L'Antica Pizzeria da Michele is a neapolitan pizza restaurant in Forcella, Naples.
Editorially verified May 19, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Day trip · 8 hours
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Guided tour · 3 hours
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2.5 hours
Experience a cooking class in Naples and learn how to create authentic Neapolitan pizza from expert pizzaiolos (pizza makers). Enjoy your creations with a starter and a drink.
Address: Via Cesare Sersale 1, 80139 Napoli, Naples
Gino Sorbillo's headquarters on Via dei Tribunali in Naples is the third-generation family pizzeria, with 21 siblings carrying the dough across four city.
OrderThe margherita with San Marzano DOP and the seasonal special with friarielli.
TipNo bookings; arrive 12:30 or 19:00 for the shortest queue. The pizza fritta at Lievito Madre two doors down handles overflow.
Ciro Salvo's 50 Kalo in Naples' Mergellina edge of Chiaia ranks among the world's top three pizzerias on the 50 Top Pizza list, with a 72-hour fermentation.
OrderMargherita with San Marzano DOP and the marinara with Cetara anchovies and oregano.
TipBook on the website a fortnight ahead for dinner. Lunch is the calmer service; the long dough proof is the signature.
Starita in Naples' Materdei has run the wood ovens since 1901, with the montanara fried pizza (Sophia Loren's choice on screen) the unmissable order.
OrderMontanara fried pizza, margherita and angioletti dough fritters to start.
TipClosed Monday lunch; otherwise open daily 12:00-24:00. No bookings; arrive 12:30 or 19:30 for the shortest queue.
Di Matteo on Via dei Tribunali in Naples has fried pizza, frittatine and crocchè from the streetside window since 1936; Bill Clinton's 1994 lunch stop sits.
OrderThe pizza fritta from the window, then pizza margherita inside and crocchè di patate.
TipOpen daily 10:00-24:00. Cash preferred at the window; sit-down service runs upstairs.
Brandi off Via Toledo in Naples claims the 1889 invention of the pizza margherita by Raffaele Esposito for Queen Margherita of Savoy. Priced at €€.
OrderPizza margherita, the canonical version named for the queen in 1889.
TipOpen daily 12:00-15:30 and 19:00-24:00. Book ahead for groups; the original Esposito plaque sits at the entrance.
Ciro Oliva's Concettina ai Tre Santi in Naples' Sanita is the modern pizza fine-dining room, with tasting menus of six small pizzas and a wine pairing.
OrderThe five-pizza tasting menu and the modern margherita with three tomato cuts.
TipBook on the website three weeks ahead. The tasting menu runs 45 euros; the historic counter still serves the classic pizzas.
