Grimaldi’s

One of the most popular in NY but not the best.
Located right over the Brooklyn Bridge, good walk back if you want to walk off the pizza.
Tourist trap, so expect lines. Off meal times are better for quicker seating.
Old school looking pizza joint. Service was fast. Cash only.
Large Pizza w/​Mushrooms — $ 14 + $ 2 — Good thin crust, just needed to be a little more crispy. Tomato sauce was fresh and simple. Good amount of mozzarella. Not much mushroom was added and they did not spread it out evenly. Some had a bunch and some had none. Those little things matter in a good slice.
Good price and good spot to visit if you like touristy places but you can find better.

So a good rule of thumb in NY would probably be any place you have to wait outside to get into at 3 pm is probably more of a tourist trap than a bonafide place to eat. This place fits that bill. Plus this is a «no credit/​cash only place». Fun.
The line is long (40 minutes for late lunch) and you have to wait outside. We had ten people so they split us into two groups which is fine. The server came over to take drink orders, brought them back and then took the pizza orders. Then literally never came back to the table again. The food is brought out by runners and the pizza was good. Not the best I have had and certainly not the best I have had in NY. A good thin crust pizza.
So the whole time there is a guy walking around yapping at people and telling people that they need to get out and get lost because there is a line and people are waiting for tables. OK. And he comes by our table a couple of times and we say «hey, we want dessert, where is the server?» and he says he will send him over. The guy walks by the table 2 – 3 times saying «oh. I will be right back!» and doesn’t come back. By the time my husband gets up to flag down the guy to order the desserts, the other table has paid their bill (same server too, WTF?!) and they are ready to go. The guy has an attitude and says «I will be right over» and then walks by another 2 – 3 times! We are stuck and the guy comes around again to hassle us to see if we are done… So finally we get the desserts and they are really the best part of whole experience. But then we are back to begging people for the bill. We ask the «host» and he says he will send the guy over. Finally someone I have never seen shows up and gives a bill with the «SC» already conveniently added in (service charge for the uninitiated) and I have to say «wait, take my money» before he runs off too. Finally, I have to get up and find someone to give me the change because that guy just left it laying on the counter and no one is even there. What a joke!
I really hope that the service charge was distributed amongst the staff and not just given to the horrible server we had. The place is small and he did not have that many tables so I am not sure what the issue was. I would totally say «yeah this is a great place to grab a pizza and get some yummy desserts» if the line wasn’t down the street and the service wasn’t a total crap shoot. Like a 4 stars for food and no stars for service type place.

Before heading out to NYC, I polled my friends and coworkers about their «must-​dos and eats.» My +1 said, «You HAVE to go to Grimaldi’s and eat a slice of pizza underneath the Brooklyn Bridge.»
So that’s what I did.
There was a little bit of a line on a late Thursday evening, but not too bad. Smaller parties (1 – 2) were literally seated within a few minutes.
The doorman guy/​host was super friendly with n00bies and regulars alike. He chatted me up, telling me that my +1 was a smart guy, and asked if I wanted a pic so I could send it to him and make him jealous. So pic he took and pic I sent. :)
Their website says a Personal Size pizza is available, but I was told they only have Small and Large. I ordered a small cheese with fresh basil.
Note that it’s CASH ONLY.
The pizza came out quickly and piping hot. These guys don’t mess around!
While it looked beautiful and was pretty huge (enough for 2 – 3 people), it was, sadly, pretty bland flavor-​wise. I thought it was perhaps my choice of toppings, but the guy next to me — with a sausage pie — had the same problem. We both tried to remedy the situation by using the seasoning salt on the table. (And I guess New Yorkers don’t keep parmesean around?) Also, I was a bit dismayed that the mozarella started to toughen relatively quickly, which was unappetizing. The crust was great, though.
Was it the BEST pizza I had on NYC? Sadly, it takes the last/#3 spot behind Bleecker Street (my #2, but technically not NY-​style) and NY Pizza Suprema (my #1). I offered the leftovers to my AirBnB hosts, who gladly ate it, but had the same verdict.
Still, I’d give Grimaldi’s another try on a return trip. maybe I just need to order something different.

