Ralph's Pizza — Restaurant in Town of Oyster Bay

Ralph's, a restaurant in Bayville, I have driven by more than a few times. Ralph's sits across the street from a beautiful beach, for residents of the town of Oyster Bay. Order the linguini and claim sauce. Ask the server for Linguini with your claim sauce, otherwise dish served with sphagetti noodles and claims sauce, choice of olive oil with nice size pieces of cut garlic or marinara sauce, 9 medium size claims. Have I tasted better, sure. But, the place setting and interior as a whole reminded me of a country kitchen. The dishes they serve up are different than the usual norm, but delicious, you can't stop eating the dish and the same applies to appetizers and desserts. Tried two slices of pizza, a plain cheese slice and a slice with pepperoni and sausage. I was full and unable to eat two slices. But, I tasted a small piece of the plain slice. My impression, most people argue that it's the sauce that makes a good pizza. But, at Ralph's, it seems their focus is bread, cheese and toppings, they do that well, not much sauce on my pizza's, it's not bad just different. I also like holding my pizza in my hand as I eat it. But, because of the heavy grease coming off the pizza, I wasn't able to do that. Instead, I had to use a knife and fork . I also, had to request a plate. Up to this point, I had ordered calamari as an appetizer, it was delicious. The calamari is served with a generous portion it could actually be a main course. I had to change the choice of my main course as my friend and server cautioned me about the serving size. Apparently, they were right, I didn't listen. I ordered the appetizer and due to the portion, I was unable to finish my main course, pizza. My friend and I bith originally ordered linguini and claim sauce. Now, that I was just about full. I'm glad, I changed my main course to pizza. Unfortunatly, I stumbled upon an issue that proved more challenging than I ever imagined. As I and my friend gazed in amazement, I couldn't believe my predicament. Yes, I was actually struggling to cut into my pizza slice. I never tried to cut into the crust, there's where I would have expected a struggle, not in any of the other areas of a pizza slice. But, I did, it could have been the knife I was using. But, I used it earlier with no problem, it seemed to be the pizza. The dessert more than made up for the struggle. Tiramisu and Cannoli, both desserts do not disappoint in presentation and in flavor, so yummy. Small size with big bite. The plan was to take the dessert to go. But, the Tiramisu, never made...

This is my favorite pizzeria on LI! Despite changing owners, after the venerable Jerry (aka the Bayville institution) passed away, the quality remains unchanged. Thus, the food is still amazing. While I typically come for the pizza -- I've eaten here nearly 100 times since I was a young boy, the pasta and heros are next-level and in a class by themselves. My favorite hero is the Veal Parmigiana. Their Sicilian pizza is the vest I've tasted! Even their desserts are great. The canolis put any bakery on Mulberry Street -- in NY's Little Italy -- to shame. I lived in East Northport, and we would drive 40 minutes once a month to eat here.....yeah...

Not the Ralph’s of old. I’ve been a Bayville resident for 35 years. Go anywhere else in Bayville. Asked for crushed red peppers in the sauce before the pizza was cooked. Big problem. They blamed Covid for not honoring my previous orders. Would not make the pizza the way I ordered. Said it was impossible to make because of cross contamination. They had not told me that before. They just gave peppers on the side. Not how it was ordered. Will never go back again until there is a new owner. They are rude. It won’t take long. More to the story but hopefully you will take...