Uncle Vito’s Pizza

Got a small «The Mountain» and fries. The pizza was delicious! Loved the dough and toppings! Fries were dry but what did I expect coming from a pizza place? We came on a Saturday night during President’s Day/Valentine’s Day weekend. The place was pretty full but wait wasn’t too long. We ordered togo. The place has like, 10 tables and pretty dark inside. I don’t know how the cooks, cook!

This pizza is fine — not bad but also not spectacular. It was packed on a Saturday evening, probably full of tourists. We had the Pizza Pesto and there were a lot more black olives than sundried tomatoes which was disappointing but it’s still hard to go wrong with those ingredients. The crust was also decent. The fact that I don’t have much to say backs up my «average» rating.

I go occasionally on business trips to San Francisco. I am usually always trying out new places, but I tend to go back to this one.
Uncle Vito’s is a simple, and to the point venue where you can enjoy authentic, rich and tasty pizzas. Wondering why there is almost always a queue to this place and seldom any space inside? Wonder not anymore…
— Situated in a touristy spot (Powell St) but it’s absolutely not a tourist trap.
— You have to wait 15 – 20 minutes when ordering take away.
— The kitchen is exposed and you can see cooks in action and how pro they are
— Portions are generous and most importantly the ingredients are generously placed.
— Tip: if you want to avoid queues, come after 22.
Needless to say, you should try it out if you are considering visiting San Francisco!

The place is cozy, with huge portions of food and reasonably cheap. Single Medium pizza is sufficient for two adults.

I guess these guys don’t sell by the slice, so I went for a small pepperoni and enjoyed waiting the ten quick minutes to carry it out.
These guys take their pizza making seriously. I enjoyed seeing my pizza pulled to the edge of the oven, examined, and tossed back in after my expert pizza-​maker determined it was not yet perfectly cooked. I can’t imagine these guys ever release a subpar pie from their kitchen.
Uncle Vito’s will definitely see my face again! Sturdy crust, perfectly melting cheese, delicious sauce, and nice sweaty pepperonis will have me back before the week is up. I burnt the roof of my mouth multiple times rushing to eat this order on my walk home, so that’s worth at least 4 stars. I will have more to say once I enjoy a meal in-​house from these nice folks.

This is the corner pizza spot in my neighborhood. There’s nothing fancy about this place, but they make respectable pizzas and calzones. Plenty of seating is available inside and they also offer delivery.

Pesto basil and the mountain. I personally really enjoyed the mountain, wife likes pesto pizza. Coyly go wrong with uncle Vito’s.

Visiting from San Diego. Excellent pizza and great service. As a family of five, I expected a long long wait on a Saturday night. With three small children, we were willing to wait because of all of the great reviews on the food. After only 15 or 20 minutes, we were seated. Awesome! Our server was excellent. The pizza was amazing. The beer was cold. Life is good. The chef even gave my kids a plate of fries while we were waiting!

Uncle Vito’s has been a carby staple in my life ever since my good-​ish old elementary school days at a nearby school. After a mean school day or a long day in the city, a slice at Vito’s has been the gooey, cheesy fix for me and my family.
THE HIGHLIGHTS.
+ Cute, quaint little pizza joint serving up nothing but the good stuff
+ Solid Italian food, especially their Mountain House combo
+ Great place for a low-​key hangout
+ Reasonably priced for the awesome serving sizes you get
~ Parking can be a no-​go, you’re best off in lot across from the NDV church
I’ll admit, I don’t make it out to Uncle Vito’s too often these days, but they hold a fond place in my heart, for sure!

Went here with my GF (Vegetarian) while on vacation in SF.
This is a small little place like most in and around the Union Square area. When we went at around 8p.m. on a Friday night it was packed with a line out the door, to be expected…
We decided to order a pizza to go and just eat back at our hotel room only a block and a half away to get away from the crowds. Upon looking at the menu they had a great selection of Pizza and deciding which one to order was fairly difficult because they all sounded so good!
We ended up ordering a large Pesto Pizza to go, due to the larger crowd of people in line and ordering food the pizza did take a little while to be prepared, right around 30 minutes. When we received it, it was so difficult not to just devour the entire pizza while walking back to the hotel because it smelled amazing! It ended up tasting even better than it smelled…
For the price, which was somewhere around $ 20.00 it was worth the money. The ingredients tasted very fresh and the crust had a crunch that led to a soft center. Would definitely go back the next time I am in the area

Needed last minute delivery to our hotel during a rain storm and Uncle Vito’s pulled thru.
Good crust, nice toppings. Pizza stayed great every time we ate another slice on day 2 and 3.
Salad was big and fresh, good amount of ranch.

