Pizzeria Magpie

I forgot we were in Montréal… This pizza literally tastes as if you’ve been transported to Brooklyn. Superb. Well worth the visit!

All we wanted was to spend some time with our significant other and enjoy cocktails, delish entrees and a few (actually 5!) good pizza… indeed we did have the above, but dear God, such poor service!!!
I’m not even joking, the waitress was high. Serious. So spaced out!!! As soon as we ordered… she would forget… we had to ask for our drinks all night long!
Moreover (and especially that) patrons were rude and loud! Let’s be honest kinda losers and poorly dressed. Who lets these people in anyway… some of the patrons seemed to be friends with the staff… perhaps there is the answer.
The table besides ours these two j*rk were just shouting, trying to get attention or something, all night long. Dudes… stick with your ugly gf, will u. As if…
This is where the manager (or reasonable facsimile) must take charge, grow a pair and discipline not only the staff, but also j*rk patrons!
Sadly, the manger and staff last night (a Saturday night of all nights, with the place full) failed miserably!
The owners must share also this fiasco.
They hired the staff… and if they were there (which they should, on a Saturday night, and obviously were not proactive) then they don’t care for the place… so why would quality patrons care to go back!!! Not going to happen!
Weren’t for the food we would never go back… should we give this place a second chance, it’s not going to be anytime soon!
Should the manager and staff been capable, we would have given this place 4 stars.
Good food without quality execution and proper setting = disaster.

Not a bad spot to grab a pizza if you’re in the area. For some reason I decided to try a smoked meat, dill and mustard pizza they seem to have recently added to the menu. It was a bit of a mess flavor-​wise, but I give them full marks for creativity. My wife tried the Magpie Margherita and it was excellent.

I found this place to be overpriced and overrated. The pizza wasn’t bad but it didn’t blow my mind and make me glad I was going to pay almost $ 16 for a personal margarita pizza. I did enjoy the basil as big as my face though! As for the interior of the restaurant, it was completely uncomfortable. Even though most everyone there was trying to speak quietly among themselves I could not focus on who I was with because we were packed in so closely to everyone else. I didn’t find the servers to be particularly friendly either. I’m glad I tried this restaurant but wouldn’t feel the need to return.

Oh my god, I’ can’t believe that I haven’t written a review for Magpie already! Magpie has been in my regular restaurant rotation for years now and I love it! There is no better place in town for a thin crust wood oven cooked pizza.
My go to is the Margarita pizza. Good pizza should be simple so that you can enjoy the great flavour of the buffalo mozzarella and the tomato sauce. Magpie’s Margarita delivers on all counts. If you are in the mood for something more meaty and heavy I would recommend the Pepperoni pizza. The pepperoni itself is excellent quality, not the typical low quality stuff you normally find on pizza, and the amount that you will find on your pizza is very generous.
I also highly recommend the Caesar salad and a selection of fresh oysters are always available. Oh, and don’t forget to try their homemade ginger-​ale!

Great pizza. Had the ‘salad special’ — yum. The pizza crust is the best — the hot oil turns it into a whole different experience. Definitely try Pizzeria Magpie!

The food is not bad… that place is overrated. If you are a big guy make sure to go there when the place is empty and bring your own chair coz the chairs are small and the table are even smaller and so close to each other. You will hear the conversation of your neighbors like you are sitting with them. If you order anything more than a pizza and drink there is no space on the table. I sat near where they cook the pizzas so half of my head was burning and was soo annoying. The pizza wasn’t even that good… the outer part was a bit burned and half empty… and it was small and it wasn’t cheap.

Thank you Unilocal! Once again, you made me happy (not that you ever disappoint). Was searching for a pizzeria place I’ve never been before, and found this on Unilocal,and it did not disappoint at all. There’s not many options for pizza on the menu, but god they don’t even have to have many options. With their pizzas everything is more then enough.
The pizza is a thin crust, a lot of cheese, and delicious! You could also add extras if you’d like. I personally got the pepperoni and added extra black olives, and I don’t think I’ve ever had a pizza with so much pepperoni! It was just great! And I also love the vibe, and the decoration a lot too! Will definitely go back here, take my friends, tell everyone about it, and just share this place with everyone!

Delicious pizza in a cute neighborhood joint. We ordered the endive salad, 6 of their daily special oysters and goat cheese, jamon pizza. Don’t forget the spicy oil! It takes the pizza to a whole other level. They have a small selection of beers.
The staff is extra accommodating with young kids. So if you need a baby friendly place, you should definitely check this place out.

