Bad Boys Pizza

4.0 star rating
23 reviews Rating Details

Category: Pizza  [Edit]

2313 86th St
(between 23rd Ave & Bay 34th St)
Brooklyn, NY 11214
Neighborhoods: Bath Beach, Bensonhurst
(718) 266-4848
Nearest Transit:

Bay Pkwy (D)

25 Av (D)

20 Av (D)

Good for Groups:
Yes
Accepts Credit Cards:
Yes
Parking:
Street
Attire:
Casual
Price Range:
$
Good for Kids:
Yes
Takes Reservations:
No
Delivery:
Yes
Take-out:
Yes
Waiter Service:
No
Outdoor Seating:
No
Good For:
Dinner
Alcohol:
No
Noise Level:
Quiet
Wheelchair Accessible:
Yes

Review Highlights   

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    "they have an amazing tomato sauce here." In 3 reviews
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    "...w/the crust oh so thin (unless you're a Sicilian type." In 4 reviews
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    "I recommend trying the plain slice for starters." In 4 reviews
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23 reviews in English

  • Review from Lex N.

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    • 3 reviews

    New York, NY

    5.0 star rating
    2/6/2012

    I have been frequenting this joint since I was a kid, and the quality of their pizza never  disappoints. In fact, I'm chewing on one of their slices right now. Spectacular. I can't speak for their other menu options, since I always get pies, but I'm sure they're just as grand.

    These guys have been around for a long time, and definitely know what they're doing. I mean, when was the last time your pizza was made by an Italian who's been flipping dough in the air since he jumped out of the womb? Eh? Eh? Ca'maan.

  • Review from Angel H.

    Brooklyn, NY

    4.0 star rating
    2/15/2012

    Been coming here ever since I was a kid. So I know when I've had a good slice of pizza. This is the standard for me!

    I also love their pasta. I got this great penne one that was spicy, and oh so perfect, but I can't remember what it was. Also maybe because they cooked it for themselves, as a dinner for their employees. Don't know how my dad got some for me, but it was AMAZE BALLS.

  • Review from Daisy K.

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    • 93 reviews

    Brooklyn, NY

    5.0 star rating
    2/3/2012 1 Check-in Here

    I love this pizza shop. Sad that I don't live around the corner from them anymore. This is my favorite pizza place in Brooklyn. I also love their sausage roll with cheese and their chicken parm roll.

    When I used to live nearby I would order from them every week.

  • Review from Andrey F.

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    • 1 review

    Brooklyn, NY

    5.0 star rating
    5/25/2012

    I've been going here since I was like 17 years old, which isn't too long since I'm 18 at the moment. But this has gotta be the best pizzeria I've ever ate from and been to in my life. Their cheese is so rich and everything is fresh, it's not stale and old like some pizzerias I've been to in the past. I constantly recommend this place whenever I'm out with friends in the area and we wanna eat out somewhere. And plus, the people that work there are really friendly! The whole place is awesome, basically.

    P.S - Try out one of their sausage rolls and baked ziti as well sometime, you will not be disappointed.

  • Review from Mike C.

    • 1 friend
    • 47 reviews

    Brooklyn, NY

    2.0 star rating
    5/2/2012

    this pizzeria is exactly what is wrong with bensonhurst! This place used to be a pretty good pizzeria, but ever since they changed the name to "Bad Boys Pizza" the quality of food here has gone down hill over the years. this place is not the most sanitary restaurants, but its your neighborhood joint.

  • Review from Gary L.

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    • 4 reviews

    Brooklyn, NY

    1.0 star rating
    4/22/2012

    This place is disgusting. between people picking their noses and laughing behind the counter and the nasty unsanitary conditions, this place is food poisoning waiting to happen.

  • Review from Iryna S.

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    • 2 reviews

    Brooklyn, NY

    1.0 star rating
    2/26/2012

    Ordered pizza based on all the recommendations. It was horrible!

  • Review from Shannon Z.

