Detroit squares, New Haven apizza, Neapolitan rounds and a $3.85 deli slice. Ten pizzerias, from a wine-soaked dining room to a trailer that sells out most nights, put in order.
Photo, South Congress Avenue at dusk, Austin
South Congress, home of the slice window that has served Austin since 2005.
The best pizza in Austin right now is at Bufalina, the Neapolitan room on East Cesar Chavez that The Infatuation scores a 9.4, the highest mark any Austin pizzeria holds. Where you go next depends on the pie you want:
Top pick
Bufalina, East Cesar Chavez. Blistered Neapolitan pies and natural wine.
Best slice
Home Slice Pizza, South Congress. New York slices at a walk-up window until late.
Best Detroit-style
Via 313, citywide. The square pan pies that started a national boom.
Best value
Little Deli & Pizzeria, Crestview. A $3.85 cheese slice from a 1992 neighborhood deli.
Austin never settled on a pizza style, and that turned out to be the best
thing that ever happened to its pizza. This is the city that launched the
national Detroit-square boom from a trailer in 2011. It now serves
blistered Neapolitan pies on East Cesar Chavez, New Haven apizza off
Springdale, and New York slices from a South Congress window that runs to
midnight on weekends.
So we ranked it. We started with 15 pizzerias and checked every menu,
address and set of hours against the official source. We pulled ratings
from TripAdvisor and Restaurantji and read every local critic worth
reading. Five spots fell short or could not be verified. These are the
ten that made it, in order.
At a Glance
The top of the ranking, side by side. Scroll sideways on a phone for price and rating.
The best pizza in Austin, ranked, with neighborhood, signature style, and prices and ratings where we could verify them.
This ranking is built from the public record, weighed in this order:
1The pie. What each kitchen makes, the style it commits to, and what reviewers keep ordering again. A place that does one crust well beats a place that does four crusts fine.
2The record. Critical consensus and awards. We weighed The Infatuation's scored reviews and its June 2026 best pizza list, Austin Chronicle reviews and Best of Austin picks, and coverage in CultureMap and Community Impact.
3Consistency. Patterns in public ratings on TripAdvisor and Restaurantji, checked July 2026. One burnt crust is a bad night. Hundreds of reviews praising the same pie across years is data.
4Still open, still worth it. We confirmed every kitchen on this list was open and serving in July 2026, against its own website and recent local reporting. Austin pizza moves fast. Two spots on our first draft had closed a location within the past year.
We started with 15 pizzerias and cut five: two for thin track records, one for weak ratings, one for hours we could not confirm, and one national chain that plays the same everywhere. No restaurant paid to be here, and none can buy a higher spot.
The 10 Best Pizza Places in Austin, Ranked
All ten, written up in full, from the Neapolitan standard-bearer to the trailer worth planning a Thursday around.
1
No. 1: Bufalina
East Cesar Chavez★4.3(378 Restaurantji ratings)★$18 Margherita avg.
Steven Dilley's wood-fired room has moved twice since 2013 and lost nothing. It still holds the highest critic score of any pizzeria in the city.
Mozzarella, tomato, basil, and not much else. mroach from Malmö, Sweden / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Steven Dilley opened Bufalina on East Cesar Chavez in 2013, closed the
original room in 2021, and reopened a few blocks east at 2215 in late
2022. Through all of it the pies never slipped. The Infatuation scores
the place a 9.4 and files it under Best of the Best. No other pizzeria
in the city comes close to that mark, and the kitchen has its own
credentials: chef Eli Rodriguez was Austin Monthly’s Rising Star Chef
of the Year in 2024.
The pies are true Neapolitan, around 12 inches, fired for about 90
seconds at roughly 900 degrees. The Margherita is $18 and the Calabrese
is $21. The other half of the draw is the wine list, heavy on natural
producers, with bottles going half price at happy hour.
Know two things before you go. The flagship serves dinner only, opening
at 4 p.m., and The Infatuation warns that the room gets loud at peak
hours. Bufalina Due, up on Burnet
Road, runs the same kitchen ideas with weekend lunch service.
