Actually this is a re-write of my original review. Guess there was a change in ownership, in which the previous owner offered a discount on a social media (had been meaning to try them, though the post was from awhile ago). I do understand that businesses do change ownership, not the present owner's fault at all. Then I had a problem with the on-line ordering, which also didn't show a price increase. No doubt the Web Master has been informed with the Web site having been taken care of. My original review was due to a bit of frustration that evening - I suspect things have been straightened out now and I will give them a try again. Obviously they have many, many raving reviews. read more

Rating is for the service. 1. After ordering, we received our first starter within 10 minutes, but not our drinks or other starter, which we ordered because the deep dish would take 30 minutes. My boyfriend had to go in and ask for our fountain drinks. 2. 25 minutes later I ask where the 6 wings are and assumed they'd been forgotten. Not so friendly girl behind counter (Cass?) went to ask in the kitchen. Btw, this girl didn't seem to give a cr*p about service and each time we interacted with her it seemed to pain her horribly. Why hire people like this? 3. Wings arrive at same time as pizza but only with the one sauce when I was charged for 2nd sauce. Surprise, had to ask for it and no one ever checks up on you despite it not being busy and several young workers playing on their phones or talking to each other. 4. Like I mentioned, every single younger employee constantly whipping their cell phones out. 5. Food was just ok and overshadowed by a lack of the most basic ability to serve customers - SERVE THEM THE FOOD THEY PAID FOR WITHOUT THEM HAVING TO REMIND YOU. In conclusion, don't tip because they do nothing to warrant one. Or, just go elsewhere. Management needs to pay better attention to what's going on in front of house. read more

Excellent thin crust pizza, good Chicago style pizza, & sandwiches. Easy parking, call ahead for best service for take out

I was making a BevMo run so I decided to try out Union Pizza Company again. It was only 12:00 so I assumed that they still had deep dish slices, but you know what they say about assuming so I did call and they had meatball and Big Ben slices. I already mentioned that I didn't care for their meatballs, so I went with the Big Ben. The owners were there and seemed to really care about every aspect of the business and customer service. After my slice was delivered, one of them asked if it was hot and said that if it wasn't he would put it back in the oven for me. I appreciate gestures of concern like this, so I feel kinda bad that the pizza didn't wow me like I wanted it to. The ingredients were all very fresh and balanced on the pizza, but nothing seemed to pack much of a punch--the crust, the sauce, the toppings. I hope they keep trying to work the kinks out, because the staff and owners are obviously trying really hard. read more

Union Pizza Company - Big Ben deep dish slice - Pizza Near Me - Manhattan Beach, California

Terrible. $17 for a SIX inch pizza. Oh yes, it SAID 9 inch. Then they bait and switch. Over priced, and taste like SHIT. read more

Pretty decent deep dish pizza! We got the 6-slice Union pie and it was about $24. A little expensive. We were surprised by how small the pizza was when we got it. But it was dense and more than enough food for 2 people. We got it to go and it was ready in 35 minutes. The tomato sauce and the crust were delicious! read more

Union Pizza Company - Union pie deep dish - Pizza Near Me - Manhattan Beach, California

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Ordered a deep dish pizza + regular pizza about an hour before closing in person a couple of weeks ago, to be told that it would take 40ish minutes. I waited at the restaurant and noticed two pizzas come out only 20 minutes later, but the server took the pizzas outside to look for someone to no avail. She placed the pizzas back in the kitchen. Lo and behold, 25 minutes later, she brought these same two pizzas to me, apologizing that she screwed up the order and rang in two regular pizzas instead of my deep dish, and since it was only 10 minutes before closing, it would take too long to actually make what I paid for. Server did offer a free pizza in the future to compensate but I don't know if I'll ever care to use it. As for the pizzas themselves, only thing memorable about them was their sogginess--although that's likely due to the fact that they sat there for almost 30 minutes getting cold. Meh. read more

