Best Pizza in Smith Mountain Lake
Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia — updated August 22, 2026
Six pizzerias around the Smith Mountain Lake shoreline, ranked by how convincing their ratings are once you account for how many people left them.
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Smith Mountain Lake has no single main street, so its pizza is scattered across Moneta, Hardy and Huddleston, and getting from one to another usually means a drive around a cove. That geography tends to make people loyal to whichever place is on their side of the water. Ranked below by rating weighed against the number of reviews behind it, because a score holds up better when hundreds of people agree on it.
1. Joe's Pizza Italian Restaurant
The strongest combination of rating and volume at the lake: 4.5 stars across 352 reviews, more than any other pizzeria here has collected. That is a settled number rather than a promising one, which matters when a place serves a mix of year-round residents and summer boat traffic. It sits on Scruggs Road in Moneta, on the Franklin County side, and pairs pizza with a wider Italian menu. Call ahead in peak season if you are ordering for a house full of people, since the lake's summer weekends put pressure on every kitchen in the area.
2. Benny Adelina's Pizza
Second on both counts and close on both: 4.4 stars from 306 reviews, a sample large enough that the score is unlikely to move much. Find it in the Westlake Corner area on Westlake Road in Hardy, which makes it the convenient option if you are coming from the Route 122 side or heading back toward Roanoke. The volume of reviews suggests steady year-round business rather than a purely seasonal crowd, which is worth something at a lake where some kitchens go quiet after Labor Day.
3. Bella Vita Italian restaurant
Ties Joe's on rating at 4.5 stars, but from 149 reviews, so the score is encouraging rather than proven. It is one of the newer-feeling addresses on the list, on Celebration Avenue in Moneta, and runs as a full Italian restaurant rather than a pizza counter. If the ratings hold as the review count grows, it has a case for the top spot. Menu and ordering details are handled through its own site, which is the place to check before making the drive out.
4. Alessandro's Pizzeria
A 4.3 average across 246 reviews, which is a lower score than the three above but backed by enough responses to trust. The address is White House Road in Huddleston, on the Bedford County side of the lake, where dining options thin out quickly. That location is the argument for it: if you are staying near the upper end of the lake, this is the pizzeria that does not require crossing the water. It keeps a website with the current menu, useful given how far apart things are out here.
5. Mitchell's Restaurant and Pizzeria
The smallest sample on the list at 108 reviews, but a solid 4.4 rating behind it, so treat this as promising rather than established. It is on Trading Post Road in Huddleston, tucked well off the main highway, which explains the lower review count more than anything else. Places in that position tend to run on repeat customers from nearby coves. Worth the detour if you are already on that side, less so as a special trip until the numbers grow.
6. Pizza Pub
Last on rating at 4.0 stars, though it has gathered 247 reviews, so the score reflects a broad range of visits rather than a handful of bad nights. The address is Booker T. Washington Highway in Moneta, one of the most trafficked stretches at the lake, which helps explain the volume. A four-star average from that many people is respectable; it simply sits below the rest of this list. Reasonable if you are already on 122 and do not want to add another twenty minutes of driving.