I realized I have automatic suspicion of pizza places in a shopping center. Panino's disrupted that totally. Two of us came in for a test run. They have a selection of pizza styles, New Haven, East coast, Chicago thin and deep dish and Neapolitan. We ordered the side salad and cream of chicken soup and the 14" Chicago thin crust. Had the sausage, pepperoni and 1/2 olive and 1/2 anchovies. The sad and soup came quickly. Both were fresh and the salad dressing as well. I agree with the old recommendations on the soup. The pizza was huge and crispy. Lots of fresh tomato sauce and stringy cheese. They have a bar with an okay wine list. But we ordered sodas. The staff and service were super friendly and helpful. They have a huge menu and we'll be back again. read more

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Great food, great service, better people! Ordered a heat shaped pizza and heart cakes for Valentine's Day dinner with the family as we do every year. Driver arrived promptly with not only our food but an additional pizza. Driver tells me the owner (Lenny) remembered our conversation from 5 years ago regarding the Grandmas pie not being the same as years past in not a good way. Let me know then the recipe changed causing a change in the dough so stopped ordering this specific pizza. He sent the pizza for me/us to try again as the recipe has been changed back to before and it was absolutely fantastic!! Will definitely get back to ordering on a regular basis. Talk about knowing your customers and excellent customer service. Will continue to always be a customer. Please support a great local business that knows its customers. Than you Lenny for the pizza! read more

Panino's Pizzeria - Valentine's Day heart shaped pizza. - Pizza Near Me - Evanston, Illinois

Fantastic range of selections, so everyone is pleased with their meal. Longstanding family operated Evanston restaurant. Food delivered reliably by their own drivers. Always deliciously satisfying! Authentic Italian! Reasonable prices. Enjoy! read more

Panino's NEVER disappoints! Whether I stop in for lunch to grab a slice of pizza with colleagues or dine in with my son, the experience is ALWAYS amazing! Ms. Patty, Deena, or an ETHS high school student or grad greets you with a warm smile! Our favorites are the Rigatoni P (no mushrooms) and the Buffalo Chicken Wrap w/fries aka "crinkles." When we have celebrations at work, we always snag a GRIDIRON pizza which is flavorful and cooked to perfection!!!! read more

Panino's Pizzeria - Pepperoni (easy on the sauce) - Pizza Near Me - Evanston, Illinois

i remembered i came here the other day and ate pizza while watching my show and the atmosphere is so nice and the workers are so sweet. read more

Panino's Pizzeria - Pizza Near Me - Evanston, Illinois

Paninis has become our "go to" place for Friday Pizza night. We usually get the Rochetta pizza and the arugula on top is fantastic!! The garlic knots are a must. There are 5 in an order. All the other pizza on the menu are excellent as well!! The great food and service has made this a great start to our weekend!! read more

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I came here with my 3 kids for dinner after a friend recommended it as her favorite pizza spot. We walked in an hour before closing are were warmly greeted. Multiple different workers went out of their way to show my kids a good time. People were incredibly generous and kind and my kids loved every second of the attention. We ordered a 16 inch extra thin cheese and sausage . Pizza was delicious. Extra crispy think crust, perfectly looked and perfect amount of cheese. Crinkle cut fries were surprisingly good too . Kids declared it their new favorite spot and I'd agree ! read more

I had seen this pizza place for 8 years before ever stopping in. I had heard good things. My wife and I finally stopped in because they do a New Haven style pizza, which, if done correctly, is my favorite type. It was better than my expectations. It's a perfect pizza: crisp and chewy crust at the same time. Fingers come away with a little black on them. The way it should be done. read more

Wide variety menu. Great service. Friendly staff. Owners Jen & Marc - hands on nice people. Outside seating in warm weather. Side street (Berwyn) improves parking read more

Our favorite. Order from them all the time. Great thin crust. Website is asking for 85 characters to be able to post a review. Why? read more

