Mike's Apizza & Restaurant

Mikes Apizza is amazing!

Solid New Haven style pie. Good crisp a little greasy

Disappointed. It was crispy and had a good undercarriage but over all it lacked flavor.

After bouncing around the New Haven area for a while, Mike’s Apizza settled into its current West Haven location in the 1970s. A father and son operation, they serve classic New Haven style pies in West Haven, which is really south of New Haven and actually close to the eastern shoreline. Despite the confusing geography, this pizza is actually pretty close to the classic coal-fired pies they sling in the “Pizza Mecca.” Somewhat thickish, the dough is very firm, surprisingly more tough & chewy than crispy and crunchy. The crust is airy and lighter than it looks, with significant char, bordering on burnt in some areas. The cheese is a basic shredded mozzarella blend, fairly standard taste, sharpened by a dusting of Parmesan sprinkled atop, drumming up a tad more flavor and yielding a rather pungent smell. The parm definitely dulls the sauce a smidge, which actually isn’t bad, still enough tomato flavor bursting through in the absence of distinctive spices, providing just enough tangible taste. Overall, this pie is much better than your average football pizza but falls slightly short when compared to classic coal-fired New Haven style in both taste and texture. Not quite a destination pie but incredibly solid all-around if this is your Friday night go-to pizza. Truthfully, if you’re in the area, you might as well go a little bit further north to New Haven and get the real thing instead of settling for an imitation pie. But there’s room for improvement here; a less chewy and more crispy dough to go along with a lighter, less burnt char on the crust would help tremendously. Also, jazz up the sauce a bit with some spice and kick; in need of more distinction, it just doesn’t dazzle. Nonetheless, this is extremely solid, yet unspectacular cloned New Haven style pizza on the outskirts of “the pizza capital of Connecticut.”

i really enjoyed this pie. crust was excellent and crispy from the outside all the way in. the sauce just left me wanting a little more tang. overall this pizza will not disappoint. neither will the staff.

Absolute perfection!!! The crust is crunchy and has awesome char on the undercarriage. Tasty mozz with a great ratio to the sauce which is by far the standout of the pie. Tangy delicious sauce with some grated cheese adds so much flavor and the first bite of every slice is heaven. The pie alone deserves to be in the best conversation but the place is straight family and was a blast to eat at this old school place. Almost ate the entire pie myself and it just kept goin down as it holds it’s heat so good. Run here Mike makes a stellar pie that everyone must try!

Every time I want to order it’s a 50-70 min wait for pick up, that’s how you know it’s a popular place that takes it seriously! They never disappoint and will always be our first choice. The pizza is exquisite and the rest of the food is excellent as well. Thank you Mikes for making great food at awesome prices all the time!

One of the best!!! Perfect Pie…. Can eat this everyday!!

Might be my favorite in the area outside of New Haven. Super crispy crust, great flavor, and the best meatball topping around. Broccoli rabe pizza is a good speciality, too.

Tastes better than it looks. Crust is lacking in flavor.

Here’s where my pizza would be, but I haven’t gotten it an hour after the estimated time when I ordered pickup.

In 8s because of the dough/sauce texture. Close to no flip thin crust. Better than Zuppardis for best in west haven.

2nd time here. Pizza I a little better than first time. Super solid cheese to sauce ratio and the crust is super solid. No flop and an appropriate crunch on every bite.