Barnaby’s Family Inn

Terrible. The pizza was hard as a rock. Let me tell you, we ALWAYS take leftovers home. I mean, ALWAYS. This was the first time my husband and I left nearly an entire pizza on the table and said no to to-​go boxes. Plus, appetizers were cheap, poor quality, no flavor, and likely pre-​frozen. No free refills. The atmosphere is dark and dungeon-​like. This place needs a makeover top to bottom. We will never go back.

Pizza was really good. The crust was nice and crisp. The sauce used was flavorful.
The only bad that I have to say was the entire layout of the restaurant. First off we were not sure if we had to seat ourselves. We didn’t know we had to go to the counter and order our food and then have a seat. After ordering we sat down and didn’t realize we had to go to the counter at the other end to pick up our drinks.
Overall it was just a confusing clusterf**k when it comes to service. I really enjoyed the beer after figuring out how to get our food and drinks lol

We love love love Barnabys pizza! We have been coming here for years and it honestly never fails. Definitely try this pizza spot — best thin crust! The only downside is the lady in the front that takes the order is always has a bad attitude so it brings down the mood. Food wise they are the best!

Love, love, love Barnaby’s pizza!!! Always get the thin crust ground beef & onion pizza. The best! And always so consistent! Never had a bad experience here & I highly recommend it!

Consistently Delicious for 40 years… Mmmm pizza #1 Just had one tonight, the crust is not replicable!

Went there with a few coworkers and we ordered the pizza… And it was terrible.
Fries are great though

We went out of our way to visit to relive memories from my husbands childhood. The pizza was pretty good and really enjoyed the fried veggie basket and chicken strips. The woman taking our order was rude and unwelcoming.

Awful pizza. The crust is too dry and cracker like, the «bare there» sause is mediocre at best and the finished product is often too greasy to eat. This place used to be good back in the day but am super disappointed in their pizzas.

Awsome pizza. Great place to grab a bite to eat and a pitcher of beer. Always consistent and accurate.

Pizza is excellent as always. This place is poorly managed. I came in with a family of adults — five of us. We were greeted by one of the rudest women bus servers I have ever encountered; heavy set and blond hair. She was angry and frankly made us all feel very uncomfortable. I’m not sure why she has her job unless she’s a family member. I used to go to Barnaby’s in another city as a child and looked forward to the experience. But, this RUDE WOMAN, ruined our entire experience. I will never return and this place shouldn’t operate with this type of employee. I’m sure no one from the restaurant will read this or care. It’s a shame. DO NOT GO.

I hope they never remodel. This is my childhood. I remember Birthday party“s getting a kiddie burger and fries and some of the best pizza on the planet. If it works this good, Don“t fix it.

Grew up in Chicago with weekly trips to Barnabys on Touhy. 30 yrs later I am visiting and cant believe they are still in business. Food was fantastic. Love the thin crust pizza. Friendly servers. Inexpensive. Just like stepping into a time warp.

First things first — Pizza is delish! Best pizza ever. Service is probably the worst service I’ve ever experienced. The blonde lady who’s ALWAYS the cashier (we’ve been customers over 35 years) she’s become really rude and nasty to customers. She’s petty and makes inappropriate comments.
Although I love the pizza I will definitely stick to Barnaby’s in Skokie instead.

Great pizza and a great family restaurant.

We tried it this place after being in a national quiz bowl near Chicago,. This place was highlighted as having good pizza and bar food. Since we earlier had Chicago style pizza we were all hungry for burgers etc. this is the wrong place for anything but pizza. First off this is a dark, ratty dump of a place. The big kicker is no waitresses, all self serve. That’s right, no waitresses! The food was really crappy. French fries baked, onion rings and burgers from disgusting prefrozen food service. I guess you should stick to take out pizza here. They do not have a deep fryer, thus this is NOT bar food.
The previous reviews indicated what great burgers and onion rings this place had. Clearly family and friends are trying to keep this place afloat.

