8 pizzeria rooms worth the trip across United Kingdom, editor-ranked. All cuisines in United Kingdom.
Rudy's Pizza Napoletana Ancoats ★ 4.8 · Manchester
ancoats · 9 Cotton Street, Ancoats, Manchester M4 5BF
Started as a 2014 Cotton Street pop-up; now an AVPN-listed pizzeria with branches across the UK. Dough ferments 24 hours, sixty seconds in the oven.
Tip: Walk-in only at Ancoats; arrive by 17:30 weekends or expect a queue across Cutting Room Square.
Rudy's Pizza Napoletana ★ 4.6 · Manchester
ancoats · 9 Cotton Street, Ancoats, Manchester M4 5BF
Started as a 2014 Cotton Street pop-up in Manchester; now an AVPN-listed pizzeria. Dough ferments 24 hours, sixty seconds in the wood-fired oven.
Tip: Walk-in only at Ancoats; arrive by 17:30 on weekends or expect a queue running across Cutting Room Square.
Pizza Geeks ★ 4.5 · Edinburgh
canonmills-inverleith · 138 Dundas Street, Edinburgh EH3 5DQ
The Dundas Street pizzeria in Canonmills Edinburgh, opened 2019, a 60-second wood-fired Neapolitan kitchen with 00-flour dough and Italian San Marzano.
Tip: Their second branch on Drum Street takes walk-ins more reliably than the Canonmills original.
Paesano Pizza ★ 4.5 · Glasgow
merchant-city · 94 Miller Street, Glasgow G1 1DT
Paesano is a wood-fired Neapolitan pizzeria on Miller Street in Glasgow's Merchant City, turning out blistered, cheap and excellent pizza to constant queues.
Tip: It does not take bookings and the queue moves fast; go early evening or off-peak to skip the wait.
Sodo Pizza Clapton ★ 4.4 · London
hackney · 83 Upper Clapton Road, London E5 9JL
Dan's 48-hour-fermented sourdough pizza counter on Upper Clapton Road in east London, opened 2013, runs a six-site Sodo group focused on seasonal toppings.
Tip: Walk-up only at Clapton; the Bethnal Green, Hoxton, Walthamstow, Hammersmith and Deptford siblings take Resy bookings.
Noi Quattro ★ 4.3 · Manchester
northern-quarter · 23 Thomas Street, Manchester M4 1NA
Thomas Street pizzeria in Manchester's Northern Quarter, dough fermented seventy-two hours, AVPN-approved Neapolitan crust from the Liverpool team.
Tip: Two-for-twenty Mondays are the value play; lunchtime slots take walk-in customers without a queue.
Honest Crust at Mackie Mayor ★ 4.3 · Manchester
northern-quarter · 1 Eagle Street, Manchester M4 5BU
Sourdough pizza stall inside the Mackie Mayor food hall. Forty-eight-hour ferment, wood-fired oven, the queue moves fast even at Sunday lunch.
Tip: Order at the counter, hold a spot at the communal tables, food brought to you.
Baffo ★ 4.1 · Glasgow
finnieston · 1377 Argyle Street, Glasgow G3 8AH
Baffo is a Neapolitan pizzeria at the west end of Argyle Street in Glasgow, near Kelvingrove, serving long-proved sourdough pizza and Italian craft beer.
Tip: It sits just past the main Finnieston strip, so it is often quieter than the Argyle Street pizzerias closer to town.