Ian's Pizza on State Review

Great pizza! Ordered a full pizza and only took 10 minutes. Neat place!

Well, when Ian's first opened we didn't really consider it to be as legit as Casa Bianca. Actually Zorba's and the Parthenon were the most popular go to's around that time. Pizza seems to have won over gyros. Ian's established a lot of legitimacy with the move to State St and the passage of time. Pizza is good not great and now quite trendy. Service is occasionally exceptional and mostly average. Location is nice but always questionable for small children because you never know what people outside will be smoking or yelling. Expect vulgarities, panhandling, and disputes outside.

I guess this is the original place for Mac n cheese on your pizza. Huge variety of interesting pizzas and salads. Lots of fresh toppings for everybody's pallet. Bunch of unique sodas in the soda machine too. You can see why College Stoners and drunks in the middle of the night must love this place :-) on the weekends during the day it's great for parents with kids, it's noisy, big tables and no one will notice the mess you make.

Chicken Alfredo pizza was delicious! The pepperoni is also good for a slightly cheaper slice!

Love their pizza, very fast in and out and there is always something new to try.

Yah it was okay but the new Ian's at Garver is better

Love the special pizza there. Good size for sampling.

Good pizza. If you've never been here they sell it by the slice. They're huge slices so it's kinda like 2 big slices off a normal pizza, and they're about $4 a piece. Fresh ingredients, the margarita pizza is the best! Mac n cheese is pretty dank, too!

Gluten free apparently only comes sauce and cheese free too. I've ordered from them 6 times now and only once (when I told them the last 3 times sucked) did it come with even 3/4 of the crust covered. Every other time the gf crust is left about half bare. Yum yum plain tapioca flour and rice! Totally worth the outrageous 20 dollars for a 12 inch. Better off buying your own frozen and adding whatever toppings you want

Anything you can think of, they have it! So delicious! And cheaper prices.

Favorite place to go in Madison! We've never been disappointed

Good pizza good price good location the food comes fast

Big slices, really good and good value for the money.

Decent, not overly spectacular, but not bad. Fair amount of choice and not bad price

Great pizza as always! Breakfast pizza is phenomenal. Try the Jamberry Jam pizza!

A must stop when you are in Madison. Great Pizza and service.

Our own unique pizza startup has grown so well over the years

Interesting choices on the pizza. Nice for a quick bite.

What can I say I just Love Their Pizza always Great!

The Steak and Fries pizza is delicious. Be sure to add some extra sauce to it from the sauce bucket!

The iconic Madison pizza joint. Everything from the classic Mac and Cheese to the crazy Quesadilla, I've never had a bad slice here.

A spinach salad is a great choice. Get chicken and be sure to pick the parmesan and pepper dressing. With 3 breadsticks and marinara sauce - a good meal.

Great four cheese pizza and good vegan options also available

Just so good. Drunk food, fast food, whatever you need they got.

Sooo, they don't deliver 3.5 miles when I'm sick and am unable to go out? Whiskey tango foxtrot, over.

Delicious, unique pizza. Frequently, lines to order. Very large pizza slices.

I feel like its very Madison of me to give Ians 5 stars, but i'm only doing it because the deserve it. Best Pizza downtown hands down.

Pizza was okay, price could have been better. Check out Glass Nickel Pizza instead.

Horrible service, food tastes like frozen pizza reheated, and FILTHY.

Visited this place while in Madison as was told "you have to try Ian's pizza"!
Went about 6pm Sat evening. Got there at a good time as they started getting busy after 6.30 and the lines got pretty long.
Tried 4 different slices:
mac/chz-was just ok,not what we expected (were told this is a must try!). It might have been better if it was fresher/hotter.
Spinach/feta & pesto was good, but again not hot, but lukewarm.
CheesyPotatoe w/ranch pizza was surprisingly good, but the smoky and the bandit chkn was the best in our opinion- even lukewarm the taste was really good; we put bbq sauce on both which added a nice twist to the flavor.
As we both discussed, if the slices had been fresher-they make the pizzas ahead and reheat the slices as ordered-they probably would have tasted better. All that said, I loved the atmosphere, and will definitely give them a try again the next time in the area. Price was very fair for the size of slices and unique ingredients!

Great pizza. Terrible service. They know they're a cultural icon, and will retain a revolving customer base every four years, regardless of the level of service. It definitely hasn't impacted their food quality much, though. Just don't expect to leave very happy.

Great place if you want good pizza! I will be going back!

Great pizza. Fun atmosphere in a great location just off tet Square. Seats faced people walking on State Street. Cool.

A 'by the slice' place. Gotta try the signature Mac and Cheese slice. It isn't amazing, but serviceable. And the crowds can't be wrong, right?

Creative and yummy Drunk food. A UW Madison tradition

Whether you're completely hammered at bar time, looking for an easy lunch or picking up dinner this is the place you want to go.

Probably some of the best pizza I've ever had! Kids are still talking about it mouths later! We went back a few days later, and just as good! A+ for the whole experience!

A must when I visit Madison. Love their unique slices if pizza! Wish we had Ian's Pizza in Chicago!
Stop by & try a slice!

Okay, I think it your experience Ian's depends on when you're eating. Dinner? Great, lots of interesting and creative flavors that keep your meal experience interesting. Late night? Now you're talking. Nothing like Ian's to satisfy your late night hunger.

Excellent pizza but kinda pricey if you get it by the slice

It was amazing. There was a girl in there with a service dog in training which is fairly suspect, but it was a damn fine dog. Oh.... the pizza was great.

Amazing pizzas and calzones! Recommend making a reservation if you have a larger groom and going during the weekend. Excellent beer selection as well.

A Madison staple serving up both conventional and wild slices!

When you ask the people on States Street for the best Pizza Joint they all recommend Ian's. Their signature is the Macaroni and Cheese Pizza therefore that is what I purchased for 4 bucks. Amazing crust and the cheese flavors are sinful with a hint of pepper (not spicy at all). I wouldn't have thought this a good combo but it proved me wrong. If you visit State Street, Ian's is a must! There were many people however the line moved quickly; the staff were polite and answered many questions about the various Pizzas.

I went in for lunch. Got the Caesar s salad (mention extra dressings) and the Buffalo mac&cheese chicken pizza slice. The Caesar s salad was good but I forgot to mention the extra dressing so it was a little dry but still tasty. The pizza slice is huge and filling. The service is super quick and the ambience is great.

Delicious pizza with unique flavors at a great price

Better off grabbing a frozen pizza from the grocery store. I didn't like this at all

Would be awesomeER if the sold Jolly Good Soda. The best local Wi. Soda..........

Such cool pizza choices! Fast service and nice street views!

Mac and Cheese Pizza. That's all you need to know. Well, that and they give employees a fair wage and benefits. I love that.

they have the best pizza ever. they are super quick and have a plenty of different kinds of pizza

Fun pizza spot with funny and interesting topping combinations, like mac and cheese!

Great place on state street to get great pizza and salad

Open Late with plenty of options tp choose from. 2am pizza doesn't get much better

It's Ian's, they have pizza. Been told they have decent salads too.

Do yourself a favor and go to a real pizza shop that knows what they are doing and how to do it well. Ian on the other hand, serves cold, overpriced, and reheated pizza warmed in an oven. Super limited options to specialty type pizzas, no traditional options for pizza (i.e. sausage, mushroom, cheese, etc). And terrible service to tip the scale to 'no thanks' if you were undecided or on the fence about coming to Ian's. Two stars for some of the retro/vintage look of the place. Otherwise, run in the other direction!