Pizza Moto

Location is gritty. Décor is hip. Artichoke pizza was delicious. Trout Caesar not so much. The oddest thing was the wine. My mom ordered a glass and the pour was really small. I said something to the waiter and he said that was their standard pour. (It was probably around 3 oz). After that we looked around and saw that everyone else with a glass had far more – about double what my mom had gotten. After about five mins the waiter come back with the bottle. (Maybe he saw us looking around and saw what we were seeing?) HOWEVER, he splashed such a minuscule amount of wine, maybe .25 oz. that I literally laughed. Not wanting our meal to become any more aggravating, we left it alone and instead of complaining again (which I don’t even like to do once), I decided to write this review.

This one was on my Unilocal bookmarks for long. Finally made it last weekend. I love the décor, simple yet attractive. I love how they’ve put up the pinball arcade game boards on the wall.
The patata brava was great. The pizzas was just great. I love the burnt parts of the wood fire oven pizzas. Just right to my taste. Never had eggs on pizza like I had here. 3 pizzas were just right for 4 of us.
They don’t have too many choices in pizzas, but whatever they have tasted great.
Love the place, will keep going again n again.

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.

This place is amazing. Difficult to find but worth the effort.
Unique twists on traditional pizza fare… the fried lasagne (you WILL want more) is terrific.
Brooklyn has many, many options for pizza, many top notch but I think this place edges the 1^st place spot.

Dropped in driving home from Manhattan. The place was not crowded at 7:15PM. I was seated by a friendly waiter who asked me what I wanted to drink. I asked for the Umbrian red which was wonderful.
I must tell you this is not a standard Brooklyn wood oven pizza place. This is gourmet. If you’re looking for a familiar pizza experience, keep driving to the Smith Street exit and drive up 9^th to my friends at Table 87.
That said, I like the vibe of this place and realize they’re trying to make a statement. The décor is neat and very cozy. It’s starting to get a bit more crowded after 8 and the crowd is hip and wanna-​be baby boomer hip
Baylor, the waiter, has been super attentive with a great sense of humor.
I have to say it’s great being here. And the pizza pecorino was very very good.
I would definitely return with friends and I do recommend this friendly pizza bar!
PS not sure why I gave them only three stars… maybe I’m just in a cranky mood due to the shity stock market?

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.

We had a fun evening at Pizza Moto. Not every dish is delicious, some are too salty, the tomato-​less pizza’s aren’t the best, but we might come back to try some other specials and have another margherita. It is not a place for «connoisseur’s pizza» (go to Lucali for that), but the wait staff is cool (in the good way of the word) and prices are fair.

Honestly, it baffles me that this place has such high reviews. I don’t know what is coming out of this kitchen… but it is certainly not pizza.
It’s not even that it isn’t neapolitan pizza specifically. it’s just not pizza. The dough is both incredibly thin and incredibly chewy at the same time. You go to pick up a slice (except for the bacon oil pizza which I’ll get to in a moment) and the thing starts drooping because the thickness of the dough is almost like paper. I don’t understand what they are trying to accomplish here other than ruining pizza.
The bacon-​fat rosemary pizza was the oddest thing I’ve ever seen. I love bacon fat and I love rosemary, but I just wasn’t sure what I was eating. I picked up the first slice to bite into it and it was, once again, thin as a cracker, but, instead of being crispy, it was chewy. And when I say chewy, I mean chewy to the point of being tough… I had to gnash my teeth to get the dough to separate itself from the rest of the pizza.
To make matters worse, when we sent back the first pizza (bacon oil rosemary) and asked them to make us a traditional neapolitan pizza, but to make sure the dough was a little bit thicker, it feels like they made it thinner on PURPOSE as if to say, «yea, whatever, this is how WE do pizza.» Look, guys, that may be how you «do it,» but it isn’t pizza!
There’s a lot of hype behind this place, but this is not pizza. Being both a Sicilian-​American and a New Yorker… I have to say, «Don’t even bother.»

