Evviva Pizzeria & Cafe

This place gets it right every time! Our food is ready on time when we call ahead, the staff is friendly and the food is tasty. I had the blackened chicken sandwich most recently and can’t stop raving about it. Good choice.

This is a real cute college café. The employees were exceptionally friendly and helpful. We got one cheese slice to try the pizza. We liked the crisp crust and the delicious cheese topping. My husband had the Vodka Rigatoni. I think others said that it is over sauced and under seasoned. We agreed. I think the amount of sauce could have easily coated double the amount of pasta. And the bowl had alot of pasta. I had the chicken vesuvio melt sandwich. If you like lemon and oregano on your chicken, you will like this sandwich. It came with a ton of fries. Really good fries.

A decent pizzeria but fairly bland. I went for dinner and ordered a slice of pizza (which was $ 4.75 for one slice!) and onion rings. That with a drink came to $ 14. The place was nice and clean, and the food was decent. But my initial impression was that both the onion rings and the pizza lacked flavor. Though the onion rings were beautifully presented and crispy, I struggled to taste any seasonings. They were bland. When the pizza arrived I had the same impression. I had to add Parmesan cheese (which I never do) to get much of a flavor. This place has a ton of potential, but they need to adjust their seasonings. Everything was bland and under seasoned. This is an easy fix. The place is clean and well maintained and the staff was friendly. But the food lacked flavor and was a bit over priced. This place used to be Michelangelo’s Pizza which I loved. The new recipes just don’t hold up.

Evviva is far from being the best Italian restaurant in the world, but it’s great for a fairly inexpensive and decent meal. They serve pizzas both by the slice and by the pie – 2 slices should suffice if you’re dining alone. The best thing Evviva has to offer, however, is its homemade gelato. It comes in servings small enough for a light dessert or for a mid-​day snack. Wheaton students get nice discount on certain days of the week when they present their IDs or Wheatie cards.
The dining area is a bit cramped, making it inconvenient for groups larger than about 4 – 5. people. It’s a better location for a few friends or a last-​minute date than, say, a family meal. With no outdoor seating, either, it’s a bit hard to grab a seat What it lacks in seating, though, it makes up for with a relatively helpful staff.
Pizza aficionados, keep moving – you’ll find better at most other Chicagoland pizzerias. Everyone else, Evviva is worth at least a few visits.

Best place to eat or take a bite to go! They have by far the best Italian food in wheaton! The calazone, chili, fried mac’n’cheese bites, salads, burgers, pizza are all to die for! IT IS HEAVEN!

Pretty standard fare here. The pizza is average, which could be said of most pizza places in the western suburbs. They have a pretty large menu for a small place. The vodka pasta is real good but a little oversauced. Everything else I’ve tried id average. The wings are below average. Don’t get them. They undercook the heck out of them. They offer gelato, which is good.
Given the dearth of restaurants in this neighborhood I’m glad they’re here but don’t expect amazing food.

Great pizza, as always! This is our’ «go to» place since we live so close and its a great place with great food and service!

The pizza and sandwiches here are fantastic. Also the gellato is really good. This is a small place with a lot of character. No liquor license but otherwise this place is a local gem.

We ordered wings and a salad for delivery — their salad was very good as were the wings. I would give this place more stars because everything tasted very good, however, they forgot the extra ranches we ordered (and paid for), and we ordered a dozen wings and we got 9. Apparently whoever was working there that night can’t count. But it was very disappointing to feel we were ripped off on our order in two different ways! In the future, I’ll stick with Giordanos.

Very consistent as per my last review. Excellent food. Reasonable prices. A good addition to the college area.

My Dad orders Evviva Pizza on a weekly basis. I’ve yet to order my own pizza, and I most likely never will, because my Pizza Loyalty lies elsewhere. I’m never really out and about for Pizza, so the slices aren’t really an option either. My Dad (roommate as well) usually orders some variant of a sausage pizza with their traditional crust. It’s not as thick as a double dough pie you would get at another pizza place, but it has more substance than your standard thin crust pie. It’s obviously thicker than cracker crust, too. I’ve only had one square of the pie, and it’s just okay.
Personally, I’ve had their Cobb salad on two occasions. It comes with their homemade vinagrette on the side (at least it has per my requests). It has grilled chicken, bacon, blue cheese, small tubey (don’t know name) pasta, avocado, and hard boiled eggs. I really like it! I’ve had it twice, and even with my special orders (No cheese on time; No bacon and cheese the other) it has been great and correct on both orders. It’s 8 dollars, and although I could make it at home, I wasn’t paying, so kudos to you Evviva! I should also add that the salad features tomatoes, which add a nice flavor as well.
They have free wi fi. This spot has been plagued, but it seems that this tenant has staying power. They have another location in Lisle. That place, as far as I know, it a larger/​bar/​restaurant type place. This location has a small area for sitdown, and features pizza, pasta, some entrees, and even gelato! Probably a 3.5 star, but nothing says wow, hence the 3.

