Starita — Restaurant in Naples

Whilst in Napoli for a few days it felt impossible to leave the city without having atleast one pizza. Following a dedicated search, my girlfriend and I struggled to narrow it down to a single spot. Following a conversation with our Airbnb host, we opted to heed his suggestion and try out Starita.

We arrived on an unusually rainy November afternoon and were quickly seated inside what was a surprisingly large restaurant. Although I had initially been sure I wanted to try a margherita, our server convinced us that the must have was the namesake Starita. Convinced, we decided to try it out and complemented it with a zucchini pizza bianca. For starters, given the presence of zucchini flowers even in November, we split a single ricotta filled flower.

The food arrived quickly, starting with the ricotta on its individual platter. The flower was light and creamy, and a tasty beginning to our meal. Appearance wise, the pizzas looked exactly like the typical neapolitan style we were expecting, with a charred crust and alluring mix of toppings. We opted for the starita first and it was excellent. The dough, more akin to bread than most pizzas I've tried elsewhere, was light, with a charred bitterness that was well complemented by the tomatoes. The tomatoes themselves, typical of the area, were delicious, full of sweetness and only accentuated by basil and a sprinkle of pecorino.

Given the quality of the starita, it was hard for any pizza to compare, and the zucchini pizza was tasty, but not quite equivalent. Despite the creamy nature of the pizza it wasn't overly heavy, and once again the quality of the crust was enjoyable.

Overall, given the recognition of neapolitan pizza worldwide my expectations were considerably high, and Starita, and it's namesake pizza in particular,...

I went here as a recommendation from a Reddit user 📱 The experience here was very good in general, but here are some bad and good things to say if you are considering to try this candidate as a best pizza in Naples 🌁

BAD POINTS 👎

💸 1.5€ per person just for sitting is too much, they don't even have a terrace nor serve a piece of bread for the service. That means 3€ if you are 2 person, 6€ if you are 4... just for sitting!! The most expensive service of my trip, just for sitting on a table. 🥴 Many pizza options just differ in one ingredient. It will take you some time to choose, and then see some of them are different in only one ingredient.

GOOD POINTS 👍

💨 They have a fast service, from the start to the service. We haven't need to wait to sit, they have a lot of tables. Also, from the point you choose the pizza till it comes to the table, was only 5 minutes or less. 🍕 Perfect pizza size. Not too big nor small, maybe the border of the pizza is too big depending on your pizza choice.

Keeping that in mind and being that said, our pizza choices were great, they were napolitanean and tartufo cheese. I don't recommend taking a starter because it could be too much for eating 🥵 but this is very personal. We were very hungry when we went there, but even that, one pizza was enough to get full 🌝 Compared to "Da Michelle", Starita pizza is different but at the same level. On the other hand, 1.5€ for the "service" (that means, for nothing, because you don't have an option to eat the pizza standing and does not include bread or something) it's something to get fixed. Despite this, Starita deserves the 5 stars of this review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and it's a real candidate for the best pizza in...

After several disappointing pizza experiences in Napoli, I looked forward to one single pizzeria that would save the trip.

My expectations were at an all time low and the geographical location of Starita did not help. This pizzeria is located in one of the shadiest streets in Napoli, which is made even worse in darkness. Regardless, we pushed on. We put all the pessimism behind us and went forth. How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.

To our delight, we did not have to wait a single second to be seated. A table was available straight away. The server brought out our menus and offered us menus in ENGLISH! We were ecstatic. We quickly ordered some pizzas and ensured not to repeat the errors made previously. We only ordered 2 pizzas to initially test and followed up with more orders if the pizzas proved to be good. Again, to our delight, the server even offered to cut the pizzas for us! This was perhaps not completely authentic but added to the great service of the restaurant. Something that had completely gone amiss in the other pizzerias.

All in all, the food was decent. To the restaurant's detriment, the menu is quite extensive. The restaurant presets a more modern/fast food style of pizza while maintaining most of its authenticity.

The service is perfect, every minute detail, perfect. The pizzas only took 3 minutes to get to the table and the servers were extremely friendly. Would highly recommend when...