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Chicago pizza can never be replicated, no matter how hard Uno tries to replicate itself across the country. The pizza here is amazing, and I certainly tried them all. But Uno was my first and my favorite. I love the crampted atmosphere of the original. It's just very Chicago. The pizza is perfection in a dish. I'm a pig, but I couldn't eat more than two slices...
We also spent some time at Due, Uno's less famous cousin, but I liked it better at Uno. Try them all and find your fave, is my best advice. It's a lesson in Chicago history while you eat amazing pizza.
Good deep dish pizza, but after I finished, I felt like I had just eaten a rock.
Be prepared for a long wait and a super heavy meal. Don't exercise or try to fool around with your significant other afterward - it's just not happening.
I liked the spinach broccoli over the pepperoni. The vegetable-cheese-sauce ratio just seemed more on target. The pepperoni's were few and seemed not to fit the "deep dish"-ness well.
I thought the individual portion would be too small for 1 person - but wrong! It's too big. I couldn't finish more than half of it. My mistake was ordering cheesy garlic bread in addition to the pizza. I felt extremely guilty wasting it, but frankly, it just wasn't going to be eaten.
I'd definitely venture to try alternative deep-dish pizzerias before returning to this one again.
Decided to try this small pizza joint after a recommendation. The wait was long, the bar "cozy", and the pizza....well there's a love hate relationship.
Trying to cut through the pizza was a challenging task because the crust was pretty thick and stiff. So stiff that I bent my knife and flung 1/4 of my pizza on the ground :(
The crust is pretty good though once you bite info it. Not like a normal crust, tasted. Like a desert pastry crust.
Even though was started off bad Uno's...you won me over with your taste
So I would say this place is good to take friends who are out of towners who don't eat Chicago pizza regularly. It's not my faveorite pizza, but it's really good chicago style pizza. The crust is thick yes, but it has this flaky buttery taste to it, that noone else has. The cheese issss goooood. Yummy hot stringy cheese that just melts in your mouth. The sausage tastes homemade. I would not doubt if they made their own. The only thing is, if you eat here, just make sure you are ready to wait for a table. I'm not sure if they take reservations. And the pizza takes a while to cook as well. So order an app before, so you don't starve to death! Great place to take out of towners :)
People are funny sometimes. If you don't like deep dish pizza, don't come here. If you're starving right this second, don't come here (the pizzas are hand made to order, hello?). If you're on a diet, don't come here. If you don't like your servers and bartenders to sound like they're from Chicago, don't come here. Have you seen the wait? They're not depending on you and your little 2-top to survive.
That being said, the pizza is phenomenal. Cheesy, rich, and they certainly don't skimp on the toppings. I'm not a huge fan of the crust, but you either love or hate a buttery-crunchy crust. Local brews. Basically, I'm a fan.
Be advised, my review only holds water at Uno's on Ohio & Wabash...not in Schaumburg, and certainly not from the Jewel freezer.
If you are going to Uno's...you gotta go to the original. I have tried the chains before and it does not compare.
AWESOME deep dish...and come hungry.
This is also another place you need to come WAY early. One time, we waited for 3 hours for a table...and it is VERY small inside!
I understand that there may be better deep-dish pizza to be found in Chicago but, in town as a first time visitor, I felt I should at least visit the originator. I sat at the bar to satiate my 45 minute wait for an individual pie with some delicious seasonal Goose Island beer. The bartender, Dan, was very friendly and very helpful. The space has surprisingly retained much of its original charm. Seriously, they could have built a second or even third level to this place given the tourist traffic...so kudos to them for keeping it real. The problem I have though is with the pie itself which was rather uninspiring. The crust was much harder than I anticipated. I was expecting something buttery and crunchy but not knife bending. Still, given the charming overall experience, I'll concede.
my friend and i had to come here for work. we decided to do the whole "chicago" experience. this was first on our list of places to eat. we arrived around 8 on a Wednesday night. The wait was around 35 minutes, but they let you order your pizza (it takes 45 min to make) while you wait. You can also order a drink at the bad and enjoy it on the patio while you wait. It was great.
