There is a reason that this place is known for it's pizza. It is phenomenal! This is not a place where you go to get appetizers. Why ruin the main event for yourself? The Lou is amazing for vegetarians but for those of you who are cadaverous, may I recommend the  The Malnati Chicago Classic with pepperoni. I like to add a little more meat to this pizza and it is amazing. Their butter crust is so delicious with a bit of crunch and it holds up to the toppings that are piled on. You can never go wrong with Lou!
Review Source:My update on this Lou's is long overdue. Â
Not long after I'd posted my initial review, a rep from Lou's contacted me to apologize for the lackluster pie. Â I then spoke on the phone with this location's manager, Bill, who seconded the apology and made things right in a snap. Â
A bad pizza from Lou's is going to be the exception, not the rule, and the folks who contacted me made sure of that. Â Good on them.
Simply, the best Chicago style pizza, no ifs, ands or buts! Â When I think of Chicago pizza, I think of Ike Sewell's Uno, and Lou's
What was great, is that we use to live near this Lou Malnatisin NBK and could just walk there and pickup our pies. Ugh.
I laughed when I recently saw that Food Network star Booby Flay thought he could make a better Chicago pie. Sorry. That's funny! Â Now, we live in AZ and really miss Lou Malnatis, but we always have a few pies shipped to us around the Holidays.
Really the best!
I MISS Lou's! Living in Denver for just over a year and I'm yet to find a pizza place that will even come close to the delicious taste of this pizza. I'm down to one frozen cheese pizza in my freezer so I'll have to be coming back to restock sometime soon!
Now I've been to my fair share of Lou's throughout the city but decided to review this one since it was the first one that I ever went to. You can NOT beat this pizza! The deep dish or the thin crust are both just so damn tasty-I'm really wishing I had one on the way to be delivered to my house right now. I love the sausage, it's a nice slab of it rather than crumbled. Green pepper on the thin crust rocks as well, I'm pretty sure you can't go wrong with this place. In fact even the frozen ones are good! I also love their salads, my best friend and I used to have Lou's every Sunday night along with a salad or two and it would be lunch/dinner for the next few days as well.
If you've never had Chicago deep dish pizza and are looking for an excellent place to try you should definitely give Lou's a shot. It's very different from other well known places in the city but I think it's the best! Can't wait to get back to Chicago so I can have a nice fresh pizza right out of their oven!
I've been wanting to go here ever since it was featured on Bobby Flay's Throwdown (Lou won but one of the judges was the Bears' mascot and there's no way he wouldn't pick Lou's)...I didn't realize how many locations they had (but it's not surprising given the fame of their pizza). Â
We ordered some pizza for pick-up and for some reason someone decided to get the same toppings on the thick and thin crust pizza (I would never do that): pepperoni, onions, and mushrooms. Â I never get pepperoni on my pizza (and I'm sure I would have enjoyed the pizza more with different toppings). Â
I didn't see the inside of the location but it looked new/nice from the outside (it's in an affluent neighborhood) on a snowy night. Â
Both the thin crust and thick crust feature Lou's famous buttercrust. The crust is exceptional - very crunchy, sweet but not too sweet. Â
* Thin crust w/ pepperoni, mushrooms, onions: At first I didn't like how the cheese slid right off the pepperoni layer but then it grew on me. Â I actually preferred the thin crust to the thick crust - the textures were better. Â The crust stayed crunchy. Â The pizza was a layer of 50% dough and 50% meat (with not that much cheese). The pepperoni was piled on about 4 slices thick throughout the pizza. Â
* Thick crust w/ pepperoni, mushrooms, onions: The medium size weighed a ton. Â It's a very dense pizza. About 50% of it was a pile of mozzarella cheese and toppings (mostly cheese) and the other 50% was the crust. Â It had more tomato sauce than the thin crust. Â I liked the zesty tomatoes. Â I wonder how much better it would have been better had we eaten it fresh out of the oven. Â By the time I tried a slice, the crust was wet and soggy on the bottom and the cheese had formed a dense, chewy layer.
This type of pizza is much different from what I'm used to but I understand the appeal of the crust and putting the pepperoni under the cheese makes it seem less greasy (you don't see pools of grease).
Sausage fans: I heard the gluten free deep dish pizza features a 100% sausage crust!
Last night, we ordered 10 deep-dish pizzas from here and were excited because we all love Lou's. After waiting the appropriate, forever, for these pizzas (I'm not complaining about that part, but it does take a while for these bad boys to get made) we picked up our order and brought it home.
Like UPS says, we should check our boxes before leaving, because they totally messed up the order. There were three of the ten pizzas done incorrectly and one wasn't even ours! They did make up for it by sending someone over with a free pizza, but still, there were three pizzas that weren't what we ordered and that included a cheese because there were people who do not like toppings.
The two stars isn't just for that though. For the first time ever, I can say that the pizzas did not taste right. Something about it was off and I can't pinpoint, but they were not normal Lou's. We have leftovers in our fridge and I don't know what to do with them because I know I won't be eating them. Kind of sad, but it happens.
By the way, this is not a restaurant, this is ONLY a pickup location.
I love Lou Malnati's. Yes, I live in New York now and I've become a convert to the NY style paper-thin crust but there is still a soft spot in my tummy for Lou Malnati's. I remember going to the Lou Malnati's in Lincolnwood when I was in grade school and thinking it was the best pizza ever.
I introduced my cousins to it yesterday and they really liked it. Next time, I want to take them to the one in Lincolnwood since I think the experience is better having it there piping hot right out of the oven.