Advertised Chicago deep dish pizza so we tried it. Absolutely worst deep dish pizza ever! Definitely not worth the trip to pick up - our comment was we could have purchased a frozen deep dish and been happier. Ordered sausage,pepperoni,green peppers and onions. We expected cheesy goodness as well but there was hardly any cheese at all ( hardly any sausage or pepperoni either, for that matter) mostly chopped tomatoes. Also, online we were promised $10 off. That didn't happen at check out online and when we asked the cashier at shop she said that, because I paid online, there was nothing she could do about it. We were disappointed to say the least. read more

1. great customer service. we experienced an issue and they promptly addressed it via Yelp! 2. best deep dish pizza (in my opinion): the big ben!! love their crust and chunks of roasted garlic. 3. valentine's day they even used to do the pizza in the shape of a heart! (didn't this year - maybe due to covid?), but pizza was good all the same!! read more

Ordered takeout online, perfect timing, the young lady was very pleasant. The goat cheese appetizer was delicious. Cannot say that for the awful chicken wings. Even though thoroughly cooked the skin was not the least bit browned or crispy, taking a bite pulled off too much of the surrounding skin. Instead of the blue cheese dip I was given ranch, no biggie because I will probably end up removing the skin of those not eaten, which is lots,, and use the remainder of the meat for salads. Their wings used to be the best. read more

Deliciousness so freaken good!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!! Good just good! Jeez yelp it's good what else u need read more

Awesome deep dish pizza! I'll definitely order from here again. Good price, quality ingredients. I would definitely recommend if you're in the Redondo beach area. read more

NOT a true deep dish. Dough is just pulled up the sides. Horrible sauce. They didn't even cut it. How is one supposed to eat it? Stick with Little Ceasars. read more

First time visit. The staff was friendly enough. Ordered single slices that were served tepid at best. Plus we'd ordered an appetizer that they missed from the order entirely. While the flavor was good, I hate cold pizza. If we hadn't already waited so long for pre-made cheese pizza with added toppings, I would have sent it back (but reheating it again probably wouldn't have made it better) I won't be back read more

Been here twice to make sure I really liked the place. If you know the square it's in you'd probably wonder where it is because I've been at that square a hundred times and I swear I've gone without noticing this place before. When I bought food from it's neighbor did I only notice it. lol. It's a pretty small place but it feels very homey inside. There's some wonderful outdoor seating when the sunshine is nice and bright. I can't say much about their other pizzas because the only per slice one you can get is cheese or their deep dish special for lunch. The lunch special is pretty good. Pizza and soda. I guess to some who have been spoiled at costco would say it's pretty pricey. I think it's better than pizza slices at the mall. When I had their lunch special the other day, they had the village. It was actually pretty and good and what I would really call a deep dish pizza. And I mean DEEP. LOL. A little dry though, so star off. Service is good, the lady who was on that day was quick, friendly, smiling. The actually have real plates so you don't have to worry about cutting a cheap paper plate with your knife in half. They have a lot of Parmesan cheese, garlic powder, etc dispensers. I would say I'd recommend to a lot of people. Maybe next time I'll order a whole pizza and update this review. And that would also be a good excuse to go back. LOL. Til then, :) read more

Union Pizza Company - Deeeeeep dish - Pizza Near Me - Manhattan Beach, California

Awesome Chicago deep dish! I've been looking for a real deep dish pizza for a long time and seems as though I've found it! Garlic knots were great and the spaghetti pomodoro was good. Next time I want to try the calzone and a few other dishes. Will definitely be back for more! read more

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Well, I ordered a pizza with Mushroom & PINEAPPLE and received a pizza with mushroom & PEPPERONI instead. Being that I DO NOT eat pork(I'm a vegetarian), I had to toss the pizza away bcse when I called, they were closing. Which could be the reason why they threw my pizza together. The pizza they sent was twice cooked it seemed or maybe from yesterday bcse it appearedvery HARD and over cooked. I've never had this problem with them but tonite was disappointing AND a waste of money. read more

