Famous Original Ray's Pizza

03/07/03

The Search Continues

by taibhselily at Citysearch

I never tasted my first slice of Ray's pizza. I was so hungry that I inhaled the slice my dad and I had gotten to share while we waited for the pie we were going to share with my mom and her family. My mom went to college at the New School and had filled my head with raves about Ray's for over three years before I got to try it. At any rate, it's now become a goal to find a Ray's quality pizza in every town in which we've lived, the search goes on...

02/10/03

Can't compete

by JulieJean at Citysearch

Tasteless pizza and everything else I've tried there. Slow service.

• Pros: Credit cards accepted
• Cons: food

01/22/03

ugh

by nyc_fo_life at Citysearch

How is this on the best of list? The real Ray's which should be on this list is Ray's on Prince street where you can get a huge delicious homestyle italian meal for a good price. Famous original is anything but. It is the most mediocre pizza in NYC.

01/10/03

How Many Ray's Are There?

by Videnka at Citysearch

This pizza is AVERAGE to say the least in NYC, it is greasy. The crust is soggy and just yucky!

• Pros: It's everywhere, Cheap
• Cons: It's everywhere, Cheap

01/05/03

Popular, but lousy

by jilligan at Citysearch

the name gets customers in only because they've heard the name Ray before. this is pizza for people who are new to town or just don't have any taste! its an example of capitalism: you can make money based on poor quality. i used to go to a pizza place on Houston St. that was so good...a tiny place however, the pizza was great. one night to my surprise the place was totally renovated and expanded...i figured the owner must have made money and decided to expand his popular business...i bit into the slice of pizza and it was horrible!!!When I left disgusted, I looked at the sign and the name was Ray's. No wonder it sucked. I found out where the original pizza joint moved to: He is right down the street on Orchid and Stanton Streets. I forgot the name, but I remember how good the pizza is.

• Pros: popular
• Cons: bright lights, doesn't taste good, dirty bathroom

01/02/03

rays pizza sucks

by coltranemonk at Citysearch

This is as bad as pizza can get. Canned mushrooms. Bland toppings all around. There is just no flavor to it at all. That's what you get for ordering from a chain. Go with an independent.

01/02/03

The one and only

by heather33333 at Citysearch

It's the only pizza I will eat when I go to New York!! It is by far the best!!!

• Pros: Looks, Taste, Value
• Cons: Grease

12/14/02

MMM, RAY'S!

by nyu_girl at Citysearch

By far, the best pizza in the city! Many convienient locations. Go to Ray's today!

11/27/02

Cheese by Goodyear

by Celebrity_Holmes at Citysearch

The ubiquitous nasty plastic cheese bread that passes for pizza in too many NYC establishments these days. Leaden, often soggy and covered with tasteless, plasticine cheese product.

Anybody that thinks that ANY Famous Original Ray's is a "Classic NYC slice" is seriously mistaken. Ok, maybe "classic" in the sense that NYU students have probably been dorm-making similar concoctions out of Wonderbread, ketchup and government "cheese" forever..

There are SO MANY great pizza places close by! Joe's Pizza is at 7 Carmine Street.. only a few blocks away in distance, and a million miles ahead in quality.

• Pros: Weighty, Sticks to your ribs
• Cons: Leaden, Plasticine, Flavorless

11/27/02

YUCKIE

by dizzicucci at Citysearch

NOT THE BEST

NOT THE WORST

I WOULDN'T BUY IT AGAIN

• Cons: NOT A GOOD PIZZA