Armand’s Pizzeria

Very good food and friendly staff. Will definitely make regular visits here– well worth it!

That is not true. I did not call from my phone. The store called my nieces. Ur website sucks and so does ur customer service. I will NEVER come to ur location.
First of all your response is sooo rude. I am a paying customer. That has given u tons of business and have referred u tons of people In Chicago I have ordered almost weekly in Chicago North Center area for a few years I have never had a problem with anyone or anytime. Actually really enjoy the workers there. Maybe u should hire them for ur Elmhurst branch. Not sure what ur talking about because no coupon was used. Check the receipt. U should be ashamed how u have spoken to me!

Armand’s is starting to slip a bit and I hope they’ll get back to where they used to be. The last few times I’ve visited the service has been slow and the bread hard as rocks. The chicken parm was a disappointment too as the chicken was very rubbery. The vodka sauce literally tasted like something was wrong with the recipe (I’ve had it in the past and it was delicious). Pizza remains one of our favorites though. C’mon, Armand’s — please step it up. You used to be one of our favorite restaurants in Elmhurst.

Good place for some pizza and hanging out. The flavors are really good. If you sit by the front you can see the trains as they go by or stop right there in front of the building.

I came here with a friend and the service was really good and I enjoyed the Chicken Vesuvio. We were there between lunch and dinner. I would definitely recommend and go back.

I did speak with an owner about the situation I last wrote about. He apologized and was more then happy to make things right. I will be trying again.

I was dining in at Armand’s, and I have been here a couple times, the food is great, atmosphere is good. I was just recently here on a Monday the service was good. I was totally taken back by the lady that was sitting on her phone behind the bar the whole time eating with a friend or someone, to me it looked like she wasn’t even working rather lounging. I don’t think that is acceptable at all.

I’ve been here about 10 times, always hoping for a better experience. I want to support all the Elmhurst restaurants, but in this case I can’t. The food isn’t very good in my opinion, but being served by waitresses that seem annoyed to have a customers just kills it for me.

Was dining alone and really wanted a small salad and some pizza.
Too bad they don’t do a small Antipasto salad similar in size to their small garden/​house salad. I wound up getting the individual Antipasto salad but it was very large and pricey.
Which meant I took half the pizza home (would have anyway… big!) The smallest thin crust available is 12″.
Food was great. However, maybe rethink sizes/​prices to account for diners dining solo?
Additionally, the waitress I had was very pleasant and engaging.

I was unimpressed. I’ve had better pizza plenty of other places. It’s been a while since I went, so I don’t remember the details. I remember taking the leftovers and not eating them because it just wasn’t good enough to eat again. I don’t think I’ll come again.

Lived in Elmhurst for a while. Armands is far and away the best pizza in the area. But bring your wallet, it’s also the most expensive.
If you are eating in, definitely try the «Signature» extra thin. Reminds me of my trips to Roma. (but it’s so thin that is doesn’t travel well, don’t order it to go.)

I’ve dined here a few times before and I’ve had different experiences every time, but I felt compelled to write a review this time.
Upon walking in there was a minute or two wait to be seated, the woman who sat us was not the waitress but she took our drink order. She was not very pleasant, I asked her what types of lemonades they served and she answered «I don’t know, they’re Pepsi products», I asked again in a different way if they had regular or pink, she then answered but not without making me look silly for asking in the first place.
The waitress then came along and she was nice and courteous. She took our orders and brought out or food and we didn’t see much of her again, but understandably there were quite a few people.
We ordered a pizza and some mozzarella sticks, and the food was pretty good. I can’t really complain about that.
But what truly made this dine-​in experience pleasant was the bus boy. He’s an older male and he was very more than attentive to our needs. Considering the fact that he was only a bus boy, he saw our cups empty and took it upon himself to grab more drinks for us. He also had a brief but nice conversation with us.
This place receives a higher star rating because of this pleasant interaction with the bus boy. If Armand’s hired more people like the bus boy I truly believe their customer service would improve and make it an even more enjoyable experience for everyone.

Bah

Great pizza, great service, awesome daily specials! I’ll be back soon!

I will say this, out of all the pizza places in Downtown Elmhurst, this place wins my vote. Enough said. I avoided coming to the place bc of parking issues, and went to Mimmo’s & Pazzi Di Pizza instead, but Armand’s has them beat IMO. The pizza is good, the atmosphere is good, and so is the service. I will be going again. Also, best kept secret BOGO deal on Tuesday. I wish someone told me about that.

