Food was fine. Literally the worst service I've experienced in my adult life. I worked in service for over a decade, so I can forgive pretty much any type of restaurant chaos. But this started with the greeter who was an a**h*le. We ordered our pizza in advance as directed and expected the wait. We knew something was wrong when every table that was seated after us got their food well before us. When we asked what the delay was, we were told the pizza was ready he was just waiting for the other entrées. He clearly forgot to put in our order. We never got water. We never got checked on. We had to bus our own table to make room for entrées when they did come. Restaurants like this that operate on tourist recognition just end up being the worst. Im a former NYer so I don't require sweetness from staff--but a modicum of manners and service are a bare minimum. A much better meal and experience at Chicago's Pizza. read more

We had a party of 9 and got there about 4:30 and they seated us right away Ryan was our server and he was super busy but took good care of us! Took our drink order then came back to get our pizza order in. After he brought the drinks we ordered everything else and it was all delicious! It was crowded and there was quite a few people waiting when we left, but the overall experience was great! read more

Giordano's - All the meats pizza! - Pizza Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

First time in Chicago and workers were pleasant even near closing. The bbq bacon chicken deep dish was absolutely insane. Can't wait to come back. read more

Giordano's - Bbq bacon chicken deep dish - Pizza Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

We visited Giordano's on a Saturday, when there was a Jazz Festival going on nearby in Millenium Park. We were quoted with a 45 minute wait to be seated, and advised to order our pizza ahead of time. Waiting for the initial check in took 15 minutes and another 15 minutes to order our pizza. We received a text that our table was ready, after about 35 minutes. Once seated, we ordered the appetizer sampler platter and a Caesar salad. When we were done with our appetizers, the pizza came out. Our server was very attentive with drinks. The restaurant was very busy, but efficient. We would visit this location again! read more

Giordano's - Appetizer Sampler - Pizza Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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Service is horrible. Rude. Disrespectful. Told to ask hostess for bar seats to have a drink while waited on to go order. Asked hostess. She said to seat ourselves. Went to bar and a young male manager came yelling and making a scene that we could not sit ourselves. Tried to explain hostess sent us to bar. He just walked away. I should have canceled the order. Food Just as bad as his attitude. Would give zero stars. read more

Walked in on a Thursday after lunch and was immediately seated. Our drinks and apps came out quick and our pie came out within the time frame the waitress said it would. The Greek salad was good! I wish it had a bit more veggies but overall solid. The pizza was great and had a delicious sauce. read more

Giordano's - Deep dish supreme - Pizza Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Solid 3 rating. Enjoed the pizz, just a tad sweet for me, but still solid, had caramalized onions, which might've made it sweeter, but i think it was the sauce. really liked the amount of sauce and the crust. Added a side salad which was a nice size. Service at the big ole bar was solid too. Recommend, but done it, now may not again. read more

Is it touristy? Probably, but you know what. The pizza was DELICIOUS! There was a long line, but we stayed and it was worth it. Very fast paced action with lots of people talking loud, but it was all an experience. Everyone seemed happy and pizzas were flying out the door and onto the tables. I wish I could have the classic Chicago pizza everyday. The crust was unreal. I will return to the city, just for this pizze. read more

Giordano's - Pizza Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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My first time in Chicago and had to try Giordano's. There is a wait time to be seated but thankfully we came after lunch prime time and were seated immediately. It takes around 45mins to bake this pizza so time yourself accordingly! Our server was really nice and they even were patient with our questions on the origins of the restaurant. We were a part of 5, we got the mixed appetizer platter to share while we waited for our pizza. We got a large deep dish pizza, half pepperoni and half veggie. After approximately an hour of wait time, the pizza arrived. Holy moly the cheese pulls. Definitely get them to serve the first few slices because getting it is an art in itself. We definitely over ordered, it's hard to eat more than one slice of this beast. It was more like a cheesy pie with toppings in between. Great for once in a while! read more

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We arrived right when they opened and the line was already out the door. We had high hopes for this place and their famous deep dish pizza. Within 15 minutes of opening, the place was packed! What a disappointment! Their pizza was not worth the hype. It was all cheese, and the sauce was bland. The pizza as a whole lacked flavor. I do not recommend this place. There is much better deep dish pizza in Chicago than Giordano's. I won't be coming back. read more