The wonderful woman who takes your order makes you feel like part of the family. The guys who have delivered our orders have always been kind, accommodating and most of all conscientious. The food has always been very well prepared and delicious. The kind of food you would like to have every day if there wasn't such a thing as calories. Thank you for making that extra effort, especially post COVID when service elsewhere is practically nonexistent. read more

I've patronized this establishment several times and I've always been satisfied! Well I decide to order delivery last week and was given an estimated time of 75 minutes.. I ordered my toppings on one side and just all cheese on the other side for my picky toddler. The delivery guy came sooner than the projected ETA and had two boxes, I figured he had picked up the wrong order, but he politely apologized and informed me that they had messed up my offereorder so they gave me the pizza I ordered with all my toppings and a free small cheese pizza!! This is what keeps me as a customer, they could have easily made me wait longer with no explanation, but they handled the error with integrity and that my friend's is the epitome of Great Customer service! My pizza was hot fresh and absolutely delicious! Thank you read more

Panino's Pizzeria - Small cheese! Yummmmmmmm - Pizza Near Me - Evanston, Illinois

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We have been getting pizza, wings, burgers and desserts from Panino's for years. We have never been disappointed. They're good enough to be on the short list if we have friends over to watch the game. read more

For over 10 years, we have been buying food from Panino's , 5 or 6 times a month. It has be our go-to place for Pizza. However, after our encounter with the manager, Joey, we will never buy from them again. We ordered gnocchi. When it arrived, it looked like a dog's breakfast and tasted like cardboard. We called the manager and he told us we'd have to bring the product in to the store in order to get a credit. Obviously, he thought we were trying to get something for free. "That's the way it is at Target. Why should we be any different?", he asked. I told him it's because we have been a faithful customer and have spent a great deal of money over many years. That clearly didn't matter to him as he hung up. I wonder if this incident will matter to Joey when his owners experience a considerable drop in business - not just from us, but from everyone who will hear our story. read more

They need to update their website to clearly indicate that they only offer takeaway and not dining service. We drove 20 min for dinner based on their "award winning" gluten free pizza. When we got their we were surprised that they are not a restaurant and only offer takeaway. They even said we were not allowed to sit at the tables outside to eat because if we placed a to go order. Well, we are not going to drive home for 20 min and let pizzas get cold. Very disappointing and definitively not coming back. read more

Panino's Pizzeria - You can come "see them" just can't eat there - Pizza Near Me - Evanston, Illinois

Amazing take out option but don't sleep on the dining room! The service has always been superb and the food is affordable and super tasty

I've been ordering pizza from Panino's since I moved to Evanston back in 2010. I think they make solid pies whether it's thin or stuffed. They use their own delivery drivers and everyone is always very nice. read more

Great place to order pick-up or delivery from .... From Cole slaw to fried chicken to pasta to soup. you can't really go wrong. They only way to go wrong with a delivery or pick-up is to not inform them that you don't want plastic ware when you do not want nor will use plasticwear latter. read more

They were a little slow for the evening when we were there. Which was very unfortunate, the staff were very tentative and super helpful with menu suggestions. My friend is celiac and they were very accommodating for him as well. Everything we had was amazing, from the gluten free breadsticks, to the pasta and the gelato to cap off the meal. read more

Service is so friendly and the neopolitan pizza is terrific. Better pizza than any in the area.

Delicious food and fabulous service!!! Fried zucchini was crisp and so fresh and came with a wonderful garlic sauce. Fettuccini Alfredo was incredible and you can definitely tell it's handmade with fresh grated cheese read more

Panino's Pizzeria - Fried Zucchini - Pizza Near Me - Evanston, Illinois

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Paninos is so good the noodles are so good! The mozarella sticks are heaven.. the noodles taste good any way they get in! Parents: kid friendly and easy parking. read more

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Excellent service . Incredible number of choices in every category, all executed with care and skill. Virtually everything made on site No shortcuts. Beautiful presentation. Can't wait to return read more

