Lorenzo Pizza

About 95% of the reviews listed here and on Unilocal are for the wrong Lorenzo's. The original Lorenzo's change their name to Lorenzo and Sons which are located on South Street Live Casino and West Chester. The original Lorenzo's is located at 9th and Christian in the Italian market and is not associated to the Lorenzo family. The largest pizza which is an extra large cost $14 toppings extra. Their food is never greasy and the restaurant is always clean. When posting reviews please make sure you're referring to the correct location so each location is judged fairly. Thank you

The term «greasy spoon» adequately describes this place. Do don’t go in expecting anything else and you will not be disappointed. That being said, the food was well priced, tasty and way better than expected.
IMO, the pizza was huge and very good. As was the Philly Cheese Steak sandwich. At a pizza place? Yep. It was actually better than at other places we tried! Now, I don’t regard myself as a connoisseur or expert on either pizza and/​or PCS, but I do know what I like. And I liked it enough to overlook the greasy spoon aspect. And there aren’t many places that I’m willing to overlook that part!

Cleanliness not exactly a strong suit and don’t be surprised if they go straight from putting money in register to handling your pizza but it must all add to the flavor …
Very good large sized pizza slices with very reasonable prices …

Pepperoni pizza was pretty good but not great… Good for the price I guess. I’d recommend the mushroom though.

Either the Unilocalers over sold this one, or maybe you just get used to your local pizza, or maybe it was a bad day but the pizza was just OK. A-​OK as Unilocal says. The pizza is neither thin nor thick. Sauce was plentiful. Cheese, no so much. Mushrooms were canned. Since they are in the Italian village I was hoping for something more autnentic; either authentic Italian or authentic Philly would have done.

BEST LATE NIGHT PIZZA EVER. Hands down.
I can’t believe I haven’t written a review of Lorenzo’s until now. This place has the largest slices of pizza in the city and they are heavenly. They have the right balance of sauce and cheese and their dough is amazing. Their pizza is definitely not gourmet but rather what my brother’s friends like to call «Friday Night Pizza»…in other words, it’s semi-​greasy and NYC style pizza. An entire pie is $ 25 but they package it in two regular size pizza boxes because they are so large. An entire pie can feed 6 hungry adults.
I love going here late at night for a post-​bar snack. They are open super late and the slices at 3am taste just as good as the ones you get at 8pm. They are consistently fast, courteous, and sometimes even friendly. Sadly they don’t deliver but I kind of enjoy the experience of actually walking there and getting super excited for one of the best slices of Pizza in the city.

I love this place. I was back in the old neighborhood yesterday and had lunch there with a friend. Well all I can say is that i forgot how god their pizza is. The taste of the sauce is perfection and blends so well with the cheese. And they use real mozzarella! So many other places use fake cheeses and processed foods; but not here. They make their sauce from scratch and they even make their own dough. The décor and staff are authentic old school Italian market and you will never find a friendlier group of people. SO if you are looking for an inexpensive delicious meal this is the place for you.

One of the best places to eat in Philly. The doors is great and the service is very friendly. Sausage and Perra is awesome.
Also… One of the only RR on 9^th street, for customers only n

Great pizza! I wish the didn’t close at dinner time. I would also recommend the bacon cheesesteak.

Delicious pizza and steaks fast and affordable right off of the Italian market. Grab a slice and a drink and enjoy a table outside for a great bite in south Philly

This is probably one of the top 3 WORST pizza slices I have ever eaten. Philly, you do a great cheesesteak… but don’t hold this up as great pizza, because it sucks!!! So much grease, raw dough… BLECH. Don’t eat this!!!

This is my local pizza joint! They offer the best go-​to neighborhood pizza (spoiled) since I can get a large pie for $ 12 with toppings. Can’t beat that!
Don’t be fooled by the looks as it is your down and dirty pizza place. You come here for specific things, not to linger around and figure out what you want. The staff is friendly and food is always ready in 10 – 15 minutes.
I normally get the sausage (which is ground sausage not chunks) and mushroom. The pizza is always fresh and still good the next morning. Obviously I’m a repeat customer here.
FYI — They close early so when you have a late night craving you’re out of luck.

Very good cheese steaks and pizza. I’ve tried 9 pizza joints since moving back to Philly and have been fairly unimpressed. This may be my top pick so far for pizza.