I had "The Uno" and it was delish! the crust wasnt greasy and was actually flaky and quite delectable. We got the onion strings with jalapeno dipping sauce as an app and it was great! we couldn't get enough of these little treasures. Even when our pizza came we kept eating! I will definitely be returning here on my next trip out. Pizza was so good I even brought one home to my husband in California!!
I was pretty adamant about getting me some real old school Chicago pizza. So where else would I go but The Original deep dish Pizza? Plus David Schwimmer told me to on the John Hancock building ha ha.
So we hunted this place down.
I was a little disappointed, it didn't have much sauce, and the flavor wasn't too great either. The crust was also a little bland. Over all it was just lacking. The people who work there are really nice though and the bartenders are pretty cool. Oh and the place is teeny tiny, not only does it take and hour to cook the pizza, but there's just much room so I wouldn't go with a group bigger than 4 and call ahead.
Was here for lunch on a Saturday last week.
When we arrived just before noon, there was already a bit of a wait - about 45 minutes. The smart thing was that they took your name and your order so that your wait wasn't for naught. Your order could be brought table-side shortly after your first course, if you had one. This was smart on their part because it kept hungry people who were already waiting from waiting some more. Plus, it allowed for higher turnover of guests.
It was also nice that when we put in our order of 2 small pizzas and one personal - there were 3 of us - that that was too much food. We decided to cut the personal and just order 2 small pizzas and indeed even that was more than enough.
The Room & Board a block away provides a nice, dry environment to kill time as there is little room in their waiting area. When we sat down, we ordered salad. The vinaigrette was mostly vinegar from the really acidic tang but it was fine to me.
Our small cheese and small pepperoni came to the table a few minutes after we finished the salad and saw that it was certainly deep-dish. The pizzas were really good. The crust, though hefty had a nice crunch. It seemed like the crust was made with butter, well, because it crunched and tasted like they fried the crust in butter. It was good.
The cheese to crust ratio was perfect and the pepperoni were thin and partly crispy - just the way we like it. The sauce they use definitely had red wine in it or at least tasted like it did. It was good but the first bite made me pause and think of a coq au vin or something.
We were fully satiated but there were still two quarter slices left, which we took with us and ate later. Not the best cold pizza leftover but still decent if you're hungry for a fourth meal.
The place was smaller than I imagined from the outside so clearly, they didn't have the use of the entire building. The table we sat in was tiny, which made everything look even bigger.
Other than that, it was a good meal had by all. Would go back again and try the pesto pizza - which I've only had at the Shakey's in Westwood (that was yummy) - the personal pizza we dropped because we were told that would be too much food. So now I have a reason to go back.
This was the place I lost my virginity to deep dish pizza. As an LA native, I had never had or heard of "deep dish" pizza. Wow, it was quite a bit of yumminess.
Was sold since I first experienced it. Be careful because lines are out of control to get in and you must first order your pizza when you put your name in the waiting list as it takes over half hour to make. The yumminess comes in that everything is made when you order it.
The goal was to find great deep dish and hot damn, I found great deep dish at the original Pizzeria Uno. I ordered a personal size Numero Uno and Pesto. Both were amazing. Unlike the deep dish I had tried earlier for lunch, the sausage patty actually encompassed the whole bottom of the pie. Every bite was meat heaven! The real belle of the ball was the pesto. It was out of this world delicious and the presentation is beyond tempting. Both of the pies had that flaky, buttery crust cooked to perfection. The original Pizzeria Uno is definitely number 1.
