I was passing through and wanted a Chicago style pizza but not the pomp and circumstance. It was a nice size location with multiple TV monitors and seating which was helpful for those who are into sports. As for the food, I was surprised at the slightly larger than personal pan pizza for the price, but it was perfect for 2 meals. The service was ok, could have been a tad better given the restaurant was not crowded. However, the pizza made up for the lack of prompt customer service. It hit the spot for sure. read more

Stopped for lunch after we finished shopping at Belk. They have no red ale on tap kind of a bummer. YUENGLING was nice a cold so a great alternative for sure. The margarita was not frozen. Had the meat livers pizza and it was very good not very crowded for mid afternoon which was nice. Service was quick and professional nice atmosphere in this establishment. You need to check it out for sure. read more

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I was excited to find Old Chicago while traveling to Waco for my birthday. It was a go to restaurant while I was in graduate school. The food was nostalgic and tasted amazing. The Thai pie pizza is a perfect blend of Thai food meets traditional deep dish Chicago pizza. However the service was lacking. We sat and it took 5 minutes before a server came to our table to take drink orders. The server says they didn't realize we were there. We were seated right in front of the server's kiosk...they told us there was some confusion of who was the server. They didn't realize until the bartender mentioned we haven't been served yet. Halfway through our meal the servers changed and there was some miscommunication with the change that caused some lack in service. We went on a Wednesday night around 7:30 and the restaurant was not busy. If you're a sports fan there is an abundance of TVs to enjoy whatever you're trying to watch so the environment was good in that regard. Overall food was great. Service was poor. read more

Old Chicago Pizza + Taproom - Thai Pie pizza - Pizza Near Me - Waco, Texas

7/10 pan Chicago 7 NOT Chicago deep dish pizza. I saw in the comments that this had deep dish so that is why I came. A little disappointed but ordered a pan Chicago 7. It was not bad at all. Only thing I would say, is if the bottom of the pan pizza could have more of a crunch, it would be a lot better! Overall the pan pizza had good flavor and not a lot of sauce read more

Old Chicago Pizza + Taproom - CHICAGO 7 - Pizza Near Me - Waco, Texas

Pizza was very good and I loved the atmosphere! We stop there on our way to Houston.

My wife is in the hospital and she wanted me to get food from there, so I ordered her the Parmesan chicken and a side salad. I got a pizza. It was $53.00 . Get it back to the hospital room and her salad was excellent, but the Parmesan chicken had some hair in the pasta. Would not recommend this place. read more

The pizza was not Chicago thin crust, it was not very good and not worth going back. The beer is cold and if you are not picky about good pizza then have at it. read more

Food was great but... Slowest service ever. Waited for food over an hour. Over two hours from walking in to leaving. Out of several item. Do not recommend if you are having things to do that day. read more

Pizza is great, prices are great and I really appreciate how accommodating they are. Lots of TV's for sports Thank you. read more

Old Chicago Pizza + Taproom - Bleu waiting patiently - Pizza Near Me - Waco, Texas

Food was five star!! But... the service was awful. I have been here many times and service has always been great but they hired some new girl it seems like her name was Camryn G. and has no idea what she's doing. She messed up our order, she took 30 mins to bring our check because she didn't know how to get it off the screen it seemed like, the people behind us had us to and she messed up their whole pizza and didn't bring their appetizer! This place wasn't even busy!! Maybe 6-7 tables in the whole place and she only had 2 tables!!! So I still give the food five stars but they need to train some of their staff to do better we were their for over 2 1/2 hours waiting around on Camryn to bring us the things we asked for when she forgot multiple times to bring us stuff!! read more

Great atmosphere and amazing service food was fast and delicious but a little pricey but worth it read more

Old Chicago Pizza + Taproom - Pizza Near Me - Waco, Texas

Liv. Best server ever. I think she's the "boss" who runs the place efficiently with a friendly and welcoming demeanor. Great food, service, and the best conversation that made supper the highlight of the evening. Way to go. Zebra. read more

Placed an order for pickup. Food was nice and fresh and made exactly how I asked them too. Very impressed. read more

Old Chicago Pizza + Taproom - Grilled chicken breast sandwich with fries. BBQ and Hot sauce on the side - Pizza Near Me - Waco, Texas