Evanston has so many amazing local pizza restaurants, but Panino's might have to take the prize for my favorite. The staff is so courteous and friendly (even the driver who delivered my pizza last night was so friendly and kind, even though I was making him come out right after a snow storm). Their pizza is so darn good (we always get the sausage, sometimes with peppers and onions, but their sausage is sooo good) and ingredients are so fresh. They are completely consistent and dependable. If you are looking for pizza to please a crowd (my little kids are picky about their pizza), Panino's truly checks all the boxes. We also love their garlic knots and artisan pizzas. Can't speak for their pasta or wings because we always get pizza, but I've heard from friends that all their food is incredible. So happy to have Panino's in our neighborhood! read more

Despite the fact that we are good customers, they REFUSED to credit us for a bad pasta dish they delivered unless we drove back there and returned the food!!! MANAGER JOEY is rude and he just lost business from people who used to order all the time and spent tons of money there. Awful customer service! read more

Best thin crust pizza in entire Chicagoland area - IMHO. I used to order about once a month but sadly had to cut carbs so now I only order when I'm absolutely feigning. I had such a pizza craving last weekend but was in the south suburbs. Decided to chance it and was so disappointed. So now i have to have pizza 2 weekends in a row, and I'm home alone so no one to share it with....what's a girl to do...woe is me. Good thing it reheats and freezes well. Some of the top places can't hold a candle to Panino's. so I really should've known better. And yeah, Patty is the absolute best! I miss our monthly catch-ups. read more

What a disappointment. Last month, we had guests who wanted thin crust pizza, so we gave Panino's a try. It was fine - nothing special, but I picked up a menu at the restaurant to see what else they had. I was excited to see that there were Neapolitan style pizzas, as well as East Coast white clam pizzas. So tonight we ordered a couple of the Neapolitan, plus the white clam, which I picked up at the restaurant. They smelled fantastic. Only when I got home did I realize that we had a clam-less white pizza, and the "sauce on the side" that was promised was missing - I had basically paid $18 for a fancy looking 12-inch cheese pizza with no sauce. On top of that, every pizza had been marked up compared to what had been on the menu that I had picked up only a month ago! I had been looking forward to good pizza all evening and ended up just feeling let down and ripped off. read more

Pizza is so good, the only place in Evanston that I will order. Everyone is always so friendly. We love the extra thin crust , it's delish.

This is the go-to for any and all office functions. The food is outstanding and the customer service is top notch! I have to give special acknowledgement to Patty who is an absolute Superstar. Patty is so helpful when I'm placing regular orders or large catering orders and makes sure to review and ask questions that I may not think of. This is the type of quality service that I have come to appreciate with Panino's. read more

We have enjoyed Panino's in Evanston for years. A little expensive for pizzas but a fun place to go with good food. However, was disappointed with our latest experience. Service was great. Pizza (thin crust with garlic and bacon) was a little disappointing with too much cheese, too little sauce and only a little bacon. Was shocked to see the bill for a 12" pizza: nearly $29 (before tax). I checked and even Pequods would only have been a little over $25 for the same pizza. I guess we will be driving a little further for pizza in the future. read more

