The food here is amazing. Not just the Pizza, also the salads, chicken and the meatballs are…read moreincredible. Service is even better than the food with incredibly friendly staff. The feel of the dining area takes me back to my college days at SIU.

Chicken is outstanding. The chicken and vegetable soup is also pretty dang good and is a meal in…read moreand of itself. And you can't beat the price.

Great pizza, crispy edge deep pan pizzas, the sausage and beef are premium tasting, along with the…read morecheese and crust/sauce, one of my favorite places to go. Service is always quick and friendly, remodel of the gift shop is really cute and the extra seating is nice.

Lucky to get a table with my fam on a busy Sunday afternoon. Dining room has that great vintage…read morevibe and smells fantastic. We were just snacking, ordered cheesy garlic bread and a sandwich to split. All were fresh, hot, and delicious. Possibly the best turkey sandwich I've ever had, especially with added giardinera. Had the pizza on a previous visit and it was prettt righteous. Would definitely return!

Ok so I've been here a few times now so I feel comfortable about this review. The place is nice…read moreit's has an atmosphere. The pasta is amazing the Italian sausage and beef was great. The servers always smiling and happy to help. The one con: was the Chicago style pizza it taste good but, it was just thick crust pizza the layering was not right and lack of ingredients was a shame to Chicago style. The layers they had were cheese sausage and sauce. Every pizza I have had in Chicago was layered ingredients then cheese then sauce. Then the lack of ingredients the places I eat at in Chicago there was a bit of sausage in every bit. I am biased because I'm from up there.

We hadn't tried Joe's in years, so we decided to stop in while we were on that side of town. The…read morewaiter was amazing. He was going into his senior year in high school, but had the best manners and customer service skills I have ever witnessed from a younger server. He went over the specials, made suggestions, kept the drinks full, and checked in often. He also offered us to-go drinks when he brought us the check. The food was very good. It came out hot and fresh and had a good flavor to it. We had the garlic cheese bread with red sauce for dipping, and the Joe's special thin crust medium 12 inch pizza.

Called in for a delivery. Just 2 medium pepperoni pizzas…read more After an hour and a half and two calls later, I get a delivery driver that rolled down his car window, put the pizza out of his car to me and then immediately drove off after I grabbed them. Both pizzas were cold and the manager called me back because I filled out the survey after the order and she wanted to know why. Wake up and run a business. Or quit and let somebody with enough sense do the job for you.

I prefer pizza places to wear gloves. They do not wear gloves here. Called in 40 minutes before…read morepick up. Order was 15 minutes later than what they told me it would be when I went to pick up. I do not recommend.

We eat here when we camp near by. Food is always very good & service is even better! Last visit we…read moreenjoyed frog leggs & a hamburger. Both were delicious! The Mac & cheese & fries on the side were both awesome!!

Food is good, their specials start at weird times even though they are on the board and don't say a…read moretime but you can't order it. The service is terrible, they ignore you when you're trying to pay. Took them over 15 mins to come get our credit card to pay and then even still we had to go ask to pay, no be right back or anything.

The restaurant has that hometown pizza vibe with wood panel walls, stained glass and neon signs…read more Ordered a large Double Decker. We liked it a lot. Not a ton of sauce so order some on the side if that's important to you. Service was super friendly and swift. I wouldn't recommend the garlic cheese bread. Meh. Try something else for an appetizer.

We came in as a group of almost 40. We had called a few hours ahead to give a heads up of the group…read moresize. Restraunt decor felt straight out of the 70's/80's. But felt like they were taking you back to the start of the restaurant. I will say they had a ordering system down by giving each table/group a number. However it took 2 hours to get and eat pizza. So I will say while the food was good, and service was good, the wait time was a little much.

Raise a glass to the ghost of Pags…read more For the past 25 years, this was the place that we compared all other pizza to. As soon as you walked in the door, that heady smell of rising dough, fresh-made tomato sauce and baking cheese welcomed you like an old friend. As soon as we entered the parking lot and saw only one car there at 8:30 on a Friday night in a college town, we started to worry. I had seen in the reviews here that ownership had changed, but retained some small hope that the Pags we knew still existed. But no. There may have been a wisp of an aroma but we realized pretty quickly that it must have just been a ghost. Since we still had 7 hours on the road ahead of us, we had called our order in. The fact that the staff didn't understand what "dine in" meant for our order meant that both the person who took the order on the phone and the manager they consulted hadn't bothered to communicate to the rest of the staff. So our pizzas were boxed up and waiting when we got there - but not in anything that would keep them warm. The server plated them on pizza platters, but didn't bother warming them up, so they were barely above room temp when served. And the pizza itself? Boring. Pedestrian. Like any other pizza made with Sysco products. My "thin and crispy" was thinnish, but by no stretch of the imagination was it crispy. The savory, crunchy crust I remembered was replaced by an anemic 1/4 inch rim, no crunch. No flavor. SO and YO split a "thin and chewy," which had the weirdest edge I think I've seen. SO reports it "perfectly adequate;" everything that made Pags special was lacking. "Sure was pizza." The staff were nice. The floor by the counter was really sticky - to the point that I could both feel and hear my shoes sticking. That was gross. We were last here about 15 years ago, so I guess that will have to be the Pags we remember. This one is perfectly forgettable.

Pagliai's, it's been a while. Almost 25years since I've last been here. They've moved a new…read morespace a few buildings to the north. The Big Red was my favorite pizza back when I was a student in 2002. It did not disappoint this evening. It's so simple and delicious. Or waitress was great, apparently the cooks messed up the order and she caught it a made it right.

We have had this place on the list to try for a while now. We finally made our way over to JC on a…read moreFriday evening. We were told to seat ourselves as soon as we entered. Plenty of tables available. The waitress was quick to take our drink order and bring menus. I must say that the menu is extensive and slightly overwhelming. There is truly so much to choose from, so I'm posting pics of the entire menu to help others browse before they arrive. We ended up going with mozzarella sticks and a supreme pizza. We chose the thin crust. Crispy crust, but it wasn't too hard. The mozz sticks were good and I liked the sauce. The server was great. We will definitely be back!

Very good pizza at that little food spot was passing through the area my team ordered some food…read morethey had great service and hospitality 10/10. And pizza was spot on!

This was our first time visit. We went for lunch on a Saturday. We ordered a 12" Confused pizza…read more It was great!! Fast service. Atmosphere is different. College area. Wasn't too busy. Will go back

I have been a diner of the Italian Village since 1983. Yes, I'm old…read more I have so many memories of IV. Anytime, I am back in Carbondale, I return to the Italian Village for some delicious pizza. Every visit brings back a flood of nostalgia and great food! Some of my best memories of Carbondale occurred at the IV. This visit, I enjoyed and devoured a small pepperoni pizza. It was amazing! The friendly staff allowed me to look around and relive some of my fondest memories in this amazing restaurant. The Italian Village is the place in Carbondale to go for amazing pizza! You will love it here! The years have gone by, but the memories and delicious food remain!