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Union Pizza is a great little pizza joint. More often than not we are running late to catch a movie at ArcLight Beach Cities and need to grab a quick bite. Union specializes in BOTH NY-style thin crust and Chicago deep dish. Some swear by the deep dish and I certainly wouldn't turn it away but I'm a huge fan of their thin crust! I also recommend the meatball and the Italian sausage toppings (although on more than one occasion they put chicken sausage on instead, which is still good). The pizza here is so good and such a good value that it's hard to justify spending a lot elsewhere. Oh and the chicken wings don't come cheap but they are delicious! read more

My husband and I stopped by to pick up a deep dish pizza after volunteering at our favorite dog rescue in Gardena. I found out about Union PIzza on Yelp. Being life long New Yorkers, hubby and I have been very let down by the NY style pizza experience in NorCal and SoCal. However, we have had some amazing deep dish in this state in Mountain View (Blue Line) and San Diego (Asaggio), so we were more optimistic about trying deep dish in LA. We called our large deep dish pizza in ahead of time since we were aware that there was a 30 minute cooking time. We brought our pizza home and tried it. I have to say, the other amazing deep dish pizzas we have had amazing crust, this one was somewhat lackluster. I would subtract points for the crust. The ingredients on our cheese and tomato deep dish were fresh, but they lacked some flavor when I compare this pie to other non-chain establishments. Prices here were a *TAD* high, but we wouldn't mind paying it if the quality was a little better. We MAY come back and try this place again, but we will see if it is a better pie when eating at the restaurant. Some pizzas just don't travel well. read more

Pizza is divine. This is the ONLY real Chicago style deep dish pizza in the area. Nothing else compares, not even remotely close. If you're looking for Chicago style pizza with the buttery crust, this is the way to go. I don't care about their service; the taste is out of this world! read more

What a great place to come and have a variety of pizzas. The service is A+. Eddie did a great job of explaining the options and the timing for the different styles of pizzas. Good pizzas take time and I was happy to wait a few mins for a gorgeous Chicago deep dish. In the meantime, I devoured one of their NY slices!! read more

I'm not typically a fan of unions--I think they outlived their usefulness at the end of the industrial revolution, but if that union has anything to do with making Chicago style deep dish pizza, I have to give them a pass. But I'm torn--if we were in Chicago, I might give them two stars because they'd be competing with the Giordano's of the world, but in a land where it is REALLY HARD to find a good pizza, I feel like I can give them a four and still have a clear conscience. Regardless of the fact that the crust here is only viewed as a vehicle to supply the cheese and tomato sauce and scant toppings, if I close my eyes, I can pretend that I'm eating one of Chicago's best. But the crust--honestly? It needs to be light and buttery and flaky. The crust is almost EVERYTHING. To see what I mean, order a Giordano's online--for a cost, they'll ship it to you half frozen. Put it in the oven for like 10 min and it's just like you're in Chicago. Except it's nice and warm here--best of both worlds, amiright? But I digress, Union does a service to those of us who need our quick deep dish fix quenched at lunchtime and for that I still thank you. Even though you made me wait a half hour before you delivered my hotter-than-the-sun pizza knowing I couldn't wait another minute, thus ensuring that I would inflict a third degree burn over 60% of my mouth. read more

Really good food, fast service, pizza was really made well.Tried the New York style pizza it was made well. But I wouldn't consider it too be a true New York style but it still tasted good read more