Everytime i went to the Italian Market with parents, they would get roast pork from George’s, i would get Sicilian (CENTER SLICE IF POSSIBLE!) from Lorenzo.
Now, I just get both.
The absolute best Sicilian slice in existence.
This is the real Lorenzo’s, not the South Street one.
The décor reminds me of a classic pizza place, great service, tv always on with sports, pizza chefs and sandwich makers yelling at eachother over the TV.
It’s great.

Sometimes in life, a person just needs a slice of pizza. Other times, a person needs some fries. When a person wants those food stuffs, they want them good, fresh and hot. Lorenzo Pizza in the Italian market delivers that. I suspect, they’re geared towards the tourists who like to visit the market offering Philly staples like the cheesesteak, hoagie, and assorted items with broccoli on them. However, the service was good and fast, while the pizza hit the spot. Some of the best since my last trip to Little Italy in Manhattan. And crinkle cut fries… you got it!
Also, it’s cash only. Otherwise you have to go across the street to the ATM and get a little south Philly stink eye from the otherwise nice old lady working the grocery market where the ATM sits.

My second favorite pizza place in Philly behind SOHO, Lorenzo’s has great slices, and good cheesesteaks. Their crusts are great, they don’t go crazy with the toppings, but between the pepperoni and the sausage, i’m always happy. They also sell dough, one of the hardest parts of making pizza at home is a good dough recipe, and they can make it easy. they ask that you order a day in advance, but if you’re just looking for one, and you’re nice, you might get lucky.
Good pizza, good steaks, good fries, good people, don’t miss Lorenzo Pizza in the market, just be sure to go early, they close at 7 most days, and i think 3 on sundays.

I walked in thinking it was Lorenzo’s, u know (i know i know). I was doing the italian market and got carried away basicaly.
But just as the stars say, I have experianced better. Meh.

Stopped at Lorenzo’s this past week for some post exam lunch/​dinner.
We each had a slice and split and Italian hoagie.
Pizza — the pizza was pretty good. Not the best I’ve ever had, but definjtely good. The sauce was perfect and the crust was fluffy with just a little crisp.
Hoagie — the Italian sub really wasnt that good. The bread was sub par and the deli meats were bland. I found myself looking for flavor. I wouldn’t recommend ordering subs from these guys; just stick to the pizza.

Lorenzo’s i hands-​down my absolute favorite place for Sicilian pizza in the entire metropolitan region. The only caveat is that they stop making it around 2:00 pm, so sometimes if you got there after that (actually often) they have none left. Their regular pizza is ok, their tomato pie (when they randomly make it) is just cheeseless pizza (but their sauce is delicious), and the regular fast food (burgers, steaks, chicken fingers, etc.) are alright. Everything is affordable.
As i said, however, the Sicilian is to DIE for. $ 2.25 a slice, thick and chewy dough, deliciously garlicky sauce (my only bone of contention is that it’s oftena little too sweet for me), and at least a half pound of gooey, stretchy, melty mozzarella on every piece!
The best thing about Lorenzo’s is that they have a service window on 9^th street, so you can a) avoid the heat and lines inside and b) scope out whether or not they even have any sicilian left…
p. s. i almost forgot that they have a tv by the register and they show just about every sporting event there is (all phillies games, olympics, even goofy local college team sports when nothing else is on)…

Been here twice now. This will probably be my go-​to spot for slices of pizza as they are pretty good and rather inexpensive.
I am not a big fan of their cheesesteak but I know a lot of people in the neighborhood prefer these to Pat’s and Geno’s. I would agree with that, but you gotta head over to Cosmi’s a little further down 8^th for a pretty quality steak. Again, that’s totally relative though.
They got some nice people working behind the counter and the service is pretty quick. It’s a nice to place to eat inside as well with all the ways of how to order your food in what seems like twenty or so different languages.
Props to Lorenzo. I’ll keep on patronizing.

Lorenzo’s makes a cheap ass halfway decent pizza pie. A small is $ 6 and comes with 8 smallish slices. The crust is crisp, and the cheese level is spot on, the sauce has a good flavor but is a tad sweet and is missing that coagulation with the cheese that in my opinion can only be found in New York… but really though, very worth picking up. I have had far more abysmal slices in this city; this pizza was fully enjoyable.
They serve battered broccoli, which I would be interested in trying on a later date.
They also have the ever so important instructions on where to order in many languages and a pizza making version of Tickle me Elmo