Herb N’lou’s Pizza

Sat for an hour waiting for 2 Reuben’s. They have a number system and we were skipped over for the pizza orders. All teenage kids working., no adult in the kitchen. The kids were working but if Zi owned this place I would not leave the responsibility to 3 kids. Won’t be back!

Ordered a pizza and it came with wrong toppings. So, they agreed to remake. Still wrong. This place has been going downhill for sometime now. Either overcooked or wrong.

Great food, great fun!
They have great pizza, calzones/​stromboli, salads, and sandwiches, plus a full salad bar, soup and daily lunch specials.
Eat in or carry out.
The bar is a friendly, fun atmosphere, there is a good mix of people here.
The bartenders are always fun!
Go eat here and stay for the night.

Decent pizza and friendly service. I recommend the taco pizza or bbq chicken pizza, but they are all acceptable (the crust is what makes good pizza, and they take some time to do it right).
Sometimes they can get a little busy, but they’ll allow you to call ahead and order and your food will be ready when you get there.
Decent place to take children for lunch or go watch a game on the big screen tv in the bar area attached in the back.

Very tasty pizza– hand tossed crust that was crispy and chewy. We loved how they cut our Canadian bacon and pineapple toppings into small pieces so there were toppings in every bite. The breadsticks were also good and we liked that they cut them into bite sized pieces. Free refills on pop and they have free popcorn too! It’s a casual place and seems popular for locals in the bar area and restaurant. Friendly woman at the counter too!

Nope. Sorry. Not for me.
Driving from Chicago to visit family in Omaha we always try to find somewhere to stop in a small town in Iowa along the way. We pulled off in West Branch, not really knowing what we’d find. Unilocal reviews looked pretty good in general so we chose to try it.
When you go in, you order at the counter. The have a very small menu. My son and I both ordered subs. My wife ordered pizza. The subs were not really great — the bread was soft and tasteless. The meat was okay. The vegetables were fresh. I think the chips came out of a bag. Oh — they are cash only.
Noting the other reviews, it just may have been a bad day for them. Or, maybe they saw we were from Chicago and not from the town and didn’t provide the service they normally do. Certainly, the other people there seemed to know the owners and obviously were enjoying themselves. But for me, Nope.

After visiting the Herbert Hoover Library I stopped off in the main part of town looking for a place to eat and we ended up at this little pizza place. It’s not what I would call particularly good pizza, but the beer was cold and the staff was very friendly.

I was in town for several days doing work and needed local food rather than the McDonalds at the highway or the 20-​mile trip out-​and-​back to Iowa City. The pizza joint is in front of but attached to the bar in the back. The pizza is certainly good. The menu choices are just fine for a local place making pizza, not seeking food nirvana. There were other options besides pizza – sandwiches and calzones, IIRC. I had a 10 inch two-​topping pizza that was well done. Adequate topping coverage, suitably cheesy, and clearly fresh. You can see the dough machine from the counter. Perfect for a cool summer evening with a beer. It is cash only, so be prepared for that, and so is the bar in the back. You can order your pizza in front and then go sit in the back in the bar area; they’ll bring it out to you. It is clearly a local place, but the folks are friendly and welcoming to out-​of-​towners.

As a former radio news broadcaster (turned IT guy), I always like to help local businesses get the word out IF they are any good. Well, that mentality is still with me.
Herb-n-Lou’s is a small little pizza joint in the heart of West Branch, Iowa. What Herb-n-Lou’s lacks in lighting and cookie-​cutter appeal, they offer in Good Damn Food. My favorite, I must admit, is the Herb’s Heaper with Jalapenos. Not for the faint of heart, as this monster will choke a horse, yet so good to the pallet.
So, head over to Herb-n-Lou’s in West Branch, the ladies will be glad to see you.

Food is lackluster at best. Service not very friendly and they do NOT take credit or debit. Cash/​check only.

The pizza here use to be awesome. Not so much now.