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Alex's Pizzeria
Category: Restaurants Pizza Pizza [Edit]
400 Leverington AvePhiladelphia, PA 19128
Neighborhood: Roxborough
(215) 483-6126
- Price Range:
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$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- No
- Parking:
- Street
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- No
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- No
- Take-out:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- No
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Alcohol:
- No
- Noise Level:
- Quiet
- Has TV:
- Yes
- Caters:
- No
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- No
18 reviews for Alex's Pizzeria
Review Highlights
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"The crust is thinner and the sauce is AMAZING." In 9 reviews -
"They are hands down the best." In 3 reviews -
"Definitely the best Pizza in Rox/Myk area." In 3 reviews
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18 reviews in English
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Review from Maura G.
10/3/2011
O.M.G. love this pizza! my b/f introduced me to it and now i must have it when we are in the borogh of rox. thin crust, generous on the sauce and toppings and cheese. i always order with extra cheese and mushrooms, but their other toppings are good too, and they pile them on.
i will say that the pizzas are smaller than what you can get elsewhere, which makes them a little pricier too, but it is sooooooo worth it. -
Review from Jim C.
Blue Bell, PA
10/3/2011 16 Check-ins Here
Definitely the best Pizza in Rox/Myk area. Its been my experience that the best pizzas usually have both hard core devotees and huge detractors. Alex's is no different. Definitely not the best pizza I've ever had but its certainly a top ten and at worst a top 5 in Philly.
Taste: The sauce, cheese, and crust seem to be in perfect balance here. They don't have the best sauce, best cheese, or even best crust but they are well above average in all categories which when you put it all together makes for an excellent pizza.
Size: You'd be hard to find a smaller "large" pizza so order accordingly.
Prices: Under $10 is a steal in my opinion. CASH ONLY. -
Review from Paul C.
7/12/2011
This is one of my favorite pizzas in the city, aside from Zesto's and Lorenzo's. It's not your average italian style pizza....but close. The crust is thinner and the sauce is AMAZING!
I can see why some people don't like the pizza crust, as it can be overcooked and it can get too crispy (happened just once to me), but you don't like thinner crust pizza, you just don't like it.
The whole package is definitely extremely good and not something you can find around the corner everyday. -
Review from Chérie S.
Philadelphia, PA
4/6/2011
Ugh, this pizza is terrible. I just finished eating my first and only slice. The sauce is good, I'll give them that. However, the crust is stale. The only thing I can compare it to is cardboard. Maybe it's a bad night, but in my opinion, a good pizza place is one that is ALWAYS consistent.
You can't pay me to eat this again. -
Review from Shazz M.
Philadelphia, PA
5/22/2008 1 photo
It took me 3 years to find the best Pizza in the Rox/Yunk area. They are hands down the best. Well done dough, thin crust and their special secret sauce make this amazing. The only downer is they don't deliver! Which is a bummer and also means the Pizza usually doesn't make it past my car into my office!
They don't deliver because they don't have to! Heads up: a 15 minute wait usually means 30 minutes so don't drive out there so fast after ordering.
Update: Boy o boy I love this place. Not great for my diet or my reflux but boy o boy d best pizza!Listed in: My Neighborhood
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Review from Mike C.
Philadelphia, PA
2/21/2010 2 Check-ins Here
I have been eating Alex's my whole life. It was at one time the best pizza in the city. After new management it became cleaner and nicer on the inside, but the pizza suffered. Recently I started ordering from them again, and to be honest, it's back to it's old self.... And cleaner!
If you eat pizza in the Roxborough area make sure to try Alex's Pizza. -
Review from Sara P.
Philadelphia, PA
3/5/2010
Um...What the heck? So, I don't understand why everyone is raving about this place. After reading these reviews, I was really looking forward to trying their pizza.
They don't deliver, so I went to pick it up. The place is a dive, but I thought this was cool. It's a local establishment that's been here a while. Just pizza. No frills. But then I got home and the first thing I noticed was that it's upside down pizza (sauce on top of cheese).
