Turoni’s Pizzery & Brewery

Don’t order the medium shit is the size of a girl scout’s tigo bitties, pepperonis burnt as flava flav and carry out employee wouldn’t lemme know how dem bisquick cheeks were foe a real slime sauce

Turoni’s has amazing pizza. Many other items on the menu too. Salads are delicious. Easy parking. Friendly staff. Prompt service and not a long wait for food. Great place for families to eat. Alcohol and bar area. If you love pizza, you’ll love Turnoni’s.

Turoni’s was always the place we got to go on special occasions when I was growing up. It wasn’t very often that we went to eat out anywhere, especially in Evansville, but this was always the restaurant that we chose. It remains on the top of my list of places that I try to make it back to when I am ever in this part of the state.
I was very surprised to see all the poor reviews on here about this location. It certainly seems to be secluded to this particular restaurant, as the others have great reviews. The trend with the complaints against them seems to be wait times, but seeing as to how that is directly a product of their popularity; take the lower rating with a grain of salt.
On my one and only visit to this location, we arrived at around 6:00 with a group of 5. The line was out the door, and the lobby was packed. Upon that sight, we started turning around to go wait outside to receive the bad news from the person we designated to wade through the crowd and check on wait times. Fortunately, one member of our party was a much more regular visitor here and told us just to follow him. He led us straight to the open seating bar area, and sure enough, we had our pick at quite a few empty tables and booths. I assume that almost all of these reviews are written by people with kids who didn’t have that option, or just don’t know that that exists.
It’s hard to say whether my favorite part of this place is their pizza or their beer, but both are amazing. They had 6 of their beers on tap; two were their always available blonde and red, one was a rotating IPA, one was a rotating dark beer, two were rotating seasonal beers, and all of them were delicious. They give you the option to get a flight of all 6 of them, and I suggest doing that so you can try everything. The Belgian strong ale that they had on at the time was especially fantastic. The pizza is thin crust, but it is very crispy. They cover the entire crust with a generous coating of both toppings and cheese, and then cut it square-​style. The 4 of us in the group who were actually eating split 2 medium pizzas, and we took a lot home with us as leftovers. The Lots-​A-​Meat pizza is perfect for any carnivore. My favorite was the Iron Man with garlic, spinach, mozzarella, artichoke hearts, and mushrooms. It would have been better with a white sauce, but it was certainly delicious regardless. Their entire menu along with prices is on their website, so you can check that out ahead of time.
Our waitress was great, and we never had an empty glass the entire time we were there. The pizza also came out very quickly. The only issue we had at all with anything was their parking lot being completely packed. They do have a drive-​thru type window where it looks like you pick up to-​go orders. Other reviewers commented that they prioritized that which slowed down the inside. Maybe they changed their system since some of those reviews, but we certainly didn’t have an issue with food coming out slowly and there were cars waiting in line there when we pulled in. This certainly seems like their largest location, but even with the new place, they have the same sort of atmosphere with plenty of decorations all over the place.
If you are looking for the best pizza in Evansville, then this is a no-​brainer. If you are looking for great local beer in a fun setting, they have that covered too. If you show up and there is a long wait for a table, just remember that it is a long wait for a reason and all of the people in front of you are standing around because they know it is worth it.

Yo as always the pizza is dope and the beer is even better! Can’t beat Turonis pizza mane just can’t do it!

Ugh! Love the pizza but this place obviously prioritizes «Carry Out» orders over «Dine In» Orders. In other words… they prioritize where the money is over where their reputation lies… After making a reservation for 12 people and arriving on time… an hour and 40 mins later we still hadn’t received our order and decided to leave. The staff kept telling us that the «Carry Out was backed way up». PLEASE TURONI’S OWNERS… change your process or just ditch the dine-​in aspect of your business all together and become a counter service only restaurant. Our entire family and several others were disappointed in our dining out experience this evening and it will be quite awhile before we return.

