Lou Malnati's Pizzeria

Visiting from FL, had to visit the standard for deep dish pizza, Lou Malnati’s. They didn’t disappoint. Reserved a table for 6, it was a little cozy, but you didn’t really feel it. Staff was young and energetic. Got a reminder about 2 hours before our reservation, recommended pre ordering pizzas because they take about 35-45 minutes to cook. The person I called recommended two large pizzas, which in the end was too much. We had some apps, the pizzas would have been enough, but we got sucked into the atmosphere. Got The Malnati Classic and “The Lou.” Classic was meat, The Lou was vegetable. First - 4 of 6 preferred the vegetable pie, that was surprising, but it was great, the meat pie was really good. 8.4 for The Lou, 8.3 for the Classic. A great visit to Chicago, this was a good call, everyone was impressed and happy as we waddled out and took a photo for evidence. El Prez was good when he came here, so were we. Eclipse yesterday, Lou Malnati’s today, that’s a review.

Not enough sauce below average crust.

Deep dish debut. Didn’t disappoint, great crust & sauce hit it out of the ballpark.

Undercooked, doughie and two pies for the office and you forgot to cut the pizza - so disappointed

I’ve had 5 different Chicago Deep Dish places in my life now and this is my 5th favorite. The crust didn’t do it for me. The cheese was really good as was the sausage, but the sauce was a bit bland and the crust was meh.

Loved this my first deep pan

Deep dish and thin crust both Legit!!

As an out of towner, I was surprised with the quality of deep dish pizza. Everyone mentions Lou's, and while it may have touristy connotations, it was super good. The crust, while thick, was cooked well and the sauce was very tasty. This slice has turned my preconceived notions of deep dish

The famous Lou’s. Fermented sour crust, perfectly done. Ordered out so I wanted to give the fresh rating. The gold standard deep dish pizza that all others must be compared to.

Excellent, flavorful sauce and crust. However, too much cheese, and … deep dish ain’t it

1st time back since Covid - it’s still good but it’s lost some of its character - I ordered some Frozen and had delivered but not as good as fresh. The buttermilk crust still has great flavour and cheese and tomato all good for Chicago Deep Dish but can’t give it an 8

Wonderful pizza, Mark thinks it’s one of the best and Vanessa hates it.

Very good tasting, way to much cheese

No flop. Good crispy undercarriage. Very fresh ingredients. Not enough sauce. A decent amount of bites with little-to-no sauce. The sauce is so good, that my score for this spot could’ve been way higher with added sauce.

First Chicago deep dish

The crust is dreadful. The cheese and sauce are pretty good.

Deep dish is not my preferred style of pizza and this is my first true In the city Chicago deep dish. Cheese is great. The sauce is actual tomatoes. Crust is thick but crispy. Great pie.

Lou’s Classic — the sausage disc never fails, the tomato sauce is second to none, and the butter crust if flaky with the right amount of crisp. The Quintessential Chicago pie.

We got “The Lou” added sausage, not a very traditional deep dish but great tomatoes and flavor from the three cheeses they put in this.