Although the crust was nice and thin, it was a bit too hard and tasted stale. The sauce wasn't very tasty and there wasn't that much cheese on it either. Overall, the whole pizza just didn't taste fresh. Maybe I checked it out on a bad day. I might give them another chance based on the other reviews, but I doubt it. -
Review from Brian V.
Chatham, NJ
7/20/2010
Count me among those writing the "huh, people like this?" reviews. I've been making trips to Manayunk off and on for the last decade (DAMN I am old). I've had Alex's many times. It's mediocre, at best.
But, it's also just about all you've got. We got Alex's while watching the NCAA games on the Saturday of the 1st and 2nd rounds. They don't deliver, which is an absolute travesty, but they were right up the hill from the house where we were, so it wasn't bad.
The crust is overcooked, the sauce is bland, there's nothing interesting about this pizza. But, again, it's pretty much your only option. So if you're hanging out in Manayunk, get ready for Alex's. -
Review from Reberson M.
Philadelphia, PA
7/13/2011
One of my favorite places of all time. The sauce is on the sweet side (but not too sweet) , the cheese and crust are excellent. The only "issue" is that they are relatively small (even the large pies) so I have to buy one for the wife and kids and then one for myself.
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Review from Adam C.
Philadelphia, PA
6/18/2008
This is hands down one of the best pizza parlor in Philly! I grew up around here and I tried many a pizza but for years Alex's rules. Now take it they are under a new management now. It used to be a family owned and original family recipe of sauce. They still use the same ingredients and sauce but it's not made with the same kind of flare and well "love". It's pure business now. The pizza still kicks ass and I love their mushroom. They grind them into little bits and their steak pizza is also killer, again lil' bits of steak, soooooo good. It's just a shame you new folks won't taste the original "Alex's" I grew up with. But then again all our childhood goodness doesn't last.
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Review from Mark E.
Conshohocken, PA
8/5/2008
Back in the early 70's I thought this was the only pizza place in all of Roxborough, Wissahickon and Manayunk. Seeing how it was the only place my family ever bought a pizza. As a teenager I may have gone to other places to hang with friends, but if I was ordering for home it was always Alex's.
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Review from Bill D.
Phila, PA
8/8/2010
I have been eating Alex's pizza since 1994. I have had hundreds of pies from Alex's. The pies here are usually excellent. Sometimes you will get one that is better than excellent; sometimes it is merely good. The crust is crispy (sometimes very crispy) and not assertively flavored. The sauce (which is on top) is on the sweet side. This is one of my favorite Philadelphia pizzas. I would probably give it 4.5/5 if I could.
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Review from mike b.
Philadelphia, PA
1/21/2009
This pizza is incredible! we moved here a couple years ago and have always ordered from Couchtomato but this place has them beat! i kinda wish they made other stuff, but who cares when the pizza is this good.
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Review from Mark C.
Philadelphia, PA
1/21/2009
Avoid this place. Not as good as when the former owners had the place. Look at the other reviews; one talks about the early 70's and one talks about only being in this neighborhood for a few years.
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Review from Maureen M.
Philadelphia, PA
8/12/2011
Definitely not the pizza I remembered loving as a child.....very tasteless.....the dough tasted like cardboard, could have used more sauce on it to provide more flavor ...
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Review from Matthew D.
Las Vegas, NV
8/31/2009
Best pizza in Manayunk - hands down!! Others are very good but this place tops the charts
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Review from Erin Z.
Somerset, NJ
9/29/2009
I am absolutely love their pizza, I dearly miss it since I moved out of the area. Their sauce has a nice sweet flavor and the cheese and sauce come in a swirl pattern which makes it unique. There is no sit-down area and it seems like they are always busy. FYI, cash only. Highly highly highly recommend picking up a pie if you're in the area, it's absolutely heavenly!!
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Review from Vince T.
Philadelphia, PA
9/3/2009
This review is simple. The best pizza in Philadelphia. Keep in mind that the crust is very thin and crunchy - this doesn't appeal to everyone - and the pie is relatively high on the sauce to cheese ratio. But any pizzeria that survives even though it doesn't deliver has to be good.
