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The Best Pizzerias in Naples
L'Antica Pizzeria da Michele
Naples, Italy
Gino e Toto Sorbillo
Naples, Italy
50 Kalò
Naples, Italy
Pizzeria Starita a Materdei
Naples, Italy
Pellone
Naples, Italy
Antica Pizzeria e Friggitoria Di Matteo
Naples, Italy
La Figlia del Presidente
Naples, Italy
Pizzeria Gaetano Genovesi
Naples, Italy
Ieri, Oggi e Domani
Naples, Italy
Pizzeria Da Attilio
Naples, Italy
Antica Pizza Fritta Da Zia Esterina Sorbillo
Naples, Italy
Pizzeria del Popolo
Naples, Italy
Diego Vitagliano Pizzeria
Naples, Italy
Lombardi a Foria
Naples, Italy
Pizzeria Laezza
Naples, Italy
Lombardi a Santa Chiara
Naples, Italy
Pizzaria la Notizia
Naples, Italy
Pizzeria Attanasio
Naples, Italy
Antica Friggitoria La Masardona
Naples, Italy
Pizzeria Errico Porzio (Lungomare Napoli)
Naples, Italy
1906 Imperatore
Naples, Italy
Federico Guardascione – Il Colmo del pizzaiolo
Naples, Italy
Pizzeria al 22
Naples, Italy
Pizzeria d'è Figliole
Naples, Italy
Carmnella
Naples, Italy
Antica Pizzeria Chiaia
Naples, Italy
Pizzeria e Trattoria Sannino
Naples, Italy
La Campagnola
Naples, Italy
Umberto
Naples, Italy
Isabella De Cham Pizza Fritta
Naples, Italy
Dal Soldino
Naples, Italy
Pizzeria Speranzella
Naples, Italy
Di Napoli
Naples, Italy
Palazzo Petrucci Pizzeria
Naples, Italy
Pizzeria Carminiello
Naples, Italy
Franco Gallifuoco
Naples, Italy
Acunzo
Naples, Italy
Cantina del Gallo
Naples, Italy
Benvenuti al Sud
Naples, Italy
San Gennaro Pizzeria
Naples, Italy
Cheapest Pizzerias in Naples
Errico Porzio Vomero
Naples, Italy
Friggitoria Vomero
Naples, Italy
Gigino & Figli
Naples, Italy
Antica Pizzeria del Borgo Orefici
Naples, Italy
Bro. Ciro e Antonio Tutino Pizzeria
Naples, Italy
3.0 Ciro Cascella
Naples, Italy
La Taverna di Totò
Naples, Italy
Maestri Pizzaioli
Naples, Italy
La Pizza da Gennaro
Naples, Italy
Alma Pizzeria Gourmet
Naples, Italy
Pizzeria Gennaro Rallo
Naples, Italy
Pizzeria Prigiobbo
Naples, Italy
Da Carmè
Naples, Italy
Pizzeria e Friggitoria del Popolo
Naples, Italy
Pizzeria Arcangelo Abbate
Naples, Italy
Pizzeria Del Corso
Naples, Italy
Miracoli
Naples, Italy
Pizza Fritta da Fernanda
Naples, Italy
Gusto & Gusto
Naples, Italy
1947 Pizza Fritta
Naples, Italy
Impasto 55
Naples, Italy
Pizzaioli Veraci Fuorigrotta
Naples, Italy
La Caraffa
Naples, Italy
Mascagni
Naples, Italy
OWAP
Naples, Italy
Add'o Guaglione
Naples, Italy
Pizza Social Lab
Naples, Italy
La Ruota
Naples, Italy
Rocco e i suoi fratelli
Naples, Italy
Santissima Pizza
Naples, Italy
Marino
Naples, Italy
OMG! La pizza di Gennaro Melillo
Naples, Italy
Sotto le Stelle
Naples, Italy
Pizzeria del Leone Daniela
Naples, Italy
Vittoria
Naples, Italy
Bro. Ciro e Antonio Tutino
Naples, Italy
Pizze e Pizze
Naples, Italy
Tavolo Riservato
Naples, Italy
Raf Bonetta
Naples, Italy
La Notizia 94
Naples, Italy
No city takes the craft of pizza more seriously than Naples. Pizza was invented here, sold to the working poor as cheap street food in the 18th century, generations before the rest of Italy claimed it. Neapolitans live for it and off it; by 1807 the city already counted 54 pizzerias.
