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Probably one of the best "cheap-eat" pizza restaurants.
The location is kind of depressing but they make fine pizza.
Even a slice of pizza makes you feel full and you spend only around 4 dollars.
Great for students or for anyone who wants to spend money wisely.
It's not delivery it's Napoli.
Wait, it is.
No complaints on the pizza. It's on the thin side, but not thin crust pizza. It had a good balance of cheese and sauce and it was flavorful. The crust was chewy and good. I'd come here again.
this is my favorite pizza outside of italy, and it has nothing in common with it. the pizza dough is perfection, the toppings are always fresh and the pizza is NEVER oily! not a single drop of oil to be found! i always get the vegetarian though, so i don't know if the meaty slices might have some excess oil, but still...
the best.
I LOVE their pizza by the slice. The crust is great and the slices are big. They are generous with the toppings and the cheese and your order comes up pretty fast. $4 a slice. Ok, the people in that neighborhood are not anyone you're going to want to become BFF's with but hey, it's San Francisco, the city with personality. I knew I was going to go get my slice of 'Tijuana' after exercise class and I looked forward to it all morning. Yummy.
I'd have to say the pizza here is Grubbin!
I randomly stopped by Napoli when I was "Starvin Marvin" and I just happen to see "Napoli Pizza...Pizza by the Slice" sign. So I illegally parked my car in the bus stop in front of the pizza joint and ordered a Cheese Slice and and Combo Slice. Like most pizza joints the slices are usually just a cheese slice and they add the toppings on after you order. My combo slice was overflowing with sausage, pepperoni, salami, onions, olives, bell peppers and another layer of cheese! I loved the crust as it was not too thick and not too thin. It had a thick crispy layer to it where when you picked up the pizza it wouldn't go limp. My cheese slice was just as awesome and had great flavor.
Although the location is somewhat ghetto-fied (what do you expect, its in the TL) its a great place to grab a slice. Just across the way are liquor stores, smoke shops and a gay sex toys/porn shop. Enjoy! LOL
I used to think this place was really great, like I would have recommended it to people to get great pizza if you're in the Tenderloin. However, a while back I came to realize that I had never had the slices sober. That makes a difference! Sober, it is not as satisfying, but it's not just because people want to eat pizza and burritos the most when they drink. The pizza is just...well, nondescript. Ok, I guess I could throw in a couple of descriptors, like cardboard, undercooked, etc., but that may be a little harsh. The cheese is decent, while not wonderful, and the veggie kinda grosses me out. The stars are for late hours, location, for the cheese pizza being all right, and for being pizza.
ok, so my hangover ritual consists of Law and Order Marathons (any flavor) and some sort of delivered food. This is my go-to in the pizza bracket.
First of all, it's close to the chosen situs- my couch. or, in the neighborhood, however you want to say it. Second, the pizza is GREAT. my FAVORITE crust! they are generous with toppings and the prices are splendid. NOT greasy. (the pizza, not the prices) my favorite is the Hawaiian, second fave is sausage mushroom and olive.
great, now i'm hungry.
You really hungry with not a lot of cash? $4 a slice here. Couple of rough looking dudes standing in or around the area. Danger makes me hungry. Pizza usually comes out under cooked which can cause some serious IBS, and I don't mean Italy's Best Slice neither! Other than that $4 slice. Nut up or shut up punk! It's your colon...have a little fun with it. Seriously, this place is good after a hard day's night on Polk.
They crank it out fast, to order, and they're open late. What more can you ask from a pizza joint, WHAT??
I order veggie slices sans cheese and if I'm in the mood to be theatrical I may say "crazy olives" or "hella onions" and they always come through.
Sure, the crowd post midnight can have some crazy folk but I call that the Napoli Character Plus. I trade marked that term, don't steal it.
This is the only place my friends and I were able to find that could deliver pizza to our hotel. And this place delivered. We ordered and they only had a 35 wait time. Sweet! The pizza was fine, but for the price (amazingly cheep) and the size, this pizza was all that much better.
This is where me and my girls go at 2am after the club, drunk as sh*t and stumbling down the block. Its delicious, cheap, and its the best thing after a night of partying. Seriously. Minus one star for all the prostitutes and crackheads on your way from the car.
2 words: SOURDOUGH CRUST! OMG Lord Jesus forgive me if I worship a PIZZA.. Their pizza is so delicious, their prices reasonable , I've only had them deliver and have not eaten in their restaurant. a friend recommended them to me when I was working in the Tenderloin.. They make good salads and burgers too..
