Arinell Pizza
San Francisco, CA 94110-1114
Phone: (415) 255-1303
- Price:
- $
- Cross Street:
- 16th Street
- Best of Citysearch:
- Pizza 2005
- Hours:
- Mon-Wed 11am-10pm, Thu-Sat 11am-midnight, Sun 12pm-10pm
Editorial Review for Arinell Pizza – by Stephanie Rosenbaum
In Short
The hours are erratic, the frills nonexistent, but this Mission hole-in-the-wall soothes the souls of homesick New Yorkers longing for a cheap slice. Most of the business is to-go (no delivery), but there are a few stools along the scuffed white walls and a counter to lean your elbows on. Slices come adorned with the standard toppings and are just thin enough to fold and chew.
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Insider Tips
Save MoneyFull pies are available for around $18.
Know Before You GoMake a stop at the ATM before going--no credit cards or debit cards accepted.
User Reviews for Arinell Pizza
11/16/2007 Posted by rcavanagh
Grew up with NY Pizza. Their pizza is good, but not great. The extra crispy crust and the slightly-odd-tasting cheese they use makes it mediocre pizza at best. Also, the staff could use a few lessons in customer service. Their Sicilian pizza is really good though - try that if you go there. -Jersey Boy
Pros: Good Sicilian pizza, decent thin crust pizza
Cons: If you're looking for really good NY pizza, keep looking. Needs better staff.
10/14/2007 Posted by couldnt
Walked into this real dinky, hole in the wall in the heart of Valencia and thought to myself "now this is what I like to see!" Picture this, just enough from for two three stool sized bar tables and the pizza kitchen with it's ovens. One young man with tattoos and baseball cap serving the already made slices and an older man making more pizza in the background. I get to this dump and allow a yuppie couple to go ahead of me, as I am unsure how much pizza I want just yet. The female in the yuppie couple asks them for Canadian bacon... they both seem disgusted with her, which I appreciated. After awhile the older man abrasively said to her "have you had the pizza here before?" no. "then just have the cheese." The woman, intimidated and embarrassed by her pedestrian interest in pizza obliged. So after seeing his passion and confidence in his pies, I come up to bat, a real pizza snob. I shared a slice of thin and a slice of Sicilian with my girlfriend. Yeah, it was alright pizza... I mean, I've had better. I think that Sbarros (in most malls in America and gas stops) has just as good thin pizza. Not that is even bad, I'd rather have Sbarros than most places people rave about (ex: Blondies, Escape from NY). Yeah Arinell was pretty good I guess, maybe if I had a freshly prepared pie my opinion would differ. Arinell mops the floor with most pizza in San Francisco... not Nizarrio's. Nizarrio's is only better because their pies that sit out still taste fresh. So, as much as the aesthetic of this place is to grab a slice and jet... I recommend having a pie prepared for you. I plan on that in the future. Overall, I highly recommend this place because it is the best example of a purists New York style pizza. I think the whole flock of people with no idea how pizza is should at least go here for a reality check, like that one pedestrian couple.
Pros: Real passionate pizza makers, best example in the city of real street style pizza, scicilian pie available too!
Cons: the slices weren't that fresh as they were sitting out all day, so I unfortunately I did not get the full wiff of how good these slices really could be fresh out of the oven
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