Dellarocco’s Brick Oven Pizza
“We each ordered a pizza – the Margherita STG and the Dellarocco – and both were phenomenal.”
“Its in a great trendy neighborhood in Brooklyn Heights near the water so a nice long walk is recommended after eating here!”
“I am so glad to have Dellarocco in my neighborhood.Their pizza is comparable to Grimaldi's pizza, maybe better.”
Dellarocco’s Brick Oven Pizza
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Caters: Yes
PokéStop Nearby: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
8 reviews
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Excellent pizza spot. Esp the calzone. Tried all the calzones. Spicy one was best. Just ordered a pizza tonight, I'll let u know how it goes.
Friendly staff, cozy place, nice neighborhood, really nice food and awesome pizzas! We had a white pizza (i.e. no tomato sauce) and it was super good! The bread and crust was perfect and the toppings fresh and taste. Even the arugula (or rucola, as I'm used to call it in Europe) was crispy and tasty.
Staff seated us immediately (no reservation), were very attentive and delivered the food immediately. Overall, a really nice experience – recommended!
3.5 stars. A couple friends and I decided to have an early dinner here on a weeknight. The set up of the place is pretty cozy despite having more space on the other side. Service was good and the food came out quickly. There's a good amount of pizza options on the menu, but not too many options to make your head spin. We ordered 3 pizzas (Margherita, Dellarocco and Burrata Parma), cheese and salumi board and a Radicchio salad. The cheese and salumi board was pretty good, but nothing amazing. You can skip it if you want to save some stomach space for pizza. The Radicchio salad was good, everything that went into it was very fresh.
The pizza pies weren't cut all the way through and weren't cut evenly, odd. My favorite was the Burrata Parma and as one of my friend's pointed out, it's the Raddicchio salad in pizza form; the main difference was the cheese in the pizza really balanced out all the flavors. I'm usually not a big fan of margherita pizza, but they make it pretty well here, not too heavy. The Dellarocco was just ok, didn't really stand out to me despite being their signature (?) pizza. Overall, this place might not comparable to the more popular pizza joints in the area, but still a nice option to have if you just want some good pizza.
BEST NEAPOLITAN PIZZA I HAVE HAD OUTSIDE OF NAPLES (ITALY), but most expensive beer I have seen in my life. I am torn on my rating for Dellarocco's because the pizza was wonderful with a thin, soft, yet firm dough, perfectly baked with just the right amount of burnt spots from the 800+ degree brick oven.
The service was excellent. Sabastion, our server, was attentive enough without hovering or interrupting our conversation and the pizzas arrived post haste as they should from an 800 degree oven. The decor is rather modern, sterile, and boring, not what I would expect in a Brooklyn pizzeria.
I ordered a pint of IPA, but am glad I specified a pint because Sabastion, our server, was nice enough to tell me the $6 IPA was closer to a 1/2 pint than a pint. Where we come from a pint of craft draft ale runs $4-$6, so paying the equivalent of $12 a pint is a non-starter in my book. No beer is worth $12 a pint no matter how good it is or where you are … "We're not in Kansas anymore Dorothy!" Wine is equally overpriced by the glass, although there were several bottles in the $30 range, a more reasonable investment.
The toppings on the "Dellarocco" ($16), smoked Buffalo mozzarella, broccoli rabe, sliced sweet Italian sausage, red pepper, garlic, and basil were reminiscent of pizza Napoletana, not too much, not too little. They even had olio picante (EVO infused with red pepper), the perfect accompaniment to my salsiccia e friarielli pizza … buonissimo. This is my go-to pizza when in Naples, so my expectations were not high, however, the Dellarocco was THE BOMB folks!
My wife had the "Zucchini" (also $16) with the same superb dough topped with a wonderful zucchini cream, mozzarella, thinly sliced smoked prosciutto, and extra virgin olive oil. It was also delicious, light and flavorful with just the right amount of ingredients so you could taste each individually.
The pizzas are even the right size for pizza Napoletana (about 13 inches), unusual in the States where most places serve a 12 inch individual pie. An inch makes all the difference folks (I'll leave it at that). Their prices are nearly three times what you would pay for a similar pizza in Naples, but this is NYC (Brooklyn actually) and I have seen prices for an individual pizza ranging from $20 to almost $30, so I do not consider Dellarocco's pizza a bad value. The beer is a different story because I found another place in Brooklyn with several excellent craft draft "pints" in the $6 to $7 range, so stop gouging your customers and lower your beer and wine prices a little.
CombatCritic Gives Dellarocco's Brick Oven Pizza 8 Bombs Out Of 10 With Deductions For Ridiculously High Beer And Wine Prices … More Bombs Are Better!
Super food, with the blackened crust on a Brooklyn style pizza like I like. The center of the bottom was wet with ingredients, but after I knife-and-forked that part away, it was easy to pick up. The kale salad was huge, and could be a portion for two. The meatballs appetizer was heavenly and hot, with tender meatballs like a warm hug for your stomach, given by an aproned grandma still hot from the kitchen.
Nice local beer selection, too. Try both local and seasonal, you won't be disappointed. The decor is very clean and current, with nice marble bar, and an organized-but-small pizza kitchen open in the back. Not your Brooklyn Bridge, checked tablecloth type place. I'd come back, absolutely!
I went on a Saturday afternoon around 3:30p to avoid crowds, and the place was empty.
Margherita STG: it was supposed to have mozzarella di bufala and it didn't. The cheese was hard and not milky like it's supposed to be. When confronted, the waiter confirmed it "was" mozzarella di bufala. Absurd. Just look at my picture.
Dellarocco: it was burnt, above and below. Just look at my picture. Nothing else to say, other that the ingredients weren't fresh, especially the sausage.
I have no reason to ever go back. Felt like I was treated like a tourist.
We were here for the Photoville exhibit and were hungirily looking for a nice place to eat. We got the margherita and Siciliana pizzas. The margaherita was not as good as I have had before but good nonetheless. I really like the Siciliana pizaa which my mom got. Will def go back if we are in the area.
closer to 3.5, but oh well.
We popped in for lunch while in Brooklyn walking around the neighborhood and had the arrabbiata pizza and an order of the meatballs with shaved parmesan, tomato sauce and fresh basil.
The pizza had a very tasty charred crust and was a good size to share, but the middle half of the pizza was extremely soggy. Even when folding the slices in half to pick up to eat the tips of the cheese and topping sloughs off and leaves you with wet dough. The flavors of the cheese, sauce, toppings and dough however were otherwise quite good.
The meatballs were enjoyable, especially with the slices of shaved parmesan and fresh basil in each bite.
Prices were on the medium to high side, and the ambiance of the place was pretty bright and cheery I thought. Not a bad spot, but definitely not a must visit spot or a place I'd go out of my way to return to before trying other spots for pizza in Brooklyn first.