Stumbled in here trying to find some late night dining options downtown. Holy crap batman! The brews are local, great, and tall. Deep dish? Decent I must say... Though not the best I've ever had. Crust was too crunchy. However, I am a big fan of the authentic divviness of this place.... Graffiti on the walls and all. Must come here again on my next trip to Chi Town
I had been wanting to eat here since seeing it hyped up on the Food Network. (In fact, I made sure that my hotel was somewhat in the area near Uno's to ensure that I'd try it while in Chicago.)
Sad to say, we were a bit disappointed.
We ordered the Numero Uno, which is their works pizza with pepperoni, sausage, onions, peppers, mushrooms, and tomato sauce. Further topped with an extra layer of mozzarella cheese.
Toppings were good, but the pizza as a whole was slightly lacking in flavor. We were amused by the flipside of the pizza, with the tomato sauce atop the cheese on top the crust, but not too happy with the dry, cookie crunch of the crust.
On the good side, the order came with little packets of spices and herbs. We also ordered drinks, and the entire order came out to $39.53.
Also, they don't do delivery, so make sure you know what you are ordering ahead of time if you don't plan to eat here, so that you don't have to make 2 trips like we did.
Next time I'll check out Lou Malnati's instead.
If you can deal with the wait, then this place is THE place to go try Chicago deep dish pizza. Being from Los Angeles, where such pizza is unattainable, it's been a lifelong fantasy of mine to try it. After speaking to some Chicago colleagues, they all insisted that Uno/Due was the place to go.
Four of us shared one large Number Uno, which was more than enough. $27 for four people!
As other comments have said, be prepared to wait a long time to get your food. Do yourself a favor by ordering and putting your name in, and then go disappear for an hour.
The first word that comes to mind is...adequate. Anyone who claims that this is the ideal chicago-style pizza is either not a native of Chicago and has never in fact had decent chicago-style pizza or is lacking in their sense of taste. First of all, the wait and the service is completely ridiculous. They make you wait as much as a 1/2 hour and insist that they "prefer" you to order your pizza prior to actually being seated. You can "prefer" all you want...I won't be rushed into ordering before I'm seated. After we were seated we had to deal with an uncouth waitress with some seriously bizarre personality quirks.
The quality of the product has clearly suffered under the switch from neighborhood joint to restaurant chain. The sauce was bland, the cheese was less than piping hot...and the crust was just ok. Try anywhere else (Lou Malnati's, Giordano's, etc...) and you will see that this place has forgone making their original stellar product for a mass-produced sad excuse for a deep dish pizza that pales in comparison to the original or anyone else's product.
SOOO much pizza. pretty good though... a heart attack waiting to happen if you eat here more than once a month.
A Chicago institution and a world-classic restaurant. I haven't eaten here for years, so I was due to drop inside for a bite. I love deep dish pizza and I often crave it when I leave chicago.... sigh. So I'm no amateur to the world of deep dish.
That being said, Uno's pizza is good.... but not amazing. They lack on the cheese and ingredients, while putting a heavy amount of sauce. For some, this is good. But I like more cheese and no skimping on the toppings. So I was a lil dissapointed with the spinach pizza. A small pizza was MORE than enough for two people. Heck, we went home and felt sick to our stomachs from overeating. The American Food Coma. :-)
However, Uno's pizza does have a GREAT tasting crust! This is my favorite crust out of ALL pizzas I've ever had. Too bad I don't like what's on top of the crust. hehe.
If you've never been here, come on down. It's an historic landmark and Uno's has definitely changed the world and how pizza has become a staple throughout our lives.
Delivery Review
Yeah... it took about 2 hours to arrive. I should have known better than to order from a place that uses http://DiningIn.com as their delivery service, but live and learn, eh?
The pizza is blah. Honestly, I expected more from such a Chicago institution. The crust was hard and dry, the huge chunks of withered tomatoes on top were undesirable and it lacked FLAVOR. Very little seasoning made for a totally bland 'za. And that's disappointing. Especially when you're going to crisply and eat deep dish pizza.
I'm not planning on heading back any time soon.