This small restaurant is super popular! I’ve been here a few times, and have tried both their pasta and pizza. The pasta dish I originally had was the pasta siena — it’s a fettuccini dish with pesto, grilled chicken, and some veggies. Overall it was solid — a ³⁄₅. I didn’t think it was anything standout worthy, but I also couldn’t think of any big complaints. The next time I went to Uncle Vitos, I tried a standard cheese pizza. The pizza was pretty good overall — just the right amount of sauce and plenty of cheese. It was a little cold by the time it was delivered to my apartment, but no big deal. My biggest complaint was the crust, which seemed very plain to me. Perhaps they offer different flavors of crust, but I didn’t see this anywhere. Another minor complaint is that you can’t get chicken on the pizzas, although they’ll accommodate any other kind of meat. Overall it’s a solid restaurant — a ³⁄₅ in my book.

Service was very quick considering the restaurant was so packed! We probably waited for less than ten minutes to be seated (there were only two of us). Most people were ordering take-​away food though.
I ordered the eggplant parmigiana which was basically a cheesy eggplant mountain. It also came with a large piece of garlic bread and side salad (which was actually pretty big too!). The food was delicious and I felt bad for not being able to eat it all. I was overwhelmed having lived in Perth, Australia for the past seven years where the food is mostly small, average and expensive. The red wine was cheap and decent, and I also got a bottle of Nantucket Nectars lemonade which was fine. Staff were super friendly.

Really a great experience. We were cold, wet, and hungry and this was close to where we were staying so off we went.
2 of us had lasagna, one had grilled chicken salad, and I had a pasta dish with chicken, mushrooms, red onion, and a lite marsala wine sauce.
All of us really enjoyed our meals and would go back anytime.
The waitress knocked over a glass of water on me, but no worries and she was really nice and felt so bad about it she brought us cheesecake and tirimusi at no charge
We spent about 50 $ for all of us so that was great too and worth it

Originally hailing from New York, i find myself to be picky-​er than most when it comes to italian joints. While I still search for great pizza in sf, I do love the pasta and the meatball subs here.
I like Uncle Vito for a few reasons, but mainly because they just «get it». It functions well as a takeout place, being quick, reliable, and open late. It also works for dine in, with its loud, yet cozy and comfortable atmosphere, and very good service.
Overall, I get the feeling they actually care about making your food. More attention has been paid to making a solid meal than getting fancy artwork on the walls. Its not particularly expensive, but you won’t leave hungry. All these items together make up the core of a great Italian restaurant.

The pizza was really good. I recommend eating here. They have other food items to choose from. They are also reasonable in price.

Was craving pizza, thanks to Unilocal,found Uncle Vito’s. Pizza was great ! Thin crust, not very oily, and the flavor was delicious. Ordered The Mountain Pizza with a glass of wine. All the veggies taste fresh. This place was busy, I can see why now. Only downfall is the inside is small, sat in a corner table by the window and was a little crowded. Besides that it was worth it. Yum.

Easy place for a quick lunch. Love how everything is made fresh (and you watch them make their dough through the window!)
For $ 22 dollars you can easily feed 3 people. Food is good but not overwhelming phenomenal that you’d have to come dine again. Still better than a lot of pizzerias I’ve tried in San Francisco.
I wish the place was more spacious. It was a little difficult to be seated properly without bumping into the guest dining on the tables next to us.

I can’t comment on the service or atmosphere because I got this to-​go, but based on the food alone, 5 stars, hands down!
Old Fashioned Antipasto Salad: Given that there were only 2 of us eating, I had to laugh when I saw this salad – IT’S HUGE. This could have been our dinner in itself. For the price, I was in love with this salad that was full of protein and veggies. We ate it over the next 2 days and it was just as good as the first day.
Calzone: I have never been a fan of calzones because they’ve seemed like a mouth-​full of bread. This one has a delightful crust. At first, it looked like it might be thick and dry, but it was just the opposite. The choices of meat and cheese perfectly complimented the sauce.
Fettuccine with Baby Clams: At first glance, I thought the sauce appeared thin and I prepared myself to add parmesan, salt, and pepper. Not necessary! This pasta was FULL of clams and the sauce was to die for. I’ll be craving this in the future.

