Lazzara's Pizza Cafe

We visited this pizza place because Dave Portnoy gave it a nine point something score and we wanted to see how good it was. I thought the pizza was OK but I felt a little bit rushed. The atmosphere is nice and I would return. Perhaps I was just expecting a lot because of Dave’s score

Unique spot with delicious thin crust pizza, fresh salads, dine in, fast friendly service, and a bathroom. Seriously what more can you ask for in NYC. Tried the plan and margarita pizza. Personally preferred the margarita. The grape tomatoes and fresh basil paired perfectly with the crunch and cook of the crust. Sicilian salad was nice and fresh with quality fresh mozzarella and soft sun dried tomatoes. I will be back.

Ate here tonight. Try the pizzas! they are delicious. We got one whole cheese. Thin crust squares with a little sweet sauce. Then we got 1/2 hot honey and pepperoni and 1/2 mushrooms, peppers and onions. The veg pie was good. The hot honey pepperoni was awesome. Perhaps a little more honey. Downsides there are tv screens on playing ninja warrior. The drinks are expensive and they charge for bottle water. No tap available. Cool part is that it’s up a stoop and kinda hidden away on a random street in midtown. Some old school ceiling fans, an old transistor radio thing. Definitely would eat here again and order the Caesar salad!

This is our third visit to Lazzara's. Never disappoints! The tossed salad for 2 and Harris special pie are where it's at! The owner even came out to snap a picture with us. Attentive service, excellent italian rosè, awesome pizza. The pizza by the way is thin crust, not quite New York style, reminds me a little bit of Chicago tavern style, excellent nonetheless. Don't miss out on the homemade cannolis for dessert.

This place came highly recommended by our NYC family! This pizza is fabulous! It is not your traditional New York, flop over pizza, it is so much more! Very thin and rectangle...we could have eaten several of these tasty italian delights! Located in an office or apt building....not sure which...you have to walk up to the second floor and thru the door is a little restaurant with a lot of delicious smells. We had great service and enjoyed many of their pizzas as well as a huge ceasar salad that the 3 of us shared. Check it out next time you are in New York City!

We had the clam in tomato broth appetizer and the half Lazarra's special / half Alorna pizza. The appetizer was good but I wasn't a fan of the pizza. The sauce was very watery near the middle, it was like the tomato broth from the appetizer was put onto the pizza. Maybe while cooking, the temperature wasn't high enough toward the middle of the pizza so it's dehydrated

This place was disappointing, I tried to avoid a tourist trap and ended up in a horrible pizza place. We ordered half a pizza with different cheese types, and ended up being the most disgusting pizza with some sort of sauce on top that looked like white slime. The only thing I would recommend here is the fresh black tea. I must say that the personnel was nice and friendly, the place is small and cozy.

Pretty sure I felt the spirit of Billy Joel, circa 1985, sweep through me as I sat in Lazzara’s dining room this July. Head up an unassuming stairwell in the Garment District to find Lazzaras. On the far side of a tiled entry, open the door and find yourself transported back to the New York City of 40 years ago in this charming pizza place. Feast your eyes on the crystal light fixtures, exposed brick and maroon plaster walls that echo the color of marinara sauce, and little tables waiting for a lucky few to dine with their friendly and helpful staff. We loved the experience of dining here, from sampling Lazzara’s house sodas - sweet and bubbly! - to the yacht rock playlist keeping everything nice and chill on a summer’s afternoon. Yes, Steely Dan, it WILL come back to you. The garlic knots were a light and buttery treat while we waited for our pizza. We wanted to sample a lot of different kinds of pizza in New York. We came to Lazzara’s because I read a review that said it was like “Totino‘s in the best way possible,” lol. While that may not sound like a huge compliment, I live in a house of people that love Totinos so I thought this could be interesting. I understand what that reviewer was saying after trying the pizza. First, they are rectangle shaped pizzas with a very thin crust that is soft in the center and crispy in the edges. Then, their sauce is sweet and smooth in a way that is similar to Totino’s. Make no mistake, it’s good pizza and elevated from anything you would find in a freezer section, but I recognize those similarities. We got a pizza that was half all meats and half lasagna pizza. I felt like the lasagna side, with a generous helping of ricotta cheese, was a little bland. But the meat side! The various meats that they added to that pizza were so flavorful! We did feel like the pizza was expensive for what we got. It wasn’t very large, but too pricey to buy a second rectangular pie, and I don’t know that any of us four were completely full after we ate our garlic knots and pizza too. I recommend you try Lazzara’s for the experience alone, for the delicious food, and absolutely for the opportunity to take a step back into a restaurant that exists in a bygone era. Lazzara’s, don’t ever change!