Midway Pizza

Omg the pizza, omg the pizza!!! The best pizza I every had in Louisiana! The pizza are huge, and I can say that a personal pan pizza can fill up two people, and please try the pigs in the blanket, sooooo delicious. The prices are reasonable. The manager is so nice and friendly. He greet you at the door. I would most definitely go back just for the pizza and pigs in the blanket, and also for the warm greetings. Great place!

I do believe that this is one of the best pizza places in the greater New Orleans metro area. There is only street parking nearby. The restaurant is neat, clean and open. The bar is well stocked. Restrooms are only one toilet for the women, I can not speak for the mens, but it is neat, clean and well stocked. The staff is always friendly upon entering the restaurant, and on my first visit when I forgot my to-​go box, a waitress came running after me to get it to me. As I work during the week quite a distance from the restaurant, so I can not speak of the lunch buffet during the week.
I have tried the money ball and the herb tarlek pizzas. The money ball had meatballs, onions, sausage and yet was not greasy or too spicy. The herb tarlek had a creamy sauce, spinach, garlic, chicken and artichoke hearts and was delightful. Both I ordered in the small size, and were so filling that I could not finish. They reheated nicely for a meal later that day. I like the crusts, they are not too thick, and not greasy like some other restaurants. I like how friendly the staff is, even when they are busy.
I look forward to coming back, bringing friends and recommending this location to others. There are so many options to choose from, and they are all very interesting.

The wife and I were jonesing for pizza tonight. I’m from the Midwest originally and am a firm believer that Chicago style pizza is the only correct style of pizza. We gave it a shot and ordered for pickup.
The King Leon pizza immediately caught my eye. Meatballs, pepperoni, mushrooms, onions, and extra sauce. The extra sauce is my favorite part. It did not disappoint. Crust was good. Sauce was good. Meatballs were pretty good, but not awesome. I wouldn’t go so far as to say this is authentic Chicago style pizza, but I’m not snobbish enough to get into that debate. It’s a pretty darn good pie and worth the trip.

Polenta cake is perfection. The pizza deep dish is perfectly seasoned and flavorful and all of the good things.

Admittedly, I’m not a big fan of deep dish pizza, so if you are a fan of this style, Midway is probably worth a try. As a person who prefers regular and thin crust, however, I felt like the pizza at Midway was just like a slightly better Papa Johns. We tried two different pizzas, and they were fine and definitely edible, but not particularly memorable.
On the plus side, service was excellent, and I really enjoyed the beet salad. I would consider going back just for the salad alone.

This was another one of those Cheese Fridays with my coworker. We opted for the pizza/​salad buffet and wanted some pigs in a blanket but they were all out.
The only reason why I am not wow-​ed by Midway Pizza is that the two slices (which were fresh — I saw them come out of the oven) were pretty dry. Also, they were out of pigs on the blanket HOWEVER they gave us some free garlic knots — which was pretty nice.
For $ 10 you get all you can eat pizza (I had two slices) and a salad. I may return again to order something off the regular menu.

I live really close so I decided to walk here Monday afternoon for the lunch buffet special they run from 11:00 — 2:00 which includes unlimited pizza plus you choice of salad for $ 9.99.
The interior is open, industrial, and fun with lots of cool artwork. They also have plenty of tables and booths so which ever floats your boat they will likely have that for you.
I am generally not a deep dish pizza person but Midway is making me seriously consider my loyalty to thin crust. This pizza was out of control. The options when I went was an all veggie and a pepperoni. Being a carnivore, I naturally went with the pepperoni. It was very generously topped and I loved the taste of the sauce, I can tell it’s made in house, it was so freakin on point.
I know it is a buffet but honestly, two slices of this pizza and ½ of the caesar salad and, like I told my server, «if I ate any more, I’d have to be rolled out» lol.
Overall this was a great experience, my server was friendly, attentive, and just a general rock star. I definitely recommend this place, the food was out of control delicious and I can’t wait to come back again.

