Motorino Pizza — Restaurant in New York

I live in Williamsburg, Motorino has been one of my go to places when I order pizza and sometimes dine there. Unfortunately, today I had a very bad experience and I'm going to share it because it's not ok to be served like that. The place was freezing cold to start, like when you are in the cold isles in the supermarket. We were two ladies wanting to eat a pizza and a salad, it was enough food for us. They offer the Lunch prix fixe which consists in a salad and a pizza for $17.50. So we ordered that and the waiter said it was not possible to order that for two people, that at least we had to order an appetizer, we had order another salad in order to eat there. (I wonder if I ordered it over the phone if it would make a difference how many people were eating it). We also ordered 2 lemonades and I asked them to be made with sparkling water instead of flat. The waiter gave me a strange look so I offered to pay separately for a bottle of sparkling water in order to make the lemonades with bubbles. He agreed, but 2 minutes later he told us they didn't have lime juice to make it. We could see the limes placed on top of the bar from our table. The waiter didn't come back to our table, he sent the waitress to continue serving us. I asked her for some lemon and she brought a few slices. As far as I know you make lemonades with lemons. By the way the place was empty, there was 1 person at the bar and one other table near the kitchen. The rest, inside and outside, was empty. We had to wait 30 min for the pizza. We were already freezing so I asked for them to put everything to go, and left to have lunch at home, where I made myself a lemonade and tossed half of the salads because it was too much food. I left 10% of the total in tips, I hope they got the message. I should’ve left according to the...

Motorino is one of the only spots in proximity that offers Mozzarella di Bufala, and after so many weeks of vegan cheeses, it was that type of lactose friendly pizza friday that we were after. We ordered an on-menu pie that featured di Bufala, had them hold back on the other cheeses, and added the meatball appetizer and artichokes to round out the meal.

Still on the summer spritz menu, we drank Elderflower cocktails before the food arrived. Meatballs with bread were fantastic, lots of sauce to be mopped up. So were the oven roasted artichokes: lemon and evoo drenched and cooked long enough that it was easy to scrape the artichoke from the leaves.

Ultimately it was the pizza that gave any sense of a letdown at this meal. A bit too wet, a bit too floppy, something has to change in the ratio of dough and sauce to get this pie to the next level. Fork and knife required, lots of moisture - not grease - left on the plate after it was all gone. Perhaps just back in the oven a bit longer next time? I think we'll ask for well done...

Located close to the East river waterfront, this place is around 5-7 mins walk from the Marcy Ave MTA station.

The restaurant has an old ambiance which I believe should be improved upon apart from the fact that they seemed understaffed to me, luckily there wasn't much of a crowd for dinner. These people make Neapolitan style brick oven pizza, the server was pretty friendly enough with his recommendation and we went for Dom Dom pizza with mushrooms as topping. The pizza was basically tomato sauce, fresh buffalo mozzarella cheese, basil leaves and olive oil sprinkled on top from what I can recollect. The pizza base and crust were soft while the tomato sauce felt a bit on the tangy side. The mushrooms were a good choice for topping while adding more to the taste!

For dessert, we had tiramisu. The dessert was tasty but would have been even better had they served it really fresh!

Overall a good option in the area which boasts a lot of pizzerias, but definitely needs some work on ambiance to up their game in the...