Barnaby's

7950 N Caldwell Ave, Niles
(847) 967-8600

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Teerth Pandit

The crust is excellent, with delicious taste and great flavor. Old is gold. I've been coming to this place since I was a kid, and it still amazes me. However, the restaurant could use some improvements in lighting.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Freddy Gomez (Ice)

One of the BEST Pizza spots around the area! Shout out to Larry for making sure that everything comes out great! Highly recommend this spot to everyone!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

al

Great pizza
Great atmosphere
Larry is the best
Original thin crust is still 🔥 👌 💯
Good burger 🍔 also

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Gabriel Rodriguez

Not -quite- as good as their other locations, but this still very much scratched that itch.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Debi Bauer

This is a child hood favorite!!!
Best pizza I've ever had for 35 years!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Bryant Garcia

Cozy pub with lots of wood, ambiance, beer, and fantastic thin crust pizza.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Tom Lapidus

Always great food and service.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Tyler Kurz

Such great pizza!!! Trademark crust is always on point. On top of the taste, I Had a small issue with a delivery, and I’m not going to lie, I was upset. The manager let me vent, and then made a concerted effort to rectify the situation. Most people would’ve hung up on me. I didn’t handle myself well. He even called a couple hours later to make sure that everything was good! A+ service and good old fashioned hospitality. Will be back!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Tareq Sabri

Excellent tavern style pizza

Paul

Best thin crust pizza in the world

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Eric Balter

I haven't been to a Barnabys (this one) since I was a kid. I don't remember much about that trip aside from the restaurant being dimly lit and me leaving my jacket behind after we left.
We finally got around to coming back and I have to say, this was way different than I thought it was going to be. Not technically a sit down restaurant since you have to go up to the cashier to order. Drinks are ordered (and purchased) separately. So that was unusual. Also unusual while adding frustrating to the mix is that there are no menus to look at other than the actual order card found in half sheets at the cashier. Orders are called out so there's no table service here either. The man tending the bar provided better service than the man who was taking the orders and calling them out.
The interior had a dated look and feel to it and was entirely wooden. (booths, paneling, walls, sectiom dividers, etc) and just as I remembered it was dimly lit too.
In addition to pizza, we ordered cheesy garlic bread and fries. The garlic bread was delicious and absolutely worth it, the fries (crinkle cut) were likely microwaved and only borderline done and some of the larger ones had the grainy uncooked potato texture to them. If these were deep fried and cooked completely through, they'd probably be pretty good.
Now for the Pizza, it looked good, but the story here was the edge/crust, the edge was very tough and it had this weird way of dettaching from the crust on the underside. The edge was braided and appeared to be pinched on the bottom where it would meet the crust which contributed to it seperating the way that it did. The bottom of the crust was far more enjoyable than the edge, it absorbed the tomato sauce and had cracker crust like texture but it was much thicker than normal cracker crust would be. The underside was also dusted with corn meal, which is always a solid trait for a thin crust pizza. Normally, the middle pieces are the last ones remaining, here they were the first ones gone. The edge was the culprit for that. The pizza had a nice taste overall though.
Of note, There were maybe a half dozen slot machines on the south wall of the restaurant.
The lingering curiosity I had with Barnabys is over. My first visit to one in the 21st century was about as mediocre as it could possibly be.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 3

Service: 2

Cesare Bavaro

Great pizza

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Serg chico Flowers Tejeda

The best pizza restaurant in Niles everything is clean the food is very delicious
the food is fresh
The prices are cheap
The menu is extensive
The parking lot is large and free.
there are different types of beer
There are different types of drinks for children

I recommend this restaurant for the whole family

Parking: The Parkin lot is large and secure

Wheelchair accessibility: Ask for and you will be given the necessary information

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Marisol Sanchez

That's delicious!!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Pizza with Saug, Supreme Pizza, Large Pepperoni Pizza, Pepperoni Pizza Well Done with Onion Rings

Emily Sullivan

Me and my boyfriend drove past this location while looking for a place to eat for dinner, and I can honestly say it was one of the worst dining experiences I’ve ever had. When we walked in, we were shocked at the amount of children running around as it was 9pm on a Friday night. It felt like a chuck-e-cheese, and I even almost got knocked over by middle school children running in and out of the bathroom and jumping on tables etc. We had never been there and were not familiar with the portillos style ordering, and there was no sign indicating where to order. I’m glad it was cheap because we both only had about two bites of our meals. We got a cheeseburger and an Italian beef which were both flavorless. Horrible and will never come back.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 2

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