Which pizza place to try?

?uestioner

is it a cert that Four Star is the best pizza in ireland? I just dont think any where else can compare can it??

Eathrin

Almost anywhere else is greater than or equal to four star pizza.

Merkin

?uestioner wrote: »

is it a cert that Four Star is the best pizza in ireland? I just dont think any where else can compare can it??

Paulie's Pizza on Grand Canal Street do the best pizza in the whole country I reckon!!

Honey-ec

Four Star is by far the worst of the pizza chains in Ireland.

DyldeBrill

Honey-ec wrote: »

Four Star is by far the worst of the pizza chains in Ireland.

By a mile! I don't go near the likes of Dominos or Four Star unless I'm absolutely desperate!

Go get yourself some proper pizza! Mario's in Malahide.....DELISH!

shrapnel222

Bistro Bianconi's do excellent pizza. Ranelagh or Ballsbridge.

emeraldstar

Never actually had Four Star but now I want to just to see how bad it is!

quaalude

If you're looking for cheap and cheerful pizza, Pizza Max is pretty good. Decent chips too.
They have a thin base pizza, much better than the likes of Four Star etc.
The one in North Strand delivers to the south city also.

Slaphead07

shrapnel222 wrote: »

Bistro Bianconi's do excellent pizza. Ranelagh or Ballsbridge.

Ranelagh one is long gone.

snollup

Pizza Stop off Grafton St is my favorate. Cheap too.

shrapnel222

Slaphead07 wrote: »

Ranelagh one is long gone.

ha. moved out two years ago myself

zzxx

Base WFP in Terenure or Ballsbridge. Excellent

Mrs Fox

Mario's in Terenure
Millers on Baggot St
And
+1 on Paulie's Pizza. Their sister restaurant Juniors in Ballsbridge is superb too.

Tar.Aldarion

Bistro bianconi in sligo made the best pizza I ever had, so the Dublin one might be good.

Must try paulies

Hells pizza is great!
Edit: its closed down

confusticated

Novecento in Cork is unreal.

quaalude

Popping into the pizza thread to add a new place I've tried twice now - Al Vesuvio on Mespil Road in Dublin 4.
Pizza is amazing, and good value - around 10 or 12 quid for 12 inch pizza, depending on toppings.
The sides I've tried were not good (chips - soggy, Italian potatoes - perhaps nice once, but reheated and super-greasy), but the pizza is maybe the best delivered pizza I've ever had - thin base, fresh-tasting and delicious, with exactly the right amount of toppings.

munster87

Firehouse in Ballymun is great

wandatowell

Get your furry little ass to your local Supervalu.

Order the pizza of your dreams, bring that bad boy home, cook him yourself and enjoy its tasty delights.


Thats what I do, innit.

Dermighty

Sober Lane, Cork.

holmeste

the best one i have tried has been Gotham Cafe just off grafton street in dublin

Gbear

Dermighty wrote: »

Sober Lane, Cork.

Do they actually cook their own or do they get them in?

The best pizza I've had in Ireland was in the Ballymore Inn in Ballymore Eustace in Wicklow.

Sober Lane wasn't far off though.

Slaphead07

quaalude wrote: »

Popping into the pizza thread to add a new place I've tried twice now - Al Vesuvio on Mespil Road in Dublin 4.
Pizza is amazing, and good value - around 10 or 12 quid for 12 inch pizza, depending on toppings....

I'd second that. I've been a regular and it never fails on pizza. As said the sides are another story. Foccachia is ok but it's really just salty herby pizza dough - we know better at this stage! I nip next door to Beshoffs for me chips!

Honey-ec

I'm pretty sure the OP was talking about delivery chains. Everyone in the country is going to have their own local favourite.

poisonated

If it's a pizza chain you are looking for - Mizzoni do very good pizzas.

Rays do very good pizza. There is one in Temple bar and one beside Harcourt street. I suppose they could be considered a chain as there are two of them but not the delivery type chain like Domino's, Four star etc.

BlueJohn

If in town drinkin, rays. If ordering for home apache

RandolphEsq

Chicagotown Takeaway is phenomenal.

harry Bailey esq

lotsa local chippers all over the country making pizza now.can be a bit hit and miss but generally i think they beat the large chains hands down.flanagans on o connell st do a lovely thin base pizza but they don't deliver

biko

The place next to Neachtain's.

Bateman

Keep meaning to try Paulie's, the food in Junior's is quality anyway

1968

Article on Dublin's first pizzerias:

http://comeheretome.com/2013/01/14/dublins-first-pizzerias/

Includes list of those ones opened in last 10 years or so:

Ciao Bella Roma at 25 Parliament Street (estd. 2003), Enoteca Langhe in the Italian Quarter (est.d 2003), Bar Italia on Ormond Quay (estd. 2004), Bottega Toffoli at 34 Castle Street (estd. 2005), Taverna in the Italian Quarter (est. 2005) Paulie’s Pizza at 58 Upper Grand Canal Street (estd. 2010), Credo at 19 Montague Street (estd. 2010), Da Mimmo in Fairview (est.d 2010), Al Vesuvio at 73 Mespil Road and Manifesto at 208 Rathmines Road Lower.

eustie5

pizza stop do great pizza or milano's!

theteal

difontaines. it's a bit out of the way from the old shop but it's worth the walk for a slice

DublinWriter

poisonated wrote: »

If it's a pizza chain you are looking for - Mizzoni do very good pizzas.

