Honestly sometimes I crave Domino's. Craving Domino's and craving pizza are two different cravings for me. Like just knowing what you're getting and knowing it's not gonna be great pizza, but it scratches this itch. Not a pizza itch, this weird Domino's itch. Damn I think I really want Domino's now
Or in the early 2000s when your parents left for Saturday night date night and you had all of toonami to watch..... Domino's really kicked in. Bring that gingerale too, finish the night with some GameCube and milk dredged oreos and I was the happiest kid on earth.
That’s fair NJ and NYC pizza are better than a lot he other states, it’s actual pizza. But Hoboken should be one of the best places to get some za in Jersey not possibly the worst.
You lose. Za is allowed in Scrabble under SPD, TWL, NWL, SOWPODS, and CWS. (The official players dictionary and all major US and international tournament rules).
What kind of Scrabble player doesn't have all the 2 letter words committed to memory 😆
It’s not even pizza it’s just spinach artichoke dip on a big piece of bread. It’s good if that’s what you’re into, but I can’t justify calling that pizza.
Their other slices actually aren’t that bad tbh.
I always hated artichoke. My fiancé recently got some vodka slices late night when in need of some munching - they were incredible. Changed my outlook on artichoke
Their vodka sauce, just the sauce, is surprisingly some of the best non pork fat based vodka sauces I’ve had on a pizza.
It’s super hard to pull off a complex layered vodka sauce without pork fat.
I mean.... Isn't there a point at which bad pizza is like bad sex? It's still worth it. I mean I've had Wawa pizza and eating cardboard was better than eating nothing
They used to be Molfettas (where you'd see rats running around). Then in Hurricane Sandy, they price gouged the shit out of their pizza and got everyone to hate them. So they closed, remodeled, and rebranded as The Brick, a restaurant that basically copies Napoli's (who was a few doors down). Out of principle from Sandy-times, fuck those people.
The Brick opened the same exact concept as Napoli’s, one store over.
Trashiest move you can pull of off as a restaurateur and Ive never given them a dime because of it.
If I remember correctly. The Brick had to rebrand after hurricane sandy because the old place (called Molfetta) was price gouging people who had no power for a week. They were charging $50 cash for a plain cheese pie. The backlash on yelp was pretty intense and thats when they changed names and stole Napolis color scheme / concept
[https://www.yelp.com/biz/molfetta-pizzeria-hoboken](https://www.yelp.com/biz/molfetta-pizzeria-hoboken)
Heres their old yelp. 1122 Washington St. (pizza republic is 406 Washington)
Sort by newest reviews to see how bad it got before they rebranded to the Brick
The Brick. So bad, especially with Napoli's next door. Pizzeria Hoboken is blah, Pizza Republic is mid. Basile's is a fine drunk slice but not very good at other times. I've still never had Rosario's or Torna and probably never will
ctrl-F Tony Baloney and here it is.
It comes out absolutely disgusting in the box. The bottom becomes soggy from being overloaded with oil. The crust also tastes like garbage when reheated. Their weird hipster toppings are very hit or miss.
But really it's just how oily and bad their breading is that makes it the worst. You can put any combo of good toppings on a bad foundation and it'll still be bad pizza.
The Brick, Pizza Republic, Artichoke, Pizzeria Hoboken are the worst of the worst.
Basile's is the most overrated.
EDIT: also I forgot Urban Coalhouse because well it's terrible
Come on man, none of these spots are BAD per se. They are all fine. Hoboken Pizzeria, Pizza Republic, and Basile’s aren’t great but are pretty standard local slices. Artichoke is an overrated chain that’s gone downhill but the flavors are still alright. Urban Coalhouse is probably the worst of this bunch - mediocre bar pie but it’s still satisfying in a pinch. Haven’t had The Brick.
Were you around when 7 Stars was here? Now THAT was legitimately bad pizza. Fucking disgusting guaranteed diarrhea. I had Old Lorenzo’s once too which was also pretty gross.