Wow, the food would probably be good if they were actually able to handle the volume the restaurant draws. As it is you won’t be seated in less than an hour wait unless you have a reservation. Then the food is even slower. I mean it is good pizza but it is just pizza and going out for pizza shouldn’t take 3 hours.

I love Turoni’s pizza but the Newburgh location doesn’t compare to the ones in Evansville. I’m not sure if it’s the ovens or what but it is different. Beer is good. Love the Red.

Ordered takeout today after the husband got off of work. Large all meat, Large Vinny’s Pepper Planet and a growler of Honey Blonde Ale. We usually get the Light Lager, but they are either out or not making it, not sure. That’s why I went with 4 stars. :-(
There’s only 3 of us, but we can eat these all weekend because Turonis is good cold or hot.
Please bring back the Vinny’s Light Lager!

Don’t use call Ahead seating. Twice we have called and have been told if we can get there right away they could seat us, only to arrive and be told there would be a thirty minute wait. Service the first time was awful after we were seated. Deception seems to be their specialty, get you in the door any way possible!

We often visit Turoni’s when visiting family in the area, or for family’s birthday celebrations. It’s a good location for a group to gather. Overall, their pizza is good. It has a thin, crispy crust & ample toppings. Their menu is fairly limited if you don’t eat grain products, meaning there a couple of salads you can customize to be without the bread. That’s a bit of a bummer in this day & age.
My other gripe with this place, is I don’t know if it is because we have been seated in the same area each time… but this place is COLD in the summer time. Not «pleasantly air conditioned» but Cold. I’m normally pretty temperature-​tolerant, but the last 2 times we’ve eaten here, I’ve had to go get a jacket out of my car… when it’s 80 – 90 degrees outside. That shouldn’t happen…
Other than that, it’s a OK place to visit in the Newburgh/​Evansville area.

I had heard great things about Turoni’s so my Fiancé and I decided to try it out. We were very disappointed and do not think we will be back to this location. Our server rarely checked to see if we needed anything. We were served the wrong beer twice when we were there and the server seemed to be very uneducated on the menu. We also were not impressed with the pizza that was served on a cardboard box.

Best pizza in Evansville. The Buffalo chicken pizza with ranch dressing is my favorite meal. It would be my last meal if I was dying.

No gluten free options. Seriously? Every other pizza place I can think of in the area has GF options. There is a reason every other place serves this market: it’s growing very fast!

Visited the Newburgh location on June 29 after driving several hours. It was a busy Sunday afternoon so we waited a few minutes to be seated. Our server promptly took our drink order, and then returned to take our food order. We requested a large pizza with 2 toppings on one half, and just cheese on the other half (given that we have young kids who are picky eaters). We didn’t think our order was that complicated but our server apparently did. Our pizza came out with the 2 toppings covering the entire pizza. This was rather strange given that he had asked us a few questions about our «cheese only on one half, and these 2 specific toppings on the other half» and was jotting down notes on his pad. Our kids were tired and hungry after driving 6+ hours in the car, and immediately protested the fact that they didn’t get their cheese pizza. Our server must have been new — he immediately got another staff member (not sure if she was a manager?) who apologized for the confusion and wrong order, and offered to bring us a medium cheese pizza at no cost. We appreciated this gesture (although it took another 20 minutes for that pizza to come out so we ended up just taking it home).
The pizza itself was good. The beer is good. The experience wasn’t enough to keep us from coming back, but also didn’t do much for our first impression (we just moved to Newburgh from out of state) so I’m giving it 3 stars.
We returned on July 31 (just my spouse and I — no kids this time) and service was much better and food was great. The restaurant was very busy and we were seated right away. Although I have to say it was weird — when we first arrived, I asked the hostess for a table for 2. Another couple walked in right behind us. «Are you all together? Table for 4?» Uh… no. I repeated «Table for 2, please» while holding up 2 fingers. «Do you guys all know each other?» Um, NO. Table for TWO, please. Kinda awkward, ya know? SO yeah — Turoni’s hasn’t earned more than 3 stars form me yet.

