An upscale pizza restaurant in São Paulo in a great neighborhood that takes reservations. Our group of eight sat comfortably with great table service. The pizza was very good yet not the absolute best we have had in this town of amazing pizza. The wine list is good and extensive enough. The staff was professionally accommodating. An easy recommendation for just about any occasion. This is a more upscale crowd who dress accordingly. While there were kids eating here, it wouldn't be the first place I would take a child under seven. They have metal straws which is also a nice touch. read more

Pizzaria Nacional - Pizza Near Me - São Paulo, SP

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Ohhhh I have been having this love affair with Napoletan pizzas for over a decade; like all affairs, it's all about choice and the reason behind that choice, what makes us fall in love for... The dough has to be perfect by perfect I mean perfectly structures, light, crusty, a slightly sweet taste, no smell of yeast, high quality ingredients, simple yet awesome and amazing! To achieve something like this tough it's not easy, it takes years of practice, dough usually uses 00 flour, coal fired ovens that reach temperatures high as a 1000 Fahrenheit, baking a pizza within 60-90 seconds. However, since we are in Brazil, taste is a bit adapted to please. Therefore, this was my order: *Pão de Calabresa: (soft bread, crunchy, filled with aged calabresa sausage and cheese) Perfect starter, especially paired with a Stella chopp (draught), this bread has a really crunchy exterior and a soft steamy cheesy, filled with calabresa sausage interior. *Spuntino (pizza dough, tomato sauce, mozz, white truffle infused EVOO) A small flat bread, slightly topped with tomato sauce, cheese and drizzled with white truffle infused EVOO. Good, but would easily skip this one next time to save space for their specialty pizzas. *Calabresa (tomato sauce, artisan calabresa, onions, black olives) Average. Topped off with mounts of calabresa sausage. *Tupi (tomato sauce, fresh mozz, funghi, thyme) Good and simple, thyme was interesting it had a slight scent of it but not overpowering any of the other ingredients. *Record (tomato sauce, taleggio, spicy sausage, shrooms, rosemary) Interesting, but personally, rosemary threw me off, overpowered every other ingredient. *Jobim (tomato sauce, mozz, chevre, parmesan, boiled eggs, pancetta, black pepper) Interesting, not so simple, all cheeses were placed perfectly without overpowering or blending with each other, pancetta was nice and crispy. *Panna Cotta (traditional panna cotta, Haitian vanilla, guava sauce) Slightly sweet, delicious aroma of vanilla, luscious texture and topped off with guava sauce. Sorry Paulistas, but for me Napolitan pizza is the best. Would totally come back, surely valet is available, but there are plenty of parking on the street. Waiting staff is very attentive and knowledgeable. read more

No longer open, we drove a long way to get to this place to find out the address has changed (as well as the name).

I'm starting to wonder if all the restaurants in SP are this good! I searched for a pizza place with good reviews & came upon Pizzeria National which is a true gem. It's hard to believe but I can't remember ever enjoying pizza this much in the 24 yrs I've lived in NY! To start I arrived at 6pm & even though it doesn't open till 6:30pm the wait staff let me in & let me watch a World Cup match with a beer until the kitchen opened. They were very helpful setting up my wifi & advising me on the options from the menu. I ordered crispy pizza dough to start which was great with a beer. For the main I ordered a medium pie with 2 different halves from the specials menu. This 1st was recommended by the waitress as the most popular which was the Excelsior which was fabulous. I wish I'd got the whole pie. The other half was the Record which was good but paled in comparison. This place would be a knockout in NYC or any other major city in the world, if you're in São Paulo put it on your 'do not miss' list! read more

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