Da Venezia in North York

My family and I have been loyal customers of Da Venezia for nearly 10 years. Every pizza night has always been special because of this place. The food has been a part of so many wonderful memories for us, and we ve always loved the quality and taste. However, today was different, and it left me truly heartbroken. When I called to place my order, the owner answered the phone. I mentioned pepperoni but didn t hear it repeated back, so I repeated it to double-check especially since there have been a couple of mix-ups with my order earlier this year. Instead of understanding, he responded rudely, asking how many times I needed to say it, and the conversation quickly became unpleasant. I just wanted to ensure my family s favorite pizza was right, but instead, I felt disrespected. It s disappointing because we were so excited for pizza night, but this experience has made us rethink returning. I m sharing this because I truly hope this doesn t happen to anyone else. Da Venezia has always been such a beloved place for us, and it s sad to see this happen.

Great quality pizza with nice spices and crust. We are regulars. Vincenzo

Our local go to pizza place. Great pizza plus they re very nice to the gang of our kids who loiter around every lunchtime even if they don t all buy a slice

Best pizza in town. The crust is so yummy I would have to say recently the pizza is not been the greatest anymore the last time I ordered it actually the past three times that Ive ordered it the pizza is very undercooked. All the ingredients are just thrown in the middle of the pizza not all around the pizza I still love you guys but you need to do better.

Excellent pizza. A bit expensive, but worth it.

Best pizza in all of Toronto, dont believe me go try it

Love their Canadiana pizza! Taste and quality always consistent. Great service. We usually do take away, there isnt much space for dine in. We love their pizza, authentic Italian flavors. I highly recommend it!

Chicago Deep Dish

The pizza is decent but the service is terrible and the place needs to be less dirty

Another bad pizza spot on avenue road

Not much to look at, but tastes absolutely delicious and the staff member was very nice.

A very solid and tasty local pie. No need for Maker s pizza when you have this deliciously crispy crust and tangy sauce pizza right across the street at a more reasonable price.

The restaurant is a dump. The mediocre pizza took 1.5 hours to prepare.

Best slice of pizza in Toronto !!!!

Gluten free pizza is absolutely terrible. Do not do it. You ve been warned lol

My go to place for a great slice fresh !! Get there no later than after 12 noon because kids from near schools will buy it up Super nice owner been in business long time

great slice and great value, super friendly owner and staff

I absolutely love this pizza place! Always fresh, always tasty, and the owner is super friendly!

Delicious gourmet Pizza

My favourite local place. The crust has the perfect soft/chewy/crispy ratio. The house garlic dipping sauce is everything.

The pizza here is so good!!

Love the crust

I have to admit this is one of the best pizza places around. Taste is fantastic and fresh. Way better then most other places that put way to much oils on there pizza.

Meh

Just tried this place for the first time. Got thin crust with artichoke and goat cheese. Very fresh ingredients and real Italian style pizza. Fair price also.

This family owned and operated pizza place is my favourite pizza in Toronto. Its the perfect crust thickness with the right crispiness. Both the Canadiana and Chicken Pesto are two of my favs.

Hands down, I had my best veggie pizza here

Good pizza, good price, would order again

Great local pizza. Descent prices, great staff. Tasty!

I like their pizza very much and has become my first choice for pizza.

NOT a deep dish pizza. It should be called thick crust pizza.

Their vegetarian pizzas are super tasty. Good quality and the staff its really nice too. :)

A great local pizza spot.

Chicago deep dish all day

Possibly Toronto s best kept secret. Ordered on Uber and was impressed- perfect crust - check; wide assortment of toppings-check, great taste and staff accommodate requests. Enjoy this hidden gem.

Ive driven by this place a million times and finally decided to order from there after years and.. I regret not ordering sooner. this place has amazing Pizza.

Pizza is my favourite food. Ive tried at least 10 of the places considered the top pizzarias in Toronto.... And none compare to this place! Their pizza is incredibly delicious. The dough is always so fresh it tastes like buttery toast, and the topings are premium quality. My buddy lives above their restaurant, and i tell you,. I cant visit him without ordering one of their pizzas! Must try spot, best pizza in the city hands down. See for yourself!