I’m a fan of Grimaldi’s — the pizza was delicious. I’m from Los Angeles, so everyone clowns on us for not having good pizza so every time i come to NYC i try to eat a different one of the «good ones.» I had Lombardi’s last year and I’ve also had artichoke. My favorite so far has been Lombardi’s. The pizza here at Grimaldi’s is a little bit softer than Lombardi’s and this place doesnt offer the white sauce pizza.
Maybe I’m missing something and the crust here should be a little softer but i did prefer the one from Lombardi. That being said, you have to eat here. The pizza is really delicious and the place is an institution. Cash only so bring cash and be prepared to wait in a line. We came here on a Monday like at 1pm and waited about 30 mins.

Living several minutes away from Garden City makes Grimaldi’s something well-​known in my travels for pizza. In that venue, you’ll see a lovely painted image of the original location under the Brooklyn Bridge. Today, I got to live that image as my girlfriend and I ventured off to have a pie at this original Brooklyn pizza establishment. At a bustling street corner right by that classic bridge named for the borough you’ll find Grimaldi’s. We waited outside under some nice umbrellas for about 5 minutes before getting seated inside near the bar area. The restaurant is quite small in terms of width, but has height to it as there’s an upstairs dining area as well. We were squished in next to another pair of two, but it seemed to add to the ambiance of the place. Service was a bit sporadic to begin and end the visit, but the center of our time there (the eating part) was what we hoped to expect. We began with antipasto and finished with a small pie, half plain and half meatball. The antipasto had fresh pieces of salami and mozzarella along with juicy olives and tomato slices. As for the pizza, it was just what we expected if not better. Melted mozzarella cheese with basil and large pieces of meatball with a wonderful sauce made this a great meal. Overall, it was nice experiencing the original Grimaldi’s while spending the day in Brooklyn, though next time I might just stick to Garden City (or Douglaston) to save a little time on commute.

I came here for the pizza only. The service is the worst… the workers are rude and really don’t give a shit… but I still love the pizza. Not much to say. I wish the workers actually try to give good service instead of being such douches.

The pizza as always has been great. However two big issues happened at my visit today:
1. When I ordered two pizzas they only brought one out and told me the second was coming shortly. After ask 3 times and several minutes later the waiter told me that they has screwed up my pizza and that they had to redo it. Which really means i forgot to put in the second pizza so wait until i fix my mess.
2. I wasn’t the only table they screwed. The table right next to me got their pizza and after confirming if indeed that was their order they started to eat only to realize it wasn’t. So they had to wait even more. The original table that had order their pizza had to wait even longer for the repeat to get to them and the waiters didn’t even apologize for the mistake. The restaurant wasn’t as packed as it usually is which is no longer excuse for this kind of service.
A lot can be said about the staff. Terrible service and to top it off a lot of attitude. New York has a lot of great pizza restaurants, and while I really like the pizza here i think this may be my last visit given the bad experience with the service.
Why waste so much time in line for this? not worth it.

Une expérience à faire. Nous avons eu de la chance, nous y avons était un mardi soir et pas de file d’attente …

My friends came to visit from Spain wanting to eat the best pizza in NYC ! Best experience I ever had! The staff was very friendly service was fast and to the point.

I know this is a New York establishment, and maybe at one point it was the best pizza, but I think that there are better pizza spots out there. We came at an off time (around 4 PM) for lunch, so we were able to get a table pretty quickly. However, it was sandwiched between two other tables, making really inconvenient every time we wanted to get in and out. I’m certainly not knocking them because their customers were rude (they weren’t particularly accommodating when we tried to go to the restroom. One lady even commented brusquely «it’s a good thing you’re small…» and to be fair, she had a point because it might have been impossible for someone else to get in and out). However, I think that they probably should re-​think their seating arrangements! I know that this is New York and space is at a premium, so restaurants try to make the most of their tiny space, but most of the time, the servers at least try to help you get in and out of your seat if you’re sandwiched in. In our case, our server couldn’t even reach us! I had to stand up to get water from them, and hand it to the friend with whom I was dining?! It was also a bit precarious when they reached over the other table to deliver our pizza!
Now onto the pizza itself: 3 stars. And that’s about it. The crust is good, but the tomatoes make the pie a bit soggy, particularly towards the end. I did think that the fresh mozzarella is really key to the pie. Without it, it would have been a pretty mediocre pizza.
FYI: cash only.

Awesome pizza, low key joint.
Came here on the recommendation of a Brooklyner (is that the word?!).
The venue is a bit dingy, old school décor, chilled out atmosphere, flies everywhere… But I kind of liked it! One small gripe is that we were sat on what was essentially a 4 person table with two strangers. A little bit cosy, but it suited the place.
There’s no liquor, so I had a coffee, it was a decent coffee. The pizza was awesome too. We shared a large pizza between two (small would have been enough…) and it was delicious. The basil was really a beautiful extra touch.
Genuinely come here if get the chance!

