Cresci Pizzeria in York

One of the best pizza places I’ve ever visited while traveling. During my three-day stay in York, I enjoyed it so much that I ate there twice. The pizza Margherita and Napolitana were absolutely delicious, and the Sicilian cannolo was fantastic. The staff were friendly and attentive, making the experience even better. Highly recommended!

Food and service both excellent. Very authentic neapolitan pizza. Staff attentive and friendly. Great menu, bur check the specials board too!

I really liked this restaurant. Not only was the food great, with an excellent selection of wines, but I loved the bright and colourful interior of this place. The price is also reasonable once you take into account the location (centre of York is no cheap place to run a business). My only criticism, and it is a minor one, is that it could do with a wider selection of starters.

My wife and I were surprised at the recent negative review but we went with the majority and ate at the pizzeria last night and again the next day. Before I say anything else my wife is italian and we travel a great deal and we have a chef in the family and are all foodies. We felt that the pizza is about as authentic as we have had in the UK to a Napoli pizza, ingredients are key and the best are indeed italian bit hard to get the same quality in the UK, we also had the frittata cacio e pepe which was also very good. To truly understand italian cuisine, you need to know that a pizzeria is not fine dining but it's good wholesome filling fast food cooked with love. We love the pizza here and the staff were also excellent. Pricing is spot on, too, as some places charge £17 for a pizza that does not represent Italy in any way at all. Grazie è bello ritrovare i sapori di casa!! Ciao e a presto!!

Delicious! Proper Pizza Napoletana. I didn't have a reservation and it was very busy, but still they managed to arrange a table for me. Friendly staff and tasty pizza! All you need :)

Authentic food and brilliant atmosphere. Fantastic service from staff. 5 stars!

The best pizza I had in a long time!!

Amazing pizza, affordable prices! Really friendly staff and they made 2 mums and 2 wriggly toddlers feel welcome. We'll come again!

Lovely authentic place, the pizza is delicious, great Italian wine selection, and I was made welcome and well looked after by the staff.

Fabulous pizza - real Italian. Great wait staff.

The best pizza! Lovely service & atmosphere

Amazing pizza. Authentic neapolitan, one of the best I’ve had. GREAT prices also.

Had lunch with my daughter here today, a very welcome respite from the busy Christmas markets. She had been before and this place has an excellent reputation in York but it was my first time. Really excellent pizza to share and drinks for around £25. Very attentive friendly staff and good atmosphere.

The most amazing pizza in a lovely little spot ❤️

First time visit today with my mum for lunch....absolutely unreal! Food, beautiful and authentic service amazing will definitely be back!

Thin-crust pizza can be baked to a crispy texture with a chewy texture. QQ has a very layered texture with a slight burnt aroma, and the fillings are not sloppy. The mushrooms taste like they have the aroma of truffles, and so does the Margherita pizza. It’s salty and fragrant, I really like it!

Had a real pizza here the staff were very friendly and helpful if you visit York call in you won't be disappointed

A great discovery - very friendly staff, quick service, delicious and very good value pizza , handy for the city. Great for all, from families, to tourists, to groups, to first dates - inclusive, unpretentious but fun and with an unself -conscious style. Highly recommended.

Came for a cheeky tiramisu and it did not disappoint! Our servers Maddy and Emma were lovely and made some amazing limoncello spritzes! Cheers guys!!

Wanted a bite to eat and Cresci Pizzeria caught our eye. Staff were so friendly and welcoming and managed to get us a table even though it was busy and we hadn’t booked. The atmosphere was amazing and food even better. I can’t fault anything about this place. Great value for money.

Lovely local pizzeria that's as good as the major chains. Use it or lose it.

Awesome pizza, authentic, good size and reasonable price. With booking a table in advance as quite a small and popular restaurant.

This pizza was extremely impressive! After travelling around Italy for the past few months, I was sceptical that any pizza would ever be able to compare. This has been the closest thing I have found! Wow.

Really good pizza, authentic and delicious ingredients, impeccable service and super friendly staff! A treat for us Italians when we want pizza! It's also open until late, we had dinner peacefully at 9pm! Super recommended

Four cheese and white Napoletana just fantastic taste. Amazing quality and value for money.

I dropped in for takeaway and despite being busy the team were super helpful and found space for me to sit with a beer while I waited. a short time later 3 lovely pizzas arrived. Superb place. I would recommend to anyone!

Our son brought us here after coming with his uni mates. Such a lovely little pizzeria, food was amazing (I had the pancetta e zucchine, which had a white base), well priced, and the staff were so friendly! Definitely would recommend 👌🏼

Really great neapolitan pizza! Friendly service & good prices

Had a great meal here with the family, great service, wonderful pizza at a fair price.

