Pizza Moto
“Ok, I have to add my rave review to this little vendor from the Brooklyn Flea too.”
“Best margherita pie we've had in ages; the sauce was ideal.”
“They've been around Smorgasburg, but at the time of this writing, their brick and mortar location has only been open for 7 weeks.”
Pizza Moto
Takes Reservations: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
8 reviews
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Located in quite possible the worst spot in the history of restaurants. However, don't let that deter you. Pizza Moto is located directly under the BQE on the Fort Hamilton Parkway. My husband and I got here around 6Pm on a Saturday and the place was pretty full, but we were seated right away. It is VERY small and many people had to wait. You can not make reservations, so anticipate having to wait (or try to get there right when it opens). We split the fried artichoke with lemon curd appetizer. It was DELICIOUS! So good! I ordered the margherita pizza and my husband ordered the eggs from hell pizza. Mine was good! The sauce was a little off, but not in such a bad way. Like maybe a little too much oregano? Not enough garlic? But still tasty. My husband throughly enjoyed his. We split the olive oil chocolate cake, which was nice but a little dry. I didn't really think it was worth the calories. They aren't open during lunch time, which kind of blows, but isn't the end of the world. I would come back!
My new favorite Brooklyn eatery. Some of the best pizza around! Great service, fair pricing and sweet Brooklyn ambiance. Have I mentioned some of the best pizza I have had in a bit. Also worth noting is the non pizza items, salads and savory dishes to die for.
For some reason my review of their beloved mobile wood burning brick oven pizza business has transferred over to this listing for their first brick and mortar location. I still feel as though their trailer pulled mobile business that gained much momentum over the past few years is still one of my favorite pizzas in the city and deserves much praise. There actual location, not so much. Did the city really need another pizza place or upscale hipster casual restaurant? No, definitely not. Pizza Moto made a name for themselves by being a business that was unlike anyone else around, there actual location just falls into the bandwagon with everyone else. Cliche's aside I was quite disappointed with my experience here. The individual pizzas are bigger and more expensive than what I've come to expect from Pizza Moto at mostly $14-19, beers are mostly in the $7-8 range and glasses of wine and cocktails are in most part around $12, all of which are pushing the limit of one could charge at a casual pizza place under the highway in an obscure industrial area of RedHook/Gowanus. They certainly didn't make up for the prices in quality or service either. The margherita pizza came without basil, one of the staples that makes that type of pizza so good. I was told they didn't have basil because it wasn't in season. Really? I can go to the super market and get basil as well as just about any worth while pizza place, it's also something you can grow at home on a window sill, just look at DiFaras. The pepperoni tasted like kielbasa and the overall flavor of the pizzas fell short. The doughy and fluffy crust was pretty good but lacked any real crispiness or char to it. As far as service goes we were never asked if we wanted another drink and our table was cleared off and was being prepared for the next guest before our coats were even on. We just felt a bit rushed even though there was no line of people waiting to get in and even though we hadn't been there long at all. With so many great pizza places in the city to go to, there's really no need to make a return trip here. Though I will still likely throw down $10 or so for one of their pizzas if I'm ever at a food fair and I see their mobile cart.
YUM, what a GREAT spot tucked away on Hamilton Ave. Last Friday me and the BF went here for dinner after mini golf, and while we walk by this place ALL THE TIME, we had never really seen it. It was SO CUTE inside, very funky and retro, I LOVED the layout of the bar and kitchen. We got the potato app, which were AMAZING, the shoshito peppers, which were AWESOME and came on a bed of fresh ricotta, and the Eggs from Hell Pizza. The dough was DELICIOUS and soft and had this great smokey bottom from the coal oven. I loved everything and I want to take everyone I know there.
I was dying for wood stove pizza and heard about this restaurant so decided to try it out! The evening started off lovely when we were escorted into the kitchen to wait for a table. How unique! We got to see meals being cooked behind the scenes. While waiting they brought us a fried lasagna which had a little taste.
The signature drinks were lovely. We started with a short rib appetizer which had potatoes. It was soooo incredibly small especially since we were told it was for two people and cost $20!!!!. It looks like one short rib chopped up into pieces . The upside was that it was delicious.
We had a variation of the Pizza up on the board. It was a four cheese pizza with bacon and we added pepperoni instead of an egg. Unfortunately through the pepperoni was overly salty and I ended up taking most of the pepperoni off.
A very good pizza place! The crust and bottom were nicely crisp. I could use more cheese on the margherita though ($14). The clam pizza was also good but some more sauce would have enhanced the flavor for me ($19).
The tin of sardines ($8) was delicious. I usually stay away from sardines because I hate those "edible" bones that I don't like to eat, but there were none of those in these meaty fillets! A must order!
The smoked trout cesar ($15) was a mountain of romaine with not a lot of smoked fish. But it was dressed very well. Another item not to be missed.
The hostess was great and a pro at using their yelp pos system. Super smooth and they are able to take your number down if they don't have room for you to wait in the kitchen.
Our server was good. He was definitely very busy but we felt an adequate level of service despite that.
Some of the tables are spaced very close together but the whole place isn't that big so you just have to make do with the space you have.
It's really that good. And not because you had trouble getting into Lucali. Seriously, this is a place worth visiting under the BQE for. Hard words to say, but it's the truth.
Appetizers: Meatball Tartare. Good to share with 2. Glazed Pork Belly with Farro is hearty and spoon worthy.
Pizza: We had a hard time picking which pizzas we wanted. Since we came with an appetite we went overboard and got 5 of them. I mean, leftover pizza is pretty awesome, right? Perhaps you're less hungry or adventurous. I have to say that "Eggs in Hell" will make you smile and smile over and over. Tomato, bacon, chili, soft cooked egg, fresh mozz & pecorino. Yup. The meatball is pretty stupendous also if you're not by yourself. If they have the Carbonara pizza as a special, go for that too. If you're boring or scared the classic buffala mozz is stand-up.
Room left over: They had this very odd sounding dessert called "Tequila Pana Cotta" that I had to try. Wow – what a treat – it should be made every day, all day long.
First and foremost, why are you coming to a pizza place? For pizza. Pizza moto's pies are terrific. Absolutely perfect crust – the right amount of seasoning, chew, char…perfection. Best margherita pie we've had in ages; the sauce was ideal. The clam pie was more or less devoid of clams, but it was still a winner.
We had some other dishes to try out the non-pizza offerings. All were more than skip-worthy. The bacon with kimchi was fine – weirdly adorned with edamame, and something about hot kimchi does not make sense to me at all. The fried artichokes were pretty darn bad – the yuzu "aioli" was more of a super sweet lemon curd. Gelatinous, overly sugarly, poorly cleaned (had several barbs and hard outer leaves, which are really unpleasant going down) and over fried baby artichokes. Not a winner.
That said, the pizza was a hit and the place is easily accessible by the B61 bus. The staff were nice and the seating accommodated a family easily. We will definitely return, but next time, we'll just stick with the main event and avoid the other dishes.