OH MY GOD! does that suffice as a review? Hell no! This hidden gem deserves its due appreciation as only such places let you keep your hope in power of small stores over large chains. Absolute joy for a foodie who is looking for authentic food. Da Venezia serves gourmet pizzas and hence price-wise costlier than regular pizza chains. They have a huge variety of vegetarian and non-vegetarian pizzas both. Being a vegetarian, I picked Spinaci which had 4 toppings of Spinach, herbed tomato, ricotta cheese and parmigiana cheese. It was packed with right flavours and the combination of toppings was perfect. Thing to look out for: finding parking could be tricky so try placing your order by calling and pick up once ready. My only regret was not having a bigger size of pizza. But no worries, I ll be back for more of this sheer goodness. Update: I went again and ordered Bianca this time. The crust was spot on and overall pizza was amaze! The only thing you might need to worry about is it doesn t have usual tomato sauce/tomatoes. Although I loved this version equally as the Spinaci.

Awesome food with reasonable pricing, I highly recommend to try their great food, each time we pass by I have to get one pizza from there as I loving it

Place an order for delivery, an HOUR later they call saying our address is out of delivery zone ... let us know at time of delivery so we aren t waiting on food that isn t coming, incredibly unprofessional

Best pizza in north York hands down. Fresh quality ingredients and get their home made garlic dipping sauce. They just do pizza and they do it best

Love this pizza! Owner operator always greets our family with a smile... even if we re just walking by. Support our local pizzerias!

I love the gluten free pizza.

Awesome pizza... pricy but outstanding. Hard to eat from the chains after this.

The owner kept cancelling me order because of a uber eats error between his restaurant and them telling me to call them to fix it. Very immature owner of this restaurant, its not the customers duty to do your job. Love the pizza the people are horrible.

Great local pizzeria that we have been going to more often since Covid. Great taste, great prices, great local spot.

God tier deep dish

Amazing pizza, amazing price, really nice people

nice selection here!

Great slice

Grabbed a slice of Hawaiian for a quick snack. The real bacon was really flavourful, pineapple not too sweet to balance it out, and the crust has a perfect crunch and crispiness. The homemade garlic sauce is not too garlicky, and is a must. Great value for the price. Definitely going back!

Awesome pizza. We have tried them all including the chains, Maker and other smaller shops and Da Venezia is one of our favourites (and our current go to). The Venezia M and Siciliano are both delicious and their homemade garlic sauce is the best. Its wonderful to be able to support a smaller local business. Furthermore, when we last ordered from Da Venezia they inadvertently overcharged us by $6. To be honest, I did not notice but the owner called a few days later to advise of the overcharge and provide a credit. I was very impressed and this further solidified my desire to support this great family-owned pizza place.

Firee

Best pizza in the area.

Been craving a proper pizza slice for a while now. This place has satisfied my cravings. Beautiful pizza slices with the perfect sauce to dough ratio and wonderful seasoning.

Amazing pizza naver ever have before best pizza place in hole gta

I absolutely loved the pizza. I loved the crust.

Very good pizza, I liked the whole wheat crust

Its good, school kids fill up the lunch run

Some of the best crust in the city! Convenient, delicious, our go-to for pizza since moving to the neighbourhood.

Very good pizza . Regular customer

always great

Excellent pizza.sold by the slice. Highly recommended

Pizza was amazing. Loved that they had vegan options.

A bit pricey, but fresh and tasty

Overall very good pizza and prepared quickly. The deep dish is actually just thick crust, the toppings are not deep. Kinda stingy with the cheese, even when you ask for (any pay extra for) double cheese but more generous with other toppings. Best crust around.

Literally the BEST pizza...so tasty...crust and sauce both delicious...i personally like a little more sauce so I make sure to ask!! Keep up the great work..also some of the best pepperoni I have ever tasted!

Misleading. The deep dish is just EXTRA thick crust pizza. Paid for additional pineapples (2 additional) but that was not what was given to me. Pizza tasted ok. Not a good value. Disappointing.

Great speciality pizza

Excellent customer service from the owner as always; in the 5 years that Ive been coming here, the pizza has always been excellent and on time, never had a bad experience with these guys! : )

Reliably good pizza, great toppings and really great people who run it. 10/10 recommend

Everything was fresh, and absolutely delicious. Im so glad we found Da Venezia! We will be ordering from here from now on.

Pizza was fantastic, and I was serviced in a timely manor!!

They know their dough

Delicious pizza and fantastic service. Our favourite neighbourhood pizzeria!

Very unprofessional staff. Never to this place.

So apparently they just close when ever... and cancel your order mid way through because the chef wants to be out at 10....

Friendly service, lots of variety of slices. Crust was pillowy and tasty.

Great pizza and great price. Friendly service.

