Iggy’s Pizzeria
“It was an entree-sized portion, with lots of garlicky spinach, ricotta and mozzarella.”
“The broccoli spinach pinwheel is filling, tasty, not burned, not too soft, well put together.”
“The menu has every classic, Italian entree you could imagine, the food is affordable, and the delivery staff is friendly and very fast!”
Iggy’s Pizzeria
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Has TV: Yes
Price range.
$ Price range Under $10
8 reviews
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A slice of their cheese pizza. A slice of their Sicilian, and both were just OK. They're pretty much like any other typical pizzeria around.
I wish I tried their pizza… I came here with all the intention of getting pizza slices, and then as soon as I saw the calzone on the shelf decided "calzone with the typical NY pizza crust must be fantastic!". You see, some years ago I had the most sumptuous calzone in the Wilmington, DE area, really more a suburb of Philly, and have been longing for that calzone ever since. Surely I would get it in New York, right? Well, not quite here…
Now, by no means is this calzone not good. It is good. The dough is quite good actually, to a point where I think if it was on the pizza, I would really like it. But I'm forever going to compare any calzone to the one from Philly, and their crust is a bit different – more buttery flavor and not quite as chewy. Second, they only had the calzones with the ricotta cheese – good in its own right – and none with the tomato sauce, which was what I was really looking for.
So yes, the calzone is perfectly good, but I'm looking for something more. It's really more a 3.5 stars, but a sort-of-attentive, sort-of-not service, quite a wait for the food (20 minutes or so), and not quite a satisfying food experience means rounding down to 3.
Table-for-1 Factor: The restaurant is a nicer version of your typical NYC pizza joint, so eating alone is almost expected.
Solid East Village slices. I got a regular slice + a spinach/ricotta/garlic ($6.25 total). Both were tasty.
Dude working behind the counter was kind enough to let me know that a fresh pie was coming out of the oven soon if I wanted to wait a few minutes!
Iggy's would have earned a single star if I delivered this review last year, but time has healed wounds and this place has bounced back somewhat.
When the fiancee and I ordered takeout from here about year ago we both got food poisoning and I vowed to never eat here again. It was horrible and with so many pizza options in the neighborhood we thought this would be an easy one to avoid. Down the street the $1 pizza wars are ongoing with Papa John's, Vinny Vincenz, Joey Pepperoni and 2 Bros all offering $1 slices. Even Hot & Crusty sells pizza on the corner of 14th and 1st and if you want something of higher quality you can always splurge on Luzzo's, all of these places being within 2-3 blocks of Iggy's. Going south from Iggy's you have the perfectly capable East Village Pizza & Kebabs and Stromboli Pizza within 2 blocks. If you hop up to second avenue, Nicoletta, Viva Herbal and Numero 28 are within 2 blocks.
Just writing down all those options made me feel lazy because the only reason I ventured back to Iggy's is because it is the closest to my apartment. The laziness of my body has overcome my desire to not get food poisoning again at the tender age of 31 years old. Simply pathetic.
Since I went back 2X following the incident, the pizza and pasta has been quite good, thankfully my body has reacted normally post incident.
Every time I come here now it feels like I'm rolling the dice though, I haven't gone skydiving but the anxiety before-hand must be similar in that you are scared and could throw up at anytime.
My go-to pasta delivery place. My life has changed ever since I discovered their Penne alla Vodka with pancetta. SO good!
This place is out of the delivery range for my apartment, but thankfully my boyfriend lived within range. Unfortunately, he recently moved away. Goodbye, Iggys. You have treated me well.
I've only tried two things on their menu: the penne vodka and carbonara. Don't get the carbonara. Get the penne alla vodka!
Sucks that they have a delivery fee on seamless, but the pasta is worth it.
I've gotten this delivered and got a slice at the place. It's definitely better to eat it when it comes out fresh at the restaurant.
While performing in a play at Theater for the New City, I was scoping out pizzeria's between the theater and the subway. There are three 99 cent pizza joints in close proximity. One is fair, one is really good, the other is Papa John's. I had been to East Village Pizza and Kebab's and, I'm sorry, but those two words just don't belong together. Then, just past Schnitz, I saw Iggy's. I looked inside and really liked the atmosphere, so I went in.
The little Spanish guy (is anyone Italian anymore?) took my order with a minimum of customer service, and I had to wait for the house pie to finish. "Two minutes" was really eight, but damn it if it wasn't worth the wait! Easily the best city slices I've ever had!
The crust was thin and doughy at the same time. Crispy and hot, The cheese was flawless, from tip to crust. The sauce melded completely. Nothing beats a fresh house pie and Iggy's became my regular stop. I even got cast members of the play to go in and suddenly they had a new favorite place as well.
Solid. The play ended and I miss Iggy's.
It was a really forgettable pizza. If it was anywhere else I would've given it a better rating but with so many good places on 1st I wouldn't recommend it.