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Looking for the best pizza in London? We’ve rounded up the best pizza joints so you can be sure to find the perfect slice.

Once dominated by Neapolitan-style pizzas, London’s pizza scene has been steadily growing to include a whole range of styles, especially from across the USA. Lenny’s Apizza (pronounced ‘abeetz’) run by Max Lewis and in residence at The Bedford Tavern in Finsbury Park, specialises in New Haven-style pies from Connecticut. If NYC-style pizzas are more your bag, head to Crisp Pizza in Hammersmith and Alley Cats in Chelsea for thin and crispy slices.

A Yard Sale Pizza is kneaded in everyone’s life. Leaving their dough to prove for 24 hours and cooking out their tomato sauce on the pizza to deepen the flavour, they definitely aren’t ones for cutting corners. From the regulars to the guest pizzas, whether you’re holy over your pepperoni or all over the squash, Yard Sale is where to get a pizz’a the action.

With a pizza oven made out of sand and dust from Mount Vesuvius, Santa Maria is defo a cut above the rest. The slightly chewy dough and THAT sauce made with San Marzano D.O.P tomatoes pre-ordered a year in advance make these pizzas what they are…bloody great.

Homeslice serve up some of the biggest pizzas in town, we’re talking 20-inch beasts, but it’s not all about the size here. The pizzas come with some interesting toppings and if you can’t decide you can always go 50/50. Our faves include that chorizo, corn & coriander and aubergine, cauliflower cheese, spinach & harissa.

ALLEY CATS

22 Paddington St, London W1U 5QY

Alley Cats is bringing a bit of the Big Apple to London with exposed brick, red and white gingham tablecloths and Italian-American inspired thin crust pizzas. Sicilian Head Chef Francesco Macri makes use of quality Southern Italian ingredients, including San Marzano tomatoes, buffalo mozzarella from Campania and aged mozzarella from Molise, for his 14-inch pizzas, which come with toppings such as smoked pepperoni, aged mozzarella, tomato sauce, habanero and honey; fennel sausage, tomato sauce, aged mozzarella, pancetta, red onion and pecorino flakes; creamy vodka tomato sauce, aged mozzarella and buffalo mozzarella; and wild mushrooms, aged mozzarella, taleggio, red onion jam and fried sage. If you’ve got an American-sized appetite, you can bookend your pizzas with cheese & garlic bread knots, meatballs in slow-cooked tomato sauce, loaded vanilla soft serve, and tiramisu topped with hazelnuts, salted peanuts and pistachios.

CRISP PIZZA

25 Crisp Rd, London W6 9RL

A pub in Hammersmith probably isn’t the first place you’d think to look for some of the best NYC-style pizza in London but it’s there. Crisp Pizza, which is slinging pies from The Chancellors pub close to the river, is much-hyped (and rightly so) for its thin and crispy pizzas with classic toppings, like pepperoni, burrata and hot honey; nduja and buffalo mozzarella; and mushrooms, mozzarella and parmesan. Pair with plenty of the garlic and herb dip and prepare for pizza heaven. It can be a bit of mission to secure your Crisp Pizza – the pub is too small for the amount of people that want this pizza, especially when it was walk-ins only but you can pre-order for pick-up and you can now actually book too.

LENNY'S APIZZA

160 Seven Sisters Rd, London N7 7PT

Once dominated by Neapolitan-style pizzas, London’s pizza scene has been steadily growing to include a whole range of styles, especially from across the USA. Lenny’s Apizza (pronounced ‘abeetz’) run by Max Lewis and in residence at The Bedford Tavern in Finsbury Park, specialises in New Haven-style pizza from Connecticut. This pies are known for their thin crusts that are charred and chewy as well as being less cheesy than other pizzas – mozzarella is considered a topping rather than a standard base ingredient. As well as classic tomato, cheese & tomato, pepperoni, and sausage & onion pies, Lenny’s does specials like a potato pie and a pepperoni, sausage, bacon and hot pepper pizza.