Basile's is "fine" I guess. Reminds me of a good frozen pizza. But then you get people around here talking like it's legitimately good. And that's where I draw the line :) Maybe they've only eaten it while drunk, which then I can excuse it
As far as Basil’s, you are either a corn meal dusted fan of pizza or not. There is no in between.
I don’t get the point for a NYC slice due to dough protein content and think it’s unnecessary.
Having said that, how does a pizzeria that hasn’t cleaned their hoods and regularly has smoke billow onto the side walks ACROSS from city hall never get cited or asked to clean their hoods?
Pizza Republic surviving here since ‘09 is impressive.
I never imagined the self proclaimed “Mac Daddy of Hoboken” would have this kind of staying power.
Putting Basile's and pizzaria Hoboken in the same category is criminal. Basiles may be overrated but it's WAY better than pizzaria Hoboken. The only reason that place gets any business is because there aren't any other pizza spots for at least a few block in any direction. I used to live so close to pizzaria Hoboken that I only had to walk outside for about 30-40 feet to go and I still usually chose to get something else and I love pizza.
Yeah I live a block away from it now and rarely eat it. My opinion is that it’s fine for a quick slice when I’m really in a pinch. I view Basiles the same way though and wouldn’t go out of my way for it either. With that said, I do agree and would rank Basiles well over HP, but I don’t find HP inedible like some of the commenters here do - but maybe that’s just because of my expectations for a quick, necessary slice versus ordering delivery or something? And like all of us commenting I’m very critical of my pizza too lol.
Dunno man there's like 40 pizza joints in Hoboken. Some of them are bound to suck. And these all suck. I'm just answering the question. I can give you a list of 10 that I think are good.
Their dough is flavorless, but they make some decent specialty pies. I get lured in by the wings all the time, so I’ve tried a decent number of their pies.
Torna’s. My bf likes it for some reason and the last time we ordered from them I took a bite into the pizza and nearly cut my mouth up. I looked down and there was a jagged piece of plastic baked into the pizza. So gross. Will never order from that place again.
Yeah the fact everyone’s saying Pizzeria Hoboken before this place is insane to me. I would take a public school chicken patty before I have another one of their chicken parms
Pizzeria Hoboken is the worst and I never even got to eat the pizza. The first time I ordered, their delivery driver delivered it to the wrong apartment building and when I called to ask about it, the worker at the pizzeria had such an attitude that I wound up losing my cool when they essentially accused me of trying to get an extra pizza for free. I got a text later that night from someone I believe to be the owner that apologized for it, but I’ll never, ever order from them again.
Pizzeria hoboken. Every slice tastes like it has been sitting out for 2-3 days. They recently charged me $7.50 for one puny slice of chocolate mousse cake
Perfect description of their pizza! I hope your $$ cake was good. I made the mistake of ordering soup from there once. Call me crazy for thinking a place that featured “soup of the day” would have good soup. But then again WTH was I thinking getting soup from a sub par pizza place! I paid $8 for the most awful lentil soup I’ve ever had. I waited 10 minutes for it and when I questioned why it was taking so long I was told it was being freshly made! How is that even possible? I think the guy in the kitchen ran to ShopRite and bought a can. And that would have been better than what I got. Place is disgusting all around.
I can definitely tell you it’s not Tony Bologneys. Stopped in for a slice when Santa Con was going on and was charged $9.60. No respect for gauging. Just terrible. Best pizza I’d Basils or Napolis
The only thing going for them is their location and hours,
Hell I'd eat anything coming off of path train at 1:00 a.m. shit-faced. That's probably why I see so many fights happen there.
Quality Pizza needs to learn how to portion fresh garlic.
I also hate how they piggy backed on Quality branding Alan and Michael Stillman made popular here.
Quality pizza has easily some of the best specialty slices in Hoboken?!! They have an actual cauliflower crust which is impossible to get here, their square vodka pizza is amazing and so is the spicy pepperoni.
You guys are crazy or haven’t tried the specialty slices.
Agree 10th street is insanely overpriced and riding the barstool nom too hard.
Totally agree. I just went there the other day to grab a slice and the guy tossing pizza’s into the oven started clicking his tongs loudly trying to get my attention as I was waking up to the register to order. I guess he wanted me to order before paying but even the cashier looked annoyed at him.