I'm from Chicago so the bar is high. In the words of Johnny Rebel, "I'm not one to run anyone down." I'd be happy with average pizza. But Chicago style pizza is not what you get here. Thin crust pizza should not taste like pressed toast. The sausage was processed. Barely any sauce. Do better fellahs. Waitress was nice. read more

Service was great. Ordered a "Chicago Deep Dish" Pizza tasted good just thought it was going to be thicker. read more

Old Chicago Pizza + Taproom - a slice of pizza on a plate - Pizza Near Me - Waco, Texas

I went to eat dinner at 6:30, 20 September with some friends. The girls ordered wine. It comes in cans which is pretty pathetic. The waitress was young but she was ambitious and professional. She inquired to the bartender regarding the availability of wine and if there were any in bottles. The bartender began to belittle her in front of us and just acted as if she was useless. This didn't happen once but 3 times. The 2nd time was an altercation in between them but the waitress remained professional " you can't read, it's right in front of you" why shaking his head. Bartender- tall, scruffy, not shaven, acts like one's it attitude. You lost 6 customers due to his attitude and unprofessionalism. Won't be EVER wasting our money at your location. If there were no stars as a rating that's what you'd be getting. read more

Great food open late and drinks were delicious! Did I mention open late! Affordable late night menu items and drinks!

Waitress was absolutely the worst. Never came to check on us. Would not fill the drinks. Caught her outside smoking and chatting. Tenders were burn and awful. Fried pickles sucked. Looked and tasted like the never change the grease. Zero stars. read more

Good amount of beers to choose from, calzone in the pic was pretty good. Friendly server. Only gripe is that service can be a little slow but I'd say it was worth it for the food. read more

Old Chicago Pizza + Taproom - CHICAGO 7 CALZONE - Pizza Near Me - Waco, Texas

My husband and I had initially given up here due to really soupy and soggy product. Last week we gave them a sit after a couple years. What a treat! Music wasn't so loud to prevent conversation, servers were friendly, helpful and personable. Price is on up there but we found it worth there. Our pizzas were absolutely perfect. Just right on toppings. I had thick crust which is close to a Detroit style pizza. crispy around the edges and tender in the center. Dough had great flavor to it. my husband and I both left full and happy. I had intended on taking a picture but everything was gone before I remembered We will certainly going back. read more

Long time fan of OC being a traveler. Sad to see a decline in available locations. The Waco location is a prime example of the problems plaguing this iconic franchise. I've been in the area for several months and OC is a "go to" for me due to work life food balance. For starters, pick up orders are almost always delayed. Secondly, the cooking staff apparently have difficulties differentiating between requested (paid for) toppings. They seem to be quite fond of green onions, even if you don't order them. Extra cheese = extra sauce on multiple occasions. Tavern thin crust = whatever whoever is making the pizza at the time. In short, they employ a few waitresses with such smiling faces, you take your pizza and leave only to find it's far different from what you actually ordered. No one wants to be the A-Hole checking the pick-up with a line of at least 3 families (or equivalent) at any time. Come on OC. You guys used to be the standard. Casper WY is still holding it down last visit. Little Rock closed sadly, and Waco is not doing the franchise any favors by being inconsistent on all fronts. Sad for such an iconic franchise. Not sure what the issue is but OG OC Fans such as me remember a better Old Chicago, with accurate orders, and less focus on smiling waitresses who deliver orders far different from what was placed. You guys can keep the models, just get our orders right or OC may become a fond memory when Gen X could get a badass pizza and brew. read more

No good there was a hairl in my food I will never come back they hade us waiting for a hours for our food and it hot. Pizza no good they don't ware hair nets or anything it just so bad don't go there're pizza was hard nasty and no good they take for ever on ur food we never going back there ever again that how bad it is it crap. I give this places a 0 on there food read more

Old Chicago Pizza + Taproom - It suck - Pizza Near Me - Waco, Texas

Didn't get to eat anything because service was atrocious! Took almost an hour just to get water! Had to leave because we had an early start the next day. We had a table for 20 with one server who appeared to have no sense of urgency. read more

Tried for the first time , pizza was outta this world I loved it! The pizza rolls were great! Tenders LOOK a little overcooked but they were crispy and delicious! Had a great experience here and will definitely be back! Good job guys! read more