Midway is unique, among the ocean of New Orleans eateries, and it’s something I recommend that all residents of The Crescent City experience.
As you walk in, the first thing you’ll notice, is the loud classic rock from 95.7 blasting from the speakers. As you scan the interior, you’ll notice that every wall is covered in humongous, HD televisions, broadcasting any and every game that’s happening, and Sports center. The interior temperature is also cool. Colder than other establishments. More on this later.
As the hostess greets you, you’ll notice that her uniform (consisting of skin-​tight t-​shirt and equally tight shorts, and that’s it.) leave little to nothing to the imagination. As you’re led to your table, note that the waitresses are similarly dressed.
A few minutes after being seated, your waitress will come up to your booth. In addition to her outfit described above, you’ll notice that it’s been made even more revealing, with a spritz of water spray. Whoever is the alpha male of the group will suddenly discover that the waitress is now sitting next to them, almost cuddling them, helping him decide what food to order, how much beer to get, and any shots to start off with.
While waiting for your order (average time: 45 minutes) you’ll be treated to complimentary salted pretzels, peanuts, and Cheetos. Kudos to the waitresses, who will keep them and the beer flowing!
When your food arrives, enjoy and savor it, and make it the best $ 150 per person pizza you have ever had.
And if course all the above is total bullshit.
New Orleans is known for much, in terms of great food. Pizza, however, is not one of those items. How bad is the pizza here, overall? Dominoes and Pizza Hut are viable and reasonable options.
Fortunately, Midway is a welcome exception.
The reason why pizza is so bad here is a simple one: the water. Studies, demonstrations, and tests have demonstrated that the mineral content in a region’s water plays an important part in a pizza’s quality and taste. If you have too much minerals of one kind or not enough of another, the taste is affected, for good or bad. Sadly, Orleanian water is the later. So to get around this, adjustments to the dough must made. Based on the taste, crispiness and chewiness of Midway’s dough, they have found such a compromise.
While choice of toppings are the classics that one expects, the alternates and combinations should not be ignored, as that they are what really make Midway special.
As previously noted, getting a pie in New Orleans is a crap shoot. But just like the games downtown, the odds are in favor of the house. So why punish yourself? Just go to Midway.

This place has the best deep dish in the city.
Pretty cool atmosphere, good selection of draft beers, and an amazing lunch buffet.

Pigs in a Blanket (7.85 $); just do yourself a huge favor and order these things! The creole mustard– jalapeño sauce is the best compliment to the savory sausage. The dough is also flavorful!
BYT Salad (5.75÷8 $); mixed greens w/​beets, goat cheese, pine nuts, orange slices, & a citrus dressing. Definitely a refreshing starter for an upcoming heavy entrée. This isn’t my favorite salad offering, but that’s probably because I’m iffy about beets.
Zeus’ Plate (5.75÷8 $); baby spinach tossed in a sun dried vinaigrette w/​mushrooms, tomatoes, feta cheese, & prosciutto. I like this salad the most. The fresh mushroom w/​the dressing & burst of grape tomato is what makes it for me. So delicious!
Baby Spinach Salad (6.24÷9.5 $); spinach in a marmalade vinaigrette topped with bacon, egg, Gorgonzola, & toasted pecans. Its a good salad, exactly what you expect it to be.
The true star of the show is the deep dish pizza (13.50÷19.25 $). It’s definitely worth the 30 minute wait. I’ve had the king creole (creole fredo sauce w/​garlic, shrimp, tomato basil relish, & green onion), money pie (my favorite one; spinach cheese, pepperoni, meatballs, roasted garlic, grape tomato, & basil), & herb tarlek (least favorite; creole fredo sauce, chicken, mushroom, artichoke, roasted tomato, & garlic wilted spinach).
If you’re dining for two, I suggest a large salad and a small half & half pizza. It’ll definitely be enough! If you ever have left overs, popping the pizza in a toaster oven on 350 for 15 – 20 minutes does the job! The crust stays crispy & the ingredients are all melty in yaaa mouth. Fresh like day 1. lol