YARD SALE PIZZA

105 Lower Clapton Road, E5 0NP

A Yard Sale Pizza is kneaded in everyone’s life. After kicking things off with Macaulay Culkin doing a set at their opening, Yard Sale set the standards high. But leaving their dough to prove for 24 hours and cooking out their tomato sauce on the pizza to deepen the flavour, they definitely aren’t ones for cutting corners. Whether you wanna dine-in or take-out these handmade beauties are available as 18-inch sharers or 12-inch pizzas and can be found across London. From the regulars to the guest pizzas, whether you’re holy over your pepperoni or all over the squash, Yard Sale is where to get a pizz’a the action.

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PIZZERIA MOZZA

14-15 Langham Pl, London W1B 2QS

Chef’s Table star Nancy Silverton has brought her LA spot Pizzeria Mozza over to London, taking up residence in the Treehouse Hotel. Nancy’s pizzas are known for their crusts – crispy but soft, light and airy – with toppings like tomato, mozzarella di bufala, olives, anchovies & fried capers; clams, red onion, garlic & pecorino; and speck, pineapple, jalapenos, tomato & mozzarella. Sorry Italians but pineapple on pizza is 100% our vibe. Aside from the pies, the menu also includes shrimp with melon & chilli lime vinaigrette, courgette blossom fritti with ricotta, and salamis and mozzarella.

ALBY'S PIZZA

2 City North Place, Finsbury Park, London N4 3FU

After a lockdown bread delivery service turned into pizza nights, the four Alby’s Pizza founders moved into the world in New York-style pizza, opening a pop-up in Vauxhall in 2022. Two years on and many whopping 22″ pies later, the team has moved north of the river and taken up residence in Finsbury Park bar Someday. As well as a classic Margherita, Alby’s is also slinging pizzas like the Alby’s Hot (with Alby’s marinara, mozzarella, chorizo, sweet peppers, red onion, pickled jalapenos, confit garlic oil and Grana Padano) and the Funghi Town (with Alby’s marinara, mozzarella, garlic & parsley braised mushrooms, confit garlic oil and Grana Moravia), which you can get by the slice or as a whole pie. Don’t forget a pot of Alby’s buffalo hot sauce for the crusts.


DUSTY KNUCKLE

429 Green Lanes, Harringay Ladder, London N4 1HA

They might be famous for slinging some of the most notorious sandwiches known to mankind but Thursday through to Saturday, The Dusty Knuckle on Green Lanes (sister to the Dalston original) switches to an evening menu of pizza and drinkies. Head Chef Clare Payne in charge of the menu knocking up an exciting selection of small sharing plates along with pretty epic pizzas. Having built their own wood-fired pizza oven these could not be delivered to our table fresher, and with toppings like thouse-made nduja & honey and ricotta, fior di latte, potatoes & sweet onion, we are most definitely a fan. Not just a bakery and cafe, Dusty Knuckle are a social enterprise that does some amazing work with ex-offenders, early school-leavers and the long-term unemployed. Respect.

THEO'S

2 Grove Ln, Camberwell, London SE5 8SY

This south London sourdough star began life in Camberwell and became so popular, the team soon added a second site just down the road in Elephant and Castle. Neapolitan is the house style here, beginning with the classic marinara and margherita, and moving on to some more adventurous creations such as mushroom, leek, and gorgonzola as well as our favourite, the Camberwell scotch bonnet nduja which is HOT. Add Italian wines and cocktails and a relaxed, friendly south London vibe and you’ve got yourself a winning pizza joint.

SODO PIZZA

Sodo Pizza Walthamstow, Hatherley Mews, London

After starting out as a pop-up stall back in 2011, Dan Birch has now grown sustainable pizza brand Sodo Pizza to four standalone sties and two pub kitchens across London. Its base is what really sets Sodo Pizza apart – it’s made using 48-hour fermented sourdough and heritage grains milled into flour on-site – but Dan has put just as much effort into sourcing toppings from local producers and growers too. They include mozzarella and burrata made in Acton, pepperoni and nduja cured in Islington, honey from Walthamstow and leaves from a salad farm in Dagenham.