Mizzoni? Gawd no...dry as bejaysus.

Dominos FTW.

Slaphead07

DublinWriter wrote: »

Mizzoni? Gawd no...dry as bejaysus.

Dominos FTW.

Dominos could hardly be described as a pizza. Conveyor belt "baked goods" maybe but a long way from a real pizza.

DublinWriter

Slaphead07 wrote: »

Dominos could hardly be described as a pizza. Conveyor belt "baked goods" maybe but a long way from a real pizza.

Ok, so they use the 'Henry Ford' means of production, but please do explain to me why, in real terms, why a Dominos pizza is worse than anyone else's? Quality of the ingredients?

Twee.

For eating out it has to be Ciao Bella Roma.

If I'm ordering in I'll get the thin base from Dominos. Had Four Star a while ago (skinny fajita pizza) and it was fairly nice.

Eathrin

I had a Milano's pizza recently. The place was really packed, surprising given the price of the food. So I was expecting something wonderful, but it turned out to be little above average. They also wouldn't change any ingredients in the pizza for ne which led the skeptic in me to thinking that they were prepared in advance rather than on an order by order basis which I don't like.

Bateman

Eathrin wrote: »

I had a Milano's pizza recently. The place was really packed, surprising given the price of the food. So I was expecting something wonderful, but it turned out to be little above average. They also wouldn't change any ingredients in the pizza for ne which led the skeptic in me to thinking that they were prepared in advance rather than on an order by order basis which I don't like.

The Milano's in Grand Canal Dock has an open kitchen and I have seen them putting the toppings on the pizza at least once, so I don't think that angle is true.

It's fairly generic though alright, anytime I go we usually have a 2 for 1 offer code so in that respect you get what you pay for, wouldn't be paying full whack for their stuff on a regular basis.

Slaphead07

DublinWriter wrote: »

Ok, so they use the 'Henry Ford' means of production, but please do explain to me why, in real terms, why a Dominos pizza is worse than anyone else's? Quality of the ingredients?

Quality is one factor. I don't think that splodgy gloop of tomato and rubber cheese on a dubious flan case can be really called a pizza either. If you like then great but it's an industrial version of pizza.

cournioni

Staying in Dublin this weekend. Will be in the IFSC and Dublin 2 area, does anybody know of some good wood fire pizza places in that area? Love the smokey taste of em!

Mr Simpson

cournioni wrote: »

Staying in Dublin this weekend. Will be in the IFSC and Dublin 2 area, does anybody know of some good wood fire pizza places in that area? Love the smokey taste of em!

Daves wood fired pizza in the speakeasy on Georges Street (corner of dame lane) is lovely

shanec1928

Roberto's in sligo best pizza. although it will never beat pizza from new york...

cournioni

MarkMc wrote: »

Daves wood fired pizza in the speakeasy on Georges Street (corner of dame lane) is lovely

Great, I'll check that one out.

Mr Simpson

cournioni wrote: »

Great, I'll check that one out.

Heres their website:
http://www.speakeasycafebar.ie/index.php?daves-woodfire-pizza

doughef

Value over substance here...

but Marsellas takeaway in Churchtown (beside the bottle tower pub) do a 12" pizza... with 3 toppings....

for €5!!!!!!!!

Its actually really nice... made up fresh in front of you..

plus,.. they dilever!!!!!!

We got pizza, chips and onion rings 2 weeks ago and including delivery it came to €13.

Great value

Tombo2001

<name of every pizza restaurant/chain in Ireland> does the best pizza.

My own favourites in Dublin are
Romano
Da Mimmo
Paulies

Tombo2001

shanec1928 wrote: »

Roberto's in sligo best pizza. although it will never beat pizza from new york...

Funny that, I thought the pizza in new york was awful.....base was thick enough to be a cake......

Tombo2001

cournioni wrote: »

Staying in Dublin this weekend. Will be in the IFSC and Dublin 2 area, does anybody know of some good wood fire pizza places in that area? Love the smokey taste of em!

Bar Italia in IFSC does a nice Pizza...

in Dublin 2, funny enough there are not too many that spring to mind...lots of duds (imho) such as Milano, Gotham and so on.

Steps of Rome would be pretty decent.

None of the restauarants that I can think of to get a decent pizza are actually in Dublin 2.

One of them is however about 30 yards across the bridge in Dublin 1....Romanos on Capel St.

Twee.

Tombo2001 wrote: »

Funny that, I thought the pizza in new york was awful.....base was thick enough to be a cake......

This is surprising! Every pizza I had in NY was on a very thin base, never cakey at all. I was there for three months, ate a lot of pizza

hide2013

what about dun laoghaire - any recommendations?

Tombo2001

Twee. wrote: »

This is surprising! Every pizza I had in NY was on a very thin base, never cakey at all. I was there for three months, ate a lot of pizza

Disclaimer....

I was only there a week and went to two pizza places...

Both were pitched in my guide book as places to get classic New York style pizzas....