Lonely Planet

"Giordano's makes 'stuffed' pizza, a bigger, doughier version of deep dish. It's awesome. If you want a slice of heaven, order the ‘special,' a stuffed pie containing sausage, mushroom, green pepper and onions."

Ryan Hays

"My stuffed crust pizza with sausage and extra cheese was worth the wait. If you are a fan of cheese in quality and quantity you will be as thrilled as I was with the amount of delicious cheese they put on an extra cheese pizza."

Nathan Aguilera

"What to try: The Famous Stuffed Individual Deep-Dish, with your favorite toppings. Power through the piled high layers loaded with cheese for a meal to remember. Sounds simple, but the complexity of the layers and the combination of only the best ingredients make this a “best of” Chicago deep-dish pizza for the age."

Dennis Lee

"Their specialty is a vertical, architectural marvel of stuffed crust pizza. It’s a visual show-stopper with a crust that's crispy on the outside and pillowy on the inside, but somehow it remains appealingly fluffy while being dense enough to hold up to what’s sandwiched inside. The sauce is on the puréed end of the spectrum, and just sweet enough to counterbalance all that cheese."

Gayot

"It's a well-made pie, in no small part because Giordano's never misses on the crust --- it's always good."

Daniel Zemans

"We cut open the pizza and removed a piece and some cheese from the remaining part oozed out to partially fill the gap. To a cheese lover like me, that is a joyous sight. The crust is much more like a pie crust than deep dish or thin crust pizzas. There is shortening in it, and the outer crust is flaky and actually fairly light. The sauce, which I think is delicious, has a light sweetness to it that balances the salt in the rest of the pizza."

Kailley Lindman

"The best pizza in Chicago: Giordano's - Thanks to their ridiculously cheesy sauce-on-top 'zas, Giordano's reigns as one of the greater Chicagoland area's most ubiquitous, well-loved stuffed pizza purveyors."

Nick Kindelsperger

"If you're looking for the biggest, thickest, meatiest, cheesiest, and most awe-inspiring pizza in the area, it's hard deny the power of Giordano's."

Bichromatic

"To this day I still remember eating my first slice; cheesy with buttery crusty goodness. Maybe one day, I will finally try a different place out but for now; Giordano’s will always be my favorite"!

Jo Fitzsimons

"The crust was good, the cheese was gooey and the crushed tomato was very flavourful. Overall, it was a darn good pizza and I couldn’t deny it."