V I Pizza

I moved out of the area but had to go back and visit some folks. I have to say their pizza is a real treat and now I hold out for days I have to go back to the old neighborhood and order a pie to take back with me. Really the best pizza, worth every single bite and calorie!

I have been going to this place for many years. It has been in Bayside since I am a teenager the pizza is always good I will always go back. The only drawback is that they don’t deliver to me.

This place has the best pizza in Queens NY; all selections are just MMMMM! HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS PLACE The staff… a great bunch!!!

This is the only place I will ever get Sicilian pizza from. No other place compares. My family has been coming here since, like, the 70s.

Unbelievable pizza anytime im in this neighborhood I have to come by and at least get a slice.

This place is been here very long.
Personally i love their Taco Pizza! There’s ground beef and cheddar cheese, onion, red pepper and cilantro. I feel like a bit of sour taste in it. I don’t know why they don’t make it that often.
Chicken tomato is light and savory. buffalo chicken is also good.
Grandma and Grandpa looks good, i might give it a try next time.

Best pizzeria in the tri state area theymake all kinds of pizza, chicken and bacon slice, Buffalo, are my favorites give this place a try

I’m giving VIPizza five stars, not because it ranks up there with John’s of Bleecker or Totonno’s but because a) it’s so far the best pizza I’ve had in Queens, and b) it’s good old fashioned, true-​blue, authentic old school NYC pizza.
VIPizza has been operating since 1959 — meaning, the store has seen Fidel Castro come to power, Alaska and Hawaii become states, the first man-​made object reaches Moon, and the Twilight Zone airs its first episode. Now that’s old school! The store has that old-​school NYC feeling of the larger pizzeria (you know there were some pizzerias that were nothing more than a counter with circle seats? This place looks old-​school, but has tables.)
A scan of their offerings shows they are definitely not skimpy on toppings, and they have many, many offerings. I wanted to know how good their pizza is, so I opted for their regular slice, which I’ll get to in a moment. Unfortunately, they don’t take credit cards, which sometimes makes me wonder about unreported income, but there are some restaurants that are so good and successful that missed profit due to lost sales doesn’t bother them.
They specialize in pizza: They sell pizza, calzone, garlic knots, and nothing else. Since this is 2015, and not 1980, they do offer the modern stuff like grandma slices, spicy chicken toppings, etc, but I prefer to review the base of their offerings, which in the pizza world is a «regular slice», the kind you used to get for fifty cents in 1980.
Regular slice: A–
A common complaint I have about modern NYC pizza is the cheap and tasteless mozzarella. You bite into the slice and get a mouthful of flavorless oily gummy cheese. Yuck. The mozzarella at VIPizza has great flavor. Tastes very fresh.
The pizza has a little oil drip, but not overly much. I wouldn’t call it an oily pizza. Pointing my pizza downward, I only had 2 – 4 drops, which is pretty good.
The tomato sauce is old-​school NYC: fresh and dynamic but slightly bland. I would’ve liked to have a slightly more punchy tomato flavor. On the other hand, the tomato sauce was definitely *not* sweet, which is something I’ve come to hate about modern NYC pizza.
The ratios of cheese to sauce and sauce to crust is perfect. They have obviously been perfecting that for over 50 years, because I don’t think it can get more perfect.
The crust is obviously fresh. It’s a no-​brainier that they make the dough there on the premises. The under crust is very thin. The outside crust is also thin (a pet-​peeve of mine is the big «fluffy» outer rim crust you see on pizzas from abominations like Domino’s). In fact, I daresay that the crust here is nearly perfect for this type of pizza. My one complaint is that the crust is a little too crusty when they take it out of the oven. When you fold the pizza in half, it cracks a little too much. I think this indicates their oven temperature might be too high for warming pizza. But it doesn’t really matter because everything else is so perfect.

