Bojono’s Pizzeria

so I have been ordering from here through Groupon for quite a while. so a couple weeks ago, they leave me a message to go through their own website and save a percentage. so I did. Sorry guys, not a good experience. I ordered a pizza and salad. nothing earth shattering. not only was it about 20 min past the promised time. it was all smushed on one side. It looked like it had been dropped on the side or carried sideways or something. when I called to ask about it being late and when it would arrive, the young girl on the phone didn’t seem like she knew what was going on and just gave me a «stock answer.» The reason I am posting this now, a couple weeks later, is because I just got anoher message to try the website for a discount. I think it’s time to block the number and not order from them again. They obviously don’t keep track of who they call for promotions either.

I ordered two pizzas on line using a $ 30 Groupon on 1÷14÷16. When I picked them up I gave the owner the Groupon and he charged me $ 6.93 (the amount in excess of the $ 30) and I added a $ 2.00 tip!
Later I discovered that he failed to tell me that my VISA was already charged the full amount of the order so when he took my Groupon when I picked the pizzas up, I in effect, paid a second time.
The first and only time I managed to reach him he admitted the over charge and told me he would refund the extra $ 30. This was almost a month ago.
Since than I have called his store about ten times and left five messages. The last one was via Unilocal.Although his employees tell me he has been given my messages, he refuses to call me.
I guess I have to give up. Just beware when dealing with him and double check your VISA statement for excess charges. Even though I did this i ended up paying over $ 60 for two pizzas.
Never again.

You know, I think the pizza is pretty good, but the service and the shady marketing cannot be forgiven. I get these texts for a Friday special to order on line. And, everytime I do, I’m charged over twice the amount advertised. I let it slide the first couple of times because I wanted to feed my friends this pizza that I liked. That was local. I live about a block away. That said, twice the pizza took almost 2 hours to arrive. And, once, it never did. I’ve never written a restaurant review before, but honestly, I feel this place needs to be called out. Sorry.

I just moved to Chicago so I’m a blank slate on pizza opinions. However, I was suuuuper disappointed with the service here. I decided to order online and grab a simple thin crust pizza after a long day. I got the confirmation price (around $ 14 with a discount for being a first-​time buyer) and the confirmation time (5:15 exactly.) I showed up at 5:15 (because I was hungry for pizza, duh) and walked up to the counter. First of all, when I gave my name and said I had a pick up, the girl looked at me blankly. She then had me recite every attribute of my order. Once we had finally figured out the correct order, she tried to charge me $ 17. I had to pull out my email confirmation to show her the correct price. After I handed over the cash, she told me it would be 15 – 20 minutes. I told her it was already well after my pickup time and she said something about online orders not going through with any time stamp. I’m a very gentle and understanding person, but why would anyone ever want to order a pizza online with a sizable waiting window then go sit in the store for 20 more minutes? They clearly started the order when I walked in. Unfortunately, I saw a man have his entire order messed up and delayed while I was sitting and waiting. It was generally a very disorganized and uncooperative vibe. Not a huge deal in the grand scheme of life, but I can’t say I’ll be going back.
The reason I gave it 2 stars instead of 1 star is because the sausage on the pizza was sort of spicy and tasty. But there are other places in the neighborhood that also have great pizza. I’m looking forward to exploring Chicago’s pizza scene more!

Despite the owner never contacting me to resolve the really bad issue we had, we had to start ordering from these guys again. Their salad, and the freshness of the ingredients keeps bringing us back. The pizza itself is often inconsistent. Sometimes there is too much cheese, sometimes it is under cooked. We’ll probably keep ordering until someone else proves themselves in our neighborhood.

