I really try to give places more than one chance, and since Werkhaus is a family business, I'd like to cut them a little more slack, but... On my last visit, we were seated quickly, but that was about the only fast thing, except for bringing the check, which was presented seconds after receiving our food. It felt like they were in a hurry to turn tables, and it was not that busy. Werkhaus is in a converted house, but inside it looks like your typical family Italian place. A little cramped, not much room to maneuver, and if you have a big group you're going to struggle for space. Werkhaus offers the usual suspects on their menu, with a twist on the thin-crust. It's a sesame-seed crust, that while tasty, can leave little seeds stuck in your teeth. We both did get pizza and salad, and they were mediocre at best. The salads were little more than limp iceberg, a token few tomatoes, pepperoncini, and cucumbers. The menu says the salads "are freshly chopped daily", but there were far too many brown pieces of lettuce for that to be true. About 20 minutes later, the pizza arrived, we ordered a medium with pineapples and spinach, and there really was not an overabundance of either. There was a good amount of cheese, and the sauce was good, but a little too sweet for my taste. But it was lukewarm, like it had been waiting for about 10 minutes before it was brought out to us. After waiting for 20 minutes, we didn't want to have it redone, so we ate a few pieces and brought the rest home. The dessert selection is small, but the carrot cake we shared was the best part of the meal. Moist, a little spicy, and the cream cheese frosting thick and sweet. If the service had been a little faster and the food fresher, at least 3 stars, maybe 4. But on three consecutive mediocre visits, 2 is the best I can do. read more

Happened upon this spot on a whim taking the back way out of Big Lots in the Glenway/Western Hills area. We were hungry, I was sort of thinking pizza, and the Italian food mentioned on the sign appealed to my fiancee. I wasn't initially sure what to expect as it appears to be set up in a house, but it looked legit enough, and I could tell there were other people inside eating. Inside the decor was darker in the romantic Italian way and it didn't look anything like someone's home. There were about 4 booths against the wall, several 4 tops and then another section we didn't see much of. We got a booth at the back and the service was friendly and fast. The menu consisted of typical Italian/pizza dishes from appetizers, to entrees to pizzas. Apparently their specialty is "stuffed" Chicago-style deep dish pizza. Drink-wise they appeared to have a full wine menu but a somewhat limited beer list of the most bland, typical domestics. Later I noticed Yuenglings at the counter, but it wasn't mentioned on the list. We both got waters. As for food, she selected the Ravioli Florentine--cheese ravioli with alfredo sauce, spinach, cheese, mushrooms, and tomatoes, and I got the Garden Stuffed "Chicago-style" personal sized pizza with zucchini, broccoli, mushrooms, fresh garlic, green pepper, and 3 cheeses. The dinner portion of the Ravioli came with a salad and two slices of garlic bread (might have been one slice cut in two?). Since we usually share meals like this we had debated on the dressing for the salad and so the waitress was generous enough to divide it on two plates with a different dressing for each of us. The house salad was your typical plate of iceberg lettuce with some fresh tomato slices and a little more onion than I prefer (any, really). It was nothing special, but fine. The garlic bread was plenty garlicy, tasty, and not too crunchy--pleasing. I tried the Ravioli Florentine first. The sauce was very rich--a little too sweet if you asked me. The raviolis were fine with big slices of the veggies--they use large mushrooms that were clearly fresh. The pizza looked comparable to other Chicago-styles I had. Big pieces of tomato in the sauce, and the nice hunks of veggies "stuffed" on the inside with the cheeses. The crust was firm and flaky. Overall the food was fine--not amazing, not bad. A-Ok. Probably not something we'll drive out of the way for, but not a place we will avoid. It was filling and we had plenty to take home for another meal. And the cost was very reasonable--under $10 each! Had we not been so full, I would have considered dessert. When we checking out, we noticed several homemade dishes of desserts that looked very tasty--something to checkout if we visit again. In conclusion: decor was nice, service was top-notch, food was just okay, price was a great value. read more

