Overcast 45°
You are not logged in

New York Magazine

Skip to content, or skip to search.

Skip to content, or skip to search.

Home > Restaurants > Motorino

All Reader Reviews of...

Motorino

319 Graham Ave., Brooklyn, NY, 11211
nr. Devoe St.
718-599-8899

6.7 "Recommended"
Average Reader Rating
on a Scale of 10		 Write Your Own Review
66% Would you go back?
55% Would you take a date?
33% Would you take kids?
11% Would you go on business?
33% Would you go on a special occasion?
Food: 7.0
Service: 6.0
Décor: 5.3
Value: 6.4
  • Write a Review
  • Showing reviews 1 through 9 of 9

Pizza

peterf54 from 11570 | Posted on 10/3/09

Overall Rating: 10 (Highly Recommended)
Would you go back? Yes
Would you take a date? Yes
Would you take kids? No
Would you go on business? Yes
Would you go on a special occasion? Yes
Food: 10
Service: 8
Décor: 4
Value: 8

Superb crust,wonderful fresh mozzarella. I don't know anyone could rate this only the eight best pizza place in NY. Outside of Naples one of the best overall pies I've ever eaten. The Buffaline is even better than the Margarita ,with its perfect balance of smokey crust to creamy buffalo mozzarella.

Did you find this review helpful? Yes No Request Removal

1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

motored out

motorinoedout from 10013 | Posted on 9/16/09

Overall Rating: 3 (Not Recommended)
Would you go back? No
Would you take a date? No
Would you take kids? No
Would you go on business? No
Would you go on a special occasion? No
Food: 3
Service: 3
Décor: 3
Value: 3

it's not one of the finest pizzerias in town, it's comparable to roberta's pizza in brklyn, and i can't even stand that pizza joint. yes, "hipsters" hang out at roberta's but be fully prepared to listen to their radio wine show, hosted by some loud mouth annoying hostess~ sound fun? Oohhh no..... it's not.

Did you find this review helpful? Yes No Request Removal

1 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

Pizza was great but OMG, the service was BAD!

twinstarg from 10002 | Posted on 8/13/09

Overall Rating: 5 (Mixed Reviews)
Would you go back? No
Would you take a date? No
Would you take kids? No
Would you go on business? No
Would you go on a special occasion? No
Food: 9
Service: 2
Décor: 5
Value: 6

When we arrived we were told to seat ourselves, then sat at our table for 10 minutes (!) before being greeted...no hello, no menus, no water, no specials, no nothing. Did I mention that it wasn't even busy? It sort of just went downhill from there. So much staff standing around doing nothing that the hole thing was starting to feel like candid camera. Very weird.

Did you find this review helpful? Yes No Request Removal

1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Finest!

antonybcn from 11201 | Posted on 8/7/09

Overall Rating: 9 (Highly Recommended)
Would you go back? Yes
Would you take a date? Yes
Would you take kids? No
Would you go on business? No
Would you go on a special occasion? Yes
Food: 9
Service: 9
Décor: 9
Value: 9

A nice salad, great pizzas, good sorbet and a fresh breeze on the garden terrace, what more can one ask for? One of the finest pizzerias in town!

Did you find this review helpful? Yes No Request Removal

2 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

Let's try harder

Giovanna21 from 10001 | Posted on 5/26/09

Overall Rating: 5 (Mixed Reviews)
Would you go back? Yes
Would you take a date? No
Would you take kids? Yes
Would you go on business? No
Would you go on a special occasion? No
Food: 6
Service: 3
Décor: 5
Value: 6

The pizza was good but definitely need some improvement in the sauce...

Did you find this review helpful? Yes No Request Removal

2 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

Average Could be better

darlacondor1970 from 10003 | Posted on 5/26/09

Overall Rating: 5 (Mixed Reviews)
Would you go back? Yes
Would you take a date? Yes
Would you take kids? No
Would you go on business? No
Would you go on a special occasion? No
Food: 5
Service: 7
Décor: 5
Value: 3

good pizza? i still have a doubt.

Did you find this review helpful? Yes No Request Removal

1 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

Average

domenicohilt from 10033 | Posted on 5/26/09

Overall Rating: 5 (Mixed Reviews)
Would you go back? No
Would you take a date? No
Would you take kids? No
Would you go on business? No
Would you go on a special occasion? No
Food: 5
Service: 6
Décor: 5
Value: 5

cool place but not the best pizza in town.

Did you find this review helpful? Yes No Request Removal

2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

Loved it

splatooey from 11201 | Posted on 3/29/09

Overall Rating: 9 (Highly Recommended)
Would you go back? Yes
Would you take a date? Yes
Would you take kids? Yes
Would you go on business? No
Would you go on a special occasion? Yes
Food: (NA)
Service: 7
Décor: 6
Value: 9

Had the soppressata, the anchovies and the margherita DOC. The achovies and olives and capers pizza was salty but delicious, the soppressata was impressively ungreasy and the DOC was sweet. the crust was very puffy and chewy and charred in the right places. very fun to look at the oven and the people making pizza

Did you find this review helpful? Yes No Request Removal

1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Excellent pizza

r3a35mm from 07302 | Posted on 3/17/09

Overall Rating: 9 (Highly Recommended)
Would you go back? Yes
Would you take a date? Yes
Would you take kids? Yes
Would you go on business? No
Would you go on a special occasion? No
Food: 9
Service: 9
Décor: 6
Value: 9

I traveled to Brooklyn from Jersey City to check out this place after reading the NYMAG.com story about Mario Batalli sampling pizza in New York. The pizza here was excellent. On a Saturday afternoon, the place was not full at all. Service was friendly, and the artichoke pizza tasted great. The dough expands around the edges and there are perfect little burnt crispy spots from being in the wood-fired oven the right amount of time. It's a real wood-burning oven. I wish there was some way they could siphon some of that great homey smell from burning wood into the restaurant because as it is, the place didn't have any aroma at all. I think a good restaurant should exude some type of aroma of amazing food when you enter. Obviously you don't want to go into a place that's filled with smoke, though ... You get the idea, right? The decor was bland, but the large wood plank floors give the place a "slight" rustic edge with room for improvement. The trip to the restaurant is easy. Just take the L train to the Graham Ave subway stop.

Did you find this review helpful? Yes No Request Removal

4 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

  • 1
Advertising

Latest News Near

Advertising
Advertising