Barry’s Pizza & Italian Diner

Man, I used to LOVE Barry’s and it was a sad, sad day when we rolled up to find them closed one day! Thank goodness they do have another Houston location, although it is farther. I haven’t been to that location, though, so I’m reviewing here anyway.
If you love deep dish pizza, I think you have a good chance at liking Barry’s. However, it also depends on how you like your pizza in general. I love Barry’s because if you get the deep dish, they put the sauce on top of the cheese and things instead of under it. Since I love saucy pizza, this was a big hit for me.
The service was also always very good, as many of the other reviewers say; very attentive. We also got a coupon for a free appetizer once (for no other reason than as a surprise).
I do agree that some of the appetizers were mediocre, but there’s not many other places that exist in Houston where you can get deep dish pizza (BJ’s Brewhouse and Star Pizza are the only others that come to mind, which in my mind just do not compare although BJ’s is good and is our go-​to place for now).
Now, for the other more negative reviews, I honestly would like to think this is just a style choice. Especially when it comes to pizza, people like to have their pie just so. If you’re into pizza and you want to try a new kind of deep dish, I would say give Barry’s a shot!

The food at Barry’s was good, but it was the customer service that was absolutely outstanding. Our daughter was given a gift certificate at school for a free personal pizza and dessert, so we braved the restaurant experience even though she has food allergies and we always have to ask questions about food ingredients. Some wait staff are very unenthusiastic about such questions, and some are even hostile, but Parkson at Barry’s Pizza was friendly, helpful, and sweet to our daughter. Because of him, I am a fan for life of Barry’s Pizza.
The rest of the family also ordered pizza and we had spinach dip and an antipasto platter as appetizers. The pizza was good and the spinach dip was quite yummy… my husband says the antipasto platter was «just OK.» The total bill was a bit high for pizza (which made us chuckle that they draw you in with the gift certificate for one child and then the total bill is surprisingly high, anyway).
We will return just because of the excellent service.

I been to Berry’s 4 times so far with friends.
1^st time we all shares a few pizza’s not bad at the time but very bad by the time I made it home :(
2^nd Try Pizza again. 1^st time might of been just a bad night. WRONG.
3^rd try, Fettuccine Not bad a little small on the size but at least I was able to sleep that night.
4^th Try. Chicken sandwich DRY.& the chips that came with it where over cooked .
I will say that the fried Cheese (@ close to $ 8.00 a shot) is very good.

Decent pizza but a little pricey. We went there on a Sunday evening and the place was pretty empty. Our service was very good, we never had an empty soda.
We ordered the garlic bread with cheese (a favorite of mine at other restaurants). This appetizer was huge but not great. The bread was really tough and not garlicky at all. It was huge but large portions don’t make up for mediocre food.
Ok, on to the main course. We ordered a medium thin crust pizza with pepperonis, bacon, onions, and ham. It didn’t take long to come out, but it was SO greasy, I thought it was something from Domino’s. Ok, so my husband thought the pizza was good and I thought it was just ok. When I realized it was $ 20 for the pizza alone (not including the bread or drinks), my opinion went down. That’s an expensive pizza, in my opinion.
So, I’ll only be back if my husband really really wants to go back. Next time, I’ll be trying something cheaper and off the non-​pizza menu.

OMG, I left Barry’s feeling like a beached whale. The pizza was excellent, and a medium is pretty big. My eyes were bigger than my stomach and thought I needed a large pizza… yeah, not a good idea. It was pretty big and I think I had 2 ½ slices and took the rest home.
The service was great too, she kept up with our refills and checked on us regularly. Great place, I would definitely go back.

Everything is bigger in Texas, eh? Well not Sicilian pizza. The pizza was costly for the tiny portion we got. I don’t know what the rest of the menu is like, but in addition to the pizza being small, it was also sub-​par. I wasn’t impressed by the flavors. We had the Meatsa Pizza (which had pepperoni, beef, some other stuff. If this is what passes for pizza around here, I am not impressed. I can say it wasn’t the worst I have had though. To quote my associate who shared this pizza with me, «At least I feel full now. It’s probably only edible because I’m really hungry.»

Good pizza at a fair price. My dad is a fan of their anti-​pasta salad which is full of meat and cheese, but I always go for the pizza and it has never let me down. Overall it is pretty quick and usually not to busy. Yeah, they have non pizza items, but why would anyone not want pizza? It’s good stuff!