Eshticken Pizza

Yum! This crust was amazing and the buffalo chicken pizza was not too spicy. Just right. Plus you get a free drink with the personal pizza size.

Here’s the DL–
1. Great service! The lady that was serving us recommended us the special pizzas and didn’t steer us wrong. Also told us of the daily free specials which rocked!
2. Most of the time daily specials suck, but not in this case! We came in on a Sunday and they had free FREE chicken wings and you got to choose between 4 different dry rub flavors — buffalo, salt and vinegar, Parmesan garlic, or sour cream and onion. We chose classic buffalo and she gave us both blue cheese and ranch on the side. The other daily specials seem really good as well!
3. The food was above and beyond for what we thought it would be going in. We had–
— Buffalo Chicken Ranch on Regular Crust: this pizza had a great spice to it with the buffalo sauce but it did not overwhelm the entire pizza which was great. The crust was amazing — I normally hate crusts but this crust was thin, crispy, and soft at the same time. Great texturally and very delish.
— White Pizza on Zero Carb Crust: Wow. This pizza exceeded my expectations for no carb crust and pizza flavor. The white pizza itself had a garlic sauce, spinach, mushrooms, fresh garlic, ricotta cheese, and mozzarella cheese. If that doesn’t make your mouth water, I don’t know what else will. The zero carb crust is made out if white meat from a chicken and it was very tasty, it was crisp and did the duty that crust should do. You could taste the chicken and it complimented the white pizza very well.
— Dry Rubbed Buffalo Chicken Wings: Holy Mackerel. I can’t stop thinking about these. The wings are NOT BREADED, thank god. Instead they are deep fried then have a dry rub on them. I have never tried dry rubbed wings but now I am a convert. Screw the sauces! Dry rub is the way to go! The rub keeps the wings from becoming soggy and the deep fried goodness without the breading makes them crisp and juicy on the inside. I give these a ¹²⁄₁₀.
4. Overall cleanliness was great when we went, the bathrooms are sparkling clean and the overall impression of the interior is very nice. Cleanliness is huge in my book and they were above standard for sure.
5. Everything was done very fast and made to order so it was fresh. We got our pizzas and wings in under 10 min and it was awesome. We didn’t have to wait which was great.
Overall 5 stars! We can’t wait to come back!

It is over. Eshticken closed their doors tonight. I was swinging by for rice pudding and had to order my favorite pizza and wings one last time.
I have Crohn’s disease and their no carb white pizza (sans ricotta/​add chicken) never bothered my stomach.
I never had a problem with my order, the food or the service. It was a lot of ‘something different’.

Came here on a Saturday and they had $ 5 personal pizza up to 3 toppings! Which was good because me and my bf always want different toppings. We also got the wings which were huge. Pizza was good! My bf got the philly steak & cheese on zero carb crust and really enjoyed it and I did sausage, pepperoni and onion strings on regular crust which tasted just like a think crust pizza. Place was clean and staff was friendly and helpful.

I went to Eshticken with a 3 year old, a 5 year old and 2 other adults. We went for pizza, but discovered so much more!
I have done gluten-​free diets, which is usually code for «twice-​the-​price-​half-​the-​flavor,» but in this case you are actually getting a real thin crust pizza without the carbs.
We had a vegetable pizza on zero carb crust, and a pepperoni pizza on regular crust, and both were delicious. The zero carb crust is hard to explain, it is very thin crust, but it holds the toppings well, and doesn’t have a weird taste. Kudos to the owners for coming up with this awesome recipe!
But two things really stole the show for us:
1. The beef pepperoni is super delicious. We drove about 20 miles to get to Eshticken and I would do it again to have this pepperoni pizza. Beyond yummy! (it is right off the highway so it’s not that difficult to get to)
2. The chicken wings (surprise!) are fantastic. I love anything salt and vinegar, but I had never heard of salt and vinegar chicken wings. They use a dry rub and they are full of flavor. Amazing. (they also had parmesan garlic and traditional buffalo for you purists).
We liked it so much we took an extra pizza to go (philly cheese steak on zero carb crust — even better than the vegetable one).
This place is clean and modern enough that you would think it’s a chain, but it’s actually a mom-​and-​pop place owned by Hoffman Estates locals. They pulled up stools for the kids to watch the pizza being made (you can always trust a pizza place where you can watch the pizza being made), and answered all our questions about the zero carb crust.
In short, this is more than just a good pizza place — it is locally owned, a healthier option, and they have other innovative menu items to try. We are definitely heading back for our new favorite — the pepperoni pizza, and plan to try the other chicken wings, the calzones and the sandwiches. They are really on to something here!