Im 35 years old and I have never written an online review before (read into this never bothered to waste my time). This place is bad enough I felt like I had to spend the time to register for Unilocal just to write a bad review. The pizza took about 1 hour 45 minutes to get here. I could have gone to Jewel and bought a Red Barron pizza in half the time, saved 20 $ and had a better pizza. We also got cheese sticks and the fried ravioli. I could almost not chew the ravioli it was so tough. The cheese sticks were the highlight of the meal meaning almost palatable but still not any better than getting them frozen at the store. The pizza was unspectacular and really oily. We only bought here because my wife found a groupon.
Seriously Bojonos this is Chicago. We have pequods, Pizzaria uno, giordanos, lou malnati’s, Red Barron to choose from and you have no business being here with that garbage.
Can I haz my money back.

They will put bbq sause on a pizza but not white sause. They have it to so it doesn’t make any sense. I got chicken and spinach and the spinach tasted like fish and the chicken was dry and funky. Never had such terrible tasting pizza from this place since I have been going 7 plus years ago.

This north side pizza is the bomb-​diddy!!! Sauce was tasty and had just the right amount of sweet and savory. The crust was crisp and non-​soggy and the ingredients were really fresh. I really enjoyed it and it was nice to finally have some good pizza delivered.

The BEST thin-​crust pizza in the city hands down! I’ve tried many of their pizzas and they are all fantastic. The tomato, olive oil and garlic is superb. Huge chunks of garlic. If you order green pepper, you get large pieces just like you get large strings of onions. There’s no skimping here. I’ve also had their meatball sandwich-​fantastic. And they have great salads, I’m eating the E salad right now. Great, great place!!!

Soggy, lacking in flavor, atrocious… at least the one time I went. Perhaps they had an off day or somehow the pizza gods were just hating on me that day. Either way, sorry Bojonos, no return customer here.

Solid thin crust, excellent signature salad, reasonable pricing and many specials to boot.

I was super hungry and just looking for a quick bite.
The inside was like any hole in the wall quick food joint, with a few bottles and cans in a massive fridge and desserts being kept in the boxes they were likely delivered in. The décor inside left much to be desired, but the service was prompt and courteous.
Ordered an Italian Beef which is just filled to the brim with thinly sliced beef and nothing else. It was warm, the bread was crusty, the meat was salty and had a great chew. The sandwich came with dip that was nice and dark, salty and very deep in flavor. It was everything you could want in an Italian Beef Sandwich. No frills, no gimmicks just great beef and a nice salty jus to dip in. All at a very reasonable price, I would come back in an instant.

My husband and I have eaten at Bojono’s about twice a month for the past year. It has always been delicious until tonight.
We ordered the Bojono’s salad and the salami was rotten. Neither my husband or I could swallow the salami it was so slimy and off putting. It looked grayish. I called and was told to bring the salad back (inconvenient, but I brought it back). The cashier told me that the salami is cut fresh every day, so I told her she was more than welcome to try the salami, and she told me she didn’t like salami. The cook tried the salami from the salad I brought back and literally laughed in front of my face. He was speaking in Spanish, and was talking and laughing to the cashier, and she said he thought the salad was fine. They were going to make me a new salad… with the same disgusting salami, so I ordered something different. My request was followed by more talking and laughter.
All in all a very disappointing experience. I would have been ok with them apologizing and offering me a free pizza or something. I literally was laughed at to my face. We will not go back there any more.

I order take out here once every couple of weeks. It’s not amazing, but the salads and pastas are good, and everything is decently priced. I live a block and a half away and my pick up orders are always ready as soon as I arrive.
I usually get an order of spaghetti and meatballs with an extra side of meatballs and have enough for two people to eat as much as they can. The pasta comes with a small loaf of bread, too.
The salads are great and huge! Don’t be worried that a «small» won’t feed you.
There are daily specials, usually a pasta and some sandwiches. I tried the sloppy joe and fries once for under four bucks. Definitely junk food, but alright for a hangover.
I have tried to love the pizza, especially since they have crazy specials (sign up for text coupons), but it’s just too salty, and not quite right.
Only a little bar for seating here, so you’re better off doing pick up or delivery.

