Ian's Pizza Milwaukee | East Side

If you’re looking for pizza with toppings different from the typical pepperoni, sausage, etc and quality of the pizza isn’t important to you then this is the perfect place for you. Ian’s is where you can stumble in late at night after hitting the bars and grab a few slices of “unique” flavors like mac and cheese, buffalo chicken, hawaiian, etc.
These flavor combos are not unlike pizza by the slice places I’ve gone to in Chicago and even Florida. I stopped in and grabbed a couple slices of cheesy potato ranch.
It definitely tasted like potato, cheese, and ranch.
It also had a horrible flavor that tasted like old oil.
Really off-putting and not worth finishing even in the inebriated state I was in.
I figured I made a bad choice so I kept an open mind to trying it again. Fast forward a week later and there was a stack of Ian’s pizza boxes at a party I went to.
They had cheese and pepperoni so I figured why not give it another shot? I was in a much more level-headed state so maybe my head would be clearer to form an opinion.
After having the first slice I had no desire to grab another piece.
The crust is somehow crispy and unbelievably chewy with no flavor.
Once you get towards the end of the slice it practically becomes inedible.
There’s almost no rise to the crust which I think is the result of the crust’s texture.
If the dough can’t rise then it becomes dense and chewy rather than a more tender crust which is what you want for pizza. The toppings taste alright, but there’s much to be desired with Ian’s.
If they can’t nail the simplest of pizzas like pepperoni then what does that say about the rest of their pizza? This is the type of pizza I’ll eat if it’s there but it is not the first place I would go to if I’m craving good pizza.
I give them a lot of credit for experimenting and being innovators with flavor combinations, however in my opinion there are other places that do pizza far better.

Owner response

The pizza tender was new but his politeness and eagerness about helping me and answering all my pizza pie questions made up for any inexperience the man may have had.
Grade A food and a pretty good atmosphere, parking kinda sucks but the food is worth it.
Also, love the posters

Owner response

Outside of NY the best pizza I had in a while.
Great staff.
had the eggplant and the polish pizza.
yummy.
Crust was crunchy but not burned.
topin was over the top.
Great work.
Found it after going to a tour of miller factory tour and record store

Owner response