Yes, 5 stars!!! Okay so my husband came here a couple of times, and would always tell me to try it out because the pizza is just that good! I'm not too big on pizza, but today I decided to give in. It's kind of a drive from where we live, so when we got there, I was hoping I didn't get let down. At 1st glance, it just looks like a regular pizza spot, and then when you look at the menu you're like "Whoa!" It's a bit on the pricey side, but it's well worth it! We ordered 3 different pizzas, an appetizer, and pasta. One Lg cheese and one Lg Italian sausage both on thin crust, Italian Chicago Deep Dish, barbecue wings, and fettuccine Alfredo. Their barbecue wings were perfect! Loved that they were not over cooked, and the sauce had a nice sweet kick to it. Also I really loved that they don't just put big slices of celery on the side, but more so slices cut in half vertically (big plus for me because I love celery, but don't like to have to keep chewing on it). The Cheese & Sausage pizzas were ginormous! We ordered larges for both, and got like XXXLarge! Lol. The crust was nice and flexible, and the sauce was not over powering. Also lots of flavor. The deep dish was not what I expected. The crust was nothing I've ever tasted. It was so good! Packed with cheese and veggies, and very hot. Now the fettuccine Alfredo was not your regular pasta w/ thick creamy sauce that is served with garlic toast (which I also love). It was nice and light served with peas, some type of thinly sliced meat, cheese, 2 little rolled up breads, and I believe onions. The flavor was very different, but also very good. I love that it was different, and not what I expected, but also great tasting! I will definitely be returning to this place! Oh also my daughter spilled her drink all over the floor and table by accident, and the manager was very kind about the whole thing, and didn't mind the cleaning or didn't even give us an attitude. Very well taken care of! read more

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This was really bad pizza. Like you are better off getting something in the frozen food section at the grocery store. Especially if you have ever had real Chicago pizza before. Very bland and very cheap tasing. The sauce is just terrible and the crust was like cheap cardboard. They even messed up my order I said sausage and when I got back to the office the only topping was chicken which I dislike on pizza. Total waste. Total let down. read more

We love Union Pizza! We moved here from Chicago a little over 5 years ago and stumbled upon Union early on... and we are so glad we did! Their deep dish is devine and they're New York Style is good too if that is your preference! Check them out - you won't be sorry! read more

Union Pizza Company - Deep dish za! - Pizza Near Me - Manhattan Beach, California

