The world’s best pizza restaurants have been crowned for 2024

Across the world, pretty much every nation has their version of scrumptious toppings on bread – in France they have pitze, in Mexico they have tlayuda, in Malta they have ftira – but the most universally recognised, adored and gobbled is obviously pizza. 

But with so many restaurants pulling their dough and sprinkling their toppings, it can be hard to tell where is doing justice to the classic pizza pie – that’s where 50 Top Pizza comes in. Every year, a panel conducts thorough research into the best pizzas, best pizza chefs and the best pizzerias in the world, and the results are in for 2024. 

In even more of a surprise than realising you actually kinda like pineapple on pizza, it’s an American restaurant which claims the top spot – Una Pizza Napoletana in Manhattan’s Lower East Side, which has climbed from second place last year. Though this place doesn’t reside in the pizza motherland, Anthony Mangieri, the pizza maker and owner, keeps the menu here very, very simple, with only classic toppings and top-quality ingredients.

And while the US might have claimed the top spot (as well as nine others in the top 50) Italy claws it back with two restaurants sitting in joint second place – Diego Vitagliano Pizzeria in Naples and I Masanielli – Francesco Martucci in Caserta – as well as 21 other entries in the top 50, taking up almost half this list. Italy is home to the best city in the world for food, after all!

The 50 best pizza restaurants in the world

1. Una Pizza Napoletana, New York, USA
2. Diego Vitagliano Pizzeria, Naples, Italy and I Masanielli – Francesco Martucci, Caserta, Italy
3. The Pizza Bar on 38th, Tokyo, Japan
4. Confine, Milan, Italy
5. Napoli on the Road, London, England
6. Tony’s Pizza Napoletana, San Francisco, USA
7. I Tigli, San Bonifacio, Italy
8. Sartoria Panatieri, Barcelona, Spain
9. 50 Kalò, Naples, Italy
10. Seu Pizza Illuminati, Rome, Italy
11. Leggera Pizza Napoletana, São Paulo, Brazil
12. Crosta Pizzeria, Makati, Philippines
13. Pizzeria Beddia, Philadelphia, USA
14. Via Toledo Enopizzeria, Vienna, Austria
15. RistoPizza, Tokyo, Japan
16. I Masanielli – Sasà Martucci, Caserta, Italy
17. Dry Milano, Milan, Italy
18. La Notizia, Naples, Italy
19. Ribalta, New York, USA
20. Salvo, Naples, Italy
21. Pizzeria Da Lioniello, Succivo, Italy
22. Fiata by Salvatore Fiata, Hong Kong, China
23. 50 Kalò, London, England
24. Cambia-Menti di Ciccio Vitiello, Caserta, Italy
25. Pepe in Grani, Caiazzo, Italy
26. Baldoria, Madrid, Spain
27. Ken’s Artisan Pizza, Portland, USA
28. Jay’s, Kenmore, USA
29. 180 Grammi Pizzeria Romana, Rome, Italy
30. Don Antonio, New York, USA
31. Le Grotticelle, Caggiano, Italy
32. La Cascina dei Sapori, Rezzato, Italy
33. Pizzeria Sei, Los Angeles, USA
34. Pizza Zulu, Fürth, Germany
35. Clementina, Fiumicino, Italy
36. Sestogusto, Turin, Italy
37. La Bolla, Caserta, Italy
38. QT Pizza Bar, São Paulo, Brazil
39. BOB Alchimia a Spicchi, Montepaone Lido, Italy
40. Ti Amo, Adrogué, Argentina
41. Apogeo, Pietrasanta, Italy
42. I Vesuviani, Pomigliano d'Arco, Italy
43. IMperfetto, Puteaux, France
44. 48h Pizza e Gnocchi Bar, Melbourne, Australia
45. Al Taglio, Sydney, Australia
46. La Leggenda, Miami, USA
47. Dante’s Pizzeria Napoletana, Auckland, New Zealand
48. nNea, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
49. Raf Bonetta, Pozzuoli, Italy
50. Massilia, Bangkok, Thailand

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We’re all about city life at Time Out, and the beating heart of every city is, of course, its food. Whether you’re partial to Peruvian ceviche or Spanish serranito, Australian steak or Italian pizza, there’ll be something on our guide to the best cities in the world for food that’ll tickle your tastebuds.

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