So I decided to get a pizza but wanted something different than the norm. I ordered a large stuffed pizza from Romano's and man... it did not disappoint!! The cheese!!! The cheese!!! It was so good!!! The amount of toppings they put in the pizza was perfect. It's definitely more expensive than a normal pizza but one piece feels like an entire meal. Because of the whole quarantine, the pick up process is pretty easy and smooth. I ordered online, chose a time, and when I arrived there was a chair with a sign that said call for curbside pickup. I called the number and talked to the person working there and they told me that my pizza was just about to come out of the oven and he would gladly take it out to me when it was ready. I was completely ok with it as I was actually early for my pick up time. The pizza was great, and the service was awesome too!!! I'll definitely be back!! read more

Romano's Chicago Pizzeria - Large stuffed pizza... mushrooms and pepperoni!! - Pizza Near Me - Riverside, California

This is not Chicago deep dish pizza! what a joke we just ordered from postmates. Incredibly over priced for just a thick crust crummy pizza with no sauce. They should be ashamed!!! read more

Got here at 8:58 and they close at 9pm, which is fine, but they offer a 10% discount if you order online and when I ordered online I was completing my order and it wouldn't go through because it was 2 minutes after 9pm. I asked Theresa if she could just honor the 10% over the phone because their website would no longer allow me to do it and she basically said the owner is too cheap to honor it. Their mediocre pizza is already ridiculously overpriced and the only reason why I go here is because I like their sauce, but tonight made it official that I'm not giving these people any more service and I'll let it be known with my vast following that I highly recommend nobody gives them their money either. read more

Overpriced for mediocre pizza. *** 2/18/2022: I recently ordered here at the request of my nephew who was helping babysit the kids (for my wife's birthday). I ordered two pizzas: a large thin crust Chicken Alfredo pizza and a large thin crust cheese pizza. The large chicken Alfredo was $27.50 and I didn't realize it was $21.50 for a plain cheese pizza!!! I realize this isn't dominos but $21.50 is not reasonable for a simple pizza large thin crust. For comparison, a large Romano's Chicago Pie is $37 while a Lou Malnatis Chicago Classic (even with the location difference) is $26.65. Don't see where this premium is coming from for a mediocre pie. *** 2/20/2017: My first visit to celebrate my wife's birthday along with her side of the family. As a Chicago native, I was really excited to try the Chicago style deep dish pizza. It didn't impress and I've never felt a need to come back to get fix for Chicago style pie. read more

We having been coming to this location for years We went with friends tonight to watch football. Tonight was probably the absolute worst service we have ever had! We originally sat at a small table for 4. After ordering food, we realized our table was too small because we had more friends come. We then noticed another table leaving (who also were our friends) and asked our server, Maddie, if we could move. She said yes but it would be a minute before she could clean it. After waiting 10 min, we started cleaning it off ourselves. We just moved the plates over and then the bus boy started helping as well. We didn't mind helping them clear because it was only benefitting us. Well apparently that is not ok (which we learned after). Our server went and let her manager,Kelly, know and that lady came at us with the absolute worst attitude. Clearly good customer service is not in her vocabulary. She loudly announced to the bar, "can't you just wait for us to clean it?" as she walked away. Ma'am I do not have any issues with waiting but when you yell at us like we are children before letting us speak, I will not tolerate that. I asked to speak with her because we felt that she was rude and belittling. Had she approached us differently everything would have been ok. When she finally came over, I tried to explain why we were helping and that her approach was rude. She listened at first and then clearly didn't care what I was saying and walked away again. We finished our food, paid our bill and decided we will not return to that location. It saddens me because we enjoy watching football games there and playing trivia! read more

First things first. This isn't a high end place. It's a place I usually come to hangout and have some ipas. BUT---last night my husband was telling me how good their Chicago style pizza is. I am not a pizza person. But I let him order. For appetizers we got the garlic mushrooms and an order of calamari. I AM SHOOK. These were the best, juiciest and most buttery garlic mushrooms I have ever had IN MY LIFE. They came out piping hot and fresh and I practically inhaled them! The calamari was suuuuper soft and not what I expected. I am impressed. The Chicago style pizza was different than anything I've ever had, it was good, I had leftovers today! Such a down to earth place that has good food and a chill atmosphere. read more

Romano's Chicago Pizzeria - The best sautéed garlic mushrooms EVER. Don't let their appearance fool you!! - Pizza Near Me - Riverside, California