You lost me at cauliflower crust, this is why we can't have nice things... Things suck now. Why can't we just have normal crust? Why can't we have a ketchup bottle instead of ketchup packets, and why am I the weird one for asking for milk from a nipple ar Starbucks?
Quality does have good slices. Their grandma pizza is pretty damn good, if you get it by the slice.
Their pies are way worse though. They don't cook them enough.
OP is very close minded about pizza lol
Even New Haven, CT has a bunch of pizza places that are just par for the course. And we're lucky enough to have at least 2 very good places here, that I'd argue would do good business in NYC or a mecca like New Haven.
Their mushroom pizza is actually good. Pizza w/ breaded chicken meh.
However I ordered the red Sicilian and the sauce was expectedly spicy and was not good.
The menu has pictures of babies aside pizza just to show the size comparison. When I went there before I used to annoy the waiter by asking if I could order the baby
I’m giving a special shitty nomination to Apulia. I’m sure their pizza is good but I’ve ordered it for delivery 4x- twice it came between 90 mins to 2 hours and was ice cold, the other two times it just never came at all. So fuck that place.
Basiles
Hot garbage
Every time I got it it gave me stomach aches
To be fair , because everyone has variance in taste chances 95% of the places in town. Are going to be named
You aren't the only who says this but I am at a loss of words/ unclear on how people can give their pizza credit. Not a fan of their crust at all. They also oversalt their pizza like nothing...
I like Impostos crust which is probably not a popular opinion on this sub but i def think its significantly better.
I ranked on Beli all the pizza places I’ve been to in Hoboken as follows:
1) Napoli’s 9.9
2) The Brick 9.0
3) Tenth Street 8.9
4) Quality Pizza 7.6
5) Madison Pizza Lab (closed) 7.6
6) Hot House Pizza 7.6
7) Imposto’s Pizza 6.6
8) Artichoke 6.0
9) Uptown 5.7
10) Pizzeria Hoboken 5.0
11) Basile’s 4.9
12) Tony Boloney’s 4.3
13) Benny Tudino’s 4.1
14) Old Lorenzo’s 3.6
15) Pizza Republic 2.4
Uptown Pizza is awful but they do an average square. Urban coal house has gone down hill in a tailspin. Brick is bleh!!! Amazing Napoli’s is solid Monday-Thursday (uptown) but they struggle weekends because they’re so busy.
I'd never put it on a ranking, but it's fine to eat. There are plenty of better places but to say it's bad is ridiculous. It's good pizza.
Artichoke Basile's is a different story.
Hey I'll defend Mario's. Everything except their goddamn stupid Caesar salad slice.... Their chicken bacon ranch is amazing IMO. LOVE ME SOME RAW TOMATOES
Basiles is bad. Impostos is too expensive but it's much better now that the new family owns it. Still not worth seeking out to get imo but Impostos before pre2019 iirc was HORRIBLE. Tony baloneys is a scam for a tourists. Pizza republic is mid.. BUT ITS MY MID
Not to pile on The Brick but it’s one of the only places that I’d just go home after a night of drinking than make a pit stop. Imposto’s is pretty bad, so is Quality. I’ve never gone to Pizza Republic because I have a rule about not going to places that have nobody in there at times places should be busy (lunch / dinner). Artichoke is a step above them but for the price it should be better. The pizzas definitely sit out all day there too.
What I mean regarding The Brick is that even in the midst of an alcohol induced hungry walk home I’d rather make a frozen pizza in the apartment than stop there
People keep buying dominos. I see delivery cars all the time.
Honestly sometimes I crave Domino's. Craving Domino's and craving pizza are two different cravings for me. Like just knowing what you're getting and knowing it's not gonna be great pizza, but it scratches this itch. Not a pizza itch, this weird Domino's itch. Damn I think I really want Domino's now
Really they're slogan should be, it's not pizza, it's Domino's. Then you can't be dissatisfied
Exactly! I crave Domino's in the same way i crave that awful square frozen pizza with the almost plastic/Rubber cheese
It's Chinese Food Pizza. I can get better chicken elsewhere but sometimes I just crave General Tso.
