Aurelio’s Pizza – Plainfield

Well we dined in today for the first time and we always do carry out and it was awful ! I paid 105 dollars 3 cheesy beef and 1 chicken alfredo and a pizza and 4 pops. The cheesy beefs we’re so chewy I couldn’t get it down my throat and the chicken alfredo was so blind it was like eating gray matter but the pizza was good so I’m never going back and that includes carry out.

Love this place! A bit pricey, but love the sauce and cheese.

Could not have ask for a more fantastic place for a wedding shower ! Everything was perfect, the service was wonderful and the owner made sure we had a great event.

Let me start. by saying I am an Aurelio’s junkie! I love Aurelio’s! I have probably tried Aurelio’s at 15 – 20 locations in the greater Chicago area and I USED to love the Plainfield location, especially the evening buffets. There has been a step change in quality of the pizza at this location, and a change that is not for the better. I went to the pizza buffet last week and was extremely disappointed. Aurelio’s is all about the sauce… but each pizza here that was on the buffet was almost entirely lacking in terms of sauce. The amount of toppings (particularly the cheese) was subpar. I felt like it was eating at a bargain buffet rather than the strong tradition of Aurelio’s. In general, their pizzas have gotten thinner and thinner and quite frankly, I am very disappointed in what has become of my «hometown» Aurelio’s at 143^rd and Rt 30. I steer you to the Lockport location if you want a better Aurelio’s pizza for the price. In the past, I have written rave reviews of Aurelio’s… and at this location, but something has changed. I am getting much less pizza for the same or higher price. As painful as it is for me to admit it, you can get a better value somewhere else. I hope this place can restore the quality of its pizza. and start putting more sauce back on. and piling on the cheese… like they USED to do.

Ordered two pizzas and we are so disappointed. The sauce sucked it tasted like canned tomato sauce… way too much cheese. The crust tasted like raw dough. The veggie was the worst pizza I’ve ever tasted. We called to check on the price they charged $ 30 plus dollars for one pizza!!! We were told we were charged correctly:(I feel the service sucked. They should of made a suggestion on how to order the pizza as a veggie then extra toppings as needed… instead they over charged us by selling us a cheese and $ 2 for every topping!!! We will NEVER go back!

Love the pizza and love the buffet! The waitress was awesome and super friendly especially with my kids!

We called for pick-​up tonight, a large pizza and breadsticks. My Hubby went to pick it up, loved that there was a drive-​thru for pick-​up but went in because I asked him to check it out. He said the inside was clean and there were lots of families eating together, it was very busy. We will have to check out the buffet with our kiddo.
The pizza was great, very hot and fresh. We will be checking this place out again.

This has become our favorite go-​to dinner place! We just realized a few months ago that there was actually a dine-​in restaurant (always thought it was just carry out). I grew up eating Aurelio’s as a kid and their pizza is one of my top two (I also have a soft spot for Papa’s pizza in woodridge). It’s kid friendly and cozy inside. We frequent at least 2 – 3 times a month. Love, love, love their sauce!

While I love all varieties of pizza in the Chicago area, Aurelio’s is one of the best if you like a sweet sauce and lots of taste. It is perplexing why the Chicago area has soooo many awesome pizza places to choose from and most other places in the US are a «pizza desert» and their pizza is awful. Why can’t some places get ANY of the great places in the Chicago area? Anyway, love Aurelio’s!

The pizza is great here. But, the atmosphere for a kids party excellent. The weekly buffet special can’t be beat. Very friendly staff works there. Last, the owner is very generous to the Plainfield community.

This place is a-​ok for the lunch buffet. In fact it is quite a bargain. If you are in the area, make a stop. The food is always fresh and hot and the service is also good. If you haven’t had Aurelio’s pizza, it’s the sweetness of the sauce that makes it so darn good.

Had a family birthday party for our 1 year old here (22 people), and everything was fantastic. The pizza was great, the service was excellent, and the price was very reasonable.

Yuck. 2 bad experiences in 2 weeks. I ordered $ 50 worth of food for delivery. It took them 2.5 hours — meaning all the food was old and pizza gross. Everytime we called to ask where the food was, we were told it was «on it’s way». until they finally admitted they couldnt find my house. Do they care we paid full price for old late food? No. An apology offered? Nope. They said «well the pizza has been under the warmer lamp». We ended up throwing most of it away. since the food tastes better at BP gas station.

