I love a great Neapolitan style pizza. Staff is super friendly. The owners are great and food ranks supreme there. Awesome outdoor area and small indoor pizza bar definitely a must try!!
Recommended dishes: Margherita Pizza, Salads, Nutella Pizza, Bufalins and Margherita, Pizza with Raisins, Primavera, Brisket, Gamberi, Bufalina Pizza
Naum T.
Feels like fancy Omakase but for pizza. Had to wait but was worth it. No frills, delicious and creative options. It's an experience and worth to go to. Rare to find a place like this.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Margherita Pizza, Salads
Emily H.
The best pizza ever! The owners are so friendly, and make the most authentic Italian pizza in New Haven County, which is a big claim in the area I know. But Matt and Melissa picked up their culinary skills in Naples and brought them back to the Shoreline, and we. are. so. lucky. Just make sure you order early, because they get absolutely flooded with orders (a good sign!)
DANIELLE
Sweetest people, best atmosphere, delicious pizza. What more could you ask for?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Camilla Zamboni
Fantastic pizza, this is the real deal. But no space to sit inside. So, if you can, try to get a seat on the lovely patio and enjoy wonderful
Excellent gourmet twist on the New Haven Pizza tradition. Fun backyard environment -- wonderful staff!
Robert C.F.
First, I should note that the pizza was excellent as always. I’ve been coming to this place on and off for almost ten years at this point, and the pizza is consistently excellent, so this review in no way should be construed as maligning the pizza. We came to eat here on a Saturday night, after having made a reservation for six o’clock. We came on time, sat right down. Great. We were ready to order pretty quickly, however nobody came to the table. For almost thirty minutes, we tried to order in vain. By the time we got our drinks, we had been sitting at the table for well over a half an hour. That’s fine though. It was Saturday, pretty busy. These things happen. Eventually, after about an hour, we got our pizza. Everyone way enjoying themselves, having drinks, eating. We got another round of drinks. At this point, we wanted to get the Nutella dessert pie, which is always delicious. So I asked the waitress, when I was finally able to get her attention, only to be told that they were “out of it for the evening.” Two people in the party still had relatively full drinks when, a few moments later, another staff member came and unceremoniously kicked us off the table for another reservation. After having made us wait a half an hour to order. When two members of our party still had full drinks, which were paid for in real, hard cash. I’ve worked in many restaurants over the years, and kicking a table out with drinks they have already paid for is genuinely a bush league move. Anyway, I could overlook even this, but the fact that the waitress lied and said they were out of Nutella pie, and got her buddy to come kick us out right after that is what really bothered me the most. I mean, we spent almost two hundred dollars, only to be rudely ejected from our table and lied to. It was really a very unpleasant experience.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 1
Dianne M.
We had a pizza to go and it was delicious. We got the fig one! Will definitely go back and plan ahead so we can sit in the courtyard. (Make reservations well ahead of time!)
So great to return to our favorite restaurant of all time tonight. Best pizza as always and so good to see Matt and Melissa. They are always so kind and friendly while also keeping the pizzas moving for everyone. Service is wonderful and the ambience is perfect, intimate and positively pleasant. Buffalinas is a Connecticut treasure and you will not only enjoy the best Neapolitan pizza anywhere, and the salads and beverages and desserts are beyond wonderful, but you will also make long lasting friendships here.
Bernadette P.
Absolutely amazing, true Neapolitan style pizza. E'ting is so well paired together between grilled peaches on the summer pizza Pesca, and other pizza offerings with all locally sourced fruits/vegetables. The Tre Carni pizza stays on the menu, as clearly transcending tastebuds from fall to winter to spring and summer. Truly excellent bubbly crust. Call early for a reservation to sit or takeout. Your tastebuds will be salivating!
Charles Heckscher
It's a local treasure - tiny, simple, and delicious. There's a small counter inside and a nice eating area outside. They prepare everything -- the toppings as well as the final pizza - in the wood-fired oven.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jake Di Pietro
This place looks like a good spot and I'd love to try it out but trying to get a seat the day of is alway a nightmare and their communication is definitely lacking.
Collin Brady
Best Pizza in the WORLD. Perfect combination of traditional Neapolitan style with a little bit of New Haven char. The dough is perfection. The menu is always fun and inspired, the cocktails as well! With a strong, handsome man cooking the pies to perfection; and a pizza chef who moves like a ninja and is as beautiful as the morning sunrise. Bufalina is not to be missed! Friendly owners, cozy atmosphere, delicious food. Pro tip: call Thursday-Saturday at 11:30am to make sure you are able to get your takeout order in, or to reserve your table for the evening.