"Post Thanksgiving and the fam wanted a break from turkey, so I suggested and picked up a few pizza pies for our next family hang." (Quoted from my last pizza review because there were two spots I ordered "za" from. Here and Union squared.) Figured since I chose pizza, why not try a pie from a few places. Both businesses happen to be located on the same street but some minutes (drive) apart. On a whim I decided to try Paninos. When searching square, rectangular cut pizza, they popped up in my search. Their photos across the web looked enticing and a few reviews touched my appetite. Their square pie is known as "Grandma Pie", it's a Sicilian style that is stretched in a square and baked in an oiled pan. The za comes with mozzarella, chunky tomato sauce, garlic, oil and oregano for $17 dollars (current pricing 11-2018). Additional toppings are extra. Decided to add spinach, onions and tomato slices. It comes in one size only and has eight slices which equates to a medium square pizza. Though, cost-size-wise, larger and more quantity than Union squared. Inside the restaurant, the scene was warm and inviting. The place was freeing up and per counter staff they had just gotten a break after a long busy day. The smell of food filled the air and honestly I could have ditched the family and enjoyed a dinner for one. But, with cute kiddos waiting back at home, I knew I must go. Grabbing takeout in-person is necessary just to take in the enticing smells and sights. Two desserts drew my attention immediately. Their gelato display and these delectable looking turtle-style brownies. Are you a fan of brownies? You should try theirs.. it, is, satisfying. Found inside a glass pedestal display were these fresh, enticing brownies. I could see the fudgy texture which called out to me. Moist bottom and thick, gel like topping. Perfect for spooning up. Decided to grab one and a pint of mixed gelato. Half Cookies & cream and half chocolate brownie. Final thoughts. The turtle was greatly satisfying and went as quick as the chocolate brownie gelato. The grandma's pie was a hit despite only having vegetables. My family kept saying the freshness of it and the sauce were rich. The crust is a homestyle pan which was different from the Union squared pie. Personally, I didn't think much of the shape. Homestyle crusts are oookay. Looking at photos I kinda expected it to be more like traditional square, pan pizza. I would try it again with different toppings or try something more Chicago traditional, like thin or deep. read more

I stopped here for a quick lunch today and it was good! I had a big slice of cheese pizza and minestrone soup. The soup was really tasty for a cold gloomy day and the pizza was good! The atmosphere is really casual but the cashiers were friendly and it seems like a good carryout place. read more

Panino's Pizzeria - Slice of cheese pizza - Pizza Near Me - Evanston, Illinois

This me be harsh, but why are they only doing carryout. I think they should do a better job of posting on their website that they are still only doing carryout. read more

The service here was unbelievable for the restaurant being a fast food/cafeteria style. The only thing that a "waitress or waiter" will do is bring out your food. However, before hand they make sure you are pleased with your selection, as they are willing to alter anything for you - kinda like Burger King - "Have it your way". ... And the portions. I had enough for three meals, which explained why they're a bit on the pricey side. The presentation of the food is also well done. The bowls for the salads are "angled" large bowls - making the part that sticks up higher than the other sides like a handle. The waitress was very helpful and available and did extra; bringing out other items and answering questions. The atmosphere was nice, however, my colleague and I went after the lunch crowd and it was chilly so not too many folks were out and about. A cozy place during down hours... I'll have to return during peek hours to make a complete assessment. read more

Panino's Pizzeria - Cozy - Pizza Near Me - Evanston, Illinois

I went with a big group of people, adults and kids, and the sweet lady who helped us was so accommodating. She never once seemed like she was annoyed and was kind and so helpful the whole time. She literally had a smile on her face the entire time. The pizza was good. Thank you! read more

I love Paninos. Tonight I had the penne primavera and grilled calamari. Both delicious! And the food was super hot when it was delivered!

Best Slice in Town! Panino's serves fresh, hot delicious Slices of Pizza for lunch. Always fresh - many choices available. My Favorite is their stuffed Spinach slices and the thin slices of Sausage! The Pizza's are made fresh and kept hot! The staff is wonderful and friendly. So happy to have such a great place in my neighborhood to grab a slice to go! read more

Party is the sweetest person ever, so so nice and super welcoming. Food was great too!

Rating for the curly fries! Was really craving some. Got them in 5 min! Crispy, well seasoned and delicious. Fresh out of the frier. The restaurant is nicely lit in the day time. Seems like a chill family friendly spot. read more

The pizza tasted good, the price was reasonable and the guy behind the counter was pleasant. They were a little too generous on the cheese for my taste and I didn't care for having the toppings under the cheese, but overall it was a good pizza that we even enjoyed the leftovers the next day. read more