Best for:
a date where the wine list matters as much as the pie.
How it scored
Crust
4.9 out of 5
Toppings
4.8 out of 5
Consistency
4.6 out of 5
Value
4.4 out of 5
Key facts
Since
2013
Address
2215 E Cesar Chavez St
Hours
From 4 p.m. daily
Oven
Wood-fired, about 900F
Second location
Bufalina Due, Burnet Rd
Pros
Highest critic score in the city, a 9.4 from The Infatuation
Half-off wine bottles at happy hour
Bufalina Due on Burnet adds weekend lunch
Cons
Dinner only at the flagship
The room gets loud at peak hours
The old Cesar Chavez address still circulates online
South Congress★4.5(1,939 TripAdvisor reviews)★Slices from $4 avg.
Twenty years on South Congress and the walk-up slice window still runs to midnight on weekends. The pizzeria that taught Austin what a New York slice is.
South Congress, where Home Slice keeps its slice window. Larry D. Moore / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)
The line at the slice window tells you most of what you need to know.
Home Slice opened on South Congress in 2005, back when the street still
had cheap rent, and turned 20 in December 2025. Its founders built the
city’s benchmark New York slice: hand-tossed, foldable, sold whole or
at a walk-up window that stays open late.
Slices start around $4 and whole pies come in 16 and 18 inch sizes. The
white clam pie is the sleeper order, a nod to the founders’ East Coast
roots. A second location at 501 E 53rd St
brings a full bar, more tables and a free parking lot.
South Congress parking is the one real obstacle, and reviewers agree
the line moves faster than it looks. Go at an off hour, or go at
11:45 p.m. on a Saturday and feel smug about it.
Local tip:
the church lot off Elizabeth Street holds designated Home Slice
spaces. That is the parking answer everyone learns eventually.
How it scored
Crust
4.6 out of 5
Toppings
4.5 out of 5
Consistency
4.8 out of 5
Value
4.7 out of 5
Key facts
Since
2005
Address
1415 S Congress Ave
Hours
Daily 11a, late Fri-Sat
Second location
501 E 53rd St
Whole pies
16 and 18 inch
Pros
Slices at the window until midnight Friday and Saturday
North Loop location has a full bar and its own free lot
A white clam pie you will not find at most Texas slice shops
Cons
South Congress parking is tight beyond the church lot
Oak Hill and citywide★4.6(144 TripAdvisor reviews)★$13 Detroiter avg.
Before the rest of the country caught on to Detroit-style pizza, two Detroit brothers were already selling it in Austin. The squares are still the standard.
Baked in a pan, crisp where the cheese hits the metal. Filmgod / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
In December 2011, Detroit-raised brothers Brandon and Zane Hunt started
selling square pies from an unmarked trailer at East Sixth and Waller.
That trailer became Via 313, and Via 313 became the reason Detroit-style
pizza stopped being a regional secret. The chain now counts nine Austin
locations plus trailers, with the flagship out on US-290 in Oak Hill.
The pie to order is the Detroiter, $13, with smoked pepperoni under the
cheese and crisp natural-casing pepperoni on top. The cheese reaches the steel edge
of the pan and caramelizes there. That caramelized edge is the whole
point of the style. Even the gluten-free and vegan crusts crisp properly at the
edges. That almost never happens.
The romance has thinned a little. The Rainey Street trailer is gone, and
the company now operates across several states. But the Oak Hill
flagship holds a 4.6 on TripAdvisor, and the squares are the same ones
that built the following fifteen years ago.
Worth knowing:
corner pieces have two caramelized edges. There are only four per pan,
so order accordingly.