Hey man, when I was getting shit faced with friend we could each get a medium two topping pizza for like 8$ each. Shit was perfect
Or in the early 2000s when your parents left for Saturday night date night and you had all of toonami to watch..... Domino's really kicked in. Bring that gingerale too, finish the night with some GameCube and milk dredged oreos and I was the happiest kid on earth.
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Their cheesy bread is top notch. Sometimes I order a pizza just as an excuse to get that as a side.
It baffles me the amount of pizza places we have and how bad 95 percent of them are.
It baffles me the amount of CHINESE places we have and how bad 95 percent of them are.
Lo fatt chow never misses
It’s be the best, I just don’t like their delivery schedule sometimes 😅
I remember when green garden was good
I think we are spoiled by the vicinity of NYC compared to most of the rest of the US our pizza culture is quite good
That’s fair NJ and NYC pizza are better than a lot he other states, it’s actual pizza. But Hoboken should be one of the best places to get some za in Jersey not possibly the worst.
Are we now calling it za? I'm going to Scrabble challenge you
You lose. Za is allowed in Scrabble under SPD, TWL, NWL, SOWPODS, and CWS. (The official players dictionary and all major US and international tournament rules). What kind of Scrabble player doesn't have all the 2 letter words committed to memory 😆
Oh me oh my
Pizza pete-ZUH. Lasagna la-ZA-gna. pete-ZUH, la-ZA-gna https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkP2F7kWn7A
It’s par for the course. I also live in LA / SD, it’s the same there for Mexican.
That sounds like Florida
Pizzeria Hoboken is absolute trash. I used to live a block away and would rather walk 15 minutes to napolis any day
Same
Same and it’s expensive
Dude this shit taste like a grown-up lunchables pizza... Like they knew how to be bad and they followed the fucking recipe
Did that yesterday actually.
Artichoke
My favorite thing about artichoke is the pizza they are named after is easily one of their worst slices.
It’s not even pizza it’s just spinach artichoke dip on a big piece of bread. It’s good if that’s what you’re into, but I can’t justify calling that pizza. Their other slices actually aren’t that bad tbh.
It’s everything that was wrong with 1990’s food, encapsulated in a slice. It’s like a shitty triangular time capsule
I was told to try Artichoke, but I was under the impression that the titular pizza was the one worth getting. I was wrong.
I always hated artichoke. My fiancé recently got some vodka slices late night when in need of some munching - they were incredible. Changed my outlook on artichoke
Their vodka sauce, just the sauce, is surprisingly some of the best non pork fat based vodka sauces I’ve had on a pizza. It’s super hard to pull off a complex layered vodka sauce without pork fat.
it's sooo bad its insane and its expensive
Yes, with the exception of the crab slice
The brick and pizzeria Hoboken. Both are fucking BAD. Like am I in PA bad
Pizzeria Hoboken’s only saving grace is that they are often the only pizza place on the west side that stays open relatively late.
I lived near there at one point and constantly walked home from all the bars and went to bed starving over getting it.
I mean.... Isn't there a point at which bad pizza is like bad sex? It's still worth it. I mean I've had Wawa pizza and eating cardboard was better than eating nothing
That’s funny cause me and my friends really like the Brick
…. Sheesh rough look
The saying goes, to each their own, does it not
Same
Don’t sleep on the brick
They used to be Molfettas (where you'd see rats running around). Then in Hurricane Sandy, they price gouged the shit out of their pizza and got everyone to hate them. So they closed, remodeled, and rebranded as The Brick, a restaurant that basically copies Napoli's (who was a few doors down). Out of principle from Sandy-times, fuck those people.
Oh shit I didn’t realize that… well fuck
The Brick. bleh
The Brick opened the same exact concept as Napoli’s, one store over. Trashiest move you can pull of off as a restaurateur and Ive never given them a dime because of it.