Wow - killer Neapolitan pizza. Great sourdough crust, superior ingredients. Quick, friendly service. We’ll definitely be back.

Great food and friendly service

I’m studying here in York, and finding Cresci was an amazing discovery. The pizza is genuinely good—coming from a Neapolitan family, I can confirm it’s the real deal! The pizza here reminded me of home. Prices are surprisingly affordable for Yorkshire, and the staff is super friendly too. If you’re after authentic pizza and a great vibe, Cresci is definitely worth a visit!

A great and cosy place to eat. Pizza is fantastic, the beer price is fantastic, overall, definitely worth the visit

Emailed in advance as one of our group is unable to eat gluten. Received a reply that this wouldn't be a problem. It wasn't until we were sat at our table and the order was placed that they decided to change their mind and inform us that they were not willing to serve the gluten free pizza, despite it being an option on the menu. This left one of our group with no food. I suspect the kitchen staff were feeling lazy and simply couldn't be bothered.

Amazing place, wonderful food and attentive staff. Highly recommend booking here, you won't regret it 😊

Great pizzas with fresh ingredients and Neapolitan-style dough. Very friendly service. If you're in York and fancy a pizza, this is the place to go!

The best tiramisu I've had in Yorkshire. The pizza was great as well. Its a great place to chill out relax and enjoy the food and have a nice time.

So glad we found this little gem It’s much bigger than it looks, there is plenty of seating upstairs Pizzas were very good, all freshly prepared and you can see them cooking They only had pizza on the menu so they should be experts and they are, the star for me was the tiramisu, it’s not on the menu but if you ask you might be lucky, it was delicious Really reasonable prices too

Great food and atmosphere 👌 Very busy on a Sunday evening, so maybe as well to make a reservation.

OMG! Pizza for me is like a religion, I'm obsessed with it. So saying that what I'm about to say is going some. This was the best pizza I've ever had and seriously think it may be the best I'll ever have. The quality of the food here is second to none and I will keep going back. Nothing more I can say other than even if you're not as crazy about pizza as I am, but are crazy about amazing quality food.....GO HERE! They have a great selection of pizzas, starters, wine etc and you can customise your request too. Enough said.

An incredible experience dining at Cresci Pizzeria. My best friend and I had travelled down to York for a day trip and were on a time crunch and even without a reservation, we were taken such great care of. We were served by Christina, who was an angel and was so attentive to our dietary requirements. I eat Halal and wasn’t expecting there to be an option but she immediately picked up on that and offered halal options in Pizza and Tiramisu. The food itself was also incredible, quick service and great quality. The atmosphere was great, with people from all ages enjoying their time, having great food. It was a beautiful end to a lovely trip.

I definitely will need to come back here when I’m in York because this was by far, one of the best pizza restaurants I’ve ever been to. Service was amazing, all staff were extremely friendly and accommodating. Pizza was incredible!!

Simple fare, delicious and a welcoming owner. What more do you need.

Christina and Daniele are amazing people. I felt so welcome and would go there at any time. Mile gracie

Absolutely fantastic pizza, with lovely bases, good cheese, great tomato and a well balanced set of topics across both Diavola and Margherita. The gluten-free base was also easily the best gluten-free base I've had, so I'm really pleased to have access to good pizza again. Highly recommended.

Been here several times, always a warm welcome with fabulous service, food is excellent, what more could you want, highly recommended.

In a rush before the theatre and they served us really quickly, the food was amazing and the service was brilliant

Delicious Pizza, super kind and welcoming staff. Free tap water provided with the meals. Centrally located in York.

Better than many pizzas eaten in Italy

Amazing pizza and staff were extremely friendly and helpful!

Great Neapolitan style pizza, interesting menu. Very friendly. Do make a reservation - they are quite busy!

Amazing pizza! Lovely wine selection to go with it. We very much enjoyed the food and the atmosphere.

Food, service and atmosphere are excellent. I will definitely come back when I’m in York again! A big thanks to Christina for the amazing service 🌟

Amazing pizza, very well priced and really friendly service.

Absolutely worth the hype. The pizza is truly delicious, with the tomato base being the star of the show. The staff are very friendly and considerate, Christina especially is lovely. One of my favourite lunch spots for quality and value for money!

