Lou Malnati's Pizzeria Review

Best deep dish and wings I ve ever had in my travels! Customer service was great as well

The buttercrust deep dish pizza at this location is the best

Always a classic. My go-to pizza whenever I m in Chicago. I get the pepperoni, personally as the one issue I have here is with their sausage. It overpowers the pizza and is crumbly. Their crust however is delicious and buttery and makes the meal.

We are probably here too often. Try deep dish with the butter crust, spinach, and black olives. It's awesome.
You can't really go wrong. Good food and nice relaxed atmosphere

The best deep dish pizza ever and also recommend to get it with garlic butter crust

Lou's was ok. They are always really cool about accommodating our group of loud musicians the last day of sectionals on a Friday. I always get the personal cheese cause everyone else likes meat on their pizza. The servers are pretty nice. Even the patrons are good about us being loud and obnoxious and swearing around their kids. Haha! That's not funny. No complaints here.

Great Family Place!
Our whole family comes here all the time its just a great place.
Pizza always AMAZING! Appetizers great try the cheese sticks. Family always get a huge salad.
Staff is great. They have awesome sports memorabilia.
Must stop for tourist!

Great authentic deep dish Chicago pizza. Two restaurant sides, one by the bar and the other in the dining room. Fun American football theme. Easy parking. The waiters try to turn the tables quite fast, just dont let them rush you. Enjoy!

Awesome pizza and great service. They have sports memorabilia and a great family atmosphere.

Went to the original location. The lounge pizza was great.

The deep dish Malnati Classic was a family favorite. The Malnati Salad was excellent too!

Just a quick reminder while we're back home what real pizza tastes like. Love you Lou Mal!

Ordered take out on a Friday night. Food was prepared quickly and on time. Everything was still hot when we got home. Highly recommended their deep dish!

This place is great!!!! Very friendly staff and the food is fantastic! A++++++++

Average service, longer than average wait time, good gluten free pizza. We used the app to order on a Monday night and it took over 30 minutes to receive 3 small pizzas. The gluten free crust was good, but the price tag is high ($50+ for 3 small pizzas).

Was a little disappointed with all the hype. I though the sauce and sausage lacked flavor. Will give them another shot.

Great food and service! We had thin crust pizza, chicken nuggets & fries, and the mini cheese burger & fruit. Tracy was our waitress, she was attentive and added to our great experience. Would definitely recommend!

The best Italian food I've had! The service was amazing. The portion sizes are massive, so definitely share meals. Pizza was sooooooo delicious. I will definitely visit here when I am in Chicago again!

Great spot for pizza! Treated just like one of the family!

The food is great. Always tasty and high quality.
Service is lacking. After being seated, no one checked on our party for 15 minutes. After ordering, drinks took another 10 minutes for our party of 6.
When appetizers arrived, we had no plates. No one came by again so I grabbed a set from the neighboring empty table
When our salad arrived, we still hadn't been offered water. For our 2 hour meal, we were offered napkins or the like. No one stopped by our table.
We ordered spaghetti as well as pizza. The pizza was served but no sign of the pasta. 15 minutes passed before we could flag someone down to inquire about the spaghetti. Server obviously didn't acknowledge he forgot to put order in to the kitchen and instead disappeared for 15 minutes. We could see him hanging out at the bar, chatting with co-workers. Didn't stop by until the pasta was finally served.
Didn't bring plates for the pasta.
After the check was dropped off, we had our payment out for another 10 minutes. Half our party left since they could no longer wait. Server finally picks up check. Upon returning, quickly says "Sorry about that". Sorry about what? Which part?
Upon leaving, we encountered 6 staff members conversing. None acknowledge or thank us on our way out.
Just a truly forgettable experience. Can no longer recommend this location. Go to the Ravenswood location instead.

Great food served hot, attentive staff and well priced for the portions you get. I would come here again!

We ordered bruschetta, pizza and 2 drinks. Everything was delicious!

Lou's is a Chicago Staple, and this one is definitely good. Occasionally service staff handling to go orders can be a little off putting if you dont use the to Go entrance.... Get the buttercrust.

Excellent food, as well as service. There was about a thirty minute wait for our pizza, but that's to be expected. Well worth the price you pay, as it's some of the best Chicago deep dish I've had! It definitely stays true to it's reputation and should be on your list if you're headed to Chicago!

Wonderful Service Wonderful Pizza, Hot Wings, And That Ceaser Chicken Salad OMG

This is the original Lou's with the original pans and boy is it good. You simply can't go wrong. And try the pizza with the ranch. They're a match made in heaven.

Nice and cozy, very good salad, but the deep dish pizza not so good.

Visiting from California. Incredible pizza. Amazing salad. Service was great. Really a great Chicago experience. Love it.

Always be #1. best food ever, service team always friendly. had Pizza hundreds of times and also Lasagna-very good.
Lou Dough nice perk too.

The original and still the best! The sausage deep dish is always great. Salad with Creamy garlic dressing is a favorite as is the house red wine vinaigrette. We never make it to dessert, always too stuffed with pizza.

This is one of my favorite places to go for do dish pizza! The crust is magnificent and crunchy and the red sauce is pleasantly sweet. My favorite is deep dish sausage with tomatoes on top but you can't go wrong with anything. The Malnati salad is also delicious!

Pizza was verry dry almost no cheese on it . If u order make sure u tell them extra cheese if not it will be only bread and pepperoni

I'm not a huge Chicago pizza fan (other than "The Lou" of course!), but this place is great. From the staff, the decor and the building in general. I pass by several other Lou's driving up from the city to get to this location. The best!

The best Chicago style deep dish pizza! Try the Classic!

We haven't been back in the old neighborhood to stop Lou's for years. It was good as ever and the service was good also.

Awesome Service, and amazing pizza, bought 6 frozen deep dish to take back to WI

The best pizza in Chicago (although this one is in Lincolnwood - not too far away). Always get the butter crust. It will change your life!

Don't miss out on The thin crust! Great flavor a Chicago tradition

Everybody Raves about the deep dish I like their thin crust

One of the original authentic Chicago style pizzeria

I've been going here since I was a kid. The food and service keep getting better and better. The parking can get a little crazy though.

Awesome Pizza, salad and apps. Diverse crowd, relaxed atmosphere, great friendly service

Great place. Great service just a touch loud the day we visited.
The pizza and appetizers fantasyic.

Freshest ingredients and flavorful pizza. Does take a little time, but perfection cannot be rushed.

We had a very big party, 22 of us with several kids, and they did a great job of accommodating us. And the food was fantastic as always.

The pizza is always good. The chicken sausage was amazing. Nice replacement for those who don't eat pork or beef.

Excellent pizza and the family salad is enough for 4 the service is fast and the wait staff is friendly