Il Pizzaiuolo
Neapolitan pizza in Florence before that was a thing, in a narrow room by the Sant'Ambrogio market, with two sittings and a queue for both.
- Area
- Sant'Ambrogio
- Address
- Via de' Macci
- Room
- Small, two sittings most evenings
- Booking
- Strongly advised
- Checked
- August 2026
- Price
- €€
- Go for
- Neapolitan pizza in Florence from before anyone else was doing it, in a small loud room by the Sant'Ambrogio market.
- Skip if
- You will not book and you will not queue. Both are part of eating here.
What everybody agrees on
Read across roughly 9,000 public reviews on TripAdvisor, Google and Restaurant Guru in September 2026. Rated 4.4 to 4.5.
- Nearly all
The dough is light and properly Neapolitan, and this is the point people return to across thousands of reviews.
- Most
Value is the second theme. Italian reviewers describe the quality to price ratio as honest, which is not a common word for central Florence.
- Most
The room is small and busy. Booking is repeated in review after review as the thing to do.
- Often
It is not only a pizzeria. Neapolitan dishes like gnocchi alla sorrentina come up often and are ordered by regulars.
- Some
The atmosphere is informal and loud. People who wanted calm say so.
What to order
A margherita to judge the dough, and the gnocchi alla sorrentina if there are two of you. They arrive in the terracotta dish they were baked in and stay hot for a long time.
Before you go
- Getting there
- Via de' Macci, beside the Sant'Ambrogio market, ten minutes east of the Duomo.
- Booking
- Call ahead. Walk-ins wait.
- Best time
- The first sitting, if you would rather not eat late.
Long enough established that it is now the reference point older Florentines name first. The base is soft in the middle the way it is supposed to be, which divides people used to a crisp Tuscan pizza. Book or arrive early, because the room is small and the second sitting fills before it starts.