Beggars Pizza

From the time I called in the order until the moment I walked out of the store with my pizza took almost an hour. In today’s world that seemed a little long to me, however the pizza was still hot after a 14 minute drive and delicious!
I will admit my expectations were low due to previous visits to this location but this visit was much better!!! The Beggar’s franchise is known for stacking on the ingredients and this location got it right today, hopefully they continue the tradition.

I’m only giving a 1 because I couldn’t tap and none were shaved in. Today is Sunday 11-​29-​2015, my morning started off well, I was able to schedule my daughter Dj for a hair appointment today which is a day the Salon Oury isn’t open. So I dropped her off at 12:30 today on 81^st Stony Island for hair appointment. I saw a Beggars pizza shop a few stores down, so I decided to walk in. The young lady said hello, and I asked did they have slices. She replied yes, so I ordered a thin sausage and a thin pepperoni, and she asked for a name with the order, I said Carmah’. I got 2 slices in 2 separate boxes and a plastic bag. I love love hot food and to say the least Pizza is my favorite food, so I took a bite in the car as I was driving, and I took a 2^nd bite, that’s when something stuck me in my tongue, it was so hard my tongue started to bleed, then I spit it out in my hand. I was chewing on Packing Staples, it was at least 5 that landed in my hand. So I placed the pizza and the staples in a napkin. I drove back to Beggars on 81^st and Stony Island, told the front cashier what happened and I asked for a manager, she called Demetrius and he came up and said I can give you another slice. I said no thank you I would just like my money back & what if that slice has staples in it, so you’ll just keep giving me another slice Mr? Demetrius the acting manager on duty said, it says it on the receipt that we don’t do refunds. I asked is it policy that if a customer has something in their food like staples or hair you tell them you don’t do refunds? I reply who’s over you? Demetrius said I’m the only one here with an attitude, acting like he was deaf, asking me the same thing (what you say, what you say?) I said I’m sure they have phones (& you can call them), I have to come back later so I can leave my number on the receipt for you to call me. I’am very upset that you wouldn’t give me back my money when your company is at fault and my damn tongue is bleeding. He walked out of my sight, and a young guy walks in and ask for change for a $ 20, the young lady cashier said I can’t give you change and then Demetrius said hold on I got you. Wait wait wait, I’m a customer with an issue that your policy will push to the side, but you can assists a non paying customer with change. Are you serious demetrius? I said excuse me I want my money back now, he said ok here is your $ 7 and some odd change (he kinda threw it at me). I have never been to an establishment and felt this way. I honestly can’t believe that I was eating packing staples in a slice of Beggars Pizza and the manager refused to issue me a refund for one of the cooks baking a sausage pizza with packing staples. I’m not certain if I even ate them as when I noticed the staples it was my second bite. I would NEVER ORDER ANYTHING FROM THIS BUSINESS. If you ask me Demetrius needs to be fired for his lack of professionalism and disrespect of a customers issued caused by the business. They also need better policies!!! ZERO STARS FOR BEGGARS ON 81^st Stony Island

The service is terrible, they don’t have the same menu as other beggars, I stay right down street and I go to Blue Island location very courteous and they give more than one pack of Parmesan&peppers and you can play the lottery to ! Stop telling you’re friends to write good reviews

they do not lay it thick anymore pizza were very thin. i spoke with lady name shon who were very rude. she told me we don’t give refunds, so i suggest you throw the pizza away… why would i
money away 20 dollars on a medium nasty pizza. i will never go back to this beggars on stony island ever again if zero stars were an option i’ll give them a negative 5 stars. terrible pizza and customers service equals no business from me

I placed an order and when I arrived to pick it up, they have no record of the order being placed. They said I had to wait an 35 minutes which is addition to the 45 minutes from when I originally placed the order. I asked did I have to pay full price and they said YES. I just said that’s ok and left. They don’t have to concern themselves with my patronage anymore.

I purchased two slices of pizza from beggars pizza @ 8100 S. Stony Island unitB on 4÷13÷2015 @ 248pm. As I. Began eating my slice I noticed a bright green hard piece of something next to my sausage which resembled either rodent poison or rodent dropping. I immediately called the restaurant and they advised me to bring it in. I brought it back @ about 315pm same day as i was already driving to my destination. I had to go out of my way to bring it back. The owner took one look and said it was the sausage. He showed no remorse or regard to my complaint as if he didn’t want to deal with me. I tried to explain to him sausage is not green and his employee agreed with me. He walked off before offering an apology and listening to me. His only offer (which he informed the employee and not me before walking off) was another piece of pizza which I did not want as that piece may also be contaminated. I had to have the employee call him back to talk with me. He was very rude and wouldn’t refund my money because they have a no refund policy. In a case like this you would think he would for one slice of pizza. He disregarded my complaint and walked off as I was talking to him. There needs to be an immediate inspection as this is a serious health precaution. I will never eat from this place again.