The pizza is good, in my opinion not worth the 1 hour wait in line.
I say walk the bridge, go get pizza, do it at least once in life and you can say you got the experience.
The staff wasn’t the nicest, we were very rushed and felt like we couldn’t really enjoy our food.
Good pizza but eh wouldn’t come here again.

Just revisited my favorite pizza place and it’s not the amazing pizza I remembered it to be. It has definitely changed over the years, or more and better pizza places have popped up to compete with them. Don’t get me wrong, my friend and I still inhaled the pizza because we were starving and all the ingredients tasted fresh and delicious. We ordered a red sauce pizza with meatballs, mushrooms and olives. The meatballs were really good. A few too many olives on there and they were super salty. Didn’t see a trace of the basil that was supposed to be on there. The crust has changed too, it’s not the amazing crust it used to be. We went on a Friday afternoon and waited in line about 20 minutes, so it wasn’t terrible. And by the way, it’s cash only.

I’ll give them four stars for the pizza, but no higher than two stars for the service. Everyone we interacted with was brusque or rude. We just wanted to take a pizza to go, but were stopped at the door and made to wait outside like everyone else who was actually waiting for a seat, which I also didn’t understand because on entering the restaurant there were plenty of seats available.
Perhaps it was our fault for arriving during the shift change, but all of the workers seemed more concerned with their Mexican take-​out order — which had just arrived — than how quickly they were getting pizzas out to their customers. It took us 10 minutes of hovering at the pizza station for someone to notice us and take our order.
We ordered a 6 slice regular pizza with no additional toppings, which came out to $ 15. Perfectly reasonable for a whole pie and quite tasty when fresh out of the oven. They use fresh ingredients, but how generously topped your pie turns out is really up to the discretion of the pizza maker at the time, and unfortunately, we got one of the stingy ones. The flavors were enhanced by the brick oven baking, but I don’t know if I would ever go out of my way just to come here for pizza. It is not that good.
Honestly, if you want a good slice, go next door to Juliana’s. Their ratings are higher, their reviews are better, and hopefully you can get better sit down service there.

Great place… great pizza… cash only, and like any New York spot there is a wait and these guys are not here for small chit chat. loved it but in my
Opinion not the best pizza I’ve had

This place is right at the corner and is easy to find. It was hard to get the server’s attention since we were put at the far back corner in the restaurant, though they were nice and polite more than your typical restaurants. They were also pretty friendly which created a welcoming environment. The pizzas was a pretty good price, you choose the size of the pizza and then you pay a la carte for each topping you choose on top of the pizza. We got anchovies, sausages and mushrooms.
The pizza was kind of wet which was a turn off to me, not sure why it was so wet with like water but not oil. It was like kind of soggy, besides that the pizza was pretty tasty itself, it had the right amount of ingredients and was extremely filling for 4 of us, and we got a single extra large pizza.
I would definitely come back and try one of the other pizzas out, I hope it’s not soggy and we though.

So delicious. Such great service.
I recommend the large pizza since it’s a couple $ more than the small. Also, extra mozzarella topping. It’s not too heavy but it makes a difference! Trust me.
*CASH ONLY*

I first visited Grimaldi’s about six years ago. At the time, I wasn’t impressed. An interminably long wait ended in a sub-​par pizza. But it turns out that the passage of time in addition to the restaurant’s slight move down the street to a larger place has really improved the Grimaldi’s experience.
Most notable was the lack of a wait; we walked right in. And then the pizza tasted much better than I remembered. We ordered ours with pepperoni and sausage. I particularly enjoyed the crisp and tender crust, the thicker-​sliced pepperoni, and the quality mozzarella absent the greasiness that often characterizes New York-​style pizza.
The only negative of the visit is that I was dismayed to find that Grimaldi’s is cash-​only, which I find rather odd for the prime location of a chain that stretches as far as my home state of California.
Summary: Not quite as Grim as before.

Yes, I was one of those tourist that came all the way to Brooklyn for potential hipster sightings and Grimaldi’s. Arriving around 2:30pm, we missed the lunch crowds and just walked right in to order our medium sausage and pepperoni. Within minutes the piping hot pie came out and like a real New Yorker I folded my pizza in half and devoured my first slice of Grimaldi’s. The crust was light and chewy, but my favorite was the quality cheese.
I highly recommend going for «lunner» to avoid crowds. Don’t forget it’s cash only and if you need change, tell them! My date was expecting around $ 0.70 in change, but they never brought it back. I’m guessing they thought it was tip?