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Giordano's is pure Chicago comfort. I ordered the medium Meat & More Meat, and honestly--it lived up to the hype. When it hit the table, it looked massive, with that buttery, golden crust and cheese practically bubbling out. Every bite was loaded: sausage, pepperoni, salami, and bacon, all stacked under a layer of gooey mozzarella and bright tomato sauce. The sausage stole the show--juicy and full of flavor. It's heavy, no doubt, but worth every bite. Service was friendly and laid-back, which matched the vibe perfectly. You'll wait a bit for your pizza, but that's part of the deal here--it's baked fresh and comes out piping hot. Rating: 9/10 - Big, bold, and unapologetically cheesy. Come hungry. read more

Giordano's - Medium Meat & More Meat - Pizza Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Yup, everything you hear is true, do not go to Chicago with out having the experience of Giordano's. The pizza, the service, the old Chicago vibe. It is a must. read more

The food was great, the service was friendly and fast. Even during what looked like a rush we still got seated quickly. I would recommend it. read more

Great service, love that we can order our pizza ahead of our reservation. It is still a bit of a wait after you get to the table but overall a great place. read more

Giordano's - Pizza Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Went here on vacation never had real deep dish pizza before. The food was amazing to say the least. Service was great as well. They were super busy and still acomadated a large group with no problems. Also nice environment I requested them to close the patio windows for the weather and they happily did it. Overall great experience read more

Giordano's - Pizza Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Went to Lollapalooza and heard we need to try the pizza here in Chicago. So placed an order inside lolla for pickup. They do take awhile to make the pizzas unless it was the grab and go ones. But it is a good thing as they make them fresh. They were also very busy as many people went here after lolla as well. Staff was very attentive and always checking on customers walking in. We had had placed our order 1 hour ago and estimated time ready was 60-75 min. We got there had to wait 10 minutes as they were very busy. The interior had a lot of seating and very spacious. Got the Chicago deep dish and was delicious! Definitely recommend! read more

Giordano's - chicago style deep dish - Pizza Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

First the good, because there is so much to enjoy about this place. The food is amazing! The restaurant is spacious with calm lighting. And it is clean. We got the 10-inch 'The Special' deep dish pizza, and it was awesome. The individual who brought it out (not our waitress, more on that later) was awesome, fun, and let us take our time taking photos of the pie and the cheese pull. We really enjoyed this experience and the person who provided it for us! If this person had been our waitress, this review would be a raving 5/5 stars across the board. Alas, that is not the case. Our waitress, who I believe was named Ivan (pronounced ee-vhan, female) absolutely sucked at her job. Not mincing my words here. She did not convey how long it would take for a pie to be serviced, which is anywhere from 40 minutes to an hour, so be prepared for a wait. This is something that other customers who came in after us were informed of, albeit by a different staff member who clearly had a better bedside manner. At one point, when asking if we were ready to order, we must have taken too long, because she just walked off. Maybe she thought we had said "no", but there was no "No worries, take your time" or any other kind of verbal confirmation. Just...gone. Every time she was at a nearby table, she didn't bother to check in or even look in our direction, and I had to flag her down for a drink refill whenever we wanted one. At the end, when it came time to pay the bill, she hovered over my shoulder, making me very uncomfortable leaving the tip commiserate with the level of service provided (hint: something below the standard 20%). In the end, I swiftly hit the 18% button to seal the deal, though I felt I betrayed myself for not leaving something much, much lower than that. All in all, great place with excellent food and some good people in the service side of the house. Unfortunately, we good the rotten one. If you ever dine here and find the person waiting you a tad rude, do yourself a favor and ask for someone else, a different table, or just leave. Don't let crappy service tarnish this otherwise amazing experience! read more

Giordano's - "The special" Giordano's deep dish - Pizza Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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Just simply Chicago's deep dish at its best. I highly recommend and the crust oh my! Can't wait to return to Chicago for this experience alone. read more

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Really expensive deep dish pizza and long wait time. I would highly suggest getting take out because waiting for the pizza takes upwards of 45 minutes. The pizza was very disappointing and greasy, and for the price, just not worth it. I ordered the mozzarella triangles, and they were like 16$ for a few pieces. They tasted good but definitely not worth it for the price. read more

Ordered Chicago style pizza Italian beef aranicini with giardininera and Greek salad All tastes great read more

