Pietanza’s Pizzeria

Fiancé and I have now ordered carryout from Pietanza’s twice and we are in love! Panzerotti & thin crust pizza are to die for! Best sauce on the planet & hot giardinera is delicious. Service is so friendly. We are definitely new loyal customers. Incredibly large and unique menu (with abundant vegetarian & gluten free options– which is very important to us). Can’t wait to try their panini, pasta, salads, minestrone & eggplant parmigiana! Looking forward to seeing what the new Bartlett location brings!

I’d love to tell you not to go here so that I can keep it a secret, but I can’t because the food is just that great. Their risotto is a standout and the veggie combo appetizer can be a meal in and of itself.

Great pizza. Amazing lasagna swimming in cheese. Fair pricing. Definitely a take out place, not sit down.

Such good food! The pizza is great and the pasta dishes are wonderful. We order a pan of the Italian sausage for the Super Bowl and it was a huge hit, everyone wanted to know where we got it from.

5 STAR!!! If you are a 1^st timer and not sure what to get, try a Pepperoni and Bacon Panzerotti or a Spinach salad. 2 of my favorite things on the menu… I mean world lol. I have recommended so many of my friend and family ¹⁰⁄₁₀. You will enjoy the food 100%!!

Living in Carol Stream since 08 and now I’m kicking myself for never trying this place. Ordered a large half sausage half pepperoni, the Mediterranean bread (their version of garlic bread), and a chefs salad. Picked up my order and the staff is very friendly. I dig great customer service because it makes me want to keep patronizing the place.

Got home and the boys tore into the pizza. No complaints. The salad was fresh and homemade. Not like just lettuce and a few vegetables. But a seriously great put together salad. Huge slivers of carrots, fresh mushrooms, green pepper, red onions, olives, Italian meats and cheeses. Nothing about this salad screamed premade. The dressing was great. Almost like a vinegar and oil with a sweetness to it. Fantastic.
Mediterranean bread had big chunks of garlic and seasoning. It was sprinkled with Parmesan cheese. This wasn’t a hotdog bun with some garlic butter smeared on it. There was some thought put into this bread.
We ordered a standard regular crust pizza. Sausage and pepperoni were good. Crust was nice and crunchy. The sauce was great and again had a little sweetness to it. It’s nothing like any pizzeria in the Chicagoland area. I grew up in Addison where we had hundreds of pizzerias and I never had this kind of sauce. Pizza was cooked perfectly.
I talked with the gentleman at the counter (owner?) and told him this was my first order. He seemed genuinely nice and stated he hoped we enjoyed the order. He mentioned they moving and opening a pizzeria on Army Trail Rd and 59 for take out and sit down after the new year. The only bummer is we’re going to have to drive a little farther for this food but it’s going to be worth it. Thank you Pietanzas for not just being a normal run of the mill pizzeria but a restaurant that puts pride into their food.

This was my second time ordering from here, and it was awesome! I had pasta both times, so I’m not sure how their pizza is.
Let me start by saying that all their dishes are homemade. I had the Shrimp Diavolo, and my girlfriend got the lasagna.
The pasta was cooked perfectly, and the sauce was very flavorful. You can see the fresh diced garlic, and small diced onions in the sauce. The shrimp was tail on, and you pick it up and eat it. It was good. The sauce could have been a little more spicy, but I can’t foul them for that, because I love real spicy food.
The lasagna was a nice large portion. It had plenty of cheese, and plenty of flavor! The sauce was delicious, and it was cooked perfect!
Also, both times we’ve ordered from here, the food showed up piping hot! I love that.
If you’re looking for some good pasta dishes in the area, look no further. This place is super legit.

Loved their thin and regular crusts. The sauce makes it extra special. Deep dish us okay but I’ve had better deep dish elsewhere. But you can’t find a better than crust anywhere.

Surprisingly amazing Italian food. Everything is fantastic especially the lasagna. Delivery service is quick and they are always friendly. They do have some food available without needing to order ahead.

If you want great authentic Italian food this is the place for you. Vince the owner is a great chef. And knows the way Italian food should taste like and does a great job. Service is always what service should be like when giving your money to an establishment that appreciates your business. Vince’s two sons work there to help the father and they are just amazing how professional and courteous they are to their customers. LOVE THIS PLACE!!!

Consistently great food — Fresh and flavorful. My favorite is the Rotellini Di Melanzane. Yum! My husband loves the seafood. The Grilliata Mista and Calamari are fab, just to name a couple. We also love the Country Rigatoni. Really everything is great… my only other comment is that the parmesan food (chicken parm, etc) is not breaded here. Still great but different. Tonight we tried the Patate con Basciamella… Awesome! Can’t wait for a sit down restaurant but either way, will continue to order from Chef Vincenzo

Love the panzeratti! The service is always super friendly– they go above and beyond. Our pizzas are always made with fresh veggies. I will follow them when they move!

I stand by that their staff and delivery is very courteous.
Our recent order I instantly became volatilely sick on.
I may have receive food where either the meat quality was expired or the burned dessert I received may have been left over too long before I got it. I was so hungry I tried to eat around the dessert, my food this time was not fresh as usual. I understand that this can occur with many restaurants and I am only commenting to this because I was greatly disappointed.
I have ordered there several times, I guess after so many times you are going to have a bad experience once in awhile, just the law of averages.

