Angelo’s Coal Oven Pizza

Angelo's Coal Oven Pizza, New York City: Pearl Verdict

With a 4.4 Google rating across 3,306 reviews and two consecutive Opinionated About Dining Cheap Eats recognitions — including a ranked #290 in North America for 2024 — Angelo's Coal Oven Pizza at 117 W 57th St is one of the more credentialed casual pizza stops in Midtown Manhattan. If you have already been once and are wondering whether to return or where to take someone new to the city, the answer is yes: the OAD recognition puts it in a small group of New York pizzerias that have earned third-party validation beyond local hype.

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Angelo's sits on 57th Street in Midtown, which puts it in useful proximity to Carnegie Hall, Central Park, and the dense hotel corridor running through that stretch of Manhattan. For visitors staying in Midtown or locals who work in the area, the location solves a real problem: finding pizza that clears the OAD Cheap Eats bar in a neighbourhood better known for expense-account dining than for casual value.

The coal oven format is the core of what Angelo's delivers. Coal-fired pizza runs hotter than wood-fired and hotter still than gas deck ovens, which means a faster bake, a thinner and crispier char on the crust underside, and a texture that pulls it closer to New York's classic coal-oven tradition , the same tradition behind older names like Patsy's and Grimaldi's. If you are returning after a first visit, this is worth holding in mind when you order: the crust is the argument for being here, and it rewards paying attention to the char and the structural hold of each slice.

Hours run 11:30 am to 10 pm Sunday through Thursday and 11:30 am to 11 pm on Friday and Saturday, giving you flexibility across both lunch and dinner windows. Midtown at lunch is a different crowd than Midtown at dinner, and for a returning visitor the lunch window is worth considering , the pace tends to be faster and the room less congested with theatre-district traffic.

Booking at Angelo's is easy. This is not a venue where you need to plan weeks out or set a calendar reminder for a reservation drop. Walk-in access is realistic for most lunch sittings and for early dinners before the Friday and Saturday evening rush. If you are coming with a group on a weekend evening, a reservation is still the sensible move, but there is no three-week lead time required here , a same-week booking or a well-timed walk-in will usually work.

For context on where Angelo's fits in New York's pizza conversation more broadly, the OAD Cheap Eats list is one of the more rigorous crowd-sourced rankings in the US dining space, skewed toward informed diners rather than general public volume. Making that list two consecutive years, and moving to a ranked position (#290 in 2024) rather than simply a recommended slot, is a meaningful signal for a Midtown pizzeria competing in a category where outer-borough names tend to dominate the critical conversation. Comparable OAD-recognised pizza in New York includes Artichoke Basille's, Leading Pizza, and Don Antonio , all worth knowing if you are building out a pizza itinerary across the city.

If your interest extends beyond pizza or you are planning a wider New York trip, Pearl's full New York City restaurants guide, hotels guide, bars guide, experiences guide, and wineries guide cover the broader city. For pizza comparisons beyond New York, Ken's Artisan Pizza in Portland and 800 Degrees Pizza in Los Angeles are two OAD-calibre benchmarks in other US cities.

Ratings & Recognition

• Google: 4.4 / 5 (3,306 reviews)
• Opinionated About Dining Cheap Eats North America: Ranked #290 (2024)
• Opinionated About Dining Cheap Eats North America: Recommended (2023)

Booking & Access

Booking difficulty: Easy. No advance reservation required for most lunch sittings or early weekday dinners. For weekend evenings, same-week booking is sufficient. Walk-ins are realistic outside peak hours.

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