Rocky’s Brick Oven Pizza
“3.5 stars but bonus since they're open late and have to deal with drunkards from MPD.”
“So this joint has the available pies on display – all pre-cooked.”
“I went into Rocky's just for a quick slice before hopping on the subway (which is super closeby) and I was blown away.”
Rocky’s Brick Oven Pizza
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Outdoor Seating: Yes
Has TV: Yes
Price range.
$ Price range Under $10
8 reviews
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This place offers what I have found to be so elusive in pizza in this town as of the last decade. Pizza with the good kind of mozzarella and a lot of it! Rockys passed the "stretch test"! When you bite into their slice the cheese stretches. That's the way New York Pizza used to before this "dollar slice" war that has almost every pizzeria in New York using that skim milk mozz or just plain fake cheese.
I had a sausage slice and it was damn good. I also had a square slice which was pretty good but not "prince street pizza" level. I will say they give you more cheese than almost anyone including prince. But I'd come back here for the regular slice. I cannot say enough about how difficult it is to find a cheesy stretchy slice these days! As far as service goes, they are below average. The guy taking my order gave the impression that he was indifferent about being there. But I don't really care, it's a pizza joint not a 5 star dinning experience, get me my slice quickly and and it better be good. They accomplished that. They are booked marked and officially on the short list of Bruce approved Slices.
This place is bad. The pizza is below average, barely average when you're hangry, and the customer service is so horrendous I would rather punch myself in the head than go back there. I'm completely baffled by some of the positive reviews for this place. Maybe it's one of those "If you build it, they will come. If you stay open later than any other place, they will keep coming. If you over charge, they will assume your food is good." News flash. The pizza is so-so at best and while it may taste better when you are starving at 1am, it doesn't change the huge slabs of cheese that slide right off after your first bite, or the too thick crust on a thin slice (make a decision, it's either a thick crust or a thin crust but this medium business? You just don't know how to make a good dough).
They outrageously over charge here. They charged us $5 a slice! FIVE DOLLARS! What are you smoking?! It must be whatever your late night munchies driven customers are smoking. Seriously, over charging for this uncreative interpretation of pizza should be illegal, especially in New York City. Maybe they jacked up the price because it was Halloween night, and they could, they were the only pizza place open for several blocks. I could have maybe gotten over that but the rude guys behind the counter who destroyed the ounce of patience I had left. They barked at everyone. Apparently you should know exactly what you want the minute you walk in or you will get the evil eye (turns out it doesn't matter what you order because all the slices taste essentially the same).
One guy took my order and ignored my friend, even when I repeated his order to make sure they understood we were together. He just walked away. We had to shout to get another guy's attention to take my friend's order. Then another customer came back in upset when he realized he had been charged over four dollars a slice. The response was, "I don't need your business! Get out of here. I don't want you as a customer!"
These guys are awful people and it shows in their pizza. Don't go here. Just walk on by or get on the L to Union Square and get pizza there.
Stopped by here after a night of drinking. It's of drinking. They probably could have put some cheese on cardboard and I would have found it delicious! Just kidding, I am a serious pizza eater in the wee hours of the morning. I got the pesto slice and the beef slice. The pesto was delicious with these cool square looking pieces of mozzarella on the slice. I had to get it because it looked so nice! The beef slice was very average and dry. Would recommend skipping it. The crust on the slices was great and crispy.
All in all, this place hits the spot for your pizza hankering!
prob the best ny style pizza on all of 14th street east or west. neutral tasting not too sweet dough(think papa johns), mild cheese, mild sauce. go for whatever is freshiest out of the oven – fluffy, slightly crispy, unburnt perfection.
The pizza is decent at this place, average for NYC. The customer service is terrible – dudes who just kinda grunt in your general direction. It's also the kind of place that witholds napkins and only doles out one per extremely greasy slice. It does have awkward pics on the wall of employees with celebrities, if that's your jam.
Otherwise it's just the place you go if you're really hungry at that moment, standing in front of it with $2.50 in your pocket ($5 if you're a fancy slice type).
I didn't think it was possible to get shitty pizza in NYc but this place proved me wrong. Their sauce was soooo sweet, just gross. Their crust was also kinda sweet but at least it was thin and crispy. In my defense, I didn't wanna come here but it's a holiday and the good places I tried first were closed. Clearly this place is for those whose standards have first been lowered by booze
My NYC tour guides asked me "Izz, what do you want to get out of your day here?", i replied with one word… "Pizza". Ok, so maybe there was more – but pizza was top priority.
I am not a local and Rocky's was the only pizza spot i tried out of the hundred i saw that day. I felt like it had to be a great example of NY pizza because it didn't dissapoint, even with the high expectations. You just have to get the right pie.
So this joint has the available pies on display – all pre-cooked. They weren't labeled but it isn't tooo hard to figure out what's what. I asked the guys a question or two and they weren't rude by any means (as i read a few comments about rudeness). Once you give them your order they grab the slices and toss them in the oven to re-heat, so it just takes about 2 minutes.
I had the chicken parm and bbq chicken. If you're the type that prefers BBQ sauce over ketchup, the BBQ chicken may be for you – i liked it but the sauce was just a tad sweet. The chicken parm was the recommended slice by my guides and it was ipso factoriously really good. It wasn't what i thought was "NY style" (as in thin crust and girly). This chicken parm slice was meant for a viking, so it was a perfect match for me.
This place is F'n wicked hot though. I've got lava flowing through my veins, so the whole no AC/fans sitting 10 feet from an oven thing just about killed me. The guys that work here were all sweating bullets, so i could understand how they might get snappy from time to time. All in all, aside from almost sweating to death, i really liked Rocky's.
Came in here on a late Saturday night, looking for pizza to curb my hunger and drunchies. We saw that the line was long….so it must be good right? Wrong. I should have checked with Yelp. The pizza tasted dry and lacked flavor. Couldn't even finish my slice (and I always can finish my slice…) Do not recommend.