2017-09-02. So we stopped by the Union Pizza Company to pick up dinner because we were staying at the Manhattan Marriott and the place was undergoing renovations, including their restaurant which was at the time a makeshift tent. Mind you it was a very nicely decorated tent, but we didn't want to pay the absorbent hotel prices for tent-dining. There wasn't much choice, and it was getting late, so dine-in restaurants were closing. I did a quick yelp check and the place was rated 4 stars. Union Pizza is located in a plaza with plenty of free parking. The place was small for a restaurant, with accommodations to seat a couple of dozen guests inside. Outside is a different story; pergola seating accommodated another 30 and additional seating for about 20 had umbrellas. I'm not sure if the outdoor seating was exclusive to Union Pizza, or a common space for the strip mall but it was directly outside of this shop. Inside, the decor was very modern, and the place was very clean. Solid tables and chairs made of wood and steel. softer lighting in the seating area and brighter lighting behind the cash counter to light up the menu written on a large chalk board mounted to the wall. Menu cards were also available for you if you preferred to sit and peruse. The menu consists of Salads; Sandwiches; Pastas; appetizers; wings; and of course, Pizza. Pizza came two ways, Chicago Deep Dish style, and New York thin crust style. They have preset pizza or you can build your own. The place boasts fresh, never frozen, all natural ingredients (no nitrates or preservatives). Before I continue, I need to warn everyone that I'm not a fan of pizza in general, but do consume my fair share of it because my family likes it; that is, I'm not a fan, but I don't dislike pizza either. It's just not my preferred food. However, I have my preferences. I definitely favor New York style to Chicago, but even within NYC, "New York Style" pizza varies greatly between the five boroughs. I prefer the Bronx's thinner crust to that of the original Naples (Neapolitan) style pizza made famous by Gennaro Lombardi where they were heavy on the sauce, and the cheese was smattered on. Naples style leaves the pizza soggy, but it was meant to be eaten with knife and fork. The original Naples pie is the basis by which all American pizzas are judged; and the ban on the use of coal fired ovens spawned the American-Neapolitan pie, where cheese blanketed the entire pie and ovens moved from coal to gas. In my experience, Brooklyn style pizza's tends to keep more true to the Naples recipe, and some places still use coal fired ovens. Union Pizza advertises Brooklyn style pies, but much like Manhattan, they can't use coal, so the word "style" is appropriate. To me a pizza is no good if it's too hot, too wet, or burnt. If it's too hot, it'll burn the roof of your mouth. If it's too wet, the dough will not cook evenly and will be soggy in the middle. If it's burnt, well, it'll just taste like what cardboard smells like (unless you're that CEO from Kashi, you probably won't like the taste either). A good pizza IMO has a solid bottom crust, and will sag a little towards the center, not flop over and let all the toppings slide off. The top crust should be firm, not wet (under-cooked); and it shouldn't be too greasy, which means ingredients play an integral part (Yeah, I'm a bit of a pizza snob when I do eat it...) I noticed that all of their specialty pizzas contained 5 toppings or less, which is ideal for cooking (the percentage of getting a soggy pizza goes way up with thin crust when you're 6 toppings or more). We selected The Village specialty pizza, NY Style, easy on the sauce. It came with pepperoni, sausage, ham, and mushrooms. Visually, the pie looked great. The dough was cooked well and wasn't wet enough to require "The Fold Hold" to eat it. The proportion of toppings was equally well executed. The cheese was ooey gooey, but the downside was that they were slightly lacking with it, more Naples than American. 3,5 stars. Prices are definitely on the high side, even for NYC standards. A 16" pie with a couple of drinks ran me just over $38 out the door, and for this I'm rounding them down to 3 stars overall. BTW, You can find Neapolitan pies with the smattered cheese all over the city. Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens tend to stay closer to the Naples Pies, while Staten Island and the Bronx tend to have a crunchier crust (some places add cornmeal to the crust to make it crunchier which I'm not a fan of). If you're in NYC, you need to check out Nick's (Queen's); Di Fara (Brooklyn); Totonno's (Coney Island); Joe & Pat's (Staten Island); and Coals (Bronx) for thin crust grilled pizza. Of course, if you're in Manhattan you should try Lombardi's to see what started all the hype. If you would like to experience more, come dine-with-me.yelp.com I'd love to have your company... Bon Appétit! read more

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Ordered through grubhub since I turned in my rental car and was at the airport Marriott. Thought the idea of deep dish sounded great and the pics looked great. It took nearly 90 minutes (I was ok with that since deep dish takes a while. Ordered a personal deep pepperoni and sausage with extra cheese, wings and breadsticks. The bread sticks were inedible, hard dense pizza crust with no flavor... I have one bite plain and another but with the sauce and tossed them. The pizza was not good. I mistakenly clicked chicken instead of sausage realized that when I checked my receipt. The sauce had zero flavor, there was barely any pepperoni and the dough was flavorless. This was a huge disappointment. The chicken wings were so so, not much going on with a side of plastic cheap blue cheese. The quality is as good or better at Little Caesars. Bottom line I wished I would have called Poppa Johns at least I would have know what I was getting. Will not order again when I come back to LA. read more

Pizza was really good and cooked perfectly. They have a large outside patio to sit at. It's good pizza, not much else to say about it. Seemed liked they used really fresh ingredients. I would go there again. read more

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Well, the best I can say is that the restrooms were clean. We went with a group, and personally ordered a large thin crust. Except for us and the staff, the place was empty at dinnertime, which is never a good sign. The pie LOOKS good, but the taste is lacking. The pizza crust was difficult to cut thru (and tasteless); in fact, we had to dump the plastic knife for a metal one, and it still took an effort to saw thru the crust. It was especially difficult on the deep dish pizzas we ordered. The other ingredients are lackluster, the cheese was overdone and tasteless, the sauces and other toppings were again ... bland. The tagline was " .... we're not taking the leftovers home" and just dumped them. Sorry, this review could not be more positive, we were hoping for that. read more

Pretty great pizza and this is from a Chicago girl who is super picky about it! The deep dish was excellent. The thin was very greasy. I would definitely order the deep dish again but pass on the thin. read more

