Best Pizza in Richmond
Richmond, Virginia — updated August 21, 2026
Seven Richmond pizzerias worth the drive, from a Carytown institution with more than 1,400 reviews to a Church Hill shop that closes Tuesdays and bakes pastries on Saturday mornings.
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Richmond's pizza is concentrated on West Cary Street, where three of the shops below sit within a short walk of each other in and around Carytown. The rest spread out to Church Hill, Scott's Addition and Semmes Avenue, and they cover a lot of ground: New York slices, square Grandma pies, seasonal 14-inch pizzas and vegan versions of nearly all of it. A few serve until well past midnight, and one closes Tuesdays, so check before you go.
1. Mary Angela's Pizzeria
The most thoroughly tested pizzeria on this list: a 4.6 average across 1,426 reviews, which is about as settled as a rating gets in this city. It has been a Carytown fixture at 3345 W Cary St, and the kitchen runs long hours, 11am to 10pm Sunday through Thursday and 11am to 11pm on Friday and Saturday. Takeout is a serious part of the operation, with its own ordering site, so a pie to go is a reasonable plan when the dining room fills on weekend nights. If you are working through Richmond pizza in order, start here.
2. Zorch Pizza
New York-style pies plus square Grandma pizzas, with a 4.7 average from 469 reviews, strong evidence for a rating that high. The West Cary Street location also does wings, sandwiches, salads, craft cocktails, local beer and arcade games, and there are vegan versions across the menu. Specials rotate weekly and get announced on Instagram; a recent one was a Western Bacon Chee on a pan-baked sesame seed crust, also available vegan. Zorch runs a second Richmond location in Forest Hill, so if West Cary is packed there is another option. Note that the kitchen has closed for a mid-afternoon break, roughly 3 to 4:30.
3. Pizza Bones RVA / FriendBar
A Church Hill kitchen on Jefferson Avenue with a 4.7 rating from 365 reviews and the most specific schedule of any place here. It is closed Tuesdays. Monday, Wednesday and Thursday it opens at 4pm, Friday and Saturday at noon for pizza, and Sunday noon to 9pm. Saturday mornings are pastries only, 9am to noon. Every pizza is a 14-inch medium, cheese starts at $14, and seasonal pies change every few weeks, so ask what is on. FriendBar, the adjoining bar, keeps identical hours.
4. Benny Ventano's
A 4.5 average across 797 reviews puts this Fan pizzeria in proven territory rather than promising. It sits at 2501 W Main St and stays open until midnight on weeknights, which makes it one of the more reliable late options west of downtown. Yelp diners repeatedly name the garlic mushroom, the sausage slice and the plain cheese pie, so the slice case is a fair test. Benny's operates a second Richmond location in Scott's Addition; we list only the Main Street original here.
5. Zombie Pizza
South of the river at 3400 Semmes Ave, holding a 4.7 average from 325 reviews. The menu runs wider than the name suggests: cheese and pepperoni pies alongside a Zombie Sicilian, a separate vegan pizza section, calzones, strombolis, wings, salads, burgers and subs. Posted prices start at $10.99 for cheese and $13.49 for pepperoni. Hours are 11am to 9pm, earlier than the Fan and Carytown shops, so this is a dinner stop rather than a late-night one.
6. Hot For Pizza
The late-night answer. Pies run until 1am every day at 1301 W Leigh St, with the room open 11am to 2am Monday through Saturday and noon to 2am Sunday. The 4.3 average is the lowest here, but it comes from 643 reviews, so it reflects a lot of visits rather than a bad week. Beyond pizza there are pastas, salads, wings and the house Super Hero sandwiches, plus vegan and gluten-free options, beer and cocktails. Happy hour runs 3 to 6.
7. Anthony's Pizza Carytown
A 4.6 rating, but from only 53 reviews, so treat it as promising rather than established. The 3129 W Cary St shop pairs pizza with classic Italian subs, burgers and small bites, including a vegan pepperoni pie. Takeout hours are 11am to 9:30pm Monday through Thursday and 11am to 10:30pm Friday and Saturday. Happy hour runs 2 to 6 on weekdays with draft beer at $3.50, which makes it a cheap way to test the place before committing to a full pie.
What we left off
Pupatella rates well in Richmond, at 4.6 from 968 reviews, but it operates locations across Virginia beyond this city, which puts it outside our independents-only rule. Perlas Pizza RVA in Short Pump is off the list because Yelp flags that location as closed, and we will not send anyone to a door that may be locked. The old "8 Strawberry St" entry is gone as well: it carries no rating or reviews, and the available sources point to different businesses at different Strawberry Street addresses rather than to one pizzeria.