The local style is simply Neapolitan, and the city guards it. A true Neapolitan pizza is hand-stretched, never rolled, dressed with San Marzano tomatoes and mozzarella, then baked in a wood oven near 485°C for 60 to 90 seconds. The center stays soft and a little wet; that is not undercooking, it is the rule.
The tomatoes come from the volcano. Vesuvius looms over the bay, and its mineral-rich soil grows the two tomatoes that define the city's pizza: the San Marzano, the long plum tomato from the plains below, and the Pomodorino del Piennolo del Vesuvio, a small, thick-skinned cherry tomato off the slopes that is tied into hanging clusters, the piennolo, and keeps for months.
The Margherita pizza was born here in 1889, when Raffaele Esposito of Pizzeria Brandi dressed one in tomato red, mozzarella white, and basil green for Queen Margherita of Savoy and named it for her. The royal thank-you letter still hangs on the wall. The oven from that day survives in the Giardino Torre of the Real Bosco di Capodimonte, relit in 2023 after 134 years, and you can go up the hill to watch it fire first-hand.
In 2017 UNESCO recognized the art of the Neapolitan pizzaiolo as intangible cultural heritage, the craft of the dough and the oven rather than the dish itself. Beyond the classic round pie you will find pizza fritta, the fried pizza born in the post-war years when ovens were scarce, and a wave of contemporary pizzaioli pushing longer fermentations and lighter crusts, a movement that also reshaped pizza up in Milan.
The densest pizza streets sit in the Centro Storico, above all Via dei Tribunali, with more spread through Forcella, the Quartieri Spagnoli, Materdei, and the Rione Sanità. Tribunali is also the most touristed strip; the giveaway is staff waving laminated menus at the door, and the better dough is usually a few streets off it.
Most of the historic pizzerias do not take reservations. L'Antica Pizzeria da Michele runs on a numbered ticket and serves only the Margherita and the marinara, with a line down the block and a price near 5 euros. Gourmet rooms like Concettina ai Tre Santi up in the Rione Sanità do take bookings, and you should use them. Lunch and mid-afternoon are the quieter windows. The 114 Naples pizzerias on our map are ranked by what people who came for the pizza actually thought, not by the longest line.
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Neapolitan star pizzaiolo: "fermentation in the fridge is no fermentation."
Salvatore Salvo of Pizzeria Salvo in Naples runs every hour of his bulk at 22 degrees, in a proofing cabinet, not a fridge. He treats the calendar in the panetto, not on the wall.
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Best Pizza Near the Naples Cruise Port
Your ship docks at Molo Beverello and the clock starts. Here is where to eat real Neapolitan pizza near the Naples cruise port, sorted by how far you can walk before all-aboard.
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Pizza Fritta: Naples's Best-Kept Secret
Most visitors never hear of pizza fritta until they are standing in Naples. It is the city's fried pizza, born out of hard times and still sold on the same corners. Here is what it is, plus the specialists worth the trip.
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Naples Pizza With a Sea View: The Best of the Lungomare
The centro storico has the legends, but the Naples seafront is where you eat a great pie with the Gulf, Vesuvius, and Castel dell'Ovo in front of you.
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How Much Is Pizza in Naples? Real 2026 Prices, From €1.50 a Portafoglio to €10 at Brandi
Pizza in Naples is the cheapest serious pizza on Earth, and the price points have a logic. The two-euro street fold, the five-euro neighborhood Margherita, the seven-to-ten-euro chef rooms, and why locals still flinch above six.
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The Different Styles of Neapolitan Pizza: STG, Canotto, Ruota di Carretta, Fritta, A Portafoglio
Inside Naples, Neapolitan pizza is not one shape. The STG benchmark, the wide ruota di carretta, the inflated canotto from Caserta, pizza fritta, pizza a portafoglio: the city's working menu in one read.
