Where to eat the 15 best Margherita pizzas in Naples

Eat good Pizza margherita it’s quite easy in Naples, but to eat aexcellent pizza in the best pizzerias of the city you need a guide.

And it is the one we provide you after having tasted Margherita (and Marinara) pizzas in all the neighborhoods of Naples. Without any distinction between traditional, cartwheel, dinghy and contemporary pizzas. We carried out the tastings with three people at the same time at the same table. The votes thus defined the results of the qualifying rounds of the Pizza Championship and the related scoreboard for the final phase.

And then take the map of the best Margherita pizzas in Naples and in the province according to us who have done 450 tastings of which 75 were Margherita pizzas.

1. Palazzo Petrucci – Naples Historic Center

The Palazzo Petrucci pizzeria is located in the ancient center of Naples along the Decumanus and a few steps from the famous Veiled Christ. Perhaps we won’t reveal to you that Davide Ruotolo makes one of the best pizzas around or that he uses a new generation open-mouth electric oven. The Margherita pizza, almost perfect to look at, is good and very light. It has a light dough with a pizza consistency. The tomato is slightly salty but kept at bay by the fiordilatte.

Score: 258 points = 8.6

Palazzo Petrucci Pizzeria. Piazza San Domenico Maggiore, 5. Naples. Tel. +390815512460. Facebook. IG.

2. Pizzeria Salvo – Naples Chiaia

The Salvo pizzeria in Naples can be found on the Riviera di Chiaia, the ancient city beach before the municipal villa and the seafront were built. The pizzeria was designed by Marco Falconio and is an elegant environment. The Margherita pizza is memorable with well-distributed ingredients and excellent cooking, so much so that it can be counted among the best pizzas in Naples.

Rating: 251 points = 8.4

Pizzeria Salvo. Via Riviera di Chiaia, 271. Naples. Tel. +390813599926. Facebook. IG.

3. Vincenzo Capuano – Napoli Chiaia

Vincenzo Capuano’s restaurant, famous for its contemporary pizza that customers cut with scissors, is in the pizza district on the seafront of Naples where many pizzerias are crowded. The social virality of which he is a master makes one doubt whether the pizzas are as strong as his videos. And instead the margherita pizza gets an excellent rating even if we nitpicked. It is a little pale when cooked with a good fiordilatte, less tomato and little scented oil. But I like it a lot.

Score: 247 points = 8.25

Vincenzo Capuano Pizzeria. Piazza Vittoria, 8. Naples. Tel. +3908118754037. Facebook. IG.

4. Concettina ai Tre Santi – Napoli Sanità

Let’s immediately say what’s wrong with the Margherita pizza from the once popular pizzeria Concettina ai Tre Santi in the populous Sanità district: the price. Just hearing €12 (TWELVE EUROS) makes Neapolitan pizza enthusiasts’ hair stand on end. But it would be worth putting the money needed to eat one of the pizzas in the trendy neighborhood of Naples and enjoy one of the best margheritas in the city. The incredible manual skill of Ciro Oliva’s collaborators manages to pass the test of the first baked pizza of the evening. With the right temperature and a better fiordilatte we would see it even higher.

Rating: 246 points = 8.2

Concettina at the Three Saints. Via Arena alla Sanità, 7bis. Naples. Tel. +39081290037. Facebook. IG.

5. Bro – Napoli Pendino

The Tutino brothers are the new team moving forward in Naples together with Davide Ruotolo and Ciro Oliva. In a nutshell, it is the generation that is surpassing the older and older masters. The traditional pizza is packaged in a sky-earth building with jungle-effect decorations. And from the exotic foliage emerges a cartwheel pizza that would only like a better fiordilatte to climb the few steps that separate it from the summit. For the rest, you can also eat it with your eyes.

Score: 240 points = 8

Bro. Market Square 222BIS. Naples. Tel. +390813797908. Facebook. IG.

6. Sorbillo – Naples Historic Center

Raise your hand if one of Gino Sorbillo’s detractors hasn’t thought that anyone who makes a pizza with pineapple can’t make a proper pizza. And instead at Sorbillo ai Tribunali, the two brothers Gino and Toto with the rest of the family, churns out a cartwheel pizza that he always convinces even if he doesn’t always win. A thin, very fine pizza with dough that melts in your mouth. Thanks to a dough and cooking that is almost amazing. Large volumes sometimes weigh on the final success, but queuing is an exercise to be done.

Score: 232 points = 7.7

Sorbillo. Via dei Tribunali, 32. Naples. Tel. +39081446643. Facebook. IG

7. 50 Kalò – Naples Mergellina

Ciro Salvo, the athletic pizza chef who already from the name of his pizzeria (translated, very well – the dough) invites you to taste the Margherita pizza, always considered among the best in Naples. He drops a bit in the grades and is disappointed, but explains (perhaps) the reason: he has changed his focus and therefore proceeds with the study that he has never lacked. Indeed, he had also brought to light what we have defined on these pages as the “memory pizza”. Don’t miss it because it has a real Margherita scent even if in this case it is slightly caramelized with little caramelization.

