Giordano's

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• PC

  Pure Energy Crystals

  1 day ago
  5.0
  Giordano's has been serving Chicago-style deep-dish pizza since 1974, when Italian brothers Joseph and Efren Boglio brought their mother's Easter pizza pie recipe from Turin to the Windy City. Nearly five decades later, it's become a Chicago pizza institution that locals swear by and tourists seek out. What sets Giordano's apart is their stuffed approach. Instead of a single thick crust, they use two layers of flaky, buttery dough that sandwich Wisconsin mozzarella and your toppings, then finish it with their signature tomato sauce on top. It takes about 45 minutes to bake, but the wait is worth it. The crust comes out golden-brown and crispy while staying tender inside, and the cheese pull is legendary. The quality of ingredients really shows. Their mozzarella comes from Wisconsin cheesemakers and is shredded fresh daily. The tomato sauce uses hand-picked tomatoes from Mendocino County in Northern California. Even their flour comes from a single Minnesota mill using a proprietary wheat blend. These details matter with every bite. For those not wanting to wait 45 minutes, they also offer traditional thin crust and tavern-style pizzas, both cut into classic Chicago squares and ready in about 35 minutes. Vegetarians have solid options here. The Fresh Spinach Pizza keeps it simple, while the Vegetarian Special loads on mushrooms, green peppers, onions, broccoli, black olives, and spinach. The Margherita features fresh mozzarella, house-made pesto, and basil, and the Mushroom & Spinach Alfredo brings sautéed mushrooms, spinach, creamy alfredo, garlic chips, and parmesan. You can also build your own with toppings like artichokes, banana peppers, olives, garlic, jalapeños, mushrooms, onions, pineapple, spinach, tomatoes, and ricotta. All options work with any crust style. Beyond pizza, there are salads, Fettuccine Alfredo, Spaghetti with marinara, garlic bread, and fried mozzarella triangles. The atmosphere is cozy and casual, perfect for families or a relaxed dinner. Service is friendly and helpful, though peak hours bring serious wait times. The pizzas are enormous: a small feeds two to three people easily. Prices run fifteen to twenty-five dollars for specialty pizzas depending on size and location, but portions justify the cost. Giordano's delivers authentic Chicago deep-dish pizza made with quality ingredients and traditional techniques. Yes, you'll wait. Yes, you'll need a nap afterward. But that first bite of cheese-laden, perfectly baked pizza makes it worthwhile. Vegetarians have real options, not just afterthoughts. Come hungry, bring friends, and don't rush it. Good deep dish takes time, and Giordano's has been perfecting theirs for half a century.
• JH

  Josh Henderson

  Nov 14, 2025
  5.0
  Everything was 10/10! The Alfredo was literally the best Alfredo I’ve ever had, SO GOOD! Could’ve used a little more chicken, but the chicken was cooked so perfect. The deep dish pizza was a 45 min wait to cook, I asked the waitress if it was worth it and she excitedly proclaimed, “oh yeah”- which were the words I said when I took my first bite of pizza. And lemme tell you, it was worth the wait! 2nd best pizza I’ve ever had in my life, and the best deep dish pizza I’ve ever had. The biggest thing for me- I’m lactose intolerant, and although I took lactaid as I normally do with any dairy, normally dairy and bread sit like a rock in my stomach, but after 2/3 of a pasta, and 2 pieces of deep dish pizza, I felt fine. Normally I get some pretty bad intestinal repercussions from dairy, but didn’t have anything from eating here. My wife is in the same boat as me and also didn’t have anything sort of reaction. Whatever ingredient's they use are wholesome and clean, because I’ve never-not had a reaction from dairy, I’m extremely impressed. Everything was also very clean, and the staff was extremely nice and attentive.
• EE

  Edel

  Nov 12, 2025
  1.0
  Delivery took about 1:30 and it's only a 7 minute drive from our place. It was a Saturday night so most likely busy. The pizza was not great at all. They put all the seasonings and sauce on one side, like you see in the picture. The flavor was not great, specially those slices that taste like seasoning only. Most likely because they were busy they tried to make the pizza quickly, which still took a very long time and the quality was not there. The tavern style cheese pizza even had worse flavor. The wings and ranch were good. Overall, we will not order from here again. It was very expensive and the quality is not great.
• LJ

  L J

  Nov 10, 2025
  5.0
  This pizza was absolutely delicious! We had a meat lovers deep dish pie and thin crust pies. The crust was distinctively crispy. Both types of pizza were exceptional as was the service. The large chocolate chip cookie was fantastic. If you're in the area, give Giordano's a try. You will be glad you did. Highly recommend.
• DM

  Devika Maraj

  Nov 1, 2025
  1.0
  Spent $46 on this pizza I’m unable to add the video I’ve heard so many great stories about here decided to try it with my husband I try not to speak negative on others establishment but this was not worth the money we got the bbq chicken pizza they showered the pizza with way too much bbq sauce. The pizza was half cooked and still kind of raw it’s 11:20am and I still have like most of the pizza in my oven that I have to throw out this was just all around a horrible experience and I’m very disappointed hope you guys do better if I could’ve return this pizza I would’ve and to make it worst we waited almost an hour when we was told 45 mins for this pizza then it was crappy

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