We had a wonderful experience here... The food- pizza was yummy, I always have liked Giordanos, and it did not disappoint. Had the thick and the thin, had never had the thin but we loved it. The Service- Our waitress Ava was adorable and awesome! Top shelf. read more

My family and I are from Chicago and are familiar with Giordano's pizza. While it's not our favorite "Chicago deep dish" (our favorite it Lou Malnati's) living in Minnesota means it's the closest we are going to get. In reality my overall rating is closer to 3.5-3.7, and here is why: Regarding the pizza: The ingredient ratios have always been a bit off for my taste; the crust is overpowering even for a deep dish and compared with other Chicago restaurants they tend to be stingy on the toppings. That being said, it is still fairly good. The menu is versatile enough that most people will find something to their liking and it's not limited to deep dish pizzas. The positive thing about the MN branches is that they deliver while many in the Chicago area do not; or at least they didn't when we moved in 2019. Additionally, the online ordering is simple and super convenient not unlike most online ordering systems. The problem was that, even though I placed my order at 3pm and scheduled it to arrive at 7pm, it was half an hour late, on the cold side and the crust was sticking to the box. We ordered from the Richfield, MN location which is a 9 minute drive from my house according to Waze. I understand that Friday's are, of course, a very busy day especially for a popular delivery chain; however, even on a Friday, 4 hours should be plenty of time for them to receive, make and deliver. I decided I wouldn't call until 7:15; considering it was a Friday but the store is 9 minutes from my house I thought this was fair. So at 7:15 when it still hadn't arrived I called the store. I spoke with a very nice man who assured me that all the pizzas were out the door and that he would call the driver to make sure we were his first stop. Despite the close proximity to the store (and that the pizzas had already left according to the nice man on the phone), it was another 15 minutes before our pizza arrived. I could tell it had been in the box for a while as the bottom cardboard ring was completely saturated causing the crust to start sticking to it and the cheese was slightly hard even though it felt warm in the box. The driver was very kind; he assured me the manager would be discounting our order - which I greatly appreciated - and he even offered to pick up the packages on my porch. Overall the staff was very kind and accommodating and despite the delay I will order from them again for that reason alone. My advise is to give it a try and make up your own mind. I am positive you will find something to your liking. However, if you are planning to do so on a Friday or Saturday plan in advance. If the restaurants are as busy as they are in Chicago, dinning in will be a 2+ hour event and longer if you order a deep dish. And delivery will not be any more expedient. Make sure you have the time to wait and enjoy the experience - unlike me who had a very hangry 6 year old with an 8pm bedtime wondering where his dinner was. read more

Giordano's - Deep dish with 2x sausage - Salad Near Me - Richfield, Minnesota

Giordano's has great food and even better & outstanding service!! Thank you had a great time.

Busy location. Calling ahead or setting reservation is recommended on the weekend. Location is proficient with their pickup/carry out operation. Staff were very friendly. Parking lot can be a traffic jam. read more

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Love going to Giordanos with a group or even solo for a nice glass of wine and salad. Their pizzas are great to share and portions are delightful! This tends to be a place we go to often and somewhere my relatives from out of town love to visit when here! And the staff... are so funny! We always have a great time. read more

Talk about a cheese pull! I absolutely love Giordano's, and I could eat it constantly. They have some good beers on tap as well. The service is always friendly. The restaurant has a nice atmosphere. Even though pizzas take a while to bake, it is 100% worth the wait. I wish so much that the one downtown didn't close, but I'll still make it to this location just to get my deep dish fix! read more

We love Giordano's, it's our go to pizza place whenever we are in Chicago. So it was a big surprise for us to run across Giordano's here in Minneapolis.. We just finished dinner at a nearby restaurant that day and we all looked surprised and looked at each other in the car when we missed to see this place. Nevertheless, our dinner the next day was set, we're eating here! And that's what we did.. we ordered our all-time favorite calamari and it's that same crunchy appetizer we love in Chicago.. then we added their samplers and those were awesome as well.. The deep dish pizza is all the same taste we loved.. we feel like we're in Chicago dining in.. but in this place the ambiance is much more open, it's not dark like what's typically in Chicago and there are quite a lot of open tables, so no waiting for us! Lastly, the server offered me their mango draft beer and me and my wife fell in love with how light it was and mango in summer is a must for us! Overall this is really such a good place and highly recommend it! read more

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DO NOT GO HERE!!! Biggest waste of money you could ever ask for....... $64 for a pizza and 2 orders of frozen fresh from the freezer boneless wings...... and the pizza might as well have been Digiorno. You'd be much better off spending your money at Davannis or really ANYWHERE ELSE... I have travelled all over the world, been to 48/50 states, worked directly under a pizzaiolo born and raised in Italia, and if he tasted this pizza he would have probably jumped off of a cliff. I was soooo soooo disappointed I can't even begin to describe it :( This place is pretty much spitting in the face of deep dish pizza everywhere. read more