Good thing i know a guy who knows a guy who dated a girl who knew a guy because we got seated as soon as we walked in !! … ok i actually dont know anyone but we got lucky lmao .
It doesn’t get any better than Grimaldi’s pizza, the fresh pizza, fresh toppings my oh my i can’t get enough of it !!
When in brooklyn you have to come and experience pizza heaven here, just make sure you come hungry because the small was more tham enough for 3 of us.
Only problem is after eating pizza here you’ll never enjoy pizza anywhere else so be prepared to say good bye to all the other pizzerias.
The location– beautiful with an amzing view of the city (Manhattan) and the Hudson river and Brooklyn Bridge.
The staff– Aces, the waiter took the time to tell us what his favorite topping combo amd the crowd favorites were and checked on us often to see if we were pleased and or wanted anything else.
The price — very inexpensive when you consider the quality, quantity and location of where you’re eating.
Hands down the best pizza !!

Missioned here, and waited over an hour in the cold to get in the restaurant.
Sure the ingredients are fresh and its cooked in a coal brick oven, but which pizza is not cooked in a brick oven these days?
We didn’t feel like we received much personal attention from the servers. The place was a frenzy, and not my kind of dining atmosphere.
Overall verdict: Yet another tourist trap.

Brick oven pizza. I don’t really see the difference in taste. It just sounds cool to have your pizza baked in a BRICK oven… instead of a stainless steel oven? I don’t get it.
It’s a bit expensive too. A small cheese pizza is ~16 and you have to pay extra for each additional topping. My mama and I shares a small cheese pizza with pepperoni and mushrooms. Ended up being around 25. You get like 3 pieces each. It is filling but that’s because there was only two of us ha.
They give you plates and utensils… but like who eats pizza with a fork and a knife?! This ain’t some fancy shmancy restaurant. Yet. the tables around us were cutting up their pizza into small bite pieces. I didn’t care. I just went grabbed that pizza with my bare hands and nom nom-​ed into it like a starving lion.
I totally see this as a touristy place. Ironically, we were part of the tourist group too.
My mind was not totally blown so I probably would not go out of my way to come here the next time I’m in NYC. Sorry, folks!
OH and also, CASH ONLY!!! So dumb.

Pizza is brick oven style and extremely tasty. Tasted especially good after walking over the Brooklyn Bridge… With that aside, no beer or wine is available, plates /​silverware is plastic (disposable style), service is brusque (I was bumped into by various waiters several times), pizza only (no salad or other dishes) and they only accept cash.
Good for what it is — brick oven pizza only… especially good if you’re hungry.

When the moon hits your eye, like a big pizza pie… that’s Amore.
No wonder Grimaldi’s is a world renowned pizzeria & in business for over 100 years– the pizza is AMAZING! Thin crust dough topped with fresh mozzarella and plum tomatoes cooked in an old brick oven pizza… one delicious pizza. It’s so light & airy… it’s dangerous because you lose count of how many slices you’ve had. Goes down so easily!!! Incredible crispy crust with those beautiful tomatoes… FAGETABOTIT.
When they say «there’s a line», that’s no joke! I pulled up at 11:20…(they open at 11:30) and there was already a line down the block. I didn’t mind because I knew I wanted this delicious delight.
Even though I took my pizza pie to go, I saw plenty of tables to dine-​in & even a bar. Yes, it’s very old skool & they mean business here. It’s all about what kind of pizza you want & get out. It’s not you fancy schmancy spot to sit an hand out for a few hours.
Located right underneath the Brooklyn Bridge & Parking the car can be a little tough, but you’ll manage. Circle the block a few times because I it’s well worth it.

I was told by a very trusted friend that this is THE place for pizza in New York and a must visit for my first time in the Big Apple. It seems I was very fortunate to have missed the long lines others have reviewed about as the place was only about half full when I arrived so grabbing a seat at the bar was super easy. They did fill up during the time I was there which was mid afternoon and it seemed like mostly people from out of town so yeah, definitely glad I stopped in when I did.
This place is about as close to what I was expecting a New York pizza place to be with ambiance, history, and character for days. The staff was mostly on top of things although not 100% attentive at all times. I could have used one more water refill but no big deal.
For my late lunch, I ordered a small pizza with pepperoni and sausage and I am glad to have come in very hungry because the pie was very big. Even the couple next to me, who also ordered a small, struggled to finish theirs. I did my best but unfortunately had to leave it unfinished for fear of gorging myself into oblivion although I suppose that would have been a nice way to go because the pizza was just that good. Seriously, this must be what people are talking about when they say you can’t get the same New York pizza anywhere else. The other places I visited during my trip were pretty standard slices that you might find anywhere but Grimaldi’s is definitely in a class all its own.

