Santarpio's Pizza

Rare even score review for this long time staple

Can’t go wrong with Santarpio’s. This is a review on the Peabody location, pizza was nice and crispy, perfect pie

The people were great. The pizza was ok. Get the sausage link. It’s fire.

Best pizza

I friggin love Santarpio’s! As far as I’m concerned, the original Regina on Thatcher St. in the North End is the gold standard for Boston-area pizza, and I don’t for see anyone dethroning them. With that said, Santarpio’s is a not so distant second for me and definitely a must have whenever I’m in Peabody or East Boston (the quality is consistent between locations). Thin, firm crust, with just the right amount of fresh sauce and cheese, I ate almost a whole cheese pizza in one sitting at my most recent visit and I could have gotten another one the next day, no problem. Trust me, Santarpio’s is legit!

It’s funny each trait of the pizza has redeeming and degrading qualities. The cheese had decent flavor but was swimming in grease. Tomato sauce tasted a hair above mediocre but the perfect amount was applied. The dough had great crisp but had a weird taste that fell between a crouton and stale bread. Ultimately the score was mostly carried by the flavor of the cheese and texture of the dough. Other reviews are way over inflated, I see hotels nearby so maybe tourists who don’t know what they’re talking about. FYI I didn’t factor into score but the service was mediocre and it took about an hour to get this pie…this would be a good spot if you’re surrounded by dominoes and chain joints but I would never go back here - too many better spots close by. Also, I was starving when I got my pizza so this score could even be inflated.

Very good pizza

One of the best in MA

Good Undercarriage, crispy crust, fantastic sauce, all around great pizza for this southerner

Nothing too crazy, very greasy

A classic, fantastic cheesy pizza that will make your mouth all watery.

Amazing taste! Very floppy and they hide the pepperoni under the cheese, as a man who confuses easily this stressed me out… lol

Great pizza. Thin and crispy. Being from Jersey I was impressed. No one does pizza like Jersey

Great sauce and undercarriage cooked perfectly . Sometimes this location gets a bad rap but on this day it hit just right.

I really like this pizza. The cheese blend is one of my favorites. It’s a nice thin pizza with a strong crust. I also like how they do it well done. It’s an Italian pizza, which is hard to find on the north shore.

Elite

Well done pretty solid pie

the sauce and cheese combos is really good, very similar to johns on bleecker. My crust wasn’t very fresh on this trip.

Crazy flop. The crust could be crisper but the flavor is good

Solid pizza! Sauce and crust were great, bit floppy though. Liked the toppings under the cheese.

“One bite” cannot be used to accurately to judge this pizza. Why? Because it’s drastically different each time depending on how it’s cooked. I’ve had many pies that I didn’t care for because they were overcooked - burnt, blackened, bubbly crust that kind of tasted like eating raw tomatoes on charcoal. But they must’ve known I was giving a review, because the last pie was spectacular. Tons of flavours, perfectly cooked (not burnt) awesome cheese and sauce, thin, chewy, delicious Italian style pizza. It was exceptional and surprising, so much flavour! The standard cheese pizza was great, but try the garlic, onion, pepper combo and it was shockingly good! I asked the server why the pizza we got wasn’t burnt, and she told me it all depends on who’s doing the cooking. She also said you can ask for it “not burnt “ and that can help. A year ago I would’ve scored this in the mid 5’s, but lucky for them I didn’t do a review until this latest experience, and based on that it’s a good one. Just make sure you don’t get a burnt one and you will like it!