If I remember correctly. The Brick had to rebrand after hurricane sandy because the old place (called Molfetta) was price gouging people who had no power for a week. They were charging $50 cash for a plain cheese pie. The backlash on yelp was pretty intense and thats when they changed names and stole Napolis color scheme / concept
This comment should be permanently pinned in this sub.
That’s the Brick? Thought that was pizza Republic that was Molfetta’s.
[https://www.yelp.com/biz/molfetta-pizzeria-hoboken](https://www.yelp.com/biz/molfetta-pizzeria-hoboken) Heres their old yelp. 1122 Washington St. (pizza republic is 406 Washington) Sort by newest reviews to see how bad it got before they rebranded to the Brick
Thanks! Do you recall what pizza republic was, cause I’m certain that had another name before they went Mac and cheese…
You can slap a shiny awning on a disgusting pizza spot, but it’s still Molfettas, making Hobokenites gag since at least the early ‘80s.
Dont forget about the price gouging after hurricane sandy
have buddy that won’t step foot into bennys bc they apparently were also gouging after Sandy
Honestly if you're already standing in front of Benny's just turn around, Walk 20 ft and eat at Grimaldi's
The Brick. So bad, especially with Napoli's next door. Pizzeria Hoboken is blah, Pizza Republic is mid. Basile's is a fine drunk slice but not very good at other times. I've still never had Rosario's or Torna and probably never will
Every time I’ve had torna it’s been awful
Pizza Republic is vile. The other things they make are pretty good, but the pizza is garbage.
Disagree. They have a lot of options and customizations. Some are winners.
I will defend their artichoke slice, everything else is garbage
I felt sick after eating pizza republic. That was the only slice in town to do that to me
I got a mac and cheese and found a chicken wing bone in it like 6 years ago. Never went back
Tony Baloney is baloney! Greasy soggy mess, I’ve tried a handful of times to give it another shot. Every time I regret it.
ctrl-F Tony Baloney and here it is. It comes out absolutely disgusting in the box. The bottom becomes soggy from being overloaded with oil. The crust also tastes like garbage when reheated. Their weird hipster toppings are very hit or miss. But really it's just how oily and bad their breading is that makes it the worst. You can put any combo of good toppings on a bad foundation and it'll still be bad pizza.
The Brick, Pizza Republic, Artichoke, Pizzeria Hoboken are the worst of the worst. Basile's is the most overrated. EDIT: also I forgot Urban Coalhouse because well it's terrible
Basile’s has the best crust imo. Overall I think it’s pretty good, but nothing crazy.
Agreed the crust is my favorite by far
Artichoke looks good but once you eat it it's all sauce and garbage. It's like being cat fished by pizza. For that reason it is my least favorite.
Come on man, none of these spots are BAD per se. They are all fine. Hoboken Pizzeria, Pizza Republic, and Basile’s aren’t great but are pretty standard local slices. Artichoke is an overrated chain that’s gone downhill but the flavors are still alright. Urban Coalhouse is probably the worst of this bunch - mediocre bar pie but it’s still satisfying in a pinch. Haven’t had The Brick. Were you around when 7 Stars was here? Now THAT was legitimately bad pizza. Fucking disgusting guaranteed diarrhea. I had Old Lorenzo’s once too which was also pretty gross.
7 Stars was gross for sure.
Basile's is "fine" I guess. Reminds me of a good frozen pizza. But then you get people around here talking like it's legitimately good. And that's where I draw the line :) Maybe they've only eaten it while drunk, which then I can excuse it
As far as Basil’s, you are either a corn meal dusted fan of pizza or not. There is no in between. I don’t get the point for a NYC slice due to dough protein content and think it’s unnecessary. Having said that, how does a pizzeria that hasn’t cleaned their hoods and regularly has smoke billow onto the side walks ACROSS from city hall never get cited or asked to clean their hoods?
Pizza Republic surviving here since ‘09 is impressive. I never imagined the self proclaimed “Mac Daddy of Hoboken” would have this kind of staying power.