Review #2 in September, 2013: **** Stars - So we realized that Werkhaus delivers to our house and that they still have that Restaurant.com deal and don't mind us using it for take-out or delivery. We decided to give the pizza another try. Each time they deliver us a pie or two they are prompt, the food is HOT, and we REALLY enjoy it. Maybe the first time we tried we were just underwhelmed by the eat in experience. They are generous with toppings, the crust is buttery, and edges crispy. My bad, Werkhaus. Review #1 in March, 2013: ** 3 Stars - After passing this place in its various incarnations for ages, we saw it on Restaurant.com and decided we had very little to lose. It is a family run restaurant and we like that here on the Westside. We tried the boring (lettuce/cheese)salad, pretty good pizza, and an order of fettuccine Alfredo that wasn't amazing but was definitely generous portion-wise. The garlic bread was delicious and I have heard the desserts are amazing but didn't try them. Service was ok,(quick but not very friendly) food was run of the mill Pizza Joint Italian. Not fabulous but not bad. Very good value for your buck, for sure. read more

One of the west side of Cincinnati adventures. Thank God for GPS. lol Heard bout this place from my boss & decided to check it out for lunch People are super nice. This will be a short review. All we got was the stuff Chicago style pizza & it was amazing!!!! Short of being in the Windy City itself this pizza is AWSOME!!!! read more

Hubby and I visit Werk House fairly often because it's a convenient location for him to get a decent deep dish pizza (which is not particularly greasy), a favorite of his. They serve a thin crust pizza, too, along with other Italian-American standards. I'm not really a fan of their pizza, but I do like the respectable spaghetti carbonara. The salads are nothing special, but I've never gotten frozen food and wouldn't be as hard on this restaurant as the previous reviewer. Even when they're busy the service is reasonably efficient and courteous. Nothing fancy, but fine for what it is. read more

Just ate here tonight with the family and had a meat and meat pizza and a supreme stuffed pizza. I enjoyed the pizza. The stuffed pizza was good also, but a bit soggy withe crushed tomato sauce on top. Crust was definitely homemade and very good. Prices were pretty good, and service was pretty good as well. The decor was not great, and dated, but I was not here for the decor, I was there for the pizza and the pizza was great! read more

Werkhaus Pizza - Pizza Near Me - Cincinnati, Ohio

Stuffed deep dish pizza is always good, as well as their homemade desserts. But they have a small sign inside notifying patrons that the workers in the kitchens do not wear masks. I could see into the kitchen and it was accurate. read more

Definitely not good pizza. Thought we would try a Chicago style deep dish close to home. Our medium pepperoni and sausage was slightly burnt on the bottom. Enough so you tasted it every other bite. What you didn't taste was the pepperoni and sausage. After a few bites we both realized the meat was hard to find. Less than 8 prices of pepperoni in a medium deep dish. Even few sausage found. read more

This place is a quaint little pizza shack on the west side of Cincinnati. It used to be a Mio's Pizza and has retained much of the flavor and decor of that chain. The family who runs it is friendly and they service is decent. The pizza is a little on the greasy side and last time I was there it was a little burnt. The salads are the typical iceberg with some cheese. My biggest issue with the place is that there is nothing there to differentiate them from any other pizza place. There were no distinct flavors and it could have been anywhere that buys the sauce from a food service provider. An ok experience but nothing there to make me go back. read more

Werkhaus pizza, more like weakhaus pizza. I ordered this tonight, trying to see if Chicago style pizza in the west side of Cincinnati was any good. It wasn't. It was probably the weakest pizza I've ever had from a company that wasn't premade, frozen and prepared in a microwave. The pizza tasted like someone poured a can of diced tomatoes on a tortilla, added cheese and pepperoni and stuck it in the oven. The cheesy garlic break was more like cheesy oil bread, in a sense that it had no garlic, salt or anything that could add flavor. The homemade chocolate chip brownies were pitiful. Again, they were incredibly bland and had the texture of brownies, but the flavor of solidified flour. I didn't feel guilty tossing these in the trash. Next time I want Chicago style pizza, or any style for that matter, I will go to Kroger instead. Totino's party pizza has more flavor than this place, and is an eighth of the cost. read more

It's a pretty good deep dish pizza for being in Cincinnati. there aren't many good Mom and pop pizza joints in Cincy but this one is pretty good. The toppings are good quality and the dough has a very nice texture to it. a good solid pizza all around. if you have room definitely try the desserts, very good! read more

Very friendly and inviting service. The fettuccine Alfredo was large and good as was the calzone. My mistake was that I ordered the pizza. It was flavorful but the crust tasted like and looked like Boboli crust. Next time I'll skip the pizza and stick with the pasta or calzone. Will definitely return mainly because of the staff. read more

The food is good here. the place isn't very big and like someone complained about this below.. some people in larger groups tend to get loud and nothing seems to be said to them. this same thing happened when my girlfriend and I were eating here on a Saturday afternoon. I kind of see why nothing is said since most of the people working here are probably 21 and under. we do live close by and they do deliver (I recommend this on weekends when they are busy). the deserts are homemade and some of them are really good. read more

We had the stuffed pizza and it was delicious. Garlic dressing on the salad is great too.