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I've been to this spot before and they have really good food and a good atmosphere. I had never had their Chicago style pizza but had people tell me it was the best around. Personally I liked their regular pizza better than the Chicago style, which was good but I think it was outclassed by the Chicago Pasta House in nearby Moreno Valley. In fairness I ordered a basic cheese and sauce Chicago style so perhaps it would have been better with some toppings? Overall though the sauce and cheese were amazing. I just wasn't crazy a kid the crust which seemed a little hard for my liking. The pasta dishes I've had in the past there however, were great and service is always good. Would recommend it. read more

Romano's Chicago Pizzeria - Chicago Deep Dish (Cheese Only) - Pizza Near Me - Riverside, California

This place took a big shit in the last year or two. Was so excited for the new updated patio and that lasted about a few month. They never have propane for the outside patio, the outside patio looks like a storage unit, the concerts all weekend is ridiculous. As a regular I want to come on the weekend and enjoy my time without having to listen to a loud band, no where to sit and having to pay to be there. I love the workers but I can tell the owner doesn't know how to properly run a place and needs to figure out how to better serve his customers. I never write reviews but honestly am just so disappointed at the way this place is being run. read more

Great Chicago dish pizza and have been there multiple times. When away from Chicago that's the place to be

Food and service has really gone downhill. It's pricey too. The last couple of times we have been very disappointed. It used to be one of our favorite places. read more

Been an orangecrest resident for 25+ years. Son worked here years ago and we older chicken parm. Always has 2 patties. Today. Got one. Wtf. And the Cesar dressing now has changed. What's wrong here. Is this the last Romanos in Riverside going to close. Sad sad sad read more

Have been here quiet a few times. Great environment, awesome service, wide variety of good beer, and delicious food. read more

Romano's Chicago Pizzeria - Pizza Near Me - Riverside, California

Horrible slow service. Family with kids next us waited for an hour he asked them where the food was and waiter never came back he ended up leaving. I order chicago buffalo pizza and they brought wrong pizza after an hour wait. Wings are over price. 2 waiters with a a full restaurant. I do not recommend. When it came to paying had to wait another 15 minutes in line super disorganized. I There is better pizza restaurant in town. read more

Good food. Quick service. Fun atmosphere for a Friday or Saturday night! The portions are generous.

Ya'll need to try the stuffed pizza Also, the bar area on the right is self seating.

Delicious. We tried the different location and it was just as delicious and service was just as good. As a matter a fact I think maybe the front hosting even just a tad better read more

Worst service ever!!! Went to the bar, ordered wings for the appetizer and pizza for the main course. No plates or utensils were provided until 20 mins after we had our pizza. Ask the waitress 2x for utensils, finally my wife had to grab the utensils from the bar and was asked if we wanted plastic plates to go. Finally got my wings 1 hr after had the pizza. Waitress was just hanging out with the other guests. Bar was not busy at all. Also, it would be a great idea for the owner to grab some paint from Home Depot and paint over the Nazi signs in the Men's restroom. Very disappointed with the service and environment this establishment shows their guests. read more

My family and I frequent Ramanos a lot during baseball season to watch games and of course to eat great food. They merged the canyon crest ramanos with this one and since we have missed our favorite bartender Devin! Please bring him back to the bar, we miss Devin! read more

Worst customer service, the restaurant was empty and we weren't being served . The owner of this restaurant obviously does not know how to run a business am surprised is still open. read more

Great food terrible terrible customer service The girl that works the front she is the only person A good personality and a good work ethic this company will never last if it keeps getting reviews like this need to get new management in there a teacher in employees to make a better customer. This hurts any business customer service is the main point of all of it. Good customer service brings people back if people are happy where Eating they're always going to go back but when you have bad customer service they won't go back get a new manager in there I don't think the owner knows anything Anything going on in this restaurant if he did then he should go ahead and sell the business. I've had people ask me how I like the place and I tell them don't ever go there and I will continue to tell them until this place changes. A resident in Moreno Valley and I go out to eat an awful lot read more

Be for warned, this place is FILTHY! I didn't notice right away. As you sit and wait over 40 minutes for pizza you start looking around. Air vents have built up dust. Carpet is dingy and the chairs are worn out. I unwrapped my utensils to find my fork had dried cheese on it. When I got up and asked for a clean fork. The kid grabbed my fork and said it wasn't dirty with an attitude. He asked if I wanted plastic if I was that concerned. I think this is what made me start really looking around to see the grime. As for food, well it's not what I expected either. Antipasto salad had a lot of wilted and browned lettuce. A salad should be cold and to me it wasn't that cold. The Leroy Brown deep dish pizza was kinda bland. The crust wasn't as flavorful as the Ramanos in Redlands. I can't believe these two restaurants are even connected. They do a round to nearest nickel which is not optional. I know it's pennies, but seriously! We sat ourselves and waited for our server. Service is slow and not very friendly. You should anticipate giving fresh plates for pizza after they were used for salad. We should not have to ask for them. read more

