Joe's Pizza & Italian Foods 114 East Main Street, Shelbyville, IL 62565

"We were the family that sat across from the poor review below( Tracey Marcus) I can assure you my husband and children and I were not upset. We ordered Pizza, boscos and drinks and it was all great!! We love Joe’s pizza and always have a great experience. The staff was wonderful, I sat facing the kitchen doors and didn’t see any “horsing around” from the employees. Our food came out quickly and was delicious like always. It’s a great place to eat and super affordable in this economy! As a past employee I can assure you it is all homemade!!"

"Where to begin? In my 55 years of life that I have lived so far, I can say with all honesty that this is the worst pizza that I have ever had! We decided to drive over from another town to see the Christmas lights at Forest Park, which were beautiful! Afterwards I took my family to Joe’s Pizza because it looked nostalgic being in the older section of town. We ordered two pizzas, breadsticks, and four drinks. The drinks came out first and were very syrupy. Next the breadsticks with what was supposed to be marina sauce. The sauce was way too sweet, and it was cold. The breadsticks would remind you of the Great Value breadsticks that you can buy at Walmart. We eat these all the time so I recognized them. I just don’t like eating store bought food at restaurant prices. When the pizzas came there was triple the amount of sauce that needed to be on them. The crust would remind you of Chef-Boy-R-D store bought crust. The sauce on the dough reminded me of cheap canned sauce that was way too sweet. The toppings were very sparse, like one pepperoni per slice if you were lucky. The cheese on the barbecue pizza was not even close to the edges. The dough was very dense and doughy. I felt as if I had been ripped off and abused as I paid our check of close to $50. Again this was my family eating with me, and everyone thought the same thing about the experience. Imagine cardboard soaked in sweet tomato sauce without enough cheese. Peering into the back of the restaurant tells the tale. Young teenagers cooking my food that don’t give a rip, horsing around. You may read this and think that this is just my opinion. Nope. There was a family right across from our table and the man was so upset with the food quality and his kids wouldn’t eat it and his wife was upset. I don’t know why people give passes on such rotten restaurants like this one, but I won’t. I honestly can say that after 55 years of eating pizza around this nation that was the worst pizza I have ever had."

"What can I say. It's not Giordano's Pizza. I have had better pizza from a Little Caesars in Lockport after a swim in the Lemont quarries with my gay friends.."

"I was really disappointed in my meal. I had fried mushrooms for an appetizer, then a pasta bake with added meatballs for the main course. Mushrooms were eh. Pasta bake wasn't good, the sauce is very sweet and lacks that Italian marinara flavor. Meatballs had a weird taste to them and I only ate half of one before giving up on it. Even the garlic bread was disappointing. Atmosphere was decent, A/C was struggling to keep up but it was 100 degrees outside."

"Great Pizza in a small town. Be coming here for years and is always on my list when I am back in Shelbyville. Megan will make sure your meal is done right and your glass is full."