Raimondo’s Pizza & Pub

Excellent service, phenomenal food. The specialty pizzas are great, and such an awesome beer selection! Super friendly staff, family-​owned and it feels like it, in a good way.

Their home made sauce is delicious! Great beer selection, & a nice glass of port rounds out a lovely lunch.
We only visit Chicago once a year but make sure we grab a bite here before we leave.

Best pizza in the area, hands down. The veggie pizza is delicious (add pepperoncini). They always have a fun, special pizza of month. The staff is amazing. Plan on spending some time there because it’s worth enjoying the atmosphere and meeting the staff. Most importantly, the beer list is always top notch. If you have any questions or are curious to try new beers, ask the staff. Everyone is very much «in the know». Great place for a family pizza night!

Visited from out of town and had a great meal. Place was open late, service was great, coke was good, pizza and cheese bread was good.

Ordered delivery from here tonight as part of a fundraiser for a friend’s son’s school. Service on the phone was very nice and friendly. We ordered a medium spinach, sausage and mushroom pizza with their original crust. Was about $ 23 before tip and we were told 45 minutes. It came in about 25 – 30. The pizza was very good, cooked to perfection. They have a nice sweet sauce and very good house made sausage. My only complaints are that it was a bit pricey for a medium pizza and that the dough, while good, was a little too soft and doughy. I like my crust a bit thinner and crisper. I loved the sauce and the sausage and did enjoy the pizza as a whole. Next time, I’ll try the thin crust… and dine in to enjoy their extensive beer list.

Great beer selection, great pizza and italian beef. Their pizza of the month is always unique and delicious. For the person that’s complaining of the long wait for pizza… it’s worth it, enjoy a good beer that’s not miller light and have some patience.
The owner is a great guy that will talk beer knowledge with you all day long which I loved. They have limited beers that you’ll never see at another restaurant…
support the small businesse owner… this guy is my hero and the service is great… if you go during dinner time in the subarbs then your expectations should be set accordingly (stop your whining) about the wait.

I love going here when I am in the area. The staff is so friendly, the beer is great, and overall it’s very chill. I have only had pizza and gelato from here.

I have to tell you the lower ratings are concerning What is wrong with people? :) We are long time fans of raimondos and from reading Unilocal reviews, it would seem one must either love it or hate it. I guess we go in the love category. I have had 2 parties here, both in the range of 30 guests, and I have dined her on several occasions. Maybe others prefer pizza made ahead? I just don’t get it. To make a pizza this good it takes time! It is not sitting in a box on a hot plate or under a burner. Put your phones away and spend some quality time with your guest while waiting! Talk, enjoy a drink, laugh a little! Enjoy the ambiance!

Family Italian —
When you order the pizza they make it from scratch so it takes a little longer, but worth the wait! GREAT beer selection. Appetizers rule, try the artichoke flatbread, amazing.
Bring the kids or make it a date night. If your lucky enough to be there on a night when Mike is IN THE HOUSE strike up a conversation.
It is genuine Italian from start to finsh. ENJOY

Overpriced and the pizza was pretty mediocre (I got the Godfather pizza). Ordered the pizza for pickup, was told it would be 20 minutes. I ended up having to wait an additional 25 minutes for the pizza to be ready. Not only that but they put meat on my wife’s half of the pizza. She doesn’t eat meat so naturally this was a bit of an issue. We were told we could have a small credit on a future bill (we have no idea how much this credit will be fore and are not even sure we want to return).