Chicago-​style pizza, they said. It’ll be great, they said. Just go there, they said.. . Well, they were right!
Ok so I don’t really know anything about Chicago-​style pizza song as my family is from the St Louis area, but my guy does and he vouched for the Chicago-​style moniker.
This place reminds me of many of the craft brew pubs in at home in Tampa, and I loved it! We went in on a Thursday night and were greeted immediately and seated just as quickly.
We took a bit to look at the menu as we were catching up but thankfully or wait person was very patient. She provided very good advice on the local brews they serve as well.
Our appetizer was the caprese salad which was quite good, fresh, and served quickly. We followed up with a 14″ pepperoni and sausage pizza. The pizza came out piping hot, crust was crunchy underneath and cooked all the way through. (If you aren’t aware, Chicago-​style means mile high crusty goodness under the toppings.) We both stuffed ourselves to the max, but we finished the whole thing!
So if «they» don’t tell you to visit here, then I will! It’ll make your belly happy. :-D

The inside of the restaurant has a good vibe, especially for a pizza restaurant. I think the wrestling dude in the paintings as a mascot is super tight. The staff was friendly and the service was alright. I went during their lunch buffet special, which consists of all you can eat pizza and a choice of a salad (some have an upcharge lol.)
It was not busy at all and it took 15 minutes for me to get a Caesar salad that was coated in what looked and tasted like white water. It came with two burnt crustinis covered with a garlic paste. These are described on the menu as «roasted garlic croutons».
The quality of ingredients they use on their pizza reflects its taste. It includes frozen pepperonis probably hormel brand or something even more generic, and cheese that tasted like a giant melted cheese stick. The sauce and «crust» were seriously underwhelming and forgettable. I have no intention of coming back here.

In a city full of flatbreads and thin crusts, there was one who dared to be different… MIDWAY.
I cannot talk enough about this place.
Sure it’s close to my house, and offers delivery, but that is the furthest reason why I go to Midway. First – it is the best dang pizza in the city, although I’m particular to thick crust and deep dish pizzas. Secondly, they don’t skimp on sauce, or toppings.
Secondly, the staff are amazing people! Always kind, remember you, greet you with a smile – the management and owners should be proud of their hiring capabilities, recruitment efforts, and training.
Good vibes all around on location in this spot as well. Dine in, carry out, or delivery, it’s always gonna be incredible.

I have recently discovered Midway after hearing about it for years. Now, I can’t stop craving it! I have eaten in and had delivery; I prefer the delivery. The restaurant was hot when I was there, and it’s still just as delicious when delivered to your house. Not to mention, it’s also good when you reheat it the next day. I know some people will say it’s not as good as Chicago deep dish, which is true, but we’re in New Orleans not Chicago. It is delicious for what it is. I only eat cheese pizza, so I cannot comment on the toppings. The cheese is a perfect mix of cheese and sauce. The dough is very good and holds up well the next day.

If you’re lucky enough to live in their delivery area– this is the place to order from… If you’re a deep dish fan (which I am).
I’ve had their specialty pizza (The Kingpin– coincidently the nearest bar to me) and built my own– both delivered (literally and figuratively).
For example, a 14″ with 8 or 9 toppings for $ 22.22 (plus delivery tip) that feeds 3– you can’t go wrong.
Also, their toppings are high quality, the crust is flavorful, and it’s not overpowered by pizza sauce.

We do a pizza night almost once per week and have tried many pizza spots. Midway definitely has it’s own twist with their deep dish as opposed to the New York style, but the sauce is really what gets me. I’m only giving 4 stars because I was not keen on their garlic bread sticks. They were really just cheese sticks and I really wanted something garlicky. The waiter steered me wrong. Get on the garlic knots bandwagon and I think there would be no stopping this place!
Oh, a happy hour would be nice too ;)

EXCELLENT VALUE: MON-​FRI LUNCH BUFFET, $ 9!
What ever happened to the all you can eat pizza buffet? In college we practically bankrupt Shakey’s absconding with backpacks full of slices. Here it’s the «Freret Jet» Special (5 points if you know what that refers to).
AND YOU GET A NICE SIZED SALAD!
One of four choices. I had the Caesar and it was perfectly seasoned, filled a dinner plate and came with garlic toast. Now that’s a deal.
BUT IT’S DEEP DISH! (Bleah!!!)
However the crust is really good, and the toppings are excellent quality. I actually hollowed mine out.
NEW YORK PIZZA’S $ 5 DEAL IS STILL MY FAVORITE
$ 5 draft beer and a huge wedge on razor thin crust. Get the Italian Sausage, it’s sourced from Brooklyn.

