Mateo's Tomato Pie & Restaurant

Opened in February of 2022, seemingly as a response to Lillo’s Tomato Pies not too far down the highway in Hainesport, NJ. This has more of a strip mall, commercial, wannabe franchise tomato pie feel. Aesthetically, this is an absolutely gorgeous pizza; a super sharp-looking gussied up tomato pie with rich red & green colors and a beautifully blackened crust, immediately raising my expectations upon first glance. Tremendously thin, the dough is fantastically firm & terrifically tasty with a sensationally smokey charred undercarriage. The pie looks & feels coal-fired, with a remarkably crispy texture & super crunchy heavily charred crust that borders on burnt. Greasier than expected, the cheese is slightly subpar, with excess oil dripping from the butterfat in the significantly salty generic shredded mozzarella blend. Not terrible but a creamier fresh mozz would go a long way on a pizza like this. In typical tomato pie fashion, the sauce is smattered atop the cheese. Zesty, zingy, zippy, tastefully tangy, flavorfully fresh & sensationally sweet, the sauce sings with plenty of personality & pizzazz, despite being a smidge too savory from the substantially salty grease infiltrating the tomato taste. The fresh basil adds color, class & garden flavor, elevating this pie well above average pizza. Overall, the taste & texture are very solid, combining to make a quality pizza pie. This joint can hold its own among the top tomato pies in NJ and ranks as one of the better pizzas in all of South Jersey. They face some stiff competition from Lillo’s Tomato Pies right down the road; but this is also travel-worthy pizza, very good in its own right.

Great pie! Crispy and tasty.

I eat at DeLorezo’s once a month. If that’s a 9.3 this is definitely a 9.1. Very close on the scale to each other. Excellent tomato pie!

Sauce was really good, crispy crust. Family owned, will definitely go out of my way for this

Good looking pie. Thin but no crisp. I stopped in late, probably the last pie of the day. A bit doughy for the thickness. Folks were great and good flavor.

Very good

No flop and a little greasy. I was hoping for more but overall pretty middle of the road pie.

Prez must’ve gotten the wrong pizza

Solid pie, idk what you were thinking pres.

Review 361. Prez ya got this one wrong sorry. Your rating was spot on on the plain…wasn’t that good a bit floppy but did have the great crisp crust, but the slice not so crisp. The Tomato slice was phenomenal. I would eat this every week. Tremendous crust crisp and the whole slice was crisp. The sauce was very good w some small chunk a tomato nice job Mateos. I am only scoring this on the tomato as it deserves the credit here. 🍕

This pizza is amazing! I have been here 3 times and it is very consistent! The pizza reminds me of John's of bleeker pizza in New York. The owner is so friendly and you can tell he puts a lot of passion into his pizzas! I drive out of my way to get this pizza whenever I am in the area.

Great tomato pie for the price. Definitely worth a stop.

Got the Tomato Pie. Sauce, sausage and basil were tasty. The crust was a bit bland. Almost reminded me of frozen pizza crust. 😳

The Tomatoe Pie. Solid 8.5. Best in area

Wow wow a hidden gem in an area w not a lot of good pizza. This tomato pie is what anyone could ever ask for. Great crust under carriage no flop w a great sauce cheese ratio. Totally legit this guy knows food. Homemade soups amazing all around food as good and affordable as you could ask for. I really hope Dave never goes here..or maybe I do family place and he would blow up w a Dave Review. I’ve eaten a lot of pizza in my life and this is some of the best. Eat it at the place

This is very good pizza. I had the mateos special and a slice of tomato pie. Both were really strong. Good undercarriage and the ingredients were strong. I would go back.

Gave it a try since it was on the way to the beach…. I would go INSANELY out of my way to get this again. Go with the Trenton-style tomato pie over the plain. Very similar to Delorenzo’s and it was almost as good.

The tomato pie is easily the best pizza in the area. Lite and crispy. Sauce has some sweetness. Great cheese. Reminds me of Angelos on 9th. Seems like a new place ,but has family vibes.