Una Pizza Napoletana

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  • the concetta will always be top for me. Its the airiness, chewiness, softness of the crust w the perfect tomato flavor for me.

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  • replying to u/roamingaimlessli: Unpopular opinion and I’m likely to get attacked here but…Una Pizza Napoletena was one of the most disappointing dining experiences of the year for me. Not sure if it has to do with all the titles of best pizza in New York, US, planet, galaxy type marketing I saw everywhere but my friend and I were shocked how tasteless the dough was. I NEVER leave the crusts uneaten with Neapolitan pizza but it felt like empty calories eating the completely tasteless bread. I truly believe song e napule serves a much better margarita pizza. Go easy on the attacks!

    Not only is the dough tasteless, they won’t even give you some olive oil to dip it in because “the chef wants you to experience the crust as is” and meanwhile it’s like half the freaking pie. I loathe this place.

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  • replying to u/Smart_Freedom_8155: I did. It was, unfortunately, a letdown of truly epic proportions. I waited for 2 weeks after making a reservation, I traveled an hour to get there from Queens, I waited 30-40 minutes for two small-ish pizzas and a small beer - and I paid _$90_ for just that, with tip. And it was an OK pizza in the end. The dough was good, the ingredients were decent.  Overall the closest thing to Neapolitan pizza you can get in NYC likely. But holy cats was that pizza the most overhyped nonsense I've ever bothered with. It's not even the best pizza in _New York_, let alone the world. 50 Kaló blows this pizza out of the water without a second thought.  Hell, even the London-based 50 Kaló (let alone the Roman or Neapolitan restaurants) is better by a mile.  Truly a disappointing experience.

    I'm not a huge neopolitan fan to start but this was actually wet and just completely flavorless.

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  • replying to u/Smart_Freedom_8155: I've heard they tend to rush you, which sucks. And yeah at $25+ bucks per pizza, it better be pretty excellent. Will go in with eyes open, thanks

    We weren't rushed, but the staff are incompetent. Didn't seat us for almost 20 mins after our res time despite lots of empty tables (and wouldn't tell us what was going on or when we'd be seated), our waitress had to take our order 3 times because she kept forgetting, and then they tried us give us pizza we didn't order.

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  • It's not bad, and it's good for the record. But, the proportion of the tomato part is relatively small compared to the crust imo.

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  • Overall though their pizzas are incredibly simple and don’t really overwhelm you with flavor. It’s kinda like simple omakase sushi, keeps things basic but hard to get that level of flavor.

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  • Crust is good, but nothing else was good to me. Widely overpriced for the amount of food and flavor you get, with long wait times to boot.

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  • The ratio is just off. And yes, I’ve had legit Neapolitan pizza, and Una Pizza Napoletana would not rank among the top of the ones I’ve had.

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  • replying to u/chitowninthebay: This place is genuinely phenomenal. If you take two seconds to look into the owners history you will understand his passion and absurd skill. If you like neo pizza this is the best in the city - nothing even comes close.

    Doesn't change those pies are not worth the price.

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  • replying to u/roamingaimlessli: Unpopular opinion and I’m likely to get attacked here but…Una Pizza Napoletena was one of the most disappointing dining experiences of the year for me. Not sure if it has to do with all the titles of best pizza in New York, US, planet, galaxy type marketing I saw everywhere but my friend and I were shocked how tasteless the dough was. I NEVER leave the crusts uneaten with Neapolitan pizza but it felt like empty calories eating the completely tasteless bread. I truly believe song e napule serves a much better margarita pizza. Go easy on the attacks!

    I recently went again for the first time in years and was served a pizza that was, no lie, 40% crust.

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  • replying to u/SomeDrillingImplied: I’d probably choose something iconic and uniquely NYC, whether it be some really good pizza or a pastrami sandwich at Katz’s. Something to that effect.

    Una pizza Napoletana at the bar

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  • replying to u/uhh-Magic: The best is una. Besides that it’s honestly all preference as this city has hundreds of Neapolitan style pizza and preference matters most as food is subjective. This question has also been asked many times and if you google that then add “Reddit” you’ll see tons of popular answers.

    40 bucks for an unremarkable Margherita is off the hook. Not returning.

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  • replying to u/dinky-park: **TL;DR: I would rather eat Domino’s. Crust is good, but nothing else was good to me. Widely overpriced for the amount of food and flavor you get, with long wait times to boot.** I wanted to preface this review by saying that I am not a pizza snob. I love all types of pizza ranging from frozen pizza, dollar slice, fast food, NYC pizza, Grandma pizza, Roman style pizza, and Neapolitan style pizza. You get the picture. Onto the review! I ate at Una Pizza Napoletana on Halloween. Halloween is my favorite holiday, but I wasn’t planning on celebrating it at the time since I was unemployed (still am). My best friend knew that I was going through a rough time not being able to celebrate my favorite holiday, so I got a call from him at around 4 PM to see if I wanted to come check out this pizza spot with him. I forget the exact details, but he said he got this reservation well in advanced for 2 people and wanted me to tag along with him. I really didn’t want to spend the money, but I figured I’d give this place a shot since my best friend told me that lots of people really want to try it. We got there around 6:30ish if I recall, and I wore one of my favorite green fragrances to suit the mood of a pizza restaurant (Amouage Beach Hut Man for the curious). The restaurant was pretty packed, but we got seated right away because of our reservation. The two of us combed through the menu and decided to split 2 pizzas. One thing you should know is that I fucking love anchovies on pizza, e…

    Agreed. Sauce is flavorless. Service is bad. Cheese is mid. Every other pizza joint in town is as good or better.

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  • Or get a margherita with added hot peppers and Pepperoni at Una pizza Napoletana or OPS

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  • replying to u/ScratchOwn9236: Does anyone know Una Pizza Napoletana? Allegedly the guys a pizza world champion. Have a reservation for tonight which was incredibly hard to get, really excited

    I went a few months ago and it was a spiritual experience. The dough is something special, probably the best Neapolitan style I’ve ever had in the states

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  • Veggies n cheese release the H2O and it site there. Inwoulda went with a simpler pie. Leave that in any longer and its burnt

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  • replying to u/thelearningpc: I am a big Neapolitan fan. \- Una is probably the best pie I've had here, outside of the Pizza Studio Tamaki / Seirinkan popups we had this year. I believe PST will be by far the best pie in NYC once they launch. \- Ribalta has the best easily accessible pie. They are not always the most consistent, but on their best days, I say they rival Una. \- Song e Napule is a distant third. They do everything correctly but the dough and cheese isn't quite as refined as the first two. \- Keste is ok. Have visited once and gotten delivery twice - not very consistent and the dough is lacking. I would say Moody Tongue's Neapolitan-esque pie is the same tier, maybe a touch above. \- Da Michele in NYC is a far cry from the one in Naples, which I consider one of the best in the world. For the price, it's a skip.

    Una pizza is the obvious choice.

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  • replying to u/ScratchOwn9236: Does anyone know Una Pizza Napoletana? Allegedly the guys a pizza world champion. Have a reservation for tonight which was incredibly hard to get, really excited

    definitely best Neapolitan

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  • loved it when I went a couple years back when they first opened (2022 I think?), definitely better than song’e napule and other AVPN places and those are already pretty great.

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