I'd like to preface this by saying I was drinking and ordered this at 12:30 in the morning -- but wow, this pizza was so tasty. The bottom was crisp and crunchy, the sauce had a nice little spicy kick, and my Hawaiian pizza came out perfectly cooked, hot, and delicious. Late-night food can be hit or miss, but this definitely hit the spot. The staff was amazing and the place was clean and well kept, which I always appreciate, especially that late at night. I'll definitely be back during normal hours to compare, but for now, thank you for feeding a hungry girl after midnight. read more

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The slice of buff chick I had was phenomenal! Def best slice of pie I've had in old town. The slices are big too, service is good and ambiance is pretty chill, great spot for a quick slice and a beer lol read more

Quick Stop For A Slice That Gets The Job Done. Located On the Corner Which Gives Nostalgia Growing Up In NYC Vibes Even The Interior & Definitely The Old Fashion Menu (Love It). They Sell Pizza By The Slice Or Whole Pie, And It's Definitely Affordable, Which Is Always A Plus. CHEESE SLICE Classic And Simple. Could Use A Tad More Sauce And A Bit More Cheese, But The Crust Was Perfect -- Not Too Thick, Not Too Thin, With A Nice Bite. PEPPERONI SLICE My Son Got The Pepperoni. Same Great Crust, Solid Flavor, And A Good Amount Of Pepperoni. It Just Needed To Be Cooked Longer. Fast & Super Friendly Service, Which Made It An Easy, No-Hassle Stop. There's Even A Bar, Seating Area & Arcades Inside To Play That Added a Nice Touch. Affordable, Convenient, & Solid For A Quick Bite. With Just A Little More Sauce And Cheese, This Would Be A Go-To Slice Spot. read more

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Handover by the Slice is located on the corner of King Street in Old Town. The restaurant serves cold beer and slices of pizza. I came to Handover right at lunch time. The pizzas are located right at the front as soon as you walk in the restaurant. It made it a little difficult to see what pizza slice options were available with other people in line. The person before me ordered the slice I wanted, by the time I placed my order. However I did not have to wait long for a new pie to come out. The pepperoni slice was a decent size. The pizza was tasty. The crust had a texture that I was not a fan of, but overall I did like the pizza. read more

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Old Town Alexandria has a brand-new destination for pizza by the slice: Handover by the Slice! It's totally impressive - there were eight pies from which to choose when I stopped by earlier today, and (I'm sorry I didn't get her name) our host described each pie, and I selected the meat-lover's slice. She popped my slice on an aluminum tray, heated it, and in the meantime, I checked out the wine and beer selections. I chose a local lager (which was outstanding!) and dove into my slice once it had been heated up. I ate most of the slice at the counter - just the right temp - didn't scald and wasn't lukewarm. The toppings were outstanding! I am so grateful for Handover - it's now possible to walk into Old Town Alexandria with less than $100 to spend and still end up with great food for four! Cheese pizza is $3.50 a slice, everything else (like the one I got) is $4.50. Beer and wine are similarly fairly priced. This is a major destination slice joint, so I'm talking to you DVM! New York-style thin, awesome tomato sauce, crisp crust that I devoured on my walk to the Metro bus stop five minutes away. Right now, it's open Sunday-Wednesday 11am-10pm; Thursday 11am-12am; Friday-Saturday 11am- 2am. If Old Town ever becomes enlighten enough to ban sidewalk scooters and encourage a local performance venue (one that can honestly compete with the awesome bands brought to King Street by the Light Horse and Murphy's), I predict that enjoying a slice from the Handover will be the crowning achievement of a less-expensive but awesome date night in Old Town. And for those of you over 21, there's a speakeasy right upstairs! Look online for King's Ransom: enter via the stairs from The Handover. I'll say no more. read more

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Alexandria, VA - Old Town is a great place to walk around but is not exactly a bargain area for food when one's a bit peckish. That's where Handover by the Slice comes in. The husband and I needed a bit of snack before dinner without a huge investment of time or money. I'm glad we skipped Taco Bell in favor of this little place. For a little over $10 we received two hot Slices and a 16 ounce Diet Coke. Service was fairly quick and efficient though it seemed like a lot of items that should be near at hand were in the back? Perhaps a re stocking issue happened and there was only one employee who we could see at the time. A nice bonus was the watching out the plate glass window. Well worth the cost of the slices. When you need a no fuss snack in Old Town check out Handover by the Slice. read more

