Nice staff, but whatever people who claim this is "authentic" mean, they certainly don't mean authentic _pizza_.

Sovrana's has the best gluten free pizza. They make their own dough which is delicious. They may look a little run down but do not be mistaken, their pizza is amazing! Does anyone know if they are still open? I tried calling today and no one answered! read more

Sovrana's is a tiny, dusty, sun-faded hole in the wall. You would think the taste of the food made there would reflect that, but it absolutely does not. They make the very best sandwich in the entire world, the Mama Sovrana special. On freshly made bread is layered succulent, thinly sliced prosciutto, fresh mozzarella, roasted red peppers, and olive oil/balsamic dressing infused with basil. Lettuce, tomatoes, and onions are optional. If Heaven has a price it is $7, and comes in the form of this hoagie. read more

One of our go to delivery restaurants for work - this place has never disappointed! I've had the mama sovrana special, stuffed eggplant and the sovrana supreme hero and they've all been delicious. Very fresh ingredients and large portions. Very reasonably priced and they deliver on time. Highly recommend! read more

Sovrana - Sovrana supreme hero - Pizza Near Me - Albany, New York

First of all I must say that I was shocked on how amazing this place was. From the outside you may not even think it would be good but then you walk in and smell and see the pizza on the counter. I always know when I go in there I will have options! Today I got a tomato and cheese and a veggie slice. They will heat the slice up if you want it to be. The dough is so soft and fresh and the toppings are amazing. I also got some chocolate chip cookies. They tasted like my grandmother made them! Everything is just truly delicious and always filling. While sitting there (it is tiny inside) I saw so many people come in and they greeted everyone with welcoming tones. By far the best pizza in the Albany area!! read more

We (30 +) used Sovrana for our office holiday party. Such great food. All raved. So much food that leftover items made lunch the next day! We had trays of lasagna, ziti, salad and sausage w/carmelized onions and green peppers. Wow--awsome. read more

THIS PLACE IS AWESOME!!! This is an old school Italian Deli & Pizza shop that is close to a questionable neighborhood but I always feel safe going here. I've challenged people to find me a better sub place in Albany and I have converted all of them to regulars at this place because nobody makes a better sub. They make their own bread, grow a lot of their own vegetables and treat you like family. They also offer catering which is how I got introduced to them. If you come to this place during lunch there could be a line that extends outside. They are not a pizza hut or dominoes and don't thrive on their pizza delivery, they thrive more on lunch orders and catering from local businesses and schools. I'm responsible for feeding the local Division I Collegiate Football team and I think the kids would eat me if I ever strayed from going to this place for our team meals. When we travel they deliver 100 individual subs, individually wrapped and sorted with a drink to our buses on campus. No other place will let you you order 100 individual subs that I'm aware of. They've also catered pasta and chicken parm dinners with salads and all serving necessities. The food here is awesome! The service is awesome! They do have their pizza ovens in the back, I've seen them. Contrary to what Daniel B thought in 2008 there is nothing short of great cooking going on here. The pizza is really good and made from scratch and what they have sitting out is left in no different manner than any other pizza place in the state. I strongly recommend this place, you will not be disappointed. read more

This pizza is amazing! The best pizza I've had in Albany. The tomato sauce is bomb! The prices are fair and the delivery was fairly quick! I love it! Great job! read more

Not much to say, if this pizza could get less than one star it would. It tasted as if all the ingredients were from the frozen section at the local grocery store. A far stretch from a proper NY slice. The eclair filling was okay, but the shell tasted a bit sour and like it was a few days old. Don't waste your time. read more

Pizza was very doughy. I had two pepperoni slices and felt sick when I left. Employees friendly.

This place has excellent pizza at a cheap price. yes, many of the negatives are true. The place looks run down, it's in a bad part of town, and the ice cream cooler looks like it hasn't been touched in years. But the pizza is excellent. It is best to order a whole pizza fresh, since the walk-in slices might be less than fresh. The slices are giant and filling. I've lived in albany for years, and have tried nearly every pizza place that comes along, and Sovrana's and the Orchard are the only two that remain outstanding. Also, for some reason they often don't have delivery drivers (another negative). Driving there is not dangerous. Its a run down street, but they've never had an incident at this place. I always feel comfortable driving there and going in. If you decide to eat in, which is an option, just leave your plate on the table when you leave. I've searched for a garbage can (there is none), and was informed by a friend that they just pick up your plate when you leave. read more

One of my favorite pizza spots in the capital district. I love the crust and the suace they use. I wish they would go heavier on the cheese but the flavors always make up for it. The staff is great and the service is quick. Love love love read more

Delicious baked goods! Nice staff and clean environment. It's a cute little corner place to get good food.

