Malawi's Pizza is a wood-fired pizza restaurant at the Shops at Riverwoods, 4801 N. University Ave., Suite 110, in north Provo. Its hook is on the sign: for every meal sold, it provides a meal to a child in Malawi, the southeast African country. It's open Monday through Thursday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Friday and Saturday 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Details are from the restaurant's website, read Nov. 9, 2026, and from Deseret News and Daily Universe coverage.
A note on these details: Malawi's website doesn't list prices or Sunday hours, so we couldn't confirm them. Call before you go, especially on a Sunday.
The basics
| Address | 4801 N. University Ave., Suite 110, Provo (Shops at Riverwoods) |
| Hours | Mon.-Thu. 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. 11 a.m.-10 p.m. |
| Known for | Wood-fired pizza, berry salads, dessert pizza |
| The giving model | One meal to a child in Malawi for each meal sold |
| Opened | 2010 |
What to order
The restaurant's website highlights:
- Wood-fired artisan pizzas, including the Citrus Arugula and the Malawi Capri.
- Salads built on fresh produce, including the Triple Berry and the Berry Super Greens.
- Cinnamon-sugar breadsticks and other scratch-made desserts.
- A berries-and-cream dessert pizza.
For more choices across the valley, see our best pizza in Provo and Orem.
How the meal-for-meal model works
Malawi's calls it the Meal for Meal Exchange: each meal a customer buys pays for a meal for a child in Malawi. The donated meals aren't pizza. The Deseret News reported in 2017 that they're a porridge mix made from grain bought from Malawian farmers, blended with maize, soybean, millet and other nutrients, and designed for children ages 2 to 10.
In 2012, the Daily Universe reported that the restaurant sent the money to Feed the Children, which bought and delivered the meals, settling up every six weeks. We didn't find a current statement naming the partner.
The restaurant passed one million donated meals in November 2017, according to the Deseret News.
Where it came from
The Deseret News reported that Blake Roney, a co-founder of Nu Skin, came back from a humanitarian trip to Africa having learned how poor Malawi was. He called Kent Andersen, a certified executive chef he'd worked with before, and proposed a restaurant with a giving component. They opened at the Shops at Riverwoods in 2010. By 2017 the brand had franchises in Texas and Virginia, the paper reported; those meals counted toward the same donations.
"I think people come for the pizza," Andersen told the Deseret News.
Before you go
- It's at Riverwoods, the outdoor shopping center at the north end of Provo near the mouth of Provo Canyon. See our Shops at Riverwoods guide for parking and the rest of the center.
- Sunday: the website doesn't list Sunday hours, so call first.
Related guides
- Best pizza in Provo and Orem
- Shops at Riverwoods
- Best restaurants in Provo
- Pizzeria 712 in Orem
- Di Napoli in Orem
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Sources
The facts in this guide were checked against these sources. Hours, fees and rules change, so confirm anything time-sensitive with the source before you go. How we make Provo.com.
- Malawi's Pizza. Checked November 9, 2026.
- Provo pizza parlor's 2-for-1 deal a boon to Malawi's hungry, Deseret News. Checked November 9, 2026.
- Dining at Malawi's Pizza feeds you and an orphan, The Daily Universe. Checked November 9, 2026.
