Al's Best Pizza truly lives up to its name. Every time I order, I'm blown away by how consistently delicious everything is. The service is incredible, you truly feel welcome from the moment you walk in the door. If you're looking for a place that makes pizza the way it should be made -- with attention, flavor, and passion -- this place is it. I recommend it to literally everyone. You won't be disappointed! read more

Not much change since the old man had it. Looks like same pizza which is great cause this is that old school NYC I grew up with that didn't incorporate New Haven style overcooking just enough crisp but no char. read more

Amazing pizza, thin or thick crust. Kids said to give it the highest rating. Very clean and amazing staff. read more

AL'S Best Pizza - Kids said "super yum!" - Pizza Near Me - Woodbury, Connecticut

I'm not a big fan of negative reviews for these "one off" experiences with staff or a hair on your plate. I stick to the big picture to make my comments most meaningful. I have gotten three (3) large pies over the last two years. They have all been UNmemorable. My last was Nov 2022. I would say the crust was less than unmemorable, it tasted bland and crunchy like a gluten-free crust. The BIG problem here is the cost ... $36 The toppings were charged at $2.75 and $4 each. Four dollars for spinach, which was barely found on this pie ??!! The same pie at Middlebury Pizza? $29 That's almost 25% more ! My logic says 25% more is fine if it's at least 25% BETTER, but it's not even as good. Not to mention Middlebury Pizza has an 18" pie with "everything " for $22 Bye bye AL'S read more

I ordered a large sausage, pepperoni and onion pizza to go the other day. Al's Pizza deserves better than 3 1/2 stars so I'm upping my review to 5 stars. read more

AL'S Best Pizza - Pizza Near Me - Woodbury, Connecticut

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Ordered pizza and it was wrong. Went back and was told they could make a replacement I didn't have rime to wait, was told by the owner they would make it right next time. I went back this time and the owner said he didn't know anything about it! Spoke with him And he doesn't remember. Employ that was working didn't t wrote it down. So that's my fault. Owner wouldn't do anything for me. So moral of the story is I wouldn't order anything there. If they make your pie and tell you they will fix it next time. However there is never a next time. read more

Got the meat combo pizza, hot chicken wings, peanut butter pie, tiramisu, and a cannoli. Overall pretty good food. Pizza was above average for the area. I will probably return. read more

Sauce is flavorful and crust very good. Reminds me of that Bronx style pizza. They dont skimp out on ingredients they load it up. read more

Great pizza. It's not all necessarily "traditional" but it is delicious. Their penne alla vodka pizza is fantastic and the staff is nice. Recommended. read more

Needed to update my review after stopping by a few more times. Consistently amazing food and service, don't waste your time at another place if you're on main street. read more

AL'S Best Pizza - chicken parm sub - Pizza Near Me - Woodbury, Connecticut

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I haven't gone here for a couple years because it had been in a downhill slide. It started off really good and one of my favorite places in town. I figured I'd give it another chance and ordered a Sicilian. Got home and noticed the burnt cheese very disappointing read more

I became a fan of Al's pizzas when he owned San Remo back when I moved to Woodbury. After he sold that, I went without a great pie until Al's Best opened up. Now, I can't get enough of it. Thin crust, or chewy, doughy Sicilian, it's the best pizza in the area. I've also tried his pizza rolls, paninis, calzones, and they are all great. I often eat-in, and their salads are great for a lunch by themselves, but I end up ordering one as a starter with something else from the menu. The last few times I've eaten there, the server, Jess, always had a smile and made me feel welcome. Unfortunately, I've yet to try one of their homemade desserts - I'm usually too full by the end of a meal to order one. You couldn't ask for a better place for pizza in town, and I'm glad to see Al back in town! read more

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Haven't had the pizza but their penne Ala vodka is amazing could use more garlic but that's just a me thing-and the little roll they include is equally as good- they do charge dinner prices and give you dinner portions well before their lunch menu is over, which I'm not necessarily mad about, but the first time we ordered I was a little caught off guard. I recommend this place, always fresh- and gives you that well fed happy feeling every time! read more

Extremely overpriced, me and my friends ordered a small and a large pizza and it was 40$ we could've gone anywhere else in the area and gotten four times as much pizza for the same quality and price. The chicken bacon ranch bbq was drowning in ranch and some of the worse bbq sauce I've ever had hardly anything else on it, couldn't taste anything. The chicken Parmesan pizza was alright not enough and over priced. Just go to hometown read more

Excellent pizza. You can taste the quality of the ingredients. The owner is a true gentleman. Staff is excellent as well.

AL's pizza is sooooo good!! Service is spectacular! The chicken parm grinders are always on point!!

My electric bike ran out of juice right in front of Al's. I had 10 more miles to bike home and I figured some pizza would help my legs. I'm glad that I ran out of power and went in. Regular pizza was awesome. Easily the best in CT. Their desserts are homemade and equally good. I can't wait to try the rest of their menu. read more

The review is in the name...this place is the best!!! If you get pizza from anywhere else in Woodbury there is something wrong with you. I've never had a bad meal here and everyone is always so nice. read more

WONDERFUL!!! best pizza and service in town, we all mess stuff up sometimes and im sure they feel awful when they do but i've never had a bad experience!! thanks al's!! read more

Not sure what happen to this place. The pizza use to be great, now it is average at best. My pizza was served cold, I complained and the guy behind the counter rolled his eyes. Won't go there again. read more

Love this place! The fettuccine Alfredo is the best I've ever had from a pizzeria & the pizza is as close as you can get to an NYC pie in the state. read more