Ok . . . allow me to set the scene for you.
I'm on a low-carb diet and also on my period (sorry, but it's important to the story) which means I'm retardedly hungry for chocolate, pizza, and anything else that in large enough amounts will kill me.
So, Aunt Flo won out on the dinner decisions and (thanks to http://www.eat24hours.com) I decided to order a pizza from Napoli. Imagine my immense pleasure when upon checkout I was told I was going to be the lucky recipient of a free 2-liter of Coke. Now . . . I don't have Coca-cola very often but maaaaaaaannn do I love it.
So, I'm laying on the couch using my laptop as a heating pad and 'ding-dong'. Hot damn, pizza time!!
I suppose now is a good time to share with the group that I live on the 3rd floor of my apartment building. Sometimes I walk down to meet the delivery dude - but this was not one of those times. Anywho, I buzz the dude in, scamper around to find my credit card, and then open the front door. No pizza delivery dude, but someone chatting incesantly in the stairwell. I assume that it's the pizza delivery guy whispering sweet goodbyes to my pizza but NO.
Imagine my suprise as my pizza rolls up to my front door with an entourage - the guy holding it and his BFF, the two having a leisurely chat in my stairwell.
"Here's the scoop pizza delivery dude, I live in a secure building for a reason. I opted to not leave my house and pick up a salad from Whole Paycheck for a reason. And where the hell is my Coke? Oh, you left that in the car? Your BFF didn't see fit to grab it and carry it while you carried my pizza? You planning on going and getting my my 2-liter? Nevermind, I don't need it anyway." (See, this is why it was important for y'all to know what time of the month it was)
I shoo the Brothers Grimm from my door and proceed to start the ritual that is me eating pizza.
It wasn't the hottest, which is fine cause I let it sit anyway before I shovel it into my gullet. I'm a simple pizza eater so the toppings were ok. I will say, I'm more a fan of the thin crust. The pizza I got wasn't doughy but, there was a lot to work with - maybe that's why they offer the free 2-liter - to wash it down. Oh wait . . . .
In summary:
Sometimes being a woman sucks.
Pizza delivery dude and his buddy shouldn't tag team deliveries AND forget the much anticipated Coke and not expect to hear about both.
Pizza . . . decent.
Um. My cute new faux-suede boots are covered in oregano.
This is what happened. I was drunk. I ordered a piece of pizza with pepperoni on it. I bought my lady Amanda V. a piece of cheese pizza. Here's the thing....I don't really eat meat. I mean, I eat it. But not much. But I ordered pepperoni just to spite people accusing me of being a vegetarian. I'm spiteful and dumb like that.
But whatever. I really think Amanda V totally set me up. She put oregano on her pizza, and as I was putting crushed red pepper on mine, the entire container of oregano fell and literally smashed all over the floor, covering my cute boots.
A dude working there swooped in from out of nowhere and, like a ninja, swept up the mess in 10 seconds. I felt terrible. But he was so good at it, that obviously that kind of thing must happen there a lot.
The rest of the meal is kind of a blur. The pizza was hot, and the pepperoni was greasy. I remember thinking "Maybe I shouldn't be eating this." But, as always, I scarfed that shit down like it was gonna be my last meal.
Fast-forward to the next morning, and Amanda is ill. Like, bad. The whole way back home, my stomach is churning and thinking about exploding.
Three stars, though. Because when you're drunk, anything will do. And I still feel bad about that oregano, but now my feet smell like a pizza! Yum!
This $&!# is good!
I don't care how many homeless drug-addicted trannys i need to wait in line with.... This $&!# is good!
Had the chance to try this pizza place during the late night with my friend while visiting in San Francisco. Usually I don't review pizza places but this one definitely deserved a good review so here I am. When you purchase the single slice order, it is quite Big! definitely bigger than I expected. The breading is great, very fresh and a nice combination of crispy and soft. Cheese was very yummy and generous, overall a great pizza to eat. I had the Greek pizza slice, my friend had the vegetarian slice...when it came to us in the box they were obviously cooked perfectly together from scratch and very very fresh!
I would not recommend trying to cut into the pizza with the plastic fork and knife they have there though, it will not work so well due to the perfectly crisp layer of dough at the bottom of the pizza.
So just enjoy! these guys work late into the night to make some really great pizza.
So according to my sister the box was the best part.
"OH wow the box is so cute, i think i'm going to keep it."
