Although it may not seem like it, to find a pizza in Valencia as good as the one you could eat at a trattoria roman trattoria is no easy task. There are many mediocre ones, but there are few places where eating them is irresistible. The key is in a well-fermented and unhurried dough, with a good tomato sauce, tender mozzarella and fresh and quality ingredients. If we achieve this, we have already won enough. And in Valencia these are the best restaurants to eat an authentic Italian pizza.
We’ve compiled a list of places in the city where you can enjoy a pizza without having to buy a flight to Italy. It is the result of a mixture of our personal experience, recommendations from Italian people and Internet ratings.
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Il Cammino dei Briganti
This pizzeria has in its Row with the best pizza maker of 2023, according to the Association of the real Neapolitan pizza (AVPN) and the University of Italian Pizza in the World (UPIM). From the hands of Tommaso Cristiano come some of the best Neapolitan pizzas in Valencia and to try them you will have to travel to Albal, on the outskirts of Valencia.
📍 Carrer d’Alcàsser, 4, Albal.
Filippa’s
Famous for its initiatives of give pizzas as a gift on Pizza Day this restaurant in Ruzafa has become a reference in the neighborhood for its Neapolitan know-how. Its terrace is a gift to enjoy a pizza outdoors.
📍 Carrer de Sueca, 45.
Bottega Marsengo
It has positioned itself as the first pizzeria in Valencia that offers a pizza tasting menu (redundancy) for less than 30 euros. It is located in El Carmen and if you opt for the menu option, you can try the 3 types of dough they make. If you are more classic, you can order a pizza with thick edges and thin dough with a dozen options on their menu.
📍Carrer de Sant Tomàs, 18.
Roots
Mamma Mia!, how I had not tasted this pizza before. That’s what you’ll say when you taste the Neapolitan creations of Raíces, one of the trendiest pizzerias in Valencia. He crowns the evening with his star dessert, a kind of calzone filled with pistachio cream. Pure spectacle.
📍 Plaza de la Virgen / C. Bailía, 2.
Pizzeria Km. 0
The Pizzeria Km. 0 focuses on local and seasonal products to elaborate its pizzas with artisan dough and minimum fermentation of 48 hours.
📍 Emili Baró, 82.
Grosso Napoletano
In Martínez Cubells street in Valencia you can already eat the authentic Neapolitan pizza that has revolutionized half of Spain. Grosso Napoletano offers an elastic dough pizza with Italian strength flour and thick, fluffy edges, as if you were in Naples.
📍 Carrer de Martínez Cubells, 4.
Latte & Farina
Specialist of the Neapolitan dough (thick, spongy and elastic), you will find them in the Plaza Redonda in Valencia. Although it may seem too touristy, the visit is worth it. If you come for more than 2 people, we recommend ordering their long pizzas.
📍 Plaza Redonda, 1.
Il Ghiottone Napoletano
This space started as a modest project, but with an overflowing ambition. As if he wanted to refer to his name, this Neapolitan “glutton has engulfed the steps to success in just 6 years, going from small local to lead to one of the references of the Italian pizza in the cap i casal.
📍 Sagunto, 23.
La Bufala
This restaurant in Benimaclet stands out for the quality of its dough, made with natural products and a perfect combination of thick edges and thin base. They are made in a wood-fired oven with selected ingredients from Italy. Their pasta, which they make daily, is another good option if you’re not much of a pizza lover.
📍 Real Academia de la cultura valenciana, 2.
Trattoria Da Claudia
This Italian pizzeria is located between the Exposición and Real bridges. As the well-known slogan says, its secret is in the dough. They use extra virgin olive oil, flours imported from Italy and fresh yeast. Once made, the dough is left to ferment for 48 to 72 hours, which gives it a perfect texture after passing through the stone oven. If you come we recommend the Claudia pizza (bacon, provolone, mozzarella and pepper).
📍 Passeig de l’Albereda, 5.
Il Cortile
The pizza of this restaurant has been declared the best in the Comunitat Valenciana on some occasions and has been runner-up in Spain in the Championship of Spain Trofeo Pizza D’Autore. Your margherita pizza is the best in Spain. The restaurant already has two locations in Valencia: one in La Canyada (Paterna) and another in Cánovas.
📍 Calle 29, 53 / Carrer Burriana 33 / Santa Bárbara, Rocafort.
Pizzeria Spacca Napoli
The first of the Neapolitans on this list is this restaurant in Arrancapins. Naples pizza is recognized as a Traditional Specialty Guaranteed in Italy, so we can say that its recipe is the most canonical among all pizzas. Although its menu has a lot of variety, as good Neapolitans, this restaurant serves the two most typical of Campania: the margherita (tomato, mozzarella cheese and basil) and the marinara (tomato, garlic and oregano). A simple delicatessen.
📍 Carrer de l’Heroi Romeu, 12.
Viva Napoli
This trattoria is also Neapolitan. This is another place where the diameter, thickness and weight of the dough are carefully studied in detail, as the original recipe dictates. However, it includes a variation that we cannot overlook: its one-meter oval pizzas (like the one you see in the picture). It depends on how hungry you are or if you’re with friends, but know that here your menu can be XL size. It is in the neighborhood of El Cabanyal.
📍 Carrer de la Reina, 60.
Spuntino Pizzeria
If we talk about pizzas and Italy, we cannot finish this article without talking about the al taglioformat. It is the best formula to try several types of pizza, or for those moments when you are in a hurry, but hunger is unforgiving. If this is your case, this place is a good choice. We recommend the margarita, the Italian sausage and arugula or the Prosciutto e funghi. You will find it in Ciutat Vella.
📍 Carrer de Dalt, 28.
Marcellino
A novelty that we include in this list. It stands out for its family atmosphere, good pizzas and a selection of Italian wines. It straddles restaurant, cafe and wine bar and here you can eat traditional Neapolitan pizza.
📍Gran Via de Ferran el Catòlic, 74.