07/09/09

REVIEW FROM CITYSEARCH's 3BUCKBITES DICTATOR

by KRamos

This unassuming New York-style pizza joint in Santa Monica serves the real stuff - you can tell because the guys behind the counter make you feel like you are in Brooklyn and not right next to the Promenade. Even the guy eating next to me spoke with a Long Island accent. The generous mozzarella slice is unlike anything you have ever eaten in LA before: thin-as-paper ultra-crispy crust, the lightest of fresh tomato sauce, a marbling of heavenly mozzarella, and fresh leafy basil topped just before serving. Fresh pies come out nearly every quarter-hour and are worth the wait.

02/12/09

Amazing pizza,just like i remember it in new york city!

by pizzalaver

If you havent had the great pizza yet, get down to Joe's Pizza in santa monica. I had the best pizza since i was back in new york last month. i have had it delivered to my house a couple of times and my family and i have gone into the shop and ate many times. each time has been a plesurable experrience. wow santa monica finally real great new york pizza!!! thanks Joe!

• Pros: Amazing Pizza.Quick Freindly service. Nice atmosphere

02/02/09

Santa Monica location got off to a rough start, but it is now the best pizza in L.A.

by svtman21

My love of pizza is RIDICULOUS, I am obsessed with it and demand the best. I've been going to Joe's on Bleecker Street in NYC for almost a decade. I've lived in L.A. the past 11.5 years, so you can imagine how ecstatic I was when Joe's opened up a location here. I had searched in vain for over 10 years for decent pizza in L.A. Finally New York's best pizza was coming to ME! I'll be honest though, I've been going to the Santa Monica location since it opened, and it has taken them a while to equal the legendary Bleecker Street location. For the first 9 months or so the service was very disorganized and the pizza was spotty; sometimes burned on the bottom, and other times too thick. I chalked this up to a green staff of mostly locals, who obviously do not have the pizza savvy of New Yorkers. But, Joe (who lives in L.A. now) was very hands-on all the while, observing and critiquing his new staff, and a lot of times making the pizzas and working the cash register himself. Finally things are in a state where I don't miss the Bleecker Street location anymore. Service is fast and efficient, and the pizza is just right; thin, crispy, with just the right amount of sauce and cheese. I have had pizza all over the world, and have eaten at NYC's top 30 rated pizza places. I also flew to San Francisco in 2007 just to eat one of Tony Gemignani's signature pizzas, which won Italy's world pizza championship in 2007. Joe's beats them all, it is simply the best slice of pizza there is. If you like NY-style pizza, give it a try and you'll agree, nothing else compares.

• Pros: Best pizza in L.A., quick service
• Cons: Small storefront with minimal seating, a tad pricey