"Well Katerina, how was the pizza?"
"Oh, that was supposed to be pizza?"
Shes a meaner food critic then I am. I thought the pizza was pretty good, and its good for late night delivery. The crust is really soft, but i like more crunchy crust so that didn't strike me right.
All together it was a pretty good pizza for such a late night.
mmmmm... nothing bad to say. When i get to chose this is where i will always order delivery from (free!!!) and i love nights in the area when i can stop in for a slice! they have such good topping selections and the pizza is just made right.. great crust etc.. They are open late to which is great for bar nights, can make your pizza fast whether you call it in or just stop by, and have friendly employees.
I know their name says "pizza" in it, but I have to say, I didn't like their pizza. I got a medium veggie and shared it with my companion, and she agreed she didn't really like it either. In fact, I would take a frozen Tombstone or Pizza Hut pizza over it any day.
HOWEVER, on a lazy and cold evening, we decided to order some "other food" on their menu and have it delivered. I can't remember if the minimum order for free delivery is $10 or $15, but either way it was worth it. She ordered the Spaghetti and Meatballs, and I ordered the Lasagna. Both were the "complete dinners", which the menu says includes bread and butter, and salad.
When the delivery guy came, we were hungry! But I wasn't expecting much, considering we didn't really like their pizza. We were pleasantly surprised! The salads that came with dinner were HUGE! We probably could have had those salads by themselves as meals! But the only downside is that they put the dressing on beforehand, which made the lettuce soggy, and there was just too much italian dressing. Next time, ask for it on the side.
Bread & butter was two huge slices of bread each (looked like sub sandwich bread, haha) and butter already on them, melted. Mmm. What can I say, I love me some carbs!
My lasanga was FANTASTIC. It was absolutely COVERED in cheese. That is to say, though, if you don't like cheese, don't get the lasagna, because it was cheesy. BUT I LOVED IT! That itself was huge, if I wasn't so damn hungry, it could have also been split into two meals.
I tasted the spaghetti and meatballs, and it was pretty good too!
All in all, you can order the lasagna complete meal for $9 and actually split it into two or possibly even three meals (if you don't eat that much). Which is definitely well worth the price!
5 stars because this place is located in SF. The stars would definitely go down were it in philly and they might just disappear in NYC but we are in SF and it's a matter of comparison kids so just be weary you NYCers out there....if you be readin this.
A friend from home also discontent with most SF pizza stops recommended this to me months before I accidentally happened upon the place. Now when that actually happened, sometime after leaving the Edinborough guess what state I was in? Aww, you got it right. Good for you!
"God damn this pizza's good," said my Socal friend who could not resist taking bites of her slice while driving.
"This is way more like it is back home," I said.
"When are we going to NYC again?"
"Soon."
Well I hit up an average spot in NYC and yes my whole body melted, but until my next trip the fluffy crust, and hit you over the head sauce and cheese at Napolis will hold me over.
All I can say is, thank god I have this in my life, little as it may seem to you......thank god.
Definitely the BEST pizza in San Francisco! I am a huge fan of their slices, their whole pizzas are great too, but there is something about eating that huge slice of deliciousness! The wait is a bit long sometimes, but I'd rather wait and know that it really is fresh! I always get the California and it is better every time!
*The slices are only like $3 and well worth every cent!
I've gotten a slice from here a few times & it was always delicious.
Ordered delivery, small cheese pizza, light on the sauce due to the last pizza I ordered from somewhere else was an overload of sauce. They defiantly went light on the sauce, though, I won't complain. It's what I asked for, and even with the extra light sauce the pizza was still delicious, as always and the delivery was rather quick.
First of all, I probably wouldn't go out of my way for this stuff, but I was conveniently down the street at R Bar watching MNF last night and decided to grab a slice during half time. WOW...what a nice surprise. I was a little sketchy walking into the place as it's on the edge of crack-ville, but when we entered I noticed the size of the dudes behind the counter and that's all I needed to see. They were happily fat by eating way too much pizza in their lifetime and looked like they loved what they do. All the ingredients tasted fresh. The dough/crust was yummilicious. The cheese was not piled on so high that it made it nasty and greasy. I did not feel guilty eating it, unlike Xtreme or any of the other crap that's around the city.
R Bar = MNF = Napoli's Pizza
GO CHARGERS!!!!!!
The best pizza in the city! If u like doughy crust and a sweet sauce then this is the pizza for you. And a slice is only $2.50. The pizza is not greasy and you can also get topping on it if u like for a lil extra.
