Hawthorne’s New York Pizza and Bar

Very convient near shopping pizza good good service.

Being gluten sensitive, I love that they make the best GF vodka penne! I’ve never ate inside, so I can’t comment on their restaurant, but I’ve gotten their take out a few times, when I’m traveling in NC. Super good!

The garlic knots and NY pepperoni pizza were great! Love the dipping butter and garlic in the knot tray. The side salad was pretty plain and measly, not worth the price. The crust was not as good as other places around here and the sauce had a strong oregano taste to it. Other than it will be a place we order from occasionally.

Food here is hit or miss. More times than not, the pizza crust is soggy on the bottom. It just seems that they are in a hurry to get your food that it doesn’t seem that it is fully cooked.

Wow what a improvement. Went there for lunch yesterday. Fantastic service and food. Best lunch in Charlotte. Five stars. Best salads EVER

I tried this restaurant just for the heck of it and ordered a couple of 9 inch pizzas. The bbq pizza was watery and the sauce was too sweet. The cheese was gummy. The waiter never asked if I wanted another beer. I will not return. Below average facility.

I love Hawthornes! Their pizza is really good and the garlic knots are the best that I have ever eaten. They also have delicious sandwiches and they will often feature a special sandwich. You really can’t go wrong here! I would recommend the special white pizza!

Good food. My husband is addicted to the eggplant rolatini. A bit pricey. Pizza is good too.

Meh! This place is the Chucky Cheese of Huntersville. Their pizza is two stars at best, which would be fine if they weren’t priced like the better pizza joints in town. The true measure of value is quality/​price. I feel like in this equation they need to raise the quality or lower the price.
Their trivia is fun and always on!

I only had take out from here once and we ordered a large pepperoni. We usually order from Tony’s in Huntersville but since Hawthorns is right across from my job, we decided to order from here and try it out. The pizza was absolutely delicious. The crust was really good and had a couple bubbles, which I really enjoy. We’ll definitely try this place again and I sure hope we have the same experience.

Place is family friendly, is my kids favorite spot! they love their pasta, the cheese ravioli , I had two kinds of their pizza, the white one and the vigils one both are good but not the best, for this I give it 3 stars

They had a few hic-​ups when they first opened but I can’t say anything bad. The food is always good and the portions are on point. The prices are fair and have always had good service. I often sit at the bar when I am on my way home from work for a quick dinner and even if it is close to closing time they will not turn you away or skimp on service.

I am not a big fan of pizza but the men in my life are. So we came to this place. it was Sunday lunch time and they were not so busy but the wait on our server was longer than usual, but he ended up being nice and did not mess up our order. The food was ok but not worth the price. They only have to sizes pizza «tiny» and large. The small which look tiny in my opinion was definitely not worth 10 dollars but at least it tasted good. My baked zitti with meatballs was ok. I ate it because I was hungry.

We split a Caesar salad and each got a calzone… that was plenty of food. Caesar was excellent with the perfect amount of dressing. Calzones had a nice seasoning on them and cooked to perfection. I had pepperoni, banana peppers and Roma tomatoes in mine and she had mushrooms, Roma tomatoes and bacon in hers. We really enjoyed it all. Really nice staff, plenty of TVs and even a little live music.

I’m not sure if this place is new to the Rosedale area but the pizza was delicious! We ordered the one with pepperoni, italian sausage, green pepper, onions and mushrooms and it was so good! The garlic knots are a must being the perfect combination of hot, soft and buttery with a little crunch. Definitely our new pizza spot! We took ours to go so I cant say too much about the service or the people but they seemed nice.

I’m gluten free and called and ordered a gluten free pizza. I was told it would be the same size as their other regular pizzas (large pizzas). I got there and my pizza was way smaller than other pizzas. Probably the smallest size pizza they sell. The pizza was burned and disgusting. On top of that it was $ 15.00. Definitely not worth it and I will never go back. I don’t even know why they bother selling a gluten free pizza, as disgusting as that one was.

This place reminds me the local pizza places up in New York. I used to live in the Westchester County area and it is a really authentic place. The pasta sauces do not taste like they are straight from a can and the bread is freshly made on the premises for an outstanding taste. The bread for the sandwiches are also made on the premises and taste really good. Very busy location, make sure you come hungry and with time to wait!
They do not deliver though, but if they did, I would always order pizza/​pastas from them rather than Mama’s Pizza on NC-​115.

We enjoyed Hawthorne’s! We started off with the garlic knots, they were awesome!
… and free with the Unilocal checkin offer! The pizza was good. Everything about the pizza was really great except the crust is a little dry and like cardboard. We’ll probably go back but maybe a little later as it was extremely family friendly and the wait time was long.

I don’t usually do reviews this way but, the visit to Hawthorne’s called for a different approach due to the variety of the components of the visit.
Service: 5 Stars
Greeted in a friendly way, seated and immediately asked for drink orders. One minute later a manager came up saying he noticed our server was double seated and wanted to make sure we got a drink order in. That was a nice touch. Our server overall was friendly and while very busy with a lot of tables, showed us an appropriate level of attention. Lots of different people brought food, cleared plates, etc. so a real team oriented approach to service.
Salad: 4 Stars
Got the Hawthorne’s Salad which is mixed greens with candied pecans, mandarin orange slices, grape tomatoes, pepperoncinis and served with a blue cheese vinaigrette. All the components of the salad were fresh. The candied pecans were hit or miss in terms of being candied. The dressing did not hit me with much blue cheese flavor but was still very good and complimented the rest of the salad. One note — Stop charging $ 1 to split plates. That feels like such a nickel and dime kind of move and the way it annoys customers is not worth the few bucks you make off the practice.
Pizza: 2 – 3 Stars
It was A-​OK in that it beat the frozen pizza I’ve got at home and was better than Dominos but to call this New York pizza is an insult to New York pizza. The biggest problem is the crust. No chew to it whatsoever. More bready than that yummy marriage of crispy and chewy that a real NY pizza crust brings to the table. I would love them to switch to a higher gluten flour. The toppings were a mixed bag. I really liked the beef being chunks of hamburger and not beef pellets. The pepperoni was nothing special but just fine. The white onions (nice touch to offer red or white) were plentiful but not really cooked enough. The cheese was average and the sauce was too sweet and, other than the crust, the worst thing on the pie.
The menu has a good deal of variety and based on the salad and service quality we will be back to try other things but in terms of pizza, we’ll go elsewhere.

This is a great addition to the Lake Norman casual restaurant scene. My wife and I had dinner there ¹²⁄₂₂. The first thing we noticed was how much the layout still showed the Cici’s that had been in this space for so many years. That comparison ends there, however. The place was packed. I believe it has been opened only for about one week. Those facts would cripple many new restaurants. Our food was a *little* slow coming out of the kitchen, but what impressed us was how much everyone on the staff seemed to be hustling, and everyone seemed to be pitching in to help one another. Five different people tended to us at one point or the other.
Of course good service is nothing without good pizza, but the pizza we had was excellent — as good as any I have had in Lake Norman or in Charlotte. The crust was quite tasty and of a good consistency, the sauce was well seasoned, all of the toppings were fresh and of good quality.
So, welcome to Huntersville, Hawthorne’s!