Handover by the Slice - Various drinks available. Rather a plain pizza shop. Signage here is the sole decor. - Pizza Near Me - Alexandria, Virginia

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Came back home to visit Alexandria and the pizza made the trip worth its while. Simple pizza shop but it was affordable for my family. Definitely will be back when I visit again. read more

Grabbed 2 slices of cheese pizza and 2 drinks for $18. The cheese pizza was mediocre, over priced for what it is. Crust was very thin. Service was fine. It's a small little walk in. I definitely wouldn't go out of my way to come back. read more

Handover by the Slice - Pizza Near Me - Alexandria, Virginia

Handover by the Slice is a small slice shop that is located right off of King; in the evenings, they open up their bar, King's Ransom, located on their 2nd floor. I saw this place while picking up lunch from an eatery next door, so I knew I had to stop by to check them out. Their menu offers various appetizers (such as garlic knots, jalapeno poppers, onion rings, etc.), salads, specialty pizzas (by-the-slice or as a full 18" pie), as well as a build-your-own option (not by-the-slice, though, but for full 18" pies only). The pizzas that they had available when I walked in were the Cheese, pepperoni, Veggie, White, Buffalo Chix, BBQ Chix, and the Daily Special (which was a combo of banana peppers and sausage) - I opted for the Buffalo Chix. The slice was extremely large and generous, and it couldn't even fit in the slice container! The crust is crunchy, and in between a pan and a thin crust. The toppings were just okay - I thought it was interesting that they used boneless battered chicken chunks as their toppings; not much of a buffalo sauce, and I wished they had more red onions. The slice was on the bland side, and adding Parm and the chili flakes only helped it slightly. Even though the slice was heated, I think it should have been heated more as it was still slightly cold, because, you know, I like my items to be piping hot! Service was very friendly, and there were counter seating and bar seating inside. I thought it was cool that they had two vintage arcade games. I wouldn't be opposed to try them again for another slice, but would definitely request for the slice to be heated all the way through! +pizza by-the-slice +bland toppings +request more of a heat through for the slices +friendly service +seating available inside read more

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What a pleasant surprise! I stumbled upon this great pizza place in Old Town. Hands down the best pizza in the DMV. It's really close to a NYC slice with great flavor. The service was great and it took only a couple of seconds to warm up my slice. I will be back! #HappyEating read more

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If you grew up in the Northeast this is the kind of pizza you'll love. Thin crust, crispy, great ends and delicious. Best I've had in a while. read more

This is a good option for groups and/or tourists who are looking for a quick bite or to be able to walk and eat. There are a few pizza options and seating. It's not really a place to dwell or meet up, but they have drinks and space (there is a bar upstairs too). Service was attentive and the pizza was warmed up quickly. I didn't particularly like the pizza; the sauce is sweeter than I prefer and the cheese doesn't have much depth in flavor. Better than Papa John's but honestly, Wegmans pizza is better. Worth a try if you're in the neighborhood though. read more

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I loved this place. Last night, ordered a fresh white pizza. They sent me on a 15 minute walk while it was 'made fresh.' Picked up the box and realized it was quite cold - and upon opening discovered that I'd been given me an insane hybrid of 3 old pizzas. I'm_appalled this business would package old product and sell it as fresh product and you need to work on your quality control. It is really too bad, the pizza was quite good when not a scam. This was replaced with a fresh pizza when I walked back to show the box to staff. Regardless of making it right afterward, this experience creeps me out, and makes me uneasy about the business model. Won't be back. read more

Handover by the Slice - Ordered a fresh white pizza. Received a cold hybrid of at least 3 different old pizzas. - Pizza Near Me - Alexandria, Virginia

Excellent slices! BUT come on! Pizza is very inexpensive to make. The size of your slices leave me wondering if you guys know the business at all. @3.50$/slice plus the obligatory tip shaming, you can definitely afford to make 16" pie slices. Better yet, make the pies for slices a little bigger to make slices that will make your store a landmark in OLD Towne and not a place that will be gone next year. MAKE YOUR SLICES 10-15% larger and your business will double. Your pizza's crust makes your pizza because it is re-heated in those 1000w ovens to achieve an irresistible crunchy slice. Your pizza slices are awesome but always room for improvement. We came in to day and had four slices. read more