Amazing amazing food the pizza was beyond my expectations just perfect, kuddos to the chef and something that completely stood out was our server Elenas service. She was simply amazing. Coming soon again

Best pizza I've had in years. Fantastic ingredients, and great service

Elena at Cresci Restaurant in York made our dining experience truly unforgettable. She is the kindest, most welcoming person, and her warm hospitality added a personal touch to our evening. From her recommendations to her attentive service, Elena made us feel right at home. The bufala pizza was exceptional—perfectly balanced flavors and a beautiful crust. Pairing it with a smoked beer was an unexpected delight that took the meal to another level. Elena’s passion and friendliness, along with the delicious food, make Cresci a must-visit. We can't wait to return for another wonderful evening!

Delicious and light tasting pizza. The desserts are fabulous too though I rate the cannoli far higher than the baba. It's just a great cannoli.

Lovely lunch - best pizza I have had in ages. Thank you.

Lovely. Great pizza, great vibe, and great service.

First time at Cresci, service was great and the pizza was amazing.

Take it this way ,the best pizza place in york ✅️ From the staff to the chef, everybody was a star

No nonsense. They do classic Italian pizza as well as it can possibly be done with authentic ingredients that are the real deal. Swift friendly service and a nice beer on tap. Book to avoid disappointment.... It's busy because it's so good. The Napolitan fennel sausage with Porcini was even better than you'd hope.👌🏻

Absolutely gorgeous food and service and so reasonable in cost. Starters are divine, getting one of each and sharing. The mains we have was so lovely we much preferred the tomato base however it was nice to try the white sauce pizza Desserts we wasn’t a fan of the cake a bit to strong with the rum but the tiramisu was incredible, I personally don’t like tiramisu but this was amazing and on another level definitely worth a visit

Love the warmth & lively atmosphere; the price is relatively cheap and the food is finger licking good. This pizzaria is underrated, spare a time & come along, u will love it❤️

From the moment we stepped in, to the moment we left was amazing! All staff were fabulous (especially Ben and Sam, hope I've their names right!) the food was so delicious cooked to perfection (compliments to the chef) would highly recommend, thank you for making our anniversary meal top notch!

Really Great Pizza's, super friendly staff, got a real authentic Italian owned family feel and a really nice buzz about the place

Amazing pizza place, a must try if you're in York. When we turned up, we didn't know we had to book, but the staff were so helpful and made room for us even though they were so busy. Our waiter was an English girl with glasses ,Sorry we didn't get your name because your service was 10 out of 10.

Enjoyed delicious pizzas in a cosy atmosphere.

Excellent authentic pizza. Extremely efficient and genuinely friendly staff. Would recommend this Pizzeria to anyone who likes real pizza.

Amazing service & delicious pizza and desserts 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻 Went there today (reserved a table at 6pm) for my birthday with my husband and our 3-year old and every staff member wished me a happy birthday 🥳 The service was incredible, staff was nice, attentive and they all have lovely singing voices ;) My 3 year old ate almost an entire pizza by herself which by her standards is like the highest compliment to the chef 👨‍🍳 ❤️🫶🏻

Well, another successful visit, that Brilliant pancake almost tasting base of an authentic Italian pizza. ❤️ We have had Deliveroo twice, but there’s nothing to compare with a visit . Such helpful, attentive staff, particularly the young chap for Acomb . Today’s visit was a birthday treat and worth every penny.

Nice classic frittatina, alleanza pizza and cannolo at a reasonable price. Very friendly staff and willing to help unbooked table.

My husband and I visited York for a weekend getaway from London and stumbled upon Cresci Pizzeria. We were immediately drawn in just by looking at the pizzas being served and knew this was the place for dinner. Despite it being a busy Saturday night, we managed to secure a reservation. The staff were incredibly friendly and accommodating, and it was clear the owners are truly passionate about the products they serve. The end result? A fantastic, flavorful, and light Neapolitan pizza that we couldn't resist finishing. The quality of the pizza was exceptional, and the price was unbelievably reasonable – something that's hard to come by these days for such authentic, high-quality food! To top it off, we enjoyed some fine, refreshing, and unique craft beer from Italy. If you’re searching for the ultimate pizza experience in York, Cresci is the spot to visit! It’s our top recommendation for anyone in town – the place to savor truly exceptional pizza!

This was my first visit to Cresci but it won't my last - the pizza was delicious and for once the crust of the pizza was also delicious and I didn't leave it...like I usually do. There were four of us and we each had a different pizza and everyone said theirs was great. It's a busy restaurant with a good atmosphere and all the staff members we spoke too were so friendly and nice. You can get a take away from them too so I will be able to enjoy their pizza at home. There really isn't anything to say other than positive comments apart from that they didn't provide any non dairy milk for coffee - this could be easily rectified and would be an extra tick for vegans.

