Barboncino

Cool ambiance! …I had the meatball pizza and it was decent, the overall pizza was good, but due to the meatball’s small size, you really don’t get a chance to experience the flavor of the meatball… but the 2 stars which would have been 1, but the ambiance and pizza taste saved the review. My waiter service was not good at all. I saw the waiter once after I ordered and that’s when he gave me my pizza, and after sitting with a finished plate, he finally comes over and I ask for the check. Then after waiting, I realized he never comes for check, and I walk up to the front to pay for it. This must be the worst service I’ve received since moving to Brooklyn, maybe it was an off night and they forgot I was there… but just when I was going to bring a good group of friends for a weeknight gathering…#ColdServiceHotPizza

Such a lovely restaurant and staff. Their brick oven pizza is so good. They have this spicy honey which me and my boyfriend drizzled on our pizza and it just made it sooooo good.
The meatballs as appetizers is also worth having and good for sharing, accompanied with a very very good tomato sauce.
Overall great food, great atmosphere.

I love, love Barboncino! I’ve been here for dinner, the Free Brunch, late-​night pizza at the bar and yeah, it has been delicious every time. The staff is friendly. The wine is good. The pizza is some of the best I’ve had– chewy crust, yummy cheese and tasty toppings. I’ll be back very soon!

This place is fantastic. A little pricy, but the food and drinks are worth it.
Definitely sit at the bar and order a drink while you wait for the table. The sazerac is great! Very good quality cocktail selection and wine list.
I had the margherita pizza and my boyfriend and friend had the soppressata picante. We were all extremely satisfied (and full). The waiter recommended a great, reasonably priced bottle of wine that would go with both pizzas.
Besides the food and drink, the restaurant is beautiful inside. I would honestly have a wedding reception there– pizza for all!

Best dinner spot.
Very dimly lit, there are single tables and cafeteria style tables to sit. The music is quiet or non-​existent so the place doesn’t get too loud. It’s cozy. It’s romantic. It’s perfect.
They have a bar section that is visibly separate from the restaurant. This is a great place to grab one of their cocktails (strong and flavorful), draft beers or a glass of wine while you wait for a table. If you get lucky and go early or on an off night (weekdays, typically), you can sit down without a stop at the bar.
The wine list is small but in my non-​wine-​expert opinion, still great. Their cocktail list is plentiful with many different options to choose from, and they have a group of draft beers as well. But the real killer is the wood fire pizza. The Arugula pizza is like a delicious salad atop flat bread, the Neapolitan Meatball is a wonderful mix of basic pizza with insanely flavorful crumbles of meatballs spread on top. The food is finger licking, «ooooh ahhhh» screaming good.
To quote Nike so eloquently, «Just do it.» Enjoy.

Went here for a date night. Had a 45 minute wait on a Saturday night so decided to sit at the bar until we were called. (Side note: you can eat at the bar if you like but we just preferred a table.) Any ways, the restaurant is on «Nowait», in which you can see exactly how many people are in front of you waiting to dine which is pretty cool. Once we got our table we were greeted pretty promptly & since we had time at the bar we knew exactly what we wanted and ordered. We had the meatball appetizers which were so tender. We then had the arugula pizza w/​prosciutto & four cheese pizza w/​pepperoni. Can we please have a moment of silence for the four cheese pizza w/​pepperoni please? Granted the arugula pizza was good but the four cheese pizza was to dieeee for… My mouth is watering as I speak of it. Good service, good food. Definitely will be back.

I had dinner here tonight with my boyfriend and we love love loved the place! We got there and were told there is going to be a 20 to 30 minute wait or we could sit at the bar and order from the full menu. We opted to go to the bar and have a drink and wait for a table. Once we arrived at the bar we were greeted with a very knowledgeable bartender who helped us select the perfect bottle of red wine for our evening. After waiting 20 minutes we were escorted to our table, there we quickly placed our order as we had reviewed the menu at the bar. Our waitress was very helpful in the decision making. We chose the Neapolitan meatball pizza and the sopressata picantè pizza. Both were excellent and came out super quick. We ended our meal with 3 scoops of gelato (dark chocolate, vanilla & salted caramel) All and all an excellent meal and I will be back here for dinner and to try brunch!