I was visiting a friend for the Memorial Day weekend in Evansville and I wanted to go to some «uniquely Evansville» places to eat over that weekend, which unsurprisingly led to slim pickins’. Turoni’s was one of those institutions I had seen mentioned on travel sites so I skipped breakfast and prepared myself for a filling lunch.
First, the décor is delightfully kitschy and full of character, sort of reminds me of those old Chicago pizza places in terms of ambiance. The craft beer is solid, I personally like the thunderbolt red – always a plus when there’s a microbrew on site. The main event of pizza, however, was only mediocre. These guys specialize in Midwestern squarish thin crust tavern pizzas. Nothing wrong with that, but not when it tastes like a cracker with tomato sauce. The specialty options are impressive, a whole meatball on a slice of pizza? Whole pepperoncinis? They got it, but I feel like a crust this thin is ill-​equipped to handle all these toppings. If this was a Chicago deep dish, this density of ingredients would make sense, but with a pizza this thin it just drowns out the rest of the pie.
So in short, as an out of towner, this strikes me as a bit overrated – they should come up to a place in Chicago like Pat’s, Salerno’s, or Totorice’s to see this style done right.

Above average pizza, sandwiches are pretty bad, really good microbrew. Little pricey for the quality.

Turoni’s is one of those Evansville enigmas that people adore for some odd reason.
We just got back from meeting with some friends for dinner at the Newburgh Turnoni’s. The service was horrible, my drink was empty for a large portion of the evening, the food was bleh (outer crust of the pizza was rock hard and brittle), and it took FOREVER for them to get the ticket back to us after taking the money.
I’ve been to the location on Main Street and it was okay (3 stars at the most), but Newburgh was horrible. If you were born in this area, then I think that you are genetically programmed to rave about some restaurants that are average at best (see also the Gerst House on Franklin Street).
Not trying to offend, but Turoni’s just doesn’t do it for me. I think pizza chains like Papa Johns and Dominoes are better tasting and a whole lot less expensive. Probably one of the best pizzas I’ve had in Evansville has been at Kipplee’s … awesome pepperoni.

We’ve eaten at the other location and like it well enough, but our trip to the Newburgh location was a real let down. We came in after a movie and was told it would be a 25 minute wait. Turned out to be 30 minutes which wasn’t so bad. We even used the wait to decide exactly what we wanted to order.
When we sat down, we ordered our pizzas first– before our drinks, just to move things along. Our waitress asked us if we wanted to order an appetizer b/​c it was taking a while for pizzas to come out. We didn’t b/​c they were all some variation of bread or greasy and we didn’t want to spoil our dinner.
Turns out we should have ordered an appetizer or better yet — been given free appetizers since out thin crust pizza took 70 MINUTES to come out of the kitchen!!! I felt sorry for the waitress and bus boy who had to refill our drinks and apologize. You would have thought the manager would make the rounds explaining the situation, but I never sited a manager the whole time! No free drinks, no discounts or free appetizers, just a «sorry, the kitchen is backed up.»
The pizza was fine, not great, just fine but in my estimation, not worth the money and definitely not worth the wait.
Moral of the story: If there is a wait to get a table at this restaurant, there will be an even longer wait to get your food. I’d head somewhere else.

Ok pizza I’m not a fan of thin crust pizza horrible service

Love this place. The bar is well put together, wide open, and dim — just the way a bar should be.
Service is friendly and fast. Beer’s great. Pizza’s top-​notch — especially the veggie, which has the freshest veggies of any pizza I’ve had in Indiana.
My only complaint is that the beer has a bit of a metallic flavor to it in general — but compared to Budweiser, Turoni’s is the nectar of the gods. And the fact that it’s so close to my in-​laws makes it all that much better.