How it scored
Crust
4.8 out of 5
Toppings
4.7 out of 5
Consistency
4.6 out of 5
Value
4.6 out of 5
Key facts
Since
2011
Flagship
6705 US-290, Oak Hill
Hours
Daily 11a-10p, later Fri-Sat
Style
Detroit square, cheese to the edge
Austin locations
Nine, plus trailers
Pros
The Detroiter puts smoked pepperoni under the cheese and cured on top
Nine Austin locations mean a short drive from anywhere
Gluten-free and vegan crusts that reviewers actually like
Cons
Now a multi-state chain, so the trailer romance has faded
A former post office in Hyde Park now turns out the slices The Infatuation says set the bar for New York-style pizza in Austin.
Hyde Park, where a former post office slings slices. MarkJGilmore / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The bar for New York-style pizza in Austin now sits in a former post
office. That is The Infatuation’s verdict on Allday, which it scored
an 8.6 in August 2025, barely two years after the operation started as
a Tarrytown storefront and a trailer in 2023. The Hyde Park flagship
at 4300 Speedway opened in December 2024.
The slices are thin, crisp and chewy in the right proportions. Cheese is
$4.50 a slice, and the specialty slices, Pep & Pepp and Stracciatella
among them, run $5.50 to $6.50. Whole 18-inch pies go from $22 to $35,
topping out at the Pickle pie, a divisive order with loyal fans. There is
soft-serve gelato for after, and dogs are welcome on the patio.
The catch is access. Allday does not deliver at all, on principle, and
both locations close Mondays. The Tarrytown original on West 35th is
walk-up only. Groups of six or more, and orders of four or more pies,
carry a 20 percent service charge.
Heads up:
no delivery, ever. It is a pickup and patio operation by design.
How it scored
Crust
4.7 out of 5
Toppings
4.7 out of 5
Consistency
4.5 out of 5
Value
4.5 out of 5
Key facts
Since
2023
Flagship
4300 Speedway
Hours
Tue-Sun, closed Mon
Whole pies
18 inch, $22-$35
Tarrytown original
3111 W 35th St
Pros
The $6 Pep & Pepp slice is the order regulars defend
A 1992 neighborhood deli that added a stone hearth in 2009 and became the best cheap slice in the city. The whole pies undercut everyone.
Thin enough to fold, the Austin bar-slice standard. Guilhem Vellut from Annecy, France / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
Nothing here is older, cheaper, or more beloved by its block.
Little Deli has anchored its Crestview corner since 1992. Jersey-born
chef Tony Villani bought the place in 2006 and added a pizza kitchen
with a stone hearth in 2009. The Austin Chronicle has handed it Best
of Austin honors as far back as 2002 and as recently as 2024.
The style is New Jersey thin crust, hand-tossed and baked on stone. A
cheese slice is $3.85. A whole 16-inch pie is $18 and the 18-inch is
$21, prices that undercut every other spot here by several
dollars. The deli side still matters too: the Italian sub and the club
sandwich pull their own lunchtime crowd.
A second location opened on Briarcliff Boulevard in Windsor Park in
2020, and it is the move when the Woodrow Avenue room fills, which is
most lunch hours. Both close on Sundays, so plan the craving
accordingly.
Southeast Austin★4.4(103 Restaurantji ratings)★$17 OG Margarita avg.
The rare brewery-yard pizza trailer where the dough is the headline and the beer garden is just a bonus.
Half the Austin pizza scene happens in a beer garden like this. PattayaPatrol / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Side Eye Pie works out of a trailer at Meanwhile Brewing in southeast
Austin, and chef Tony Curet treats the dough like a farm product. He
cold-ferments small batches of Texas Red Wheat from Barton Springs Mill
with native yeast, then fires the pies in a wood oven until the rims
blister. The Infatuation scored it an 8.3 and kept it on its best
pizza in Austin list in June 2026.
The OG Margarita costs $17 and the Pepperoni Homie $19. The Meat Sweats
pie and the weekend breakfast pizza have their own followings, and the
duck confit wings are the side order nobody expects from a pizza
trailer. An average of 4.4 across 103 Restaurantji ratings backs up
the critics.
