Bellonas Pizza — Restaurant in Jefferson Township

Was on my way home and was hungry and was craving a slice of pizza. Looked this place up and saw the rating and was like ill give it a try. Im a southsider so i dont know about too many pizza places on the northside. Place was cool and quaint, rwminding me of one of those old school pizza shops in the 90's (I'm a millinenal lol). Plus once i saw the pizza boxes with the country of Italy on in Red, white and green on them I knew it was gonna be good. Came was greeted by the young guys and Jorge the owner who was taking care of some business out in the front. They said they was out of slices but could make me a fresh small at the same as the slice. I was like say less lmao. Had to wait 10 minutes but that was cool. As i was waiting me and the owner engaged in a quick conversation and was cool to have a genuine talk with someone today in this climate. Plus i saw his Puerto Rican pride displayed in his ring and more in which i admire because my big brorher is Puerto Rican. He's a good guy I can tell and humble. Love that. He was telling how they make the crust and everyting from scratch (which was on full display by the guys working). After all that he gave me a free drink for my paitence and to let him know about the pizza.

Well after all that i say this....This is Chicago Pizza thru and thru! Nothing more nothing less. Good sauce, great crust, good cheese and seasoned evenly. Down to the squared cut. Definelty a spot to keep in mind next time i visit...

I used to love Bellona's and the food is still great but the service is not as good. It used to be a family operated business and they were great at customer service. Not sure what happened, but it's not the same. For example, about a month ago, when I ordered a special with everything and asked to add an ingredient, they charged me separately for each ingredient which adds up. When I asked about it, the people behind the counter said that their point of sale system doesn't allow for adding one ingredient like you can do at every other pizza place in the city. I told them very gently that they should probably raise that up to their boss, since the request to customize a special isn't out of the ordinary, but they got really defensive and said that their boss set up their point of sale system that way. Then one guy tried to explain the situation to me again like I didn't understand. I just smiled and nodded since they obviously didn't understand that their competition can do what I'm asking. It's pizza and you all can't customize it without charging extra? Smh....Anyways, I'll give it another go since I do really like their pizza, so hopefully they can work it out. If not, there are...

I wasn't intending on leaving a review but now feel like I have to... I have ordered, both pick-up and delivery, from Bellona's at least 10 times over the last year or so. The food is defintely better than average, with the pizza being better than most. However, the delivery has been dreadful. Four out of the last five times I have ordered delivery they have either gotten my drink order wrong or simply did not deliver it. The latest time I even specifically told the person taking the order on the phone that I have had issues with not receiving the correct drink order only to have the driver completely forget to bring it. My recommendation: do not order delivery and only order for pick- up. It's unfortunate considering how good...