Food was a strong 4 stars and once I got service, it was awesome... unfortunately, it took a long time for anyone to even acknowledge me from the moment I walked in. I hate having to take stars away when the experience was saved my the great bartender... The bartender was slammed during a busy lunch on a Friday afternoon, so I was super patient when I sat at the bar and Jeremiah ended up being so rad! He was busy , I totally get it, just a bummer it took so long for anyone else to help the guy out an even greet me. I ordered the lunch individual pizza special, ale house crust with 2 toppings and a house salad for like 8 or 9 bux! My pizza came out pretty quick and it was really delicious... crust was just the right crisp and the flavor was awesome! The jalapeños had some heat too, which I love. Atmosphere was fun and tons of Tvs for great sports viewing! If I'm in the Waco area again, I would definitely stop in! read more

Old Chicago Pizza + Taproom - Mmmmmm! Lunch special! - Pizza Near Me - Waco, Texas

Friday @ 6 p.m. Clean, small and friendly restaurant. Outstanding service from Monica. Management is so interested in getting the pizzas out fast that ours was not baked long enough. Also, for what you get, this place is relatively expensive. No where as good as the Old Chicago we visited in Denver. read more

I would give it no stars if I could. Serving size for price was a rip off. Taste was mediocre at best, I will tell as many as I can to avoid this place. Hint spend less on image and packaging and offer fair portions at fair prices . It wasnt even Chicago style pizza read more

Food is really bad! I am going to start off with the negative and end with the positive. We ordered online through Door Dash for some Old Chicago, heard great things about them. Upon delivery, we were in shock. The pizza (which we ordered a regular pizza not a personal pizza) was a burnt personal pizza, cut in pieces like my grandchild would do. It is made on French bread type dough (like stuffers). I am from NY originally, and my husband travels to Chicago every year. THIS IS NOT CHICAGO PIZZA!!!!!!!! We also ordered fried mushrooms with ranch. No ranch. Mushrooms were soggy and in grease. We spent close to $40.00 on this. I have been restaurant business a very long time, this is by far the most disgusting pizza/ mushroom place in town. The positive, is when I called the manager, she was very helpful and did refund our money after several days. I would highly suggest spending your money elsewhere! read more

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Good location. Pizza is really good. Service is friendly & fast. Prices good. My score is primarily based on the lack of cleanliness. The table was dirty when we were seated, the floor had food & trash all over it & the bathroom was filthy... floor, toilet & counter. If they cleaned better it would be 5 stars read more

I went in with a family of four to get pizza at noon on Tuesday. No one ever came up to have me seated. I waited 10 minutes. I never saw a server anywhere in the building at noon. Can you imagine how long it would've been to get a pizza? read more

Ordered through Uber Eats. We ordered the hand tossed pizza It was very good but the 9 piece pizza was a bit misleading. It turns out to be a small personal pizza cut in squares. So the small corner pieces counted. Also, requested utensils since we ordered the cheesecake (skip the cheesecake) and there was none. That was fun.....not. read more

DONT COME HERE!!! This place is awful... I would much rather have a digiorinio oven pizza then this joke and it also wouldn't take an hour 15 minutes. The waitress 'allison' was actin all sassy and not saying ur welcome and stuff. They also charge for refills and then put ice up to the top so there is not nearly enough and u have to get more refills, cheap as hell. There was also a fly on my moms salad and Allison was actin like we just smacked her, so we get a new salad and the lettuce is all gross and pink and things of that nature. Then FINALLY the pizza and other stuff comes and the gluten free pizza is soooo cold and also the plates had pizza sauce on it like what bruh‍‍. We paid 96$ for some subpar a** pizza GO TO PIZZA HUT NO ONE OUT PIZZAS read more

Old Chicago Pizza + Taproom - Wtf is this like dead a** - Pizza Near Me - Waco, Texas

We came to the area to purchase a Camper from Crestview RV (amazing place btw) and while they were getting it all cleaned up we came here for lunch. When we arrived the hostess said they were really short staffed and that it would be awhile for our food. We weren't in a big hurry so we decided to stay and grabbed a seat at the bar. We wanted to keep it simple so we ordered a draft beer and basic pepperoni pizza. The bar waitress was really nice and even though might have been a little overwhelmed she never made us feel weird about it. Everyone pitched in to help and it seemed like maybe the manager brought our food out. The pizza was fantastic! Thick crunchy crust. Very good experience despite them being short staffed. I would def be back if we are ever in the area. read more

