Giordano’s

Overrated and under cooked… on our tour of the Windy City we thought this trip would not be complete without a visit to the Giordano’s for a deep dish cheese pizza. After spending the afternoon on a boat on the river we were hungry and ready to partake in the cheese fest that is Chicago style deep dish pizza. We were underwhelmed by the undercooked dough. After a 45 minute wait the pizza was still too raw for me. It’s no secret that I prefer NY/east coast style pizza or even Neapolitan style over this cheesy doughy mess, but this was just a bit of a disappointment given all the hype. Looks better than it tastes. Review … meh

Best reviews are those that leave you speechless and so did this location and their deep dish pizza.

OMG! So delicious from the ranch sauce, to the pizza , to the enormous wings and to the sangria! We came here on my birthday July 28 and it was everything I was expecting. It was my first time in Chicago so I knew I just HAD TO try Chicago pizza! It was a must on my list! The host was very nice and have great customer service and suggestions!! I love to dunk my pizza in ranch so very happily they brought me two more dips!! The sauce of the wings were delicious I recommend. There was three of us so we got a large pizza and wings but I was so stuffed! We had left overs, about three more slices! Next time I will order a small pizza and the wings and I think I’m ser!!

I have had many different kind of pizzas before, most memorable ones were in Rome, NY, and Asia! I even had some deep dish before once in LA, the experience was meh, my impression of deep dish was not positive, it was very dense, heavy and filling, it was like eating a compressed lasagna. That’s prolly because I haven’t try the authenic Chicago deep dish, and boy, I didn’t like it, I love it! This was my 1st time in Chicago, and my 1st stop was Giordano’s. It wasn’t even lunch or dinner hours, it was an early afternoon but this place was packed! I guess Chicagoans love to eat deep dish for tea time? We were able to place an order before getting seated. We waited for about 30min. And our table was ready. Shortly after, our foods started to arrive. The deep dish was phenomenal! Once I took the first bite, I was instantly draw to it, and I couldn’t stop eating, before I know it, I have already finished 4 pieces. The thick crust blended in with the melted cheese, it was buttery and crunchy, soft and hard, when I finished eating, the pan was still hot, thats how good it was! LOL~ instagram.com/p/CTqZxpzF…

The pizza here is way better than the pizza at Lou Malnati’s. Come here for good pizza and go to Lou Malnati’s for good salad and dressing. EDIT: I did not have the salad or dressing at Giordano’s, and I should’ve mentioned that in my review above but didn’t since I rushed the review. It is important to note that Giordano privately messaged me and said they would work on the salad. For anyone that is considering eating here, their response should be a testament that they value customer feedback and that goes a long way in my book. I will continue to recommend this restaurant. Thank you for caring, Giordano’s.

Food tastes great, but the 45 minute wait for a deep dish pizza that could have been communicated to my husband and I when we ordered it was what made our first visit to Giordano’s disappointing. We ordered chicken wings for our appetizer and before we finished them, my spaghetti with meatballs came. A small order was very generous. I finished about half of my plate of pasta when I wanted to get it boxed up and my husband’s classic deep dish pizza still wasn’t delivered to our table. After waving down our waiter, he then told us it takes 45 minutes to bake their pizza. That would have been nice to know when we put in the order. We had tickets to visit 360 Chicago observation deck and we were a few minutes late because of this wait and mind you we came to this restaurant more than an hour before our tickets’ reservation time. My husband only had enough time to eat one slice of the pizza before we had to box it up. The to-go container I requested didn’t make it to our table after I asked for it the first time. I had to ask a second time for it. Then it took a while for our waiter to process our payment. I honestly didn’t feel like leaving a tip because our waiter could have been more forthcoming with informing us about the lengthy wait for a deep dish pizza and speedier to get things for us and to settle the bill. To make things worse, it started to pour rain so I had to pay $30+ for a 4-minute Lyft ride to get to our reservation time at the 360 Chicago observation deck. When we got there, there’s a sign and we were told by the security guard that we couldn’t bring our leftovers from Giordano’s up to the observation deck and there wasn’t any place or anyone who could hold our food, so $80+ worth of leftover food was trashed just so we could go in. Again, if our waiter only told us how long of a wait the pizza would be, I’m sure we would have opted to order something else and prevent such a waste of food, time, and money.

Been here lots of times and I think this is my first review. Not sure if this can be considered a “chain” restaurant as they do have many locations. Bottom line is this place is awesome. Their Deep Dish is simply addictive and the atmosphere is fun and lively. Came here with my wife and two kids, 16 and 11. We stood on line outside for about 5 min and then checked in. You are best off ordering your deep dish when you check in as it takes 45-60 minutes to cook. We checked in and hung out near the bar as we awaited our table ready text. We had some drinks and in no time our table was ready. For apps we had the sampler and it is tasty. They give you four dips (sauce, ranch, BBQ and Buffalo) to choose from and the sampler comes with nuggets, mozz. Squares, and cheese bread. It is nothing special but it was good. For the main event we had the medium deep dish with sausage, green peppers, shrooms and onions. It took about 45 min to come out, but it was worth the wait. It is sooooo yummy. And sooooooo filling. Covid protocols in place as masks are a must until you sit down. Three of us were fully vaxed but my 11 year old was not. Tables were spread enough that we felt very safe Love this place whenever we are in Chi. Go. Here.

Best Chicago pizza. Our First an ever Chicago slice. Thin crust is how originally made in Chicago! Can’t go pass by this restaurant for free smells you have to come in and see the atmosphere and friendly people. I love this place I’m definitely coming back every time I’m in Chicago.

Aloha, when in Chicago you must have a true deep dish pizza. Okay we’ve all had versions of, at the chains, but real deep dish pizza is more fluffy crusty, not chewy. Giordano’s is the classic version and the real McCoy. First, it takes at least a 1/2 hour from when ordered, you sit in anticipation for a great meal (with a line out the door waiting even longer). You bide your time by walking over to the glassed in kitchen, watching them press dough then flinging it in the air and flying it across the room to a rack, amazing it lands every time exactly on the rack LOL. Then another person drops the thin dough into a pan, starts filling with yummy cheese, meats sauce etc, then another thin dough and more cheese meat & sauce, wow! Your mouth starts to water as the table next to you receives their pizza and the aroma seeps over to our table, yum, I’m starving now. Then ours arrive, wow, I was only going to have 1 piece, yikes I’m now on piece 2. Roll me home, or I guess I walk home to wear off what I just ate, satisfied tremendously. Mahalo Giodano’s we’ll be back!

The wait was decently long (about 10 min to 15 min) before we got seated on a weekdayunch hour. We ordered the tomato basil soup (soup of the day), the appetizer sampler, and Chicago classic thin crust. We didn’t get the quintessential deep dish pizza because it’s a little too much for us. The best part of the appetizer was the cheesy bread. It was well-seasoned and well-baked. The pizza itself takes about 30 minutes to make so we munched on our appetizers first. I was a little disappointed by the Chicago classic (green peppers, pepperoni, onion, mushroom) because the cheese distribution was all over the place. The center had too many layers of cheese and there were areas close to the crust that only had sauce. A medium thin crust was enough to feed 4 ppl with the appetizers. The booths were a cute red color and service was very quick with water.