My first time in Chicago for a business trip in August 2008 left me unprepared for what culinary delights could be had in the Windy City. I checked with my Chicago-native buddy who insisted that a trip into Chi-town (especially as a first-timer) would not be complete without a trip to the original Pizzeria Uno. God, was I glad for her advice.
I saw the restaurant's sign from my hotel room, and I proceeded to catch myself lunch via a short walk.
Inside, it seemed to be teeming with locals - regulars to be specific. Being a single party, I pulled up to the bar and opened up a menu.
Long story short, the pizza was fantastic (my mouth is watering just thinking of it now), the atmosphere was cozy and casual, and the service was fast and friendly. The bartender even made my day by listing me as "Pretty lady" on the receipt. Living in Southern California, that kind of sweet, genuine compliment is rare. The regular customer next to me, however, was less subtle in his approach - bordering on obnoxious in his hitting on me. :/
I went back for another business trip in early December, and decided some hot Uno's pizza was exactly what was called for on a bitter cold day. The food was just as good, the place just as welcoming, and believe it or not....the same obnoxious guy who had been hitting on me was sitting next to me again. This time I kept my head down and just enjoyed lunch.
I'll definitely pay another visit next time I find myself in the city. After all, the original Pizzeria Uno is nothing like the chain -- and that's a very good thing!
I was in the Chi about 3 years ago and read in a magazine that to experience a good ol' Chicago style pizza, you have to go to Pizzeria Uno. So I did.
If you decide to come here be careful of one thing. TIMING! Make sure you come at a time where there won't be a huge crowd. We came at dinner time and had to wait almost an hour. Praise the Lord for outside heaters, because it was early April in Chicago and it was still chilly!
So after waiting all that time we finally got seated and ordered. The pizza was okay. I don't know if it was the wait that curbed my hunger or that massive pizza I got, but I was full after one slice. It was definitely a pizza pie!! The crust was really thick and can I say deep dish? I've never seen a pizza fit so many toppings on it. It seemed like the pizza was better looking that it actually was.
All in all, it was alright. I guess I was expecting something a little more spectacular. Maybe I'm just used to the pizzas in Cali.
Uno's is pretty decent. I recommend the pesto pizza, although the traditional pepperoni is good too. The thing that makes Uno's great is their crust... I think its buttered up or something, but it tastes phenomenal. The only problem with Uno's is the wait... save yourself some time and walk down the block to Due's, which is owned by Uno's and makes the same pizza.
Non-Chicago haters beware: UNO'S IS NOT THE SAME AS THE UNO CHICAGO CHAIN!!! That chain is a crappy, not-even-imitation!!
This is my favorite place for Chicago style. I dream about the spinoccolli pizza - sumptuous cheese blend, chunky, flavorful tomato sauce, fresh veggies (without overloading the pizza with that green taste) and that mouth watering cornmeal enhanced crust. Bland? heck naw. In my opinion, Malnati's is bland. This is the prime stuff. And yes, it is crowded as hell, and yes, they don't take reservations on weekends and yes, you will wait a long time for your pizza. Get over it. This pizza is gold.
Apparently, this is the birthplace of the Chicago style pizza. We were in town for a few days and this was one of the things we were looking forward to.
We had a wait a bit for our online order to be picked up, so we sat down at the bar and had a drink. The place definitely has a dive bar feel to it, and it was dark but nostalgic. Watch out for the step near the entrance!
We ordered the sausage pizza. The pizza was huge. Keep in mind that it's about the thickness of 2 smaller pizzas. It tasted yeasty and not that flavourful (sausage should be better than this!), but not horrible. Next time we'll order a smaller size.
Also, don't order appetizers. They're not that good.
My mom and step-dad were visit #2 in my spring-break-a-thon of being tourist guide. They came on a Monday and, since I couldn't get the time off of work they had to figure their sightseeing out on their own. I met them at their hotel for a little Wisconsin cocktail hour (which means they brought their own cooler full of cocktails and beer.) My mom desperately wanted to try every famous Chicago food. They had already eaten a Chicago dog, so next up was pizza and for that I decided on Pizzeria Uno.
