As a St. Louis transplant, I’ve spent decades searching for a St. Louis style pizza in NYC to poor success, but everyone pointed to Speedy Romeo as my last, best hope. So, for better or for worse, I’m going to endeavor to compare this pizza to the square beyond compare. The wood-fired crust at Speedy Romeo does not resemble the cracker-thin St. Louis slab, but it sure is tasty. These sauces and toppings feel too high falutin to be found in my favorite St Louis takeout, but, oh, I enjoyed them, too. The cheese- I made sure to order a pizza with provel cheese- the cheese instantly took me back home. It hit the mark and even made me a little homesick. I loved it and will be back soon. In the end, Speedy Romeo felt a little bit like New York, a little bit St. Louis, but it was mostly its own unique and delicious style. I’d recommend it to anyone from the Lou, anyone from the city- anyone at all.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Robert Flanagan
Amazing pizza. Great wings (so long as you get them well done).
On our first visit, the gentleman who took care of us could’ve absolutely been friendlier and more welcoming but the girl who helped us out on our last visit was great. Unfortunately, I don’t remember her name but she had a really nice accent.
One thing I absolutely must note is that on both visits, there seemed to be a pretty bad fruit fly issue going on. On our most recent visit, we went to the bathroom and saw it was very poorly maintained and was full of fruit flies so even tho we actually really like this place and would love to go back, we’re going to let some time pass and hope they figure out how to resolve the fruit fly issues they’re having.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 3
Hannah Madaus
Worth the hype, dang great pizza
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Christopher Robinson
JUST PAID $95.64 FOR 2 TINY PIZZAS. I placed an order for 2 pizzas through Uber Eats. IMMEDIATELY called the restaurant and told them not to make them and they told me the only way to fix it was by canceling in the app and placing the order again which I did.... 90 minutes and 6 customer reps later, they say I can only get a refund at the restaurant. The staff at the restaurant says I can only get a refund through the app... So here we are... $95.64 for 2 pizzas and the original pizzas were never even made. Normally, one of my favorite pizzas, but I will NEVER GO BACK IF THE RESTAURANT DOESN'T MAKE THIS RIGHT.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Michael Ciccarelli
V Underwhelming
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 2
Claudia Schroeter
Really good pizza. Tongue Pleasure.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
danieroxursox
We went out in BedStuy to a place we were excited to try and heard good things about. Unfortunately we were met with not great service and okay food. The waiter seemed perturbed by my friend and I catching up and tried to hurry us up while eating. Not even offering us dessert. There seemed to be no one waiting afterwards either. Overall okay food with subpar customer service.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 2
Quan Brig
Will never buy pizza from this restaurant again. The pizza was burned. And I waited for my pizza for a good while and the pizza didn't taste like a pizza If u ask me o give it all bad rating
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Vanessa Vincent
Speedy Romeo has some of the best pizza in the city. The crust is just PERFECT. Thin but with enough consistency, crunchy in all the right places… just wow. We order a pizza approximately once a week and are always impressed. We like eating there too - it’s casual and the food is delicious. Good wine and craft beer selection. Their Caesar salad is top notch. Just go and thank me later. 🍕
Found this place on the Michelin Bib Gourmand list, which denotes establishment that have high quality food at reasonable prices.
Speedy Romeo definitely lived up to the description.
I went with some friends and had four different pizzas so we could try a few things.
St.Louie - Bar style pie, where the pickled peppers and provel cheese shine
Dangerfield - a deconstructed meatball sub and my wife’s favorite
King salami - nice meat lovers pie, I was excited about the fennel salami ( finocchiona ) but couldn’t really taste it with all the other flavors
Truffle shuffle - this was my favorite one, pepperoni with a little truffle ranch made for a nice savory experience
I will definitely be back to try the pasta
Andrew Cowdery
This place totally lives up to the hype. The octopus and stuffed peppers were a great start, and then we got the King Salami and Truffle Shuffle pizzas. Outstanding. With all the excellent spots in the city, would come back here in a heartbeat.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jessica Skiles
My boyfriend and I stopped in last Saturday night around 10:15 and asked for a seat outside. We were originally sat in a corner, but after sitting there a few minutes waiting for service, I realized something kept dripping on us from above. The waiter was within about 20 feet, so I tried to wave him over and quietly ask to move tables. He looked up at me and was like, “what’s up?” I told him I would like to move tables and he asked from far away why. So, I told him and asked to move. He shrugged his shoulders at me and said, “sure.” My boyfriend and I were left to pick up everything from the table and move it ourselves while our waiter went back inside and hung out with his friend at the bar. Our food came and he placed down a hot pizza half off the table and just walked away back inside to again, just hang with his friend. We eventually just wanted to leave and when I saw him through the window and tried to wave him over, he did a princess Diana wave, as to be condescending towards us. He finally came over and we asked for the check. He didn’t even say a word to us and then brought the check over and left the card machine on the table and walked away from us. We both swore to each other after, that after years and year in the neighborhood, we would never be back there. This place has really gone down hill and I don’t love going out somewhere and being treated like I’m an inconvenience for trying to spend money there.