I’m extremely happy all around. The brunette was baked, and amazing. Clams were a bit small but still tasty, and the margharita pizza was amazing. Girls were extremely attentive. Pinot noir was very good. Very happy and I’ll be back =)

So disappointing. We were looking for a restaurant for our wedding rehearsal dinner, Armand’s Pizzeria was right down the street from the venue so we checked it out. We had lunch there and the food and service were both excellent. After speaking with the owner about the details, we decided this would be the place and made the reservations.
We had 15 people for our rehearsal dinner and though they knew we were coming, they were ill-​equipped to handle a party of our size. They assigned one waitress to our tables along with the other tables she was taking care of. The service was terrible, I had to ask for refills on my drink and at one point had to go to the bar since our waitress was nowhere to be found.
The appetizers were served in a timely manner, but the dinners took forever to come out, we waited almost an hour after we were done with our appetizers. When our dinners did arrive, a few of the orders were incorrect and most everyone’s dinners were cold. We are talking sandwiches and fries — there is no reason for this. The best man’s individual pizza was not brought out with everyone else’s and did not arrive until everyone was done with their dinners. They served individuals family-​sized salads and said that was standard when a salad was ordered. This makes no sense. Five different people ordered different salads and each was served a giant family-​sized platter — if this is standard, they need to revisit their menu and practices.
When we spoke with the manager on duty, she was defensive and rude. She acted as though they were doing us a favor and made no excuses and provided no remedy for the lateness of the food or the lack of service for our tables. In the end and after our insistence, they did adjust the bill and didn’t charge us the full price for the family-​sized salads or for the pizza, but it was not enough of a remedy for the cold food or the way we were treated by the manager. Lucky for us, our wedding the next day went much smoother!

Normally Armand’s is comfortable and relaxing. For some reason it was super loud … well, there were some really loud talkers on the other side of the restaurant. It made my dining experience so uncomfortable that I had to stick a wad of napkin in each ear. This made for an interesting conversation, with me saying, «What?» a bunch of times … ironically, I do this anyway. But, I digress. The pizza at Armand’s is very good, the salad okay, the atmosphere generally good, but acoustically it can be loud. Oh, and I forgot to mention that you could probably make a meal out of the pizza bread they give you before the meal.
As of this writing there are ninety-​six restaurants in Elmhurst. I plan on eating at, and reviewing, every one. Follow me on Unilocal

Delicious thin crust pizza! Everything fresh and tastes home made. Added bonus is that it’s next to train tracks so great for kids!

We went here at the recommendation of some locals and I found it to be just OK. The wine list isn’t interesting or inspired but they have the usual suburban suspects. The bar itself looked very cute but no one was there on a Saturday night. In fact, we were only one of a few tables. The server was earnest and young but she was kind of unsure of herself. No manager around. The food was fine. Again, nothing too interesting or unusual. Clearly, the big deal is pizza. I had the baked pasta, which was a pretty big portion and pretty tasty. Not sure it was worth $ 15 though. Overall, you won’t leave hungry but it’s not a very memorable experience.

Great, tasty thin crust pizza. Very hard to find, but I found it here. Order it if you’re not a fan of massive carbs.

I grew up on Armand’s. this us my absolute favorite pizza. Yes I’m biased. And the soup, clams, artichoke, ribs, are all extremely good too. I love this place.

The place seems attractive enough from the outside that it actually made me want to go eat there. I did not try any of their drinks, but they seemed to have a pretty wide selection. We started out with an appetizer that was just okay. It tasted like something you buy from the frozen food isle. We also ordered a small to medium sized sausage pizza with green peppers on it. The menu clearly states that you should allow for a half hour for the pizza to cook properly which is understandable.
However, we waited over an hour for pizza to be ready! I’m not sure about you, but that is a little too long for me to have to sit in a restaurant. We still tried to be positive though, we thought that they might of being taking so long because they were making an extra delicious pizza, but no. Once the pizza was finally out of the oven we were extremely disappointed. It tasted no better than a store bought pizza!
I’ve had way better pizza at other local places that didn’t take any where near as long to bake and at a cheaper price as well. I’ll give it too starts because our waitress was nice.

