I'm extremely disappointed with my experience with Aurelio's in Crown Point. Today I was told they will no longer deliver to my home because they claim I yelled at a delivery driver on my move-in day back in September 2025. This accusation is completely untrue. I had several people here helping me that day, and they can all confirm that I did not yell at the driver. What makes this even more frustrating is that I have placed numerous delivery orders with them since that date without any issue. Yet today, when I called, I was suddenly told I could no longer receive delivery because of this alleged incident. To make matters worse, the manager I spoke with began yelling at me during the call, which was completely unprofessional and unnecessary. The entire interaction was upsetting and frankly despicable. I did place one final order tonight, but after this experience, I will never order from Aurelio's in Crown Point again. read more

The pizza was great!! Hot and Made fast. Along with great service. A great place for pizza. Will be back again!! read more

Aurelio's Pizza - Large Pizza - Italian Near Me - Crown Point, Indiana

We ordered a meatball sandwich and a beef sandwich. Beef was bland and very dry. Meatball sandwich had very little sauce on it. We requested au jus for the beef and sauce for the meatball. As we are eating the sandwiches we realized the bread wasn't toasted like it was listed on the menu. We asked the server about it and he said the bread hadn't been pushed back far enough in the oven because of other food items in the oven but he would let the kitchen know so it wouldn't happen next time. I asked that he remove charges for the au jus and sauce from the bill and one was taken off. Had these same sandwiches at the Crete location and were very good. Very disappointed in this location. read more

Customer service was bad and pizza tasted horrible. More cheddar than mozzarella or Parmesan. My 4 year old wouldn't even eat it!!! read more

Aurelio's Pizza - Italian Near Me - Crown Point, Indiana

So good but holy sh!t they've gotten expensive. Guess you get what you pay for but this is just a special treat maybe once a month type of pizza. read more

Solid pizza. Service was very good. Ample parking . The one in Homewood is the best,but this one is very good.

Wow. You can't order a pizza from Aurelios's with a card on the phone???? Have to do it online. Found this out after being on hold for 15 minutes. Ordered from Gelsosomos instead. Way more convenient. read more

My family and I have been frequent customers of this Aurelio's location, which we've always found to be one of the cleanest and most updated in the area. Yesterday, however, was an extremely disappointing experience. When we arrived, the restaurant was mostly empty except for a few customers finishing up. We placed our drink, appetizer, and pizza order. While we were waiting for the appetizer we noticed the place getting busier as more families came in. We were waiting over 30 minutes for our appetizer while watching others who arrived after us receive their food, we started wondering what was going on. We searched for our server, and my fiancée noticed him off to the side on his phone. When we asked about our appetizer, he admitted he forgot to put in our order but said he would take it off the bill if it didn't come out quickly. A little over five minutes later, the appetizer finally arrived, but we noticed a family who came in after us was already served their pizza. When we asked the server if he had forgotten our pizza order as well, his only response was, 'I'm trying...,' which didn't really explain much. In total, we waited close to an hour for our pizza. During this time, we considered speaking to a manager and canceling the order, but decided to wait until we finished and discuss it when paying. At the register, I asked to speak to a manager, and the gentleman behind the counter claimed he was the manager. I explained the situation, and his response was that the mistake was entirely on the server and there was nothing he could do about it. I expressed frustration that it was their employee's distraction that led to the issue, and he showed no concern for our experience. The server came over and tried to remove the appetizer from the bill, but the 'manager' snapped at him, saying he needed to call the boss for approval. After a few minutes, he angrily returned and took a mere $4 off our $50 bill. I told him we would not be returning, to which he coldly responded, 'That's up to you.' As I returned to the table to gather my family, I overheard the 'manager' talking loudly to the kitchen staff, claiming there was no way we waited an hour and that if it were him, he would've spoken up sooner. I called him back to the counter and confronted him, offering to prove the time we arrived using Google's timeline feature. When I asked why he was calling customers liars, he refused to give his name and walked away. We've been loyal customers of Aurelio's across Chicagoland and Indiana for years, but after this experience, never again. Mistakes happen, but all that was required was basic courtesy and customer service. Instead, we were met with insults and poor management. They should be ashamed of themselves for how they handled this situation. read more

