Lou Malnati's Pizzeria Review

4/5 because due high expectations set and even though good, not really blew my mind. We had the Lou's and ingredients were all fresh and flavor was there but I did not get why all the talk. Others in the table did think it was excellent so I guess try it out cuz it may be preference

stopped in for lunch special ,wife had deep dish sausage pizza , sausage was lean compared to other places which is good on old tummies. i had thin crust chicken pizza which i enjoyed, chicken not dried out from overcooking. staff was pleasant and efficient. Parking lot , ground floor i assume accessible , all person ? bathroom on first floor in bar area.

The pizza was very soggy, and the crust was burned.. uneven cooking, the waitress tried to push it off as normal, the manager didn't charge us for pizza boy the whole experience was a disappointment.

BEST DEEP DISH PIZZA EVER!

Try their awesome Sausage Deep Dish pizza. You will never regret this choice.

Nothing special here. Went there because my date wanted to go there.

Amazing service! Outstanding atmosphere! Felt like part of the family with fabulous pizza, pasta, and salads!

This place is wonderful the staff are very friendly and the pizza is far in a way the best in the State.

Custom deep dish pizza took roughly 40 minutes to be ready. Solid quality, though the hot giardiniera was not hot at all. Spin8ch cheese bread thing was good too. Small, but dense.

Delic pizza! Abs cannot beat the waitress here she has been here for 50+ years and made it an experience her she needs a raise!

The greatest Chicago pizza ever. The staff at this particular location are super accommodating!

Best pizza and our waitress Colleen was awesome
Please ask for her
Thank you, Ty

Simply the best. Not cheap but certainly my favorite Chicago style pizza.

Best deep dish pizza in the country as far as I am concerned! Good service, good food, reasonable pricing. Heaven!

Extremely crowded but for good reason. You either have an opinion on the deep dish wars or you're not from around here, but there's no question that this is where my allegiance lies.

I've eaten a lot of pizza all over this country and recently I've come to the conclusion that the Chicago Classic at Lou Malnati's is quite simply, the best pizza I've ever had. It's simple, it's filling, it's amazing. If you want a good pizza, you can't go wrong.

Best deep dish in Chicago! Be sure to get the butter crust.

The salad, wings and deep dish were great. DELISH!

Always a wonderful Chicago institution. Best deep dish in the Midwest. They re famous chopped house salad is excellent.

Love Lou's and this is a meeting point for me & my suburban friends. We usually get their sausage deep dish but when we get a thin crust, i try to ask for "pie cut" so i get triangles with crust on every slice instead of squares.

Great food and the basement hall was a great cozy spot for our company part the waitress and staff were very professional and punctual but also very down to earth!

Very organized. Order ready at the arranged time..

A great stay with an excellent host. We called ahead to have them start making the pizza since they don't take reservations. When we arrived we had a drink at the bar and then a short wait for the table. The food came out perfectly about 5-10 minutes after we were seated. The pizza and appetizer were great as was the wine. The server was personable and excellent. The only negative is the parking here. Otherwise a great time - when I get back to Chicago I'd definitely come back.

Best deep-dish in town, and hands-down the best location to enjoy it.

The best butter crust deep dish pizza, and excellent service, too.

The OG! First location from what I hear. Lunch special was on point, personal deep dish 1 topping and soup for cheap

The best pizza and house salad is the best. Love love love... them

My first time trying a Chicago pizza. Ight was good and very different.

Absolutely love Lou's. A trip to Chicago isn't complete without it!

Nice hangout for the friends and a get together for family good pizza and good wings

What can I see once in a while you have to break a resolution

Always great thick and thin crust pizzas and salads at this, the original location. Buttercrust, sausage as a thick slab or crumbled, all other ingredients fresh and plentiful. My mouth waters with the memories.

Service has always been excellent.

The standard by which other Chicago pizza restaurant chains are to be judged. I could happily live on Lou's and Giordano's for the rest of my life and keep my cardiac physicians living comfortable lives.

Also, their alcohol selection and bartenders are at the top of their class.

~Peter O.

I ordered the 14 inch thin crust with 5 toppings, the mushrooms seemed to come from a can, the very small type, couldn't see the onions, sausage was scarce and didn't taste like Italian sausage, sliced tomatoes were good. Price was 30 bucks; I thought it was ok pizza but nothing to rave about.

it was great, not sure why the service was horrible today

Very bad pizza, to be supposedly one of the best in the city.

