Ogliastro
“If there's anything better than drinking dry Lambrusco in the gorgeous backyard of this lovely place in the summer, don't tell me.”
“We walked straight to the back where there is a gorgeous outdoor space with lights and trees that makes you feel transported.”
“Furthermore, Barboncino is the big brother of all the brick oven pizzas in the area since it was first, and arguably, the best.”
Ogliastro
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
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
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Apparently I am one of the last animals in Brooklyn that still eats gluten. For the rest of you, this place has damn good gluten-free pizza. As a consumer of wheat, I have to say, it doesn't feel like a trade-off, it's just good pizza. We almost always get the Spinaci pizza, and add prosciutto or some other sort of meat. The Carbonara is also great, as is the burrata appetizer.
They cocktails are really good, and they have a fantastic wine selection. If there's anything better than drinking dry Lambrusco in the gorgeous backyard of this lovely place in the summer, don't tell me.
It's difficult not comparing this place with Barboncino — they're in close proximity in the same neighborhood and serve the same thing: brick oven pizza. Furthermore, Barboncino is the big brother of all the brick oven pizzas in the area since it was first, and arguably, the best. Yes, it's unfair to compare them. But it's hard not to. My apologies to Ogliastro. I hope you understand:
* Both menus are mostly just pizza with just a few high quality mouth watering appetizers.
Ogliastro has slightly more items on the menu.
* The staff at both restaurants are as friendly as can be. Love the people at both places.
* Barboncino is a slightly more minimalistic pizza. Ogliastro is slightly more busy.
* Both pizzas sure are pretty. These are pizzas you can be proud of taking to the prom.
I dunno. Although both pizzas are phenomenal, for me Barboncino just works better. I think the cheese is tastier. I like the dough a bit more. Don't get me wrong — I am definitely a fan of Ogliastro, and I wouldn't hesitate coming back, not for a second, but Barboncino is as good as it gets, while I'm a "fan" of Ogliastro.
What would make Ogliastro 5 stars? I'm not a chef, so I don't know how to express "make the cheese more delicious and dough tastier" in a helpful way. Perhaps it should research putting even more tastier / gourmet small side items, like a gourmet Italian tapas. I'll tell you, that Carciofo is one of the best things I've eaten in months, and I would come back for the meatballs alone! I think this is an area where Ogliastro can really compete.
Carciofo: A+
Delicate, yet delicious. You would be doing yourself a bad disservice not trying this gourmet delicacy.
Polpette (Meatballs): A+
Somehow this isn't on Yelp's menu, but it had my 1.5 year daughter asking for meatballs all day long.
Bufala: B-
Nice, but a bit too bland for me. I didn't feel like it was savory. The flavors were a bit too weak. I think the sauce should stood out more. Same problem as the carbonara, except the carbonara was a blanket of spiciness instead of a blanket of blandness. Too homogeneous, which makes it uninteresting.
Vongole E Gamberi: B+
I didn't care for it. It wasn't savory: the flavors were all too muted; they blended with the crème fraiche, and the whole thing was just too homogeneous. However, my wife and step father liked it, so I'm giving it their rating, not mine. I'd give it a C-.
Carbonara: D
I don't mind spicy, but the whole pizza just tasted the same no matter where you ate it. Spiciness doesn't work like that for me. Picante flavors should be used tastefully, to punctuate something interesting, not as a blanket to hang over the entire dish. The bufala has similar, except with bland flavors instead of picante flavors.
Margherita with sausage and shaved Parmesan: A-
My favorite of the bunch. It had distinct flavors which I could enjoy — definitely more sophisticated and less homogeneous than the other pizzas. I wish the Parmesan was stronger — perhaps they should offer Romano? The sausage was fantastic. Savory, soft, delicious.
Service wasn't great, had to walk all the way inside before seeing the waitress/hostess behind the service wall, just not a friendly atmosphere. After much deliberation, we decided to order the chorizo and seafood pizza, unfortunately the waitress tells us they ran out. I think that should have been told to us while we were dissecting the menu. Anyway we went with the wild mushroom pizza, which was very lackluster. It didn't taste wild at all, the "fresh" ingredients didn't have much flavor.
