Pizza East

I can’t fault anything with this restaurant! Popped in at 8 PM on a Thursday and it was a 30 minute wait for a table for two, no biggie, so we grabbed drinks and appetizers at the bar. The bartender made me an amazing mojito and we devoured a cheese/​prosciutto plate in approximately five seconds, which was good because the table was actually ready far sooner than estimated. The burrata was soo creamy and delicious, and the prosciutto was perfection. Upon being seated and reviewing the menu I was taken by the veal meatball, prosciutto and cream pizza (you can never have too much prosciutto!) and my friend suggested we order some broccoli to be healthy, to which I rolled my eyes but acquiesced. The food was delivered within 10 minutes which was fantastic. Now let me tell you, this is probably the first broccoli I’ve ever enjoyed in my life (that wasn’t smothered in cheese or ranch dressing). It was roasted with almonds, onions, and chilies– a shockingly delicious combination that I promptly devoured with enthusiasm. The pizza was equally delightful, with succulent meatballs and crispy prosciutto. We also tried the salted chocolate and caramel tart for dessert, which was a bit unnecessary after all that other great food, but still quite tasty. Overall, a delightful experience!

Pizza East is in Shoreditch, housed in the Tea Building which is home to Shoreditch House and Dirty Burger — all of which are owned by the Soho House Group.
The interior has a warehouse feel about it and is open, with high ceilings and an industrial vibe. At the entrance, there is a small area with a big wooden table in the centre for drinks and charcuterie. Venture further in and you have the main dining area, with a central bar dotted with high stools for bar dining.
It can get very busy with walk-​ins during lunch time, so a colleague and I booked a table for two. The style of service is informal and friendly which is perfect for lunch. We were greeted immediately at our tables, but given time to scan the menu. I was so hungry, which from experience should tell me I will order more than I can eat. Regardless, I went for two courses.
To start, I had barolo carpaccio, shaved pecorino and girolles. Oh my god, I love mushrooms in dishes, especially the more wild and exotic variations. AND I also love cheese, so two out of three favourites on my plate! The carpaccio stood up to these two favourite ingredients of mine, with its slightly smoky taste. My colleague had bruschetta with fig and burrata which I have obsessed about in previous reviews, as it is the most of delicate of Italian cheeses with a sold outer shell and smooth creamy inside. Lush starters thank you very much.
The main course is where my eyes proved to be bigger than my stomach. Crispy pork belly, served with salsa verde, red cabbage and butter beans. Wow. The pork belly meat was tender and was perfectly partnered with the finely chopped herbs, garlic and other bits. It was an effort to work through this epic portion of meat. I was reluctant to leave any of it, but I literally could not take any more. Perhaps best to miss out a starter with this dish to ensure you lick the plate clean.
As a vegetarian, my fellow diner had the pizza with artichokes, tomato, rocket and marjoram. Good pizza and a good price.
A good spot for lunch, but I imagine that it will also great on the long wooden tables with a group of friends too for an evening session. I will definitely be back here soon.

So I was torn between 3 and 4 stars, but I went with 4 because of the great value and good service.
Great value, you say? Well on Mondays for members it’s all half-​off… even the drinks! Our table of 6, with drinks, starters, and mains still came in under £100. Impressive.
The service was a bit odd — we ended up being served by 3 different people, but lucky for us we got the best one first who marched me through each item on the menu, super quickly, marking the items that would be gluten free. Not only did she know her stuff, but she was very friendly about it. It was generally most of the menu, save the pizzas (not surprisingly!).
We ordered the pork belly and chicken cacciatore as mains, which is where my 3 stars debate comes in. The pork belly was prepared at least in a way that I am not familiar with, which resulted in the skin turning into a greasy and difficult to chew substance reminiscent of a bad pork rind, and the meaty part was dry and lacking in flavor. I ate very little of the dish. The chicken was better, but was a very large portion of food on a plate a bit too small which made it difficult to navigate (but convenient, because we ended up splitting it). It was cooked well and the vegetables were tasty. The other guests had a mix of pizza and pasta dishes and seemed to enjoy their meals much better.
The starters treated us well, though. We did a mix of meats and cheeses for the table, along with the olives and almonds and a butter lettuce salad. The meats and cheeses were a great deal — hefty portions and quality products (especially the burrata… mmmm…).
All in all, a good stop, but I would recommend sticking to what they do best if you can — the pizza. It is named for it, after all.

