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Zero Otto Nove

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2357 Arthur Ave., Bronx, NY 10458
nr. E. 186th St.  See Map | Subway Directions Hopstop Popup
718-220-1027 Send to Phone

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  • Reader Rating:

    5.7 out of 10

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    6 Reviews | Write a Review

  • Cuisine: Italian, Pizza

Official Website

roberto089.com

Hours

Tue-Thu, noon-2:30pm and 4:30pm-10pm; Fri-Sat, noon-2:30pm and 4:30pm-11pm; Sun, 1pm-9pm

Directions

Metro-North to Fordham. Walk south on Third Avenue, left on 187th Street, right on Arthur Avenue.

Prices

$8.95-$24.95

Payment Methods

MasterCard, Visa

Special Features

  • Lunch
  • Take-Out
  • Reservations Not Required

Alcohol

  • Full Bar

Reservations

Not Accepted

Profile

Quickly becoming as mandatory a stop on the tri-state pizza-pilgrim map as Coney Island’s Totonno’s and New Haven’s Pepe’s, Zero Otto Nove is not only a pizzeria but a sprawling trattoria with an expansive menu and a pretty impressive pasta al forno. The Neapolitan wood-fired-oven pizza, though, is the thing. It’s made—if you time it right—by a 26-year-old, white-T-shirt-clad, Salerno-born pizzaiolo named Riccardo. It’s light and puffy-lipped, tender to the bite with just a hint of chew, nicely balanced, and topped with first-rate ingredients. Purists will want to try the margherita ($13.95), of course, made according to strict Neapolitan-pizza-police guidelines, with buffalo mozzarella. But don’t forgo the relatively outré La Riccardo ($13.95)—smoked mozzarella, pancetta, and butternut-squash purée. — Robin Raisfeld and Rob Patronite

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5.7 "Mixed Reviews"
Average Reader Rating
on a Scale of 10		 Write Your Own Review
50% Would you go back?
50% Would you take a date?
33% Would you take kids?
33% Would you go on business?
50% Would you go on a special occasion?
Food: 8.3
Service: 4.8
Décor: 8.0
Value: 5.0

Pizza

peterf54 from 11570 | Posted on 10/3/09

Overall Rating: 7 (Recommended)
Food: 7
Service: 6
Décor: 5
Value: 4

Wonderful fresh mozzarella though very skimpy. Good crust .Overall good but not great. Probably would not go back

Sometimes, service trumps everything

Bruce_Watson from 10458 | Posted on 8/6/09

Overall Rating: 1 (Not Recommended)
Food: 10
Service: 1
Décor: 10
Value: 4

For several months, Zero Otto Nove has been our go-to restaurant whenever friends visited us in the Bronx. Granted, the prices were a little high and the service was WAY too aggressive, but the food was great and the ambiance was fantastic. The last time we went, though, the waiter stuck us with a $315 bottle of wine, instead of the $36 bottle we ordered. The manager wouldn't work with us, the owner couldn't be reached, and we ended up getting skinned for the big bottle. The whole thing was skeavy. They gained a quick payday, but lost some regular customers. Great food, but there are times when the service is so bad that it kills everything else. This is one of those times.

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