This was our first experience with thin crust Chicago pizza, and first visit to this restaurant. We had the Belt Buster Pizza and a small pepperoni pizza for my nephew. The smaller pizza with less toppings had a nice crispy crust. The Belt Buster was heavy on the green peppers and black olives, which some of us liked and some thought was over the top. The crust was not crispy on this one, more gooey with all the cheese and toppings. Basically, two out of four of us really enjoyed this place and the others were underwhelmed. The paper plates could not survive
the Belt Buster. I would come back, probably for take out.

Pepperoni and bacon pizza with some jalapeños poppers my favorite. Love coming here always friendly staff. Left my phone here, came back an hour later they had my phone. The young lady asked me to call the phone to make sure it was mine. So I must say thank you guys for being awesome!!!

Great family pizza place minutes from ohaire. Parking lot is a but small but the only fault of this location. Prices are reasonable… the large is 14″ not your standard 16 – 18. You don’t have to pay for jalapeños they have a section to grab your own spices. Quick pizza cooks time… dim lit. only 1 tv not ideal for game day! Thin crust is very light and seems to be cooked with corn meal which I happen to love! Onion rings were not great and perfectly crunch great way to start the meal. Will be coming back with the family as always!

I always order to go from here. The crust is awesome, and different from any other pizza place I’ve tried. It’s thin and has a nice crispy crust. My wife thinks the sauce is too salty, but I love salt so it’s fine by me.
The prices here are also low, so I recommend this place over any other pizza place based on the price to quality ratio – high quality pizzas with made from scratch dough and sauce, low price.

This is the first pizza place hubs and I have tried since moving to the NW ‘burbs.
We liked the self-​serve aspect of Barnaby’s; you order your own drinks and food at separate windows, are given ticket (s) and wait for your number to be called when your food is ready.
Our veggie pizza (with added sliced tomato) was a pretty good thin crust pie. We ordered the 14″ at $ 17.50 because the 10″ looked too small for us. The pizza came out screaming hot (too hot). All of my toppings slid off the flimsy crust; I would have had better success had I used a fork. Oh well. Most of the ingredients appeared to be fresh, except for the mushrooms. There was an up charge for fresh mushrooms. The pizza wasn’t bad and the cornmeal crust was different, but the pie didn’t blow my mind.
We ordered the fried veggie basket as an app ($ 7.50) and it wasn’t anything special. The cauliflower was good, but not extraordinary enough that I’d reorder. Stick to the onion ring basket or cauliflower by itself.
The older woman taking our order was not friendly, nor was she helpful. It was obvious we were new customers, but she didn’t do anything to make us feel welcomed. We had some questions about how many slices come in a 10″ and all she could say was «they’re cut into squares.» Fine. Ok, but you still know how many squares are cut into a 10″ pizza, given you’ve likely worked at this joint for 20+ years.
We also printed a $ 3 off $ 20 coupon from the Barnaby’s website, but she didn’t apply it to our bill. This woman was old enough to be my grandmother and old enough to know that she didn’t want to to anything beyond her $ 8/​hr. duties. (Pretty certain she’s the same woman another reviewer mentioned).
I noticed a ‘help wanted’ sign hanging behind her, the cashier. I hope they find someone a helluva lot friendlier than this lady. Aside from the bartender, she’s the only employee you make contact with. The bartender was nice. Oh, and the woman bussing the tables was kicking butt. Kudos for non-​sticky tables.
Atmosphere is totally dated, but I imagine that’s part of the reason this place is so appealing. Couple of big screen tv’s and they even have carpet on the ceilings.
Paper plates, plastic utensils, no wait staff, mediocre ingredients.
We came home with half of a leftover pizza. It should feed us for another day. We spent just over $ 25 for two people and no tipping. Pricey to us given the overall experience.
Still up in the air as to whether or not we’ll be back.