Editor Pick
Famous Original Ray's Pizza
- March 10, 2007
- Rated 4 of 5 by
CHIBulldog09 from New Haven, Connecticut
Quite simply, Famous Original Ray's Pizza may have made the best pizza I have had in quite some time - and that is saying something from someone from New Haven, home of the pizza. The restaurant is located on 7th avenue, several blocks away from Times Square activity, right next to a small Mexican restaurant. This truly is your classic pizza place - it's greasy, abrupt, and fast-moving, but they make great pizza.
When you enter, you're basically immediately in line to order. You can both take-out or dine-in, and they offer pizza by the slice, full pizzas, as well as other Italian foods. If you want pizza by the slice, you can get it right away, and if you want a full pizza, they'll make it as soon as you order it.
We ordered a large cheese pizza and three drinks, and it cost us about $18 total. The food was made fairly quickly, and it was absolutely delicious pizza. There are a handful of tables in the back that can seat about four each. They are cheap tables, but they get the job done.
As far as timing, we came in around 11pm on a Friday, and it really was not that busy at all. There was not really any delays involved. One small nitpick: they seemed to be completely out of napkins. Very annoying.
Other small good things: They serve Coca-Cola products, the food comes out quickly, and they accept credit cards. They are also open ridiculously late (4am or so). It's not that far from Times Square, and we stumbled upon it while exploring around If you're looking for an authentic pizza experience, I would recommend it.
From journal Quick New York Getaway
Famous Original Rays Pizza
- March 16, 2003
- Rated 4 of 5 by
Davinagr from Los Angeles, California
Everyone loves to offer their opinion on who has the best slice in NYC. Well, I can tell you that for the last 15 years everytime I come to New York, I stop at my favorite Ray's Pizza on 7th Avenue for a slice of the best pizza around. Rays offers a variety of specialty pizza's, but I prefer plain cheese with the famous NY drip. Spend a few bucks on a slice, believe me you will not be disappointed. Ray's Pizza has a number of locations all over Manhattan.
From journal New York City on a Budget