If you are looking for great pizza in Evanston, this is the place to go. Both the thin crust and deep dish pizzas are very good. This pizza always tastes freshly made and is not greasy (for pizza). The new location on Chicago Ave. is not overly pleasant or comfortable so I usually order for pick up or delivery.
Review Source:We brought family here from out of town and we had a terrible experience.
We went on a weekday during lunch, the service was slow and unfriendly and the food was cold. Â In addition, taste was not impressive and our guests were not wowed by this Chicago pizza experience. Â We would have gone to Lou Malnatis but it wasn't open. Â We will not be coming back.
One star for having the best deep dish in Chicago.
One star for delivering to my parents' house in Wilmette during the NU bowl game on New Year's Day in spite of being outside their delivery area. Â I can't promise this would anyone else any good, but we appreciated it.
One star for moving on up to the corner of Chicago and Davis, to a much better and brighter location.
One star for offering 20% off coupons on the backs of NU basketball game tickets.
One star for being the site of two sentimental occasions from my personal history with my Favorite. Â Again, that's neither here nor there for you. Â
One star deduction for having a mostly user-friendly ordering system online, except that there's no way to use those ticket coupons (since they have no codes to enter).
Fabulous, now I want pizza. Â Hope you're happy.
Great, awesome, amazing, FANTASTICALLY MAGICAL PIZZA!! I've been to a few pizza places (including other Giordano's) in Cook and Lake county, but this... THIS is as good as it gets. My favorite is the plain cheese stuffed pizza. So simple, yet so GOOD! Your mouth will thank you. I promise.
Review Source:The pizza here is, well in one word UNBELIEVABLE! I ordered a small pizza and honestly could only eat maybe three pieces of it and I'm a big eater.  The staff was friendly and actually seemed to care about their job.  It is honestly so hard for me not to give this place that fifth star but it's one downfall is being over priced on pizza.  Yes it is amazing and worth the extra few dollars but I still feel like it is a bit over  priced.
Review Source:Went saturday night. The service was some of the best I've seen at any restaurant ever. I know it's a pizza place but the woman just came in did her job and that was that. No attitude, no fuss, no wait time, a smile, just what you'd want. There was a taller gentleman also busing tables and did a fine job.
The beer is some of the best priced stuff you'll see. It comes in an ice cold mug and for $3 on a saturday night you can't beat it. The pizza is way way overpriced. $19 for a large thin sliced pizza with 2 toppings in the suburbs is absurd. The mozzarella sticks sauce was drippy and drooly and not fresh and I wasn''t blown away by the sticks. You can get better from the jewel.
We had thin crust which is not their specialty and I was disappointed. the cheese was fine, but the tomatoe sauce and bread part of the pizza were regrettable. Bad thin crust brings to mind sandpaper and that was it.
The service was excellent, the pricing of the beer was great, the deep dish is their specialty, but the thin crust both in taste and price was more or less a what not to do. Parking is also a challenge as it's on a corner so if you go in winter prepare to hike.They're not open real late too and AREN'T flexible.
My gosh, this pizza is incredible. Â My friends and I would get it delivered to the dorm and share it with the entire hallway, charging by the slice because we weren't THAT generous. Â I like plain stuffed cheese because I'm boring, but friends preferred it stuffed with onions, spinach, etc. Â Order it on Wednesdays after 9 pm and it's cheaper, or use your WildCard if you're an NU student to get a discount. Â So. Â Good.
Review Source:I live in Evanston and this Giordano store is my go-to-place for deep dish pizza. They compete with Lou Malnati's nearby. Both places serve decent deep dish pizzas and either way you can't go wrong. Having said that, I found Giordano deep dish pizzas have more flavor with thick layer of cheese and toppings while keeping the crust thin yet deliciously crunchy. Lou Malnati deep dish pizzas tend to have opposite characters with thicker crust layer and thinner cheese-toppping layer, which are less flavorful and have too much bread in my opinion.
Anyway, earlier this week my friend with his family visited from out of town and we went to Giordano's in Evanston for dinner. Unfortunately there was a mess up with our order, but they quickly fixed the mistake after a short conversation and went even further offering extras as an apology for our inconvenience. We all were pleasantly surprised and very impressed. Now I like this store even more and will definitely visit this place more often in the future.
The deep dish pizza here is delicious! I got spinach and sausage, and the crust was perfectly cooked, the sauce warm and the cheese gooey. This all added up to a delicious experience while I was visiting my brother at Northwestern. The place in Evanston is also a little nicer than Chicago mostly because there was a lot of space and we didn't have to wait for a table.
