Aurelio’s Pizza

Great pizza, great salads nice bar to wait at while your take out is being prepared. Never had a bad anything but if I did, I would speak to the management before posting something negatives.

Usually my favorite pizza place, rarely a not so good pizza. But today was the «rarely. Whoever made it today should got to Remedial Aurelios Pizza Making Class. Last time I had one similar to this disappointment was over a year ago.

Great pizza and Italian food! Also who knew a pizza place could make a great cheeseburger! This location is highly recommended by me!

My wife called the Mokena location because the new lenox store by us was closed. Jay the «manager» was rude and didn’t believe New Lenox was closed even though their website said so. Jay your managerial skills are suspect at best and to be quite frank your bad at your job. Maybe think about selling vacuums or something else that sucks.

Sorry I drive by this restaurant to go to Frankfurt Aurelio’s I can’t put my finger on it but Frankfurt just taste better.

I have been frequenting this particular Aurelio’s for over 5 years now, and last night, they blew it! First, let me say that the girls who work there are great, very nice, very helpful, no complaints with them at all. Pizza is decent, generally not over/​under cooked… but last night, the owner/​manager made the worst mistake he could have — he ignored his customer base! My husband and I sat at a regular table, with pull out chairs, (they have 2 seat bench style, and regular tables). The chairs are so old, that the wooden seat piece had separated from the metal frame. When I sat down, and attempted to adjust the chair closer to the table, the seat and frame separated, and my finger smashed in between the two pieces, and a sharp piece of metal punctured my fingernail and fingertip. (Really glad I recently had a tetanus shot) Although the wait staff was extremely helpful, and brought me ice for my finger, the business owner did not come out from the back to apologize. To add insult to my injury (pun intended), the owner told one of the girls just to put the chair in the back party room, against the back wall. This chair should be taken off the restaurant floor, and either repaired properly, or replaced. I am not sure if the owner/​manager thought that I was just looking for a free hand out, but if I attach pictures here of my finger, you would throw up while reading this! Not pretty, I will probably lose my nail — and all I wanted was a freaking apology… not free food, not a discount… AN APOLOGY!!! Take care of your restaurant, in turn, you take care of the people that come to your restaurant… which keeps them coming, and ultimately, makes you richer… I had no idea that human decency had completely left the planet. This is a sad day indeed.

My girlfriend and I went on a Friday night around 630pm. It had a good crowd but we were seated right away. The pizza was just as good as the one in Frankfort, keep in mind I had the Frankfort pizza just a week prior so it was still fresh in my mind. Waitress was friendly and attentive.
We took home some pizza and got one of those punch-​out tabs that save you $.50 per tab. If you get the app you can save a few bucks and even more if you play their in-​app game.

We usually go to the Frankfort location which is more family friendly. Taking my 4-​year old to the bathroom was uncomfortable. The pizza take out staff was using foul language. Also, there was a private party so my family and I had to sit in the bar area. Again, foul language from a bar patron when my kids were with me (2 & 4 yrs old). Service was poor. Server didn’t even offer to box up our leftover pizza like they do in frankfort. Ice cream machine was not working when we asked before our meal if they had one and they said yes. The server, did however, bring vanilla ice cream. Evidently it wasn’t completely broken. We will not eat here again. We love the one in frankfort. The staff in Frankfort is friendly, ice cream machine works, no foul language and overall more family friendly.

I love love love Aurelio’s pizza, but I am going to review their buffet today. Boring. They had 4 pizzas out, pepperoni, sausage, cheese, and green pepper. The side dishes were Alfredo noodles, mosticolli (no meat), and both over cooked. Salad bar was decent, but not great. I didn’t choose to eat the two soups. My kids loved the soft serve machine, but there were no toppings. We were charged $ 15.90 for two adults, drinks included. Not a bad deal, but for only enjoying the basic pizzas, it wasn’t worth it. Our waiter was very nice and on top of everything. My mom and I agreed we probably won’t be going back for the lunch buffet. Chicago Dough buffet in new lenox still takes the cake when it comes to great buffets in the suburbs. Sorry Aurelio’s I expected better from you :(

Hey locals who are sick of waiting so long for a table/​pizza at the Frankfort Aurelio’s– Don’t forget about this location. The same great pizza, same great service.
Our waitress, Nicole, was so great. I ordered the (delicious) gluten free pizza and she filled me in on their dough and how cautious they are in terms of cross contamination. This is really important as it seems other restaurants in the area boast gluten free options but don’t really go through the extra precautions.
Although this location is in desperate need of a facelift, I will be back more with my family over the crowded and loud location in Frankfort.

