Pizza East

Pizza East would never be my first choice if someone asked me to go for pizza. In my humble opinion, it’s not that the pizza here is bad so much as it’s just not great? Add to the fact that you’re generally paying £5 more than anywhere else for pizza I think that there are much better options to choose from, especially as the selection of pizza is so narrow. However, the mac&cheese and lamb meatballs are actually really good and I would recommend getting these over the pizza if possible.
They do have a special key ring you can ask for which gets you 50% off so if you know anyone with one, it’s worth taking it along.
The staff there are really nice and friendly but generally service is very slow, it is not the place to come if you are in a rush or want to be in and out within an hour.
All in all, I’d go somewhere else if you can but if you have to go, it’s not bad!

Excellent meatballs and tasty — as well as unique — garlic bread.
I highly recommend the salami pizza and sitting as close to the oven as possible to see this finely tuned machine operate. Their non-​alcoholic cocktails were tasty and the service was decent.
The patrons were slightly pretentious and haute but that is to be expected on the Notting Hill fringe.
The lighting was ideal.
I really appreciated the fact that the salami appeared to be almost shaved on the pizza and not perfectly distributed.
I went twice while in town for work and will definitely go back asap.

Extremely disappointed by my visit here for dinner with friends. Seated upstairs, we were put on a table at the top of the stairs right in the cold draft of the door downstairs even though we were the only customers up there, which was an uncomfortable squeeze just to get into my seat. The service was okay, but it felt more like a staff hang out spot than a restaurant. We ordered starters of garlic bread, which took forever to get to the table and were less garlic and more over powering herbs and soaked in oil making the bottom of the bread wet. Our pizzas then arrived about 5 minutes later before we’d even really had a chance to eat our starters. This meant that by the time I had eaten about half of my pizza, the other half was stone cold.
We also didn’t get told that swapping toppings on the pizzas for a different one (I’m vegetarian and don’t really like a lot of cheese, which seemed to be on every pizza — no just mozzarella) was at an additional cost. I ended up having to pay £5 extra for a few slices of courgette and a small sprinkling of mushrooms on what was initially a plain pizza. It would have been nice to have been informed of the extra cost at the time of ordering.
We ordered the chocolate salted caramel tart for dessert, which was so bitter it was a chore to eat the tiny slice we were served. I normally love the Soho House group restaurants but this was an awful experience, leaving all three of us up most of the evening ill from the food, needless to say I won’t be going back to any of the other Pizza Easts any time soon.

Soho House Group continues to led the trend and set the benchmark. Great location… fantastic menu and perfect people watching for Portobello Road. Given its so popular service can be slow at times but understandable.

We had not the best conditions to take our time but it was a great stop to eat a pizza and a salad.
I think it’s a great place to have a good time but come before 11pm :-)
People are welcoming.

Great staff and they were really accommodating with some allergies our party had! Food and drinks were fab.

It was the first time I had been here the other day and we went mental and ordered a LOT of food. And woah there is some pretty fine pizza. The garlic bread is probably the best I’ve ever tasted too. The place itself is cool and is a nice little different spot to go :)

GREAT food. Had the chicken and potatoes and small pizza. Kinda small portions but very good.

Cool, edgy vibe here. We sat at the counter overlooking the pizza chefs preparing pizzas right across from the oven. We think that the counter is the best place to sit in the entire dining room if there are only 2 of you. We got to watch our pizzas being made. We ordered the Buffalo Mozzarella Tomato Basil pizza, the Spicy Sausage Mozzarella Broccoli (note it is broccoli rabe /​tenderstem) and the Butter Lettuce Avocado Vinaigrette Salad. On another visit we ordered the Veal Meatballs Prosciutto Cream and Sage and Lasagna. 1 pizza will definitely fill you up, so if you go with other people you should all order a different pizza so you can taste everything. The crust is delicious and I’m not normally a pizza crust eater. I would pass on ordering the Butter Lettuce salad as the vinaigrette is a bit heavy. Their Jug of Pimms cocktail is really nice with lots of fruit. Also, note that they have Cowshed brand soap and hand lotion in their public restrooms. I’ve also been to the Pizza East in Kentish Town and had a positive experience there as well. Great place to meet up with friends.