BING BONG PIZZA

13 Morning Lane, London E9 6ND

The duo behind The Prince Arthur in London Fields, The Plough in Homerton and You Call The Shots on Morning Lane has teamed up with pizza king Rich Goodwin (who’s spent time at Mike’s, Flor, Hart Bageri in Copenhagen and Flout! Pizza in Belfast) to launch another venture, and this one’s all about pizza. Bing Bong Pizza, which specialises in NYC Nonna-style pizzas, aka square pies, is popping up at You Call The Shots, with classic slices like The Marinara (tomato sauce, garlic, oregano & pangrattato), The Pepperoni (tomato sauce, mozzarella, pecorino, pepperoni, pickled jalapeno & basil) and The Sausage (mozzarella, sausages, Mike’s pickled peppers, sliced potato & crispy kale).

FLAT EARTH PIZZAS

288 Cambridge Heath Rd, London E2 9DA

After a series of pop-ups and residences across East London, Flat Earth Pizzas has found a permanent home in Bethnal Green, and founders Sarah Brading and Rich Baker have gone right back to where they started as the new restaurant is on the site where they held their very first pop-up. Flat Earth Pizzas is London’s most sustainable pizza joint – they make all elements of the pizza in house, using Wildfarmed and Gilchester’s Organic heritage grain flour for the base and locally sourced ingredients for the toppings, they’ve got wine on tap, and they send zero waste to landfill.  They sling veggie and vegan pizzas, including the Hackney Hot with sweet pickled beets, the Kimchi Fiorentina and the Buffalo Mozzarella & Wild Garlic. The restaurant also does brunch (hello skillet baked kimchi shakshuka) and toasties in the daytime with small plates like pickled beetroot & white cabbage achar accompanying the pizzas in the evening.

VINCENZO'S PIZZA

42 High St, Bushey WD23 3HL

There’s been a lot of hype around Vincenzo’s Pizza, a Bushey pizza spot helmed by Tom Vincent, on social media but it’s more than justified. Tom and his team are slinging New York-style pies inspired by the coal oven pizzas found on the East Coast, which are more charred and crispy than their wood-fired cousins. The topping combos are fairly classic – pepperoni, sausage & onions, roast mushrooms & garlic – but the Raging Hog (with aged mozzarella, tomato sauce, Grana Padano, pepperoni, roquito peppers, and chilli honey) gets a lot of love and rightly so. If you’re not local, it’s time to plan a trip to Bushey asap.

400 RABBITS

143 Evelina Road, London

400 Rabbits has burrowed all the way from Crystal Palace through to Nunhead to bring you some of the best sourdough pizza in London town. Not much beats their rhubarb, chipotle chilli, goat’s cheese and piquillo peppers masterpiece, but to be honest we’d take a slice of any of them. And with them all give you change from a tenner, why the hell not?!

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FATTO A MANO PIZZA & BEER

unit 1, 3 Pancras Sq, London N1C 4AG

After becoming a beloved local spot in Brighton and Hove and establishing street food kitchens in both Shoreditch and Croydon Boxparks, Fatto a Mano has opened a proper brick-and-mortar spot in the capital. Fatto Pizza & Beer has set up shop in the Pancras Square development in King’s Cross – they’ve got a small terrace out front, with the pizza oven and bar dominating the ground floor, and more tables up top. In terms of the pizza, they’re all about proper Neapolitan pizzas made using 24-hour proven dough and ingredients sourced from small suppliers. The crust is soft and pillowy and you’ve got all the classic topping combos, like diavola, salsiccia e friarielli, ham & truffle, and aubergine & smoked ricotta to choose from. Don’t miss the calzoncino fritto either – it’s got a doughnut-like dough that’s filled with salami, mozzarella, ricotta and parmesan, and it’s unlike any regular calzone you’ve had before. Fatto has six craft beers on tap, including their own Fatto Bionda Pilsner brewed by Harbour Brewing Co, plus a couple more in the fridge alongside a handful of wines and cocktails. Service is fast and friendly so you could defo treat yourself to pizza on your lunch break if you work nearby.