I recently moved to the Bartlett area and was really missing the awesome panzerotti that I was able to get from Rosario’s in Roselle. Well, not anymore. The panzerottis here are awesome and they really load up the peperoni, which I love. This pizza was pretty good too, but this is my go to spot for panzerottis.

Great food, from panzerottis to paninis and desserts, and fast, friendly delivery every time.

Really great pizza! The tiramisu is not! Ordered it the other day and it was frozen. Yuck!

Pietanza’s was new to GrubHub so we gave it a try. By far the best Italian restaurant in area, no competition. Great price point. Enormous amount of food – entrees could be family style. Ordered Arancini, Patate con Basciamella, Fried Calamari, Vegetable Risotto, Mushroom & Chicken Risotto and Chicken Parmigiana. Everything was fresh, cooked perfectly and tasted homemade.
Arancini were bigger than golf balls. The Patete/​Potatoes smelled like Christmas with rosemary. Calamari was not rubbery at all, had rings & bodies. Each Risotto entrée must have been 1lb/​piece. Only surprise was Chicken Parmigiana not being breaded.

For the past few days, I have had a lot of coworkers talking about pizza. All I hear at work is Pizza this and pizza that. And being a 3^rd shifter, it is very hard to get pizza at 2 in the morning.
Well, finally, I had a day off and of course, what I want is pizza. So… I did a review of pizza places around me and sorted them by highest review. And what would you know… Pietanza is right at the top. In fact, is the top and only one in the top. «Hey…» i pondered for a minute. «I think I will get pizza from here», as I replied by not so obvious question.
I ordered the pizza with a friendly man on the phone. He asked if it was delivery or pickup and then what I wanted and he said my name. «Whoa…» I thought. Either he is psychic and knew I was calling OR he has caller ID. I just figured it was the first because fate wanted me to eat pizza and fate bought me here.
After about 17 minutes, I left to pick up my pizza. He said arrive in 25 minutes and Google said the place was 7 minutes away. Give an extra minute for the busy red light and off I was to get my pizza. I arrived and picked up my deliciously smelling pizza. Drove home as fast as I could going the speed limit. Well, actually, I was driving under the speed limit. Today must be «Drive 5 – 10 under the speed limit day» or something. I will have to google this because that occured to me while driving there and while driving back.
BUT…back to the review. The pizza was delicious and I will be back. End of story. Thank-​you. Yummy!!!

While visiting my parents, we were all over at my grandma’s and decided to order pizza. Gram had a coupon and had ordered before so she sent my sister and I to pick up the za. We were totally unprepared for what we picked up! The supreme pizza is an enormous RECTANGLE pizza! It was so huge we had to put it in the trunk.
Pizza itself was very good. We also got mozz sticks. Also delicious. Love a good mozzarella stick. There were five of us, and we ate less than half the monster pizza. Whoops, definitely over-​ordered. The total was around $ 30 for all this food! All in all, pretty good.

Pietanza’s has been bookmarked for what feels like forever! Plus, it’s so much closer to my home than I realized that I can’t believe it took us so long to get out and try their food.
Their menu is a bit much for a carry out joint. At least that’s what I thought when I originally checked it out online. We ordered a pasta combo with ravioli, manicotti and a meatball with the side soup, the salmon vesuvio with the side salad, arancini and the Mediterranean garlic bread. With our $ 20+ order, we received a small cheese pizza. I now feel pretty strongly that I am grateful for the options especially since the vast majority of our first order was delicious!
Lemme get the ‘misses’ out of the way. We did not love our free cheese pizza. I know it’s rediculous to complain about something that was free, but it wasn’t very good. I am guessing that their free pizza might mislead people into thinking that their regularly ordered pizza isn’t any good. Why? The pizza had clearly been made sometime earlier, it was pulled from a hot box and it was rubbery when we ate it. Now, the crust had a nice taste and the sauce was flavorful, but because I think it had been sitting for a while, I didn’t get that fresh pizza affect. (It is highly likely that we will order a pizza next time to prove to ourselves that they make a great pizza…) And the Mediterranean garlic bread was not something I would order again. It was very dry, so it soaked up the marinara sauce well, but it ended up being unnecessary.
The perks? Everything else! The prices were right in line with what I would expect. The salmon vesuvio was cooked beautifully and still piping hot when I got it home. The pasta combo was devoured by my hubby. The meatball was clearly homemade and bursting with real Italian lovin’! There was complimentary focaccia included which made me swoon! The salad was fresh, crisp and the perfect size. The arancini… ricey, cheesy, meaty goodness and complimented just right with a kicking marinara sauce. The front counter guy was quirky and kind. The waiting area had a few chairs. They also had a full case of soda options.
Side note. I was waiting for my food when a gentleman walked in. We waited in silence until five minutes later when another gentleman walked in. They clearly knew each other and started speaking in Italian. The nice thing about the Italian language is that it is accompanied by hand gestures. Here’s what I gathered:
1: Hey man! How’ve you been?
2: Hey! I’m so good now that I’ve bumped into you!
1: You’re the greatest! How’s the family?
2: They’re doing well. Well, at least they will be once I get home with dinner. They wanted Italian food and I went to Caputo’s, but couldn’t find anything that looked good, so here I am.
1: Ha ha ha! My son loves the sausage and bacon pizza here at Pietanza’s, so I’m here every other day!
They went on to talk about the old neighborhood and that kid Johnny and such, but the moral of this story is that I must go back and try their pizza.