Marylebone, Pizza Restaurant Guide

“Fantastic pizza that’s good value” continues to win praise for Alan & Mark Wogan’s (the sons of the late Sir Terry) three-strong chain in Neal’s Yard (the original), Marylebone and the City. The 20-inch pizzas are enough to feed 2-3 people and flavours can be split 50/50.

“Delicious and different pizza” from star LA baker-chef Nancy Silverton – founder of La Brea Bakery and a James Beard Award winner – is “worth undergoing the hotel ambience for” at this café, adjacent to Treehouse Hotel London, which is opposite Broadcasting House. It opened a few months after Covid lockdowns ended in 2001, and has never perhaps inspired the buzz it deserves.

‘Eat Pray Love’ – Elizabeth Gilbert’s 2006 bestseller – did no harm to the fame of these Neapolitan-inspired pizzerias (branded for the Napoli original, founded in 1870). Now with two London branches in Marylebone and Soho (alongside one in Manchester and a couple in Amsterdam), the spinoffs continue to win consistently high ratings. True to the style of Naples, a Marinara will only set you back a tenner, although fancier options will cost twice that.

“Top-class pizza at the new outlet by Kew Gardens” (on the site of Hawthorn, RIP) wins a particular thumbs-up this year for this “properly Neapolitan” chain (“down to the shrine to Diego Maradona on the wall” in TW9). It was well-rated this year, if not as stratospherically as days gone by, supporting those who feel: “I don’t seem as keen on this place as everyone else, but it’s fresh and friendly and local”. The group started in Ealing over 15 years ago and – as well as its Kew launch – also added a Paddington branch in 2025 to join those in Fitzrovia, Fulham and Islington.

Party Kardashian-style at this OTT Italian-American in a glam boutique hotel in Marylebone that arrived two years ago via outposts in LA, NYC and Singapore. Although it’s not exactly a foodie choice, its menu of upscale salads, pizza and pasta does a very respectable job and you can round off in maximalist style with a helping of their famous 20-Layer Peanut Butter Cake. Top Tip – “best weekend brunch in central London”.

Crispy NYC-style pizza is the mainstay at this walk-ins-only newcomer in Marylebone, where Sicilian-born chef Francesco Macri knocks out thin, 14-inch pizzas topped with imported Italian ingredients. According to our diners’ poll it’s not bad, but whether it’s worth braving the queues inspired by its instant TikTok fame is more dubious. And as of August 2024, you can also grab a slice or some of their signature meatballs in tomato sauce on the King’s Road in Chelsea, complete with gingham tablecloths, church pew-style seating, and episodes of ‘The Sopranos’ silently projected on an endless loop.