Ristorante Pizzeria Da Mariano

Probably the best pizza place I have been to in London, having lived here for 8 years and ventured on many pizza quests across the city. Regardless, there's no way you could be disappointed with the quality of pizza here. The raw ingredients used are significantly better than what most UK restaurants are using (the tomato sauce and mozzarella alone are incredibly tasty). The style of pizza base is relatively doughy but sufficiently crispy on the outside (more akin to Franco Manca, and unlike Pizza Union's thin and crispy). Edit (Feb 2020): I rescind the title of best pizza in London, now having a lot more knowledge about Neapolitan pizza. Still, this place is excellent and I’ll need to come back again to see how it still fares against the current very tough competition.

Real Italian pizza, Naples style. I have rarely eaten such a good pizza, even in Italy. The staff is all Italian and this gives a more authentic Italian touch. The staff is always kind, nice, and smiley. They also propose a series of Naples starters, most of them are fried but never greasy, this shows a good technique. I strongly recommend it!

Everything was very good, but in an increasingly competitive pizza scene in London, it left something to be desired. We started with a selection of fried antipasti, that at 3 pounds each offer great quality for the price. The pizzas were satisfactory, however with a bit too much cheese in comparison to the other, often delicate, ingredients. The overpowering felt a bit too much. Good dough, albeit tending to be on the too-chewy side of things. With a good selections of pizzas at 13 pounds, and pints starting from 6, it is by no means cheap. So even though it is surely to be preferred to a vast number of other pizzerias, Pizzeria da Mariano does not get 5 stars from me.