I love this spot… great pizza, quasi-​reasonable prices (though this IS in the very heart of Shoreditch and created by the upscale Soho House Group), smart décor and an awesome buzz factor.
It might be the «coolest» pizza joint in the city. A fabulous choice for a table for two or a large gathering.

Very nice meal here. Loved the vibe/​atmosphere. Pizza (mozz/​tomato/​basil) wasn’t amazing but still pretty good — very thin. Make sure you ask for the chili oil to dip your crust in!
Appetizers were delicious. Really enjoyed the prawns as well as the honeycomb bruschetta with fig and burrata — YUM. My bf also loved the pork belly appetizer.
Gripes — they wouldn’t customize a pie with just half salami. Also saw a bug running across the side of the bar… looked like a small roach.

Very cool place here in Shoreditch. Enormous location, cool setup looking out onto the Boxpark — industrial feel — good music — great atmosphere!
Pizza here was good, if slightly inconsistently cooked. Crust was amazing on the outside, good flavor, well cooked in a hot pizza oven. But, it was a bit soggy in the middle, and required a little bit of silverware. Toppings were good, though not exactly what they stated. Prosciutto was a little too much like ham, and the spicy sausage was less than spicy. Overall though, a great pizza.
Very quick pizza service — really happy with that aspect of it. And it seemed as though there was always a server nearby when needed. It was towards the end of the evening, but still — very quick service for any time of day.
Excellent place for groups, be prepared for the pizzas coming out super fast, and enjoy the cool atmosphere!

We were served pizza with salami, tomato, mozzarella & chilli flakes along with Prosciutto cotto, wild mushroom & fontina cheese and of course the standard Buffalo mozzarella, tomato and basil for the veggies. I cheekily tried all three and enjoyed the salami one most although some slices had more chilli on them than others! The crusts were super crispy while the base was still nice and doughy in the middle. Everything you could want from a pizza really. I’ll definitely be returning!

I really enjoyed my experience here. I’ve passed by this establishment many of times and I’m glad I finally tried it out. Firstly, the location is stellar — right on Shoreditch High Street, in the midst of all the buzz and excitement. The décor is casual but fun and the restaurant is quite large, able to attend to many clients (thus a great place for a group!). I had the simple margarita pizza and it was incredible — sweet tomato sauce, not too much cheese (the perfect amount) and a thick, doughy crust. It was delicious! The service was speedy and efficient and the prices were more than reasonable. I would absolutely come back to Pizza East!

Good pizza but the service is pretty bad. Waited for a seat. After being seated took over 15 minutes for them to take our order.
After we ordered food came out quick and was good.
Got the salami pizza, mushroom pizza and margerita.
Don’t get the garlic bread it’s drenched in oil. Probably half a glass of oil per slice.
Strawberry panna cotta was pretty good too.
After were done eating it took the server 15 minutes to clear our table. Then some more time to take desert order and now have been waiting to pay for the last 15 minutes.
Overall not worth the wait.

I’ve been to Pizza East on a few occasions and I must admit they’re consistent in quality of pizza and the speed of service. The place is usually packed, but the food arrives super quick.
I love the industrial décor, although some tables may be a little bit too dark (try to book a table by a window, which are bright and you can observe the quirky hipsters flocking into Box Park.
My favourite pizza is the one with aubergine, smoked mozarella and pesto. It’s full of flavours which complement themselves. The pizza is really juicy, but crispy where it needs to be crispy. Apart from pizzas there are many other options, like salads, meet and veg.
They also have an interesting selection of cocktails. Last time I went for Picante de la casa — Gran Centenario Plata, lime, agave, chilli, coriander. If you like savoury/​spicy cocktails, you’ll love it!
I’ve never tried their desserts until last week. And since I’m a cheese monster, I went for (more of greed than of hunger) a cheese board, which I regretted 5 minutes later when I saw the cases and gelatos of my companions coming in. The cheeses weren’t fresh, in some cased I would even say they were on a borderline. But the portion is generous, 2 people easily can share it.