Heard great things. That one star is because I had to put it there by the way. I waited 45 minutes for oysters another 30 minutes for a kale salad with an overcooked poached egg — disgusting. The waitress decided to come up to us 30 minutes later saying that they forgot about our order and will be another 15 to 20 minutes for the pizza and that she will give us drinks on the house to compensate for the wait — got the pizza another 30 minutes or so later and it was good. I was ready to pay for my bill and the drinks were on the bill. I was disgusted with the service and the pizza wasn’t even that great. Will never go back and neither should you. There are so many other pizza spots in the area.

I was initially excited to come here and try something new. However the service was TERRIBLE and the food too other than the pizza.
They messed up our order and we waited 40 minutes for oysters (… They’re raw), another 30 – 40 minutes for the salad, and then another 45 minutes for the pizza.
The salad was miserable. I actually told my boyfriend that the chef should be ashamed of this creation. It had no flavor and the poached egg was overcooked and dry.
The waitress offered us drinks to compensate for our wait. Which we initially took as a kind gesture. Only to find out that they charged us for the drinks at the end of the meal!
There are so many more amazing places for pizza in Montréal… Please save yourself the disappointment and go somewhere else. (Pizzeria napoletana/​Gepetto/​Tomato/​Prato/​pizzaiolle)

If you like semi thin crust artisan pizza then this one of the best restaurants Montréal has to offer. I ordered the meatball 4 cheese pizza and I loved it. The ambience is dim lit with a classic style that perfectly fits a hipster theme. Their cocktails are amazing. I ordered the lemonade and really enjoyed it. I am really curious to try the rest of the drinks here as the descriptions of them sound delicious. Our server was polite and honest and offered great suggestions. She always had a smile on her face which was quite enjoyable as she seemed to live her job. I can’t wait for my next visit.

Super super super nous venons de Nice en France (coller à l Italie) et j peux vous dire que en Italie les pizza sont pas si bonne donc félicitation et la sérveuse une merveille merci à vous changer rien :)

Je l’ai goûté hier en plein show au belmont du groupe pizzaunderground. Ils nous ont distribué de la pizza magpie. C’était pas mal du tout. Quoique pas assez chaude, ça m’a donné envie de la tester dans de bonnes conditions au restaurant

Delicious pizza! I got the margherita and the Mediterranean with a friend. The sauce is divine and everything tastes fresh! The Mozzerella cheese was so creamy and of very good quality! I had a great meal! Friendly staff! I highly recommend it! Can’t wait to try more of their pizzas!

Une des 3 meilleures place de pizza a montréal! Réservation 4h a l’avance minimum. Toujours tres difficile d’avoir une place.
Serveurs tres sympatiques. Offrent les huitres aussi. Pas cher.

