The Famous Ray’s Pizza
“I usually get a buffalo or plain slice.”
“The vegetable pizza with thick crust is excellent!”
“I have not tasted better pizza (plain and buffalo chicken)!”
The Famous Ray’s Pizza
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Outdoor Seating: Yes
Has TV: Yes
Caters: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
8 reviews
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We came here for a quick bite to eat last night. With a name like "The Famous Ray's Pizza" and it's central location between two very busy roads I was expecting some amazing pizza. I pictured it to be like the oversized jersey shore boardwalk slices, but when we walked in it was just a regular pizza place. The pizza was good, but nothing special. There are way better pizza places in NJ!
Not your typical NY style pizza – perhaps better! It's expensive, consider it gourmet pizza – each slice is so loaded with cheese and the crust is thick enough that it eats like two slices. Family favorite place. The staff knows my name even though I'm not even in there once a month. No matter how busy they take time out to smile and be friendly. Inside is a little small, so be prepared to take out.
Pretty average tasting pizza, and definitely overpriced. I suggest you skip Ray's and go down the road to Anthony Franco's pizza in the Pilgrim shopping center, near the King's grocery store. They've got cheaper, better tasting pizza, and much friendlier service.
10 years ago this pizza was the best thing going. Now it's just bleh.., it's fallen off. I was in north jersey and thought I'd try. Probably won't come again.
There are so many great places in Jersey to get pizza and they are all unique. It depends on what you want. If you want a thin and crispy crust, don't come here. There are others that make it that way. If you are in the mood for a huge slice of pizza with tons of sauce and cheese dripping oil, then come here. I've been coming to Ray's since it opened back in the 80's. Lots of memories. The same guys are still behind the counter. I've heard a complaint that, "they aren't Italian." Ummm…last I checked that wasn't a requirement for making pizza. LOL!
What was once the Staple of Pizza with Cheese gooey and oozing off the plate back in the 90's has gone by the way of the standard Pizza type place with OK food nothing fantastic… Not Bad just not anything special.
Place is spaced out nicely with long place to view all the different types of pizza slices from Sicilian to regular with various toppings etc. They also have some pastas and other items which were not tried.
The regular traditional pizza was average with very good crust but absolutely nothing going on with the cheese and the sauce.
The Square Sicilian was much better with again exceptional crust but it simply is lacking the burst of flavor found in top quality pizza places especially in the North East.
Bottom line here is they are average at best with only fountain drinks to choose from as well.
Simply stated not what I remember from the 80s / 90/s and certainly nothing I'm going to run back to.
Famous Ray's…you were there when we needed you. We were all heading back from somewhere and decided to take Bloomfield Ave. home so we could grab a bite to eat. When I first moved back to Jersey your pizza was awesome and I figured 'its pizza, it was great, it's still gotta be great!"
I've learned over the course of the last few months that "you can't go home again"…nothing seems to live up to how we remember food in our memories. And Famous Rays is no different. We ordered six different kinds of slices for four of us-pepperoni, plain, sausage, white with spinach, margherita, and buffalo chicken. All were good…sadly, none were great. Crust is thicker than I like, but at least it has some flavor-and it wasn't underdone as some others have mentioned in their reviews. The pepperoni, sausage, white, and margherita were just ok. Buffalo chicken was actually very good…and I usually won't eat buffalo chicken pizza. The slices taste fine, but I'm not a thick crust guy and I'm not a fan of the sauce they make/use on the pies. There was also something different about the mozzarella-can't put my taste buds on it, but it seemed like it was missing something-I NEVER put salt on my pizza (EVER), but I put a little on the plain slice and it tasted a little better.
For me, pizza is always tough…I know what I like, and I'm pretty picky, but I like trying new places. Please take my comments above with a grain of salt if you like thicker pizza with a sweet and savory sauce. Maybe you'll rave about Famous Ray's, but for me it's just ok.
I always loved the place. They have by far the cheesiest pizza on the planet. Just as good as it was 30 years ago.