This place is good for it's 1) price 2) location 3)hours 4)that doughy biscuit crust
I don't know how many times I had a hankerin' for this pizza at 2 in the morning. They have crust that makes you think about it days later. Biscuit-like, soft, buttery...Their toppings--EH, but that crust...
My apartment used to be 2 blocks away and I'd eat here all the time after embarrassing drunken moments at the Hemlock Tavern or Edinburgh Castle.
Once i brought my slightly more conservative friend here and 2 homeless guys got into a tussle. One guy bonked the other with his cane, leaving one guy with a wound that bled profusely from his head onto the floor of the restaurant. No one even blinked and kept eating. Only after 2 yupsters from a bar on the corner complained did the owners lay down some pizza boxes for them to walk over the blood. Ahh, such are the foibles of the Tenderloin.
Still, the owners seem unfriendly at first, but they really warm up to you once they recognize you. This is not a place you take a date and not for any kind of fancy dinner, but it's oh so perfect when it's late out and you want cheap pizza.
I like Napoli. It's small, very sparse, kinda dark, like 2 people work here and there all related, but the slices are nice sized for a quick bite, or something to soak up all the beer and booze from doing the Polk stroll, up and around the blocks, of happy beer vender's that treat me oh so well.
Best Late night pizza by the slice. Arnel's and Blondie's both have a good slice too. Good cheese burger too.
This is the best fast, casual pizza place I've so far found in SF. Two things stand out about Napoli Pizza:
- The crust - Warm, soft, doughy, and delicious
- The sauce - Don't know what they use, but flavorful and tasty
I have been coming here for years and have never been disappointed. The guys who are behind the counter (WHO have been there for at least 15 years) are friendly and helpful, considering the crazies and trash that must come in from the rather sketchy area (but I've never had a problem).
I'm a basic pizza kinda guy so their plain cheese or pepperoni are super. Their California special pizza has a great mix of veggies. And soda is only $1. Try getting that elsewhere. A medium for $12 is a deal in this city.
The Polk area around Napoli is rapidly becoming a rising yuppie night spot with emerging bars. It will only be time before it's run over with Mojito-swilling Muffies who need a slice before they crawl home. So get to Napoli before it becomes the latest trendy Yelper spot.
I love their pizza. The only thing, the dough could use a little bit more salt...
I had to play some guessing games here, because I can never remember the name of this place. An ideal late night stop for any after bar adventures.
Average prices for average pizza by the slice. They have several selections, along with what I can remember is a burger (never tried it!)?
So this place is guaranteed to be open to satisfy your alcohol munchies. You are also guaranteed some tenderloin entertainment on the streets.
Their "California" slice of pizza consisted of pepperoni, salami, bacon, and sausage. Yes, that is in fact 4 different types of pork on one slice of goodness. But why did that call it the California pizza? Do they think we're all heffers?
My favorite thing about this nonchalant pizza-by-the-slice joint is the ingredients for their "San Francisco" pizza. This includes pepperoni, bacon, olives, ground beef, and fetacheese. That's right, if you look at the sign, it says "fetacheese." There's no spaces. Spaces are for wusses. Justin Timberlake doesn't use spaces when he's bringing SexyBack, and neither shall Napoli Pizza!
Plus - say it quickly - fetacheese. Doesn't it totally sound like the name of some gnarly STD? It's like, hey baby, I wanna be upfront wit you - I got a case of fetacheese. No baby, it ain't serious, and it's not catchable. I promise baby, you ain't gonna catch fetacheese, I promise you.
We call this place "FUCK A JEW BOY IN THE ASS" pizza, but more on that experience a little later.
The pizza here sucks. The only comparison I can draw is bad sports stadium pizza. Eating here serves only one purpose - to mop up the drunken swill in your stomach after a 2am bender at Hemlock. Expect raw, super spongy soft dough and cheese that probably is not heated through or even melted.
The inside of this place just feels dirty and unsanitary in a scary kind of way.
It's beyond me how they have a pizza on the menu called "Neptune" pizza which has a variety of seafood items like clams, anchovies and cock roaches. I think the last time someone ordered this they probably died in a residency hotel.
The crowd this place draws is so grimey and derelict. As you stare dizzily at the checkerboard floor expect to ignore overly chatty transvestite prostitutes and avoid eye contact with weirdo drunks and crack dealers.