I tried Midway on a recommendation. My friend gushed about how good it was, and how she was addicted to it. Now, I am a pizza snob. I had little faith in her ability to categorize pizza correctly. What do uptown people know about pizza anyway? Besides, no one likes deep dish pizza…
Not willing to walk three blocks to suffer the indignity of bad pizza, I decided to subject them to the ultimate test, half one specialty pizza half another specialty pizza. Just to turn the screws, delivery! Not just any delivery location, mind you, but the third floor of an office building. They didn’t even complain. The pizza arrived quickly, and the box didn’t even look greasy! I was very suspicious.
I’m pretty sure the delivery guy knelt on one knee illuminated by a ray of light as he presented the pizza to me and I think I heard angels sing «ahhhhhhh». But, It could have just been the delicious aroma of the circular treasure he cradled in that flat white box taking over my sense of reason.
When we opened the box, It was more than I could have hoped for. There were toppings! Not your standard sprinkle of toppings, but a plethora of high quality ingredients all cradled by cheese! Not a greasy separated mass masquerading as cheese, but soft, tender, luscious, cheese embracing meatballs and well cooked veggies. Of course the taste was glorious. Each bite was satisfying in both taste and texture from the tip of each slice to the last morsel of the tender crust.
After a couple of deliveries, I decided to traverse the three block expanse that separated me from the best pizza I have ever had in New Orleans. (Maybe the world) I found it easily, on a corner of Freret Street in a clean, non-​descript blue building.
Anyone with a single drop of unassuming blood will immediately feel at home when they walk in. The staff is kind and casual, friendly and still professional. Midway is the kind of place, where every seat is a comfortable one. The slow New Orleans vibe permeates every square inch of the surprisingly spacious dining area, no one is sitting piled on top of the table next to them.
Somehow, every second I spend in here feels like a lazy summer afternoon. I never want to leave. I swear, one day I will have tried everything on the menu, and then I will do it again.
I need everyone who reads this to go eat at Midway. Do not put it off. This is the kind of restaurant that New Orleans and even America are built on, excellent quality and craftsmanship at a fair price. The food is clearly a labor of love and pride. I need you to eat here so they can always be here for me!
Bonus tip! During the week they have a lunch buffet that comes with a salad. These are not just trash salads tossed in a bowl. These are the kind of salads that you would pay top dollar for at another restaurant. Now I prefer their specialty pizzas over the standard toppings, but you cannot beat the price.

My date and I had a hankering for pizza last night so we headed to Midway. Midway is a relatively new pizza joint on the ever growing scene of Freret Street.
I loved the atmosphere. Very warm and kinda funky too. You can see into the kitchen, which I’m always a fan of. The waiters and waitresses wore cute t-​shirts with Lucha Libra masks on them!
Our waitress Claire was wonderfully chipper and efficient.
We ordered a house salad, which was a mixed green salad with a balsamic vinaigrette. It was really tasty. The best part about this salad was the homemade polenta croutons. They were hot and fresh out of the oven, and they were delicious.
Now for the main attraction… the pizza.
We ordered a small Smokey Treat pizza, which was Roasted chicken, bacon, green pepper, red onion, blue cheese, finished with smoked chipotle BBQ sauce and green onion. After the salad, and with their pizzas being deep dish, the small was enough for the two of us. I thought the pizza was good, but I wasn’t wowed by it. My date absolutely loves Midway’s pizza, but I just wasn’t feeling it. The crust was crispy, but lacked flavor. The ingredients were good, but the chicken lacked flavor too. I also think that the bottom line is just that I prefer a thin crust pizza, and I’m a purist. I love a New York style, thin crust, pepperoni pizza. That’s my jam.
If you are into deep dish pizza, I’d probably recommend Midway due to the great atmosphere, great service, and good ingredients.
I’ve heard that they have an all you can eat deal for $ 8 during the week. That’s a hell of a deal.

It’s not deep dish pizza!!! It’s just a pizza with a thick crust. I really didn’t like it at all. I think the pizza at Costco is better. There was just no flavor to it. It’s like a piece of bread with cheese on it. We also ordered the pig in a blanket. It’s a sausage wrapped in crust. Same thing. No flavor and very dry.
I probably won’t be coming back.