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World Pizza Day on January 17: The Saint, the Bonfire, and Why Naples Set the Date
January 17 became World Pizza Day because Naples pizzaioli already had that day on the calendar. Sant'Antonio Abate, the saint of fire, the Capodimonte bonfire, and a 2018 city decree that turned a parish tradition into a global one.
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The Margherita Pizza Legend: What Really Happened in Naples in 1889
Pizzeria Brandi has a plaque, a framed letter, and a date: June 11, 1889. The story of how a Neapolitan pizzaiolo named the most famous pizza on Earth for a visiting queen, and what historians have started to push back on.
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Pizza a Portafoglio: A Neapolitan Pizza for 2 euros
Pizza a portafoglio is Naples folded like a wallet: small, two euros, eaten standing, sometimes folded for you, sometimes folded by you. Where it came from, what it actually is, and the shops that still sell it the way they used to.
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Neapolitan Pizza: Rules, History, and Where to Eat It
The only pizza style protected by both Italian law and UNESCO. Inside the AVPN spec, the 1889 Margherita story, and the spots that get it right from Naples to Tokyo.
FAQs about Naples
Where was pizza invented?
In Naples, as cheap street food for the city's poor in the 18th century. By 1807 the city already counted 54 pizzerias, long before pizza spread north.
What pizza is Naples known for?
Classic Neapolitan: hand-stretched, dressed with San Marzano tomatoes and mozzarella, and baked near 485C for 60 to 90 seconds. The rules are codified, with EU Traditional Speciality Guaranteed status since 2010. The red, white, and green Margherita is the most famous Neapolitan variant, though the tomato-mozzarella-basil combination predates the 1889 legend by decades.
What tomatoes go on Neapolitan pizza?
Mostly San Marzano, the long plum tomato grown in the volcanic plains below Vesuvius, and the Pomodorino del Piennolo del Vesuvio, a sweet cherry tomato from the volcano's slopes. Both carry DOP protection.
Where is the best neighbourhood for pizza in Naples?
The highest density is along Via dei Tribunali in the Centro Storico, with more in Forcella, Materdei, the Quartieri Spagnoli, and the Rione Sanità. Locals tend to walk a few streets off the main Tribunali strip. If you're arriving by cruise ship, see our guide to pizza within walking distance of the port.
Do I need to book a pizzeria in Naples?
Most historic spots take no reservations and run on a numbered ticket or a name at the door. The gourmet and contemporary rooms do take bookings. Lunch and mid-afternoon have the shortest waits.
How much does a pizza cost in Naples?
About €5 to €6 for a Margherita at a traditional pizzeria, €8 to €13 at a gourmet one, and roughly €2 for street pizza. Naples is the cheapest city in Italy for pizza this good.
What is pizza fritta?
Fried pizza born in the post-war years, when wood ovens were damaged and frying needed only oil and dough. It was sold from ground-floor homes, sometimes on eight-day credit. You can still find the best historic friggitorie around Forcella and the old port, where families have been frying for generations.
What is pizza a portafoglio?
A small Margherita folded twice into a "wallet" so you can eat it walking, with light toppings so it does not spill. It runs about 2 euros and traces back to Naples street vendors. For a complete history and where to eat it, see Pizza a Portafoglio: A Neapolitan Pizza for 2 euros.
Which is the most famous pizzeria in Naples?
By review volume the headline name on our map is L'Antica Pizzeria da Michele, the Forcella institution Julia Roberts ate at in Eat Pray Love. It serves only the Margherita and the marinara.
Why is the center of Naples pizza soft and wet?
Because it bakes in 60 to 90 seconds at around 485°C, the center never dries out. That softness is the standard, not undercooking.
Where does the Margherita come from?
The Margherita was created in Naples in 1889 by pizzaiolo Raffaele Esposito, who dressed a pizza in the colors of the Italian flag: red tomato, white mozzarella, green basil, for Queen Margherita of Savoy. The thank-you letter still hangs at Pizzeria Brandi, and the original oven survives in the Real Bosco di Capodimonte, relit in 2023. The court letter confirms the queen received three pizzas she called "very good," but historians note the naming and flag connection live in oral tradition rather than documents.