Lombardi's Pizza
Pizzeria$$$$
NoLita, New York
The experts at Eater and Serious Eats recommend this place
"Try the Margherita Pizza - Eating at the nation's first pizzeria!"(20 Tips)
"First pizza joint in the U.S., excellent Original Margherita pizza!"(38 Tips)
"Classic NY style pizza, really good!"(5 Tips)
"The white pizza is the best, followed by pepperoni or clam."(10 Tips)
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HowcastSeptember 23, 2011Can't seem to finish that last slice, but can't let go? Click here to learn how to reheat leftover pizza! http://ow.ly/6CWRR
Erica FinleyJune 23, 2011There's a long wait for a reason. Best pizza in the city — run, don't walk, there!
NarMay 27, 2012They clean the oven between 4-4:30 so come before or after that time or you'll be waiting.
Chris PolloneAugust 26, 2014Don't come at me with "tourist trap". Is the Sistine Chapel a "tourist trap"? This is the place that invented NYC pizza. Show some respect.
Rachel DaleyAugust 11, 2012It's so good that you should take home and have it injected in your veins.
Sergei ErmackSeptember 3, 2014Pizza is very average, place is too touristy. Worth a visit though just to check the box you've been to the 1st pizza place in NYC.
Lenny GalloSeptember 18, 2010Remember, no credit cards; no refills. A little pricey. I'm glad I went to say I've been to the birth place of pizza, but no need to wait in that long line again.
ManbqueOctober 22, 2012A tourist trap, yes, but nothing beats a coal fired oven pizza with a pitcher of Yuengling
ArjunAugust 6, 2015Skip this place and go to a real pizza shop. If you do eat here, skip the "wild" mushrooms (white button mushrooms) and "coal fire roasted" red pepper (completely flavorless).
Mike MacOctober 27, 2010Lombardi's trophy is named after this pizza! Get a craft on draft... You can't go wrong.
Bonnie RamonMarch 24, 2011I ate here and it was pretty great, and lucky not to wait long cause I went when it was very early.
Kevin ErskineDecember 26, 2013Don't bother with the bread sticks...since the pizza crust was so good, you'd figure the bread sticks would be good. Not so.
Charles BJanuary 24, 2012pizza is as good as it comes in Manhattan, but beware of tourists causing an insane wait for a table. Better off ordering in...
Try the meatballs margarita pizza! The meatballs tastes GREAT!
ScoutmobNovember 28, 2011Craving pizza? Lombardi's, established in 1905, is the nation's oldest pizzeria.
EatocracyJune 10, 2010The nation's first pizzeria doesn't accept reservations, but their wood-oven pies are worth the wait.
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Lombardi's was founded in 1905, making it the first pizzeria in the United States.
Closed until 11:00 AM (Show more)
- Mon–Thu
- 11:30 AM–11:00 PM
- Fri–Sat
- 11:30 AM–Midnight
- Sun
- 11:00 AM–11:00 PM
(212) 941-7994
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