BREADSTALL

92-93 Berwick St, Soho, London W1F 0QB

There are plenty of places to get pizza in London but surprisingly few that do it by the slice. Enter Breadstall, the pizza brand founded in Battersea that has now opened in Soho. The pizzas, made with slow-fermented biga sourdough, come topped with the likes of cheese, pepperoni, NY vodka sauce, burrata and rocket, and pepperoni with burrata and candied jalapenos (plus regular specials and collabs). The quarter slice (at £7) is massive or you can get them as halves (£14) or wholes (£28 and more than enough for two), and once you’ve chosen what you want from the window – the queues are long but they move fast – it gets a quick blast in the oven before you take it away or grab a spot inside, where they’ve also got beers, cocktails and soft serve on offer.

BAR D4100

143 Evelina Rd, London SE15 3HB

Part of the Dinner for One Hundred fam (there’s the perm place in Telegraph Hill and D4100 Pizza at The Perseverance pub in Bloomsbury), Bar D4100 in Nunhead is slinging the same quality pies you’d find at the other locations and spritzes for under a fiver. Head down, order up a Macgyver (tomato, mozzarella, chorizo, whipped feta, hot honey, crushed fennel seeds) or a Why Not (tomato, mozzarella, basil, pancetta, artichokes, leeks, mushrooms, olives, jalapenos and garlic oil), a lemon & rosemary dip, and whatever slushie is coming out of the machine that week, and enjoy.

RIA'S

29 All Saints Road, London W11 1HE

Ria’s, run by Ria and David Morgan-Ratcliffe is a Detroit-style pizza and natural wine bar on All Saints Road. It’s a real looker –  the gorgeous, light-filled space boasts blue panelled and cornflower yellow walls, cafe curtains, and wine bottles skirting round the shelving. Detroit-style pizza is the star here – the dough is made with regenerative flour and slowly fermented for 72 hours, resulting in a thick and chewy base that’s impressively light .There’s been a real focus on quality ingredients and thought has clearly been put into creating interesting combinations, like the roasted king prawn, salsa macha and parmesan cream pie and the beef merguez sausage, sweet pickled shallots and red chillies pie. The pepperoni & soppressata slice, made with Cobble Lane cured meats, cheddar, hot honey, aged parmesan and fresh oregano is also a winner, especially if you drizzle it with some Frank’s hot butter. Make sure you save room for the smashed spuds with whipped feta and the deep-fried Mars bar with soft serve though.

67 SOURDOUGH

82-92 Great N Rd, London N2 0NL

Classic cars and pizza are an unlikely pairing but 67 Sourdough in East Finchley is proving that it works. Run by Cam and PJ, who met on a bread course at The Dusty Knuckle and became dough obsessives, 67 Sourdough specialises in light and crispy NY-style sourdough pizzas, with toppings like pepperoni, vinegar red onions, and chilli honey; ‘accident’ vodka-style sauce, artichokes and garlic mushrooms; and nduja, burrata and parmesan (and don’t miss the garlic knots either), which you can tuck into in the dining area that overlooks a range of classic Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Porsches, and Jaguars. 

ZIA LUCIA

Zia Lucia, Holloway Road, London

Zia Lucia has not one, not two but FOUR different types of dough to choose from, making them a great choice for those who are gluten free or anyone that just likes to be different. As well as the classic pizza base there’s wholemeal, gluten free, and their signature item, the vegetable charcoal base which is a dusty black colour all the way through. It certainly adds a little extra flavour to the dough but whichever base you choose, you can expect classic Italian toppings such as n’duja, pepperoni, buratta, and – our favourite – the ‘Andrea Pirlo’ topped with Mozzarella, gorgonzola, apple, truffle and olive sauce. A classy pizza named after a classy guy.