The brewery setting is the bonus. Meanwhile’s beer garden has room for
kids, dogs and long tables, and a second Side Eye location with indoor
seating opened on South Congress. The new room is too young for a
verdict, but the trailer alone earned this ranking.
Local tip:
order the pie first, then get the beer. The oven queue is the only
slow part of the night.
How it scored
Crust
4.7 out of 5
Toppings
4.5 out of 5
Consistency
4.4 out of 5
Value
4.6 out of 5
Key facts
Home base
Meanwhile Brewing Co.
Address
3901 Promontory Point Dr
Hours
Daily at Meanwhile
Flour
Texas Red Wheat, local
Second location
3116 S Congress Ave
Pros
Blistered, chewy crust from small-batch local dough
Meanwhile's beer garden seats the whole family
New South Congress room has indoor seating
Cons
The original is a trailer, so weather matters
The South Congress location is too new for a track record
East 12th Street★4.3(193 Restaurantji ratings)★$24 Classic, 16 inch avg.
The most committed well-done New York pie in town, from a kitchen that survived a split, a move, and every trend since 2020.
Blistered crust, straight off the fire. PattayaPatrol / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Sammataro bakes its pies darker than most Austin kitchens dare. Isaac
Flores launched the operation from a trailer in 2020 and landed at
2903 E 12th St after a 2023 ownership split turned his old West 10th
room into a different restaurant. The pie stayed constant through all
of it: a 16-inch wood-fired New York round, fermented 48 hours.
The Classic is $24, with tomato sauce, fresh and low-moisture
mozzarella, aged parmesan, basil and olive oil. The Vodka Pie is $28
and the loaded Supreme hits $34. On Restaurantji the food score
reaches 4.6 while the overall sits at 4.3. People come for the pizza
and forgive the rest.
Weekday hours start at 4 p.m., so this is a dinner move. South Austin
gets an outlet of its own: a slice shop on Lynnbrook Drive, open Thursday
through Saturday evenings.
Worth knowing:
the char is the style. If you like your crust blond, order elsewhere
and leave the well-done pies to the converted.
How it scored
Crust
4.6 out of 5
Toppings
4.4 out of 5
Consistency
4.3 out of 5
Value
4.2 out of 5
Key facts
Since
2020
Address
2903 E 12th St
Hours
From 4p Mon-Fri, noon Sat-Sun
Dough
48-hour ferment
Slice shop
2105 Lynnbrook Dr, Thu-Sat
Pros
Food scores run ahead of the room, a 4.6 on Restaurantji
Deep char on the undercarriage, the way Brooklyn does it
South Austin slice shop for the 78748 crowd
Cons
Dinner hours only on weekdays
The $34 Supreme is a lot for a pie born in a trailer
Burnet Road★4.5(226 TripAdvisor reviews)★$24.50 large Armadillo avg.
The brewpub answer, since 2012: pies worth ordering on their own, served next to beer that keeps winning national medals.
Southwest Austin, where the pizza-and-pints crowd lands. Larry D. Moore / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)
Few pizzerias anywhere can say their beer took gold at both the 2025
Great American Beer Festival and the 2025 World Beer Cup. Pinthouse
can. The brewpub opened on Burnet Road in 2012, the Electric Jellyfish
IPA became the flagship, and the pizza side kept pace the whole time.
The signature pie is the Armadillo: local sausage, poblano, ricotta,
jalapeno and cilantro, at $14 small and $24.50 large. A cut of every
Armadillo sold goes to the P.I.N.T. Project charity. The Burnet
original holds a 4.5 across 226 TripAdvisor reviews, and two more
Austin rooms on South Lamar and Ben White run the same menu with more
elbow room.
This is the family answer on the list. Free arcade games, big patios,
lunch combos under $18 on weekdays, and counter service that keeps the
night simple. The trade is crowds at peak hours, especially in the
small original room.
Best for:
a Tuesday night with kids, a pie and a beer that has won actual medals.