    Brooklyn, NY

    3.0 star rating
    2/26/2012 1 photo 1 Check-in Here

    Decent pizza. I found that the crust sometimes isn't consistent. Sometimes the crust's texture is perfect, sometimes it's either too hard or soft. If the crust was more consistent I think I'd enjoy my pizza much more. The cheese and tomato sauce were both very flavorful. I'll be back here if I'm in the mood for pizza after school or just roaming around the stores near the pizza place.

  • Review from Jennifer Y.

    San Diego, CA

    4.0 star rating
    11/6/2011

    Bad Boys, Bad Boys, whatchu gon' do?  Whatchu gon' do when I come for you?

    You're gonna... throw that pizza dough up in the air
    I want, I want the baddest pizza in Brooklyn
    Right here in my mouth

    Crispy thin crust, fresh tomato sauce
    I came very far to eat delicious pizza
    Get the Sicilian too if you like
    Because if you ain't doing it big, you ain't doing nothing

    And I'mma hit the entire pizza like a fatass
    I'mma devour that sh!t like it's my last
    I'mma, I'mma eat it so fast
    Swear I'mma do it like I never have

    Like I never had it at all all all allllllllllllllll

  • Review from Patricia C.

    Flushing, NY

    5.0 star rating
    9/6/2011 1 photo 2 Check-ins Here

    Excellent pizza. Thin crust. Not too rich in cheese. Light on the tomato sauce. Best pizza along with garlic knots I've tasted so far!! Ask for more garlic on the garlic knots and they will give it to you. The staff is very friendly and accommodating! I recommend trying the plain slice for starters. You will not be disappointed!

  • Review from ZeLdA A.

    • 6 friends
    • 26 reviews

    Brooklyn, NY

    5.0 star rating
    10/18/2011

    My absolute FAVORITE pizza joint! I order from here several times a week and each bite is as delicious as the next. Their ingredients are so fresh, each slice tastes authentic - L&B Spumoni can't beat their pizzas! Bad Boys is always consistent, you will never be disappointed each time you order. My favorites are the sicilians. Their sicilian pies are the best I've ever had - their pizza dough is crisp and cooked to perfection, there are real tomatoes in the sauce, hints of fresh basil, and delicious mozzarella. I definitely everyone to try this place, I promise you will not be disappointed! The people there are also very friendly and inviting - they have been here a long time and definitely are pros. Bad Boys validates the fact that the best pizza is made in NY, and definitely at Bad Boys!

  • Review from Thecraftaholic D.

    • 96 friends
    • 66 reviews

    Brooklyn, NY

    5.0 star rating
    12/7/2010

    OMG the gramma pizza is so good.
    That's all you need to know. It's the best of any of the over rated NYC pizza places. Seriously.

  • Review from Kseniya I.

    • 85 friends
    • 30 reviews

    Staten Island, NY

    4.0 star rating
    3/31/2009

    There was a time when I used to eat here almost daily.
    There was also a time when I used to eat meat.
    And every time that I now walk into Bad Boys pizza, I have to exercise the greatest self-control to keep myself from ordering what used to be my usual-- an arancino and a peach Snapple iced tea.
    Hands down, this place has the best Italian rice balls I ever remember consuming. They have the perfect ratio of rice to peas to meat and are always the right consistency, masterfully fried as to create the crunchy exterior which keeps the whole thing together in an image of perfection.
    My heart skips a beat whenever I think back on those all too brief moments in between shopping on 86th when I took my lunch dish for granted. Bad Boys arancini-- my dark desire.

  • Review from Rachel P.

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    • 101 reviews

    Brooklyn, NY

    4.0 star rating
    3/7/2009

    Great pizza. They also have good dinners.
    I only order from here, and in this neighborhood there is a pizza shop on every other block- literally.

    The place it'self is good for quick bite to eat from shopping on the ave. Not a in-dining experience.

  • Review from Oliver S.

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    • 13 reviews

    Brooklyn, NY

    5.0 star rating
    4/22/2012

    Great

  • Review from James L.

