Dough Pizzeria Napoletana — Restaurant in San Antonio

​We went to the downtown SATX location, which is a beautiful space in an historic building, which the Dough crew has transformed into a warm, inviting restaurant. Our waiter, Christian, was awesome! Attentive but not intrusive, just how we like it! Thank you Christian!

We started with an appetizer of Burrata al Tartufo. Handmade burrata (we watched it being made), mascarpone, ricotta, etc. served with crostini… Heaven on a plate! The Miata salad was equally good, a wonderful blend of mixed greens, olives, wonderful cheese, roasted garlic, toasted croutons, etc. The perfect segue into the pizza course.

We ordered the Amore di Maiale (“pork love”) pizza, and it was amazing, as always, including the awesome crust! The Sugo pizza was available, so we ordered that as our second “we haven’t tried it before” pizza. Sausage, roasted mushrooms and red bell peppers, braised prosciutto… oh my! It was deelish! The Sugo did not overtake “pork love” as our favorite pizza at Dough, but it is definitely a close second.

The wine list at Dough is not extensive, but what it lacks in sheer number of selections, it more than compensates with quality, reasonably priced wines: all Italian, most Italian varietals are represented. We ordered the Il Monticello Colli di Lune, a 2020 Vermentino. It was outstanding! The perfect compliment to our meal.

Our general observation regarding the entire Dough menu is that it is, by far, superior to any competitor in Central Texas, likely the entire state. If you haven’t been to Dough, put it on your “pizza bucket list” and stop by soon.

One last thing… a special shout out to Doug Horn, the owner, who visited with us for quite some time, despite the busy crowd. He recounted his journey from the CIA New York to “Texas Pizza Guy.” It was a delightful chat. Doug obviously loves what he’s doing, and that’s reflected in all of his employees, who are always smiling and laughing, including the folks working the 900 degree oven in the kitchen! Doug, thank you for a thoroughly enjoyable evening. We’ll be back!!!

Update January 2023

​We found ourselves back in San Antonio Texas this past weekend for an art event. After the event we stopped by one of our favorite places… Dough! Caleb was our waiter, and he was great, attentive, but not intrusive! ​We started ​with an appetizer, the burrata al tartufo… served with lots of fresh hot bread. ​Deelish!​

We ordered the sharable mista salad, which was huge and delicious. We also had the “pork love” pizza and the pizza special of the day, which was house braised beef shanks, etc. The pork love pizza was great! The braised beef shank pizza a bit too sweet for our liking, but it was still

Another​ 5 star meal at one of our “regular” places. Get there, it’s good!

Update April 2025

OMG, Dough knocked it out of the park again! Want to first mention our server, Hayley. She was PHENOMENAL! One of the best servers we've had in a long time... attentive but not intrusive. We wanted our meal "coursed" one food item on the table (appetizer, salad, pizza, dessert), all came out super fresh and oh so deelish!

We started with the burrata tre colore, the beautiful burrata ball filled with oozing cheese, flanked by tasty pesto and fresh tomatoes. Great way to start. The flatbread on the side was melt in your mouth! The nonna salad followed, grilled romaine, olives, tomatoes, capers, dollops of ricotta... terrific!

Our pizzas included our fav, amore di maiale ("pork love") and the fontina e salsiccia (fontina cheese, handmade Italian sausage). Both were excellent. The balsamic on the second pizza made it a bit two sweet for our taste, but if you're looking for sweet and savory, it's on point! The pizzas are served on top of a wire mesh pad that keeps the crust crisp and crunchy... very nice touch!

A bottle of Montepulciano from Italy rounded out the meal, and was enjoyed through dessert, a piece of the Nutella torta.... a magnificent, silky pie. Another great meal, highly recommend Dough if you're in the...

We arrived the night before Valentine’s Day without reservations and waited for a table for 30 minutes - exactly what they said it was going to be.

They had their regular menu, and a special menu for Valentine’s Day weekend that featured items available from Feb 13 thru Feb 17.

We ordered the Insalata ($12), the pasta with scallops ($21), and the specialty pizza ($21).

The salad took a while to come out, and even though I wasn't in a hurry, or upset, or anything like that, our wonderful server, Stephen voluntarily comped the $12 salad without even being asked to. That was awesome.

Then, I was told that they were unfortunately out pasta. I thought he was kidding at first, but he was serious, so that meant the pasta with scallops was off the menu for that night. At least he didn't say they were out of beer – I would have probably gone to jail that night if that were the case.

No big deal, we settled on the salad (arugula, shiitake mushrooms, Bosc pear, cherry heirloom tomatoes, Parmesan cheese, and black truffle oil). It was quite a tasty salad and large enough to share.

We split the pizza (since they were out of pasta) – it was an 11” pizza, so it was also plenty to share. Nice thin, crispy, bubbly Neapolitan style crust – very crispy and fresh. The base of it was covered with a pomodoro tomato sauce and topped with a mozzarella cheese made from buffalo milk. This even had its own unique taste It was topped with something called “culatello di salumeria biellese.” It’s similar to prosciutto, but the flavor is two or three notches above your standard prosciutto. If you have never experienced this before, seek it out! Bottom line, this pizza was VERY Italiano. Quite different than anything I have ever tried before. And I almost forgot to mention the BEST part of this pizza – it had a red pepper-based pesto lightly drizzled over it. Not too spicy, but it gave it a nice kick. I’m not sure if this pizza is on their regular menu, but if it’s not, you might want to ask if they can make if for you.

And finally, for dessert, we decided to split a slice of the polenta cake for dessert 8.95 it was very good. It wasn’t on the Valentine Day special menu, but our server talked us into it.

They were VERY busy that night, but our server Stephen was very patient, and took his time to explain things on the menu and answer any questions we had.

In spite of the crowds and the somewhat slow delivery of the food, it was a great experience. It's kind of loud on the inside, but the servers are very knowledgeable and friendly. Our server, Stephen sold me on this place. I'll be back because of the high quality, fresh food, and awesome servers.

It was all...

Long story short, I think your money could be spent elsewhere.

The burrata and other appetizers were delicious, the pizza was pretty good, the dessert was good, and the beer was okay. Despite this, I recommend against eating here.

Unbeknownst to me, my parents made a reservation to eat here for my birthday. Apparently, they do not take reservations unless it is for "very important parties." To be a VIP, you must spend $400. As such, my parents agreed that our party of 8 would spend $400. As we neared the end of the celebratory meal, a manager with a gray pony tail and shaved sides explained out loud in front of the entire party how, up to this point, my parents had only ordered ~$300 worth of food. The manager recommended to keep ordering food to try so as not to "waste the money." This changed the tone of the dinner completely, making prices and payment very awkward.

I found this act exceptionally disrespectful, as he could have explained this to my parents a bit quieter, off to the side, etc. My parents were already aware of the minimum bill to permit a reservation, as an owner (Richard?) had already fully elaborated this to my parents. This conveys that there is a lack of communication between ownership and management. For a party to spend so much money in one sitting, I would expect something more polite, tasteful, and respectful.

The food was good but nowhere near good enough to warrant the slimy-feeling, money-centric, disconnected encounter with the higher-ups. I will continue to actively recommend against Dough until there is an explanation, communication, or apology regarding this incident. I will be happy to remove this entire review upon such an act from this...