Stopped here for dinner with a friend on a Wednesday night. The place was crowded but we luckily didn't have a wait. We shared a personal size of deep dish pizza and a personal size salad: - Chopped salad (w/o bacon) - this was decent, but I would've liked a bit more flavor in the dressing. - Individual deep dish pizza with jalapenos, mushrooms, and banana peppers - didn't like this at all. The plus is that it was loaded with more than enough toppings, which was nice. Unfortunately the crust was slightly burnt and rock hard, which meant we had to eat the soggy interior of the pizza but leave the crust. I wonder if this issue wouldn't have happened if we went with a bigger size. Also the bit of the crust I was able to eat had no flavor - this was my first time trying Chicago deep dish so maybe that's expected, but it was disappointing for me. Service was great, and we really enjoyed the low lighting and overall chill vibes of the restaurant. It made the 30 minute wait for our pizza go by very quickly. read more

Dear Donna is always the best! Definitely recommend as the police to draw a Chicago deep dish. Though there is a difference between the location sometimes. This one was pretty solid! Definitely order quick cause it does take a long time to cook read more

The best pizza I've ever had. It's now my favorite and the service in this location is superb!

Pizza was ordered online. We waited one hour at the restaurant location for the pizza. It was given to us after a 50 minute wait overcooked, hard, cheese and crust was cold as if it was sitting for quite awhile. We had just arrived to Chicago as soon as our flight arrived went straight to the restaurant. We were very disappointed and called the manager who spoke with us offered to make another pizza or a refund. We opted for the refund. I gave two stars since the manager was apologetic but we had to make other dinner plans. We were unable to eat or enjoy our first Chicago style pizza. read more

Seated very fast for how crowded it was at the time especially as it was during lollapalooza. But it seems they couldn't handle it even though many servers were standing around. We ordered a pizza immediately when we got there (not even deep dish) but it still took them over an hour to bring it to us on top of that it tasted just like a red barron frozen pizza from frys and came on a piece of cardboard making us believe it really was just a frozen pizza no shade we felt scammed. We also ordered the alfredo and it was just so dry we couldn't even swallow #mariecallenders save yourself some money and try a mom and pop shop instead. cute inside though. read more

Giordano's - Cardboard pizza. - Pizza Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Thoroughly enjoyed our experience. We stopped during the holidays while we were downtown. Wanted somewhere close enough to walk to the museum we visited. Close to Millennium Park. Really cool ambiance. Had some TVs so like a sports bar as well. Food was amazing. We had the combo appetizer dish and got to experience all the good stuff. The bruschetta was spot on! The only negative is the photo taking by the staff. It's a great gimmick for tourists but felt very used car salesman with the "catch"! read more

Giordano's - Pizza Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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So yummy! We love Chicago. My opinion is that THIS is the best Chicago style pizza. It takes awhile to get the pizza, so I suggest you order a salad to eat before the pizza arrives. read more

TAKE-OUT! Giordano'a Lake Buena Vista location. We were so excited to finally try Giordano's after hearing so many great things. We waited all day to splurge on this supposedly world-famous pizza -- our resort even recommended it! We ordered take-out In the resturant, and waited about 25 minutes. When we got back and opened the box, what a huge disappointment. The pizza was burned, overcooked, and the crust tasted like cardboard. Absolutely terrible. We were starving and didn't want to drive back and wait another 25 minutes for a replacement, so we tried to eat it -- but it was just awful. The only good part of our meal was my homemade Caesar salad! We even left a tip, expecting a great meal. Sadly, this was not worth it at all. Just check out the pictures -- they speak for themselves. read more

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I'm not a fan of deep dish but my 10 year loved it. Look at that cheese pull! their thin pizza, wings and cesar salad was delish! read more

Giordano's - Pepperoni Deep Dish Pizza 10" - Pizza Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

The food was so good! It was soooooo savory and delicious! The severs were also very kind to me and my dad, I also liked the whole vibe of the restaurant. read more

Giordano's - The restaurant - Pizza Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