Está entre as TOPS pizzarias da cidade, e através do TripAdvisor, resolvemos experimentar este lugar. Você terá que ter paciência na fila e depois, ja sentado, paciência pra aguardar a pizza. Mas vale a pena! Ela é muito saborosa, e provavelmente você estará cansado de andar ja no Brooklin, tornando-​a ainda mais deliciosa. Recomendo.

PIZZA COMO LA DE ITALIA DE VERDAD VERDADERA.
Es el mejor tipo de pizza? No lo sé. Pero si queres esas pizzas finitas, con una salsa alucinante, combinaciones copadas, porciones grandes que se comen dobladas y vivir la experiencia de Pizza italiana en NY aca tienen el lugar.
En una esquina en el limite de Brooklyn esta esta pizzeria de manteles a cuadros y vajilla de plastico.
La pizza chica no es chica (comen dos) y la grande si es grande.
Atención cordial y mega rápida. Música y ambiente que acompañan.
Las mesas bastante cercanas y no aceptan tarjetas lo cual es realmente raro, pero vale la pena de cualquier manera.
Muy buenos precios. Comimos dos personas por 30 dolares.
Podes armar la pizza a tu gusto eligiendo ingredientes de una lista y ves como la amasan en el momento.
Si les gusta la pizza, vayan!

El Grimaldi’s es una pizzería, bastante famosa, ubicada debajo del Puente de Brookling! Normalmente, hay que esperar un poquito de cola! Pero, a pesar de la cola, si vas a atravesar el puente de Brookling caminando, te aconsejo que vayas allí a comer una pizza: la hacen en el horno de piedra, y está bastante buena!

Les pizzas sont délicieuses! En fait, il suffit de choisir la taille de la pizza, qui comprend comme base: tomate, mozzarella et basilic, et après on rajoute les ingrédients de notre choix.
On était 2, on a prit poulet, chorizo, champignons (frais bien sûr), et oignons: on s est régalé!! On a prit la grande taille qu’ils estiment pour 3 – 4 personnes, que l on a mangé à deux sans trop de problème!!:-)
Les serveurs manquaient un peu de sourire, mais ca n a pas gâché ce bon repas.
A 17h30, on n a pas attendu du tout pour être installé! Par contre, il faut impérativement attendre devant le resto que l on vienne nous installer, comme écrit sur panneau devant la porte d entrée!!!
A faire absolument!!!

En Lonely Planet la mencionaban como una de las mejores pizzas de NY, un conocido también me la recomendó mucho, así que las expectativas eran bastante altas.
Si bien la pizza era buena, no cumplió con las expectativas que me había hecho. He comido mejores.
Ahora, comerla en el parque mirando el Hudson le da un plus!

Une excellente pizzeria qu’il faut découvrir après une balade à Brooklyn Height ou à Dumbo.
Même si il y a une file d’attente dehors, on peut attendre car ça va relativement vite.
Les pizzas sont copieuses et bien garnies.

Endroit très sympathique beau restaurant pizza délicieuse à composer soit même à y retourner 30 $ pour 2

Pourquoi se passer d’une des meilleures pizzas de votre vie sous prétexte que vous entendrez parler pas mal de langues étrangères autour de vous ?
Oui là encore c’est un repère à touristes mais il y a une raison, c’est clairement très bon. A quelques mètres du parc qui vous promettra de longues séances de photos du pont de Brooklyn et de la skyline, optez pour un jour de semaine ou un horaire malin, personnellement on n’a pas du tout attendu ou bravé la foule mais j’imagine que ça doit être frustrant quand c’est bondé.
Le bâtiment est très beau: blanc à l’extérieur, très haut de plafond à l’intérieur, vous aurez peut-​être la chance d’être assis non loin du comptoir où les pizzaïolo s’agitent et composent les pizzas commandées. Celui que l’on imagine être le patron, place un peu abruptement les nouveaux arrivants mais ça fait couleur locale.
Le concept: on choisit entre deux tailles, si vous né voulez pas partager, né surestimez pas votre estomac, prenez la plus petite des deux. Moi-​même, je suis une mangeuse mais j’ai du me contenter de la moitié d’une petite tellement elles sont énormes.
Ensuite, vous choisissez votre garniture, là encore je conseille de né pas trop s’enflammer, parce que déjà, le prix peut vite grimper, et puis parce que les recettes les plus simples sont les meilleures. Les portions sont énormes, et on peut demander à emporter la fin de son assiette (la moitié, donc, pour moi) J’ai pris du pepperonni, du fromage et un supplément ail et c’était un délice. La pâte est épaisse comme on les aime en Amérique, mais pas trop non plus style Domino’s; les ingrédients sont simples et goûteux, c’est ça le principal, tout a un goût bien assumé et on se régale, on se félicite de ce qu’on a choisi et on rêve d’y revenir, quelques mois après.