We arrived here on Sunday around 3ish to a fairly empty restaurant. We were seated straight away and given menus, but it took over 20 minutes for our orders to be taken. When we finally ordered, the food came out quite quickly. Pizzas were nice, but nothing special.
I would avoid this place based on mediocre food and terrible service.

As I can only review on dessert and tea, not the pizza.
On a late afternoon, after engorging myself from a food walking tour (filled with Poppies, Brick Lane Bagels, Curry, Cheese, Etc) we stopped here to end our tour for dessert. I was surprised we would be having dessert at a pizza joint in London. Huh? Well it actually was quite better then I thought it would be. We got a slice of the dark chocolate, salted caramel tart — served with whipped cream. It was quite decadent and the caramel was the perfect consistency.
The atmosphere was also really cool — open bar areas, group seating and fun vibe. I would go back with a group of friends and recommend as a place for a quick hangout or drinks.

I hadn’t really heard many reviews on this place and wasn’t planning on going here however my bf had been before and said the pizza was really good and we couldn’t decide anywhere else to go!
The menu actually looks amazing and they have lots of starters and nibbles which look really good. We both just went for a pizza and myyyy was I impressed.
I went for nduja and ricotta and it was full of flavour and loved the base
Will definitely be back!

Strolling the area and looking for a bite to eat, my husband and I stumbled upon this place. What a great find. Trendy, younger crowd & high energy, it was a great place to start the night. We liked it so much that we came back a few days later with our teens.
Place was filled with all types; Dates, workmates, friends. Everyone there was having a good time.
Both times, we were able to get a table in less than 10 minutes for dinner, despite it being busy (weeknights). And both nights, we had good service.
Great wine selection; we had several different bottles of red wine.
Good selections of meat & cheeses for a board.
My favorite pizza? The anchovies, tomato, mozzarella, capers & olives. YUM, I loved this! Very salty & tasty.
Husband’s favorite pizza? Salami, tomato, mozzarella, chili flakes.

The best thing about Pizza East is its size and the easy queuing system. Give them your name, grab a drink, and wait for them to contact you. You could even wait in another pub nearby, if the list is long.
The décor is lovely and you could easily fit a group. I just have to say that the pizza is really not the best. It’s alright. Better than average. But I wouldn’t wait for a table there in the future.

Looks great, tastes average.
Reasons to go: Great for big groups, easy food, quick service, trendy warehouse style & décor, GOOD Garlic Bread!
Reasons not to go: average pizza with not great combinations of toppings, overpriced for the quality. Hardly any non-​bready options or no apparent gluten-​free varieties.

A great pizza place! It’s nice inside and the prices are very reasonable, pizza’s are really good and there is a great selection. The staff are really lovely and fun — they have good cocktails too.
Well recommended!

Really good pizza.
Came for lunch with 8 other friends, it’s quite a chilled place and we got a table easily enough but sometimes I think it gets full pretty quickly at lunch /​evenings.
My pizza was incredible, veal meatballs, prosciutto and cream, though there was one bite which made me feel really sick. Not sure what was on it but it wasn’t good. Or it was just me.
Service is ok, they forgot to veganise one of my friends pizzas (no cheese if you’re interested) and another friends margarita (pizza not drink, spelling may be off here) came 5 minutes after the rest of ours (other than vegan pizza the second).
Finally, one friend paid upfront for his food as he had to get back to the office. They ‘forgot’ to take his food off the bill.
That’s why I’m throwing three stars at it. Nice place. Good pizza. Good beer. But one bad mouthful and some bitty service knocks it down.