I am originally from Chicago. So eating at Giordano's is literally like a slice of home. My wife and I like going there eating a deep dish and enjoying some beer during their happy hour. We've always had great service and it's a nice atmosphere. The only thing I would change is they don't really have cannolis anymore. Now they have something called a deconstructed cannoli, just gonna say not a fan. otherwise I highly recommend going to Giordano's! read more

This was a very poor dining experience. I would not revisit again or refer this location to others. We chose to have a Birthday celebration dinner at this restaurant because of the positive reviews on Google and Yelp, and as it turns out for us the only positive of the evening was that our table reservation was available when we arrived and they allowed us to bring in our own birthday cake. We were seated promptly at 6:45pm(our reservation time) but Unfortunately everything was downhill after this. After being seated the waitress took our drink order at 6:50pm. Only 1 person at our table ordered a bar drink and she didn't return to the table with the beer until 7:15 pm (25 min to get a beer) She told us sorry on several occasions and the the bartender was at fault because he was not very organized tonight. At 7:20pm we placed our main food order, "2 med deep dish pizzas and 1 thin crust pizza". Close to 8:00pm the food was delivered but it was the wrong food. The thin crust was correct and the 2 deep dish we believed were incorrect The waitress took the two deep dish pizzas away saying that she brought them all out to us because they were sitting next to each other on the line?? She returned a several min later with one of these deep dish pizzas she just took away and said she made a mistake and entered the wrong order into the computer. She offered to re-enter the order, however the wait time would be another 40 more mins. We said just to cxl that pizza and not to resubmit the order. It was now 8:10pm when we received a partial order. She offered to send the manager over to discuss "the situation" We declined the offer to speak to the manager and only wanted to eat the dinner that was brought out and move on with our Birthday celebration. Less than 5 min later the manager came over and interrupted our table discussion and basically insisted that we allow her to reenter the order and we could have the pizza for free. A member of our group agreed to the managers request and that was the last of any staff member we saw until they cleared the plates from the table. Side note: the 10 min or so, when the food was brought to the table, taken away and the only one pizza returned to the table, the thin crust and the deep dish were both cooled down. So basically we ate less than hot pizza. which is disappointing. So the compounding factors of slow service, order mistakes and less than perfect quality food are the reasons I would not visit this restaurant again. On a happy note, The restaurant did allow us to bring in our own Birthday cake and our waitress did serve this to us with plates and utensils at the end of dinner. read more

Love Giordanos! The food is always great and the service is fast and friendly. A great place to go with your friends for some drinks or take the family for a good meal. Stephanie is my go-to server there. She always makes you feel right at home and is very attentive. read more

Visited for the first time the other day, the initial presence was welcoming with 2 hosts ready to find a table for me. My server was quick and made sure my pizza and cheese bread were good! Overall the whole experience was wonderful! read more

Just a quick update on my previous review... As you all can see below, someone named Ana contacted me and offered to "make things better". I emailed her as requested and never heard back. Don't believe their mock concern... this place is a joke. read more

It's tough to find a good deep dish pizza place around here! I love the cheesy goodness of this one though. We did a spinach and sausage deep dish, which was delicious, but a tad burnt on the edges. The service is a little slow and it takes awhile to get a deep dish on a busy night, so it might be good to start with an appetizer to hold you over if you go with an empty stomach. You definitely won't leave hungry! We were waiting almost an hour on a busy Friday evening, and quite awhile after for our bill. The menu has so many options even if you aren't feeling pizza. Oh, and don't plan to wash your hands because there's no sign saying the sinks don't work. My husband couldn't wash his hands either, so glad I had moist towelettes in my purse. Makes me kinda wonder how the employees wash their hands in the bathroom. They could at least have a bottle of sanitizer there. read more

Giordano's - Salad Near Me - Richfield, Minnesota

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I ordered online and thought I ordered a large. I was surprised when I got a small. Thank God. I forgot about how dense all this layering gets with the sauce on top. It was for my 2 construction guys who were knocked out with how good it was. I love introducing pizza like this to those who never had it before. I only get the deep dish. I was sharing the Yelp elite memory at the other location, now closed, of Amintha standing on a chair pulling up the cheese. She won, and there was a great photo of her doing this feat. Those were the days. read more

Really glad this place is close to my home and that I can order ahead on line and pick up my order. Awesome deep dish. I customize mine and order it with Canadian bacon, mushrooms, onions and black olives. I ordered a Caesar-really not worth it. Pick up a salad kit at the grocery store and it is actually just as good or better. read more

Giordano's pizza is absolutely fantastic and the service staff are always helpful. It's a great place to meet for lunch.