This is an offshoot of the original place on Grand Avenue. I was there for my brother’s girlfriend’s birthday celebration, which included about 10 adults and 10 kids from 10 – 16 years of age. They put us in a section near the front windows which gave us two «aisles» of seating and a section somewhat to ourselves, which was nice.
My brother was allowed to bring in birthday cake from «the outside» which was another nice perk. We ordered a number of appetizers; chicken fingers, mozzarella sticks, bruschetta and antipasto salad. All were well received. The pizza was OK — I personally am not a fan of their pizza; I tend to prefer more cheese and crust that isn’t quite so burnt. But as Armand’s pizza goes, this was good.
What puts this at a 4 star rating instead of 3 was the helpfulness and service provided by the waitress (whose name I didn’t catch, otherwise I would have posted it here). She did a good job of serving our entire group, and also had another table or two I believe. They «auto-​gratted» our table at 18% (which is common for the size of our group), and my brother commented that doing that the waitress short-​changed herself from his intended tip. I do believe he kicked in a few more bucks anyway.
If in the downtown Elmhurst area and looking for Italian food or an Armand’s type pizza, check them out. For a Saturday night they were (surprisingly) barely busy, so I’m sure they’d be happy to have the business.

As I continued my search for the suburb’s best thin crust pie (and my husband’s search for any outdoor seating), Unilocal has led me to Armand’s. It’s a cute little place in downtown Elmhurst, right next to the train tracks, with a good looking interior and a teeny tiny little patio to sit at. We chose the patio (see above re: husband and the outdoors) and got mangia’ing.
Overall breakdown: Our waitress was REALLY nice and was super accommodating, bruschetta was good (The bread, tomatoes, basil, and oil/​vinegar were delicious but the cheese was melted. Not a fan of melted mozza on bruschetta… maybe I’m just picky.), pizzas were decent (Regular thin crust was good but the super thin crust, oil based pizza was just okay… too much stuff thrown on top which masks the nice crust and flavor of the oil and garlic… I think I have been totally spoiled by wood fired thin crust though.), and the beer selection is meh (Only craft beer on tap is Bell’s. This is more disconcerting as you stare across the street at Flight 112 wondering how many are over there…).

We decided on this restaurant randomly as I parked on the wrong side of the track and the pizza place we wanted to go won’t open tile 2pm. It was a nice lunch for us and I found new kind of pizza I like: Cabonara pizza.
It was a prefect day sitting out site except the freight trains were loud. Two of us were splitting an Armand’s Salad and a Cabonara pizza. Armand’s salad was pretty good with Artichokes and Grilled red peppers. Carbonara pizza is Olive oil base with fresh Mozzarella, sliced Tomatoes, Ham (Prosciutto would be better), Basil, and Garlic. No messy tomato sauce. I loved it. Light and refreshing and summery. The thin crust was crisp and toppings were fresh.
Their complimentary bread basket had Italian bread and Focaccia Bread. Both were really tasty.
Our waitress was very friendly and checked in with us frequently. The only thing was she forgot to bring out the Olive oil till I asked second time. And it happened again when I asked for dessert menu.

To-​go apps only. That’s what we did, so this is not a review for their pizza or their ambiance. We got in and got what we could in an effort to GTFO, and quickly.
Why, you ask? There were time constraints, and we needed food. Fast.
Armand’s: very near to the venue in which myself and many of my colleagues were working with the super-​awesome Candice G on her Passport to Elmhurst kick-​off party. (Awesome party, btw!)
We ordered some sandwiches and apps to-​go and the lovely Colleen C and I bellied up to the bar and ordered a coupl’a Oberons in an effort to catch up/​pass the time/​play super-​fast happy hour. Win.
Here’s the thing: Seemed as though, while we were quoted a 45-​minute wait time for ‘za, that our apps took almost just as long. (This was at 5pm or so, mind you.) Now, me? I come from a bar/​restaurant background, so I understand waiting and I understand prep, so I’m usually not a stickler for that sort of stuff. But it seemed to take… well… awhile.
It didn’t matter, however, because our mini-​happy hour was rad, and we got out with our foodstuffs just in time to return to the party to help out.
We ordered:
–two/​three sandwiches (eggplant/beef/pepper+egg)
–mac and cheese bites
–two caprese salads
–chicken tenders
–bruschetta
–I think that was it?
And it’s hard to gauge when you’re going to-​go, you know? But it was all pretty dang solid. Seems everyone digs their pizza a la other reviews, so I’d say give that a whirl? (I also was wayyy intrigued by their stuffed artichokes, so were I ever to find myself in Elmhurst again, I’ll be sure to order one.)