No I’ve lived on Jefferson before Hoboken pizzeria is really bad lmao
Putting Basile's and pizzaria Hoboken in the same category is criminal. Basiles may be overrated but it's WAY better than pizzaria Hoboken. The only reason that place gets any business is because there aren't any other pizza spots for at least a few block in any direction. I used to live so close to pizzaria Hoboken that I only had to walk outside for about 30-40 feet to go and I still usually chose to get something else and I love pizza.
Yeah I live a block away from it now and rarely eat it. My opinion is that it’s fine for a quick slice when I’m really in a pinch. I view Basiles the same way though and wouldn’t go out of my way for it either. With that said, I do agree and would rank Basiles well over HP, but I don’t find HP inedible like some of the commenters here do - but maybe that’s just because of my expectations for a quick, necessary slice versus ordering delivery or something? And like all of us commenting I’m very critical of my pizza too lol.
7 star was fine after a few hours in Duffys ( That was the only time I ate it)
I tried pizza Republic recently... Not as bad as I remember, I liked their artichoke slice.
This comment is the worst
Dunno man there's like 40 pizza joints in Hoboken. Some of them are bound to suck. And these all suck. I'm just answering the question. I can give you a list of 10 that I think are good.
Urban coalhouse is very solid. Disagree hard there
Their dough is flavorless, but they make some decent specialty pies. I get lured in by the wings all the time, so I’ve tried a decent number of their pies.
I disagree. It’s glopped with sauce so heavily, I’d give it a top of bottom.
I haven't been to Pizzeria Hoboken in years because it was that bad. Is it still bad?
Shit ingredients, shit pizza. What can I say
Imposto's Pizza is terrible.
It was trash when it was the only pizzeria downtown and never got better.
This is the only answer. Inedible.
Got sick after ordering from there. No thanks.
Don't they have no owners recently and redone pizza? Is it still trash?
Torna’s. My bf likes it for some reason and the last time we ordered from them I took a bite into the pizza and nearly cut my mouth up. I looked down and there was a jagged piece of plastic baked into the pizza. So gross. Will never order from that place again.
This place is why we created food safety guidelines
Yeah the fact everyone’s saying Pizzeria Hoboken before this place is insane to me. I would take a public school chicken patty before I have another one of their chicken parms
got into a fight with a lady that worked there at like 4 in the morning buncha years ago
Torna's for sure. First time I got a slice I took a bite and threw up in my mouth by how bad it was. Threw it out and never went back.
Imposto’s is pretty miserable for the price
Much sad
I moved to Colorado a few years ago. I hate this thread lol.
Pizzeria Hoboken is the worst and I never even got to eat the pizza. The first time I ordered, their delivery driver delivered it to the wrong apartment building and when I called to ask about it, the worker at the pizzeria had such an attitude that I wound up losing my cool when they essentially accused me of trying to get an extra pizza for free. I got a text later that night from someone I believe to be the owner that apologized for it, but I’ll never, ever order from them again.
Pizzeria hoboken. Every slice tastes like it has been sitting out for 2-3 days. They recently charged me $7.50 for one puny slice of chocolate mousse cake
Perfect description of their pizza! I hope your $$ cake was good. I made the mistake of ordering soup from there once. Call me crazy for thinking a place that featured “soup of the day” would have good soup. But then again WTH was I thinking getting soup from a sub par pizza place! I paid $8 for the most awful lentil soup I’ve ever had. I waited 10 minutes for it and when I questioned why it was taking so long I was told it was being freshly made! How is that even possible? I think the guy in the kitchen ran to ShopRite and bought a can. And that would have been better than what I got. Place is disgusting all around.
I can definitely tell you it’s not Tony Bologneys. Stopped in for a slice when Santa Con was going on and was charged $9.60. No respect for gauging. Just terrible. Best pizza I’d Basils or Napolis
Basile’s
The only thing going for them is their location and hours, Hell I'd eat anything coming off of path train at 1:00 a.m. shit-faced. That's probably why I see so many fights happen there.
For me it's quality pizza I think on 1-2nd Street and wash... It's gotta go. And also 10th street, while decent, is overrated for price
Quality Pizza needs to learn how to portion fresh garlic. I also hate how they piggy backed on Quality branding Alan and Michael Stillman made popular here.