It really only takes once. Especially if you’ve been going to a place regularly for only a little while, but not long enough to excuse a bad experience.
I’ve been coming to Bojono’s semi-​regularly for about 2 years now. Last night I was headed to a rehearsal. I had only 45 minutes for grub. Bojono’s. I walked in at 7:00 sharp, ordered an American Sub, and settled down to wait while reading a book.
Twenty-​five minutes later, I was worried. I hadn’t heard my order called and a few people had come in and gotten served in the interim. I approached the young lady behind the counter. «Excuse me,» I said. «I’d like to check the progress of the sandwich I ordered nearly half an hour ago.»
She looked annoyed at having been dragged away from whatever she was watching on her laptop. «Whatwastheorder?» she mumbled. «American Submarine,» I replied. She looked in a fridge. No luck there. She looked in the cooler. There it was.
«What the $@*#?» I said. «I’ve been sitting here the entire time.»
She gave me a lopsided smile and a look that said ‘What can ya do?’, then returned to her laptop. I rushed out and was late to rehearsal.
I can recommend Bojono’s American Sub. I don’t recommend getting attached to the place. I’m glad I didn’t.

Update 1-​10-​2015
I received a comp for a free 16″ pizza so I took the offer and gave this place another try. Second time around was really good. I ordered sausage, pepperoni, bacon, onions, green pepper, and half pineapple. The crust edges were crisp and on point. Lots of toppings and everything tasted great. My only complaint is that I ordered extra cheese and this clearly did not have extra cheese. Looked normal. But it was a free pizza so I didn’t mind. Other than that it was a good tasting pizza and I’d consider going back.

Well I always order their thin crust pizza and their house salad but today I decided to try their hamburger that came with fries and to my surprise it was pretty good.

I ordered twice and thought it was just ok (at best) it seems that they DO NOT use premium ingredients– but charge premium prices
…caned pineapple, cheap ham and pepperoni.

We used to love BoJono’s. But we will be ordering somewhere else from now on because of poor delivery and terrible customer service. This is Chicago, I have plenty of other options.
The previous time we ordered they gave us a another customer’s order. We had order half cheese half sausage and this new one was sausage, pepperoni and onion. I wouldn’t have cared except the half cheese was for the kids. They just wanted to give me a credit. I had to explain to them that my kids would not eat what they sent us. Had to BEG them to send me an all cheese replacement.
The last time we ordered from there (and I assure you that it will be the last time) the pizza came as if the delivery guy thought it best to carry them vertically. See photos 13 — 15 on the site here. I called to complain and had to get mean just to have them send me two new pizzas. They then called back demanding we return the two «defective» pizzas. I said fine but that they needed to give me a discount because now they were going to be wasting an hour of my time. They offered to give me 3 slices of cheesecake. I had to inform them that I hate cheesecake. They then offered me a liter of soda. Seriously, did you see the condition of the two pizzas they brought me. A liter of soda isn’t going to cut it. They then offered me a credit (as if I will be ordering from there again). I just agreed out of frustration because I didn’t want the new pizzas to be spat on.
I am not an unreasonable person. I understand that mistakes can happen. But the way they chose to handle THEIR mistake is unacceptable to me.
So if you want your pizza to come slid to one side of the box, this is your place.

Yep… Bojono’s now has a new fan in me.
Me and some friends were doing some Uptown drinking on a friend’s deck and we got pretty hungry. We tried to order from Michael’s but the wait was a little longer than we would have liked. We called for pickup since my friend live less than a 10 minute walk away. They told us it would be 30 – 45 mins which was better than the 1 hour wait @ Michaels
We walked over around the 30 minute mark to pick up our half cheese & sausage/​green peppers & onion pizza and it was ready. the staff was pretty cool and welcoming on a nice warm ass Sunday afternoon. We walked it back to my friend’s place and did the damn thang on that pizza. Really great taste along with a little spice to it… really enjoyed it. Its good to know I have an alternative whenever Michaels is too long of a wait, but this place will more than likely my first choice on some nights.