Review Source:We had this on the 2nd night we were in Chi-town, I know this was an absolute MUST for visiting Chicago. We ordered the fried mushrooms and small deep dish supreme. We had it delivered to our hotel, quite quick.
The BF fell in love with the deep dish! I think it easily became his favorite pizza. I'm glad we got to experience Chicago deep dish through Giodano's =)
This is one of many great pizza chains in the Chicago area. Â I visited the Evanston location many times as student at NU, and it was consistently good. Â That being said, this is one of the few Chicago pizza places where I prefer the thin crust pizza. Â The thin crust is wonderfully crisp and cracker like with the same quality toppings that are used on all of their pizzas. Â If you haven't tried the thin crust, give it a shot.
Review Source:Now, first off, I know this is a pizza place and I didn't have the pizza, so when/if I do, I may change my review.
I ordered the Eggplant Parmision and a House Salad. I had them delivered. It arrived on time but the food wasn't that great. The noodles tasted stale. The eggplant was in small portions. The Salad's lettuce was very bland. Barely any taste to it.
This is more of review of Giordano's in general rather than the Evanston space. Although I do have to say that this is more spacious than its previous location.
Giordano's is my go to place for deep dish. I realize it is a chain, but it is one that has never disappointed me. Probably because it is layers of cheese, but who can argue with gooey melted cheese. Seriously, who doesn't get turned on by the strings of cheese that fall as you try and slide a slice onto your plate. I am still especially enamored by their crust. I have alternatives that aren't a chain, but of the chains in Chicago this is still by far my favorite.
I don't go here for the atmosphere, I can be here or any of the other locations (within Chicago), all I want is is my deep dish slice of cheesy heaven.
I have a long history with the Evanston Giordano's, dating back to the mid/late 90s during my college days when we would frequently hit up their Monday night half-price deal. Â The pizza has been consistent all this time, but over the years I have found that I prefer many other Chicago-style pizzas. Â I was a transplant college kid--what did I know about good Chicago-style at the time? Â
However, in 2010, when I started dating a girl who prefers Giordano's above all others...well, I started eating a lot more Giordano's. Â The girl in question even met my visiting out-of-state family for the first time at the old Giordano's on Davis. Â Fast forward fifteen months, and that girl and I decide to have our wedding rehearsal dinner at the new Giordano's at Davis and Chicago.
Honestly, we probably would have gone elsewhere if they hadn't moved. Â The new location is far brighter and more energetic. Â The old one was downright dreary at times. Â The new restaurant is a place where you would actually want to spend time and enjoy yourself.
Our original group reservation was for 25, but we ended up having 19. Â The reservation process was painless (just a phone call) and then I stopped in a couple days before the event to arrange details. Â I went over the setup with the manager, who accommodated my request for the semi-private side area with one long table. Â I also ordered the salads and pizzas in advance, setting a time for each round to come out of the kitchen. Â It was all very easy and flexible, letting me worry about nothing but having a good time at the dinner itself.
During dinner, we had a single server dedicated to our table, so we got everything that we wanted almost instantly. Â It couldn't have been easier or smoother.
I suppose that I will be eating a lot more Giordano's now, thanks to my wife, but my first experience in their new location left such a favorable impression that I will be happy to return.
I really love their thin crust, but it's so damned expensive. Â $18.20 for the base cheese pizza? Â (For XL) Â That's absurdity. Â Toppings are $2.75 each!? Â (Again, for XL). Â Utter crap.
The most annoying thing is that there's no price break for specialty combinations...meaning that if I order a veggie pizza (which has onion, bell pepper, and mushroom), they don't have a special price...they just charge you the same as for a cheese pizza with 3 a la carte toppings. Â Yes, that is correct, an extra $8.25 for veggies. Â A total of $26.45 for a damned veggie pizza. Â Are you KIDDING me?
Also, they have two "premium" toppings, which are DOUBLE price. Â The two "premium" toppings are a) shrimp (okay, makes sense), and b) SPINACH!? Â In what world is spinach a premium topping? Â You are seriously going to charge me $5.50 to put spinach on a pizza!? Â (When I could get pepperoni or sausage for half as much.) Â I can buy a cartload of spinach for like a dollar, and that's retail. Â Can I just bring my own and you could just put it on there? Â Jesus.
It's soooooo good, but I only eat Giordano's when my office is paying for it, because damn.
Went to their new location on a busy Saturday night after a Northwestern football game and they had it together. Only had to wait 15 minutes for a table and ordered our deep dish right away at the counter. Waitress was efficient and the pizza was great. The old location was so boring that we never ate there...the new location rivals any of the other deep dish resturants in Evanston!