June 7, 2025 Derrick All I can say is--wow. From the moment I walked in, I was impressed. The food is absolutely amazing, and the staff are some of the friendliest people I've encountered at any restaurant. Everyone, from the cooks in the back to the people working the front counter, was warm, welcoming, and clearly took pride in what they do. Let's talk about the pizza--because that alone is worth the trip. I ordered a half pepperoni, half sausage pizza, and it was perfection. The crust was the perfect balance of crispy and chewy, with just the right amount of char to give it that authentic, wood-fired flavor. The sauce tasted fresh and homemade, with just a hint of sweetness and spice. The cheese was gooey and rich, perfectly melted over generous toppings. Both the pepperoni and sausage were high quality and packed with flavor. You could tell that nothing here came from a can or was just thrown together. Everything was thoughtfully prepared and delicious. But what really stood out beyond the incredible food was the service. The workers here go above and beyond to make every guest feel valued. It wasn't just a smile and a "hi"--they actually take time to talk with you, make sure your order is right, and ask how your meal is going. It feels like they genuinely care that you have a great experience, which is something you don't see often anymore. The place itself has a cozy, inviting vibe. It's clean, comfortable, and family-friendly. You can tell it's a spot where locals love to gather, and for good reason. There's a real sense of community here. Whether you're grabbing a quick bite or settling in for a meal with friends and family, it feels like you're part of something special. I also noticed how well the staff worked together. There was clear communication and teamwork happening behind the scenes, which probably explains why everything ran so smoothly. Orders were coming out fast, but never rushed. Everyone was smiling, chatting, and enjoying themselves. That kind of positive energy makes a huge difference--it's contagious, and it made the whole meal even more enjoyable. In short, if you're looking for a place with great food, amazing service, and a truly friendly atmosphere, this is it. I'm already planning my next visit. I'll definitely be trying more menu items, but that half pepperoni, half sausage pizza will be hard to beat. Highly recommend! read more

This is the best Aurelio's pizza in NWI. Great service, Great Food, and a good clean environment!

I've had better quality from little Ceasers. $56 for a medium pizza, antipasto salad, and wings. Pizza was soggy, not cut well. Lettuce on salad was already browning. Place was empty, I guess I know why read more

Aurelio's is my family's favorite pizza place and the wings are great too. They have the best sauce to crust ratio. I could eat it every day. read more

Craving Chicago pizza - Texas pizza doesn't come close. Stopped at this restaurant near our hotel. Started out as a dine in pizza dinner and after 45 minutes requested it to go. Carry out area just inside the entrance. Small dingy and dark dining area to one side and nobody to direct you to seat your self or not so we did anyway. There was one 20 person group who had finished eating and two smaller groups of 5-6 people also eating. No wait staff visible. Regular stream of people picking up pizzas but nobody in the dining room being served. Saturday night at 6pm. Waitress finally arrived for our order after we'd seated ourselves. Other people were confused about seating and walked into the dining area and out trying to figure it out. No signage to help. After all the group tables were gone and waitress cleaned up other tables we flagged her down and requested ours to go. After an hour all in we finally got our boxed pizza but stood in line at the carry out station for 8-10 minutes with the pizza to pay. Pizza was just ok based on others I have had at other Aurelio's restaurants. Cheese was barely melted and toppings were arranged with all meat in the center so a third of the pizza had no meat. Yes - still better than spongy crusted no sauce Texas pies. Takeout probably a better experience at this location. read more

Great Pizza!! Stopped by for a taste of local pizza and was shocked by such a great taste outside of the 5 Burroughs of NYC!!

used to love this place, but quality has gone way down and after tonight would not go back. Ordered a large antipasto salad and got this very poor excuse for a meal. Full of watery, yellow and brown iceberg lettuce, a couple pieces of pepperoni, ONE slice of cheese, 1 piece of ham and a bunch of red pepper. Called to complain and they wanted me to drive the salad back if I wanted a refund. The person on the phone was rude and clearly had no intention of doing service recovery. Also love the "Carole Baskin" on the receipt. When you have no intention of serving quality food or taking care of the customers, why not put stupid things on the receipt. read more

Aurelio's Pizza - Large antipasto "salad" - Italian Near Me - Crown Point, Indiana

Pizza delivery has taken 2 plus hours after being told an hour. Talked to manager and absolutely NO help.

Told me 20-30 minutes got there 30 minutes waited another 45 minutes my pizza was just sitting there. There are people in back making the pizza with their hair long in there face a loud lady telling him to get a hair tie. Where is the health department'? Horrific read more

So Good!!! We grew up on and LOVE Homewood Aurelio's! This is place is the best! Dana has made this place an exact replica to the original. Great to go or eat in. Staff is down to earth and extremely friendly. We always ask for our pie well done. read more

Aurelio's Pizza - Aurelio's Exterior - Italian Near Me - Crown Point, Indiana

Consistently good pizza served here! Love the sauce and when you ask for "extra crispy", it actually comes like that!