Normally, an Italian sounding name is enough to satisfy my pizza search, and since I have been a customer of Aurelios pizza in the past, (Like 15 years ago) I figured I was ok with this choice. Aurelios is a pretty decent pizza (Not quite like I remembered) But still pretty good. Not top on my list, but not as bad as trying to get a good pizza in Florida. If you’ve ever been there, you know what I’m talking about. Eh? Eh? …You know.

went there fo the Wednesday dinner buffet. All of the food was fresh, pizza was VERY good. I have had pizza from this Aurelios many times, both delivered and pick up, without any issues. It was an Itailan buffet, with beef sandwiches, pasta, and a small salad bar. i will be back again.

This week, Aurelio’s got its 3^rd strike. First, I ordered a standard pizza… it was OK, but for what I paid I’d expected better. The 2^nd time, I went with a ‘stuffed’ pizza. Stuffed pizza being served in a standard box is the 1^st red flag… that should be a LOT thicker to be stuffed! I wish I’d taken a picture when I stuck my finger next to a slice and it went to the first knuckle on my index finger… there’s just not a lot there. its a thicker crust, with the sauce on top. Please don’t disrespect stuffed pizza by calling this one. Not only did that come in a standard box, but it didnt have any extra cardboard under it, and no foil on top. This lead to a terrible paradox: do I hold the box by the edges, and feel the pizza slowly tear through the center, or support the middle, and squish the top of the pizza to the inside of the lid? I ended up doing both by the time I got home. EVERY other place I’ve had stuffed pizza from had an extra piece of cardboard underneath and layed some foil on top for exactly these reasons. It’s always been a given and nobody cut these corners. *SIGH*
STRIKE THREE — I ordered a thick crust pizza, with sausage, pepper and onion. The sauce tastes like nothing more than tomato paste, from the can. I’ve made a lot of pizza on my own, and this tasted like straight up paste. The dough (lets face it, you taste the DOUGH and the SAUCE) was just… not flavorful at all. I’m really disappointed that this place can’t get the job done. From my bedroom window I can see this location, but I’ll just have to look past it to other places. It’s sad that the place that is walking distance won’t get the job done.
Its not the worst pizza I’ve had, but I can go to little sleazers and get a pizza that has a tastier crust and considerably thicker crust for 5 bux. The same pizza here is over $ 20 and actually a little bit worse.
Next time, I’m going to hop in the car and drive a little further to nick & vitos, make my own from stuff from jewel, or get the same meal for ¼ the price from lil sleazers. Sorry Joe, you lose.

Good buffet other than that just Eh, pizza not like the original Aurelios in villa park I had as a kid but people there very friendly!!!

We love this place! The pizza is great and the service is superb! The staff is always extremely courteous and quick, our order has never been wrong, and even though they quote somewhere close to an hour, they are ALWAYS here in less than 30 minutes. We had Aurelios at our daughter’s birthday party. An awful storm was raging outside (pouring rain, high winds, intermittent hail) and they still managed to somehow get 8 pizzas to us at the birthday facility in less than an hour and were extremely pleasant about doing so. We cannot say enough about how great this place is. We’ve had Aurelios while in different towns, but the Plainfield location really had us at «Hello».

Not bad, but certainly not as good as the original Aurelio’s in Homewood or other locations I have eaten in. Just was not «wowed» by the pizza. By Aurelios’ standards, it just did not have as much sauce and toppings as I have come to expect. Still a better option than most nearby pizza places.

In Chicago if your not going to man up with deep dish pizza you better do something pretty amazing. And Aurelio’s delivers, as in they’re pretty amazing, oh and they deliver too.
They have a sweet sauce that seems to be hit or miss with the masses. However if you love it, you LOVE IT. They also feature a variety of specialty pizzas such as BBQ Chicken, BLT, Hawaiian, and White. IF you’re lucky enough to live near the Plainfield location then get your butt over there for buffet nights (Mon-​Wed 5−8pm). For 6 bucks it’s all you can eat with all the afore mentions choices and then some.
Aurelio’s is a comfortable place with great Italian décor. The staff is attentive and the food is great.