Love this place. The pizza is so much better than madison, Soho, pizzaroni, cafe lark, just about everywhere in the pizza wasteland that is Albany. It's a family owned place making their own pizza. Seemed like nice people too. A cheese slice is only $1.50 and it fills you up. Actual flavorful crust/sauce/cheese. What more could you ask for? read more

A Meh! We ordered a 24 cut for the first time Friday night! Many raved of their college pizza place and I think they were drunk! I even told them on the phone it was our first order make it good! We received a 11+ pound pizza no joke 10 lbs of near raw dough! It was terrible! We have even tried to cook some further in the oven NG! We DO NOT agree with"best pizza"rating . Dc's or Little Anthony's read more

The best subs and pizza in town!!! Homemade everything, fresh cut meats, super friendly and neighborhood feel.

Went to SUNY Albany from 1989 - 1993 and this was the place to go for hangover pizza. Hands down, this was the best pizza Albany had to offer. I drove by 2 years ago but the shop was closed. It was relatively early in the evening around 11:00 p.m. and was surprised it wasn't open. Great location being in between the Long Branch & Peabody's. Missed that place. read more

Hands down the best! Albany is a very good pizza town for a small city. Someone from Albany can go to almost any pizza joint in Troy, Schenek, Alb and get a better than the national average pie. But I've been to pretty much all of them and for my money Sovranno's is still the best. 1st of all, this place dominated the Capital District pizza scene for like 10 years, winning best pie awards year after year. Yeah, you may wait for a while for your pie if your ordering in the restaurant and the place isn't designed to be a slice joint (although their slices are fine) but at Sovranna you can get a a medium pie with fresh ingredients for like 8 bucks. 2 slices will have you bursting at the seams because its so filling but you'll want to eat more because its so good. The baked goods are awesome, and once again well priced and don't even get me started on their sandwiches! I took a friend there once (really good cook and lover of great food) he had the eggplant parm, to this day he can't stop raving about it. Final thought- not only is sovrannos the best pizza i've ever had (By Far - it is such an indescribable experience to eat their pizza) it is the most unique pizza i've ever had, its not New York or Sicilian or Chicago, its its own thing, it can't be boxed in. It's just delicious! read more

If you are a fan of thick crust, doughy pizza, this is your spot! Small, local, and family owned are some characteristics that makes this place worth trying. read more

I am being upfront and saying I am JUST reviewing the pizza. I haven't tried anything else on the menu. It was my daughters birthday and I was looking for a different place besides Inferno. Pizza has become very expensive. So as far as Sovrana's, not a big fan. I'm kinda shocked it's considered best pizza in Albany. I like real traditional NY style pizza. Thin crispy bread with a nice crispy outside crust but soft in the middle. The pizza was very doughy and thick. Not much sauce unless it just gets lost in the thick crust. I liked it better in the morning. The proces there are awesome. Most large pizzas are $13 but I believe it was $8.50 and the wings, no I didn't get wings remember what I said in the beginning? The prices are super cheap compared to most other places. I believe a dozen or maybe it was 10 wings were $6.95. Most places charge $1 a wing now which is just insane. So I will try other stuff on the menu but if I do get pizza I'll ask for a little extra sauce. It's not bad but it wasn't the best pizza in Albany. read more

Small little corner style of place, CASH ONLY there is an atm inside if needed but honestly the cashier is so nice and trusting if you're a regular he will understand if you're missing a dollar or two as long as you pay up next time. I work right by there and went there for the first time last week and it was a fluffy slice which was so good I went back for dinner. I brought for me and my co-worker and for 2 soda bottles, 2 slices and a bag of chips it was a lot cheaper than I thought, think about 8 dollars? I didn't have enough and he told me to come back when I had it. It was an refreshing type of trust and I did come back to pay him what I owned him. He knew I worked right across the street and he was awesome enough to let me go! I have gone there three times so far and it has been amazing. I've only had the pizza but I will branch out soon. I have tired their brownie which was heavenly like a brownie that was so soft it was like licking batter/fudge from my fingers!! read more

Went here for the first time after seeing the raving reviews on here. I have to say, it was a solid lunch. I don't know about the best pizza in Albany, but it is definitely a bargain value. The food is filling and slices are $2. I also had the chocolate chip cookies, which were good as well. The major downside is that the pizza was not hot, even after they put it in the oven. Try the eggplant and sun-dried tomato pizza, it is excellent. Steve Rosie read more

