There is no single best pizza in Niagara Falls, because there are two cities called Niagara Falls and they eat differently. On the Ontario side, the strongest options are wood-oven Neapolitan at Antica Pizzeria & Ristorante on Victoria Avenue and a long-running family Italian room at Zappi’s on Stanley Avenue in Fallsview. On the New York side, the answer is Sammy’s Pizzeria on Hyde Park Boulevard, where you can get the square-cut Western New York tray pizza that is the genuine regional style. Everything below is a real, currently operating pizzeria with a street address and the side of the border it is on.
The short answer
- Wood-fired pizza near Clifton Hill: Antica Pizzeria & Ristorante, 5785 Victoria Avenue, Niagara Falls, Ontario.
- Sit-down Italian dinner: Napoli Ristorante & Pizzeria, 5485 Ferry Street, Niagara Falls, Ontario.
- Family pizza and pasta in Fallsview: Zappi’s Pizza and Pasta, 6663 Stanley Avenue, Niagara Falls, Ontario.
- If your hotel is on the Lundy’s Lane strip: Mick & Angelo’s Kitchen + Bar, 7600 Lundy’s Lane, or PizzaBoro, 5986 Lundy’s Lane, both Niagara Falls, Ontario.
- Best pizza in Niagara Falls, NY: Sammy’s Pizzeria, 1400 Hyde Park Boulevard, Niagara Falls, New York.
- A sit-down Italian meal on the American side: La Cucina Di Mamma, 795 Rainbow Boulevard, Niagara Falls, New York.
How pizza in Niagara Falls splits across the border
The two cities share a name and a waterfall and almost nothing else about the way they feed you. Getting the geography straight first will save you a wasted walk.
Niagara Falls, Ontario has four distinct places to eat pizza. Victoria Avenue runs north from the tourist core and is walkable from Clifton Hill and the Niagara SkyWheel. Ferry Street and Stanley Avenue sit inland behind the Fallsview hotel towers. Lundy’s Lane is the long motel strip running west away from the river, which is where a large share of visitors actually sleep and where the late kitchens are. None of these are on the river itself, so you will not be eating pizza with a view of the Horseshoe Falls or from Table Rock Centre. For that, see our guide to restaurants with a view of Niagara Falls.
Niagara Falls, New York is flatter and more spread out. Rainbow Boulevard sits in the downtown grid a short distance from Niagara Falls State Park, while Hyde Park Boulevard runs north-east, away from the tourist district and into the residential city. The American side is also where the regional pizza style lives: thick, square-cut tray pizza sold by the half or full tray, a Western New York tradition rather than a Niagara one. If you are basing yourself over there, our Niagara Falls, New York area guide covers the wider neighbourhood.
Best pizza in Niagara Falls, Ontario
Antica Pizzeria & Ristorante — 5785 Victoria Avenue
Antica is the wood-oven option on the Canadian side, at 5785 Victoria Avenue in Niagara Falls, Ontario, a short walk from Clifton Hill. Its own site calls it Niagara’s best wood-oven pizza, which is a claim rather than a verdict, but the oven is real and it is what separates Antica from the conveyor-belt kitchens on the tourist strips. It is a proper pizzeria and ristorante rather than a slice window, so expect to sit down. Antica also makes a homemade gluten-free dough in limited batches fresh each day, with the caveats set out further down this page.
Napoli Ristorante & Pizzeria — 5485 Ferry Street
Napoli, at 5485 Ferry Street in Niagara Falls, Ontario, is a sit-down Italian dining room where pizza is one course among several, not a takeaway counter. Plan around its schedule, because it is the least flexible venue on this list: it opens at 4:30 pm daily and closes on Mondays, so it is no use at all to a midday visitor. Last seating is 9:00 pm on Sunday and Tuesday to Thursday, and 9:30 pm on Friday and Saturday. Reservations are encouraged at weekends, and the restaurant asks for them for parties of seven or more.
Zappi’s Pizza and Pasta — 6663 Stanley Avenue
Zappi’s sits at 6663 Stanley Avenue in the Fallsview district of Niagara Falls, Ontario, near the Dunn Street corner. Connie and Tony Zappitelli founded it in 1971 and it still trades as a sit-down family room with checkered tablecloths, which tells you what to expect: Italian-American pizza and pasta rather than a designer Neapolitan pie. Practically, it is one of the few places here that serves lunch as well as dinner, and it runs its own delivery and online ordering rather than working only through third-party apps.
