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The best pizza in New York City
Start with Una Pizza Napoletana in Lower East Side, Manhattan for margherita, Ceres in Little Italy for 'Nduja Pie: 'nduja, burrata and aged balsamic and Don Antonio in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan for la Montanara Classica: fried dough, tomato, smoked mozzarella. Here are all 12, with what to get at each.
- Una Pizza NapoletanaLower East Side, Manhattan · Neapolitan pizza
Get: Margherita
Anthony Mangieri's short menu, often called the best pizza in the world. The margherita is why.
- CeresLittle Italy · Pizza
Get: 'Nduja Pie: 'nduja, burrata and aged balsamic
Fine-dining alumni bake baguette-style crusts in a tiny oven: crackly outside, airy inside. Pricey, and worth it.
- Don AntonioHell's Kitchen, Manhattan · Neapolitan pizza
Get: La Montanara Classica: fried dough, tomato, smoked mozzarella
The dough is flash-fried, then finished in the oven: a Naples street classic most New Yorkers have never tried.
- Lucky CharlieBushwick, Brooklyn · Coal-oven pizza
Get: Classic Pie
Nino Coniglio fires New York's oldest coal oven back up. The plain pie is the reason to go.
- Pizza Studio TamakiEast Village · Neapolitan pizza
Get: 5 Formaggi
The first US shop from Tokyo's PST. Five cheeses on a light, crisp-chewy crust.
- Stretch PizzaFlatiron, Manhattan · Pizza
Get: Everything Bagel
Wylie Dufresne's pizzeria. A New York bagel with everything, turned into a pie.
RubirosaNoLita · Italian-American pizzaGet: the Tie-Dye pizza, the vodka pizza, the rigatoni
Order: the vodka pie and a red-sauce pasta. Easier to walk in at lunch.
- L'Industrie PizzeriaLittle Italy · New York slice
Get: Thin, slightly charred slice topped with fresh burrata that melts into the pie
The slice shop that took over every food feed: thin, crisp, burrata added after the oven.
- Scarr's PizzaLower East Side / Chinatown border · New York slice
Get: Plain slice; the Hotboi (pepperoni, jalapeño, hot honey) is the one reviewers keep recommending
- Joe's PizzaGreenwich Village, Manhattan
Get: A plain cheese slice, folded
The classic New York slice since 1975.
- LucaliCarroll Gardens, Brooklyn
Get: A plain pie with basil and the calzone. Bring your own wine
Candlelit Brooklyn pizza that celebrities and Instagram made impossible to get into.
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Where is the best pizza in New York City?
Chef Amazing’s picks start with Una Pizza Napoletana (Lower East Side, Manhattan), Ceres (Little Italy) and Don Antonio (Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan). All 12 places are on this page with what to get, where they are and a map.
What should I order?
At Una Pizza Napoletana, get margherita. At Ceres, get 'Nduja Pie: 'nduja, burrata and aged balsamic. At Don Antonio, get la Montanara Classica: fried dough, tomato, smoked mozzarella. At Lucky Charlie, get classic Pie.
Which neighborhood is best for pizza in New York City?
Most of these are in Little Italy. The map on this page shows every one, numbered like the list.
How does Chef Amazing pick these?
From Chef Amazing’s city guide and lists for New York City: the places critics, chefs and locals keep recommending, checked and kept current, with what to order at each. Nobody pays to be on them.
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Places change: check hours before you go. Pins come from addresses and OpenStreetMap and can be a little off. Updated October 25, 2026.