Romano's Chicago Pizzeria - Nearest Nickel - Pizza Near Me - Riverside, California

Service going down, waitress never came to check on us. Host and waitresses on cell phones instead of giving good service. Used to be a good place but I won't be coming back. read more

Walked in and place was pretty empty. Which I like. Got served right away but my salad took some time to arrive to table. I got a pastrami with avocado which was delicious. Came with fries which had a very unique texture. Pleased with customer service as well. read more

Romano's Chicago Pizzeria - Pastrami with avalado - Pizza Near Me - Riverside, California

Came here with a friend awhile back meanwhile our movie started at the Galaxy Theaters. They sat us down fairly quick.. but they took forever to take our drink order, the place was not fully packed although there were customers already being attended to which they had been eating already. When they finally took our drink order, they took nearly an hour to bring us our soda and then since they took forever to take our order we ended up leaving... sad because their pizza looked good read more

I had the absolute best 25th birthday here. I got so drunk when I was downtown that I had to find a place to sleep. I immediately went to their bathroom and slept on their toilet. Let me tell you, will smith would've loved to sleep in there with his son. I will definitely be spending another night resting here. Thank you for your hospitality 10/10!!!! read more

Romano's used to be good, I would go in here and there have dinner or grab a beer at the bar, and loved the food, service, pretty much everything ....I went to it last night, and wow, from service to the food, it's all downgraded to a basic run of the mill eatery, bad service and bad food. We ordered drinks and appetizers and our pizzas all at the same time, we got our drinks 45 mins later, we got the appetizers shortly after and they were cold, the cheesy bread was the exception . That was good, everything else was kinda burnt, in fact the calamari came with extra pieces of burnt breading as a side dish?, it took another 20 mins before we could get plates and utensils/napkins. And then.... we waited another 30 mins before the pizza came out, cold... mind you we order all at the same time so we could get somewhat of a flow going since we had a movie to watch across the street which we had told the nice server. We ended up eating one pizza in literally 5 minutes and pack the other to go since we had no time. I write this not to castigate/chastise , but in the hopes that the bad points get addressed somehow for the next set of customers who might visit for the 1st time and get disappointed. I love this place but it's time to reflect on the leadership to improve and not lose clientele, c'mon! After pandemic this place should be better than before, you owe it to yourselves. read more

Food is really good waitress was great too. Thanks Natasha for the great service. The deep dish and antipasto salad was more then enough for our small group of 5. read more

Romano's Chicago Pizzeria - Deep dish - Pizza Near Me - Riverside, California

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RAmona's Very disappointing Two of us went in for lunch - given one menu between us. Asked for another. Took over 25 minutes to give our order but noticed two older men come in later and the waitress took their order. The couple closes to us also were waiting for their food. Finally we gave our oder and I mentioned her taking the men's order first. My friend and I gave her the benefit of the doubt since she was the only waitress and it sounded like they had one cook. Well, it took over 30 minutes to get our food. I ordered lasagna which was good but not as good as in Canyon Crest. The server in Canyon Crest, she managed to do a better job of waiting on multiple groups. And it seem to be friendlier. My lasagna at Alessandro lacked the flavors of the Canyon Crest. My friend's pizza looked good and she enjoyed it but when we went to go visit another store, all of a sudden she had some stomach issues and had to get to the restroom quickly. That never happened to her when she ordered the pizza at Canyon Crest. The waitress did not bring me my cannolis and she did take it off my ticket.. She offered to give me one on the house and it was like OK will wait. It was too much of a wait and I just left without them. Even though the service can be bad, I will give a 15% tip but trust me I will not ever go back if I can help it to any place that has poor service. Poor service and unfortunately, they closed down the wrong restaurant. Canyon in Crest would always get a five star from me. Not this place. The place is more of a bar type atmosphere. read more

So, the food is good but the service is so sub par I can't stress this enough. Let me qualify, the bar staff is lazy at best. We have tried to get served there and they are not friendly nor attentive. The food is decent. I recommend take out. read more

horrible service and you must be white to go here there food was ok before like mediocre at best anyways never going here again! used to be great but now they have the worst service. like many other reviews on here we were also not helped nor greeted and actually had servers walk away from us!! read more