After a great experience at GEMA, I got another hankering for a pizza the following weekend. I got some friends together and planned to head back for a second try when I discovered that they were closed for summer vacation. Darn… well we still had a desire for pizza, so where to go? Thinking about places nearby, I had a flash and remembered Pizzeria Magpie, located across the street from Chez Serge bar in Mile End. One of those places I have had on my never-​ending list for a while but kept forgetting about. We drove up hoping they had room for 4 on a Saturday night and luckily for us, they did.
First thing I noticed walking in was the overall look and vibe. A small intimate space overall with the open window in the front to give a little terrasse feel, low lighting, a beautiful dark bar on the side, the blackboard menus and the ceramic-​tiled pizza oven visible to all — Magpie gives off a relaxed café/​bar feel but with enough intimacy to be a solid date place and enough «edge» to be a cool place to bring friends for a happy hour or late evening meal. Loved it completely — this place goes on the possible date locations list (whenever the heck that ever happens again… but that’s a story for another day).
For starters, we grabbed some of their cocktails to get the evening started. My friends selected the Pimm’s Cup and the Magpie Caesar. The Pimm’s Cup, served with some mint and cucumber, had exactly the kind of citrus and spice flavours you look for. Very refreshing. As for the Caesar, it certainly looked impressive — especially with the steak spice used on the lip of the glass, however I hate Caesars so I didn’t try it. My friend certainly enjoyed it though. In my case, I went for the Dark and Stormy — dark spiced rum mixed with the house made ginger soda. Very nice balance between the sweet rum and the ginger.
Before the pizzas came, I just had to order some oysters. On this evening, Magpie had 3 varieties — Conway Royals, Gooseberry Bay and Tresor and I asked for the mix of all three. Served with fresh horseradish, lemon and lime wedges, a mignonette and some hot sauce, the oysters were all of good size and shucked perfectly. Nice start to the meal.
But really, the key here is the pizza… Magpie is a pizzeria after all. There are 9 regular pizzas available as well as a special of the day. Since we were four people, we decided to order four different ones and share them in order to try as many as we could. Before we address the topping options, let’s talk dough — the foundation of the whole thing. Magpie, using that beautiful wood oven over in the corner, do it pretty well. Had I not been to GEMA about a week prior, I may have said it was best in Montréal. After that experience, I would say it is very good but just a level below the best. The crust has a good levity and chewiness to it with a decent crispiness on the bottom, however to get the crunch, we end up having some burnt spots on the pizzas. I wouldn’t have had an issue with it before but if we are going to compare the best pizza joints in Montréal, we are now at that point…
Anyway, the first one up was the special of the day — a gravlax pizza with onions, tomatoes and dill. A very creative option — the gravlax itself was delicious and quite plentiful on the pizza. The fresh dill, tomatoes and onions work well with gravlax normally so of course it would work on a pizza. Loved the overall quantity of topping as well. An excellent out-​of-​box option which in my opinion is worth keeping around as a regular option.
Next up was the goat cheese pizza with pancetta, arugula, basil and tomato sauce. Great combination of the creamy goat cheese with the salty rich pancetta to elevate this one past the traditional Margherita. Excellent pizza.
The third one was the prosciutto pizza with arugula, cherry tomatoes, bocconcini and tomato sauce. Another solid pizza — any pizza with prosciutto is good by me — although personally I felt that there was way too much arugula over top of this pizza which kinda made it overly peppered.
The final pizza was the Bianca — with roasted garlic, spicy capicollo, cherry tomatoes, bocconcini and herbs. This is one spicy pizza — a little too much for my liking personally. I was quite surprised at just how much the capicollo overpowered everything else on this pizza. I also would have enjoyed a bit more cheese on this one. Good but my least favourite of the four easily.
Pizzeria Magpie is a solid entry in the Montréal pizza scene — and by far the best in Mile End in my eyes. The cocktail and oyster combo with the relaxed and intimate atmosphere make it a perfect place for a quick bite or drink before a larger meal — and that is without taking the pizzas into consideration. They also do weekend brunch now which intrigues me tremendously. Not my first choice for a pizza but close enough — both in quality and in location — for me to definitely be back in the near future.
Cheers!

La première fois que j’y suis allée, j’étais éblouie! J’avais enfin trouvé LA place où l’on fait LA meilleure pizza! Donc depuis, j’y retourne fréquemment parce que je ressens le devoir de faire découvrir ma nouvelle place à pizz, à chacun de mes amis
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Après quelques visites par contre, mon enthousiasme du départ s’est un peu atténué. La dernière fois, j’ai choisi une pizza au fromage et artichauts qui j’avoue, m’a un peu laissé sur mon appétit. Puis, le Ceaser qui m’avait complètement séduite la fois d’avant était, cette fois-​là, vraiment mal assaisonné.
MAIS je dois absolument mentionner que la pizza méditerranéenne… WOW! Elle est incroyablement bonne. Les aliments sont frais et le mélange de saveur est parfait! Tomates cerises… herbes fraîches, mais surtout (quelque chose que je n’aurais jamais pensé mettre sur une pizza) des concombres marinés! Le tout donne un goût qui est vraiment intéressant!
Quant au service, il est très bien. Une fois, une erreur s’est produite dans notre commande ce qui a fait augmenter notre temps d’attente, mais pour nous dédommager notre serveur nous a offert 2 autres généreux verres de vin. Très bon truc je dois dire, je né me souviens presque plus d’avoir attendu ;) !
Pour ce qui est des prix, ils sont très très raisonnables.
Évidemment, je recommande ce restaurant. J’y retourne prochainement sans faute!

It is definitely time to update my review for Magpie as it was written early in my Unilocal career.
Magpie is a sweet little restaurant that produces one of the best pizza in Montréal. The menu is small and is updated periodically. There is always a special pizza announced on the black board above the kitchen and I’m still raving about the lobster pizza I had a year ago, whether it was the special or not. The same board has a short list of the oysters available for the day.
The pizza crust is like home made, a little bit thicker for my taste, definitely delicious, you can’t leave even a little piece on your plate, regardless how full you may be by the end of your meal. The magic in my view is in the little wood fired oven sitting proudly in one of the restaurant corners.
Normally you’d rather have a reservation for Magpie. My last visit was sweet, we showed up without reservation, sat on the bar and got the best service, including tasty cocktails fixed in front of us for our pleasure. This unexpected visit wins Magpie five stars.