Mick & Angelo’s Kitchen + Bar — 7600 Lundy’s Lane
Mick & Angelo’s is at 7600 Lundy’s Lane in Niagara Falls, Ontario, genuinely out on the motel strip rather than in the Fallsview or Clifton Hill core, so the “handy if you are staying nearby” logic actually holds here. It is a kitchen-and-bar format rather than a pizzeria proper. Its real advantage is timing: the restaurant lists reduced-price late-night appetisers after 9:00 pm, and its published summer hours run to 11:00 pm Monday to Wednesday, midnight Thursday to Saturday and 10:00 pm on Sunday — useful after a late viewing of the falls illumination. No gluten-free option is advertised.
PizzaBoro — 5986 Lundy’s Lane
PizzaBoro is at 5986 Lundy’s Lane in Niagara Falls, Ontario, at the eastern end of the strip closest to the falls, which makes it the shortest hop for most Lundy’s Lane motels. It handles dine-in, takeout, local delivery and catering, so it is the straightforward answer when you want a pizza brought to a hotel room. One honest caveat: PizzaBoro is often listed elsewhere as a very late option, but the hours block published on its own website is malformed and should not be treated as real trading hours. If you are counting on it after midnight, phone (249) 294-0055 and confirm before you set out.
Best pizza in Niagara Falls, New York
Sammy’s Pizzeria — 1400 Hyde Park Boulevard
Sammy’s, at 1400 Hyde Park Boulevard in Niagara Falls, New York, is the best answer on the American side if what you want is pizza rather than a restaurant meal. It has been operating since 1962 and is named in the official Niagara Falls USA pizza guide. It is also where you get Niagara Falls tray pizza, the thick square-cut Western New York style, sold as a half tray of fifteen square slices. The menu additionally lists New York, Detroit, Chicago deep dish, stuffed crust and gluten-free crusts, and the shop delivers. Hyde Park Boulevard is outside the downtown tourist grid, so plan on driving or ordering in.
La Cucina Di Mamma — 795 Rainbow Boulevard
La Cucina Di Mamma is at 795 Rainbow Boulevard in Niagara Falls, New York, inside the Kalika Hotel at the John B. Daly Boulevard corner, with on-site parking. It is easy to walk straight past, because it is not a street-front storefront. Set expectations correctly: this is a small dinner-orientated Italian room a short distance from Niagara Falls State Park, not a walk-up pizzeria, so it suits a sit-down meal rather than a quick slice. Its opening hours are genuinely contested between listings, so phone ahead or check the official Niagara Falls USA directory on the day rather than trusting a search result.
Gluten-free and dietary notes
Two of the pizzerias here publish a gluten-free crust: Antica on the Ontario side and Sammy’s in New York. Neither claims a dedicated gluten-free oven, a separate preparation area, or a coeliac protocol, and we are not going to imply one. Antica’s own site states that its gluten-free dough is made in limited batches fresh daily in the same kitchen as the regular dough, which means cross-contact is a live risk and the batch can sell out before the evening. Sammy’s lists gluten-free as one crust option among several running through a shared pizza line.
Treat both as gluten-avoiding rather than coeliac-safe, and call the restaurant directly and explain your requirement if you have a diagnosed intolerance. Mick & Angelo’s advertises no gluten-free option at all. If gluten is the deciding factor in where you eat, start with our roundup of the top gluten-free restaurants in Niagara Falls instead. For plant-based eaters, none of the pizzerias above publishes a verified vegan menu, so see best plant-based dining nearby.
Planning your pizza stop
Delivery and late night
Three of these places run their own delivery: PizzaBoro and Zappi’s on the Ontario side, and Sammy’s in New York. That covers most of Lundy’s Lane, Fallsview and Clifton Hill on the Canadian side, and the Niagara Falls, NY grid on the American side. Delivery zones are drawn by each restaurant and change, so confirm yours is covered when you order rather than assuming. For a late meal in Ontario, Mick & Angelo’s is the safer bet than PizzaBoro, simply because its hours are published clearly and PizzaBoro’s are not.
Do not cross the border just for pizza
Every venue on this page is a short drive from a bridge, but a crossing can take anywhere from a few minutes to well over an hour depending on the day and the queue, and you will need the right documents in both directions. Eat on the side you are already staying on. If you are crossing anyway for the day, read our notes on border crossings first, and remember that a car rented on one side may carry restrictions on taking it over. Ontario visitors should also check parking before driving into the Fallsview core.
Timing and seasons
July and August are the busiest months on both sides, and the sit-down rooms — Napoli, Zappi’s, Antica and La Cucina Di Mamma — fill fastest between roughly 6:00 pm and 8:00 pm. Book ahead or eat early. Hours published on this page were verified at the time of writing but shift with the season, particularly for Mick & Angelo’s, whose longer hours are explicitly summer hours. A pizza dinner works well after an afternoon on the water at Maid of the Mist, or after Journey Behind the Falls on the Canadian side. For a full day plan, see the must-see attractions at Niagara Falls, and if you are still choosing a base, our guide to the best hotels overlooking Niagara Falls covers the Fallsview towers.
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