Plus jamais! Fuyez!
Le petit plus :
— Nous avons commandé à emporter. Une immense table en bois pour attendre… On peut déguster un verre, du fromage, de la charcuterie. Vraiment appréciable.
Les moins :
— Le pain servi avec le fromage est italien. Né vous attendez pas à grand chose. On dirait des petits bouts de pâte à pizza de 3 cm d’épaisseur, plongés dans l’huile avant d’être servis.
— Les pizzas sont petites, chères, et pas bonnes!!! Les Anglais semblent les adorer, mais est-​ce pour le goût ou pour l’originalité? Pour ma part, c’est la plus mauvaise pizza que j’aie mangée. Elles sont différentes, originales, excentriques, certes, mais pas bonnes.
— MON AMI ET MOI AVONS TOUS LES DEUX ETE MALADES PENDANT 2 JOURS!!!

Ein unglaublich hipper Laden im hippen Londoner East End. Wer dahin möchte, wo etwas los ist und worüber man später reden kann, ist hier richtig. Wer gut Pizza essen möchte, falsch.

cocktail and staff are great! But I found the pizza kinda «wet“in the middle the crust is very good but I was a bit disappoint also cause I ordered a margarita: cheese, tomato and basil but I was really missing basil on the pizza, I got what? ⁵⁄₆ leaves? anyway the bar staff is very sweet and super cool
I would give it a second chance

Finally made it here. I had been meaning to try it for ages and never had the chance or, probably more accurately, made the effort. With a bit of New Year’s resolve, managed to make a booking for Sat night.
Firstly, take note of their table times. I was told that I could have my table for two on Sat night for 1.5 hours when I received the confirmation call for the booking. When I called to let them know I was running late, I was informed that the table would be held for 30 mins past the booking time and then released. Fair enough on both counts and appreciate the clear advance warning. If such policies exist, it’s good to be told beforehand.
We shared a lardo speck crostini to start and then had a pizza each. The crostini was quite good but a bit confusing. There were two pieces and I think one had the lardo and the other had the speck. It took me a little while to figure that out. My spicy sausage, mozzarella and tender stem broccoli pizza had good flavors. But I understand previous reviewers’ comments about how the pizza is limp because it was. Limp and soggy in the middle. I still enjoyed it though. For desert, the salted caramel tart with the whipped cream on the side was luscious and just right — salty and chocolatey and the right amount of caramel.
As my friend was saying, you don’t go to Pizza East for the best pizza in London. You go because it’s a Shoreditch institution and it’s still there. Pizza East planted a flag on that corner before the first ironically bearded hipster dared to venture into the neighborhood. For that reason, I would probably go again if the opportunity presents itself. Also, when we left a mobile phone on our table, one of the servers chased us down the street in only his plaid shirt to return it to us. Now that’s good service.

Der Laden sieht zwar cool aus und scheint auch sehr beliebt, nur mussten wir 1 Stunde vorne an der Bar warten, um dann im Restaurant an einer Bar platziert zu werden. Die Pizza war ok, aber auch nicht wirklich besonders. Meine Freundin hat 2£ zusätzlich für Mozzarella bezahlt, von dem kaum etwas zu sehen war.

Il faut y aller pour le cadre juste exceptionnel! C’est une pizzeria! Je n’en reviens pas ! La bouf est correcte sans plus le cadre est incroyable et la musique était sympa !
À faire au moins une fois!

Pizzeria trendy par excellence. Immense restaurant, sérieux, on peut y caser sans souci 4 – 5 cars de touristes ! Par contre, mieux vaut réserver à l’avance sinon vous ferez la file. Mais bon ils ont tout prévu, un endroit est réservé à cet effet, vous pouvez tranquillement boire une bière en attendant que votre badge se mette à sonner.
Le cadre est vraiment bien pensé, tamisé, boisé, ça a beau être grand, ça rend bien.
Le badge sonne, hourra ! A nous. Les sièges sont particuliers car attachés aux tables, pas super confortable mais toutes les tables né sont pareilles.
La commande est passée, le service est rapide, on peut apercevoir les cuistos s’activer en cuisine et même s’engueuler, on assiste à des petites scènes, mais de loin, difficile d’entendre vu le bruit.
Dans l’assiette, une pizza ! Bön là, clairement, c’est le flop. Elles né sont clairement pas au niveau de la déco de l’endroit. Le Londonien peut sans doute trouver ça bon, perso, c’est vraiment pas top ! Heureusement, on né se ruine pas là, mais quand même déception, d’où un simple pas mal sans plus.
En même temps à Londres, chaud de trouver quelque chose de bon à prix raisonnable ;-). (Je fais ma mauvaise langue là…)