Great pizza. Terrible service. Looking at you Lauren L Ticket #79 255 (in case anyone researches or cares).
This is my first review only because this was way outside of the norm of service you receive anywhere and management, as well as potential patrons, need to be aware and have some expectations set if you are lucky to have our server.
We were in town for a family reunion. This place had solid reviews both in ratings and quantity. It was not very busy, maybe two other tables, and we were greeted by a sweet girl directing us to our table.
And that’s when it went downhill. How you may ask when we just walked in? It started with our server beginning to take our drink orders and abruptly saying she will be back when someone yelled at her from the oven. This set the tempo as our server brought everything over with the cold hand of indifference including her robotic, insincere, and minimal conversational tone.
For the record, we ordered a few drinks and a bottle of wine, Valley of the Moon, from their reserve menu along with several pizzas and some gelato for our daughter. EVERYTHING was GREAT.
Disappointing we had to get her attention to get anything. You know… as in pretending we were waving down a plane to rescue us at one point. She was not engaging. No refills on beer or coke offered. Our bottle of wine was brought over, sans cork, already open with two glasses. She was never in any hurry. Making eye contact was difficult and when it did happen it provided the opposite reaction from what we needed. I walked over to the bar and register, where she was hiding from giving any additional discretionary effort, and I begin speaking to my 8yr old daughter about dessert. We eventually ordered there, with her, because why would we not want someone to ask us if we needed dessert as is the almost knee jerk reaction tradition of any server. Kudos for being different. She did not look up. I finally asked what the gelato flavors were where she recited. We choose and walked back.
Her engagement was reminiscent of a 160 character restriction on Twitter. She only thanked us while we were walking out, which obviously was facetious and muscle memory.
We tipped 20% because who knows what day she had. I hope it gets better. For me, if I lived here I would never return because of the very negative, memorable experience we had.
Again great pizza! But maybe you need a buffet because we could have fumbled around serving and smiling at our table ourselves… or hire nicer robots.

Good food. The price for two small pizzas was $ 41.00.
We felt it was a little over priced. The delivery service though was on point.
Maybe they should offer coupons to help with the prices.

Completely terrible service, due to that I did not order a single item from the menu.

Sadly disappointed.
First time there is was really good. One of the owners greeted and sat us — told us a bit about the family owned restaurant and fresh ingredients and specialities — and the food was really good. The marinara was really good and the meatballs were awesome. We went back a few more times and thought that we found a nice spot we would be coming to for years.
So…why the 2 stars? Well, we went back about a month ago and had really bad and slow service. We sat a long time and waited for the server to come and greet us at the table. Then it took a very long time for each phase of the meal and we actually got the feeling we were more of a bother to the server than anything. He didn’t seem to really care to do his job one bit. We chalked it up as a one off and that maybe he was having a bad day. But… We went back again last night and had a very similar experience. Eventually that same waiter came over, but only to tell us that our waitress is coming soon. She did, and we order a very simple meal: 2 unsweetened iced teas, a meatball sandwich, and the bruschetta. It took 10 minutes for her to bring us the very watered down iced tea (might as well just drink water). Then it took another 47 minutes to get our food. Yes, I timed it after the iced teas took so long. 47 minutes for a meatball sandwich and bruschetta! Unfriendly, blah attitudes to with that awful service too. To add insult to injury, my wife got sick that night and I felt like complete crap too.
Could it be us? Did we do something to piss them off? Why the crappy service? We are not demanding people and always treat people in restaurants nicely regardless of how they are because 1) we are respectful; 2) we don’t want spit and boogers in our food. Plus, we always tip — even when the service is not deserving. So, it seems to me that it’s just how this place operates. Regardless, the service is so bad that we will just go elsewhere.
Oh yah, 2 stars. Well, the 3 non stars are for the last 2 servers and experience, plus the decline in food and getting sick. The 2 stars given are because I know the owner is a good guy and we had a nice experience with him our first few visits. Too bad his servers don’t have the same attitude with customer service as he does.

Great pizza and great conversation with the owner Mike. He certainly takes his pizza and beer serious but really prided himself on how he relates to his guests. I’m a pizza snob so when I said it was good it is certainly worth eating.