The thing I like the most about Lou Malnati's is the crust. I don't know what they put in it but it's so good! While it's pretty cheesy, it doesn't overwhelm you with cheese the way that Giordano's does.
The only reason why this isn't a 5 star review is because it's not a sit-down location. Lou Malnati's should open more sit-down locations. It's just not the same bringing it back home vs. eating it there.
I went for the Italian beef sandwich. I'm a sucker for anything piled on Italian bread. No dissappointment on this one either. I asked if the small version would be enough for two and she told me no. I went against her advice and ended up with a pile of sandwich that was at least two fists big. Plenty for 2 meals! It was delicious. The "gravy" would have made shoe leather taste good for crying in the night! Thank goodness for the cheese on top to hold everything in, otherwise I would have been wearing it. Thumbs up on the Italian beef sandwich!
Review Source:I didn't know this when I came here to fulfill my stuffed pizza craving, but this location is take out only... so while our pizza was baking, we went over to Kamehachi for a sushi appetizer. Â Note there is a nice park with some picnic tables across the street though. Â Make shift dinner setting!
Try the Lou's pizza. Â It comes with spinach, mushrooms, cheese, and tomatoes. Â We added sausage, and Lou's does the whole-layer-of-sausage thing, so those who are meat weak, beware!
Get the crust extra well done! Â It will be crispy, buttery goodness.
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I am very upset at you, Food Network. You made their food look so appetizing that I decided to WASTE 80 bucks on frozen pizza. I'm very disappointed in you; taking advantage of people especially those who are not fortunate enough to live or travel to Chicago any time soon. bad.
Really not much else to say about this place, except emphasizing the fact that this is indeed some of the best pizza in Chicago. If you highly enjoy a solid deep dish pizza check out this location or any others for that matter. The only downfall to this place is it's strictly for carry out. Not really anywhere inside the place to sit and eat. Not a big deal though, eating food like this is better at home sometimes.
Review Source:I was reminded tonight of Lou Malnati's, I never reviewed the place! Â Woops! Â I rave about the place all of the time to friends and family when we eat "pizza". Â
If I could marry a -place-, I'd marry Lou's, definitely, Â I love, love, love the sausage pizza and the meatball subs. Â I ate this place straight for 9 days, if I moved to Chicago, I'd get way fatter than I already am.
Also, the delivery driver was always super nice, he was talkative and personable and he'd bring me cokes when I wouldn't order them because he knew I had likely just forgotten to ask for one. Â What a sweet guy and what terrific food.
Mmmm, if i didn't think that the idea of having the pizza frozen and shipped would be gross then I'd do it, but I'm pretty sure it wouldn't be the same. Â
Man, I'm so hungry for Lou Malnati's now, I wonder if I could talk any friends into roadtripping to Chi with me for the weekend sometime soon.
This place used to be so dang good but it's been somewhat inconsistent lately.
We used to get pizza from here since the early 80s and back then it was top notch every single time. Baked perfectly, toppings to the edge of the deep dish crust, lots of sausage, cheese, and sauce. Couldn't beat it.
There are times now when there's like 1.5 inches around the crust w/o any toppings and we're like, what? I'm not a big crust guy, I graciously offer it to my wife who is so that doesn't sit right in my book.
Still, when you get one that is properly made, it's a dang good pizza. There are a bunch of shops in Chicago who make great pizza and this is one of them.
Lou Malnati's has been an institution in my family for years. I've never had the pleasure of dining in at any of their pizzaries, but the quality of what I've taken away has consistently been the best pizza in the area.
They really have all you could want in a pizza:
-High quality of ingredients
-Delicious recipe
-Consistent quality
The staff are always polite, and they always make a consistent effort to get you in and out in a timely fashion.
Perhaps you can get better pizza if you venture into the city. What you get from a small hole in the wall typically tops what you get from a chain (yes, it's technically a chain.) But for what's in the vicinity, Lou Malnati's cannot be beat.
This location has take-out and delivery only. Â I've done both but usually decide it is worth tipping the driver to get it delivered. Â Delivery runs about 45-75 minutes on a weekend night and the time they tell you on the phone is pretty accurate. Â My pizza has always arrived in good shape and nice & hot. Â Also, like most places, you can pay by credit card when ordering.
Malnati's is one of the many contenders who claim to have the best Chicago-style deep dish pizza. Â As far as a local delivery place goes, they win... best deep dish delivery in the "far north" of Cook County. Â Best in all of Chicago? Â Doubtful...
If you like meat, I recommend the sausage - the pizza has a bottom layer of crust, a full layer of sausage, a full layer of cheese, and then a full layer of sauce. Â A medium ($14) is plenty for 3 adults or a family of 4. Â Oh, and get it "uncut" - the pizza will continue to cook once it is removed from the oven and should be allowed to "rest" uncut, just like a steak.
I ordered a thin crust once. Â Once. Â Not what they do best - wasn't awful, just wasn't great. Â I recommend pizza from Barnaby's (on Skokie Blvd) if you want thin crust.
For those of you who have eaten at one of their restaurants, you might have a craving for the "Chocolate Chip Pizza" for dessert (as if you'd have room). Â Unfortunately, I don't think this isn't available at this location.
BEST PIZZA EVER!!!! the sauce is so thick and tomatey and the layer of cheese is amazing....this is making me hungry!!! Suggestions: order your pizza *well done and *uncut...no more soggy crust! AND order the BUTTERcrust....its absolutely delicious. This is my favorite pizza in the whole world...even compared to Italy.
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