Orsi's Italian Bakery & Pizzeria — Restaurant in Omaha

Orsi’s Italian Bakery and Pizzeria… gosh, where to begin?

I’ve got to be frank to begin with. Me and my traveling companions were in Omaha on the second day of our three day stint in town, and we‘d had a hankering for some good, hearty Italian cuisine after the nightmares we experienced at Spaghetti Work’s in Downtown Omaha. We googled for local eateries in town, and settled on Orsi’s. We had expected a sit-down restaurant as per the listing on Google, but found that it was take-out service available. This would not detract from the overall experience, however it is worth noting.

Being that we were from out of town, we were pretty encumbered by the number of options available to us, the gentleman at the counter walked us through the ordering process, and did not try and up-sell us. He played it straight, and offered fantastic customer service.

Our food was estimated to take 15 minutes to be prepared, but 15 minutes flew by as we were able to entertain ourselves by browsing the bakery offerings, and the various photographs, awards and other assorted baubles that adorned the wall, highlighting and celebrating the bakery’s storied Italian-American heritage.

We ordered one pizza to serve the four of us, four cannoli, and a 2 liter bottle of Sierra Mist, but were pleasantly surprised to receive an extra eight pieces of garlic bread to boot. More of that fantastic customer service shining through.

We eventually found a nice neighborhood park right in the heart of Omaha’s Little Italy District where we sat down at a table and unpacked what we would find out to be some of the finest pizza we’d ever had. This was not like your usual take away. Your Pizza Huts and Dominoes and Little Caesars pale in comparison to the cacophony of flavors brought forth by Orsi’s delectable offerings.

For our dessert, we ordered four of their famous half and half cannoli, which were everything we expected and more, and which left us with a lasting impression of the words we’d heard upon the presentation of these Italian pastries… “four half and half’s for the Ichabods.”

All in all, we found Orsi’s to be a relatable and empathetic establishment, with real as much heart as it had character. Orsi’s, a place with roots in blue-collar Italian-Americana proved itself time and again, and the next time we’re Omaha’s way, I will be making a point of...

While visiting Nebraska with family, we decided to grab pizza at Orsi's after seeing the fabulous reviews. What a great decision that was! We ordered a large combo for the adults and a small pepperoni for the kiddo. The owner (I'm assuming, as I doubt any other employee would have done this) gave us the small pizza for FREE since we were going to have to wait for it - say what? Of course we were going to have to wait - we'd just walked in off the street to order. He also included a huge order of garlic cheese bread (don't know if this is standard) and gave the kiddo a lollipop. The pizza was fantastic - super flavorful (fantastic sauce!) and obviously used quality ingredients, the cheese bread was just gooey enough with a slight crunch on the edges but soft on the inside. We couldn't finish the meal, but were headed to my in-laws in Seward for a few nights just afterward, so took it along and the family devoured it. We also picked up a little bag of orange cookies. I could have eaten the whole bag, they were so good. Not super sweet and they stuck to your teeth a little, but the orange flavor was amazing - just opening the bag and having the smell waft out was enough to have you salivating. They were fantastic with a cup of tea. We don't make it back to Nebraska often, but I guarantee we will revisit this little gem.

There's very (very) limited seating - just a couple of small tables with some recycled church pews as seats, so plan to take your pie to go. They'll provide plates and napkins,...

Walked here from our hotel (1.3 miles) in downtown. Not too bad of a walk, just a lot of uphill. Not too busy when we came. A lot of people picking up orders. We were obviously not from the area. There were 2 gentlemen working the front. One of them seamed like an owner/manager. He gave us a quick rundown and made a legit suggestion on what size we should get for our party. Suggested the half sheet combination. We got half pepperoni and half Italian sausage and green pepper. The pizza took about 15 minutes to come out. He even threw in some cheesy garlic bread for the table! There was extra cheese on the top so we did not realize until we took a bite that the side we thought was sausage and pepper was supreme. We already took bites, so we let the staff know. They were nice about it. I preferred the pepperoni slices. Great taste. The underside could have been a bit more done, but the sauce was good, the cheese and pepperoni were great, and the overall flavor of the pepperoni was one of the better pizzas I have had. The supreme was too busy in my opinion. It had ground beef and that was almost too much in some bites as it took as lot of the bite but was not as well seasoned. The others I came with really liked that side of the pizza though. Will definitely be back if I am in the area! Worth the walk, just uber back. You will be too...