I had a méditerranéenne pizza which was great and lobster ravioli side dish which was incredible!

How do you fix a broken pizza? … …With Tomato Paste
Too Cheesy??? Never mind. Pizzeria Magpie… Definitely the Best pizza I’ve had in Montréal. The wood fire goodyness makes these pizzas so awesome. Thin crust pizzas and slightly burnt at the edges. That’s the way (aha, aha) I like it. We tried the Pizza Arrabiata (sausage, Monteray cheese, rapini, red onions, tomato sauce) and the Prosciutto (Arugula, cherry tomato, bocconcini, tomato sauce). The Prosciutto was really good. Not too salty. The Arrabiata was great. Had a spicy touch to it. The tomato sauce for the pizza’s is out of the world. All the ingredients are fresh. Add the spicy oil for extra flavor. They take credit cards, but no debit cards. And yes, Pls make reservations as the place tends to get really packed.
Food — Awesome
Service — Friendly
Ambiance — Casual /​Cozy
Worth the money — Yes

Came to Magpie with great expectations but no reservation.
Time was around 6 PM the restaurant was relatively empty, even so, we were sent to the bar. Several minutes later after I had received my thimble size glass of wine for $ 9.50, another couple came in who had no reservations – yet were seated at a table in the relatively open restaurant. I removed 2 stars just for the ineffective table management (yes, I know it’s always best to have a reservation)
Pizza — was delivered fairly promptly with tasty sauce. There is nothing like a true Wood-​fire oven for Pizza, and Magpie has one. I chose the margarita pizza with added anchovies and a handful of rocket greens on top. the pizza was good but the crust was not quite as good as what I found at Bottega — in little Italy. The hipster setting of Mile End is what it is and the staff were nice. For me still, the best real– Italian pizza experience is at Bottega. I find them to be the winner. Value for Money was not there with Magpie. Wine /​cocktails were way over priced for what you get, however the mixed cocktails were well put together.

Bonne Pizzeria de Montréal. Desfois je vais sur des blogs indépendants de montréal pour voir leur take sur la Pizza du siècle et j’ai vu Magpie dans la liste de nombreuses fois. J’avais faim, mon ami avait soif — de vin — et on s’est arrêté le temps de mangé une pizza et boire une bouteille de blanc. Les options du menu sont écrit sur le menu avec des choix du chefs/​choix du jour offert par notre serveuse qui avait l’air excellente, mais j’avais envie de Pizza, c’était ma quête.
La sauce est excellente, bonne touché d’acidité mais goûtant la tomate fraîche qui change des épaisses sauce hyper acidulité ou surépicé, la croûte une belle épaisseur, maison, croustillante et de bonne qualité. J’ai apprécié ma pizza malgré le prix un peu élevé. Je présume que cela va avoir le coin (c’est dans le Mile-​End après tout).
Bouteille de vin + Pizza; 65 $ Donc pas donner!

Oh yum! Pour une vraie de vraie pizza italienne à la croûte mince et aux ingrédients simples mais frais et créatifs, Magpie est un bon endroit à considéré. Quand je suis allée, c’était en pleine saison du homard alors il y avait une pizza spéciale pour l’occasion. Je m’attendais à quelques morceaux seulement, mais au total, il y avait au moins l’équivalent d’une queue de homard et demie déposée en plein centre. J’ai aussi mangé la pizza aux artichauts qui était très bonne mais parois un peu trop salée à cause du type de fromage mais qui était tout de même très bonne. Le cocktail à la limonade est aussi super rafraîchissant et parfait à boire juste avant l’arrivée de la pizza. Au total, ça été une belle soirée avec de bon plats, mais pas au point de dire que c’était la meilleure pizza que j’ai eu en ville à date. J’étais contente de simplement essayer l’endroit qui fait parti de ma liste de commerces à essayer depuis plus de 2 ans!

