Zeneli Pizzeria e cucina Napoletana

This is REAL NEOPOLITAN PIZZA. I went there recently with my cousins, who are from Naples, and they said it was as if they were back in Italy. Forget the cardboard Americanized pizza. This pizzeria is authentic and the owner is genuine. Cannot recommend enough.

Best Pizza I've tried in the

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

It's with hesitation that I write this review because I had such a disappointing experience last night and I just can't believe how I was treated. My name is Pat Baker and I've been coming here since they opened I tried everything on the menu and get the rigatoni Amatricana sauce everything I go. I have had that plate along with an appetizer or something else no less than 100 times. I will say I am particular about my pasta well not actually I just like it Al Dente you know the way true Italians are supposed to serve pasta and the way it's supposed to be cooked so they make it aldente there were maybe two or three times out of the 100 that the pasta was cooked too much and I will not apologize for telling a waitress or waiter that the pasta is mushy if you can eat pasta without your teeth it's a good sign it's been cooked too much so the very few times that they cooked it too much I let him know and they made me another plate. Haven't had a problem in a long time with the pasta being cooked too much so last night I was with a female friend and she wanted to try the calzone so we ordered it we got it to go and I will say I was so disappointed because it literally was a big piece of dough with like no cheese in it and a little sauce on it it was like a massive slice of Sicilian pizza without any cheese on top and just very little sauce. It resembled NOTHING OF WHAT A CALZONE IS. THERE WAS NOTHING INSIDE. AND TO BOOT IT WAS 18$. so we each took 1 bite, looked at each other and said what the hell is this this is terrible so I brought it back and I could not believe that the waiter that I have tipped 20% for the last couple of years that I've sent hundreds of people to this restaurant and that I've been to 100 plus times literally had a fight with me in the middle of the restaurant now we know or I guess they don't know that in the restaurant business when someone ordered something they come to your establishment and they eat one bite and tell you it's god-awful and they tell you why what you're supposed to do is say I'm really sorry you didn't care for this what can I do to make it right or what else can I get you. Not last night he was trying to tell me that that's a calzone and that's how they make them and blah blah blah literally a 2 to 3 minute verbal confrontation in the middle of the restaurant when all he had to do was say Patrick I'm sorry you didn't care for it what else can I get you now it shouldn't matter that I've spent thousands of dollars there and the people that I've sent there have spent tens of thousands of dollars but I'll be honest with you it really pissed me off so I will not go there again because of the way I was treated not because of the food because 99% of the time the food is great but I'm big on respect and I'm big on service I left there so angry last night that I couldn't even eat anything further and I was starving just not cool man. So please if you're going to just respond saying this is the way we make a Neopolitan calzone, save it. Instead what you should do as you should let customers know if they're ordering the calzone for the first time that it is nothing like a normal calzone from any Italian restaurant that they've ever had one there is less cheese in that calzone then there is on a slice of pizza along with a shot glass of sauce so guys I'm sorry but you let your ego and your pride get in the way of customer service and I'm just not paying $18 for a half a pound of dough with a shot glass of sauce and a slice of cheese if I wanted that I would have just got a slice of Sicilian pizza down the road. Remember brothers- people just like myself come drive sometimes 45 minutes to get there spend $20 in gas each way and I spend $25 on a plate of pasta with tax and a tip and I do that because the food is good and the service is usually good so I don't know if you were in a bad mood last night or what the case was but you screwed up onl

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

I had high hopes after reading all the reviews and still the pizza and salad exceeded expectations. I worried the arugula and prosciutto would be cooked on the Ventura, but I was pleased to see it was not. Don’t be the fool waiting in line at Sally’s when this gem is only two blocks away! Plus, bonus pastry shop across the street.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Excellent Napolitana pizza

What a find. Amtrak stranded me at the New Haven station with 2 hours until my train, and the food choices at the station are not great. Thanks to Google maps and 15 minutes of brisk walking I was able to find my way to New Haven's Little Italy and Zeneli's restaurant. Both the fresh mozzarella salad and the cacio e Pepe were delicious, and the people were very friendly.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Insalata Di Arugula, Spaghetti Cacio E Pepe

Very good pizza!!
I can come back!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

You have to have to try the Nutella pizza for dessert. Awesome!!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Nutella Pizza, Margherita

Excellent pizza. It's like eating in Naples because of the food and the attention.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Always great. The brothers are always so very nice. Food is outstanding!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Delicious. Different from other New Haven Pizza.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Greatly enjoyed lunch this fall day in the outside patio. Service was exemplary and the food very good and fresh. We had the appetizer of whipped ricotta and honey which was wonderful and the vegetarian pizza. The dough was light and soft, the San Marzano tomato sauce light and sweet with fresh mozzarella and basil. Sometimes the simplistic way is best! It also had grilled zucchini and eggplant. For dessert we had the lemon marscapone cake which was moist and not too sweet. Will 100% come back when I’m in the area.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Ricotta E

Best pizza ever!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Best pizza in New Haven. Period. The quality of the food and service is unparalleled. If I'm having pizza, this is 110% worth the calories!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

We stayed at the “The Study” hotel and this Pizzeria is just across the street. Pizza was good - Nee York style.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Margherita