My friends and I came to this restaurant as a party of 9, ready for a night out in a friendly, homey atmosphere. We were blown away by the service and food at this place, and will certainly be back. I feel like the people working there need to know how much we appreciated their stellar service and enthusiasm.
We knew we would have a wait, as it was a Saturday night and the place is pretty tiny, but the staff showed us to the «chef’s table» area, which is literally in the kitchen where you can watch the pizzas come out of the brick oven. There are cookbooks on the walls and it is very clean, and we were promptly served drinks. I tried a friend’s gin cocktail and it was definitely tasty and strong. I felt like I was in my family’s kitchen — we were even introduced to the (I think) grandson of the man who originally built the brick oven that they use today! It was built back in the 1800s!
When we were seated, the table was comfortable and accommodating, and I noticed the nostalgic décor — schematics for the original structure on the walls and pieces of pinball machines hung up as art. What was really nice was that the staff gave us two Caesar salad’s on the house because of our wait! And they were delicious! Heavy on the dressing with finely crushed, salty bacon.
The pizza is incredible. I’d compare it to Roberta’s in Bushwick for the crispy and light texture. My favorite of the night was the pepperoni — the meat tasted of quality and it was even a little spicy. Everyone at the table went crazy for the hot chili oil too, which I’m sure is great, but my tastebuds can’t handle the spice!
Finally, the price was super reasonable. Nine people, five pies, and like three drinks each and everyone paid about $ 35. Worth it.
Go to Pizza Moto!

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.

Overview: Great little pizza place that serves real Italian style pizza in a wood-​burning oven, and great cocktails. We brought our young daughter, and there were many kids in the room, for which Pizza Moto seemed a bit unprepared. [An unanticipated 45-​minute wait (We were told «20 minutes» when they seated us in the back, then 40 minutes into our wait we were told «5 minutes» longer) and somehow we were expected to manage our child’s hunger without an offer of any appetizer whatsoever, not even a slice of bread, as we waited in the back with other families and our child who eventually showed tears, she was so hungry with the delicious sights and smells. ]
We sat in the back at the chef’s table alongside a couple from Windsor Terrace, a family from Munich, Germany, and another family with two kids who live in Manhattan. People travel to Pizza Moto. That’s a testament to how good the pizza is here.
It was nice to view the activity in the back. Okay, it was a little impressive.
Once we were seated, I was constantly bumped by waitstaff even though I pulled my chair *all the way in.*
Food: Eggs In Hell. YES. Cheese with mushrooms also delicious, but EIH was the more creatively flavorful pizza. Clam and cream pizza, we hear, is also very good.
Drinks: Red Right Return. Other Half Forever Eva IPA.
Dessert: Biscuit Tortoni, Dark Olive Oil Cake, w/​freshly whipped cream.
Summary: Exceptional pizza, with timing/​waiting issues. A few little service tweaks, and this will easily be a 5 star experience!

This place was good, but getting a seat was next to impossible.
We went through 2 bottles of wine waiting, but it was nice that they gave us some savory zeppoles on the house.
I had a nice time, the staff were really friendly and the food was good. It was a bit out of the way for me, so I might go again it I find myself in the area.

place was real cool… glad to see the area is coming back… nice little spot… with the old fashioned refurbished oven which makes PIZZA … price was OK… Got complimentary glasses of wine… waited about 50 minutes for table… but it was worth it… cool crowd… they need another rest room and need to move the bar to the back… for more tables… otherwise it was a fun night. lively crowd.

Went with 4 friends and we had a pretty cramped table in the corner. It’s a cute atmosphere but it’s in a really quiet out of the way location under a bridge.
We ordered the fried broccoli to start, which was very good. Both the flavors and the textures balanced nicely. I’d recommend splitting this appetizer between 2 – 3 people.
Between the 5 of us, we ordered 4 pizzas, which was a good amount of food for us. We had the mushrooms, pistachio pesto, clams, and «eggs in hell.» I thought that the mushrooms and pistachio pesto were average, but the clams and eggs in hell ones were fantastic — would recommend.
The best part of the meal was the olive oil chocolate cake, a must in my opinion. We also had the maraschino cherry almond biscuit & ice cream dessert, which was really strong in both flavors. I wasn’t a huge fan but my friends seemed to love it.
I’m not a huge pizza lover, but this place is pretty solid. I probably wouldn’t go back because I live really far from this area of Brooklyn, but if it’s convenient for you, do try it out!

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. Cliché’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.

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 Unilocal 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.

Went here with my son and daughter for my b’day. The pizzas were fantastic!!! We had the one with meatballs and the one with clams and bacon – both excellent. The cocktails were great too. We had no wait time at 6:45. It gets crowded pretty fast though. A bit tricky to find, but once you do you won’t forget it!

We went here around 7:15 on a Thursday, and had no trouble getting a table, there’s a fair amount of seating for a small place. It started to fill up as we ate, though! Funny location, under the highway, but I’m sure it’s very up-​and-​coming.
We decided to not go crazy (we weren’t starving!), and ordered the tomato, meatballs, fresh mozz, roasted onions, pecorino pizza for $ 18. It came out fast (the bread/​chip/​whatever it was that they gave the table was great! It was sort of like a giant, fancy cheeto — which is a compliment) and was piping hot. The meatballs were sliced, for ease of eating and everything was great. The crust was almost sweet, which I’m into when it comes to pizza. Perfect texture
I can definitely see myself going back, as long as it doesn’t start to get too crowded or crazy.