Bummer. This is the only deep dish pizza place near me, but likely the last time I order from here. Pizza is decent, although I had some so-so pies pre-Covid plus they have always taken longer than estimated. Tonight by far was the worst in timing. My family and I waited at least 30 minutes after the expected ready time and after they said it would be out in 12 minutes. When it was ready, the order sat there when they knew we were waiting. Finally, they gave us a wrong pizza out of the four pizzas we ordered. A request for a refund has been made for the missing pizza since the wrong pizza was a smaller pie than the one we paid for. read more

Unfortunately, of late, quality and quantity have sort of gone downhill. There seem to have been staff changes...maybe that's the issue. For two years I've been coming here and getting the same thing...a deep dish slice and a Caesar side salad. Prices went up about 5% recently and slices went down in size, and salads are down in size too. Maybe their accountant is running it now? Also, today, when the kitchen put my slice up for pickup by server, she was too busy looking at her phone to get around to it for about three minutes. Ouch. read more

Delicious Chicago style deep dish pizza that never disappoints. Good customer service.

Try the Village Chicago style pizza. It's real Chicago style pizza loaded with meats, tomatoes and cheese on a delicious crust. It's a must have! read more

I'm giving this 3 stars because I think the food is delicious. BUT... I usually order for carry out but this time we wanted to order some deep dish for dinner at work. I put in an online order for roughly $115 and forgot to add garlic knots. So I called and the man said I had to place another online order to add this on. So I had to pay delivery, tax and all that jazz twice, plus I couldnt just order the knots because the total had to be over $15 for delivery. So now that I got that all figured out, I put in the instructions to please call when arriving because I needed to meet them on the street since my company is gated. So the delivery shows up almost 15 mins late (I put in my order at 345 pm for delivery at 630 pm) and the driver texts me that he is here. I go out looking for him and he is no where to be found. So I call him and he says he is from Brazil and doesnt speak English so now I'm running around wasting at least 10 mins of my 30 min break to find this guy who keeps texting me "can you meet me in the parking lot?" At this point I'm frazzled and I cannot find him. Finally he said he was under an American Flag. Ok so I know the company next to us has an american flag so I go over there about a quarter of a mile away and finally find him through a gate that I cannot reenter after exiting. I have never had a problem with any company we order food from, postmates, grub hub etc finding my location. And then sending someone who I cannot communicate with was ridiculous! Please please PLEASE send delivery drivers who we can contact when a problem like this arises. This was super frustrating and frankly my coworkers and I will probably never order delivery from here again even though we love the pizza. Not the best experience! read more

My review is based on delivery only. I have never actually set foot in the restaurant, oddly, as I live around the corner and have eaten their pies over 20 times. Some call it laziness. Harrumph. This is the best deep dish pizza in LA...from a bum from Chicago. This is not California deep dish with all dough and no love. The crust is thin and the cheese is prodigious. Perfect deep dish pie. I typically get pepperoni and / or sausage. When I am feeling healthy, I'll add onion or mushrooms. What can I say? It's Cali, you gots to add something healthy, right? The only minor complaint I have is they have messed up my order twice. Once they just couldn't find my house? Huh? Manhattan Beach is not complicated. Second, they delivered something completely wrong. I assume whomever did get my delivery loved the sh*t out of it. Me? Not so much. The manager tried to be helpful, but as it was later at night, they had already turned their ovens off. So no pizza for this guy on both occasions. The place is in a strip mall on the border of El Segundo and MB. I drive by it all the time but, like I said I have never been in there. read more

Nothing much to say other than amazing!!! I drove about an hour round trip just to get this pizza and it was worth it!

Menu wasn't correct online, the Italian sandwich is not available. Pizza was good but super greasy. Hubby's wings and my chicken parm sandwich were good. Nothing over the top special about the food though. read more

I love their pizza. A small deep dish is more than enough for 1-2 people. Been eating here for years.