6 verified Austin picks for pizza, with clear reasons to choose each restaurant and current official sources for every selection.
The best pizza in Austin are Baldinucci Pizza Romana, Pinthouse Pizza, The Growler Bar and Kitchen, and more. Start with Baldinucci Pizza Romana if you want the strongest fit for best overall for pizza.
This Austin guide was rebuilt in editorial research batch 7. The final six are Baldinucci Pizza Romana, Pinthouse Pizza, The Growler Bar and Kitchen, La Volta Pizza Club, The Backspace, Toss Pizzeria & Pub. Together they cover Austin, South Lamar; each pick cleared operational, topic-fit, brand-uniqueness, source, and minimum rating-depth checks before publication.
We looked for restaurants that feel like a strong fit for the guide topic, not just the most obvious names in the city. The shortlist favors rooms with clear mood, dependable pacing, and enough distinction to help someone decide faster. Read our full methodology →
Lighting, pace, and general energy all need to support the reason someone clicked this guide.
We favored restaurants that feel best suited for the moment, not just restaurants with broad reputation.
The final list tries to give readers enough variation in neighborhood, price, and style to compare real options.
Roman-style pizza has a specific argument to make, and Baldinucci makes it without apology: the pies here are rectangular, sold by the slice from a display case, and designed to be eaten the way Romans actually eat them — cut to weight,…
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Let's be honest about what Pinthouse Pizza actually is: a brewery that happens to make very good pizza, tucked into the Brodie Oaks strip on South Lamar.
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First things first: this place isn't in Austin.
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La Volta Pizza Club began as a food truck grinding it out on the East Side before Chef Eddie landed the brick-and-mortar at 900 W 10th — and that origin story matters, because it explains why the kitchen operates with a food-truck-sharp…
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Shawn Cirkiel opened The Backspace in 2010 with a conviction that Austin deserved a serious Neapolitan pizzeria, not the approximation of one.
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Toss Pizzeria & Pub suits a night out when you want pizza that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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