Petite expédition dans le soit-​disant fief de la pizza new-​yorkaise en semaine vers 18h. Aucune file d’attente donc point positif. Endoit joli et déco rétro sympatique. Personnel assez sympa même si quelque peu expéditif. Une clientèle diverse et variée pas exclusivement composée de touristes.
Concernant le contenu de l’assiette ça se complique. Pizza small qui s’avère être suffisante pour deux mais pour des bonnes mangeuses que nous sommes on était pas non plus rassasiées. La pizza en elle-​même est extrêmement décevante. On s’attendait à truc savoureux et bien garni et au final il y avait plus de pâte que de garniture et les aliments étaient fades. Faute au cuisto ou faute à la qualité des produits? On sait qu’aux USA les saveurs sont différentes de notre chère gastronomie française mais vraiment j’ai mangé des bien meilleures pizzas ailleurs dans NYC. Je né recommande pas du tout cet endroit en fait. Temps perdu. Heureusement ce n’est pas très cher.

Absolut überbewertet. Die Pizza mag gut sein, das ist ja eh (grade bei Pizza) Geschmackssache, aber anstehen sollte man dafür nicht, was man aber häufig sehr lange tun muss.
Der Laden ist von Touristen überlaufen, nicht besonders gemütlich und man merkt, dass man so schnell wie möglich gehen sollte um Platz für neue zahlende Gäste zu machen. Ich werde nicht noch einmal hingehen.

Wir waren gegen 12:00 Uhr da, so daß nich genügend Sitzplätze vorhanden waren. Große Pizza bestellt, ca. 15 Min. gewartet und war sehr lecker, Fotos folgen noch. Preis-​Leistungsverhaeltnis gut, Geschmack gut, dünner Teig.

Bonne pizza

Bof … J’ai été franchement déçue par cette pizzeria, réputée comme être l’une des meilleures de New-​York, si ce n’est LA meilleure …
Au final, nous avons attendu plus d’une heure debout pour avoir le privilège d’avoir une place.
Après ces longues minutes, j’espérais trouver des saveurs inédites mais les pizzas n’étaient pas top. En plus, il faut payer pour chaque «topping» ajouté, ce qui fait vite monter l’addition (de 2 à 4 $ pour chaque ingrédient). Et la qualité des ingrédients n’était pas au rendez-​vous: les olives noires étaient vraiment trop salées, à tel point qu’on a dû les enlever !
Gros bémol: le patron. Bein oui, derrière nous, il y avait un groupe de 5 personnes (on était 4). Ils les a fait passer devant nous parce qu’une table de 5 venait de se libérer (dollars avant tout !!!).
Bön, 3 – 4 groupes de 2 personnes nous ont doublé aussi mais c’est un peu plus compréhensible.
En plus, le patron aboie sur ses clients: un groupe de 7 personnes étaient devant nous. Pour aider, ils ont proposé de manger 3 sur une table et 4 sur une autre. Le patron est monté sur ses grands chevaux en disant que ça s’était SON boulot (?!).
Sachez que même si vous voulez prendre une pizza à emporter, vous devez faire la queue comme les autres :/​.
Et pour finir de vous dégoûter, c’était très bruyant à l’intérieur !
Bön c’est sur que 2 pizzas (une small et une large) pour 4 bons mangeurs nous ont amplement suffi mais je n’y retournerai pas.
Désolé pour les serveurs qui, eux, étaient vraiment à l’écoute du client et très rapide !

Grimaldis Pizzeria wird in Selbstwerbung zwar nicht als beste Pizza der Welt, aber als beste Amerikas angepriesen. Die Pizza war gut und untypisch für die amerikanische Pizzaküche, da hauchdünn und knusprig. Wenn man ausserhalb der Hauptessenszeiten erscheint, gibt es auch keine Wartezeit.

