Gelsosomos Pizzeria

This is our go to place for big parties. The pizza is good and the staff friendly. It’s a hidden gem. As a guy who loves hot good: Beware of the jalapeños– they are HOT! The heat is good if you’re up to the challenge.

I am upgrading a past review because they have changed management and some of the staff that was the reason for the earlier bad review. The food is decent for the price, they offer specials that suit everyone in our family. The kitchen staff is changed as well, which is possibly the reason the food is better lately.

We had a shower here on a Saturday afternoon. We had the whole place to ourselves. The staff/​waitress was so helpful! She took care of every little detail. The food was very good, especially the breadsticks.

Yesterday we ordered a medium deep dish pizza to go. When we got home and unwrapped it it was basically a regular crust pizza with almost no cheese and it looked like someone dumped two or three jars of Ragu spaghetti sauce on the middle almost a whole inch thick. After cutting, we needed salad bowls to contain the runny sauce «soup». My wife called them and was told that she should have ordered, and I quote, «extra cheese». Never going back there again. Obvious the person that made this pizza never made one before.

Waitress screwed up our order.
Got the deepdish.
Bottom was burnt, sauce tasted like tomato paste.
It was terrible.

Ordered a large pizza for carry out a few weeks ago. It was cooked properly, tasted good. Pizza was ready when they said it would be ready.
The restaurant was busy when I picked up the pizza, but paid and got the pizza in a reasonable amount of time.
Their pizza was more expensive then other places in town, but was good, so I can’t complain.
I noticed they had pre-​made uncooked pizzas in a fridge if you want to cook it yourself in your oven. Nice touch I may try someday.

This place was awesome. The service, food and atmosphere were fantastic!
I ordered the BUFFALO CHICKEN WRAP and my wife ordered PLAIN CHICKEN WINGS with a side of Honey Mustard. We were both pleased with our choices and will continue to patronize this place whenever we’re in the neighborhood.

Got the works pizza, it was delicious! I was expecting better but it was amazing and will try again one day.

My family and I absolutely love this place. Service is wonderful, pizza and drink specials are amazing. Specialty pizzas and sausage are very good. We come almost every week and will continue to.

Ordered delivery and crust tastes like cardboard, literally, & looks like it. I make homemade pizza and dough and it’s Almost like maybe they forgot to add the yeast or it’s days old dough and has lost it’s rising ability. This place had really tasty pizza when they first came to town and now it’s just very disappointing n sooo not worth the $$. And delivery guy was Super rude when I accidently dropped his pen in my sticker bush n I apologized he sarcastically said, «oh it’s not like I need pens» really?! This place is a JOKE don’t waste ur $$, go to rascals in at John.

Ordered a deep dish pizza, AWFUL! It was mostly sauce with pale looking sausage slivers, NO cheese. So we call and nicely tell them we think they forgot the cheese and all the woman manager says is that’s how its supposed to be. I think pizza is suppose to have mozzarella cheese at the least! Sad thing is we WERE regulars but after this manager, no more.

An update from my previous review… when we called to use our «comp’d» pizza, they conveniently did not have us in the system. Do not waste your time with this place!

Will not be ordering from here again. I gave them 3 extra chances to fix their problem. They used to be good. I don’t know if they are cutting costs or have a new head cook, but the crust is paper thin. Literally. Some spots had only the cheese holding it together. So far they are following the same steps as Zuni’s that was up the street and closed. Their pizza was good too. Then same problem. Won’t be back. Hope they fail.

We had ordered many times for delivery and 80% of the time, the order was incorrect, especially our need for light cheese due to dietary issues… we had complained, returned and got free pizzas/​gift cards many times… we had decided that we would not order to-​go any more, due to this, which we have not in many months. Tonight we decided to try eating in… and…lo and behold… they got my order wrong… AGAIN!!! Cheese was heavy the first time around and they gave us the wrong size… the second try (which I waited 30 minutes for as the rest of my family got to eat) was still too heavy on the cheese and again the wrong size!!! WE WILL NOT BE BACK!!! and the manager, who I came in to talk to in person previously, did not have the courage to come and talk to us when we complained… its too bad… if they can make your pizza right, it is very good… wish I could rate it less than one star…

Giving it 5 stars for the pizza but the atmosphere is really a bar scene. Loud music makes conversation almost impossible.

Slow service and been disappointed once, then gave a second try and slow and disappointed again. Wouldn’t recommend.

First time ordering this pizza. Little hesitant as always, trying a new place, but I was
suprisingly impressed.
Sauce was sweet with a touch of tanginess, crust was a tad softer than I like, but ends were crusty and delicious! The pizza had a lot of flavor! I could taste the basil and oregano with every bite. It was the perfect amount of spice. I don’t actually remember any other pizzas I’ve eaten that had such a nice aroma.
I did add jalapenos as one of my toppings, and usually I expect wimpy no heat ones. Nope, not these babies! These were SUPER hot! (which I enjoy). I just hope this wasn’t a fluke, but I’d ordered these again on every pizza.
Oh, I did sauté my own mushrooms since I forgot to add them.
I want to try other unique toppings they offer like BBQ and BLT.
If you like a sweeter sauce, and a crust more on the softer side than, crispy, give this restaurant a try.

I just moved into the area and decided to try out the local pizza places. I saw the other review claiming this place had a sauce similar to Aurelios’ and decided to give it a shot. I called in an order for a sausage pizza and it was ready for pick up in 30 minutes which I was pleased with. The restaurant itself is very clean and inviting. The pizza however left me a bit disappointed. The sauce was sweet like I had read; however, the crust was soft not crispy. They put a lot of cheese on there which was good; but the sausage in my opinion was just a step above something I’d get out of a freezer at a grocery store. Maybe I’ve been spoiled by other pizza places but this was ok, not great and I’d be willing to go back and try it again.
Physical Location & Interior: ⁵⁄₅ Nice open and inviting room with a bar in back
Staff: ⁵⁄₅ Friendly and very quick to take care of people
Pizza: ³⁄₅ Next time I wouldn’t order the sausage and see just how the cheese is

Oh Gelsosomos –have I told you lately that I love you?
The best pizza you can get in Cedar Lake –delivered to your door. You have become my Friday night staple.
What to say… what to say? Their sauce has a tangy sweetness that the Southsider in me loves (reminds me a bit of Aurelios), and their crust is the perfect, crisp, cracker thin snap that holds everything up well. Delivery service is spot-​on; I’ve never waited more than 50 minutes for a dinner to arrive. I’ve also tried their wings… the hot wings are okay, but their Teriyaki wings are AWESOME. They do a great antipasto salad as well. Actually, I’ve never had a bad meal from this place.
Overall, I am so happy to have a place like this in Cedar Lake. Almost feels like home now. :)