Quand on cherche une «bête» pizza à Londres après une longue journée et qu’on arrive là c’est… surprenant. La musique est effectivement assourdissante et l’ambiance tamisée mais le cadre industriel est vraiment sympa.
Les serveurs sont très «branchés au taquet» et on a trouvé ça assez drôle.
Les pizzas étaient très bonnes mais peut-​être pas assez grandes…
Au final: bonne soirée surprenante mais pour les groupes ça doit être difficile de communiquer, déjà à deux c’était laborieux

C’est THE PLACE TO BE à Londres et par conséquent même si le restaurant est immense, il faut réserver absolument et même en réservant nous avons dû y aller vers 22h30 et attendre en arrivant.
Mais est-​ce que ça en valait la peine? Je né crois pas.
C’est de la cuisine italienne, pizza et autres spécialités mais moins fin qu’en Italie, plus gras (notamment le pain à l’ail qui baignait dans l’huile !)
La déco est certainement super mais on est plongé dans la pénombre et personnellement j’aime bien voir ce que je mange.
Le personnel est nombreux et plutôt sympathique. Il n’y a pas trop d’attente malgré l’immensité du resto.
Et le niveau sonore est insupportable. Il est difficile d’avoir une conversation avec plus de 2 personnes à la fois, on né s’entend pas.
En fait je né pose que 3 étoiles parce que l’ambiance «adresse incontournable», «restaurant super branché», ça a tendance à vite me pomper l’air si le reste né suit pas… Mais si vous voulez une soirée branchée à Londres, c’est là qu’il faut aller manger !

Beeindruckende Lokalität mit interessanter und belebender Atmosphäre. Freundlicher und flotter Service. Auf der Speisekarte stehen diverse Vorspeisen und leckere Pizzen.

Lecker. Laut. Voll. Wer das mag ist hier richtig.

No puedo evitar ser bastante fans de este sitio. Me llevaron unos amigos en mi última visita a Londres y lo cierto es que disfruté como un enano. Se trata de un lugar acojonantemente grande, casi de tamaño industrial en el que se sirve, sobre todo, pizza. Y QUÉ PIZZA, MADRE MÍA. Riquísima, espectacular.
Lo ideal es, cómo no, pedir varias diferentes, para poder compartir porciones. Yo opté por una de cuatro quesos, que es de mis favoritas, y acerté totalmente. Pero es posible que aciertes con cualquiera de ellas.
Eso sí, ten en cuenta varias cosas:
1) Es un lugar MUY de moda. Así que segúrate de reservar antes de ir, porque aunque es enooooorme y tiene cientos de mesas, es posible que te quedes en la misma calle intentando cenar.
2) Debajo tiene un club, de los de salir. Y ha pinchado hasta Miss Kittin.
3) Sus enormes proporciones hacen que todo sea un poco a lo bestia, incluido el servicio. Hay muchísimos camareros, aunque no se llevan la quinta estrella porque son un poco pazguatos. Pedimos ronda doble de bebidas y tardaron en traérnosla muchísimo… Hasta la tuvimos que volver a pedir…
Finalmente, un aspecto positivo. Bueno, dos: es relativamente barato, y la calidad de la pizza bastante buena. Y lo segundo: aunque sea gigantiásico, las mesas no están pegadas, por lo que se come ultra-​agusto. No hay mucha luz, eso sí, pero ya me dijo un día una Unilocaler que es que los españoles ponemos tanta iluminación que pareciera que nuestros restaurantes están en llamas. Y me meé de la risa.
POR ÚLTIMO: reservaos un poco para los postres!

Gute Pizza in sehr origineller, stylisher
«Fabrik-​Atmosphäre». Groß, also ideal auch fuer Gruppen und dabei trotzdem gemütlich und einladend gestaltet.
Vor allem die Vorspeisen sind zu empfehlen. Pizza selbst gebacken mit herrlich dünnem Boden!