I live in the area, and instead of traveling 4 blocks to come here for pizza I would rather drive 6 miles. THE SERVICE IS THAT BAD! They will ruin your order or just not make it at all. They have bunch of disrespectful teenagers working behind the counter who have on almost every occasion screwed up my order, then are reluctant to refund your money. Don’t waste your time, go to another Beggars.

Its a store front space with a sign on the door that says «No Eating In The Lobby»…which is understandable cause the lobby space only has enough room for a bench that customers use to wait for their orders to come up.
Aside from that, the slices are delicious!!! I get two if them and a can of pop, and then leave. There’s is a lot of sausage, the cheese is thick and the sauce is decent if not flavorful.
The biggest downside maybe that the parking is smaller than the lobby space.

I catered lunch for my crew today in Hyde Park. Although, I’m a lifetime fan of Beggars pizza none of my crew had the pleasure and was obviously skeptical. Not only did the owner deliver himself, just to meet a new customer, the crew was floored by how good the food was. Compared to catering from some Hyde Park eateries, this Beggars prices are a steal.

This place is the absolute worse pizza establishment on the south side of Chicago. The staff is very rude and unprofessional. I placed an order for a pizza over the phone, when I arrived the illiterate staff couldn’t find my pizza. I asked them did the pizza grow legs and walk out. Goodness!!! The manager Shawn Ross refused to apologize about the incident and expected me to wait an additional 30 – 45 minutes, so they can prepare a new one. Absolutely unacceptable!!!

This place has the worst customer service ever !!! Literally every time I say I’m going to give them another chance they disappoint me. The people who answer the phone are absolutely horrible and rude. And when I was 9 months preggo the delivery guy wouldn’t even bring my pizza to my door. I love the pizza from the beggars franchise but this is by far the worst location ever !

Call it petty, but if I spend $ 40 on a pizza its crazy that I can only have 2 bags of parmesan. I’m big on customer service, and I hate that in black neighborhoods there are stupid rules like this. I can get 2 for one slice in other areas. There are 100s of pizza places, little things separate them from each other… learn what’s good business.

This has got to be my favorite Pizza place in Chicago. I’m not a real big deep dish fan so I get the thin crust with pepperoni, and Italian sausage, and when they say they laying on thick they mean it! This pizza is like a delicious cheesy slice of heaven. I can’t really speak on the service cause I always call mine end but it’s all ready hot and ready when I get there!
I’ve also tried their taco pizza it’s a bit messy but I enjoyed it as well!

Terrible. Just terrible. The service is bad, pizza isn’t that good, and didn’t even give me my military discount. I’d advise you not to go there.

Waaaayyyyy too expensive. $ 66.94 for 3 pizzas. Pizzas weren’t even that tasty. For these prices I better be knocked off my feet impressed. I will not be returning.

Great pizza but overly priced. I have picked up from this location just once and I have no complaints. Even though the cashier, who was nice and respectful, was about two inches from sagging his pants from his knees.

Where is the customer service at the Stony Island location? Surely, your customer database stores the types of pizza your customers order. And when a customer places an order by phone, don’t you confirm it?
So why did a relative of mine get an incorrect pizza order and was then told by the cashier, «I don’t make wrong orders»?
I didn’t know we lived in a perfect world. Take ownership of your mistake next time.

Not too sure why other reviewers have had so many issues at this location. I’ve ordered from here at least 4 or 5 times and they’ve been incredibly consistent as far as the food and customer service are concerned.
I have never experienced any nasty attitudes. And the people complaining about how much cheese is on the pizza are stupid. Their slogan is «We Lay It on Thick!» and they definitely do.

Quick delivery! Told me it would be an hour and the delivery driver was here in about 40 mins. It was great!

The girls working here have real nasty ass attitudes. They were closing early to go to an event at the Shrine that weekend but yet there was no signs put up nor did they tell my brother-​in-​law we he called and ordered. They also should have had a special message on their phone as well and shouldn’t have taken orders after a certain time to ensure they leave on time.
When we pulled up, I could see the girl behind the counter had a nasy attitdde, we showed up 10 minutes before they were closing early and they kknew we were coming. My sister wnet up to the door to go in and pay and the door was locked, so the girl behind the counter started talkiing to my sistter between the door, finally my sister said she couldn’t here the girl and sshe would have to open the door up. She told my sister she couldn’t open tthe door and that security would have to do it, WTF??? So the security guy came and unlocked the door, not with a key but by turnign the lock on thhe door, something that girl could have done herself. (And wait, what kindd of pizza place has a damn security person?) Definetly will not be back, ghetto ghetto ghetto, and a hot ass mess.