We often get carry out, but today dined in. It was good not only because of the food, but while we waited, they took our food order so we didn't have to wait so long for their terrific pizza.

Without doubt one of the most recommended places to eat in Chicago. They have to arrive very hungry because the portions without quite large. The best pizza is the classic house.

Perhaps the definitive Chicago deep dish pizza. They have scores of locations but this is the original. Try the Malnati salad.

We're from Michigan and was visiting our daughter and son in law and had a great experience at this place they were courteous and very polite.

Awesomenes pizza. First time I had a pizza from Chicago. It was worth it.

Ridiculous, second issue with them and goes un resolved. Downtown and Palatine locations provide the best service.

I ordered and Italian beef and the au jus was pure oregano in flavor and completely inedible; it was purely bitter due to the oregano. called tocomplain and was offered 2 options. To remake or to give a gift card via mail. Being it was so late, I just wanted to sleep and accepted the gift card. Never came weeks later.

25 dollars tossed in the garbage. During this time you would anticipate them to honor their word and quality. Didn't happen. My husband wanted to order tonight and we recalled the incident from weeks ago and called and ordered Belonias in Albany Park instead.

When it is rectified, I will delete this.

The original and still the best!! Absolutely love this place. Try the Lou!

Use do not give me my six pack of Coke and use are open till 11 PM so I know you re open why won t anybody answer the phone?? I don t understand if you re open I m calling before 11 PM and nobody will answer and I don t have my six pack of Coke y ??

Good. Tables covered by cotton tablecloths. Food was prepared quickly and it was good. Service pleasant.

This visit was only to pick up an order but the service was great and the wait time not long, even though they were extremely busy. The food was yummy as usual!

Pizza and pasta was good stuffed. mushroom wasn't. But I would return.

Great service on my catering pick up! From the staff on the phone to the staff on site, they were all great to work with. Will definitely be back.

A top line restaurant with delicious food with amazing flavor. Everything is cooked to the highest degree of perfection. Perfect!

Had bruschetta as an appetizer and obviously thin crust and deep dish as an on tray ! Food was delicious and the place was nice and clean. Service could be better. Our waitress didn't check on us but once. And that was towards the end of our dinner.

Best deep dish pizza I've ever had. Better than Giordano's.

Our favorite place to bring friends and family who visit Chicago. Best deep dish pizza!

Love the deep dish cheese and sausage crumble pizza

Great Pizza Just A Little Wait On Service But Worth The Wait.

Their deep dish is great.
Salads are salty but of course they're a side.
Chocolate pizza is a good dessert, but if you find yourself full after finishing up pizzas, then you might not be able to finish it.

One of the better deep dish pizza places in the area. The crust is not as buttery as Pizanos, but it's very similar as the places were started by brothers!! The sauce is very tasty and the toppings are generous.

It can get very busy here, especially with pickup orders. I wished they'd have more signs telling us which lines are pickups and which ones are dine-in. Without it, the first moments in this place was chaotic. We arrived and stood in front of the registers, waiting for about 5 people to put in orders. There was no one else at the other registers, so we assumed we were in the right place for dining-in. But once we finally got to the front of the line, we were told we were in the wrong line and needed to wait for the hostess, who was not at her station the entire 10 minutes we were there. We had to flag down another staff for service. Finally we were seated. They first put all 6 of us in a booth. We were all really skinny people, but the booth was incredibly tight. We asked to be moved, and were moved to a table for 10 which was way too big and didn't make it seemed like a intimate dining experience. We ordered a bunch of appetizers and a salad and 2 pizzas. The family-style salad was gigantic, and made us full even before the pizzas arrived. The pizzas were great, but somehow wasn't as thick as the deep-dish pizzas I've gotton at other Lou Malnati's, especially the ones in the city. Our servers insisted on serving us each of our slice, so she put the pizza pans on a console away from the table. This creates a problem when she wasn't around when we wanted another slice and had to wait for her. I truly don't understand wy they do that when there was plenty of space on our table. After all, they gave us a table for 10 people even when there's only 6. There's more than enough room for 2 more pizzas.

Great food awesome service. It was on our vacation bucket list and it didn't dissapoint.

Pizza is delicious and the side salad was very fresh huge portion