Always mess up order. Not a good place for vegetarians as each time pepperoni was put on my pizza when not asked for.

We were both very disappointed in both of our meals. Let's start with... it's very cold in there. They have a space heater which barely helps even directed at you. They blame it on being old. I blame it on not using the heat. The house salad dressing was flavorless, we used pepper and Parmesan cheese to help flavor it. The steak hoagie was flavorless and needed help. The pasta dish I ordered was a huge disappointment. They included everything in my dish including the water it was cooked in. Drained about 1/2 cup of water out of my bowl. The sauce was "ok". Server was friendly, lady at cashier was not. Won't be back. read more

The stuffed spinach and shrooms pizza is excellent. Also, tried the meat lovers version and was not as good but still solid. Got the thin crust for the kids and they liked it. They also deliver locally. read more

I have been eating here for year. Great, hoagies and the pizza are excellent. The soups and desserts are home made. Lemon an carrot cake are my favorites read more

Ok, I suppose if you find yourself in the far reaching suburbs of Cincinnati and you are desperate for iceberg lettuce and bad food this would be your place. Otherwise...I would do your gastrointestinal system a favor and skip it. The pizza was dripping with grease, the ravioli Florentine was still frozen in the center, and the chicken nuggets and fries didn't even appeal to my two year old. read more

I was a bit unsure at first but I was amazed at how great the food was. I will definitely be making a trip back again and again.

Have had delivery and eat in here and really liked the food and the service was good. Not sure if we got lucky but will continue to come back for sure. read more

Nothing like waiting over a half an hour for a simple pasta dish and steak hoagie, watching other patrons get their food who sat down after you. Dinner finally comes, pasta is cold, overcooked and sticking together, cheese is hard, sauce is cold, and garlic bread is burned. Yes, this was our experience tonight at Werkhaus Pizza on Werk Rd. Their solution? Remake it in 5 minutes and leave off the cheese. No manager bothered to speak to us. Poor, poor service. Left and went through Chick Fil A drive thru and got a delicious grilled chicken sandwich instead. Their quality used to be much better. Werkhaus lost two customers tonight. If they don't care, neither do we. read more

If you don't get the stuffed pizza, you're doing it wrong. It's as close as you're going to get to Mio's (it used to be one) on the west side. read more

Pizza was amazing! The place itself is a little small and outdated. On a hot summer day it was pretty warm in the restaurant.

I actually really like werkhaus. It's one of the few locally owned restaurants on the west side, family friendly and good food. I love their salad, spaghetti, veggie pizza with sesame crust or tuna hoagy. Service can be pretty slow though and not terribly efficient. read more

They have some of the best house garlic dressing and their stuffed pizza is just as good as some of the deep dish I've had in Chicago. The service is okay but the food makes it well worth it. read more

DO NOT go to this Werkhaus Pizza place!! I bought an Entertainment coupon for money off - I showed it to the waitress and she said it was good. The 16 year old manager said (when I went to the counter to pay) she would not honor it. There was no person over the age of 16 to even talk to. It was bad enough the food was terrible - I was overcharged for drinks I never order or drank!! Skip this place- I heard they are going bankrupt but it was not my fault!! read more

Place was relatively empty for a Saturday night at 830. We were sat immediately. First impression was I don't want to eat here, dirty floors sticky table. We decided to stick it out.Drinks came quick although my bottle beer was 126 days old from born on date. Salads and appetizers came out quick with entree following almost immediately. My sandwich was great, my wife's "Alfredo" was god awful. Over cooked chicken, thin sauce with way to much of an a particular ingredient that made taste more like biscuits and gravy. My sandwich was great and after sending the Alfredo back my wife's pizza was satisfactory. Really the place just needs some attention to detail. Can't say I could recommend or come back. read more

