Lou’s LaGrotto — Restaurant in Peru

Lou’s LaGrotto 3001 5th St Peru IL 61354

I was born and raised on the south side Chicago and contrary to popular belief we never ate deep dish pizza. Maybe it’s a north side thing or a tourist thing. I don’t know and I’m not going to debate that here. But what Lou’s has is a unique variance that is not quite deep dish and not quite pan, it’s as Lou calls it “Deep Pan”. I am still relatively new to the area (3 years now) and I have heard people say that this is a pizza joint that people from the area have grown up with and have fond memories of. Just as I do, with my neighborhood pizza joint Falco’s on Archer and California in Chicago. So I can understand that. Lou’s has that old school pizza place feel and it looks and smells just as a pizza joint should.

It was a Saturday evening and the place was near capacity and we were lucky enough to get seated right away. Even if it was at a grotto table next to the bathrooms. They must have known it was me and said stick that jerk next to the toilets. But “NO” Lou I like your place and think that the Deep Pan is awesome. The crust is good and this pizza even came with sauce (no jabs intended). The sauce is flavorful and the pizza has ample toppings and it is cheesey to boot. We had a server that was pretty good she even served us our first slice. But here it comes….. I ordered a pitcher of beer and …. Nooo she didn’t pour my first glass. Those of you who follow my reviews may know I have recently commented on that. But other than that she was fine. One thing that really struck me was how inexpensive their prices are. I had a good time at Lou’s, cold beer, good pizza, my loved ones and now I have a fond memory as well.

According To The Big Food Jerk.

Perfect atmosphere, good service and a delicious unique pizza and I must mention again cheap prices. I definitely recommend Lou’s LaGrotto and hope to get there...

Every time I’ve been here it has been a huge disappointment with last Friday being the worst. Let’s just begin by saying if you are wanting to have a dinner where you can talk with your company, this is not the place. The restaurant is SO loud! You have to scream to talk to each other and you still have a hard time hearing. Last Friday we were sitting at our table in the middle of the room when a group got sat next to us. Only, the hostess didn’t turn the tables for the group to sit together instead had them sit at two tables which made them stand to talk to one another. This got extremely annoying when it has been 10 minutes and we are constantly getting bumped into and now we have to talk over them And not just the normal loud noise. We asked if we could move to the back room to which we were told no. What was annoying about that was there was a table clear in my view that was open and available but they told us there were no available tables back there. I understand if they were saving it for a large party but that table never was sat and was still open by the time we left. From that point on our waitress was down right rude to us. We had to ask for refills, she never checked on us, if she did she was straight to the point and acted as if she did not care to wait on us. We felt extremely unwelcome and uncomfortable. Food is only okay.

We love R Grottos in Ottawa and would say do not waste your time going to this one, drive to Ottawa it is a...

Tonight will be the last time we order. We ordered delivery for a couple large one topping pizzas and a beef sandwich n fries. The pizzas looked smaller than usual so I couldn't remember if I ordered med or large. We paid for med pizzas in a large box. Whatever...we'll deal with it.. Then My husband's beef had hard bread, no au jus and the fries were rock hard. So he calls and is told "I'll send you out a new sandwich at 1/2 price if you send that one back". What? That was bad business little boy. You called your customer, who just paid $48 (not including tip)for 2 pizzas & a sandwich a liar. And it's almost 8pm. Who wants to wait longer at that hour...Then when you realized you upset him, you offered 1/2 off the sandwich next time. There won't be a next time. We've ordered for years and didn't complain over little things because we understand it's a hard business and things aren't always perfect. But your ignorance just lost you a customer I don't know if there was an apology or not because my husband made the call. What I do know is he was upset when he hung up and he's not a jerk or looking for a freebie. He didn't enjoy the food we paid for and ordered and was treated poorly when he called about it. Your manager is rude and needs to learn how to treat people...