A four star pizza place with five star service, Eshticken is worth checking out!
We showed up for lunch to give it a whirl, as I’ve been in my pizza craze lately… and this place was recommended by a friend who said they have a gluten free/​carb free crust made of chicken! Yes, you read that right, chicken. Here’s the skinny:
Might meat pizza, regular crust: Lots of meats, lots of flavor, easily a very tasty pizza.
White pizza, regular crust: While I tend to think ricotta is bland, the garlic in the toppings helps bring out some good flavors and the creaminess is just right. A great combination that is unexpected…
Crust: The crust is good, with an appropriate crunch, enough character to hold up the toppings, and the cornicione is more crisp than airy.
Philly steak, chicken crust: The philly steak is good, lot of generous toppings, and is an interesting combination. The chicken crust is definitely something very original and unexpected. Overall, the chicken crust is okay, as it serves more of a delivery vehicles for the nice toppings they have here. There’s a nice crispness to the chicken on the edges which unforunately doesn’t carry over to the areas where the pizza has toppings on it. And with an all protein crust, I was surprisingly MUCH fuller than expected, given that the pizza isn’t huge. Much props for delving into the world of non-​gluten non-​carb, as it’s challenging to deliver a pizza that’s in that realm. (i’ve tried making my own with cauliflower and almond crust, both just don’t do pizza justice). The owner readily admits that the crust will likely never replace the delicious of real dough, but for those looking to eat healthier or with gluten allergies, this is a pretty damn good alternative.
Unilocal bonus: Check in on Unilocal,and get some free garlic knots! So much for carb free, but honestly, these were SPECTACULAR. Soft and garlicy, the knots were ridiculously addictive and packed with flavor. Sooooo goood… and this is why my wife and I have cheat meals from our Paleo diet… because some things are too delicious to give up.
Mohammed Ali (the owner) was super friendly, came to check in on us, and even talked shop with me for awhile about where he gets his ingredients, how opening a small business is like, etc. Great staff, great owner, great experience.
Verdict: We’ll come back to check out the other dishes soon!

This is really a 5 stars. The esticken wings with buffalo beats out Buffalo Wild Wings… The garlic knots are unique a s to die for. The Philly calzone was awesome. The staff was very courteous and friendly… We will totally be back here more…

Service was superb. Food was pretty good. Loved the crispy chicken wings they had. Got them in garlic parmesan (seasoned) and they were crisp to the tee! Also had the 8-​inch veggie pizza and 8-​inch buffalo chicken pizza. The veggie pizza was legit… I think it needed more veggies though. We also had the garlic knots… garlic galore! I could still taste the garlic in my mouth as I’m typing this. For dessert, we got the rice pudding. It wasn’t too sweet but not too bland. Pretty good! It started to get busy around 5pm. Place was clean but cold. Overall, 4 stars in my book.

I went to Eshticken tonight after hearing about them a few times online, seeing the Groupon, etc. I didn’t buy the Groupon because it is unfortunately only for the traditional flour crust and I am a little bit crazy about following the low-​carb diet thing.
The fact that they have the ground chicken based crust option was exciting. I was admittedly skeptical, but I figured to give it a shot because goddammit, I just didn’t want another salad or vegetable/​meat plate for dinner. Again.
I ordered the vegetable single serve pizza (onion, green pepper, spinach, mushroom and olive) on the zero crust for takeout. They gave me a 30 min wait time (Friday night around 6:30) and it was ready on time. The crust was like a flatbread which was amazing. I have tried to make various low carb breads and crackers and things and can never achieve a good texture. This was suspiciously perfect — it was reminiscent of bacon, particularly around the edges. Nice and crunchy with a decent flavor. I would have used more seasoning myself but it was still good.
I wouldn’t say this is a good date night restaurant or anything. It is a very casual pizza joint, located in the strip mall… but for take-​out the quality was awesome. It was a little bit more pricey than your typical chain pizza places but worth it for me at least.
I really just like the low carb chicken crust thing. I’ll be back.