Wasn't happy with tonight's dinner. $80+ for 5... the lasagna was great my husband and son said. My son got the BBQ chicken pizza and loves it, but took a big bite and ended up with a chicken bone poking his cheek. My daughter and I barely ate the chicken alfredo because it was so dry since it looked and tasted like the wasn't any flavor or sauce. Half of my money spent was a waste. I don't think I'll be back, at least not any time soon. read more

The food here is amazing even if it comes out a little slow. Always Come here when I'm hanging out in the mission grove plaza. Connor, Rachel, Celeste, & devon are great people and will take care of you at the bar. My awkward self always feels welcomed here read more

Service was good... BUT... We had a party of 30 for last Saturday evening (6p) that was scheduled for patio dining. We got to the restaurant and ALL of the heat lamps were either broken ir empty. How was our party to stay warm? We had to obtain a couple of tables inside for those that were too cold/feeble to withstand the outside temperatures. WE WENT TO 4 STORES AND FILLED 2 OF OUR OWN PROPANE TANKS TO PROVIDE HEAT FOR OUR GUESTS TO FEEL COMFORTABLE!! Those that reserved the place for the get together, visit the restaurant at least 3 times per month are VERY DISAPPOINTED! The owner needs to step up and make sure that the restaurant is up to Par for all types of dining! Word is... They had no heat for the huge party of people they had outside the night before in the wind and pouring rain! read more

We decided to pay this spot a visit since it has been a while. First off no host around second all the tables where dirty. As we waited for the server to clean them which he did a poor job we asked him to redo the table we choose to sit at. The snarky remark with attitude ' where is the food at ' and ' anywhere else you see food ' was too much so we left ... will not be back to this place ... read more

Ok so I am now changing my 1st review to a 5 star! So my first experience there wasnt so great service was just horrible and we had to walk out. But I did have to give them a second chance because my friends said its really never like that. So I did go back a couple times now since then and everything has been great the pizza is awesome!! And the kid who happened to read my first review who works there is so polite and helpful. And they bake fresh loafs of bread daily that they sell and it is so good so I consider those carbs good carbs! Lol read more

I have been here a great amount of times with my boyfriend and friends a we always have a good time. Great drinks adequate selection of food however our experience last night encouraged me to leave a review. I honestly don't know what was wrong if Alexis had a bad day but our service was terrible. After walking in we selected out table on the bar side and after waiting 5-10 min with no one coming to take our drink order I had to physically walk to the bar ask for our drinks and for a food menu. I had high hopes it would get better after but she had a very sarcastic attitude she would continue to make her rounds to the other tables almost as avoiding ours. When she dropped off our food she spoke but walked away without finishing what she was saying. In no moment did she ask if we wanted another drink or anything else we had to almost yell to get her attention. When wanting to ask for the check she was no where to be found or not even looking at our direction. Once she brought over the bill I asked her if she could split it and she gave a sarcastic sigh and replied no problem. The whole process from trying to ask for the bill splitting the bill and paying took all over 10 minutes. I tried to be understanding but her attitude made the evening displeasing. Like I mentioned I really enjoyed coming here and I do hope the service gets better for future customers because at the way things went I do not see myself returning. Please do better. read more

Used to go here at least once every two weeks that will stop now went lastnight and the service was horrible it took us 30 min to get drinks and about 30 more to order food messed our order up forgot our salads brought the appetizers and main food out at the same time then the salads waitress was rude waited 30 more minutes for a refill of iced tea then took 30 or so minutes more to get my bill wasn't even busy was there for 3 hours total waste of money and time i would give a 0 star if i could read more

Placed a to go order only to get there and have to wait as long or longer than what I was told the wait would be over the phone. I could have showed up and placed my order and the wait would have been the same. I understand stuff can happen but double what I was told by Dylan was frustrating but what made it worse is that I placed a simple to go order for a cheese pizza and a buffalo chicken salad with blue cheese vinaigrette and that was messed up. Showed up on time and still waited another 20 plus minutes for a pizza and a salad. Waiter handed me my food and I confirmed with him my order which he said yes. Got home and found I had a chicken salad with ranch. Although the salad looks ok having to wait twice as long and then having to drive back is pretty frustrating. Came back just to be told they are trying to figure it out when the salad is on their menu.. read more

Romano's Chicago Pizzeria - Wrong salad - Pizza Near Me - Riverside, California

Always a great experience! Super pizza and calzones. One of the few quality places to watch a game and have good food!

Ordered some pasta that was supposedly done in 30 mins. Ended up being 2 hours and stayed past closing. People that came in before us got their order first. They most likely forgot about our order until we repeatedly asked about it. I ain't no chef but I think if I left a pizza in the oven, I would know it would be burning cause I would smell it, not wait until the smoke alarm to go off. read more