The last time we have been to Giordano's and I do not recall how mad it is as we tried to get a table. It's chaotic as there's tons of ppl when you arrive inside and outside and you really do not know where to go to get a table. Literally just asking each other since it's just 2 ppl at the counter looking exhausted dealing with tons of ppl. The counter has 2 ppl standing but both do not check you in. They can do a better job when signage as everyone enters or rope off better. Tip: -If you're trying to get a table, go to the left side of the counter and she will get you on a waitlist. It's about a 20mins wait. Then you go to the right side and get in line to order your pizza only as it'll take 45mins for your pie. Then chill out and wait for your name to be called or get a text that your table is ready. -If you just want to order to go, go behind the check in counter, that's where you order and pick up your to go order Got our text the table is ready and walked upstairs to check in with a person on an iPad to cross us off while another person is walking us to our table. Very large restaurant and can accommodate small to large groups. When you're seated, get your recipe for your pizza order out and give it to the waiter. That's how they will know where to bring out your pizza when ready. Ordered a Caesar to share plus a tall glass of beer. Those came out fairly quickly. The pizza does take a bit more time. Wait staff are friendly and accommodating. Everything is fresh and very good. Definitely a must stop when in Chicago. 3 stars cuz of the unorganized process upon arrival. read more

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loved the chopped salad. the pizza and chicken were pretty average. interior was so packed but they did a good job of getting people in and out read more

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I've been to Chicago a handful of times but never tried the deep dish - we got lots of recommendations to go to Giordano's so we tried the calamari and Caesar salad for apps and of course a deep dish pizza. One half pepperoni and mushroom and the other half a meat combo. The apps were good! We liked that they had the legs in the calamari. The pizza wasn't our style - it was filling and had tons of ingredients but the crust is only there to hold everything in, it didn't taste great. We could never find our server either, it was a little busy in a weekday night and she was running everywhere saying she'll be right back so it was hard to get refills or help with anything. read more

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Good food with good friends! Service was friendly! Good jams on! Definitely will return! read more

Giordano's - Deep dish 19" - Pizza Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

My experience at Gordano's was good. Coming to Chicago, something on my bucket list was to try deep-dish pizza, and Gordano's did not miss. Despite the 50-minute wait for the pizza to arrive after ordering, it was worth it. Our server was also great as he gave us a rundown of the menu as well as what the best items to get were. The only negative I had was how loud it was. My girlfriend was sitting across from me, and we could barely have a conversation. read more

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We had a great experience here while in Chicago. Our waiter was pleasant and spent time with us answering our questions. We loved the Italian salad. Trust me size up! We did try the deep dish pizza. We didn't love it. First time having deep dish and we knew going in we likely would not be a fan. Not the establishments fault. The reason I took off a star was because the crust had a soggy bottom. Even after waiting 35 minutes for it to cook. read more

Where to start....lots of resources applied to seating people, not so much for the servers. Spent 20 minutes seated waiting for a server, glass of water...it was 4:30 on a Wednesday with no special events taking place. Pizza was good, but not good enough to justify the wait. read more

Giordano's - Pizza Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

After a busy weekend in Chicago, we didn't want to go out for dinner, so we ordered delivery of a Chicago Classic Deep dish pizza. It was my first experience of a Chicago style deep dish pizza and I enjoyed it more than I expected. It takes at least 45 minutes to fix this pizza, so adding delivery time meant we waited for around an hour for our order to even arrive at the hotel. I was quite impressed that the pizza was still hot even after getting it upstairs from the hotel lobby! Having the sauce on top of a pizza hasn't looked appetizing to me in the past, but this one tasted really good and the pizza is very filling. We filled out our order with a diet soda, a bottled water, and some Parmesan cheese to sprinkle on top of the pizza. Next time we'll have to try a different pizza! read more

Giordano's - Pizza Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

It's like I never left! You know what to expect when you hit up Giordano's in Chicago, and I say that in a good way. Their pizza pies are so so so good. You have to try this spot at least once while in Chicago. You cannot go wrong with their ample menu items. The service was chef's kiss and the atmosphere feels like one big Italian family. I went with one of my students and we loved it! read more

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We wanted to try another famous Chicago Deep Dish Pizzeria. Here we go, off to Giordano's. Located in the heart of the Loop...Downtown Chicago. We arrived and was quickly seated. There's about 8 of us. We start with the sampler appetizer $20 The meat and more deep dish 14" $53, the authentic deep dish 14" $45. I just say that these Chicago Deep Dish Pizzas stood up to the hype. They're full of flavor and spices. No additional ingredients needed. I was full off of 1 slice. I took the other slice to go. There's great music playing in the background. Just loud enough that you can carry on a conversation. Giordano's got even buskers as the night went on. Keep in mind that it takes 45 minutes to get your awesome oooey gooey pizza. It is worth the wait. read more

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