Topo Gigio Pizza

Solid crust, great NYC style pizza. Old school shop. Cash only. A great spot in south Jersey.

Great crunch on the crust and undercarriage. Great taste and a great price.

Good crunch, good sauce, no flop.

Little too much flop. Little too greasy. Flavor was okay.

$2 a slice, cash only, the store is straight out of the 70s… block letter signs inside, wallpaper and wood grain walls, bell telephone, and John is always a stand up guy. Place is legit

💎HIDDEN GEM ALERT💎 This diamond in the rough opened in 1981, founded by owner, operator & basically one-man-band John Musso. He makes all the pizzas, all the sandwiches & other menu items, answers the phones, runs the register & essentially doesn’t stop from open to close. An old school, cash only, “IYKYK” spot, named after the Italian puppet that appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show in the 1960s, the name “Topo Gigio” loosely translates to “Louie Mouse,” which is the mouse logo on the pizzeria’s sign out front. This is a classic traditional round pie; better than most South Jersey football pizza across the river from South Philly. Delightfully thin, very firm & terrifically tasty, with a beautifully charred undercarriage, the dough has very light crisp to go along with a thick, heavy, pillowy soft & doughy crust, a surprisingly tolerable texture in the absence of crunch. A pretty typical shredded melty mozzarella, the cheese is creamy & delicious with an oozy & gooey consistency & modest flavor that compliments the dough nicely. Somewhat subdued, the sauce doesn’t make a strong first impression upon first bite; but it’s actually sneaky superb. A combination of sweet & savory, the flavor eventually shows up & shines. There does seem to be a strange balance as the sauce in the center of the pie (tip of the slice) is sweeter than the sauce near the crust. Not sure if it’s volume-based or perhaps some oregano or seasoning closer to the crust slightly dulling the sweetness. Overall, this is sneaky delicious pizza from a sneaky solid spot in South NJ that only the locals seem to really know about for now. With over 40 years in the business, I think this spot is worth checking out; but this is as close to good as a football pizza gets to being travel worthy without making the cut on the rating scale. A crispier pie would be a shoe-in for the 8s; but as it stands, this is tremendously solid pizza that doesn’t quite knock your socks off but is guaranteed to leave you satisfied.

Nothing fancy. Just a really, really good old school NY style slice. You can tell the dough is fresh, perfect crunch, great cheese/sauce ratio. Same owner for 40 years. Doesn’t look like they’ve changed a thing since 1980. Just the way all great slice joints should be. Phenomenal old school slice.

The best pizzas come from hidden hole in the wall spots. This place is authentic as they come and hasn’t been renovated in 30 years. The pizza is absolutely amazing. Perfect thickness zero flop crunchy, excellent cheese blend, excellent sauce. One of the best slices I’ve had

Crispy, great sauce and flavor best in south jersey

Two men walked into this place yesterday that love pizza. It was so bad that we left this much in the trunk over night and forgot about it. I was worried birds were going to fall through the ceiling into the shop. Guy was halfway nice. Pizza didn’t look much better yesterday

M Score: 9.5 Crust: 2.8 Cheese: 2.9 Sauce: 2.8 Bonus: 1.0 Ranch? No “I love this guy. It has a salty bite to it, that I’m not mad about. Is the cheese sweet? It’s not the sauce. Did they buy sweet cheese? I love the sauce. I love the ratio of sauce to cheese (more sauce than cheese). Bonus point because the owner was fantastic. J Score: 9.6 Crust: “fabulous” ...2.9 Cheese: 2.8 Sauce: 2.9 Bonus: 1.0 Ranch? No “This is good. That’s the perfect crunch. I’m thinking don’t judge a book by its cover. Wow. I love how soft it is (crust) and then the crunch on the bottom. It’s a tad bit on the saltier side than the pizzas we’ve tried, but it somehow doesn’t take away from it. I love that there’s no sugar (cheating) within the sauce. It’s some good sh*t. I love the crisp that exists. It crinkles. It crunches. It’s not a floppy pizza. It holds structure—bonus points on how the ingredients compliment each other.

Hole in the wall pizza joint (in a good way) old school Italian guy doing everything . Best pizza I have had in SJ so far ! Really good pizza

Crust a little thick, but good crunch

Topo Gigio Pizza in Bellmawr, NJ. Local “hole in the wall” type place that’s been family owned and operated for 39 years. Next to no flop and a very nice crisp. Very good taste. A solid 7.9.

Literally walked in and some chick was blowing Johnny for a slice. Best pizza in SJ. “Topo pizza, so good you’ll suck a dick”

Nice crunch, good cheese and sauce. Good crunch with the crust. Solid slice.

Thin crust good flavor

Pretty decent slice. Zero flop, basic sauce and cheese, and a nice crunch to it.

This place was awesome. Not updated prob since the 70's, 1 person working (assuming it's the owner) an old school italian guy just hustling. This pizza couldn't have been cooked better. The perfect crisp, zero flop, and the outer crust was light and fluffy. Not a whole lot of flavor in the sauce, but the cheese was pretty good. Outer crust while fluffy and cooked perfectly, was just too much. Almost a bread stick. If you had something to dip the bad boy in, it would be like a second meal. This old guy knows how to make a pizza, just needs better ingredients.

I didn’t discover this place till my 20’s Many good pizza places around but this is always the best! Cash only, no delivery.

Solid pizza. The quintessential slice. I’ll definitely be coming back.

Good just needs a little more sauce.