I went here for lunch and decided to try the buffalo chicken pizza. I got their Greek salad as a starter. I have had their Greek salad before and loved it. The buffalo chicken pizza was delicious! This is my second time here and I had a great meal both times. The server Jess was so attentive! I used to go to San Remo when he was there and loved the food. I will be returning here in the future. Keep up the good work Al! I love this place! read more

AL'S Best Pizza - The roast beef supreme focaccia sandwich served with crispy french fries. - Pizza Near Me - Woodbury, Connecticut

look this place is more than worth a try... I've had the pizza several times and chicken parm dinner w pasta too. perfect if you need a takeout pizza or a quick slice...you can sit down at a couple of basic tables too if there's room. the young ladies that do the serving are great and they try hard to please you by paying attention and doing whatever they can to make your meal pleasant. ok so 4 stars for some quick and good food (+ friendly service) is where i stand. if you want to dig deeper into my 40+ years of CT/NY pizza/Italian style food experience... then the short version is that they could work a bit on the crust as others have noted, but the sauce -THE SAUCE! The sauce has something special going for it that makes it delicious. To really get what I'm saying try some with one of the entrees... It's really tasty! read more

Grinders are good, first time here and haven't tried anything else. They have some tables for eating there. They have slices of pizza that they heat up for you and they looked good, it's a great idea if you don't want a whole pizza or in a rush and want to grab something quick to eat and get back on the road read more

Never had a bad experience with the pizza, sides, or service here. Everything is good!

The pizza here is awful. The crust is burnt and dried out, and I'm fairly certain it's just hot cardboard. The sauce has little flavor, same with the toppings. Truly abysmal, and amazingly even worse when you consider that this is a pizza place that opened in a very small town that already had five pizza places. The "help" at the counter isn't that at all. The three times I was there they acted inconvenienced to have to wait on me. There's virtually no "waiting" area, just a crammed dining room. read more

I'll start off with this: I need one more visit to really have a solid opinion on this place and the pizza. Went there for lunch today with a work colleague. The lady behind the counter was very friendly and quickly took our orders. I ordered a plain slice and a slice of sicilian. The drink choices are pretty limited but they have the basics covered. The pizza sauce was good, a little more flavorful than Woodbury Pizza a little further down the road. The cheese was the standard grease slick producing type found on most by the slice places. Where I thought the pizza fell a little flat was the crust. The crust was too crispy and dry. Perhaps they're dailing in the recipe so I will try again in a few weeks. Even then, this is standard slice pizza. I'm giving them 4 stars for now based on service and to give them a far shot since they're new. Will update this soon. read more

If you haven't tried any real food ever in your life and you have very bland taste buds then this is the place for you. All I can say is Lunchable pizzas taste better then the pizzas they make here and those are made for toddlers who only eat toothpaste and chicken nuggets. read more

Al's best pizza is quite possibly the worst pizza I've eaten. I got their special it was terrible the crust was hard the greens were under the cheese they became just wet oily and gross the tomatoes tasteless probably canned. Honestly $15 for a small pizza that is flavorless I'd rather eat at a gas station. read more

First time we tried Al's and we were not disappointed. Being from New York it's hard to find decent pizza around this area but Al's was very good we will definitely be ordering from there again. We ordered two extra large pies and they were more than enough with leftovers. If you like good pizza give it a try. read more

I've never had anything other than pizza to go from here. Never bad, but not great either. Ask for it "well done or crispy" otherwise it's a little soggy and toppings will slide right off. Not my go-to place, just every once in awhile..and I always wished I'd just gone to my stand-by.. read more

Al,s has improved quite a bit. It's now our GO-TO pizza place. Good Work Al's !!! Love the Pizza ! Best in Woodbury !

Great pizza always slices available if in a hurry. Buffalo chicken with blue cheese is great. Garlic knots are also tasty

Certainly not the best pizza.... Also the workers are very rude and lazy. Went in for 3 cheese slices with 2 children mid day and they had no selection at all whatsoever. There were only 2 slices left so I got them for the kids. When asking about if there would be any more slices made the workers shrugged their shoulders and sat around doing nothing. Would never go back here just because of the inconsiderate staff. read more

Pizza is very good. Sauce is just spicy enough and the crust is perfect- chewy, not thick but not so thin that it gets burned. Toppings are high quality, generous and pizza cooked through. Girls at the counter are super friendly, great service for take out. One star down because they forgot the grilled chicken on the Caesar salad, but didn't charge for it so the order taker likely didn't hear it over the cell phone call. There are just a few casual tables if you want to sit, but it's a little awkward since its so small and the walkway to the counter is through the middle of the dining area. It's great to have good pizza in Woodbury again. read more

The pizza was really good! We had the BBQ chicken pizza! The salad was decent not great, could have been better. But will def offer their pizza again as it was delicious! read more

The past two times I've ordered from Al's best pizza they've got the past two orders I've made with them wrong and they obviously don't listen to what the person wants when they order this is the worst pizza place I've ordered from. I think I'll stick to ordering from Woodbury Pizza since they listen to what the person orders and wants on their pizza and Woodbury Pizza always gets the person's order correct every single time. read more

Al's is the best in the surrounding small towns of Woodbury , Southbury . Last time there was good pizza around it was when Al owned San Ramo. now San Ramo sucks by the way. Got to go my pie is ready ! read more

Food is always awesome!! No complaints! Best buffalo chicken pizza in CT hands down!! Try it for your self

Friendly staff and pretty good pizza. Wish it would have been a little more done. Got the everything pizza and not short on ingredients. Live in Chicago so use to a little more crisper crust. read more