This is a tentative review; I’d like to go back before I assign a final rating. But I did like what I had.
A coworker and I dropped by here just to try someplace new for lunch. We thought we were in a hurry, so we got ready-​to-​eat pizza slices; I ordered sausage and cheese.
I ended up getting pepperoni and cheese. Normally I hate (hate hate) pepperoni, so I was bummed, but these didn’t turn out *so* bad. On the Great Scale of Pizza Types (where «deep dish» is at one end and «St. Louis-​style Thin Crust» is at the other), Eshticken seems to be 100% «New York-​style Floppy».
Which means it’s pretty greasy, but really flavorful. And why I want to go back to have a freshly baked pizza.
In the meantime I recommend it!

I came here because I found a groupon and I had been curious about this place for a while. We decided to dine in and ordered our pizza, salad, soft drinks and garlic knots. A bit of advice pass on the garlic knots. I know that they come free with a Unilocal check in, but I still didn’t eat them. They tasted like cardboard. The pizza and salad here were just okay. Nothing worth coming back to. Also, the dining area was FREEZING. I kept my jacket on and couldn’t even drink my soda because I was shivering so badly!

I *want* to like you, Eshticken, but my first impression of you wasn’t great :(
After seeing all the pictures here on Unilocal,and perusing the online menu, I settled on the alfredo pasta and the garlic knots. My husband wanted a pizza with banana peppers on it to the tune of $ 14 (a little steep, but we were thinking that maybe it was worth it).
So we called, and a brisk (read: bordering on rude) guy answers the phone. Based on their online map, we were only TWO STREETS OVER from their delivery area, so my husband went out on a limb and asked if they were able to deliver to us.
The guy on the phone asked acted as if we had just asked him to walk on glass barefoot. He was really rude to my husband when he said there was NO WAY they could do that. OK, dude, it was just a question. Calm yourself.
And it only went downhill from there. When my husband ordered my pasta, we were told that they were changing their menu and they would no longer have any pastas OR the turkey sandwich on their menu. Ummmm, really?
Methinks good business practice would be to take it off of your menu FIRST and THEN stop selling it.
So I settled for a sausage pizza. It wasn’t even that great, and I don’t think it had anything to do with my ordering disappointment.
The garlic knots were just ok. A little chewy and their sauce was a little too sweet for my liking. The cinnaknots we added on were just as chewy and not really all that great.
Between the horrible service and the lackluster food, I can’t really think of a reason to come back :(

Really liked Eshticken. The staff was super friendly and the food was great — I LOVED the lentil soup. The pizza I had (just a slice of my husband’s sausage) was good. The cinnaknots were good… a bit chewy but good. Clean dining room. Cool look.
The reason I’m giving it four instead of five stars are because our food came out at all different times (my soup-​which was my entrée, then dessert, then my husband’s pizza), and it took a long time for the pizza. I understand that the wait staff didn’t know who was eating what (that the soup wasn’t an appetizer), but for the dessert to come before the pizza meant it was cold when we got to it. And I know that if you want decent custom made pizza it will take time to cook.
It was still a great four star experience, it just wasn’t a life-​changing five ;) I would come back for sure!

6 year old daughter: Mommy, let’s go to place that starts with the letter «E»
Me: You mean Eshticken
Daughter: Bless you
Me: Huh?
Daughter: the place with the chicken pizza crust that starts with the letter «E»
Me: Eshticken
Daughter: What are you talking about?
Odd but kitchy name for this pizza joint. It took me a few to figure out the connection with the name and the food – pretty clever. I still think after a few visits, my youngest still can’t pronounce the name fully…
On my first visit it was just by chance I saw this place – I was headed to some store in the area and looked over and saw it. It sounded interesting, so we gave it a try. The location is tucked in a little bit so not very easy to see from 59 or Higgins.
Our family loves this place. Definitely the zero carb chicken crust pizza has it’s own unique taste, I actually prefer it to regular pizza crust. Hubby had a calzone and it was a pretty good size. It was nice because similar to the pizza you can add in what you want.
The kids meal with the chicken tenders were surprising awesome as well. I was expecting some run of the mill frozen chicken tenders that have a taste resembling cardboard. They were actually quite large and had a panko type crust on them. That was pretty good as well.
The garlic knots are fillers to order while waiting for the other items. They were okay, a little too buttery for my liking – but nothing my handy dandy napkin couldn’t fix. I found this place to be a nice casual type of limited service restaurant – you get your own drinks, grab your own utensils… I didn’t expect full service because I ordered at the counter and then sat down.
Definitely a nice change of pace from the usual pizza chains in the area.

