The best pizzerias in Europe have been crowned for 2025
But we're not the only ones chewing and cheese-pulling away to determine the planet's tastiest pies. 50 Top Pizza is an influential industry guide that produces several annual pizzeria rankings – and they've just dropped their latest list of the greatest pizzerias in Europe.
Number one on the list for 2025 is Napoli on the Road, a London-based pizzeria with branches in Chiswick and Richmond. It's the second year in a row the restaurant, opened by Italian-born pizza chef Michele Pascarella, has claimed the prize.
Baldoria in Madrid came second on 50 Top Pizza's ranking. Its signature Búfala Fest pizza featured on our own list, with Time Out Madrid's editor Gorka Elorrieta calling it 'a delightful surprise for cheese lovers'.
In third place was a tie between Sartoria Panatieri in Barcelona and Via Toledo in Vienna – though the most represented city overall was none other than Paris.
If you're wondering where on earth Italy is in all of this, rest assured the pizza motherland has its own dedicated ranking, the winners of which will be announced on July 15 in Milan.
Here's the full list of Europe's best pizzerias in 2025
1. Napoli on the Road – London, England
2. Baldoria – Madrid, Spain
=3. Sartoria Panatieri – Barcelona, Spain
=3. Via Toledo – Vienna, Austria
4. 50 Kalò – London, England
5. IMperfetto – Puteaux, France
6. Pizza Zulu – Fürth, Germany
7. nNea – Amsterdam, The Netherlands
8. Fratelli Figurato – Madrid, Spain
9. Sapori Italiani U Taliana – Bratislava, Slovakia
10. Forno d'Oro – Lisbon, Portugal
=11. La Balmesina – Barcelona, Spain
=11. La Piola Pizza – Brussels, Belgium
12. Surt – Copenhagen, Denmark
13. Stile Napoletano – Chester, England
14. Demaio – Bilbao, Spain
15. Franko's Pizza & Bar – Zagreb, Croatia
16. Little Pyg – Dublin, Ireland
17. Matto Napoletano – Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia
18. Zielona Górka – Pabianice, Poland
19. da PONE – Zurich, Switzerland
20. Babette – Stockholm, Sweden
21. La Pizza è Bella – Antwerp, Belgium
22. Forza – Helsinki, Finland
23. MaMeMi – Copenhagen, Denmark
24. 450°C – Turku, Finland
25. L'Antica Pizzeria – London, England
26. Pietra – Belgrade, Serbia
27. Pizza Nuova – Prague, Czech Republic
28. Ciao a Tutti – Warsaw, Poland
29. Oobatz – Paris, France
30. Pop's Pizza – Ljubljana, Slovenia
31. Buon Appetito – Burgess Hill, England
32. Arte Bianca – Sagres, Portugal
33. Roco – Paris, France
34. Majstor i Margarita – Belgrade, Serbia
35. NAPIZZA – Nuremberg, Germany
36. Infraganti – Alicante, Spain
37. La Manifattura – Paris, France
38. Calvello's – Munich, Germany
39. Fimmina – Paris, France
40. Gasparic – Girona, Spain
41. Belli di Mamma – Budapest, Hungary
42. Margherita Pizzeria – Tallinn, Estonia
43. Kytaly – Geneva, Switzerland
44. 'naPizzà – Brussels, Belgium
45. Villa Severino – Helsinki, Finland
46. ZANO – Iași, Romania
47. Mamma Pizza – Oslo, Norway
48. Bottega Ceccarelli – Brunswick, Germany
49. Filo D'olio – Sarıyer – Istanbul, Türkiye
50. O'Panuozzo – Utrecht, The Netherlands
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