Ovest Pizzoteca by Luzzo's

Came here on a Friday night and there was no wait! I was in the mood for something spicy so I ordered the piccante pizza. The toppings were so good! Loved the savory, slightly spicy, and sour taste combined. The only thing I wish they could improve on is to make the crust more crispy. It is on the soft side.

Another place that slaps you in the face with a credit card fee surcharge at the point of receiving the bill. And I doubt that credit card transaction cost was ever baked into the price of their menu items before this year because drinks were on average $16-17 and pizza/pasta was on average $26-27 anyway, so this feels like just another way to extract a additional fee from you.

Our bill was $505 but $525 if we paid by card. Who has $505 in cash with them? The additional $20 just felt like the business adding more fees on top of the included gratuity, which I feel once gratuity is included the incentive to be attentive goes down. And of course it's a percentage fee so more you have the higher the fee that's tacked on. It just leaves you with a bad taste.

The food is good, but didn't feel like it moved the needle compared to other spots in the city so much so it would merit coming back and enduring these fees that they just add on at the end like a bad surprise.

Enjoyed a nice plate of perfectly prepared calamari with a fine beer. Service is fast and friendly. If you are going to "sleep no more" across the street, this is a good choice for a pre show dinner.

Ovest Pizzoteca is my go to spot for brick oven in Hudson Yards. The Piccante Pizza is my go to pizza when I go and it's hard to try anything else because it's so good. The crust is soft and the peppers and Italian Sausage gives it a good flavor. I also love that they have Chilli Oil on the table (if it's not there ask for it) that adds an extra kick! It's a little on the expensive side but that's to be expected in Hudson Yards. A couple times we've gone we've gotten free appetizers as well due to an over order at other tables I'm guessing. I'll take it!

The place looked very modern and cool outside. The main complaint is the bathroom. It was very dirty, unkept, and not matching the rest of the restaurant. The door stuck and I thought for a second I was trapped inside because the door was unlocked but it wouldn't unstick.

Another complaint was the service. We were greeted pleasantly and then the waiter brought out waters and we asked for lemon slices and he brought only three when there were five of us, so he brought the remaining two lemon slices in his hands instead of in a place or something. Also, he put the straws that didn't have any covering like paper or plastic on them on the table, which is unsanitary to put in your drink.

The only pro was the pizza. The wood fire pizzas were really good. The Ovest Pizza and the Capriccosa Pizza were the best out of the three since the Ovest one had a good spicy kick to it and the Capriccosa had a good blend of ingredients on top of it.

Picked this place for the reviews and their cuisine. I'm glad that I did as it was really good. Everything from the service to the food was phenomenal. They were able to move us to a different table as it was quite inconveniently placed. I'm glad they were able to accommodate. If you want the menu, there's a QR code that's on the table. The menu is divided into different sections so easy to navigate. The wait staff was plenty, and if you wanted something, they would come by fairly quickly. The waters were refilled without being asked, so I can't complain about being thirsty.

Regarding the food, we started off with the arancini balls, which are 4 cheese rice balls. They gave marinara sauce with it. I would hope that no one would mess this up, and this place surely didn't. I got the black tagliolini, which had calamari, shrimp, cherry tomatoes, and arugula, along with this garlic red sauce. I might be biased as I really enjoy seafood pasta, but this one was very exceptional. All in all, I'll be going back as I would like to try their other dishes.

I loved this restaurant!!! I came here on my own after waking the High Line and it's just down the stairs are from 96th ave and a short wall. It's so well designed, but the food and service was the reason I came again with my Dad!!
I wish I remember thee first, great gentleman i talked to on my first time there, but the second time I had a waitress named Sabrina and she was so sweet and funny:) I would come here again and I'm from Florida LOL. THE MARTHA PIZZA AND BLACK TANGILINI DISH WERE THE BEST

This little restaurant was perfectly situated for our needs. Our work event was just down the block, and we'd promised lunch to our guests who'd traveled into town to attend. Turns out, there were two lunches: one smaller group that consisted of mostly teenaged kids and their chaperones (which I started at, but did not attend) and another with nine of our other guests, mostly adult with a few teenaged students included.

The hostess didn't even blink an eye when we came walking through asking for a table (or at seeing me asking for a table to accommodate a group less than an hour after my first visit doing the same thing, haha.)

We were shown to a large table towards the back and huddled around the menu to figure out what to order. We went with a number of different pizzas and some individual entrees for the vegan and some of the younger attendees.

In total, we got: the diavola ($21), the capricciosa ($21), the bufala ($18), the arugula ($22), two orders of the tagliatelle fredo with shrimp ($16 each), the martha ($22), a bucatini alla matriciana ($23), a ravioli ($22) a kale salad ($17) and a Cesare salad ($15). Quite a bit of food, but the group was large.

Everything was delicious, though I did only have a couple slices of some of the different pies that were plopped in front of me. I didn't eat much because I was still full from the previous night's dinner, but I did enjoy the flavors of the slices I ate.

The consensus around the table was that the food was delicious and I'm glad the restaurant made me look good for the group, ha.

This was the worst cacio e pepe ive ever had. Basically a greasy cheese sauce. Do not recommend.

Everything was so awesome. Conveniently located across from the Selina Chelsea hotel this place was popping! Open oven pizza, chalkboard menu, but just really good solid Italian. Standard margherita pie was great, and we got the simple pantuscca red sauce pasta (add grilled chicken) and was yummy. Dessert was pipe infused Nutella beingeits! Nice service and cool vibe.