Disappointing. We purchased a Groupon to check this place out. The salads are expensive & are meant to be shared, but they do not provide you with the proper utensils to divvy up the goods (I can look past this). The garlic knots were strange, but okay (the marinara they were served with seemed watery and a little too sweet). The pizza has potential. With that said, I had to use multiple napkins to sop up the overwhelming amount of grease. The first half of every slice was soggy, but as you neared the crust, it became increasingly better.
The service leaves something to be desired. We were given plates & forks for our salad. After we finished our salad, they quickly whisked away our dirty plates. When we received our pizza, they did not give us plates or utensils to eat it with! We had to get up and ask for plates! After we finished with our pizza, we sat around for probably 10 minutes waiting to be offered a box (as other tables had been) and finally had to get up and ask for one.
The place itself is newer and seems nice except for their blinding lights. I don’t think we’ll be going back again.

This place is a-​ok. Clean, nice/​new dining room, friendly staff, good pizza. Honestly, the pizza is good, not great.
For the folks complaining about not knowing that the dough is non-​vegetarian, the menu states as much very conspicuously. They are very upfront and not hiding anything.

Absolutely amazing calzones. They are crispy and hot and come with sauce on the side, which keeps the calzone from being mushy. They brush the finished product with garlic butter and parm cheese. OMG amazing. I always get the «build your own» and do sausage, tomatoes, spinach, and garlic.
The restaurant is amazingly clean. Very modern and relaxing atmosphere. I am a huge iced tea fan, and their iced tea options are appreciated.
The employees are all very helpful and friendly. One time when we were there (shortly after opening) the owner stopped by and was talking to us. If there’s one thing I get a huge kick out of, it’s people who have a passion for what they do. This guy was SO excited about his restaurant that it was contagious. Love it.
They also do take out so sometimes I’ll call in an order on my way home. Great place, great food.

I have to, yet again for the 3^rd time, re-​review this place because it’s just SO GOOD! But this time in a different context: I catered from eshticken for my son’s birthday party, and it was a COMPLETE HIT.
I’m talking about twelve 10 year olds, mostly boys, and 10 adults. I wasn’t sure about individual tastes, so I decided to get mighty meaty, plain cheese of course, and then my son’s favorite– The Windy pizza. I also ordered a ton of chicken wings (about 60) in sour cream & onion and garlic– Parmesan flavors. Well… they devoured EVERYTHING! Surprisingly, the boys LOVED the windy pizza the most!
Eshticken pizza made for an awesome presentation too. They were also super-​accommodating in every possible way, from cutting the slices to freshness upon ordering time.
Best of all it was plenty of food. For a party where I had to worry about everything else, last thing I wanted was to have to make anything on the side! I simply boiled corn on the cobs to go along with the order and I had one HECK of a party spread! (check out the pics I posted from the party!)
I HIGHLY recommend you cater from them for your next party or event!

Very cool concept — chicken crust pizza! I feel like the extra protein fills me up, and the ingredients are fresh and tasty. I’ve had pepperoni, cheese, philly cheese steak and white no-​carb crust pizza. Unfortunately, it’s a little bit greasy and with the advertising message on the table tents of the pizza being healthy, I had to dock a point. (Sorry, guys! — but I dare you to prove it) As far as marketing, I think the covered windows can be a little deceptive, so I hope people realize the place is open and come check out the food.
Besides pizza, I’ve also tried the garlic knots — garlicky as should be. I also have gotten Garlic Parmesan chicken wings. The wings are not breaded and deep fried like typical wings but seem to be breaded in a way reminiscent of Shake and Bake from when I was kid. Must be fun for the chef, but makes the wings seem slightly drier, I think. I opted for no dipping sauce and think I would get sauce next time.
I’ve been here a few times now, and the service always exceeds expectations. I thought that the servers and cashiers were so nice the first time because it was the Grand Opening weekend, but it’s carried into a lunch visit and even with my confused/​tired/​hungry mood after a work out daze. I will admit I miss the free cake (made by a local person who was there!) handed out at the Grand Opening.

Really have no complaints. Everything is amazing. My favorites are the sandwiches and the OMG Mushroom pizza. Service and staff are great and extremely nice.
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Just had the Philly Cheese and Steak Calzone. OMG! It’s amazing. Best pizza crust and best marinara I’ve had. They coat it with some garlic butter, yum yum.