This place was my absolute favorite place to eat spaghetti and cheesy garlic bread. This was when I was 16 and my taste buds might've changed since then. I was sad to find that the spaghetti and the garlic bread were very bland. My boyfriend got an individual sized deep dish which looked underwhelming. They were pretty scarce with the ingredients. One slice didn't even have any meat in it. I don't think it was worth the price. The service was great. Jeremy was on top of refilling our drinks and checked up on us a lot. We sat close to the kitchen so we were able to see the chefs throwing the pizza dough up and spinning them which was fun and entertaining! But overall, the flavors from this Giordanos fell flat. I might try the other locations in Minneapolis but I don't think I would try this particular location again. read more

Giordano's - Garlic cheesy bread - Salad Near Me - Richfield, Minnesota

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Return we did...... continuing on from our last review. Met our friend here for dinner on a Tuesday night and it was pretty easy getting a table. Not too busy. Glad we ordered prior to our friend arriving as that deep dish takes a super long time. Had we not pre-ordered it would have been a really long time. They say it takes 45 min or so, but I know ours took a lot longer, even our server kept looking back to see why it was taking so long. It was just sausage and onions. Service was okay. Company even better. We had blast with our friend and this will now be our destination to go and decompress. Good food and great times with friends. Restaurant is super clean, the bathrooms could use a once over though. read more

I just experienced the Chicago location. The two are NOWHERE NEAR the same experience. The service was great, the ambiance was meh...but the deep dish pizza was average at best. Nothing like the original. Of If I was forced to return, I'd just try a thin crust and call it a normal pizza place. read more

Great service and amazing food. They were able to accommodate our dietary restrictions with no issues.

A bit expensive, but it's worth it. This place kicks ass for pizza. It's so good! Appetizers are good too. My only issue is that you can't change anything on their pizzas, such as "no green peppers". They make you do a "build your own" which costs more than doing a specialty pizza. I just order what they have and take stuff off myself. I love this Richfield location. It is much more convenient than their first location. The décor is pretty cool. Waiter was very nice. I can't wait to go back. read more

Not as good as what you would find in Chicago but it's good for Minnesota deep dish. My only complaint is the wet crust. I think the peppers and onions were not dried properly or the cheese was too frozen? Never happened to me before. That aside, the taste was still good but you can't compare it to Chicago's Giordano's :( read more

I would definitely recommend going here if you are a fan of deep dish pizza. It took awhile for us to get the pizza but its kinda understandable. We also ordered the calamari and that was average. The server was awesome! I wish I got her name but she was the sweetest. I would most likely go back. read more

Giordano's - Fave spot in the restaurant :P - Salad Near Me - Richfield, Minnesota

Great food and great service. The appetizer sampler was very tasty. Loved the pizza as well!

Went for the famous deep dish pizza! It did not disappoint and was delicious. Prepare ahead to wait 45 min for the pizza to bake. It was wonderful. Ordered a medium Cesar salad and thought it lacked flavor for a Cesar salad. Not sure why cause it had the right amount of dressing on it. Also had the cheese bread. Lots of Parmesan cheese on It and would have preferred more mozzarella. That changes the flavor big time. Overall, I came for the pizza and found it excellent. read more

Been here twice in last month and have been happy each take out order. Normally deep dish would not be the best for take out but it has been solid thus far. Fast turnaround time as well. Enjoy the flakey crust as well. read more

The food was mediocre, which is sad because not only did i want to like it, but it costed me $35. the garlic fries had NO flavor, and the deep dish was just mediocre. i can get a cheaper, better tasting pizza with more toppings by just driving down to penn and getting a davannis deep dish. i would've rated a little lower, but the staff and over all service was very nice, really good people (at least the ones i talked to) i'll still be eating the food because it's not bad, just disappointing for the hype and the pricing. read more

This was a like a trip back home to Chicago's south side. Mmmm. It has been at least 20 years since I have had real Chicago Deep Dish pizza. I needed this! I need more! Take it from this Chicago refugee, this is the real deal. When you come here bring a very hungry group of people! There's no way to eat these alone. Even the small is too much for two people. read more

Giordano's - Deep dish rules! - Salad Near Me - Richfield, Minnesota

My sister and I order their bruschetta and two pizzas. The bruschetta had almost no balsamic vinegar. We ordered double extra black olives for a small pizza, and on the ring of outside pieces, most had only one to three pieces of olives. Most of the olives were centered in 1 to 2 pieces in the middle where they were piled quite thick, So they had not gotten very baked. read more

