North Beach Pizza - Catering, Online Pizza Delivery, Take Out Near San Mateo

• pro: balanced sauce to cheese ratio;
• cons: lackluster crust, missing toppings (and a questionable explanation by the manager for such), deceptive marketing, undisclosed fees

Dined in Sunday evening of Sep 7 2025. Fairly empty dining room, was greeted by cashier quickly, and were allowed to seat ourselves. Waitress was prompt and attentive. Ordered off the Brazilian pizza section the 12 inch linguiça acebolada, which was supposed to include kielbasa, onions, oregano, and Kalamata olives (see picture of menu). Pizza came in a reasonable time, but without olives. Waitress came to check part way through (we started eating already, we were hungry) after tending to other customers, and I pointed out the omission of olives to her, to which she said she would check with the kitchen. She came back saying that her manager said yes, they put 4 olives on the pizza, and that the small quantity was due to the fact that Brazilians didn't like olives on pizza. I politely suggested that advertising olives in the description and only putting 4, was not appropriate. She offered to bring olives separately but I declined. In this review i included a picture of the pizza in question, perhaps someone reading this could point out the 4 olives to me, because i counted zero. The bill came and i paid with a credit card. The final check contained a credit card fee (~3.48% by my calculation, see redacted pic of receipt) that was not disclosed on the menu (front and back of the menu attached to this review for reference). I reported this fee to seefees.ca.

I wished they would have used linguiça (either Brazilian or Portuguese), but won't count that against them since the description did say kielbasa. Otherwise this was an extremely disappointing experience. It's one thing to make an honest mistake and omit a topping, but to compound that with a bizarre excuse about Brazilians disliking olives on pizza... that doesn't sit well with me. Admittedly I'm not Brazilian so i can't truly verify that claim, but people who dislike olives will naturally order instead some other pizza that doesn't contain olives on the description. Lying about using 4 olives when none are visible is an even worse offense. If this was a pepperoni pizza that came with 0-4 slices of pepperoni, would anyone think that was acceptable? Would anyone believe offering to bring additional unbaked pepperoni on the side was a sincere effort to make things right?

I can't say that i, or any other consumer, am a fan of hidden fees. Maybe others will read this review and it will help them make an informed choice how to spend their dining dollars now that they know. Hopefully seefees.ca will also update with this fee.

In summary, I believe you should treat others like you want others to treat yourself... and I'm sad to say, North Beach Pizza San Mateo falls extremely short of this standard.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 2

Service: 2

The best moment with my best-friend 🥰

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

the food is extremely good and delicious! service is excellent and the atmosphere is chill! overall this restaurant is really good! and pizza is huge!!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Came by for a Too Good To Go surprise box and was pleasantly surprised; definitely a great deal for the price! The store was clean, the staff was friendly as well, and I’ll definitely swing by again next time I’m in the area (with an empty stomach).

i ordered delivery, the pesto chicken calzone and salad. I will definitely order from them again.

Food: 5

Service: 5

Three different times they ran out of marsala mine for the day.maybe they should be ordering more bottles from their vendor. It's not like they have a line out the door.they shouldn't be running out of the main ingredients of their entrees.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Sorry to say recent price increases make them a poor option for home delivery.

Food: 3

Very nice cable car pizza

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

I've had takeout from them several times in the last few years and it is always been decent. Not outstanding, but decent and a good value. The people there are always nice. Today our cheese pie had almost no tomato sauce. And the crust for both of our pizzas was bland, soft and tasteless, a lot like a frozen pizza.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 1

Service: 5

I recently had dinner here with my family and it was perfect. We got a half and half pizza and each portion was absolutely amazing. The crust is phenomenal and the cheese is perfect. It reminds me very much of New York style cheese slices. The portions were also lovely and we had too much so a box was needed, it makes a great snack and next day lunch. I would recommend this to anyone on the peninsula specifically if you’re looking for a good value for a family size pie. Very prompt and friendly service. It’s Brazilian so of course hospitality was amazing! Give north beach a try!

Best service in town

North Beach Pizza is absolutely amazing! The flavors are incredible and the atmosphere is welcoming. If you’re looking for a Brazilian twist on pizza — like the classic chicken with catupiry (a delicious soft cheese) — this is definitely the place to go! Their menu has a great variety, and every bite feels like a perfect fusion of comfort and creativity. Highly recommend it if you want to try something different and unforgettable!

Best food

Bad custmor service the girl has no manners

Great lasagna but Why do you put Feta cheese or something similar to your Caesar salad??? all the flavors were a bit overwhelming but the lasagna was perfect and the portion was huge!!!