I love a great Neapolitan style pizza. Staff is super friendly. The owners are great and food ranks supreme there. Awesome outdoor area and small indoor pizza bar definitely a must try!!
Phenomenal hand-made pizzas!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Margherita Pizza, Bufalina Pizza
best pizza anywhere!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Margherita Pizza, Salads, Nutella Pizza, Bufalins and Margherita, Pizza with Raisins, Primavera, Brisket, Gamberi, Bufalina Pizza
Feels like fancy Omakase but for pizza. Had to wait but was worth it. No frills, delicious and creative options. It's an experience and worth to go to. Rare to find a place like this.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Margherita Pizza, Salads
The best pizza ever! The owners are so friendly, and make the most authentic Italian pizza in New Haven County, which is a big claim in the area I know. But Matt and Melissa picked up their culinary skills in Naples and brought them back to the Shoreline, and we. are. so. lucky. Just make sure you order early, because they get absolutely flooded with orders (a good sign!)
Sweetest people, best atmosphere, delicious pizza. What more could you ask for?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Fantastic pizza, this is the real deal. But no space to sit inside. So, if you can, try to get a seat on the lovely patio and enjoy wonderful
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Margherita Pizza, Bufalina Pizza
Excellent gourmet twist on the New Haven Pizza tradition. Fun backyard environment -- wonderful staff!
First, I should note that the pizza was excellent as always. I’ve been coming to this place on and off for almost ten years at this point, and the pizza is consistently excellent, so this review in no way should be construed as maligning the pizza. We came to eat here on a Saturday night, after having made a reservation for six o’clock. We came on time, sat right down. Great. We were ready to order pretty quickly, however nobody came to the table. For almost thirty minutes, we tried to order in vain. By the time we got our drinks, we had been sitting at the table for well over a half an hour. That’s fine though. It was Saturday, pretty busy. These things happen. Eventually, after about an hour, we got our pizza. Everyone way enjoying themselves, having drinks, eating. We got another round of drinks. At this point, we wanted to get the Nutella dessert pie, which is always delicious. So I asked the waitress, when I was finally able to get her attention, only to be told that they were “out of it for the evening.” Two people in the party still had relatively full drinks when, a few moments later, another staff member came and unceremoniously kicked us off the table for another reservation. After having made us wait a half an hour to order. When two members of our party still had full drinks, which were paid for in real, hard cash. I’ve worked in many restaurants over the years, and kicking a table out with drinks they have already paid for is genuinely a bush league move. Anyway, I could overlook even this, but the fact that the waitress lied and said they were out of Nutella pie, and got her buddy to come kick us out right after that is what really bothered me the most. I mean, we spent almost two hundred dollars, only to be rudely ejected from our table and lied to. It was really a very unpleasant experience.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 1
We had a pizza to go and it was delicious. We got the fig one! Will definitely go back and plan ahead so we can sit in the courtyard. (Make reservations well ahead of time!)
Restaurantji Recommends
So great to return to our favorite restaurant of all time tonight. Best pizza as always and so good to see Matt and Melissa. They are always so kind and friendly while also keeping the pizzas moving for everyone. Service is wonderful and the ambience is perfect, intimate and positively pleasant. Buffalinas is a Connecticut treasure and you will not only enjoy the best Neapolitan pizza anywhere, and the salads and beverages and desserts are beyond wonderful, but you will also make long lasting friendships here.
Absolutely amazing, true Neapolitan style pizza. E'ting is so well paired together between grilled peaches on the summer pizza Pesca, and other pizza offerings with all locally sourced fruits/vegetables. The Tre Carni pizza stays on the menu, as clearly transcending tastebuds from fall to winter to spring and summer. Truly excellent bubbly crust. Call early for a reservation to sit or takeout. Your tastebuds will be salivating!
It's a local treasure - tiny, simple, and delicious. There's a small counter inside and a nice eating area outside. They prepare everything -- the toppings as well as the final pizza - in the wood-fired oven.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
This place looks like a good spot and I'd love to try it out but trying to get a seat the day of is alway a nightmare and their communication is definitely lacking.
Best Pizza in the WORLD. Perfect combination of traditional Neapolitan style with a little bit of New Haven char. The dough is perfection. The menu is always fun and inspired, the cocktails as well! With a strong, handsome man cooking the pies to perfection; and a pizza chef who moves like a ninja and is as beautiful as the morning sunrise. Bufalina is not to be missed! Friendly owners, cozy atmosphere, delicious food. Pro tip: call Thursday-Saturday at 11:30am to make sure you are able to get your takeout order in, or to reserve your table for the evening.