I would NEVER order from this pizza place EVER. Placed my order at 4:30pm to beat the dinner rush and they said they would deliver in an hour. An hour goes by and NOTHING. I call and they said the driver was on its way. 30 minutes later… and nothing. By this time, it’s been TWO HOURS since I’ve placed my order and still nothing. We call back and they said they tried calling my phone but I receive NO missed calls. I have a doorman so if they had arrived to my apt, the doorman would’ve called me or let them up, but I got no call.
They refused to deliver the pizza after the whole ordeal and said that WE could pick it up if we still wanted the pizza and STILL pay for it. The whole purpose of DELIVERY PIZZA is so it is delivered… People clearly don’t understand the concept.
THE WORST CUSTOMER SERVICE I have ever dealt with in my life. Next time you consider ordering from this place, DON’T.
Uncle Vito’s, you are a disgrace.

I am impressed!
I am new in town and walked past on my way home. I was starving and was not in the mood to cook so I thought why not.
I ordered the Mt Mountain and I must say this comes in my top 5 pizzas I have ever eaten.
Really nice tomato sauce base, really nice pizza base and nice toppings and it is not everly greasy or heavy either.
Looked like a busy place and you could see the guys making the pizzas were putting some love into each one they made.
I will be back that is for sure!

Tucked on the corner with a tiny dining area and some space upstairs is the by far the best pizza I have had in San Fran. It gets pretty hectic and they probably need some more wait staff, but I understand why people line up and wait for the food.
The waiter took a long time to get to us as he appeared to be the only one there along with the owner (I assume). We put our order in and started with the fried ravioli. It was delivered in about 3 minutes and was fantastic. The cheese tasted like fresh mozzarella and not store frozen. If it wasn’t made in house then I would be very surprised.
I had half veggie and half cheese pizza and it was so good. The crust was just right, the cheese was fresh, and the veggies were great. My friend had the fettuccine Alfredo and she loved it. It looked creamy and rich on her plate.
For San Fran the prices were awesome too. I would come back here on my next trip. It is hectic and chaotic and reminds me a NYC pizza joint.

I came here on a Friday night with a few friends. We were waiting to meet other friends so we decided to get a quick bite to eat. We ordered our food to go. I got a simple personal size pepperoni pizza and my friend got spaghetti.
We got our food and found out our friends were running late. So we asked to eat our food inside. The waitress with the blonde hair (didn’t catch her name) said we could not since we ordered to go we couldn’t dine-​in. We decided it was okay and we’ll eat in their to-​go section. But then it became too difficult because my friend ordered spaghetti. –_​_​– So we saw two empty tables and asked the waitress if we could sit there for a bit, she again denied us.
We decided to just leave because it didn’t seem like she didn’t want to help us even though we were paying customers (we tipped too). So we asked her for some Parmesan and she said «All to-​go orders have to be helped over there» and pointed to the cashier area. Then walked away. No one was at the cash register so we had to bug a chef to help us.
I was very disappointed in my service at Uncle Vito’s. The waitress was extremely rude to us. We left and ended up eating on a stoop we found and the food was just not enjoyable at all. The pizza was extremely greasy, like those cheap pizzas they gave you in high school cafeterias. And the spaghetti had a very strong taste to it. It was not good. My friend and I could not finish our food and we were HUNGRY. Not a very good experience. Never coming back.

If you’re looking for authentic and absolutely delicious Italian food, give this place a try. I had the grilled chicken fettuccine and can vouch that it is made with care and detail. The mushrooms and broccoli were nice and soft and the pasta perfectly smothered in just the right amount of cream. I had it with a side of Heineken on draft which complimented the meal well. The only downsides were the garlic cheese bread which was quite hard for bread, and the chicken was somewhat dry.
All in all, really great place to eat with a small group, couple, or just a single diner.

J’aime cet endroit atypique et singulier pour déjeuner. C’est sympa, et le service est de qualité. Demander une table près de la fenêtre pour observer la vie du quartier. Les pizzas ainsi que les pâtes sont excellentes et ils proposent de bons vins. A conseiller.

Excelent service, good enough food and convenient price. What else can you ask for for a quick bite out at Union sq!

Die Mountain Pizza war sehr gut. Medium ist für meinen Europamagen eigentlich zu groß. Das Peoplewatching vom Tisch direkt an der Scheibe ist großartig.