Old Chicago Pizza + Taproom - Pizza Near Me - Waco, Texas

I was so disappointed in Old Chicago, our most recent visit will most definitely be our last. The hostess and the waiter were both some of the most rude and blatantly disrespectful people I've ever had help us, and the food was just shy of being inedible. When we got there the hostess that "greeted" us was rude and very bluntly told us it'd be about a 10 minute wait, even though there was only two other taken tables in the entire restaurant. Before we could even say anything she walked away from the front hostess booth. Not even 10 seconds later a very awesome busboy came and sat us right away. We ordered our drinks and appetizers and had to wait nearly 25 minutes for both. When we finally got those our waiter plopped them on the table and quickly left to "check on another table". After we finally ordered our food we have to wait yet another 25 to 30 minutes for a chicken sandwich and boneless wings with waffle fries. When the food came out we noticed that they didn't bring out the fries. When we tried to say something our waiter pretended like he didn't hear us and walked away. When we finally flagged him down about 10 minutes later, he brought out some regular fries and then walked away quickly. When we got his attention again, he said that they were out of waffle fries and just brought those instead, we told him we did not want the fries and he took them away. All the food was horrible, burnt, tasteless, and overall unpleasant. We finally got the check and the fries were still on the bill, and once again were ignored by the waiter when we tried to get his attention. We got to speak to the manager who did her best to take care of everything. The ONLY reason they're getting two stars instead of one is because of the super awesome busboy who was nothing but kind, fast, and friendly. Everyone else was very rude and unprofessional, and the place overall just felt slow and dead, not lively in the slightest. We were one of maybe five full tables in the entire establishment. read more

Service was great, beer selection well rounded. And the pizza was good also. Their fryer had gone out that morning, so no fried foods were available. But still was a pleasant experience! read more

As a Chicago expat I wanted to try this place out. I sat at the bar just to be ignored by the guy bartending for about 10 minutes. After deciding on a pizza I asked if I could swap out one of the meat ingredients (I don't like Italian sausage). I was told I could swap out but it would be a $1.95 up charge. At that point I decided to eat elsewhere. I don't enjoy places where they nickel and dime you. Also the unfriendly bartender is very off putting read more

Nothing special. The bartender was attentive and kind. I ordered soft pretzels which were very basic and served with a beer cheese topped with many green onions. My Moscow mule was just that. Overall a lackluster experience. read more

Aww. I really hate this. By the time I left Waco I was hoping to leave a higher star review but the service has really not gotten better. Check my last review I mentioned the chicken wings were itty bitty. This problem has been fixed. So after getting hyped up by one of the bartenders and another bartender from another spot I came back late night to try them out. Now look at my check ins yelp. I have been here many many a time and always get a little personal pizza or buffalo chicken rolls.. So I tell the bartender my issue with the wings. Size. Fixed now so got Jamaican dry rub wings. Tasted like someone cooked the wings then sprinkled jerk seasoning after they were cooked. The actual chicken was bland and reported to bartender. Now this is one of my fav bartenders. I love her. So after about 10 min she says u don't want them?. No. They are not seasoned and she explains they season the chicken after cooked. Well no I don't want them. She goes to the manager out on the patio n says she doesn't like these. Hey, speech pathologist here so yes I am trained to read lips within my view. Not sure what was said after that as I was out of view. But I was not offered anything as a replacement. So I took it upon myself to go back to the manager's office and knock on the door and just give him an update of all the issues I've had here and the communication I have had with the general manager of this place who I guess is now someone else. He indicated the bartender said she asked me if i woud like an alternate meal. She did not. I like her. I would not lie on her. She did not offer me anything. I also went back to the bar and called her out. And she said she thought she had offered me something else. Nope The manager did offer me a personal size pizza to go. I did accept that. But they still have service issues here. Just the little stuff that would make it so much better. Their food here is pretty good except for the wings in my opinion but if they could just get their service together this could be an exceptional place to eat for a family or adults. read more

Old Chicago Pizza + Taproom - Football specials - Pizza Near Me - Waco, Texas

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Place is a dump. Horrible service. Spilled food on the floor no one cleaned it up. I will never eat here again. I don't recommend anyone else eat here either. It is very poorly ran read more

This is 100% NOT Chicago style pizza. Barely any sauce on the pizzas, way overcooked, and just overall bad. Way overpriced for the quality of what you get. Go literally anywhere else for pizza. read more