Moustache Pitza
“Delivery is a bit slow but when it arrives it is yummy!”
“Had the Ouzi (aromatic and delicious) with a glass of rose and it might have been the most perfect little meal I've had in a long time.”
“Just down the street from Mt Sinai School of Medicine, Moustache Pizza sits on the edge of East Harlem.”
Moustache Pitza
Takes Reservations: Yes
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Outdoor Seating: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Caters: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
8 reviews
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This isn't a place you go to for your New York style pizza. You go here for some higher quality, creative-type pizzas. The three of us tried three different pizzas: Moustache Pizza, Green Pizza, Lahambajin Pizza. Each have their own distinct taste, but our favorite was the Green Pizza. Topped with leeks, scallions, and other herbs, it has a rich and thicker taste to it than the other two. I would definitely go back for the Green Pizza.
A winner to me!
It has the vintage feeling, au natural, since everything there is indeed old but it felt right and comfortable. Plenty of seating and would be good for a large party I would think.
They have a wine list but they ran out of the Sauvignon blanc at 7pm on a Friday so I'd say limited wine selection.
Food is authentic and good. I like the fact that things are overly salted and hence you taste the underlying ingredients more. I had the lamb meatball plate and Ouzi (baked rice inside a fillo dough). Both are really good and generously sized. I asked for hot sauce and they gave me harissa which I'll definitely want to come back for.
There is one guy that's constantly making the pitza so ill definitely come back again next time for it.
I was so excited to order from this place after reading the reviews. Somehow I missed the review about the food order not coming with pita bread. Why would I order $25 worth of food and not get pita bread included with my order? That's silly! Just up the cost of the food and include the pita. I was super hungry and waiting to clobber this food only to find I cant eat the hummus because I have no bread. Someone even called to confirm my order and didn't think to give me the heads up that pita was not included. The moussaka was described as an eggplant casserole. It is basically sliced eggplant with tomato sauce on top. A very saucy dish with no pita bread. Completely underwhelmed by the whole experience. Wont order from here ever again.
Fantastic food! Authentic, fresh and delicious. Very relaxed environment- I will definitely return! The pita is incredible and prepared pretty much right in front of you. Highly recommend the chicken kebab, falafel and avocado appetizer. Looking forward to trying the pita pizza next time!
who serves hummus without pita? How exactly are patrons supposed to eat this? "some people have allergies and eat it with carrots" was the response from the guy behind the counter. is this a joke? wait it gets better… after ordering the pita (5 pieces to be exact as there were 5 people in my party), it came out to $10+!! $10+ for PITA where each piece prob costs 15cents to make. we ordered delivery and they didn't even send silverware! this place is absurd… eat elsewhere. the food is edible but not much to write home about (pretty meh hummus that tastes like sabre and the chicken kebeb is chicken..that actually keeps repeating on me). to have the audacity to actually defend the fact that you serve hummus without pita is just beyond me. go elsewhere. pretty mediocre eats with ridiculous service.
Such a cute atmosphere and the staff here are so kind. I got the I love lamb so I got the lahambajin pizza. It has so many flavors all in one, but it was good! My bf got the moustache pizza and he loved it.
The crust is thin and crispy which is always good. We also got the baba ganoush which had the perfect amount of smoke. Not over powering.
Would come back!
(I pronounce this "mustache" in my head.)
The Good: spicy lamb sausage. I grew up eating too many roasted lamb skewers in Beijing and went through a period in which I hated that wild, gamey-aftertaste. Now I've come to my senses and love lamb, especially the white wooly ones in the petting zoo.
The Meh: $6 tiny square of baklava. The actual baklava was glorious, all flaky phyllo and pecans/pistachios soaked in honey. I just wish I had gotten 2 more bites out of $6.
The Really, Really Meh: seafood pitza. Maybe I had gotten it into my head that this was going to be some chewy Lombardi's-style dough but instead we ate a cracker with soupy tomato sauce and cheese that fell right off the slice as soon as you picked it up. A flimsy dough is always a deal-breaker but I give points for the generous amount of scallops.
The Terrible: dinner was almost 2 hours. Our waiter left us to our own devices which is fine if you don't have True Detective to look forward to, but he never refilled glasses, checked in with the food, or came by to pick up the check. Bah.
Food was okay but the service is absolutely terrible. We stopped by around 9:30 pm Friday night for beer and light bites. Told to sit ourselves so we picked a table on the patio. 10 mins later and nobody came to even gave us menu, I had to walk to the bar area to get it. And the whole time we were eating and all, the waitress/waiter came just once to check on us. Once we finished, we waited for like 15 mins watching the waitress talking forever and ever with some guys at the other table. I had to once again walked to the guy who was at the bar to get our check and a to-go box.
Idk if the guy was actually not suppose to wait tables but he is the only helpful person although I had to keep him away from whatever he was doing.
Probably will never come back cos the food was not that great that I don't mind bad service. Maybe if you are in the area and desperate for some food although there are 24 hour delis around the neighborhood that I would rather get food from.