Pizza Jerk in Eater Portland's 2021 overview of recommended eateries in northeast Portland's Cully neighborhood. In 2022, the website's Janey Wong called Pizza Jerk a "punk rock pizzeria".