Eineinhalb Stunden in der Schlange gestanden, am Ende noch 15 Minuten ganz vorne, während der Profit-​Optimizer 3er– und 4er-​Gruppen willkürlich von weiter hinten im Restaurant platzierte… Geht schon mal gar nicht! Dann eine Pizza mit extra Käse, Knoblauch und getrockneten Tomaten bestellt. Ausreichend groß für zwei, Teig lecker, extra Käse nicht ersichtlich. Und das was der Käse sein sollte war von Aussehen und Konsistenz her Kunststoff! Preis relativ günstig. Fazit: in der Schlange bei Grimaldi’s stehen lohnt nicht, es gibt an der Strasse meist bessere Pizza…

J’y suis allée car je la savais réputée, et ça n’a pas raté, j’ai attendu 1h avant d’entrer dans le restaurant!
La déco est d’un style ancien sans pour autant être vieillot!
Ici on fait sa propre pizza, et si on aime beaucoup de choses elle vaut de l’or cette pizza, mais la personne avec qui j’étais n’aimait pas grand chose donc la notre né nous a couté que 20 $, et elle est très bonne!

angeblich beste pizza weltweit. Keine Ahnung. Aber beste Pizza die ich je hatte. Und günstig. Kommt nur nicht zwischen 5 und 7 abends da wird der Ofen zum abkühlen für 45 minuten ausgemacht und dementsprechend wartet man dann auch mal vor der Tür auf einen Platz oder am Tisch. Die Sind jetzt vor kurzem erst umgezogen (zwei Häuser weiter), und sind jetzt fast doppelt so groß. Herrliche Musik, ambiente und ab und zu sieht man auch Prominente

Une institution New Yorkaise il parait !
L’une des premières pizzerias de la ville, située juste sous le pont de Brooklyn !
Une heure de queue minimum (dans le froid en ce qui nous concerne), il est clair que l’attente participe au cérémonial et que la pizza n’en est que meilleure à l’arrivée tant l’obtenir ressemble à la quête du Graal ^^
Et la pizza vaut l’attente et le détour assurément ! Est-​ce que c’est la meilleure du monde /​la meilleure que j’ai mangé? Je n’en suis pas sûre mais je suis sûre que je m’en souviendrais :)
Quant au restaurant en lui même: exactement tel qu’on s’imagine le restaurant italien new yorkais ! Nappe à carreaux rouges, pizza énoooormes (Tortues Ninja Staïle !) et servies sur une espèce de plateau sur-​élevé…
Bref, une attraction new yorkaise à part entière que je recommande !

Great restaurant that now moves to the corner of the street. It is not full with tourists because everyone from Brooklyn loves the pizza. The pizza is served on a silver plate and has the typical thin crunchy New York style. The prizes are extremely reasonable and you get a doggy bag if you are not able to eat the entire pizza.

Kann man mal gemacht haben, wenn in New York ist und vielleicht gerade die Brooklyn Bridge überquert hat (oder überqueren möchte) — abends sollte man aber auf jeden Fall auf lange Wartezeiten eingestellt sein.
Wir waren zum Glück relativ früh dran (der Jetlag signalisierte, dass schon längst Zeit für das Abendessen gewesen wäre ;o)) und ergatterten einen der letzten freien Tische, aber auch der war nur ein Mikrotisch, eingepfercht zwischen anderen Mikrotischen. Es war laut, hektisch und trubelig, die Pizza war riesig und wurde auf einer Art Tabletthalter schwebend über dem Tisch abgestellt. Geschmacklich okay (wenn man auf sehr dünnen Pizzaboden steht), mäßig belegt, ich habe anderswo schon deutlich bessere gegessen.
Als wir gingen (etwa gegen 19:30 Uhr) reichte die Schlange draußen bis fast an die Ecke des Blocks. Was schon erstaunlich ist, denn die Preise für die letztlich nur gute Pizza sind gesalzen. Allerdings: Wo in New York sind sie das nicht??? Und hier zahlt man wohl auch für den «Kult» um das Restaurant.

wir waren an einem montag kurz vor sechs da und wurden ohne warten direkt platziert (waren zu viert). aufgrund empfehlungen anderer haben wir direkt nur zwei pizzen bestellt und finde das auch preislich voll okay. pizza war suuuuper lecker, wurde nur schnell kalt da der boden zu dünn war.
vom service darf man nicht viel erwarten, die sind alle unhöflich und nur darauf getrimmt, so viele gäste wie möglich in kürzester zeit abzufertigen.
als wir rauskamen war draußen né riesen schlange-​glück gehabt :)
ausflug über die brooklyn bridge hat sich gelohnt!