Disappointed.
This is a place that my husband and I really wanted to like. We went the first time and our experience was pretty bad. Well, so we gave it a second chance and it wasn’t much better. It takes a while to get the pizza and it states on the menu that their «homemade pies» take 25 – 30 minutes to make.
SERVICE:
Not the greatest. Maybe they’re understaffed like so many of the reviews say, but hire some people! There are tons of unemployed Americans that need jobs. Whatever. It took a few minutes for us to be seated both times, even though there were booth open and not a ton of families there at the time. I asked for tips on drinks, but the waitress told me she doesn’t drink beer. Ok, but my question was on the cider. Ok, I’m not going to ding her for not drinking alcohol. She never offered us another round, nor brought us water. After finishing our drinks during the appetizer, she never was really around for longer than a second to even think about bringing us anything.
My husband said that he would give the service 3 stars, but I disagree. closer to 1 – 2.
FOOD:
Garlic bread:
We ordered the garlic bread as an appetizer. We received it maybe 15 minutes after ordering it. For what it was, it should’ve taken 10 minutes. It was overdone and burnt **the second pic is of the garlic bread they brought out second”. It was literally rock hard. Also, no garlic. The second basket brought was better and not hard, but still just like glorified toast. It was like an italian beef roll cut in quarters and toasted, then with butter on it. No fresh garlic, and not even the crappy garlic powder that some restaurants use for their garlic bread. Pretty disappointed.
Pizza:
Good, but nothing to write home about. I like the texture of the braided crust, but there’s really nothing else that is greater than average. About 2 – 3 pieces of nickel sized sausage per piece of our sausage and garlic pizza. Average pizza, that’s what I would call it.
Drinks:
They have a good selection beer/​cider/​wine list. For that, I give them a star. Unfortunately, the average bar has a good selection.
It takes a significant amount of time to order, wait for food, and then wait for the bill after finishing food. The service isn’t the greatest. I wish we would’ve had a better time, either time, but we won’t be back. With so many other pizza places in the area, we won’t be back.

Okay Unilocal???4.5 Stars???
(One side note before I get into this, since I’ve been in restaurants most of my life, I’m going to say that they were understaffed and there was a major issue that they just didn’t mention to anybody, so take this as you will)
We sat down and the restaurant wasn’t even half full, we then proceeded to wait and wait and wait and wait for pizza. I have never in my life got up before I received the food, but in this case I had to get it to go and left… I understand pizza can take a while, but wow… The only thing that I ate while I was there was the garlic bread, not my cup of tea and when we did finally eat the pizza, I was even less impressed.
My other gripe is that our server kept taking her order pad and despite the fact that she has an apron with multiple pockets, stuck it in the back of her pants by her underwear. Frankly, I don’t want your hands touching anything that’s touched your butt, if they are going to touch my food.

The pizza is awesome. Beer and wine selection is fabulous. Love the homemade balsamic vinegarette dressing.
Pizza of the month is always interesting. If you’re lucky you might get in on one of Mike’s beer tasting events.

I can’t say enough great things about this place. We had reservations next door at the Turf Room and it was SO busy there, we couldn’t even get a drink while we waited.
No one gave us the time of day. :(
SO, we wandered into Raimondos and never regretted our decision not only to get a drink but stay there and eat.
We were warmly greeted by the owner Mike and his descriptions of the food and beer were beyond words. It felt like we came home to «moms house» and we were immediately amongst friends and family.
The beers were refreshing and delightful. Mike described each beer like a sommelier describes wine. So passionate!
The food was to die for! We plan to return home again to «moms house» (aka Raimondos) SOON!
What a great experience! I highly recommend this place.

Upon entering Raimondo’s, you immediately note the décor. Did someone actually envisage a vintage 1950’s pizza joint with a modern day spin? The floor plan is open with plenty of classic booths. It’s simple, inviting and it works. The view at the end of the bar allows you to continually scan the entire operation. I liked the environment, not so much the pizza.
Basically the Unilocal reviews are telltale with a very clear point; if you serve «Craft Beers» & «Signature Pizza» you must be «Kick-​Ass-​Good»! NFW!
Again, the beer selection and Customer Service dominate each review. A description of «Taste» is brief and secondary in thought. Agree, management and staff will kill you with «Kindness»!
However, what about the taste? BLAND. «Ach-N-Lou’s» Pizza Pub in Aurora smokes this place. By severe contrast, «Emil’s» pizza found in Woodman’s freezer case will inspire your taste buds.
Our 16″ Thin Crust… Sausage, Mushroom, Onion & Black Olive arrived cool to the touch with a spongy crust. Not OK, let it be known this is the first time in a while I did not scorch the roof of my mouth! A pathetic presentation equaled in taste.
I’m sorry, if your looking for a classic tavern style pizza, look elsewhere. But if your pizza taste buds crave the «Hand Crafted Italian Beef and Giardiniera», The” B-L-T“or the «Bacon Cheeseburger» SIGNATURE PIZZA PIE… hey, this is your place.
For me, the above is best served on fresh bread as a sandwich, not pizza. Described in order: Crusty Italian Bread, a Club Sandwich, and a toasted Poppy Seed Bun along with a bottled IPA., just because I can.
C’mon people