The reason we named this place "fuck a jew boy in the ass pizza" was a conversation that went something like this:
Buff black dude to friend: "You could be the poster boy for the Jews. Are you jewish?"
Friend: "Yes"
Buff black dude: "I used to live in New York. Have you ever been there?"
Friend: "Yea... I'm from Philly."
Buff black dude: "I love New York and Manhattan.. I used to go to there to fuck a jew boy in the ass."
Friend: "Uhhhh.....ok."
Friend awkwardly rushes out.
Why anybody can give this joint more than one star is the funniest thing I've seen on Yelp. You have to be tripping to think this is a good place to eat pizza.
their pizza SUCKS!!
But the Crust is sso gosh TASTY!!!!
Which do yous perfer?
Only had delivery from here...from work.
It was good eating...greasy but in the good way--from lots of cheese and good flavors from the sauce.
Greasy and dependable.
But damn...the cheese was so fekkin' hot that it burnt off a piece of my lower lip. At first I wasn't sure if it was cheese or my lip skin...so I ate it....and It tasted sorta like chicken.
...gives a whole new meaning to: "you are what you eat." Does eating your own lip make you a cannibal? Discuss.
the pizza itself was pretty damn good. it was hot, but not too hot to where the bridge of your mouth is peeling for the next two days. it was crunchy, good-sized, and greasy(that's a good thing imo). and for $3, you cant really complain.
but...i do have to complain about the wait. i have never waited 15 minutes for a slice of pepperoni, but i did last night. the place was not crowded and they had a circus of workers. how long would i have had to wait if i ordered a medium?
Update again: Who have they been blowing in the health department? Now they have 100%? Have they really cleaned up their act or what?
Update: I've recently been checking the health code violations for restaurants that I've reviewed, and this one gets a 45 / 100 by the health department. That's the lowest I've seen.
http://www.dph.sf.ca.u...
By comparison, almost every restaurant gets 85 or higher.
Even though the pizza tastes OK, 1 star. Blatantly disregarding the health of your customers will do that.
Original review:
The actual place is dicey, and the pizza is greesy and probably doesn't use top notch ingredients, but it's actually pretty tasty when you're in the mood for a big glob of greesy goodness in your stomach.
I've only been there sober, but I could imagine that the percieved good-ness of this pizza goes up exponentially with each beer you've imbibed.
A couple of weeks ago I was across the street and a tranny hooker flashed me.
I don't know why I just threw that in there.
Where was I?
Oh yes- I was at Napoli with my date today and for $7 we got two slices of pizza and a drink. I'm all about cheap food.
If you forget about the fact that there are crackheads outside and that you'll want to reach for that plastic knife because you feel a little threatened the pizza is pretty damn good.
I really enjoyed the crust.
If you see the pictures I posted you can see that it's a bit - dingy - but the pizza is good and cheap so it's all good.
A wiser person than I has said
"Never eat at a restaurant where the cook is skinny."
You will not run that risk here. A solid performance.
After drinking Red Stripes at the Elite Event at Bollyhood, then partying with yelpers at the Elbo Room, I decided a nice walk back to my brother Mike's apartment was in order. A nice 3 mile walk. I was hungry, and I figured I'd stumble upon some closing time food along the way, but was starting to get nervous as I hadn't seen a hot dog vendor, late night burger joint, or even a taco stand anywhere. Cripes people! When I leave a bar in Seattle I can be assured of a hot dog with cream cheese from a myriad of vendors up and down 1st in Belltown or Pioneer Square, or a Dick's burger in Queen Anne or Capital Hill... maybe I don't know SF well enough.
Anyway, I headed up to Polk and was walking along when a couple drunk dudes stumbled by munching on the most incredible smelling pizza ever. With mouths full, they told me to head over to the pizza place a block up.
Napoli seems kind of a utilitarian experiment: its sole purpose seems to be to provide hot pizza to drunk patrons with no care for aesthetic. The guys behind the counter weren't all that friendly, but holy crap the pizza was good. I had a slice of the 'San Francisco' and a slice of cheeze and a vita water. Hot damn it made the next 1.5 miles of walking a cheesy pizza eating splendor.
So... this definitely ain't the place to take a date if you're trying to get laid. But it definitely is the place to take a date if (s)he had too much to drink and needs to sop up some of the alcohol before you do try to get laid.
Neighborhood: Civic Center/Tenderloin
Category: Pizza
Neighborhood: Civic Center/Tenderloin
Category: Pizza
Neighborhood: Civic Center/Tenderloin
Category: Italian
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