Great pizza place. Been ordering from them ever since I moved to the neighbourhood about four years ago. Prices are fair and the pizza is delicious and has character. It s important to support little places like this one, especially now that a chain pizza restaurant opened up across the road. I highly recommend the inferno pizza if you like spicy stuff!

Well, I gave them 2 out of 5 because to be fair, my potato pizza was tasty, cooked through and as bland as I wanted it to be, but only because I had the foresight to request well done thin crust. Minor dietary restrictions almost takes regular pizza off the table for me otherwise. My partner was less fortunate. He was the reason we even ordered pizza. Hes the aficionado that ensured we drive over to pick up fresh so he could enjoy it hot (we live nearby and would normally walk). His was the deep dish Chicago style pizza. The base of this normally classic pie was easily 1 of thick dough, soft and terribly undercooked. Ever eat raw yeast dough?!? ....not something our tummies, tastebuds nor wallets should be forced to endure. Even though our personal mantra has always been to support the local small business owners first - since well before the pandemic, we had to take a second look at whether such lofty ideals are worthwhile anymore after the owner immediately started yelling incoherently on the phone as I presented our findings to him in my usual friendly tones. In letting the store know of his unfortunate gooey mess, the owner did NOT want to hear about it, was highly dismissive of our complaint (view pics). As an aside --- correct me if Im wrong here, but isnt the premise of the Chicago-style deep-dish pizza pie where the fillings are cheesy and deep? .....as opposed to the base itself. The dough was easily an inch thick, and looked like a pull apart tube of raw freezer dough. Too bad. Weve seen this little pizzeria in our neighbourhood for a number of years now and thought to finally give them a try. Its my fault that we vetoed Maker pizza across the street..... but its now quite clear: DaVenezia Pizzeria not standing behind our very disappointing weekly takeout supper is not helping my side of the argument of supporting the little guy. Sowumm, the long and the short of my lament here? ....thanks for a gooey ball of nothingness! After working 7 days a week, we just werent up for running right back after we finally settled in with what was supposed to be our highly anticipated neighbourhood treat. If nothing else, DaVenezia now serves a role of making their competitors directly across the street that much more attractive for future pizzas. And apparently, Maker Pizzeria would have stood behind their product if a similar such incident were to occur with their orders. I was assured the likelihood of practically raw pizza would be slim to none anyhow. So dont go there - DO avoid DaVenezia, unless you like to gamble with your well-deserved supper. Do yourself a big favour ~ avoid the high risk of letdown by getting that luscious likely actual gourmet pie across the street instead. Hey, maybe Da Venezia Pizzeria will just continue to succeed as they have by continuing to serve local high school students their pizza slice daily specials instead. I wish them and their diners sorry pizza-bellies all the best! Too bad such a simple wish just wasnt in the cards for us too, at least not yesterday.

Great establishment, cant complain with the quality of food they put out. Can get held up sometimes due to high demand on some dates but otherwise great place for gourmet pizza experience.

Always like the crust. Thin but not cracker crust...Still crispy though.

Excellent pizza

OMG The food is fresh ,delicious and tasty. The employees and the gentleman who make the pizza(i assume is the owner) are very nice and friendly in store and on the phone,the store is always clean. This place is my favorite and I recommend to anyone.

Hands down, the best Pizza in TO. Mansour consistantly makes a great pie!

Had the spinaci pizza at a friends place tonight, it was good. The tomatoes had flavour. Must be the herbs listed on the menu.

Very good pizza!! Surprised I never ordered it before, had lived in the area for 7 years, and just randomly saw it on the google map. Great place, pizza was amazing. Better than any of the regular chain pizzas! Definitely my new go-to from now on

Not bad

Very good thin crust pizza. Good quality toppings and ingredients. Fast service.

Great pizzeria, way better than I expected!

Same quality ingredients as the cheap chain pizza shops.

Great pizza

The dough is amazing

The pizza is delicious but the service is lousy, at least in the morning-early afternoon. It looks like the long haired guy on that shift does not like his job.

This is where I get my weekly pizza fix. Consistently good. No complaints.

Best place in the area to get pizza, staff are always there to greet you, and Ive never had any complaints at the quality over the years that Ive been going here.

They have excellent pizza. You are welcome to purchase a slice, but I would recommend that you order a large Chicago Style. The taste is incredible. I usually take it to go. It is a nice dinner option while watching tv.

Best pizza!!

disgusting service. Long haired needs to be fired

A great variety of big slices at decent prices. Also worth noting is that they refresh the slices pretty regularly so your choices havent been sitting out for hours like at most of the pizza chains.