Incredible non-gluten containing pizza (gluten free except cooked in the pizza oven!) The best service, made our evening! Best pizza in York!

Like being in Italy. Delicious pizza cooked in an exposed wood-fired oven. Excellent desserts and friendly staff. Well done

Amazing experience, everything is Italian, staff very friendly, highly recommend.

Fantastic Neapolitan pizza: I recommend it Don Armando special pizza, if you like spicy! Friendly and kind staff, Elena very nice!

We loved Cresci Pizza! Friendly, welcoming staff, a great pizza, croche di potate on the side, good glass of red wine and cannolo for dessert. Can’t beat it!

Probably one of the best pizzas I've had, four cheeses and the desert of rum baba was probably one of the best deserts I've had, would highly recommend.

A trip to York with my princess, who fancied an Aperol spritz. So we shared a lovely pizza as well. Sat outside in the sun. 😋

Fabulous authentic pizza, great staff will definitely return.

Really tasty pizza and great service. Well impressed!

An absolutely wonderful experience, with gorgeous food and incredibly friendly wait staff. One of the best locations in York, we would recommend it heartily.

Great place, with delicious pizza and very friendly owner and staff. A place you want to come back to again.

Very welcoming staff made us aware of all the specials. Great pizza buzzing atmosphere. Special call out to Daniel from Milan who took the time to stop and chat. Definitely recommend it to friends and family as the pizzas were so yummy. Could have been in Naples. 😍🍕🍕🍕

Absolutely fabulous pizza place, the best pizza we have had. Very busy I would recommend booking fantastic staff excellent service. Met the owner who was lovely. On holiday and love York will definitely be back. Starter amazing 3 different pizzas had .... so tasty.

Absolutely spectacular. We ordered three pizzas and a croquette to start and it was one of the best meals we've had. The atmosphere was excellent and we would make this place a priority every time we visit york. Cannot recommend enough!

An authentic Neapolitan pizza! Food exceptional, staff super friendly. Highly recommended.

Excellent pizza, sunny welcome (special mention for Elena) and lots of joy

I would say that Cresci is a piece of Italy placed in the middle of the city of York, I have no doubts. I don't know whether to start from the warm and elegant welcome of the staff (the waitress Elena was perfect), from the warmth of the environment of the restaurant, from the quality of the typical Italian products and the imported wines (the sausage with fennel is commendable, not easy to find outside Italy and the choice of the 'Produttori di Manduria' winery) or simply by the goodness of the pizza. It is a true Neapolitan pizza leavened perfectly with quality dough and excellent choice flours. My favorite remains the margherita with sausage, it is not excessive and allows you to savor the flavors without covering them too much. I think it's the best Italian pizza I've tasted in the UK. Well done. Top quality oven, essential for good cooking. The fried bucatini with cheese and pepper is also very good. Excellent Italian beers, I always recommend the Peroni Gran Riserva Rossa, my favourite. Typical Italian desserts to absolutely try, including Tiramisu and cannoli with sheep's ricotta. Very good. For a pizza in York I don't think there are alternatives to Cresci. Congratulations to Bernardo who manages the place.

Want a bangin’ vegan pizza for £6.50 where everyone is wholesome and happy? Head to Cresci!

First, this casual dining restaurant was exceptionally busy and I highly recommend booking because there's a good reason for it being so popular. Yes, the pizza is that good! We were warmly welcomed and managed to get a table as a walk in but we were lucky. I wouldn't chance it again. Cresci serve traditional Italian pizza. You won't get a Hawaiian or stuffed crust here. The menu is mainly pizza, with some croquette potatoes and Cannoli on the menu. There's also wine, soft drinks, beer. Our pizza was truly excellent! The dough tastes very fresh. As a bread baker; I also make sourdough, I was really impressed by their pizza dough. With the fresh tasting dough and fresh good quality toppings, cooked to order, I couldn't have been more impressed. The value is excellent! Simply put, if you want a simply excellent pizza, this is the place to go in York!

A real Italian and Neapolitan pizza!

excellent pizzas -- go for the "white base"

Amazing authentic pizza, really good range of both tomato and white base pizzas as well which was a nice change to a lot of places. Super friendly staff and owner, really reasonably prices - couldn't recommend highly enough

After days of eating English food, a real Italian pizza is just what we needed! Excellent ingredients, perfectly cooked, all seasoned with a refined and informal welcome. We truly felt at home! Ps Even the cannoli is a real delight… Absolutely RECOMMENDED 👏🏻

Excellent Pizza , I would highly recommend this place.