On a back street at the end of a Shirokane shopping arcade that’s well past its prime, you’ll find this superior pizzeria and Italian restaurant. Though Tarantella da Luigi opened in 2011, the interior already has a cosy, lived-in feel, with table seating and a counter running along the open kitchen (the oven itself is built into the wall by Read more...
This antique Italian bar is a 2-minute walk from Akasaka-mitsuke Station, and the tiled walls and glass chandelier create the feeling that you’re in a completely different country. There are over 20 kinds of pizza offered here, from the Margherita Pizza and Quattro Formaggi Pizza to the De Salita Pizza, featuring Italian prosciutto! The freshly made pizza’s shape also changes Read more...
The oven is the first thing you notice on walking into L’Arte – that, and the certificate from the Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana. This restaurant is a sister shop to the long-running Il Lupone in Nakameguro, a superior pizzeria that nonetheless suffers the ignominy of being only the third best place in the neighbourhood. There’s a little less competition in Read more...
Crowds of pink-haired locals shopping for the latest fashions, costumed tourists navigating Tokyo traffic on go-karts and YouTubers pulling dumb pranks in the streets are all par for the course in Tokyo’s trendy Shibuya district. If you happen to be in the area — perhaps you’ve got friends in town who’d like to see this sort of stuff — you Read more...
The hurriedly scrawled menus and hand-decorated takeaway boxes lend an unpretentious charm to this Roppongi pizzeria, which opened in 2011 on a backstreet close to Tokyo Midtown. Chef Shogo Yamaguchi used to work at Azabu-Juban’s Savoy Pizzeria, and he practices a similar brand of menu austerity here: there are just three pizzas, prepared Neapolitan-style and cooked in an enormous metal Read more...
Pizzeria Isola’s disc is tended and turned inside a beautiful red-and-white tile, wood-burning oven until the crust is firm and the toppings are sublimely toasted. The pie of choice here is the Diavola, where the light taste of basil is engulfed by hot, spicy salami dancing in a tomato sauce while lazing atop the perfect amount of mozzarella. Best order Read more...