Der Andrang war so riesig, das man einfach reinschauen muss. Wir haben uns eine Pizza to go geholt und haben uns in den Park an der Brooklyn Bridge gesetzt und dort gegessen. Das war unvergesslich. Einfach wunderbar. Aber die Pizza war so lala, fanden wir beide jetzt nicht sooo toll, der Besitzer ist ein kleiner Krabscher und flirtet gerne heftig mit den Damen. Generell sehr laut, voll und hektisch aber irgendwie hats was.

Best Pizza in Town laut der ca. 20 Plaketten im Schaufenster. Die bekommt man aber erst nach ca. 30 – 45 Minuten Wartezeit zu Gesicht. Innen nicht mehr ganz taufrisch und ein Geheimtipp ist der Laden auch nicht mehr.
Trotzdem unbedingt hin, die Pizza ist der Hammer! Preis/​Leistung stimmen hier auf jeden Fall. Große Basic-​Pizza $ 14, Toppings kommen extra. Die Große Version macht aber mindestens zwei Leute problemlos satt. Die Bedienung ist nett, schnell und aufmerksam. Insgesamt von mir ein Besuchsbefehl!

Ich kann mich nur den Vorschreibern anschliessen.
Top Pizza die so groß ist wie der Tisch, so dass man den Teller unter einem Gestell hat.
Dort hängt né goldene Platte von Frank Sinatra, so wie ich es weiß wohl seine Lieblingspizzeria. Schon deshalb ein Muss.
Zum empfehlen auch ein Stück weiter der Ausblick auf die Skyline Manhattans. Dort steht die älteste Eisdiele NY’s auch zu empfehlen. ***

Die besten Pizzen von New York City. Das jedenfalls kann man im Reiseführer lesen. Die Pizzeria liegt am Fuße der Brooklyn Bridge auf Brooklyn Seite.
Wir entschieden uns nach einem langen Tag voller Shopping und Sightseeing in Süd-​Manhattan dazu, es bei Grimaldi‘s zu versuchen. Da man «nur über die Brücke» muß haben wir uns dazu entschlossen, hinzulaufen. Als wir dort ankamen dann die große Enttäuschung: eine riesige Warteschlange vor der Pizzeria. Obwohl uns die Füße wehtaten stellten wir uns an. Doch die Schlange wurde einfach nicht merklich kürzer. Wir rechneten schon mit ca. 45 Minuten. Doch dann ging es doch plötzlich recht schnell.
Und — es hat sich wirklich gelohnt. Der Preis einer Pizza hat es zwar in sich. Mit nur einem extra Belag (zu Margarita) waren wir schon bei knapp USD 16. Also teilten wir uns eine. Und sie war so riesig, daß sie sogar für beide reichte. Der Tischt war viel zu klein, aber dafür hatten sie ein Gestell, so daß die Pizza über den Tellern hing.
Nach dem wahrlichen Genuß schlenderten wir noch zu dem nur ca. 1 Minute entfernten East River. Und von dort hat man einen herrlichen Blick auf die Skyline von Manhattan.
Zurück ging es mit der nahe gelegenen Metro (Station: High Street).
Sehr empfehlenswert!

Pizzeria très sympathique avec une ambiance Rock’n’Roll et un service rapide et «yes we can». Les pizzas sont correctes mais j’ai mangé mieux.

Kultiger Laden, nette Stimmung und die Steinofenpizza ist wirklich sehr gut. Aber die beste auf der anderen Seite des Atlantiks?! Kaum. In zwei Wochen New York und Umgebung haben wir 5−8x Pizza gegessen (meist irgendwo als Snack zwischendurch) und oft war die Pizza mindestens genauso gut oder sogar besser. Gerade bei den Take-​Aways kann man echt Glück haben (z.B. bei Sacco Pizza in der 816, Ninth Ave, zwischen W 54^th und W 55^th St.).

Man muss immer warten, und der Laden ist verdammt voll. Die Kellner sind gestresst. Vom Service erinnert mich das an das Il Casolare in Berlin.
Die Pizza ist verdammt gut, zumindest fuer USA. Bessere findet man auf dieser Seite des Atlantiks nicht.