umberto's pizza

prices are very reasonable. i would recommend getting extracheeseon pizza. it isn't exactly 100% nyc style but closer than you would find elsewhere. the calzones i really liked! they were very greasy but that is expected to a degree. they use ricottacheesewhich is a must for a true calzone

pizza by the slice. last week i was in the area, and stopped in to order a couple of slices of their sausage pizza. for those who haven't tried umberto's, their slices are large and prepared very well. i got there about 11am, and was the 1st to order in house. my pizza came out quickly and was very, very good. nice amount of sausage andcheeseand their pizza sauce had a nice flavor. i had to work to finish both slices, and left a happy guy. give them a try!

i burned my lip on a slice!. if that doesn't tell you how good it was, well, i couldn't wait to bite into my slice. i was next door at the eye glass store at lunch time getting glasses adjusted, and i thought, "i'm starving" so i walked next door and ordered two slices to go, acheeseand an italian sausage. it took a few minutes so i walked around and looked at an old clipping on the wall from a review, read that, picked up a local free paper, and my order was ready. i opened it an sprinkled some hot pepper flakes on top, and walked back to the car. now, i had a 20 minute drive home and i knew i couldn't stand to wait to eat one of those slices, so i set up one of them with napkins so i could easiely eat it without making a mess. these slices are big, so you have to do the brooklyn fold, less messy too. i got on my way home and picked it up and briefly remembered how i used to burn my mouth when i was a kid eating a slice that was too hot when wham! burned my lip on a flaming piece of cheese! didn't i just remember doing that? oh, crap, i had to put it down and wait a minute or two before i could try again but it was soooo good! it took all the drive home to cool it down and nibble at it, but it was all i remember, along with the burned lip, and i ate the other slice later that night, slowly heating it up in my toaster oven. this is just like i remember growing up in nj, at the local pizzeria.the slices start at about $2.45 i think for a cheese, worth every penny, like i said, they are huge. it is located near my daughter's house and i am going to have to make a habit of this! one comment, i just edited this post after looking at the menu posted on this page and the prices are out of date, so don't go there thinking these are current! this needs to be updated

3 strikes - umberto's is out!. we moved to midtown 9 months ago. umberto's has only gone downhill. at first it was a consistency issue! one time the pie would be awesome, but the next time it would be awful. tonight i drove back to show them my pie only hadcheesein the middle. the man said, "you wantcheeseon the rest?" yeah..i likecheeseon the whole thing. so i wait for 15 minutes for a pizza replacement. i drive three blocks home and discover, not a new pie but the old one, now covered incheeseand microwaved. it was almost cold. that's it - we will never eat here again. l

garlic knots andcheesepizza=gross. i was excited to try umberttos new york style pizza. i went on my lunch hour since i heard the service was pretty quick. i walked in and the tempature inside was just as hot outside (not really but it was hot and sticky), ordered my food just a plaincheesepizza slice with garlic knots, i waited for over 20 minutes for my food and there were a bunch of ladies at the table right behind me who i guess were also waiting too long for their food. after i finally got my food i wasn't even impressed with it. the garlic knots were "okay" but the pizza was pretty gross. i had mario's pizza not too long ago so i had something to compare it to and mario's wins by far.

good for lunch (with an asterik). good crust, good sauce. i like veggie pizza, and the veggie selection was pretty limited (about the same as mazzio's offers). flavor was generally ok, but thecheesewasn't a good, low moisturecheesethat the best pizzas have. that said, one piece is is about all you need for lunch, and the per slice price is a good deal (would be a bargain with a better veggie selection).

fork me!. umberto's is one of those little hole-in-the-wall places you always went to when you were in college. of course, the top of the list item here is pizza. pizza's here are divided by physical size, and they have all the general toppings you could want on your pizza. i can't speak to all of them, sorry, but last time i was here i went with meat-lovers. meat lovers is pretty self explanatory for those of you that read english (and i'm assuming you do since you're a few sentences into this), but to be more specific, your pie comes covered in ham, ground beef, pepperoni, and some sausage i believe on top of the usual sauce +cheese+ dough combination that makes a pizza. as the previous review noted, mozzarella is a pretty moistcheeseand when this is combined with the fact that pizza is a big saucy item covered in a bunch of meats that arguably have a high fat content that melts out of the meat and into your crust, your pizza can get kinda messy/moist. i rarely eat pizza with a fork but when i'm here, fork me. now for me this isn't such a bad thing, the pizza tastes pretty good here and when you look at what you're paying, i'd rather come here than go to mazzios or pizza hut most of the time.

as far as service and atmosphere goes, this place looks like a hole-in-the-wall pizza place. it's not like "you don't know where i've been, lou!" or anything like that, it's just an old looking pizza place. you'll be fine, i promise. the guys behind the counter are pretty nice the few times i've talked to them...they've even let me bypass the .25 refill fee a time or two! plus, a random side note, you can pretty much see the entire kitchen when you're ordering, something that's reassuring to me, basically that they let the customer see "hey we're not dirty slobs, we keep the kitchen clean, don't worry about it!".

overall, umberto's gives you good value for your money when you're in the market for pizza. lots of choices of yummy items make up for what might be a little bit of a mess. pizza here is big and tasty and when that's coupled with affordable, it sounds like a pretty good recipe to me.