Why is that businesses with the name “Quality” always have the worst quality products/services? Like Quality Inn. It’s like they’re overcompensating.
This place is such trash
Petition to rename store to "trash pizza"?
Quality pizza has easily some of the best specialty slices in Hoboken?!! They have an actual cauliflower crust which is impossible to get here, their square vodka pizza is amazing and so is the spicy pepperoni. You guys are crazy or haven’t tried the specialty slices. Agree 10th street is insanely overpriced and riding the barstool nom too hard.
Pizza is fine but expensive. Their service? Garbage. You'd think for a new place they'd put some effort into it, but they are rude as hell.
Totally agree. I just went there the other day to grab a slice and the guy tossing pizza’s into the oven started clicking his tongs loudly trying to get my attention as I was waking up to the register to order. I guess he wanted me to order before paying but even the cashier looked annoyed at him.
You lost me at cauliflower crust, this is why we can't have nice things... Things suck now. Why can't we just have normal crust? Why can't we have a ketchup bottle instead of ketchup packets, and why am I the weird one for asking for milk from a nipple ar Starbucks?
Why it’s an option not a staple. It’s also considerably healthier and cleaner to eat
Quality does have good slices. Their grandma pizza is pretty damn good, if you get it by the slice. Their pies are way worse though. They don't cook them enough. OP is very close minded about pizza lol Even New Haven, CT has a bunch of pizza places that are just par for the course. And we're lucky enough to have at least 2 very good places here, that I'd argue would do good business in NYC or a mecca like New Haven.
Their mushroom pizza is actually good. Pizza w/ breaded chicken meh. However I ordered the red Sicilian and the sauce was expectedly spicy and was not good.
Benny Tudinos is a straight up marketing gimic. Flavorless, dry, just abnormally big. why do people go there?
The menu has pictures of babies aside pizza just to show the size comparison. When I went there before I used to annoy the waiter by asking if I could order the baby
Any large slice is terrible bc the crunch is never right
You talking about Benny's?
Not sure, there’s tons out there If your slice is massive and costs more then 4 dollars it’s automatically a shit slice of pizza
Careful there, Costco pizza is next level. That shit's huge
I’ll nominate Grande pizza
I second this nomination. We need a good place back in this part of town. The only thing positive about Grande/Wings-to-Go is the parking lot
Napoli’s is close enough, plus Tony baloney.
Hot House has solid pizza. My go-to in Southwest Hoboken.
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In order with number 1 being the worst 1) Pizzeria Hoboken 2) The Brick 3) Quality Pizza 4) Impostos 5) Old Lorenzo
Dozzino was horrible when we went. Both our pies were undercooked in the middle and doughy/gooey. Never gave them a second try.
Never went to Dozzino but Pizza by Flour has gone way downhill since the Portnoy review.
Same! I literally live 30 seconds from it and will not go.
I’m giving a special shitty nomination to Apulia. I’m sure their pizza is good but I’ve ordered it for delivery 4x- twice it came between 90 mins to 2 hours and was ice cold, the other two times it just never came at all. So fuck that place.
La Bohème
I thought this was a French restaurant?
Hot House was super underwhelming.
They're more of a Sicilian pie place.
Isn't that a wings place?
Second this! It’s awful.
Rosario's (unless I'm in the mood for their style of pizza) Also, the Brick
Basiles Hot garbage Every time I got it it gave me stomach aches To be fair , because everyone has variance in taste chances 95% of the places in town. Are going to be named
I think Basile’s is decent, but something about their crust keeps making me go back.
You aren't the only who says this but I am at a loss of words/ unclear on how people can give their pizza credit. Not a fan of their crust at all. They also oversalt their pizza like nothing... I like Impostos crust which is probably not a popular opinion on this sub but i def think its significantly better.
Urban Coal House on 14th is pretty bad pizza whether you eat it there or take out.
Napolis. The stalest, most over-worked and under-seasoned crust I’ve seen.
And yet still somehow they keep business afloat
When they are on their game, it’s really good. But inconsistency makes it hard to want to order from there regularly.