Giordano's - Small pizza with double olives. - Salad Near Me - Richfield, Minnesota

I had high expectations for this place. Saw reviews on Google, and they're rated amazing. Should have checked Yelp first to realize it's not worth the hype. Staff were great, but the food was sub-par at best. We order their Chicago-style pizza, and waited 45 minutes for our food to arrive. Once we got our pizza, presentation looked great, but flavor was lacking. Crust was dry, and the sauce to cheese/topping ratio was off. Felt guilty leaving the rest of our pizza behind, so we took the rest home. I told my husband if we saw a homeless person on the side of the road, to give them the rest of our pizza because I wasn't even excited for the leftovers. read more

Not a good pizza. The crust tastes like bisquick. Warm pizza. Not hot. Service was ok.

For carry out remember that it will be 45-55 minute to pickup. This is Chicago Pizza and so I this different from Than other pizza carry out or delivery. The thick Chicago pizza is so good. It's better to order uncut so it stays together. Love the salads and because it is thick, you will need less. What a treat. read more

Good, not great. Service is slow, and has nothing to do with the fact that it takes 45 mins for Deep dish pizza. The service in general was slow, with the waiter being busy an it with other tables, but doesn't explain the prolonged absence. Other servers were out there near the door talking, and won't serve if it's not their table, weird. Our server did best to get us everything timely though. Apart from that, the food was good. I remember my enthusiasm from 3 years ago when I went to Chicago to Giordinos and I wasn't much pleased then either. Food is ok, the deep dish pizza was not as great either. I guess I will stick to Lola Pizzeria which is just awesome. The ambience was ok as well. Not much crowded given that this is a new location and a weekday. read more

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I love this place! Pizza is delicious!! Reminds me of when I lived in Chicago. Glad they opened a place up here

As good as you can get outside of Chicago... They do have 6" build your own which is more than big enough if the group can't settle on the toppings - lol. read more

We ordered in advance as we knew that the pizza we wanted was gonna take 30 minutes to make. We have been to one in Orlando, and the one in Orlando is awesome so we thought we give this a try. We got there at noon it was dead which was really surprising for 12 o'clock but we were picking up so did not matter to us. The manager was extremely nice which was great we were able to have our cheese bread in advance while we waited for the pizza to be done. The cheese bread was just OK it had a weird taste to it that we weren't used to so we just figured we won't order that again. We had the pizza when we got to our location and the pizza was really good though the bottom layer of the crust just separated completely from the inside and the top, which was fine for us because we don't need all those extra carbs. And though it was good it wasn't as good as Orlando but they are new so we may give them another shot down the road, plus maybe fresh would be better. There is a full bar including tap beer, and a nice patio so I could see maybe trying again Though they could use some privacy on the patio since it is in a parking lot. Overall not bad but not great. There is a 10% off coupon when you order online with yelp. read more

I've been to Giordano's in Chicago and the Giordano's in Uptown and I just am not a fan of the deep dish so my fiancé and I ended up trying the hand-tossed thin crust today instead. Still not stellar, but meh. Joy was our server and was an absolute gem :) our food took almost an hour and a half to get which was really odd given that others around us had much larger orders and got their food before us. read more

The pizza is good for sure but the chop salad is the bomb, get extra dressing but we get it to go all the time.

We were hyped to hear Giordanos was opening in Richfield! Knowing that it's a chain from Chicago, we expected great deep dish pizza. FOOD: ordered calamari for our appetizer as we know deep dish pizza was going to take 45min to cook and calamari was pretty good. Nice and crispy. The marinara sauce is a little sour but overall good. The Chicago classic deep dish pizza we thought was just OK. First of all, it didn't seem that hot. Fail. The crust was not crispy. Fail. Crust was too soft on the bottom and the end crust was a little crispier but not by much. The toppings saved this pizza from being bad! A great amount of cheese and sauce. ATMOSPHERE: decor is nice and inviting. Industrial look but we were really uncomfortable during our whole meal as it was freezing in there. Not sure if the heat was even on. We wore our jackets the whole time. We asked if the heat was on and all they could say was, I think so, I mean it is our 2nd day opening. Not a great response!!! SERVICE: service was friendly and came back a few times to check on us. I wouldn't go out of my way to come back anytime soon until they have their heat fixed!!! Definitely wouldn't get the deep dish pizza again but I would come back and see if their hand toss/thin crust is any better but ONLY because it's close to home. Disappointed that their deep dish pizza is nothing compared to the amazing one we had at another restaurant in Chicago :( read more

Giordano's - Salad Near Me - Richfield, Minnesota