Take out only. DO NOT EAT IN. Eating in gets 1 star. The service is awful. They only appear to have one waitress for the whole damn place! But the pizza is my favorite but I always get it to go!

Call me crazy, but Wolf has the best pie! Older ovens? I don’t know, but the flavor vs. other locations is hands down, the best! Check them out, you’ll see! consistency, as well, love their consistency.

I do not like this location as much as the Frankfort one. It seems dingy and kind of sad. I would rather drive out of my way to go to the Frankfort location than eat here. The food is amazing as always, however.

When I moved to Chicago I basically only ate deep dish for the first 2 months and then I came here to visit my boyfriend’s family and they wanted to come to Aurelio’s. I was surprised because they are such deep dish eaters as well. The pizza here is amazing though and has such flavor and the thin crust is still so filling because it is so flavorful!

Too bad we cannot give it half star
Seat yourself and wait. wait wait
Got up left no one ever asked why
we were leaving
Going elsewhere!!!

It was better when it was Brookers Pizza. This pizza is just average and greasy. Sanfratellos is better.

I’ve only been at this location, before, to pick up some pizzas for a party we were having with some friends from church
This was the first time I actually stepped into here and I was pleasantly surprised
Being that every Monday and Tuesdays, Aurelio’s has their all-​you-​can-​eat dinner buffet, and I’m a pizza whore, I wanted to see if this one was different than the one in Frankfort and Lockport.
Well, maybe it was because of the holidays, but the place was dead
There was only me, Girl, a couple of our friends, and a few people on the other side of the restaurant… that was about it
At the Frankfort store, around this time, on the same day of the week, the place would have been PACKED
We did ask the waitress, Sharron (I believe) why that was so and she did say that that was abnormal… usually they’re busy as well
No matter, MORE FOOD FOR US!!!
Most of the pies there were excellent… they even had an AH-​MAZING cinnamon apple-​pie pizza!
There was one with onion and crushed tomatoes that I didn’t care for… but that’s my personal preference
Anyway, the store is pretty old-school…not like the new stores with the gaudy 1920s — 1930s Chicago paraphernalia
The walls are painted like an Italian grotto, with a bar area on the other side of the restaurant, and a place for pick-​up orders on the side of the store
Parking is a little crazy, with the main parking areas being almost right on a major road, but there is plenty of parking on the side, and at the VFW right next store… so that’s not really an issue
Once again, Aurelio’s didn’t fail to deliver… the pizza has been great no matter what location I’ve visited

I grew up on the original Homewood Aurelio’s; in fact, my very first job was being a pizza runner there back in 1985. So suffice it to say I know my Aurelio’s pizza! Like many people from that area, I grew up and settled here in the Lincoln-​Way area. I was over the moon with excitement when an Aurelio’s opened just a stone’s throw from my house. In the past it has been ok, but it seems like lately the food has gone downhill in a major way.
First, there was a lawsuit filed against the owner of the Frankfort and Mokena franchises, for using unauthorized ingredients and selling frozen pizzas:
It seems to me that they are taking shortcuts in other areas too, because their pizza lacks the quality one would expect from the Aurelio’s name. The final straw for me was when I ordered my beloved spinach calabrese recently and it was made with the regular pizza sauce instead of Mama Aurelio’s special marinara sauce that is supposed to be in the spinach calabrese (or «cal spin» as they are affectionately known). I guess from now on I’ll have to make the trek to Homewood to get Aurelio’s food made the way it is supposed to be made. It’s a shame that this franchise doesn’t care about upholding the standards of one of the best names in Chicago pizza. :(

I’ve grown up eating Aurelio’s pizza and would have said that it is my favorite pizza in town, but the Mokena location had some problems when we ate their yesterday.
First it took them 15 – 20 minutes to make tomato bread. As my boyfriend said, «how hard is it to put tomato and cheese on bread and warm it up?»
Then the pizza came up and was too cheesy and not saucy enough. The sauce is one of the reasons I like Aurelios so much.
Finally, my boyfriend’s combo sandwich came out smothered in red sauce (which they did not list on the menu), and the «house-​made Italian sausage» was more like a sausage patty smooshed together from the sausage they use on the pizzas. They did take the combo off the bill, which is more than I can say for Fox’s when we had a horribly atrocious appetizer… and they didn’t seem to care less.
I wish the pizza had been better, because at the price they charge, it should be the best in the area, and I just don’t think it is anymore.

Not bad pizza, not my favorite, though. And the pies seems a lot different than the Aurelio’s in Frankfort, or the orginal restaurant.
Great salads.
Used to have a couple slices every Friday at the AA meetings.
Pretty quick delivery.