Ok, I had my doubts at first, but this place is a smooth pizza experience all the way around. What could be better than grabbing a crispy slice or two? Not much my, pizza warriors. Seriously, snaking on these bad boys will certain conjure images of John Travolta grabbing to slices at the start of Saturday Night Fever. Trust me, treat yourself to some tasty treats from this one, and you'll soon be singing Disco. read more

Solid slices! For some reason Old Town hasn't really had a traditional quasi-NY-style pizza joint, and I'm honestly not sure why. Handover by the Slice definitely fills that void, and fills it well. I haven't ordered a whole pie yet, just individual slices, but they've been good. Slice selection varies based on what they have in the window, but it looks like you can order the specialty pies at will if you're ordering a whole pie. Service has been fine so far, but it's a slice shop so I'd be a little surprised if it was noticeably bad. In addition to the good pizza, a really great selection of canned regional microbrews. All in all an awesome addition to the area, and definitely int he regular rotation! read more

Excellent pizza. I especially like the crust, which is thin but crispy. The prices are excellent too, so I wasn't sure how good it would be, but I'll definitely be back. Ordering was a bit chaotic/disorganized, but a whole crowd came at once so I kind of get it. read more

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Pepperoni pizza was delicious, when you just want a spot where to get slice of pizza this is it in Alexandria read more

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Pretty good NY style pizza. We got the whole pie and did half cheese and half pepperoni. Real Cheese....good sauce and crust. read more

Always great customer service, the food is always delicious, it's a cute pizza shop with a great wine slushy.

Stopped in and what's pleasantly surprised. Grew up in New Jersey so I know pizza. This is Italy one of the better pieces of pizza. I've had in my life. Thin and crispy and the cheese wasn't greasy. Crust was amazing. read more

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I agree with most of the other posters that the size is very generous however, I find the flavor and the amount of topics to be both lacking and also kind of limited and miserly I found the pepperoni pizza to be very bland both in the pepperoni slices flavor and also in the sauce and the cheese The pizza slice that I have was mediocre I know this is kind of low pay service job, but I also found the person gentleman providing service to be almost ungracious in his responses to my questions like he was just trying to service me to get me to move along It could be that he is from a foreign country does not speak English as a first language and may not be very well grounded in American culture, but his demeanor kind of the vibration of our conversation and diminish the service experience ------- side comment Although this has nothing to do with the nature of the service business and the food business, I missed the original business that used to be there Eamons chippery that served fried fish and chips ----------- I can see from a business model that serving slices of pizza might be a better and more affordable option in today's inflated food service industry, five dollars a slice with all taxes seems to be on par with the inflated food prices read more

Very cool vibe and ambiance, seems to Be a popular place for locals, however if your looking for good pizza this is not the place to go, to be honest I wouldn't even feed this to my dog coming from growing up on a NY slice, it looked good and it hurt with how disappointing it became with each bite. The sauce is non existent and the dough is just plain with no char or fluffiness, feels like I'm eating a basic toast with cheese sadly. read more

I really love the pizza by the slice option here! The ambiance is welcoming and gives you "throwback" feels with a couple of game machines and high top seating along the window. I've called in and ordered a whole pizza which was just as delicious and ready in the time that was promised. Service has always been nice and laid back! I love coming here to satisfy that pizza craving! read more

Great pizza, great prices. The service was a little all over the place. And they did forget my water, but gave it to me right away. And it was busy. read more

Now, I can't understand why Old Town Alexandria never had a pizza by the slice spot before now but folks, Handover Pizza by the Slice is now open! Feeling like a slice late after a night out at the bar? Or maybe a quick nosh while sightseeing with out of town friends? This is the place to be. Satisfying, hearty slices sure to cure your peckishness, you can't miss with Handover. Simple and satisfying with great music from the 70s, 80s and 90s you gotta make this stop. read more

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I recently stopped by to get a slice or two. The pizza is on display in the window case. This place has some good things about it; they have come products in bottles, the canned beer selection seems pretty good and the location, the southeast corner of King Street and Columbus, is great. One last thing is that they are open late according to the info on the door. Now the pizza. I really like the crust. It has a good crunch to it even though I was able to fold the slice in half. I had two sausage and pepperoni slices. This isn't a thin crust pizza, but I wouldn't call it a thick crust either. I will say that the toppings were scant and that there wasn't anything remarkable about it. To me, it wasn't much better than generic pizza, which was disappointing. The staff was very friendly. read more

