Una Pizza Napoletana
New York, NY 10003-7212
Phone: (212) 477-9950
- Price:
- $
- Cross Street:
- Between 1st Avenue and 2nd Avenue
Editorial Review for Una Pizza Napoletana – by Erin Behan
The Scene
A grey tin ceiling, white walls and a white tile floor--the marble-topped tables are as dressy as the pizza joint gets, but no matter. The main event, the authentic wood-fired brick oven, glows enticingly from the back of the room, with its heavily tattooed, well-trained guardian transferring pies to the dining room's lone server.
The Food
The charred but chewy crust pays homage to the Napoli pizza it mimics and stands up to the generous application of rich olive oil. Made from naturally leavened flour and mixed by hand with Sicilian sea salt, it is the springboard for restaurant's fabulous pies. Diners choose from just four stellar pies--the Marina, Margherita, Bianca and Filetti--whose topping combinations shift every so subtly and never veer from the classic ingredients of tomatoes (sourced from San Marzano or fresh cherry tomatoes), buffalo mozzarella, olive oil, oregano, basil, garlic and sea salt.
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Insider Tips
Know Before You GoThe restaurant doesn't take reservations, so be sure to arrive early to secure your spot. The restaurant serves piping hot pizza fresh from the oven until the dough runs out--literally.
What to DrinkThe drink menu is small but offers a selection of southern Italian wines and Italian beers, including Moretti and Peroni. Nonalcoholic selections include the Moka Drink, a fizzy Italian version of Starbuck's bottled Frappuccino.
User Reviews for Una Pizza Napoletana
12/09/2007 Posted by robmenot
is this guy buying water and flour with the euro, give me a break ,I'm $25 poorer and I'm upset about it, should have listened to the reviews before, save your money and go somewhere else
Pros: nothing
Cons: everything
08/26/2007 Posted by joeyschripps
Me and my girlfriend have heard rave reviews about this place despite all the bad reviews here on Citysearch . We decided to give it a try since we review many places especially restaurants. We entered and were seated promptly since the place only had a table of 4 and another table of two. We ordered a Diet Coke & Peroni (Italian imported beer).The waitress served us our drinks with empty classes and no ice mind you the drinks were close to room temperature. The diet coke my GF had was flat and watery which they quickly replaced. It was already 6:20 and the waitress asked us what we want in which we replied “One Margherita “the waitress replied “JUST ONE!?” and we said yes. Little did they know we just were sampling the pizza to give a review! The crowd started to come and the place became extremely loud that you couldn’t hear yourself and this is no exaggeration. I was disappointed because the environment was somewhat cozy (reminiscing of a pizzeria in Italy) and dimly lit.Anyway at 7:36 we received our pie which was way to long! (Especially for brick over pie). It seems that waitress was upset that we ordered one pie so she put our order in back of 3 other people that came in after we ordered our pie. When we got pie (which we knew just a little bigger then a personal pie) we couldn’t believe we waited for this! The sauce and cheese were both bland and very limited with no texture. It seemed like the cheese was just goo not even melted. The worst part was our pie was undercooked with raw dough. I was extremely upset so we ate quick being hungry and left. This was one of my worst experiences with pizza and mind you it cost 21 dollars for a plain pie which is as little less the shape of a 12” plate. Be wary because there is only salt no condiments or toppings allowed and bring CASH ONLY. I only tell you this if your need to find out for yourself like my Gf and I .By the way my gf and I are from Italy and know good ingrediants especially for Pizza.
Pros: ok Ambiance
Cons: Noisy if crowded, Poor/rRude service, poor pizza
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