    • 10 friends
    • 18 reviews

    Somerset, NJ

    5.0 star rating
    12/24/2010 1 Check-in Here

    Get the grammas pizza here. It's amazing and a lot better than Spumoni gardens!

  • Review from Amanda H.

    • 10 friends
    • 75 reviews

    Brooklyn, NY

    5.0 star rating
    2/10/2007

    This is one of the best pizza places in the area,alot of people swear by this place.Try the fresh mozzerella pie!they have an amazing tomato sauce here!

  • Review from Michelle X.

    • 1 friend
    • 12 reviews

    New York, NY

    5.0 star rating
    2/3/2011

    O.M.G, IT HAS BEEN YEARS SINCE I WENT BACK THERE AND IT IS STILL SO GOOD.

    this is the perfect pizza, and i was left craving for it after i moved far from that neighborhood but i went back today while i was doing some family visits.
    me and my little sister grew up going to only that pizzeria cause we knew that all the other ones suck. I was actually kind of surprised by how little that place changed, basically no change at all, they still have the cabinets and tables and chairs from 15 years ago. l.o.l

    So you know how when you see pizza commercials or pictures, they show you the stringiness of the cheese when you pull it off the plate and take a bite out of it, and when you order it, it is nothing like the experience that the people are having in commercial.
    wells are bad boys, they put a generous amount on there Sicilian and i was so happy every time i bite into that slice because the cheese was stringy just like those commercials and not to mention it taste way better than any other places.

    I definitely hope to return soon to satisfy my cravings for their pizza.

    i would be willing to pay $5 a slice if they charged that much, but no they charge only $2.25... which is a lot from when they first opened selling slices for only $1.35 ( NO JOKE)

  • Review from Mickey M.

    Brooklyn, NY

    3.0 star rating
    4/15/2009

    There are worse places to get a slice of pizza than Bad Boys. Even in the immediate area. 86th Street has a bajillion pizza joints, and this is definitely on the level above many of them. I've stopped here on occasion, and it's been pretty good each time.

  • Review from jerrys k.

    • 7 friends
    • 87 reviews

    New York, NY

    4.0 star rating
    7/11/2010

    this place makes an awesome hero, no other place around makes it like them, I had the meatball parm the other day to go, when I was carrying it to the car, it felt like I was carrying 2 of them!!!  They are not cheap with the cheese and meatballs like other places in the area. L&B has great food but the heros there suck!!!  One time I ordered a chicken parm hero, when I unwrapped it all I saw was the bread, very little chicken, 2 small pieces with a little sauce.  For sure the hell I took it back and made him put 3 more pieces on it, it was like a kids meal!!   Anyway Bad Boys food overall is really good especially the heros, I always go there

  • Review from Chris B.

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    • 11 reviews

    Brooklyn, NY

    5.0 star rating
    8/2/2010

    I have lived in bensonhurst for about 6 years now and I have tried every pizzeria in the neighborhood.  This place is without a doubt the best.  There really is no comparison.  This is the very first place I tried, and when my then fiance lived around the corner, we ate there all the time out of convenience (but also because it was good).  I later moved to bay 25th st and have had to settle for good pizza in pinos but nothing compares to bad boys.

  • Review from Julie W.

    • 13 friends
    • 51 reviews

    Daly City, CA

    5.0 star rating
    11/24/2008

    I agree with the two reviewers, this is the local pizza joint whenever I'm back home and head out to Bay Parkway around my parent's place in Gravesend.  They have awesome garlic knots as well.  Their pies remind me of childhood in Bensonhurst!  Hot ooey gooey slices w/the crust oh so thin (unless you're a Sicilian type).

  • Review from Solomon A.

    • 2 friends
    • 3 reviews

    Brooklyn, NY

    4.0 star rating
    5/17/2010

    I used to live on their pizza when I lived around the area. It's a good traditional Brooklyn pizza but unfortunatly I was so fixated on the pizza I never got to try anything else.

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