Fantastic as always
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
As a St. Louis transplant, I’ve spent decades searching for a St. Louis style pizza in NYC to poor success, but everyone pointed to Speedy Romeo as my last, best hope. So, for better or for worse, I’m going to endeavor to compare this pizza to the square beyond compare. The wood-fired crust at Speedy Romeo does not resemble the cracker-thin St. Louis slab, but it sure is tasty. These sauces and toppings feel too high falutin to be found in my favorite St Louis takeout, but, oh, I enjoyed them, too. The cheese- I made sure to order a pizza with provel cheese- the cheese instantly took me back home. It hit the mark and even made me a little homesick. I loved it and will be back soon. In the end, Speedy Romeo felt a little bit like New York, a little bit St. Louis, but it was mostly its own unique and delicious style. I’d recommend it to anyone from the Lou, anyone from the city- anyone at all.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Amazing pizza. Great wings (so long as you get them well done).
On our first visit, the gentleman who took care of us could’ve absolutely been friendlier and more welcoming but the girl who helped us out on our last visit was great. Unfortunately, I don’t remember her name but she had a really nice accent.
One thing I absolutely must note is that on both visits, there seemed to be a pretty bad fruit fly issue going on. On our most recent visit, we went to the bathroom and saw it was very poorly maintained and was full of fruit flies so even tho we actually really like this place and would love to go back, we’re going to let some time pass and hope they figure out how to resolve the fruit fly issues they’re having.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 3
Worth the hype, dang great pizza
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
JUST PAID $95.64 FOR 2 TINY PIZZAS. I placed an order for 2 pizzas through Uber Eats. IMMEDIATELY called the restaurant and told them not to make them and they told me the only way to fix it was by canceling in the app and placing the order again which I did.... 90 minutes and 6 customer reps later, they say I can only get a refund at the restaurant. The staff at the restaurant says I can only get a refund through the app... So here we are... $95.64 for 2 pizzas and the original pizzas were never even made. Normally, one of my favorite pizzas, but I will NEVER GO BACK IF THE RESTAURANT DOESN'T MAKE THIS RIGHT.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
V Underwhelming
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 2
Really good pizza. Tongue Pleasure.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
We went out in BedStuy to a place we were excited to try and heard good things about. Unfortunately we were met with not great service and okay food. The waiter seemed perturbed by my friend and I catching up and tried to hurry us up while eating. Not even offering us dessert. There seemed to be no one waiting afterwards either. Overall okay food with subpar customer service.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 2
Will never buy pizza from this restaurant again. The pizza was burned. And I waited for my pizza for a good while and the pizza didn't taste like a pizza If u ask me o give it all bad rating
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Speedy Romeo has some of the best pizza in the city. The crust is just PERFECT. Thin but with enough consistency, crunchy in all the right places… just wow. We order a pizza approximately once a week and are always impressed.
We like eating there too - it’s casual and the food is delicious. Good wine and craft beer selection. Their Caesar salad is top notch. Just go and thank me later. 🍕
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
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Found this place on the Michelin Bib Gourmand list, which denotes establishment that have high quality food at reasonable prices.
Speedy Romeo definitely lived up to the description.
I went with some friends and had four different pizzas so we could try a few things.
St.Louie - Bar style pie, where the pickled peppers and provel cheese shine
Dangerfield - a deconstructed meatball sub and my wife’s favorite
King salami - nice meat lovers pie, I was excited about the fennel salami ( finocchiona ) but couldn’t really taste it with all the other flavors
Truffle shuffle - this was my favorite one, pepperoni with a little truffle ranch made for a nice savory experience
I will definitely be back to try the pasta
This place totally lives up to the hype. The octopus and stuffed peppers were a great start, and then we got the King Salami and Truffle Shuffle pizzas. Outstanding. With all the excellent spots in the city, would come back here in a heartbeat.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
My boyfriend and I stopped in last Saturday night around 10:15 and asked for a seat outside. We were originally sat in a corner, but after sitting there a few minutes waiting for service, I realized something kept dripping on us from above. The waiter was within about 20 feet, so I tried to wave him over and quietly ask to move tables. He looked up at me and was like, “what’s up?” I told him I would like to move tables and he asked from far away why. So, I told him and asked to move. He shrugged his shoulders at me and said, “sure.” My boyfriend and I were left to pick up everything from the table and move it ourselves while our waiter went back inside and hung out with his friend at the bar.
Our food came and he placed down a hot pizza half off the table and just walked away back inside to again, just hang with his friend.
We eventually just wanted to leave and when I saw him through the window and tried to wave him over, he did a princess Diana wave, as to be condescending towards us. He finally came over and we asked for the check. He didn’t even say a word to us and then brought the check over and left the card machine on the table and walked away from us.
We both swore to each other after, that after years and year in the neighborhood, we would never be back there. This place has really gone down hill and I don’t love going out somewhere and being treated like I’m an inconvenience for trying to spend money there.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 1
Amazing!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
had a great time here
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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