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    Lou Malnati's Pizzeria

    3.9 (190 reviews)
    ModeratePizza, Italian
    Closed 11:00 am - 9:00 pm
    Updated a few days ago

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    Casual
    Moderate noise
    Good for kids
    Good for groups

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    Navya V.

    Chicago = deep dish. Deep Dish = Lou Malnati's. Lou Malnati's = Delicious! This place definitely requires a reservation ahead of time if you are planning to have a sit down experience. The pizza options are vast and modifiable. When the pizza is brought out to you, the server puts on a show with cutting the pizza and doing a fun cheese-pull of the slice before serving it. There are frozen deep dish pizzas available for sale here, if you want to take home the experience as well.

    Brandon F.

    We had to try the Chicago style pizza when visiting Chicago! We came here for dinner in the evening. There is always long lines for these restaurants given their popularity and well known thing to do when visiting chicago. We put our name in and walked around for about 30-45mins before our table was ready. The staff here are really great and attentive despite having so many tables to attend to. We were not personally impressed by the taste and style of chicago style pizza! Definitely a personal preference for us, but we would still recommend you give it a try!

    Probably the most delicious pizza I've ever had in my life. Order it.  Deep Dish Malnati Chicago Classic Deep Dish Malnati Chicago Classic
    Erini N.

    I've tried deep dish, pizza, and other places in Chicago. Every time I visited, and I've never really gone back for it because it hasn't been that impressive. Until I tried this pizza and now I understand all the rave. If you want to try real deep dish pizza in Chicago, THIS is where you need to go. It takes a lot of time to make, almost 45 minutes, but all ingredients are made from scratch.

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    Michelle M.

    Although I seriously questioned where our Uber was dropping us off, the restaurant ended up coming through. I must say I prefer Giordano's as an out of towner. Maybe I just don't have refined deep dish pizza taste yet. Regardless, it was good and while the waitress wasn't leaping to wait on us (we were literally the only people there and we think she was annoyed at our arrival...) she was nice enough. I think the hardest worker there was the delivery driver who went and came back several times just while we were there. He was all go the whole time. We also got the Caesar salad but it came unmixed so I felt like we needed to prepare it ourselves. Still a solid early dinner on the way to Midway.

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    Miles S.

    Deep dish is mandatory when you visit Chicago and this spot is known to back up it's top quality reputation. You'll be grateful for the crispy edged, fluffy pies filled generously with tomato sauce and cheese!

    Cheesy bread. Better than the pizza imho.
    Steven T.

    Now I've had Lou Malnoti's twice now. Just a few days ago at a less popular location and another time years back when my girlfriend (now my lovely wife) brought me back half a personal pizza through airport security, on the plane, and into my fridge--yeah I TIED THAT KNOT, SON. I could not believe how delicious that pizza was despite it not being fresh. The cheese, the sauce, oh man--THE CRUST. For those curious, I got to taste the "Lou" and "Meat" personal sized pizzas (tip: dont get tbe largest size; soggy crust is eww). I vowed to return to Chicago just for another bite of this pizza. Sadly, both Pequod's and Lou's let me down. Where did all the flavor go? Now I will be upfront and admit I've made some errors in trying to rediscover the pizza I once had. I am eating at a different Lou's and the size of the pizza we ordered was a 14" vs a personal 7" (4x bigger than a personal). The flavor was just non-existent; where was the robust, zesty tomato sauce I remembered? And the fear of all pizza lovers... wet center crust. And really, the blame cannot really be placed on anyone. Maybe cooking 14" pies is just a terrible idea in general. I waited quite a while for my rekindling with this pizza and I was severely let down. It's just embarrassing that you rave to your friends and temporary roommates that "this is it, boys. Get ready!" And everyone is in agreement that there is absolutely nothing noteworthy from destroying your caloric intake. Maybe it's because I'm not from here, but I found the service to be quite lacking. My friend ordered a Diet coke to go and the waitress literally brought out an empty paper cup and plastic lid for his half finished diet coke (which, yes, he was on his way of finishing). I'm hoping for better vibes if I visit a different location but it might be a year or two before I fly in and try again. I should have been a bit worried that we were the only table during our long stay.

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    Alika N.

    No visit to Chicago would be complete without trying deep dish pizza. We ordered the Chicago Classic and the Lou. The pizza takes around 30 minutes to prepare because of its thickness. I recommend calling ahead to put in your order before going to the restaurant. The Chicago Classic is made with sausages, cheese, and tomato sauce. Each bite was delicious and had a piece of sausage in it. The Lou had spinach, mushrooms, and sliced tomatoes all covered in cheese without any tomato sauce. I enjoyed the classic more because the the sauce tasted so good! Both pizzas also had a nice crispy crust. Our waitress was so welcoming! She heard it was our first time in Chicago and gave us a Chocolate Chip Pizza on the house. She said that it's a popular dessert and we couldn't leave without it. This was a chocolate chip cookie cooked in a deep dish pan topped with ice cream, whipped cream, and cherries. It was soft yet crunchy on the outside. I was already full from the pizza but couldn't get enough of the dessert!