Rating: 225 points = 7.5

50 Kalo. Piazza Sannazaro 201/B. Naples. Tel. +390811920 4667. Facebook. IG.

8. Lombardi 1892 – Naples Stella

Here at Lombardi in via Foria/piazza Cavour we enter into the history and best tradition of manual skills applied to pizza which has made the art of pizza makers an intangible UNESCO heritage. And even with a Distinct rating, we wondered why a pizza with such a docile dough couldn’t be more steps above. The answer lies in the filling ingredients which don’t work as well as the dough.

Score: 211 points = 7

Lombardi 1892. Via Foria, 12/14. Naples. Tel. +39081456220. Facebook. IG.

9. Diego Vitagliano – Napoli Bagnoli

Diego Vitagliano has also recently opened a pizzeria in the center of Naples in Santa Lucia (while the Romans will have to take the train again), but his parent company remains the gigantic pizzeria in Bagnoli. He went on to win by a whisker in his group troubled by accidents that occurred at well-rated pizzerias. But it could also be said that he won in souplesse by showing off a traditional Margherita which he satisfied with its overall balance and good fiordilatte. A little bit for those who have a section on their menu dedicated to the best historical and contemporary Margherita pizzas in Naples.

Rating: 205 points = 6.8

Diego Vitagliano. Via Nuova Agnano, 1. Naples. Tel. +39081 1858 1919. Facebook. IG.

10. From Attilio – Naples Pignasecca

If you are looking for classic pizza, Attilio Bachetti at Pignasecca has been there since time immemorial and does not move his pizza away from tradition. With always excellent results even when it stumbles. That is, he can only lose if he makes a mistake. And the Margherita pizza is a pizza with its bow that hardly misses the target like its famous stars. It lost a few points due to a certain haste in cooking. But despite this it is always in the Top Ten of the best Margherita pizzas in Naples.

Rating: 201 points = 6.7

From Attilio. Via Pignasecca 17. Naples. Tel. +390815520479. Facebook. IG.

The 5 best Margherita pizzas in the province of Naples

Let’s also take a look at the pizzerias around Naples, which are also the subject of evaluation of the 2024 Pizza Championship in Campania which seeks the best pizzas and not just margheritas.

1. The Vesuvians – Pomigliano d’Arco

Federico De Maria in Castello di Cisterna, near Pomigliano d’Arco, studied Gabriele Bonci’s pizza and his (and his brother Francesco’s) pizzeria I Vesuviani is popular with pizza in the pan and in the pan. But he also makes an excellent round pizza and his margherita is in the Top Five in the all-Neapolitan ranking. One of the best Margheritas I have tasted (50) which is well cooked and has quality ingredients. Perfect for those who love plenty of fiordilatte which could cover the tomato a bit.

Score: 244 points = 8.15am

The Vesuvians. Via Madonnelle, 65. Pomigliano d’Arco (NA). Tel. +390813296996. Facebook. IG.

2. Gaetano Paolella – Acerra

Gaetano Paolella is among the revelations of the Pizza Championship. He won Group I with his three pizzas and the Margherita pizza is positioned halfway between the Marinara and the Cafuncella. Wild Card has its own pizzeria in Acerra, home of Pulcinella which ranks two in this ranking of the best margherita pizzas in Naples and its province. The pizzeria is known for contemporary pizza but also offers the cartwheel as in the case of this margherita which does not have a regular spread but a well-managed dough and excellent cooking.

Score: 243 points = 8.1

Gaetano Paolella. Resistance Course, 187. Acerra (NA). Tel.+390813199598. Facebook. IG.

3. Casa Giglio – Acerra

Gaetano Giglio, after having followed the path of canotto pizza, on the occasion of the restyling of his pizzeria decided to return to the origins and propose the cartwheel pizza, the one that protrudes from the edge of the plate with a thin layer and a not very pronounced crust. So to eat a traditional pizza from the center of Naples you don’t necessarily have to go to the city. His margherita pizza is the best of the evening and allows him to enter this list with a good rating. Right flavor obtained with the addition of grated cheese and only a slightly anonymous dairy product that does not enhance the correct cooking.

Score: 221 points = 7.3

Giglio House. Via Madonnella 14. Acerra (NA). Tel. +393911348382. Facebook. IG

4. A cantinell ro caricchiell – Somma Vesuviana; 207 points

In the Vesuvian area, very close to Naples, there is Gaetano Boccia’s pizzeria which was born as a takeaway pizzeria. Another wild card that has been able to assert itself as the best margherita pizza in Naples and its province. An atypical pizzeria precisely because it is dedicated to takeaway and only has a few tables in front of the counter. You will eat a direct pizza that makes abundance its trademark with an excellent dough margherita.

Score: 207 points = 6.9

At Cantinell Ro Caricchiell. Via Circumvallazione 13. Somma Vesuviana (NA). Tel. +390818991661. Facebook. IG

5. Ciro Savarese – Arzano

Ciro Savarese’s pizzeria, subtitled Anima e Pizza, is modern and elegant in Arzano. Good tomato and good fiordilatte for his margherita pizza with a pronounced crust. Greater attention to some ingredients, such as olive oil, and to a slightly too sweet dough could make it fly even higher.

Score: 207 points = 6.9

Ciro Savarese. Via Napoli 208. Arzano (NA). Tel. +390815732673. Facebook. IG.