antico pizza

off my favorite list. until this last visit, i had regarded antico as my favorite neapolitan style pizza outside of naples. when i walked in the door i was greeted by the rare scent of cooking pizzas that is rarely found in pizzerias.

the dining room that faces the ovens is great fun, but my margherita came out very quickly, and was quite haphazard in appearance. a scant amount of sauce and a very doughy pie really left me cold on this experience. the sauce dumped on in a swirl, and not evenly applied, leaving the a good third of the outside of the pie topped with nothing(i posted a photo). this isn't consistent with past pies, and is a sign of careless pizza-making.

i can get that you won't put any pecorino on the pie, and that garlic has to come with it, but antico, you need to get it together again. i'm not paying $22 for that anymore.

horrible experience. the pizza was burnt and overpriced to the point of insanity. the place was loud as a bar and we had to eat our $50 pizzas and $3 cokes standing up. never going back, ever.

never fails to impress. we took our family visiting atlanta to antico the other day; their first time. it never amazes me to watch the faces of first timers walking in the door for the first time. the line, the smells & the heat...so enticing!!
we ordered the san gennaro, diavala & a margherita. we had 7 people & as you can guess, the pie was gone toutes suite!!! also be sure to try their latest offering, the sofia. the mushrooms & truffle are exquisite! an atlanta favorite with great reason!!

very good food. the most annoying atmophere! you can't sit anywhere and when you do, you can't eat in peace.

burnt pizza. it was my families first time at antico's pizza last night, we were so excited to eat the best pizza in atlanta. until we got home with our take out box to find that the pizza was burnt to a crisp. couldn't enjoy the pizza one bit and forget trying to eat my favorite part, the crust that tasted like charcoal.. so disappointed, yes i ate it and so did my family. we don't believe in wasting food or money. but i honestly feel as if we got robbed for our $24 dollars. never will eat here again!!!!

definitely a lot more pizza than two people can handle, but we bought more with the intention of enjoying it as leftovers the next day. (which works for me--it just means i won't have to cook for another day!)

disappointing date night. my husband and i decided to finally try antico pizza after hearing rave reviews about their "amazing" pizza from several atlantans.

we made it an early date night as we've also heard it gets super packed and there is limited seating. we got there around 4:30 only to be greeted by two very cold and rushed cashiers. i had no idea what anything on the menu meant (all in italian), so when i asked the cashier about what one of the toppings written out meant, she rudely snapped at me and hurried me into ordering. there were only two people behind me, and she definitely had time to explain especially if i am about to pay $22 for a pizza! she handed me two cups and before i could turn and ask her where the water was, she was already coldly rushing the next guest.

my husband and i sat down and our pizza came out minutes later- on a pan...which we needed to eat over because they didn't serve plates. are we dogs? we went in search for the water only to discover it's at a sink on the wall, where you wash your hands. the pizza was not bad but definitely not worth the money. we were there all of 20 minutes because we felt so rushed and unwelcomed.

let's just say we will be date nighting elsewhere moving forward!

i have heard the food is amazing but the lack of wheelchair access prevented me from even trying it. they need to fix this serious issue.

old school pizza. bring your own bottle of vino! find a table to squeeze into because this place is very busy. but, the pizza comes out within 10 minutes!

great authentic pizza
dining is communal no plates but paper towels. only negative is they serve 8.5 oz sodas in a tin bottle shape can. coke etc. they do have italian sodas beer and wine
worth coming back to

amazing!. best pizza in the city of atlanta in my opinion! the crust is perfect. the ingredients are fresh and delicious. i try to eat there at least once a week.

food critics have no credibility. if this is what the food critics call a good pizza experience then someone is being paid off or i went to the wrong restaurant. my wife and i went to antico's about 1:00 last monday with high expectations based on several reviews including georgia traveler. we ordered the san gennaro, an italian sausage pizza for $21 and a 8 oz coke for $2.75. the staff was no help at all and was quite rude. no adds, changes or deletions are allowed, sort of like the soup nazi. the pizza arrived in only 5 min but was cold and soggy. i have had pizza in rome italy and this was not it. since they do not make pizzas to order this one must have been sitting around for a while. we wanted to tell someone so we could get it heated up but there is no wait staff at all and no customer service and they do not care. i guess this is what they call low urban trendy. i call it a really bad dining experience. i cannot say enough bad things about this place. do not go there....unless you like arrogant staff, bad atmosphere, loud mexican music, overpriced food, and cold soggy pizza. if only the pizza had been good you might overlook all the other short comings. as we were leaving we saw the owner leave in his new black mercedes. that says it all....boy were we taken. repeat....avoid this place.

first and last.. the pizza's are amazing but my experience was ultimately ruined by the staff's behavior.
we arrived on a monday evening just before 6pm, parking spaces were available and there was no line inside.
upon entering antico, i was greeted by the furrowed brow and frowning face of a cashier. after studying the menu for a few moments, i asked for a recommendation but my question was answered in an insulting way as if i had asked ignorant question... both cashiers were incredibly rude and unfriendly... i placed my order with one and the other ripped the menu out of my hands.
we sat down and our pizza was out faster than expected. i was unable to fully enjoy the pie as i felt unwelcome. i was also rushed by a waitress / busser who was in my personal space wiping away crumbs immediately after my last bite.

antico, the famed pizzeria napoletana found in midtown atlanta, has proven to have the best classic naples style pizza in the state of georgia by many a critic. its theme is simple; let the food do the talking. with all ingredients shipped in from napoli and campania, italy, (including the 10,000 lbs. ovens) the focus is obvious; they are all about authenticity. don’t get me wrong; i love the minimalist italian themed package. the simply italian inspired color palet

vulcanic cash cow. i was taken by a friend to the new "elysium of pizza" , this past sat night. when we arrived at antico pizza there was an uniform ap officer directing the traffic in front of the pizzeria, "wow" i say to myself "i've never seen anything like it". after fifteen minutes standing on line, we made our way to the front counter where we ordered two items from the menu: one "verdure" and one "cipollini". communal tables where everyone sits elbow to elbow with other unknown fiends of the slice. the two pizzas arrived on a rectangular restaurant size aluminium tray, pre cut, each a good 18" in diameter, piping hot, great!! however, to an old pizza "conoscente" (correct italian spelling) one thing made the whole hyperbole collapse, the amount of the ingredients spread over the "piazza" size pizzas: few medallions of the bufala mozzarella, few pomodorini and fewer strings of broccoli rabe for the verdure, the whole surrounded by a sea of dough cooked in "vulcanic lava floored ovens"

the cliche' of "original" including the many mispelling to the italian text, ieven on the ceramic plaque by the entance welcoming the crowd of pizza-junkies, gave this operation another stamp of a new jersey's "let's get these hilly-billies- confederates-money attitude.

for $20+ bucks a pizza and seeing the mobs flooding this place, one has to ponder whether oscar wilde's quip about american's people intelligence still holds true, the economic recession is bogus or that after eating pizzas in many naples truly original pizzerias yours truly doesn't know a blip about the world's #1 food. only the latter is untrue.

i give it one star, jus for the fun of people watching, even zagat is way wrong!