Disappointing compared to the Kentish town branch, where I had a staggeringly good pizza. Here the crust wasn’t light and crispy, it was doughy. I mentioned it to our waitress and she agreed the dough hadn’t proved for long enough. If you are a restaurant, and you have the word pizza in your name, you better get it right!!!

I had read about Pizza East on a favorite blog of mine (
) and I was not disappointed! The Décor was cute, although it did feel a bit ingenuine, but I like how the pizza was made in an open kind of setting and the large windows. I went on a sunny day so the large windows were particularly nice.
We had the garlic bread, which was good but VERY oily; the Buffalo mozzarella, tomato, basil pizza; the Portobello mushrooms, tomato, fontina, oregano pizza; and the mac and cheese. I had initially ordered the Artichoke, sundried tomato, mozzarella, pesto pizza, but after a miscommunication I ended up being served a pizza with a lot of tomato sauce, mozzarella and some olives. I was disappointed because I was quite excited for my artichoke pizza, but the one i was served was excellent.
I would recommend Pizza East and go back in the future.

‘Great Food Great Atmosphere Great Value’
Value for money — yes.
Service with a smile — yes and then some.
Authentic Taste — absolutely.
Would I eat here again — most definitely.
This was always going to be a satisfying experience. From the time we were greeted to the value in the food to the atmosphere for a lunch sitting.
We had the beautiful fresh grilled salmon and pork belly pizza and were left wondering how we were going to finish all the food.
The pizza was well portioned like most of their dishes and the salmon was cooked fresh and was served with a side of your choice.
The atmosphere was both casual and relaxing whilst at the same time upbeat and busy.
I have no hesitation in revisiting pizza east to sample the rest of their menu.

This is a great place for a lovely dinner! The service is excellent… I love the pork belly dish and the pizzas are original and very tasty! The décor is very laid back, rustic look… I was very impressed by the food!!! Would come again and again!

Came here after reading about the Top Ten Pizzas in London according to Daniel Young from Young&Foodish and it didn’t disappoint!
Let’s start with the pizza, the base had great substance to it, so it was like eating perfectly cooked dough as supposed to overtly thin crust. It was chewy and delicious. However, the real surprise (s) were the starters, I ordered the bone marrow bruschetta, egged on by my love of bone marrow; the mushroom and cheese (not sure what cheese) croquettes; and the lamb meatballs.
The bone marrow bruschetta was a beautiful marriage of tasty, rich bone marrow, perfectly toasted bread, onion and… I want to say parsley. The croquettes were stuffed with piping hot creamy cheese and mushrooms, you couldn’t go wrong with that combo, but the outside was light and crunchy to contrast the richness. My favourite were the lamb meatballs, when it arrived on my table covered with slices of cheese, you knew you were onto a winner. Sauce was great, save it for the pizza crust. Will be visiting again!

This is as good as a neighborhood joint can get. It’s generally rammed with people all day on the weekends and in the evenings, but the atmosphere is really great — lively and fun. They make great cocktails; they make great coffee; they make superb pizza. If it’s possible, the mac and cheese is just a little too cheesy for my liking. It really could use something to cut through heaviness of seven types of cheese in one dish. That’s being a bit nit-​picky, of course. A must-​try for this part of town!