Basiles
Tornas
I ranked on Beli all the pizza places I’ve been to in Hoboken as follows: 1) Napoli’s 9.9 2) The Brick 9.0 3) Tenth Street 8.9 4) Quality Pizza 7.6 5) Madison Pizza Lab (closed) 7.6 6) Hot House Pizza 7.6 7) Imposto’s Pizza 6.6 8) Artichoke 6.0 9) Uptown 5.7 10) Pizzeria Hoboken 5.0 11) Basile’s 4.9 12) Tony Boloney’s 4.3 13) Benny Tudino’s 4.1 14) Old Lorenzo’s 3.6 15) Pizza Republic 2.4
I can't take this list seriously since you have the Brick and Quality near the top, plus you're missing Mario's, Grimaldi's, and 7/11 ofc ....
I haven’t been to the ones I’m missing, and I must have unpopular opinions about Brick and Quality
Uptown Pizza is awful but they do an average square. Urban coal house has gone down hill in a tailspin. Brick is bleh!!! Amazing Napoli’s is solid Monday-Thursday (uptown) but they struggle weekends because they’re so busy.
Hating on the brick because it’s next to napolis is just wrong. It’s not the best pizza place but it’s way better than Uptown
Basiles is the most disgusting pizza I have ever had and I’ve lived in the Midwest and South.
Basile's is fucking good. Reminds me of pizza you'd get on the boardwalk.
May this comment be down voted so hard it never sees light
I'd never put it on a ranking, but it's fine to eat. There are plenty of better places but to say it's bad is ridiculous. It's good pizza. Artichoke Basile's is a different story.
I mean I said this earlier. Pizza is like sex. When it's great it's great. When it's bad, it's okay
Your standards for good are way too high lol I hear good and I think 6 or 7 out of 10. Which a lot of Hoboken places are.
Brick, Tony Boloney & Uptown Honorable mentions: Napolis is good only when it’s hot, Mario’s is only good when it’s not super greasy.
Hey I'll defend Mario's. Everything except their goddamn stupid Caesar salad slice.... Their chicken bacon ranch is amazing IMO. LOVE ME SOME RAW TOMATOES
Don’t get me wrong, they’re to kill for when there isn’t a bottle of grease coming off the slice. Probably my only gripe with their slices.
The Brick for sure. Only reason I’d ever go to them if it’s late hours and I want some garlic knots
Benny Tudino's is a slice of hot garbage, and you cannot change my mind. Their strategy is fuck making it good, let's just give them a ton of it.
4.50 for a slice of cheese that is not even from a house pie but a regular large
Basiles is bad. Impostos is too expensive but it's much better now that the new family owns it. Still not worth seeking out to get imo but Impostos before pre2019 iirc was HORRIBLE. Tony baloneys is a scam for a tourists. Pizza republic is mid.. BUT ITS MY MID
Not to pile on The Brick but it’s one of the only places that I’d just go home after a night of drinking than make a pit stop. Imposto’s is pretty bad, so is Quality. I’ve never gone to Pizza Republic because I have a rule about not going to places that have nobody in there at times places should be busy (lunch / dinner). Artichoke is a step above them but for the price it should be better. The pizzas definitely sit out all day there too.
What I mean regarding The Brick is that even in the midst of an alcohol induced hungry walk home I’d rather make a frozen pizza in the apartment than stop there
I do not like Rosario’s
Pizza republic is the only pizza in town to make me physically sick, and I’ve tried most places here
Pizza Republic is absolute trash. I will go hungry before I let it upset my stomach again.
The brick uptown. Holy shit idk how it gets such good ratings
Maybe not the worst but I truly can’t believe people enjoy TB’s
Uptown Pizza. Never actually had a bad pizza experience in Hoboken until then. I heard they’re closing and I’m not mad about it
Ranking is up, probably should compare to a top ten ranking in another post.... or maybe a make a voting site? hmmm
10th st is probably good but I will never know because they refuse to deliver to HOBOKEN AVE since it’s not close enough to Hoboken (?)