This is very close to home for me, so the location is very convenient. However, they have yet to get my order right. Our pizzas have been the wrong size, wrong ingredient wrong crust, etc. Tonight I made the mistake of picking up the order instead of delivery. They kept me waiting forever and when I got home the pizza was only half cooked. Raw, doughy crust.
I’ve had enough. Never again.

my wife and I ate there today for our second visit. our first visit was 2 days prior.
I would recommend this place to anyone who enjoys pizza and pasta. Our first visit we ordered a beef sandwich and a panzorati and it is as advertised. it is as big as your head. today we ordered the lasagna and the baked sausage parm. in vodka sauce. It was delicious. I also like the way they dice the tomatoes in the salad.
The staff was very friendly on both occasions. very clean establishment. the management was very friendly as well.
We had a groupon and for the price we paid it was a very good deal.
Again I would recommend this place to anyone who enjoys good Italian food. We will definitely be regulars.

The Gluten Free Pizza is amazing! I can now have pizza and not be sick; never thought it could happen! The gelato is out of this world! The staff is helpful, patient, accommodating, and very friendly! They have gluten free pasta too! I will be visiting regularly! Must go!

Got a groupon for this place and decided to check it out, it’s very close to home and I am always looking to try new places for pizza. I ordered a stuffed sausage and pepperoni pizza for take out, and swung by to pick it up.
Pros: Parking was easy. Very nice little storefront shop, people inside working were very friendly. I liked the décor, it gave off a welcome atmosphere, I wouldn’t have minded staying .
Cons: The pizza was… meh. If you’re going to do a stuffed, it’s gotta compete, there’s some quality pizza joints in the area and you got to stand out. The sausage was bland, the pepperoni was very greasy, and the crust pretty much fell apart when we pulled the slices away.
I probably will be back for a sandwich as they look pretty good but I doubt I’ll get the pizza again.

Heard of this place through a Groupon. We ordered two pizzas tonight; a cheese extra cheese with a little sauce and a sausage, green pepper, and onion (both thin crust). First, they got the orders perfect… some places mess up the little sauce option. The pizza was very good. A nice change from places that are closer to home. Also ordered a meatball sandwich and fries which was okay. The fries could have used a longer time in the fryer and more salt and the bread was a bit hard.
Overall we enjoyed the food and would be back. They gave awesome coupons which makes up for the drive for us.

We often have Evviva Pizza and it is always good. We have never had a problem there at all.
This weekend, we catered our birthday party lunch from Evviva. The food we had was Italian beef, mostaccioli, roasted potatoes, and the Evviva salad. All turned out great. Their italian beef is lean and not fatty. The mostaccioli is more of a pasta/​sauce combo than a baked mostaccioli with a lot of cheese. We enjoyed it this way very much. The roasted potatoes received the most compliments from our guests. I asked for this item and they accommodated. I think they should add it to their menu! The salad was well made. Overall, it was an extremely positive experience.

I was not planning on trying this, but my parents always order it so I decided to help them finish their pizza.
This is something I think people in the suburbs take for granted: solid pizza! In central Illinois where I live… this stuff is hard to find. Pizza Hut and Monical’s don’t do it for me!
Anyways, I tried a few slices of sausage and my mom’s special order (Evviva Choice).
It tasted so generic. Solid sauce, not enough cheese for my liking, and the crust being chewy and not crunchy. Would I order ever? Probably not due to Gianorio’s and Lou Malnati’s being in the area!
My dad loves this place because of their coupons. The mural on the side of the building is quite awesome! I recommend the mural, not the pizza!

My large family went here for pizza and it was great! The dining area here is pretty small, so we kind of took over. I think they maybe have seating for 20 and there were 8 of us.
We had several kinds of pizza and tried the calamari which I was told was very good. The pizza was tasty and everyone was happy with their dinner.
Stop by and support this local business!

Evviva Pizzeria and Café is a small pizza joint located off of College Avenue in Wheaton within walking distance of the College Avenue Metra station. Having passed by here a few times and being held up from crossing the railroad tracks I decided to stop by one day as I saw a sign that mentioned Pizza slices.
Once I walked in, I was informed that no slices were ready, but I looked over the menu a little more thoroughly and noticed they had hot dogs. I decided to try the hot dog here which included fries. While I waited I looked around and noticed that the place was very well decorated and had an intentional rustic design to the interior. I very much get the sense that the intended design of this place was for a coffee house of some type and the other food items got added as time went on to increase appeal. After around ten minutes my food was ready and since it was served to me in a container I took it to go.
Upon arriving at home shortly afterwards it was time to dig in. The hot dog I received was a jumbo skinless hot dog of some undetermined type (not the usual Vienna Beef or Red Hot Chicago dogs widely served in Chicagoland). It came on a not particularly soft, but not hard bun. On the dog itself was only tomato pieces and onions along with a large pickle spear. In the container with the hot dog and fries were packets of mustard and ketchup. The hot dog itself wasn’t that great, not a particularly strong flavor. The bun wasn’t very soft and the tomato slices were a little too wet and made it soggy.
The fries included with this hot dog were thicker than usual crinkle cut fries. They weren’t particularly salty or greasy and had a lot of bland potato paste on the inside. These weren’t bad, I prefer these to a lot of places «fresh cut fries» but they weren’t good enough to salvage the experience.
When I get a plain-​ish hot dog like this it’s always hard to rate the experience as I can’t comment on condiment application. While tomato and onion were applied to this dog it doesn’t give me enough ground to cover this hot dog as I do most places. Overall I’d say this was a bit too expensive for what you get and you can do better. While not terrible, I am going to say it’s below average and give it two stars. Maybe the pizza here is better, and if I get around to trying it I’ll update this review.