This was the 1^st place I ate at when I arrived in London~ my Enlgish friend recommended it and it was delish~
It was really good but not somewhere I would frequent if it weren’t right by my house~ just so happened I was staying with a friend who lived right by Pizza East~ but now that I live a bit far from it~ I don’t think I’ll go all the way there just for Italian~~
Apparently it’s a very popular place~ it was always packed with people when I walked by~~
But the meatballs were really amazing!
I liked:
1. Ambiance (great place to sit outside if the weather permits)
2. Food

Pizza East has been one of the best surprises I’ve had on the food scene in London. This place reminds me of a place in San Francisco: Great food with a menu that has both classics as well as inventive, seasonal selections, cute and trendy ambiance without being too sceney, delicious drinks, and excellent service.
I’m not even a Pizza fan and I love this place. Apart from pizzas, their menu also features a number of other main courses (my personal favorite is the Salmon), great side dishes that emphasize what is in season (I always get the salad that is the special and have never been disappointed), and excellent desserts.
I have been here a number of times, with just one friend and also in large groups. I typically share plates with my group so I have gotten to try a lot and have not been disappointed with one thing here — I feel like you can’t really go wrong.
Along with great service and being nicely situated on Portobello Road in Notting Hill, this is a great choice for a date or a excellent meal shared among friends.

When I went to Pizza East Portobello, I expected a somewhat overpriced and über-​hyped venue that opened an outpost in West London with a wrong name. Surprisingly, I was completely wrong. Pizza East Portobello is a lovely place, despite the fake vintage interior.
As everybody knows, the crust is the most important part of any pizza. And the crust is where Pizza East Portobello excels. I really liked this pizza, it tasted simply good. There is not much more to say.
The wine list also read fine, and my dessert — yet another salted caramel tart — was heavenly. Strong in flavour with a great texture and as good as it could get.
All in all, I can only recommend Pizza East. If you like pizza, or good food in general, you should definitely go there.

I want to hate this place.
The fake oldness of it. The too good looking staff.
The achingly trendy location.
It brings out the inverted snob.
But the fact is it’s very good eating in pleasant surroundings with genuinely friendly staff.
So I really like it.
I ordered a couple of the antipasti, the boy had mac and cheese and the missus had a mushroom pizza. They all came at once as we asked and they were all excellent. The lamb meatballs were three generous sized balls swimming in a bold tomato sauce. The other antipasti was a sausage thing with cockles. It came in a lovely dry white wine sauce with plenty of cream and butter to offset it and some huge croutons drizzled with salsa verde to mop up the sauce.
The mac and cheese was made with a smoked cheese which was great. The cheese was stringy, the pasta pieces big (a little overdone for me, could have had more bite but that’s a small quibble). the pizza was amongst some of the best I’ve had out. It’s all about the crust with a good pizza and this one was firm and chewy and generous and tasty. In fact all the bread was good. We had some garlic bread which was delicious, again, chewy with a nice outside crunch and plenty of butter and herb. And the croutons which came with the sausage and mussel stew served their purpose brilliantly.
A winning lunch. The place was incredibly busy and buzzing and this added to the experience and I loved parma hams and salamis hanging from the ceiling and the huge lumps of cheese scattered around. The weathered look of the whole place also works although clearly it’s been bought in cos the place hasn’t been around long. But it’s been carried off with aplomb anyway.
Personally I prefer the industrial feel of the Pizza East in Shoreditch. The restaurant there just feels a lot bigger and therefore maybe more comfortable. This one feels a little cramped. But with the space they’ve got they’ve done well
A bill of about £50 with a couple of pints of Peroni and I thought that was very reasonable. Straight down to Lisboa café for some custard tarts, a nice sunday lunch beautifully rounded off.

Went again with wife, sister and baby nephew in-​tow.
It was midday so they weren’t chock-​a-​block full of people, though it was a bit of a baby haven.
Pizzas were all excellent. I got a margarita with extra buffalo mozzarella cooked extra crispy. The crust has a faint sourdough flavour with large air pockets and a delicious taste. The tomato sauce was the epitome of fresh — they must be using (almost) unadulterated san marzano tomatoes with a little hint of garlic and basil. The crust stayed quite crisp despite the watery mozzarella.
The service was great and very accommodating of the child.
Possibly my favorite pizza in London!