Great pizza but the dining room was like a meat locker. I asked the waitress if she could adjust the thermostat to make it warmer but she said it gets hot in the kitchen if the A/C isn't set low enough. Patrons fortunate to have hoodies had them covering their heads. if they only have one A/C unit they should close the vents in the dining room. If the pizza wasn't so good i would have given a one star rating. read more

Always dependable and consistant. Ask for light sauce because they lay it on thick. Lots of topping choices make for great customizing. I'm a big fan of veggies and love being able to add bunches. Crust is thin and crispy and there is plenty of cheese. Dine in or carry out, Auelio's always delivers a quality pie. read more

Good pizza and good service. We had a pepperoni and mushroom with thin crust. For the price the toppings were on the light side. The only negative is that Diet Pepsi was the only diet drink offered and it's terrible. Diet Mountain Dew is a better alternative. We will definitely be back for more. read more

Awful and rude general manager at the Crown Point location. Quality of food is terrible considering the price. Aurelio's is not what it used to be. As I was expressing my complaint, the general manager kept talking over me and when I asked her shut up and listen to me she threatened to hang up. Ordered loaded fries that had no online discriptiin but was pictured with cheese and bacon. It came to us with tons of raw onions. They we nasty. Asked for cheese on sandwich and she claimed the cheese was baked into the bread. There was zero cheese in it. Horrible experience. read more

I'm writing this as I stare at my pizza in the garbage bin, sad but true. This location is one to avoid, in my opinion. I fell in love with Aurelio's 30 years ago when I lived in Illinois so finding a location in Crown Point after moving down here was a relief, until I tried them today. I ordered a pizza but did not eat it and explain why in my review here. I ordered online for the first time - then called to see if I could do delivery instead and the guy that answered said he could only cancel my order and then we'd do a new order which was fine...but he just couldn't figure it out. Meanwhile, the entire time on the phone waiting for him to try to cancel the order, other staff were loud and goofing around. One was constantly sneezing so I asked if that was the cook, the guy just laughed. I asked again and he said no, that's the delivery driver. I told him to tell him to cover his mouth when sneezing and the guy just laughed. He couldn't figure out how to cancel so I said fine, I'd pick it up. 40 minutes later, no notification or text from their online system saying my pizza was ready so I called the store. Same guy answers, says "yeah, we were supposed to do that on our end but just said 'screw it'".....um, what??? I show up 5 minutes after that to pick up my pizza - only two guys there, the one I had talked to twice on the phone and the cook who was making a pizza AND SNEEZING EVERYWHERE WITHOUT COVERING HIS MOUTH!!!! The guy at the counter was acting really weird - it is obvious he doesn't care about his job and the cook obviously doesn't care about health and safety and they'll lie to you because they just don't care! I said 'this location gets mixed reviews' and the guy says (as he's laughing) "yeah, the people that don't like us is because of their own stupidity" - I'm not kidding here, this is verbatim!!! Seriously?? You employ people like this to represent the Aurelio's brand?? Never again will I patronize this location and I strongly urge others not to as well because if their management isn't willing to monitor their employees or train them in customer service or fire them for generally not caring about customer satisfaction and especially our health and safety, why the hell should we give them our hard-earned cash?? This really is the bottom line for any business. I should have asked for my money back and left the pizza but I think I was still in a bit of bewilderment about the whole experience that autopilot took over and I just got the pizza and left. However, as I couldn't stop myself from saying "really?" over and over again the entire drive home, I decided I'd relay my experience here after tossing the pizza in the garbage. Yes, we all read the reviews and we pay attention to the 1* reviews, of course, but we also hope we'll have a better experience than that reviewer - I sure hoped I would have but nope, this was one for the S-list. read more

My family and I ordered 2 large pizzas, and whoa, there was WAAAAAAAY too much sauce. It ruined both pizzas, tbh. I normally love their pizza, but the amount of sauce ruined it, sadly. read more

This place makes incredible pizzas, especially their thin crust. Whatever cheese blend they're using is amazing. And they aren't shy with the toppings; they pile them on. We had their chicken wings to start, which had great flavor and some good spicy heat. I'd skip ordering the toasted ravioli though. We had four hungry people in our party and ordered way too much food. The thin crust fiesta size pizza is their largest and can easily feed 4-6 people. Their medium thin crust can feed 3-4. And their 10" stuffed pizza can feed 2-3. Super fresh ingredients and the flavor and toppings were so well balanced. Their wait staff was so friendly and helpful. The facility and restrooms are clean. AND, bonus: they have a pinball machine in the back! Next time I'm in Crown Point, I will definitely stop by. read more

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Kind of average pizza here. Not great, not horrible. The problem I have is that at the price of eating out these days, the food should be great. I understand while the fixed costs, wages and supplies are out of their hands, for continued survival the food has to be way above average. We've noticed a trend lately where many restaurants product has declined in quality or taste, especially the regions once famous pizza trade. Here's hoping they all do a few focus groups to get back on a higher track. read more