Review Source:I had a small sausage pizza there after their move to the corner of Chicago and Davis. I was expecting it to be better, but it was pretty much the same. Too much cheese, not a lot of meat, and a pretty dull crust.
At least the new restaurant looks nice, so I'll give them a star for that. Otherwise, meh.
They just moved to the corner of Chicago Ave from 500 Davis. Place is much larger and has an open kitchen where you can see all the Hispanics making the pizza. Called at 6:00 to have a pizza ready at 9:00 BUT IT WAS NOT. Â Had to wait for 15 minutes for it to be done. They are not ready for prime time yet.
In the old place they had Monday night half off all pizza.  You came  in and waited 35 minutes and had a half price pizza.  In the new place it is only the ALL CHEESE that is half off on Monday nights.  Now other ingredients are charged at full price.  Call before you go to make sure this is still the deal!!  You can always find $ off coupons on the web for this place.
As a faithful deep dish aficionado, I have surveyed most of the pizzerias in Chicago. I still prefer Giordano's. The classic cheese one is perfection. The smell of the buttery crust is euphoria-inducing.
If I lived close to one, I would have developed a double muffin top and triple chin, for sure.
The BEST pizza, hands-down. Â One must get the Chicago-style deep dish ("stuffed") pizza, which has many topping options (although the toppings are actually put inside the pizza). Â After living in Chicago for over a decade and trying all of the major Chicago-style pizza places, Giordano's is by far the best.
The Evanston location has a great deal, which is 50% off dine-in on Monday evenings. Â They also send out coupons every month via one of the coupon services, with good deals which can be used for lunch, carry out, or delivery. Â The staff has always been pretty good.
I would highly recommend everyone give Giordano's a try, and particularly take advantage of the half off deal if possible.
Terrific Chicago style pizza!
The deep dish is like no other, and the thin crust is amazing, too. They both come in several different varieties and you can build your own if you'd like. Great place for groups and families.
The ingredients are fresh and every slice is loaded with em'! The deep dish is super SUPER thick and heavy.. almost like a cake pizza. Also, they take quite a bit of time to be prepared (40-45min), so stay away if you're in a hurry.
Some of the reviews mention that it's a little bit pricy. I did not think so. But then again, I'm used to Boca prices where a pie ranges from 17-20 dollars.
Disclaimer: This poor kid doesn't live in Chicago, this poor kid lives in the LA area. Before this, my experience with deep dish pizza was from Uno's.
Then I went to Giordano's, and I realized I didn't know what deep dish pizza was. At all.
The 3 of us were like, what, the 12 inch feeds 3-4 people?! I don't believe it. So we ordered the 14 inch Special.
Now I also understand why people are like, one slice is a meal! Oh my god. The food coma. I think I was falling asleep as I was attempting to eat my second slice.
Sausage and green peppers and onions and mushrooms crammed into a one inch layer of cheese on top of a doughy crust with red sauce on top of the cheese. It's like a cake. Or a giant absurdly cheesy sandwich. Stuffed is right. Stuffed to burst.
Less than $10, with two slices left over. It was magical.
Great Chicago deep-dish pizza. Â Comes in several varieties and most locations are relatively small and good for group or family gatherings.
Every pizza is hot, fresh, and topped with a whole heap of great ingredients. Â
Depending on the size of your group, you can get an inexpensive meal. Â I spent under $10 on my last trip.
I've only lived in this area for about six months and Giordano's was my first Chicago Pizza experience. Â They didn't disappoint. Â I was absolutely blown away by the Spinach Stuffed Pizza. Â It was to die for! Â It was also good the next day for breakfast. Â
 They have half-priced Mondays which make it even better.  I would highly recommend this place!
First, Giordano's does not offer deep dish pizza. It offers stuffed. There is a difference. This is not the same pizza as Uno's or Lou Malnati's. Both are Chicago-style, but one is deep dish and one is stuffed. If you compare the two, you will inevitably be disappointed with one.
That said, Giordano's is the quintessential example of Chicago-style stuffed pizza. Other restaurants are as good, or maybe even slightly better, but Giordano's is consistent, delicious, and available throughout Chicago. If you have lactose intolerance, beware. Their stuffed pizza consists of a semi-thick, crispy bottom crust, an extra-thick, gooey, delicious layer of cheese, a second, thin and soft crust separating the cheese from the sauce and, finally, a nice, semi-thick layer of sauce. If you get a topping (I recommend spinach or garlic), it is typically placed between the bottom crust and the cheese, though some toppings are put on top of the sauce. Like all Chicago-style pizzas, it takes a while to cook. Expect to wait 30-45 minutes for your stuffed pizza to be prepared. Or phone ahead.