How it scored
Crust
4.3 out of 5
Toppings
4.4 out of 5
Consistency
4.5 out of 5
Value
4.6 out of 5
Key facts
Since
2012
Original
4729 Burnet Rd
Hours
Daily 11a-10p, later Fri-Sat
Signature
The Armadillo, $14 and $24.50
Also
S Lamar and Ben White
Pros
House beers won gold at GABF 2025 and the World Beer Cup
Austin waited decades for real New Haven apizza. It arrived in September 2025, at a takeout counter behind Springdale General.
Thick, square, and charred at the corners. Daderot / Wikimedia Commons (CC0)
Kelsey Small grew up near New Haven, Connecticut, cooked at Franklin
Barbecue, and ran the kitchen at Bufalina Due before opening her own
counter at Springdale General in September 2025. Small’s is Austin’s
first committed New Haven-style apizza shop, and The Infatuation
scored it an 8.3 within four months of opening.
The benchmark order is the tomato pie: crushed tomatoes, garlic,
oregano, olive oil and pecorino, no mozzarella at all. The anchovy
version is the critics’ pick. The crust comes out charred and crackly
in the New Haven manner, sold whole or by the slice. On weekend
mornings the same counter sells bagels until they run out, and a small
wine bar pours Wednesday through Saturday evenings.
The honest caveats are age and seating. The shop is under a year old,
the review base is thin, and this is a takeout counter with no real
dining room. On the strength of the pies alone, expect a higher spot
next year.
Local tip:
Saturday works best: bagels in the morning, apizza after noon, wine
in the evening, one address.
How it scored
Crust
4.7 out of 5
Toppings
4.5 out of 5
Consistency
4.0 out of 5
Value
4.3 out of 5
Key facts
Since
September 2025
Address
1023 Springdale Rd
Hours
Daily, from 9a weekends
Signature
Tomato pie, no mozzarella
Also
Wine bar Wed-Sat evenings
Pros
Charred, crackly crust in the true New Haven manner
A kitchen led by a Bufalina Due and Franklin Barbecue alum
A 16-foot trailer behind Duval Market with a decade-old sourdough starter, a four-day week, and a following that gets there before the dough is gone.
Half of Austin's best pizza still comes out of a trailer. Tony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
Feral Pizza is a 16-foot trailer in the side yard of Duval Market on
East 51st, run by Amy and Finley Hunt. They bake New York-style rounds
and grandma-style squares from a sourdough starter more than ten years
old, cold-fermented two to three days. The Austin Chronicle reviewed it
warmly in March 2024, and The Infatuation still had it on the city’s
best pizza list in June 2026.
The order is the Ankle Biter, pepperoni with jalapeno and garlic, or
whatever Sicilian square is on the board that week. The rotating
homemade brownies are not a gimmick. Everything comes from scratch in a
space smaller than most kitchens’ walk-ins.
Feral is the hardest spot in this ranking to actually eat at. That is
part of the deal. It opens Thursday through Sunday from 4 to 8 p.m., sells
out early most nights, and offers a few picnic tables. Order ahead
online and treat it like a reservation.
Heads up:
last order is 7:30 p.m. and sellouts come sooner. Thursday is the
safest night.
How it scored
Crust
4.6 out of 5
Toppings
4.4 out of 5
Consistency
4.2 out of 5
Value
4.4 out of 5
Key facts
Since
2023
Address
500 E 51st St, at Duval Market
Hours
Thu-Sun 4-8p, or sold out
Dough
Sourdough, 48-72 hour ferment
Styles
NY rounds and grandma squares
Pros
On The Infatuation's best pizza in Austin list, June 2026
The Ankle Biter, pepperoni with jalapeno and garlic, travels well
Also checked, and cut: DeSano, East Side Pies, Conan's Pizza, Dovetail and Moderna. Each fell short on the record, the ratings, or the details we could not confirm in July 2026.
This is a city where a $3.85 deli slice and a $34 wood-fired Supreme can both be the right answer. It depends on the night.
— Marisol Vega, Food Editor
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the best pizza in Austin?