Just left Werkhaus after trying to have a belated Christmas dinner with my family. We walked in and stood by the "Please Wait to be Seated" sign for 25 minutes without being acknowledged by anyone. The cashier, who was busy ringing people out when we walked in, never did say anything to us once she was done being busy. Several waitresses walked past us and looked at us and then looked down to avoid making eye contact with us. There were several tables that were open but had not been bused. In the entire 25 minutes we stood there, very obviously looking to be sat, we were never acknowledged once. There were other parties that walked in after us and left as well, having the same experience. We have enjoyed the food here for a long time, but after such a rude and unpleasant experience, we will frequent one of the other pizza restaurants around. read more

Their pizza is probably the best in town, made just as we order it. But, the service and attitude of employees is below par, which is why I didn't rate it higher. Seems like they have their "regulars," which they cater to. We've started picking up our pizza instead of dining in. read more

They have amazing soups. The sesame seed pizza crust is unexpectedly good. The antipasto salad with house italian is spectactular! Pitchers of beer. read more

My husband and I live near here and decided to try something new for dinner. We were seated by a young blonde girl who barely greeted us and didn't even ask us 'How Many?' ... Which was off-putting and we probably should've taken that as an indication of how the rest of our experience would be. Our waitress was fine in the beginning. We received our drinks and she took our order. Once our food arrived, she never checked in with us again. I even got up twice to get extra napkins and our to-go container from the nearby service station myself, let alone to offer refills for our beverages. The food was okay... But just okay. It was obviously reheated. I ordered lasagna and the actual pasta was undetectable in the meat sauce. It was there, I could see it. But I couldn't taste it ... Evidence of it being reheated, possibly several times. The clincher of our experience was the actual customer service and lack thereof. This is a small place and I could see three people waiting on tables, but our waitress just couldn't be bothered by us. In fact, as we sat, clearly ready for our check, she very audibly sent the blonde hostess over to give us our check in her place. Blonde girl rolled her eyes and huffed while giving us our check. I was actually a bit offended at the service provided to us and really wanted our tip to reflect this, but my husband doesn't do that, understanding waitresses don't make much in their actual wage. We both got in the car and stated that we would never come here again. It's a shame ... The west side could really use a good Italian alternative to Larosa's. read more

Definitely the best pizza on the west side or maybe anywear! If you like a lot of cheese you can't go wrong here and there sauce is amazing I've never had a better pizza anywhere! read more

My family and I finally decided to give this place a try tonight, since we lived only 15 min. away, and we all love pizza. The food ranged from mediocre (house salads and cheese breadsticks) to very good (deep dish pizza). The service, however, was just awful, especially when it came to getting food out of the kitchen. The time between salads and entrees was easily 45 minutes, and drinks were difficult to get refilled. The place was relatively busy, but it's a small place and there were 4 -5 servers. The kicker was, after the ridiculous wait, 2 of the 3 entrees we ordered came out cold, and we had to have them reheated. Even getting a to-go box and the check required a wait longer than should commonly be expected. We just chalked it up to a " you live-you learn" type experience. read more

Omg the pizza was awesome.. So far since I moved here their the best, I've been looking for a good pizza place..., it took three dinners to eat the salad I got, the carrot cake was perfect. read more

This place is delicious with the absolute best service. The stuffed pizza might take a little long but they're delicious!!

We ordered their calzones for carry out. Unfortunately, there were only 5 pepperoni in my double pepperoni calzone. My husband's mushroom calzone was lacking mushrooms, also. I love their marinara sauce but am very disappointed that 5 pieces of pepperoni is advertised as double pepperoni on their menu. Last time our calzone was burnt with not much inside and this time it was cooked well but nothing inside still. Unfortunately, we will think twice before going back. read more

That STUFFED PIZZA! The supreme is my favorite. I substitute sausage for pepperoni, and I usually don't like many veggies in/on my pizza. Very good, fresh sauce, and ingredients. read more

Been looking for Chicago deep dish pizza. I like it and it satisfied my craving. Needs more spices in the sauce. I will definitely be back.

I got carryout last night. Very disappointed. The meatball hoagie (which I tried to eat while on my way home) was cold. Not just not very hot. But cold. Things weren't much better at home. You would think that a place that specializes in stuffed pizza would find a way to make them so that the insides are hot without the crust being burnt. But these folks got neither right. The cheese in the middle was totally cold and hadn't even begun to melt, while the bottom crust was burnt. Not just over-browned, but burnt. I'm m not sure how this is even possible. We really had high hopes. I am so tired of chain pizzas, so when I found this place on restaurant.com I was really looking forward to it. It really is very sad. read more