I've heard stories about the wait here, but it wasn't bad at all. Maybe because it was a cold and rainy Monday night? We gave the host our name and ordered our pizza right away. They told us it would be a 30 minute wait for a table. No problem! My folks could use some sobering up time. Five minutes later our name was called. Wow! Where was the wait? Not that I'm complaining, but the 'rents was tipsy!
I'm not a big fan of deep dish. I'm really more of a NY pizza gal, but I did enjoy Uno's pizza. I enjoyed it so much that I was able to eat two pieces. Uno's also has an ok beer selection which made my step-papa happy. The staff was also nice and attentive.
A definite go-to for deep dish pizza. I was visiting Chicago and asked three locals on three occasions which place would be best to grab deep-dish. All three told me to come here, and I wasn't let down. After a stroll along the Navy Pier, we made our way up to Uno's and got a table. The waitress was friendly and personable, enough so that she sticks out in my memory as being one of the best waitresses I can remember having.
We got a seat with a small view into the kitchen, and got to see all the delicious dishes coming out. When our Numero Uno was served up, I felt like I was in pizza heaven. The crust was the best I'd ever experienced, and still held its ground even 2 days and a trip to the microwave later. The wine went well with the pizza, and the entire experience was reasonably priced.
We ended up trying pizza at three different places in Chicago, and none of them compared to this establishment. If I return to Chicago, I'll make it a point to come back here.
If you like Pizza, avoid this restaurant. It is packed, and it takes about 1 hour to get a seat. We ordered out, which still took about one hour. The crust was very hard, and tasted like baked cornmeal. What explains its popularity? Do you remember the story, The emperor has no clothes?!
hype. it was fun coming here too, like giordano's waiting an hour for the great chicago deepdish. nothing spectacular for me though. cool vibes though cus its busy and in downtown. ive heard that uno's claims to have invented the deep dish. at least i got to visit the OG uno's
I hate deep dish pizza. And I'm a Chicagoan.
The pizza here was not so bad. (The only option at this restaurant is deep-dish.) I think I even want to call it *tasty*. Pizzeria Uno gets tasty points for using real chunks of tomatoes in their sauce. And fresh ingredients.
I hate how other deep dish places (Giordano's and Gino's East) has that overpowering sting of tomato sauce and cheese that everyone else seems to love. I prefer being able to taste my ingredients on a crust of crisp cornbread-esque dough, rather than eating a big soupy mess.
The chicken wings were also tasty.
They lose a point for the cramped space. I don't like having my knees crammed up against another person's.
This is the original Uno's and you can tell, the ovens are perfect for EXCEPTIONL pies. We went after a Sox day game and arrived around 4:30 pm. There was no wait - I have to repeat there was NO WAIT - the first time that has ever happened. In fact, there we two tables by us that were never full, guess it helps to go the labor day.
1 lrg deep dish, sausage 24.99
1 small deep dish, cheese 12.99
1 veggie dip 5.29
1 cheese stix 6.49
1 soda 2.49
1 vodka (absolut) lemonade 6.59
2 hess cabrnt gls 17.98
2 goose I pil 11.58
Total - 113.58
So I'm known to fiend for pizza. Since I live in California and was in Chicago for business, I was on a mission for "real" deep dish pizza. The two recommendations were Gino's and Uno. Uno was a block from our hotel so we ended up there. I agree with previous reviewers that it's great they tell you to order the pizza ahead since it takes 45 minutes to make so we did that and didn't have to wait long for the table.
For me personally, it was worth the wait. Buttery crust, flavorful sauce really makes this "the" Chicago deep dish pizza. I envy you Chicago residents. I only had one meal in which to get my fill, and it wasn't nearly enough. One of those times I wish I could gorge and not feel like I'm going to explode.