Topping of pepperoni was yummy but the crust although thin was not crispy enough like NYC style pizza should be. I will give them a chance to improve and return to see how they do. read more

Great location and nice helpful staff. The pizza was average to me, I prefer a greasy New York slice, but my partner liked it because it reminded them of Shakey's pizza in Milwaukee. The Caesar salad was probably one of the best I've ever had. Fresh greens, homemade croutons and delicious dressing. Check it out read more

Dope little spot for a quick slice & Street Fighter butt whippin. Service was to be desired. Pizza looked good in the window so I decided to get a couple. Had a plane cheese and a white. As a pizza connoisseur this was the worst slice I've had in a very long time. The cheese tasted of low quality, too much of it with not enough sauce, drippin grease, way too much cornmeal on the bottom, flop city with zero crunch. I'd compare it to gas station pizza. White slice was a little better but same issues. This one was more doughy, zero crunch and not much flavor. Ended up throwing half of my order away. It was a great deception. I was drawn in by the pies good looks but ended up being a horrible date. If you're a pizza connaisseur I would not recommend coming here. If you don't care about quality, it is a good value for what it is and the location it's in. read more

Stopped in this place randomly and was pleasantly surprised by the amazing quality of all the food items. The chicken tenders were some of the best I've had in a long time. Highly recommend checking it out! read more

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The pizza was super good! It is by the slice or you can buy the entire pie for 20$. Not a bad price at all! These slices are HUGE. It was 4.50$ for a pepperoni slice and 3.50$ for a general cheese slice! The service was super quick and the cashier was very nice the entire time! The atmosphere in the room was also calm and really cool, they had Pac-Man games inside! read more

Piazza is goouddd! Crispy crust, high quality, and yummy frozen rose. Only complaint... the pizza is not in a covered space and people literally can point/. Touch the food. A dude rubbed his nose and reached for his slice. Kinda gross and unsanitary. We are better old town... put a case around the pizza like NYC. read more

Looking for a new pizza place in Alexabdria, I stumbled upon Handover by the Slice. The interior is very cool with plenty of seating and ample lighting. That's where the good ends. The service was horrible. This is counter order so should not be difficult, however, neither of the 2 employees stopped talking to each other to acknowledge waiting patrons for several minutes. After ordering PLAIN CHEESE PIZZA, I received 2 different slices (one with all meat and another with veggies). When I pointed this out, the employee became irritated and attempted to charge me for the cheese slices I had already paid for!! The pizza was ok. It was sitting out in a display case and then warmed up just behind the counter. I couldn't see if they used a microwave or not but the pizza was warmed. Knowing Andy's pizza is just down the block, save yourself the aggravation and head to Andy's instead. Better flavor and friendly service! read more

Delicious old fashioned pizza, with quick service. Felt like the pizza parlors from New Jersey in the 1970's.

great service and this pizza is bomb. i decided to try it when i walked by the window and saw the fresh pizza. nice selection of apps and beers and bar style seating. better than andys pizza. read more

Best pizza in old town hands down. I've lived here for five years and can't find a better place. There are many contenders too and I'm just convinced. I highly highly highly recommend. read more

The pizza is just ok, but the worst part is they make you listen to country music. Boooooo

is place is a throwback to my time as a kid growing up in NYC hanging out with my friends at the pizza parlor. Complete with PacMan, Street Fighter II and 80s music, this place has ambience along with good pizza by the slice or pie. And the price is sweet, a much needed respite from some of the pricier eateries in Old Town Alexandria. They stay open late and have a liquor license so that is two more pluses. It's rare anywhere to get a and a drink for less than ten bucks. Hangover by The Slice is pizza perfect read more

The worst service ever. Dude at the counter literally throw the slice of pizza with the box at me .Not treated with any kind of customer service. Feels like I was getting paid to be there. Writing this before even having a bite of the pizza. Service matters as much as the food you are serving. Guy in a man bun and and tattoos please don't be there if you don't want to be there or if you hate your job please quit or find something that make you happy. read more

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