I can say that I loved the chili oil that came on the side. You can taste the olivey goodness with a little kick, it made the pizza tolerable.
They have a really nice outdoor seating area though!
– came for lunch, there was pretty much nobody here
– large and spacious, good for gatherings
– pizza was alright
– I'd come more for a hangout than for the food itself
Came here one late Saturday evening after enjoying 1st Saturday at the museum. Many of the other restaurants in the neighborhood had stopped serving dinner but Ogliastro was still going strong.
We were promptly seated though the restaurant was seemingly packed. The waitress was very kind and quickly arrived with water and menus.
If you are not into pizza, you should probably skip this place, but if you are, it's worth a visit. They offer many varied toppings. In fact, the menu actually includes many bundled topping options. However, you can always create your own. These will arrive as pies, so if the depth of your pizza love is for individual greasy slices (one of my favorite NYC guilty pleasures) again this place won't be for you.
If a pizza topped with prosciutto and guanciale are more your style, look no further.
I went here early on a Saturday night and it wasn't too crowded. We walked straight to the back where there is a gorgeous outdoor space with lights and trees that makes you feel transported.
Looking for a relatively light meal, my two friends and I ordered two pizzas and drinks. They have cocktails for $12 and most beers on tap range from $5-$8. We ordered the Gorgonzola pizza ($15), which was beautifully topped with arugula and truffle oil. The pizza was thin-crusted, light, and delicious. We also ordered the Angello ($22) which was almost like a Mediterranean wrap, topped with lamb sausage, a light yogurt sauce, pistachios, and spicy honey. All of the flavors complemented each other and it was quite wonderful. I'm a little surprised it was priced so high but it was delicious. The meal overall was impressively good. I will definitely go back.
The service was fantastic. Our server kept refilling our water and came by several times to check in with how we were doing. Great people, great food.
Solid pizza joint in Crown Heights! Perhaps not my favorite pizza in all of Brooklyn, but they have some good combinations and the crust itself is really good. We split 4 pizzas with 4 (starving) people and still had plenty of leftovers. We tried:
+ the margherita & salsiccia: nothing out of this world on these ones, but they were still good
+ rucola e prosciutto: the prosciutto melted in your mouth like butter, so this one was a good choice
+ giardino: I thought this one was going to be my favorite, and it was good, but all the vegetables were a bit watery/under-seasoned.
Best part about eating here though? The massive wood-fired oven in the dining room, so you can smell all of the pizzas on their way to being devoured.
What a pleasant Yelp find! My friend was in from London and she happened to arrive right around lunch time on a weekday. I found myself starving and playing unexpected host to an equally hungry traveler but all the good places in my neighborhood were yet to open. In a pinch, the Yelp app (shameless plug but whatever) came in handy and we went one neighborhood over to try out Ogliastro.
WIN! It was great! It was quiet during lunch, there were about two or three other parties there, so my friend and I could linger over our meal and catch up. The waitress (doubling as bartender) was lovely and attentive. She also graciously allowed us to alter our pizza (I hate mushrooms, my friend loves them) without charging us for the substitution.
I love when a pizza is well advertised! In other words: when a pizza has equal parts of all toppings throughout. The Patata was just that (including the mushrooms we substituted for the pancetta). The crust was crispy and thin. I might have liked it a liiiittle bit crispier, but this is totally personal preference and I'm not enough of a pizza aficionado to dare judge this minor point. What I can judge however, is the fact that both my friend and I inhaled our slices without regard for breathing. That Patata was very very tasty!
Dessert was the surprise home run. (And on this I CAN judge from here to eternity) The chocolate mousse is marriage material. Is it legal to marry a dessert yet? It should be. It was rich and decadent without being over powering and simultaneously light and airy. That dessert alone would get me back in the door.
I'll likely be back. Probably not soon enough, but hopefully in time to enjoy the lovely looking backyard patio too.