Giordano's does offer other items on their menu, but after numerous visits to Giordano's locations across Chicago, I don't believe I've ever had anything other than their stuffed pizza. It's just that good.
If you work in Evanston, their lunch special is worth checking out. It's one of the cheaper lunch specials in Evanston, and you can get a soup or salad, a baby stuffed pizza and a drink (with free refills). Both the soup and the pizza are good, and you'll leave stuffed. They prepare the baby stuffed pizzas in advance, so instead of a 30+ minute wait, it only takes 5 minutes. They only prepare a limited number of pizzas, though, so if your timing is bad, you'll have to wait.
Tacky decor, not amazing service, but great pizza. If you want Chicago deep dish, this is a place you should consider. (At least.)
Not only are the pizzas substantial and the toppings more like richly spread out filling, but the crust! Some Chicagoans (and the suburbanites who say they are) don't like the thick, buttery crust, but...if you mention the crust at Giordano's to me, I might just start drooling. Just putting it out there. Mmmm.
Heck yes. There are imitators, but this is for real. My favorite: pepperoni and black olives deep dish. 35 min for the pizza is about right. They used to have half off Mondays which was great for after classes, but now I think it's something lame like 35% off. Also good, calling ahead on Saturday mornings, walking over to pick up pizza, and stuffing our faces with Giordano's while watching TV for hours. This particular location is okay-- service is meh but it doesn't detract from the delicious round wheel you are about to parttake in.
P.S. All Eli's desserts here are prepackaged. Go somewhere else for dessert. This is ONLY a pizza place. And I know it's kind of expensive, but deal with it. You are getting good stuff.
I feel torn about giving Giordano's only three stars instead of four - really, it's way better than three stars might make it look, and since it was the first place in Chicagoland that I ever experienced deep dish pizza, I know that had I Yelped it right then and there it would be at least four stars, because on that night, after traveling all day to Chicago, arriving relatively late, CST, any pizza would be great, and that real, live Chicago deep dish was pretty God-dang great. Â
But...I've been sampling deep dish and every place I've gone to since (Yelps to come later) have been even better! Â
One star off because the atmosphere is pretty suburban bland, maybe another star off because even though there were only a couple people in the restaurant, the wait staff clearly did not want to be there on this cold, cold night where tips were likely to be scarce, which blunted the warm cheesy, tomatoe-y goodness of the pepperoni deep dish and the decent Caesar salad. Â
Mmm. Â Look at that picture of that deep dish pizza. Â I'm starting to change my mind. Â How about 3.5 stars?
OK let's be real. There are certain reasons why we put up with feet of snow, lake shore effect winds, corrupt politicians and did I mention feet of snow?...
Giordano's deep dish is one of those reasons. You don't come here and order anything else (I guess beer is acceptable). They do it right and they take their time. Personally I enjoy fresh tomato, but spinach also pleases crowd.
Don't expect amazing service. Don't look for an eclectic menu. You are here for deep dish. Don't waiver from the goal.
Check it out on Mondays for half-price dine in...
Rule #1: you can't be a real native of Chicago or visit Chicago without having deep dish pizza. Â
Rule #2: don't go to Giordano's and not order deep dish.
The stuffed spinach pizza is amazing! Â I'm salivating as I write this. Â It usually takes 35 minutes for the pizza to come out, but you can call ahead and have the kitchen start your order.
A trend I have noticed at this particular Giordano's is that the service is slow. Â On this visit, the waitress was spacey, didn't even serve us the slices like the waiters usually do, and bottom line, she was unattentive. Â Luckily for them, the pizza is THAT phenomenal that I willingly overlook this flaw.
I haven't been to the restaurant in many years, but we got take-out stuffed pizza from Giordano's recently, and it was just as delicious as I remember.
If you like Uno's, which has franchises around the country, and whose taste has suffered as a result, give Giordano's a try. Â It's much less greasy and the crust is perfect. Â An appropriate analogy would be that Uno' is to Starbucks what Giordano's is to Peet's.
If you are ordering two (and you should, remembering that pizza for breakfast is food of the gods!!), get one Special (sausage, mushrooms, onions, green pepper), and one Spinach.
Mmmmmm, Giordano's. Â Tastes like home.
Service was decent here - our waitress seemed a bit rushed and hurried but the food is always pretty good. Â THe deep dish is always delish and that's why Giordano's is one of the best deep dish pizza places in Chicago.
I always get their special - sausage, mushrooms, green bell peppers and onions - mmm..
and to try and make myself sound 'healthy' - I get their antipasta salad. Â I'd definately come here though over any of the downtown locations where you have to wait at least 45 min - 1 hour to get seated. Â However, I do wish that they would offer more appetizers like the downtown location!
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