    Vivek P.

    Service was a little slow, but the food made it worth waiting. The pizzas had a nice balance of cheese, sauce and toppings and they came out hot and fresh, making it a delightful dining experience. Ambiance of the restaurant was average, but not a deal breaker.

    These are some BIG I mean really really huge chickens wings. They are seasoned well but huge [GMO] for sure.
    Tishawn W.

    Great [Lou] pizza but the wings were huge. The dine in service was horrible, as the waitress was on her cell phone the entire time.

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    Best pizza in town always fresh good service clean restaurant will come back eating at Lou's for 45 years

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    Great food great service. I would recommend their pizza over any other. Just ordered and picked up saved $13 for not paying DoorDash.

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    Great pizza and pasta, lots of locations so I go there a lot. There is one right by our home so maybe that's why I'm there all the time.

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    The pizza is delicious!! Well cooked, fresh ingredients I didn't take a picture cause we ate it all . Next time !!

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    The wait time can be so long here, but the pizza is phenomenal and I'm all for it! I love deep dish…read moreand a good solid pizza and Pequod's delivers! A slice is a lot but it's so good that you end up eating more. You can also reserve via Tock, but beware that the normal dinner time can be booked out early! We got seated immediately upon check-in and service was nice and fast! Definitely prefer the deep dish over the thin here. My party just wanted to try the thin here as well since we've tried deep dish and like it.The wings were a little small (some pieces) but fried crispy and nicely with good buffalo and barbecue flavor. Until next time!

    My hubby & I treated our "sudden" guests from Paraguay to deep dish pizza on Thursday (6/18). Due…read moreto all the hype I've heard and read for a couple years about Pequod's in Lincoln Park, we took them there. We still prefer Lou Malnati's, hands down. Hubby & I shared a salad... I make better salads and dressings! We ordered a large pan pizza which was overly salty with burnt crust edges. The cheese and tomato sauce were really good, but the saltiness killed it for me. The place was packed and very noisy. Not sure if it was quieter on the second floor. When you have lots of customers, it's important to have a system of checking the status of the restrooms very often. They were quite neglected. We often have out-of-town and foreign guests to host and show off our city to. We always include a deep dish pizza meal for their experience, and usually at Lou Malnati's. Always a great experience, especially the branch in downtown Naperville- consistently good. And Lou's really makes the best salad than anywhere! Sometimes for a potluck contribution I just pick up a Lou's salad, guaranteed to make everyone happy. However, our guests enjoyed the pizza and dessert; thus, I can give 3 stars for our experience at Pequod's.

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    Excellent service. Bar seating…read moreTable seating. 3 TV where they show sports. They showrd world cup games. Monday - $1 chicken wings. The wings are double fried but the meat stays moist. Big bang buffalo- standard buffalo. Can't go wrong. Hot honey- pretty good, honey flavor, some sweetness Garlic galaxy glaze- this is really good if you like garlic flavor. I would get this again. Bayou in the sky- super super good. I would get this again. Hint of spice, hint of sweet. Carolina bbq- tasted like straight deli mustard. I would pass. The pizza, even though they advertise Detroit Style pizza, their take is more like Focaccia style pizza. They provide nice crunch, not enough sauce. Pretty airy dough. Drooling mushroom- they offer lots of mushrooms on top but the rest of the pizza was not too great. Next time, I would get Ham Radio- pepperoni, bacon, sausage, got and sweet pepper.

    Absolutely amazing experience from start to finish. To start…read moreoff our server, Eli was so nice so knowledgeable helping us run through the menu He took incredible care of us throughout the night! That's at the tone for what became unforgettable night. Had the space debri salad which is basically a Greek salad with potatoes and I think in Italian vinaigrette Soooooooooooo for it!!! So delicious After getting it, my buddy had to get one too haha One of us had the moonwalk cheese, we go out for a lot of pizza together, and he said it was he thought his favorite of anywhere. Another one of our crew got the pepperoni pile up loved. And I got the sweet and salty space candy pizza With bacon, pineapple, pickled red onion, goat cheese, sambal. Genius, the goat cheese, instead of ricotta was the move for this pizza! All the flavors worked in perfect harmony.Nothing short of amazing. Cozy spot, super cool atmosphere, couple of old school arcade games like ninja Turtles let's goooo We had so much fun. The drinks were absolutely excellent as well. Oh my God cannot forget this drink program. Galactic gift basket and Jedi mind trick sooo fire. Speaking of perfect harmony, everything at sharpies coexist in a lovely harmony from the all the staff, to the vibe/ambiance and absolutely killer pizza and food. WILL BE BACK! Check em out! If ya know ya know

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