Bufalina, on East Cesar Chavez, is our top pick. Its wood-fired Neapolitan pies hold a 9.4 from The Infatuation, the highest critic score of any Austin pizzeria, and the Margherita costs $18. For a classic slice instead, Home Slice on South Congress is the standard.
What pizza style is Austin known for?
No single style defines Austin pizza. The city does claim one export: Detroit-style squares went national largely because of Via 313, which two Detroit brothers started as an Austin trailer in 2011. Today you can eat Neapolitan, New York, New Haven, Detroit and deep pan pies without leaving town.
How much does pizza cost in Austin?
Slices run about $4 to $5 at the main slice shops. Little Deli sells a cheese slice for $3.85, Home Slice starts around $4, and Allday charges $4.50. Whole artisan pies run $17 to $28 at most of the spots on this list, with an 18-inch pie at Little Deli priced at $21.
Does Austin have Michelin-starred pizza?
No. In the 2025 Michelin Guide Texas, announced in October 2025, no Austin pizzeria earned a star, a Bib Gourmand or a recommendation. Austin's seven starred restaurants are barbecue, tasting menus and omakase. The pizza rankings here rest on local critics and thousands of diner reviews instead.
Where can I get deep dish pizza in Austin?
Conan's Pizza has baked its deep pan pies since 1976 and still runs two locations, on West Anderson Lane and West Stassney Lane. It missed our top ten on ratings and details we could not confirm, but it remains the city's deep dish institution. For a thick, crisp-edged pan pizza that did make the list, order the Detroit-style squares at Via 313.
Where can I get pizza by the slice in Austin?
Home Slice keeps its South Congress slice window open daily until 11 p.m., and until midnight Friday and Saturday. Allday sells slices in Hyde Park, Little Deli serves them in Crestview until 9 p.m., and Sammataro operates a Thursday-to-Saturday slice shop on Lynnbrook Drive in South Austin.
Sources & Methodology
This guide is original reporting. Nothing here was pulled from a press release or a paid placement.
—Ratings and review counts are snapshots from TripAdvisor and Restaurantji listings, checked the week of July 21, 2026. Google and Yelp star ratings were not available to verify and are not cited.
—Hours, addresses and menu prices confirmed against each restaurant's official website or posted menu in July 2026.
—The Infatuation, "16 Best Pizza Places in Austin," updated June 30, 2026, and its scored reviews of Bufalina (9.4), Allday Pizza (8.6), Small's Pizza (8.3), Side Eye Pie (8.3) and Feral Pizza.
—Austin Chronicle, "Review: Feral Pizza," March 1, 2024, its Little Deli review of January 8, 2010, and Best of Austin 2024.
—Community Impact reporting on Home Slice's 20th anniversary (December 2025), Allday Pizza's Hyde Park flagship and trailer closure (2025), and Small's Pizza's opening (September 2025).
—CultureMap Austin coverage of Bufalina's closure and reopening on East Cesar Chavez (2021 and 2022).
—Via 313 and Pinthouse Pizza location pages and menus, July 2026; Craft Beer Austin reporting on Pinthouse's 2025 GABF and World Beer Cup medals.
—Tribeza, "Michelin Guide Texas 2025," October 28, 2025, for the Michelin FAQ answer.
—Austin Monthly's 2024 Rising Star Chef of the Year award to Bufalina chef Eli Rodriguez, as cited on bufalinapizza.com.
—What Now Austin on Sammataro's 2023 ownership reshuffle and the West 10th location's rebrand to La Volta (August 2023); Axios Austin on the trailer's 2020 launch and expansion (January 2023); menu prices from sammataro.nyc, July 2026.
—Conan's Pizza history from its official site and The Daily Texan's coverage of the campus location's 2018 closing, for the deep dish FAQ.
Marisol has covered Texas food for more than a decade, from border panaderías to Hill Country meat markets. She has ordered a breakfast taco in all 254 counties, and was a 2024 James Beard Award nominee for food writing. She joined Best of Texas in 2019.