Pizzeria Magpie makes pizza, only pizza and they do it well… very well. Does it stack up to Pizzeria Napoletana? No… but close. Pizzeria Magpie is on Maguire, corner of St-​Laurent, but without that the pretentiousness of St-​Laurent. The place is beautiful, earthy with a retro feel. It seats maybe 30 people. They offer a few pizzas each looks more delicious than the other, a few beers, some drinks and pop served in glass bottles. Even the water is served in vintage soda pop glass bottles from a bygone era.
The service was curt, polite but a little terse. But then I don’t want to be overwhelmed by niceties either.
The pizza is baked in a wood oven and you can taste the wood the char on the crust which adds a layer to pizza that you can’t get from a regular oven. Although some kind of oil or garlic butter on the outer crust would have it taste a little less dry. You can go for the traditional margarita pizza move up to sausage and level up with meatball and 3 cheeses. Even the pepperoni pizza looked awesome because of the angle the cut the pepperoni at, which give you long ribbons of pepperoni and adds an extra meatiness to the pizza. The only thing missing on the pizza is that extra layer of flavor, like herb infused oils, maybe some seasoning. But as a whole you can’t go wrong with fresh ingredients slapped on a pizza dough baked in a wood oven to a crispy delicious pie.

J’ai voulu constater par moi-​même le «buzz «autour de cette charmante pizzeria du Mile-​End. D’entré de jeu, j’ai été séduit par le décor intimiste et original de l’endroit. J’adore l’ambiance feutré et les lumières tamisées qui offre une expérience unique pour une pizzeria. C’est un bon endroit pour un rendez-​vous romantique.
Le menu est relativement simple. Des entrées de salade, de potage ou d’huitre. Les plats principaux s’articulent autour d’une série de pizza italienne dont le prix à l’unité varie entre 12 et 20 $. Quelques déserts intéressant sont offert pour clore votre repas. Bien sûr, des café expresso sont aussi proposés. Comme dans bien des restos de Montréal, le prix des vins au verre sont un peu cher.
Nous avions choisi de né pas prendre d’entré et de commencer directement avec une pizza. Jusque là, tout allait bien. Les choses ont changé lorsque la serveuse, du genre prétentieuse, est venue prendre notre commande. Notre choix nous a valu un commentaire déplacé de sa part qui, de toute évidence, désirait une facture plus gonflé dans l’espoir d’un gros pourboire.
Il serait bon de rappeler que Magpie se trouve sur le Mile-​end/​Platô. Ce genre de comportement désagréable venant de serveuses prétentieuses devient courant dans ce coin de Montréal. J’en ai assez de cette attitude hautaine. Loin de moi l’intention d’ouvrir un éditorial à ce sujet, mais ce genre de comportement doit cessez.
Vous comprendrez, l’attitude de la serveuse a quelque peu émoussé la note que j’offre à ce resto. Pourtant, les pizzas italiennes sont de très bonne qualité. Changez l’attitude générale du personnel et vous avez ici une pizzeria très correcte, sans être exceptionnelle.

La pizzeria Magpie: un petit restaurant parfait où déguster une savoureuse pizza!
J’y suis allée par un très froid vendredi soir cet hiver. Quel plaisir d’entrer dans un restaurant aussi chaleureux par une température aussi froide!
Comme le nom le dit, il s’agit d’une pizzeria. En plus de quelques délicieuses entrées (huîtres, salades, raviolis…), on y offre évidemment un bon choix de pizzas variées, allant de la plus simple à la plus surprenante. Elles sont faites sur place avec des ingrédients hyper frais, miam! La mienne était excellente et cuite à la perfection. Chaque semaine, une nouvelle entrée, une nouvelle pizza et un nouveau dessert sont inscrits à l’ardoise, il est donc possible de faire des découvertes différentes selon la semaine. Quelques desserts très simples, mais efficaces et savoureux sont offerts. Une sélection de vins d’importations privées est également disponible.
Le service est génial; tous les employés sont sympathiques et souriants. Les plats arrivent dans des délais plus que raisonnables, même si l’endroit est bondé de clients. Les prix sont très corrects aussi.
J’y retournerai certainement bientôt!
***Prévoyez de l’argent comptant ou une carte de crédit, car le restaurant n’accepte pas les cartes de débit!

Came here with my friend on a busy Saturday night, they seated us by the bar and we were lucky to have the nicest server. He was so accommodating and helpful, recommended various options and answered all my questions.
To start, we ordered half a dozen east coast oysters (from New Brunswick and PEI). They were really mild in taste and easy on their way down– just how I like it. For my pizza, I wasn’t sure whether to order the prosciutto or sausage, but I ended up going with the prosciutto and loved it. My friend got the poutine pizza and found it a little too salty due to the gravy, but was satisfied with her choice overall. We shared a bottle of pinot noir and were pleased to hear that our server wanted to treat us to a digestif.
It was a wonderful evening and I’ll definitely be back to try other items on the menu, everything looked great.