I love pizza and if you do too you know there are some pretty good pies in BK. I have to say that this was solid. Good sauce to cheese ratio and the crust wasn’t too soggy. We got the mushroom pie (sauteed shrooms and raw shrooms shaved on top) plus a Margherita. The place was packed at Friday @6:45ish. They have a cute and small waiting area in the kitchen where you can get drinks delivered to you. Overall great addition to the pizza scene in BK/​NY.

Pizza’s were very good, the atmosphere was lively, and overall well worth the trip from NJ

Second Friday in a row coming here and can’t wait to come back next week. Everything has been delicious and the bartender and staff are very nice. A relaxed and cozy environment, especially with the smell of the wood burning oven.

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.

well id like to really review this place when I’ve actually eaten here which I didn’t even get to do. I came in right when it opened for the night with a friend and my 2 year old and they ONLY HAVE ONE HGH CHAIR for the whole place and it was already spoken for! my little one was squirming as we sat and waited for the hostess sh$&show to settle. since it had just opened a girl was trying to make sense of the 3 tables with kids who came in at once and then her manager came in and was so embarrassingly awful to this girl… it was downright uncomfortable. so we left.
good thing we live a short walk from here! If i had shlepped with a toddler to this kind of ugly creepy part of the hood (it’s fine!) I’d been pissed!
hopefully I’ll get to try again when they have it together.

Great place. Great vibe. Sweet owner. Will go back again and again!
I love this place so much!!!

We were a party of four at 9pm on a Friday night, two coming from Gramercy and two from Harlem. What an incredible gem! Warm waitstaff, excellent ambience, and oh my goodness the pizza! We ordered some fabulous dishes to share to start — broccoli with the brightness of lemon that was both surprising and successful. And we ordered three pizzas. The crust was heaven — melted in our mouths. I especially loved the pizza with winter greens-​pistachio pesto, castelvetrano olives, ricotta (which they make themselves).
It was an amazing meal and I’m absolutely looking forward to going back!

I really didn’t think it would be that good. Really. I’ve had pizza everywhere, including in Rome and I’ve always concluded that they were all the same. However, pizza Moto got their crust down to perfection as well as their generous service. Here’s what happened:
We walked in as a party of 5 on a Friday night with no reservations. Of course there was no seating so they situated us in a waiting table located in the back with the kitchen. It was pretty neat because we could watch all the magic happen in the kitchen. We were told it would be an hour wait for the table and so we ordered some drinks while chilling in the kitchen. About 30 minutes in, the host came back and told us that the table they were going to give us was taking a long time to eat and we were allowed to order at the table were sitting at in the kitchen. Awesome! It was extra kudos points for me that they took into consideration our waiting time because most places wouldn’t care enough to accommodate us at that level. Nevertheless, the feast begins.
We ordered 3 appetizers and 3 pizzas. Let me list them:
Warm tinned sardines: yeah, sardines. But wait here me out. It had great presentation with the sardines still in the tin. There was slices of toasted baguette and home made butter on the side that you could make a small bite with the sardines and it tasted a lot better than I thought.
Fried broccoli: how can fried broccoli be that good? What made the dish would be the lemon curd sauce that they had on the side
Guinzaglio: came with a side of chili oil. The presentation made it seem very asian inspired but the taste was not (talk about a curveball). The beef shank was tender and the noodles were fresh
Roasted & fresh mushrooms: they did not skimp out on the mushrooms. It taste lighter than I would have thought and the various types of mushrooms made it
Clams: my favorite. Came with a wedge of lemon and a spritz of lemon took the pizza to the next level. The clams and cream was a good combo
Eggs in Hell: not bad but it was my last pizza for the night and the first 2 pizza set the bar so high and this one just tasted like regular pizza. The egg was a nice touch but I wish there was more yolk.
We can’t forget dessert now. My friend was eyeing one of the chef whipping fresh whip cream for other diners on their dark chocolate olive oil cake and he must try it. He was right and the whip cream was so light and fresh (and I hate whip cream). Their hospitality did not stop there when the same chef came over and gave us a free dessert: biscuit tortoni, an almond semifreddo. This dessert actually tasted even better than the olive cake.
Would we come back here? Absolutely. The pizza here is by no doubt gonna to be a showstopper in the Brooklyn pizza scene. Their service is also a step above many other pizza joints and we will see ourselves patroning here again.