Ordered on line per their request. Even called to say we'll done. 2 hours later no order. Please be carefull seem to not know what they are doing read more

I went here with my family a group of 8 and we were seated right away. Our server was top notch. She handled the table like a pro. She was very upbeat and kind. The food was delicious as we ordered pizza, wings, salads, & bread sticks. This location is fantastic and we will definitely return again!! read more

Absolutely horrible. We threw it all away. The worst pizza I have ever had. It smelled good when it was delivered. We opened the boxes and it looked like crap. The crust wasn't even browned, the pizza was soggy and mushy. Just terrible. Never ever again read more

There are two pizza places that frequent often. One is in the Chicago area, Aurelios and then my favorite in Louisiana near one of my manufacturing locations. Normally I wouldn't hesitate to give Aurelios 5 stars but this location lacks some things that the other dozen or so locations have. First, the dining area is pretty plain and it just doesn't have the cozy Italian feel that many locations hold. Second, the service is hit or miss. One day the server is great and the next time they are slow, forget things, etc. The food here has always been very good so for that part I give it 5 stars but the service and atmosphere are more like 3.5. If you want the best pizza in he area then make this your stop. I should note that this isn't a cheap pizza and you won't find a $5.00 medium here. An XL with several toppings will run you about $30 but the taste is worth it. Treat yourself! read more

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DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH THIS AURELIO'S. For decades, I've been ordering sausage and mushroom pizzas from Aurelio's. Last Friday, the Crown Point location erroneously sent me a pepperoni and sausage pizza. I informed the restaurant of the error and was promised a new pizza. Satisfied, I discarded the "mistake" pizza and settled in to wait for the replacement pie. A few minutes later, I received a call from Aurelio's and was instructed to return the "mistake" pizza to the delivery driver. I informed the caller that subject pizza had been discarded. To my astonishment, the caller instructed me to DIG THROUGH THE TRASH. I'm wheelchair bound. Digging through trash cans isn't an option for me. I've patronized Aurelio's for over forty years. Apparently, my patronage meant nothing to them. Probably yours won't either. read more

This local chain was just down the street from our old house. We tried it once and was hooked. It become our go to place for pizza. Always great tasting pizza read more

What a great find! We visited relatives over Thanksgiving and ordered a pizza from Aurelio's. Delicious. We wiLl return!

Great service, great waitress, and delicious pizza. She was attentive, very nice and prompt. Food was consistent with Aurelio's.

Nothing bad to say about customer service, and can't say I have had anything to eat from here. I love Aurelio's in general, however, I find myself in a predicament that somehow I live smack dab in the middle between the crown point and Griffith locations. Which equals to a 10-12 minute drive for each. I am denied delivery because I am "out of district". I have been a lifetime customer for close to 25 years and it boggles my mind they don't care to lose a valued customer who spent $150 plus a month. Well done aurelios.... well done read more

Worst pizza worst experience and worst management in northwest Indiana pizza is burnt and dried up no flavor at all other Aurelio's have been delicious but this place disappoints dominos has this place beat by a mile. Manager Dana didn't help at all with my experience and didn't want to give me owners info. You've been warned read more

I expect more from Aurelio's. We went here after a day of shopping and having a huge craving for thin crust pizza. When we entered there was no one to greet us in the restaurant. The restaurant atmosphere and decor was dirty and not comforting, you didn't get the feeling of wanting to sit and enjoy. We sat at a table and waited for someone to come out to greet us and give us menus. I went to the bathroom and found both toilets clogged with dirty water and toilet paper. When I came out our waitress had finally appeared. She did some seem friendly or welcoming. I politely informed her of the issue in the bathroom so they could fix it. She said "oh" and walked away. Not "Thank you for telling us, we'll get on it." We ordered our pizza.....After about 20 minutes I finally saw the bus boy go over to the bathrooms, he came out a short time later with a plunger that dripped across the seating area of the restaurant as he returned to the kitchen. I couldn't believe what I saw and health codes immediately came to mind. The pizza was as expected - but the feeling of being in a dirty restaurant made it taste not so great. read more

We do pick-up or delivery because the dine-in experience is terrible as others have reviewed. Love to get it with extra sauce and well done! read more

This is my all time favorite pizza from Northwest Indiana. I have never strayed away from ordering there thin crust pizza. Their sauaage really is good and their topping are exceptional. Last night I went with the Super 6 combination which has sausage,ham, pepperoni, onion, green pepper, and mushroom. Soo good! I also ordered their tomatoe bread which is fantastic. It is garlic bread with bruschetta and tons of fresh provalone and mozzarella melted on top with fresh orefano on top. A definite must try! read more