“Lucali has very fresh ingredients and tastes great but their crust and dough is lacking, way too chewy and lacking flavor.”
6.2/10
AI-generated summary
Get the . Plenty of regulars say it beats the , and the is the one they name. The is thin with a sweet sauce, though critics call the crust a flavorless cracker. The real cost is the wait. You show up around 4pm to put your name down and come back hours later. It's BYOB.
“Lucali has very fresh ingredients and tastes great but their crust and dough is lacking, way too chewy and lacking flavor.”
“It is certainly good pizza and a great calzone though I didn’t find it to be exceptional in any way.”
“Lucali pizza is Ok, but waiting hours in line for it is not, and neither is their service.”
“The pizza is pretty good, but there is so much great pizza in NYC, in almost any neighborhood that it's just not worth the pain in the ass. I personally consider Lucali to be one of the most overrated places out there.”
“I absolutely love their pizza and calzone. Crust is so thin and fluffy and the sauce just the perfect sweetness.”
“And the hot pepper sauce is fantastic but you have to like spicy. I hope you guys enjoy it! I love that spot”
“Went to lucali and it was just mediocre I guess. Toppings were nice but hard to mae cheese shallots and pepperoni taste bad. Nothing about the sauce or crust/dough was memorable to me. Crust was like a cracker and dry. Not my favorite pizza by any means.”
“Lucali is NOT that good. It's just not. Now I'm not saying it sucks, because it is good pizza, but it's absolutely not special”
“Lucali’s sauce is pretty tasty and they use premium ingredients, but I have no idea why they roll the pizza with a wine bottle. It takes the air out and makes the crust like a cracker.”
“No matter how it looks, it’s the best pizza in NY for me.”
“Their dough/crust is like a flavorless cracker to me. Might as well be on matzoh. If you dropped me down here w no context on the hype, it would be completely unmemorable and I wouldn’t bother to go back.”
“The pizza was good, but one of three worst experiences I ever had.”