Fresh tomatoes + sweet BBQ sauce + crispy crust = one good deep dish.
The waiter and bartender were both very friendly. It's a cool experience sitting outside - you're on a somewhat busy corner in Near North Side (not so busy where you're yelling to maintain a conversation, but enough so that you get the big city feel around you while you eat) and people passing by look at your pizza with jealous glances. One of my favorite parts of my Chicago weekend!
I prefer Gino's, but...I had a gift card, so we decided to try out Uno's in Chicago for the first time. Its become a chain, I've had it elsewhere. Something about the sauce is too sweet. But still, I never pass up a deep dish.
I just wish the wait area was bigger. There's a bar you can wait in and get drinks, but even that is really tight. Just a bit more space would suffice.
First off, Uno's Pizza was good but not great. After walking around and looking for the authentic Chicago experience, one would hope that deep dish pizza at Uno's here would get the job done.
The host was pretty smart in having us order ahead of time. We were in a rush and suggested ordering while we wait for our table would help. The only problem is he suggested a pizza size that was not adequate for our party.
The rest of the service was rushed, and the pizza was a bit over-priced. These just made the pizza experience taste worse.
3 out of 5 and wishing the experience was better.
great spot for deep dish. came here with a friend after studying all day and we were not disappointed. they are super busy on saturdays. luckily we beat the rush at 5pm and were seated within 5 minutes after placing our order. don't be fooled though because they were still really busy at that time. service was pretty good. it took a little bit for our server to get to us in the beginning but she was on it after that. we ordered the numero uno pizza, mozzarella sticks, and garlic bread. probably could have done without the garlic bread though. the pizza was great, just enough dough...not too thick not too thin. the amount of toppings was just right too. definitely hit the spot.
If ever in Chicago you gotta try a Chicago Deep Dish Pizza!
I had my 1st taste at Pizzeria Uno. I was alone & had just arrived in Chicago. I asked a few locals where to go for a great Chicago deep dish, some said Gino's & most women said Uno's . So Uno's it was...... I must say the place was packed!! You put your order in and it takes about 45min. before you are seated. The inside dining was tight & crowded so I chose to sit outside, it was in mid September and the weather was beautiful. I have to say my deep dish pepperoni and large Coke were definitely worth the wait!! My pizza was heavy but so tasty, the crust was flaky, reminded me of pie crust, very tasty!
It was a nice welcome to the beautiful city of Chicago. Uno's is a must try!!
Pretty good pizza. It has a sibling, Due, right across the street. It has a couple of retarded cousins in NYC.
This was our second deep dish experience (and first in Chicago), and our best so far.
I liked that the restaurant was open later than others in the area of our hotel. Our order was taken at the door promptly when we arrived, and I would estimate we waited less than half an hour for the pizza to be done.
I wish there was some sort of size estimate in the menu... We got a medium, and ended up taking half of the pizza back to our hotel with us. For groups of 2, definitely get a small.
The pizza itself was good. Not amazing, but good. Loved the sweet sauce with actual tomatoes throughout it, loved the crust, but wished there had been a little more cheese in the mix.
The restaurant wasn't super busy (it was 10pm on a Tuesday night, though), and the customers seemed to be a nice mix of locals and tourists.
We stayed at a hotel just across the road so had to check out the original home of Chicago pizza.
After some cheese sticks as an appetizer, the missus and I shared a medium "Numero Uno" and the kids shared a medium Pepperoni. Glad they warned us against getting large pizzas - the mediums were more than enough!
Nice place, good food, great night!
This was pretty bad. It gets it's one extra star because it's the first ever authentic Chicago deep dish I ever had, but not anywhere near as good as Lou Malnati's. Here's the pisser: we ordered a pizza, waiter said we should get an appetizer because the pizza takes a while to come out. So we did, and the pizza does take forever to come out like he said but guess what else does?
The appetizer! Pointless appetizeer! Piss you on, Uno!
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