The family's been going here for years...about 15 years. Raised our kids on the Sovrana slices for takeout and The Fountain for a sit-in meal. I suppose that marks us as thick crust lovers. And we want to get food that's filling and tasty. The pizza slices are big and inexpensive. The dough is thick and the toppings are all fresh. I'm not partial to the crispy crust that can cut up the roof of your mouth. The owners really care about what they do in making food. The owner goes to the Menands market daily to pick up veggies for pizza, subs, and antipasto salads. This makes all the difference on the pizzas: the bell peppers and broccoli are farm fresh, not like the frozen or old, sitting around for days veggies you find at other places. Some reviews have said the slices look old, but fail to notice that they're not sitting under a heat lamp like most other pizza joints. I love the generous salami topping the salad, and their peperoncini peppers are really good. This is one of the few markets where you can buy local Meadowbrook milk in several varieties including chocolate milk, which is simply delicious. The house-made eclairs are made with the most divine, sweet cream. If the bakery cases look unfilled, it is because they make their pastries in small batches. I believe this shows their commitment to real artisan food. The owners told my husband that they had uncovered a seriously, old recipe for "really good eclairs" when they bought the building many years ago. The recipe was small batch, yielding only one tray of eclairs at a time. When they tried to amend the recipe for multiple batches, the outcome was not as good. These are not your light, French-style eclairs. They are substantial, Italian-style pastries that will fill you up after eating only a half. At $2 a piece, I regard these as the best-kept sweet secret in Albany. Since I and one of my children recently accepted our long-standing gluten sensitivity, we have sadly had to leave our love of Sovrana behind. The only pizza place in town we knew of that made gluten-free pizzas is Lou-Bea's; however, the crust is not made on premises, the pie is one small size, and the crust's texture is grainy. We were pleasantly surprised to discover that Sovrana makes a gluten-free pizza. Their gluten-free pizza slices are made in-house. You can see that the crust is hand formed by its irregularity. The typical bready-crust is filling and a little heavy, but it has some rising like a pate brisee. The crust is not grainy at all, and its flavor blends well with the red sauce and cheese. Far surpasses Lou Bea's--we will be going to Sovrana again for pizza! read more

This is my favorite pizza spot in Albany thus far. The deli sandwiches are also very solid. Great food, great customer service, and a good location. Do note that they're cash only. read more

Worst pizza in a terrible part of town couldn't even eat it absolutely disgusting. Thick crust nothing like you expect from a New York pizza. read more

My wife, daughter, and I stopped by for famous slices of Sovrana pizza. Yep, the crust was everything they said it would be. Very delicious - even after my daughter spilled vitamin water on hers. My wife enjoyed this brief moment of nostalgia from her days a UAlbany. She would have given it a 5 but she wasn't hammered and it wasn't 4:30 in the morning. read more

Its the best when the slices are fresh. Lunch time the place is always busy. They make a PIE called riopena it has a variety of meats cheeses, onion peppers and sauce. It is unbelievable - I am getting hungry just writing this. My favorite thick crust pizza in the world. I have probably been to 1000 pizza shops but this is great. read more

Best pizza in the Albany area. Extra points because the pizza has a unique thicker style and does not try to be New York City style pizza. The pizza is better than anything New York City has ever produced. read more

The absolute best pizza of my childhood and beyond. Starting going to Sovrana's when I went to Philp Schyler, and then again when I went to SUNY. It's decorated exactly the same, but there is no other pizza like it in Albany. Jack's is a close second, but this pizza is sublime! I hope they get a makeover because they should never allow this authentic Italian pizzeria to go out of business. read more

I used to go here 25 years ago in college. It is just as awesome now as it was then. The eggplant parmesan is my favorite.

Out office moved off the downtown campus of UAlbany quite some time ago. One of our greatest regrets? We couldn't just walk over to Sovrana's - everybody's "go to" for great pizza. Today we had an informal departmental lunch and, as a special treat, we had pizza and salad delivered from Sovrana's. It was exceptional - truly. I do not think there is a better pizza to be had in the Capital District. And, for you lunch time delivery folks, Rose even made certain that everything we needed was delivered and, wait for it, delivered on time! We had to go with some old standards to meet the needs of 20 staff but I did slip in an order for my favorite - red, white and green pizza (ziti, ricotta, parsley). Sounds unusual, and not for carb-counters, but it's fantastic. Thank you Rose and John and family for an incredible lunch! We miss you but we will be back! read more

now i can update my review. as a 37 yr old, old man this place thankfully has held up. ate a plain slice (same order as a college senior), and damn! i think i ate the fountain of youth! so f'n good! i feel like im back in college and loving it. 1 of the best plain slices i've ever eaten. will be bringing a pie home for sure. oh yea, 1.75 a slice? best 1.75 i've spent in a while! read more

Normally I wouldn't give a really bad review to a local establishment but I'm making an exception in this case since this place generally gets very good reviews for its pizza and I have a number of friends who rave about it, now here's the truth. I love pizza, even pizza other people say is bad like pizza hut, domino's, and papa john's - but in about 10 times I've had pizza here, spread out over more than 10 years, I have never had a really good piece of pizza, and most I didn't even like, and one slice I couldn't even finish. I've heard 2 people in the last 2 weeks rave about the pizza so I decided to give them another chance since I was going by there anyhow. The slice I had tonight was only lukewarm, the crust was barely cooked on the bottom and still doughy on the top and was way too thick to be called thin crust, and not thick enough to be Sicilian. I don't know what the cheese was but it wasn't mozarella. You could still make out the shape of a square piece of cheese so I think it was a cheap white cheddar. There was no oregano or garlic taste as far as I could tell. The peppers and onions had not been pre-cooked(they should be sauteed or roasted) and just didn't taste good. Here's what you should do if you want pizza in that neighborhood. Go back to Wester Ave, turn right, go to quail. All the pizza parlors you can see from there are better. Keep going on Western - 2 bar restaurants have better pizza. Turn left on Ontario go to Madison Ave. All the pizza places you pass and can see from that corner are better!!! read more