Great
Pizza
(Mushroom or
Eggs from Hell) and
Large cozy space. Also enjoyed starters.

A few weeks ago, someone was telling me that they thought most pizza was basically the same. If those words ever come out of my mouth, I want someone to whack me with a pizza peel. All pizzas are not created equal. Feel the crust between your fingers. Taste the gooey cheese. See how the different toppings and flavors all meld together. Some places do it better than others. Pizza Moto is one of those places.
Pizza Moto is the new kid on the block. They’ve been around Smorgasburg, but at the time of this writing, their brick and mortar location has only been open for 7 weeks. Our waiter informed us that the location used to be a Papa John’s. So quality begets quality, I suppose.
Anyway, Pizza Moto has a few small tables, and a big family style table in the middle. They take reservations of parties of 5+, so if you’re only 4, give me a call and I’ll be there in 10 minutes.
There are a few interesting cocktails on the menu. I had a rye cocktail that came with a beer for mixing. Someone else at my table ordered a cocktail that came with a mini bottle of bitters on the side.
As far as the food goes, they have a ton of appetizers and starters. Our waiter recommended the fried broccoli with lemon curd, and told us we were definitely going to order another one after we finished the first. He won that bet. You want to order that as a starter. Trust me.
We also got the porchetta stuffed with smoked oysters and nori. Honestly, there was a 70% chance we ordered it just because of how exotic it sounded. However, there wasn’t much of the oyster flavor, but the porchetta was cooked til tender with just the right amount of fat.
So I’ve gone 7 paragraphs without mentioning the pizza. I swear, it wasn’t on purpose. Just for that, I’m going to write «pizza» in capital letters so people skimming this review will be able to find it:
***THE PIZZA***
There were five of us, and the pizzas are 12 inches, so our waiter recommended ordering 4 of them (a lot of math, I know). We ended up ordering the last four on the menu:
1) Green tomato salsa, jalapeño, fontina, fresh mozz, pecorino
2) Winter greens-​pistachio pesto, castelvetrano olives, ricotta, fresh mozz
3) Clams, cream, roasted garlic, bacon, potato, parsley, fresh mozz
4) Eggs in hell: tomato, bacon, chili, soft cooked egg, fresh mozz, pecorino
They were all great and had their merits. My favorite was the green tomato salsa pie. It was the spiciest of the bunch (even though our waiter told us Eggs in hell would be). The green tomato salsa added a nice tang, and I can never turn down three different cheeses.
Also worth mentioning is the eggs in hell. It basically tasted like breakfast. With oozing eggs, bacon, and two types of cheese. Definitely something I would eat at breakfast, or brunch… or lunch… or dinner… or late at night.
The clam pie was also pretty good. The potato added an extra layer of texture and helped offset the other strong flavors.
All the pizzas had thin, crispy crust with the right amount of burnt. I love that they just go overboard with all their cheese, and aren’t afraid to experiment with toppings. I like a good old fashioned slice as much as the next guy from Brooklyn, but you gotta travel outside your comfort zone once in a while (and I’m not talking about Red Hook).

Giving this place 5 stars for 3 reasons:
1. they had tinned sardines with sourdough bread and butter and my god it was DELICIOUS lol.
2. pizza was great, loved the pepperoni with pecorino hmmm
3. great attentive service. perfect pace of not over doing it and not under doing it either.
Great cute small place and I’m glad I went

I was already a big fan of Pizza Moto from their mobile set up at Center Stage and Shmorgasburg, so I had high expectations for their brick and mortar restaurant.
I was blown away by the whole experience!
The space is gorgeous, the service was on point and the menu was just incredible. Not your typical pizza restaurant selections. Obviously the pizza was amazing, but I was blown away by the fried broccoli, agri dolce chicken and the chocolate olive oil cake!
Perfect place for a date, birthday or a family dinner. I’ll be going back soon and spreading the word about this place!

PizzaMoto is a dream. Pizza, Fried Broccoli, (Trout) Cesar Salad may seem simple — until these genius restaurateurs get their hands on it. They use fish from a local CSF and whatever goes into that pizza oven comes out five-​stars. Somehow the staff achieve professional/​friendly/​coolness without ever tip-​toeing into pretension. And, they know the food. There is also an excellent wine, beer, and cocktail selection. The owners built this place themselves, literally every last piece of it. It is warm, inviting, and an oasis to step in to. They played good music, that you could hear, along with being able to hear your friends, and the other light noises of the restaurant. If you’re lucky you may even catch one of them watering their rolling garden out on Hamilton Ave… if you’re like me, you’ll get the sense that Brooklyn was just made better.