VOODOO RAY'S

95 Kingsland High St, Dalston, London E8 2PB

Voodoo Ray’s creates thin and crispy NY-style pizza, which comes by the slice or as a whole 22-inch whopper – you can’t go wrong with The Meat Is On or the Giorgio Moroder – and they do an after-midnight spesh at the Dalston branch, which is open until 2am on Fridays and Saturdays, for when the munchies strike. Wash down one of the massive slices with a signature frozen marg.

CINQUECENTO

115 Notting Hill Gate, London W11 3LB

Looking for the best Neapolitan pizza outside of Napoli? Well we’ve found it. Yep, Cinquecento are slinging them just like Nonna does over in Napoli, using 100% Italian ingredients like San Marzano tomatoes, Fior di latte mozzarella, Sicilian anchovies, San Daniele ham and Calabrian ‘nduja. It also feels like you’re sitting round Nonna’s table in their cosy dining room, featuring plants hanging down from above and framed pictures on the wall. Plus there’s three different locations to choose from, so wherever you are over West, a slice of the good stuff is not too far away.

SANTA MARIA

92-94 Waterford Road, London

With a pizza oven made out of sand and dust from Mount Vesuvius, Santa Maria is defo a cut above the rest. The slightly chewy dough and THAT sauce made with San Marzano D.O.P tomatoes pre-ordered a year in advance make these pizzas what they are…bloody great.

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HOMESLICE

50 James Street, London

Homeslice serve up some of the biggest pizzas in town, we’re talking 20-inch beasts, but it’s not all about the size here. The pizzas come with some interesting toppings and if you can’t decide you can always go 50/50. Our faves include that chorizo, corn & corriander and aubergine, cauliflower cheese, spinach & harissa.

MADE OF DOUGH

MADE OF DOUGH, Bellenden Road, London

If you’re venturing south of the river, Made of Dough is the place to go. Sourcing their ingredients from across Europe, each pizza is cooked on a real wood fire to create a chewy base – there are no tough crusts to be found here. With half-price pizzas on Mondays and wild specials every month (chocolate pizza anyone?), there’s plenty of reason to make the journey down to Peckham.

HAPPY FACE

14 Handyside St, Kings Cross, London N1C 4DN

If you’re looking for pizza in King’s Cross, there’s only one place you need to go to and that’s Happy Face. Opened by the team behind Spiritland – yes that does mean the soundtrack is on point, even the toilets have some fancy speakers – Happy Face is a modern take on the classic pizzeria. Decked out in millennial pink and teal, it’s a fun, relaxed restaurant to be in and that’s before you even get to the food. The menu is pleasingly tight: just a handful of starters (definitely get the courgette fritti) and desserts, with nine classic pizzas like funghi, melanzana and pepperoni on offer. They use a 72-hour fermented dough here and it does result in a lighter crust, and there’s chilli oil on the table as standard for all your crust dipping needs. The most expensive pizza comes in at £15 but the majority are a tenner or under. Considering the size and quality, it’s a right bargain, and they’re speedy with the service too. Not only is Happy Face right next to the Everyman (so you can catch a film before dinner), it’s got the retro late-night cocktail bar Supermax in the basement (so you can keep your night going long after the pizzas have been eaten).

CRUST BROS

113 Waterloo Rd, London SE1 8UL

A good crust can make or break a pizza, which is why with a name like Crust Bros we had pretty high expectations. Thankfully they didn’t disappoint. The Waterloo pizza joint is known for its Neopolitan-style pillow-like, chewy crusts – something which we’re big fans of. There are plenty of toppings to choose from, including whole burrata, or you can mix and match and create your own personalised pizza. Located close to the station Crust Bros have an outdoor terrace, making it ideal for those summer spritz and slice dates. Better still, the restaurant also promises to plant a tree for every pizza sold in partnership with Earthly to help combat climate change. 

JOE PUBLIC

Joe Public, The Pavement, London

Joe Public may operate out of an old lav, but expect more than just your bog standard pizza. Creating whopping 20inch Californian style pizzas – served either whole or by the slice – Joe Public’s toppings include everything from fresh fig, gorgonzola, prosciutto and pine nuts to tender roasted lamb, purple potato, feta and black olives.


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