Fresh ,tastefully

Deep dish!!

Best pizza in Toronto. Friendly staff are always a pleasure. Highly recommend to anyone in the area!

Very solid pizza...a notch above a typical chain place and reasonable price too. EDIT: I wrote the above about 6 months ago, and since then have tried tons of other pizza places in the city (mainly North York area). It made me appreciate this place even more and its my current #1 pizza spot.

Incredible selection of pizza by the slice.

Best, 10/10

Great Real Pizza......always great... .have ordered over 100 pizzas from here every year since they opened. Still go back every week!!@

Can I give Zero Stars??????????? Ordered a pizza for delivery. They said 1 hour. OK...sounds a little long, but Id like to try this place. 2 hours later and 3-4 calls to the restaurant they say that they are cancelling the order. Oh, and their website prices are apparently waaayyy out of date. They offered me to pay $20 for my order as a goodwill gesture, instead of $44 for the pizza that I ordered. But the website says that it would be $20.99... Id never order from this place again.

So tasty

Delicious pizza

Great local pizza shop, the best in the area. Large selection of pizza with a wide range of flavours, Bianca being the favourite (artichoke, zucchini and feta cheese). The people that work here are friendly and helpful with menu items.

Great local pizza, decent prices! Spinaci pizza was the favourite of the party.

Dirty taste and service lowly

Ive long been a pizza hut guy. NEVER AGAIN!! Once you start eating you just cant stop. I ate a whole large pie by myself more than once. The best I ever had.

Went here on a whim and loved it. Great selection. Best pizza in the area

Pizza is always good here. No Bells and whistles. Nothing fancy. Just simple good pizza. Delivery is always quick too.

Absolutely handsdown fave pizza joint

Website pricing is different to in store. The price difference was significantly noticeable that I had to call it out. Left me very confused when the owner shrugged his shoulders and walked away.

Great tasty and fair prices. Tried the spinach one and will definitely be back for more.

Best pizza place in Toronto! Everything is homemade with care. Staff is amazing! Definitely a must try.

Pizza at Da Venezia is decent, nothing super special, but the quality is great. The prices are great, and the restaurant environment is welcoming. The employees here are usually nice and get your order right. Overall it is a great place for lunch, and has good delivery.

Delicious, home-made to order pizza. Definitely worth the price! Great for take out.

I just visited this place for the first time. Ordered the potato pizza. So good. I will be back! It s great to support neighbourhood businesses!

Great pizza. Everything tasted fresh my wife normally does not like doughy pizza but loved the deep dish.

Absolutely delicious pizza. Very fresh and tasty!! Super clean establishment. Owner is very friendly and genuine.

Best pie shop around!

Amazing.

The pizza is great and has a unique taste compared to the common pizza places.

Very good Pizza

Friendly employees, very tasty pizza with a variety of ingredients and flavors.

Amazing thick crust pizza! Supporting local businesses is very important to me. This business is full of kind and caring men who love what they do. Support local and eat pizza! Big fan.

NINJA TURTLES APPROVED ! COWABUNGA DUUUUDE! just got delivery from Da Venezia (I ve had numerous in house slices) their delivery is legit ... who needs Uber or foodora if you want pizza delivery this is the way to go . Their crust is a perfect balance of fluffy and crispy where it should be . It s not thick but it ain t Napoli pancake slip off the counter make a mess style. Everyone is over Napoli style anyway right ?!? Da Venezia is pizza the way it was when you would stay up watching Wayne s World and pairs delightfully with a brio . Grazie da Venezia the best uptown drop in or delivery

Great fresh pizza

I love their pizzas, especially the simple cheese pizza. I also like the fact that it is not a chain restaurant. Keep up the good work.

This is an amazing place! The pizza is amazing, the people are amazing! I suggest going here!!

Great pizza and great service! I wouldnt dream of ordering anywhere else!!

A welcome addition to Avenue Road. Pizza is fantastic and the owner is a very nice guy.

Id give them 5 stars for being a simple, clean, pizza joint with a variety of options for toppings. Its not pretentious, doesnt pretend to be anything fancier than it is. The grandpas here make great fresh pizzas for great prices. There are a small number of seats to dine in. Nothing fancy. Paper plates or eat straight out of the box. Nice choice of soft drinks. Friendly staff. Therere always a couple of people in there getting takeout or eating in but its never chaotic or crowded and we feel taken care of. Id choose here before any chain pizza spots. Thanks for being so dependable!

Good pizza, good price, good service not much more to ask for