This has got to be my all-​time favorite place to get pizza.
My best friend and I used to come here almost every single day when we were in 8^th grade, we would walk home from 158 and go in, grab a slice, enjoy our slice and chat. The one slice we always always get is the Spicy Chicken slice and it is SO good. I’ve had spicy chicken slices in other places but it’s never the same. Some pizza spots don’t even offer spicy chicken and only have buffalo chicken but it’s not the same! I don’t know why it’s so good but I crave this almost every month it’s pretty bad. The spicy chicken comes with blue cheese? (I’m really bad with cheeses) and it really compliments the spicy chicken. All their slices are thin but not too thin where it’s like a piece of crispy paper. Their pepperoni slices are also good as well as their plain. I know that they’re famous for their sicilian slices but I am loyal to my Spicy Chicken pizza. My parents usually get the sicilian and they always enjoy it!
The workers are also super friendly and joyful, it makes the experience even better.
Definitely try if you’re on Bell Blvd, so worth it :)

This place has some awesome slice of pizza! I always ordered their regular slice to go. It get busy during lunch hours and the line are very long!

Amazing slices and a friendly environment. I enjoy the plain slices the most.
Bring cash. They don’t accept cards

Fav pizza
Fav location
The workers are extremely nice and the Sicilian slices r the bomb
I love this place

VIP is AMAZING! Best Sicilian in NY??? I’d say so! I’m addicted to their Spicy Chicken slice. Pizza is always hot and they have so many different choices. They also have crushed ice which is vastly better than ice cubes.

This is my FAVORITE place for a Sicilian slice. Im. giving it 4 stars because once my slice tasted undercooked– no bueno!
Basic spot, clean, been there for years, all their slices are great.

Margherita & Grandma’s w/​sauseeej! Bellisimo!
Really good pizza, I just wish they delivered & accepted credit cards.

Just order the plain slice. You know a place is good if their original plain slice of pizza is delicious. Can’t fail with this pozzeria.
Cash only btw

Solid pizzeria, conveniently located 3 blocks from my apartment. Large pies are surprisingly $ 2 – 3 cheaper than other places in the immediate area. Just the right amount of sauce and cheese. My only complaint is that they do not take credit cards.

Dare I say… Best Pizza in Bayside. Yep I sure do.
I’ve had some amazing pizza in my life and VIP def ranks up there. It’s a bit of a drive for me and they don’t deliver to my house but whenever I am in the area I simply cannot resist popping in for a slice. Even if I am not even hungry. There’s always room for a VIP slice :)
Great crust, good sauce to cheese ratio. Nice flavors and not skimpy on the toppings either. Pizza places may come and go but with pizza like this VIP ain’t going nowhere anytime soon!

Taken me forever to post this, but in our quest to review the best and the worst of Bayside, I’m finally getting to it!
This place is a solid 4-​stars. Lots of nostalgia for lots of folks in the area and when you visit this place, you can understand why. Tons of photos of celebrities on the wall and you can tell there’s alot of history behind this place and the guys who work here.
I must admit, beyond the rave reviews, I was a little hesitant to come here since I know that «Baysiders» love their nostalgia and hold onto it for dear life. So I wasn’t sure if I was being misled. We ordered a pretty tricky pie to successfully execute… half extra cheese and half no cheese with sauce and pepperoni (due to a cheese allergy). As you can see, from the photo, it was truly a work of art. The crust was delicious, crisp, and a bit chewy. A little on the dark side, but not burnt. The sauce too was solid and had a very authentic taste. And the cheese was gooey, stretchy and plentiful. As for the side without cheese (sauce and pepperoni), from what I tasted, it was pretty delicious as well.
This pizza also reheated very well the next day and it seemed to get even better with age.
I’m impressed, V I. Will definitely be back again!

1 star or 2? Went here after reading some say the best Sicilian slice.
It all looked good and the texture of the crust was okay but these slices (and we had a regular too) had zero flavor. After eating we both looked at each other and said — just consumed 1,000 absolutely tasteless calories — I mean no flavor at all. it was the strangest thing.
Still on the hunt for the best Sicilian.