Pretty solid Margherita pie! Mozz had a good texture, wasn’t too greasy, crust wasn’t too burnt. I have certainly had better pizza in Brooklyn but still a good place to satisfy your pizza craving.
Did take out (ready in 10 minutes) because there was an hour wait to sit inside. The ambiance seemed very cozy and cute though. This was around 8pm on a Saturday night by the way. I am sure you can get a table easier on other nights.
Friendly service.
Definitely worth a stop if you are in the neighborhood.

I try to go here once per week the pizza is great if u like brick oven style and the hot oil that’s on the table is bomb. Also I love the root beer floats with salted caramel gelato! Sometimes there is a wait but that’s because this place is awesome also they are open until 1am! Great for dates

⁵⁄₅ for ambience and food. Service varies. We had an amazing server for dinner, but a terrible server for brunch even though it was half empty.
Recommend: sausage/​funghi pizza and sopressata pizza. Hungry just thinking about it!!!

Update: I really liked this place before. Now, I LOVE it. One reason: Steve. The waiter Steve is incredible. I do not know him. He didn’t ask me to do this, but it’s so refreshing to not only get good good but incredible service. I was never outwardly impressed with the service before and I gave up eating pizza so I haven’t been around, but I just stopped in to grab the delicious Nutella calzone and Steve was my waiter… totally awesome. If you ever get rid of Steve, the Nutella calzones will not be worth me coming back.
Guys, go here for the good food… keep coming back for the service like Steve provided. Friendly, efficient, great listener, awesome person.

Such a cute, warm place. We kinda just randomly walked in and so glad we did, because this place is bomb. The lighting was perf. Lots of seating.
My sister got the artichoke and pancetta pie and I got the sopressata and basil. Both were very good, but felt like they overdid the salt. The amount of water I drank that night was crazy.
Even though it took me two full days to get rid of my garlic breath, and almost suffocated from my sister’s SBD farts… I would return. I want to try the other options. And I actually really liked that place.
Too bad we didn’t have any room for dessert though. They had a lot of options.

I was first introduced to Barbo’s over a year ago by a good friend who lives only blocks away. Based upon my experiences and tastes, I am giving Barbo’s 5 Stars. Their pizza is some of the best I have EVER had. I’m sorry DiFara, Barbo’s pizza can hang. Barbo’s does pizza right!
Whenever I am in the area visiting friends, we make it a point to have at least one meal there. I have had just more than their pizza on the menu. The meatballs? Forget about it! They are crazy good. They are so moist and filled with flavor. Meat isn’t your thing, well don’t you worry. The white bean and pesto or the cheese slate with garlic bread are both dreamy.
I love the hot oil that is a fixture on their tables. Dousing my pizza with the oil elevates the goodness of their pizza.
The bar area is probably my favorite part of the restaurant. It is small, but very intimate. I love the low lighting and candles, it adds to the ambiance. Their cocktails are hand crafted and super delicious.
There are hundreds of pizza places in Brookyln I could go to for pizza, but I wouldn’t have it any other way… Barbo’s all the way!

Really yum pizza place in Crown Heights.
The restaurant itself is cute and comfortable– perfect for an anytime meal.
I went around 330pm on a Sunday and it was suprisingly busy.
We ordered:
Sopressata Picante pizza– this is the star. MUST HAVE WITH HONEY. Seriously dont miss this point.
Cremini and Sausage: this one was less exciting. Still good but the above was better.
Cant wait to come back and try more!
Service is tops.

Barboncino is certainly among New York’s elite pizzerias.
The crust has an absolutely perfect char. It has an incredible balance between doughiness and crunchiness. I can’t ask for much more out of the crust. We ordered an artichoke and smoked pancetta pie. It was a white pizza without sauce. I think the ingredients were very well executed without a tomato sauce; however, I would have ordered a different pie with tomato sauce in retrospect. Regardless, it was one of the better white pizzas that I’ve had.
Barboncino offered an interesting selection of appetizers including roasted peppers and meatballs. They also have some interesting desserts, most notably a nutella banana calzone.
I’d rate it four and a half stars.

Ordered: Artichoke and pancetta pizza
Pros – The pizza had a nice char to the crust. The ingredients tasted very fresh, and the tart artichoke and savory pancetta was a great combo. The staff was very friendly.
Cons – The tables were too close together where it was difficult to enter and exit my seat. The pizza was in need of a light layer of sauce (maybe pesto) and less oil (as it significantly dripped off the slices).

This place does two things well–
Great service.
Great Nutella Calzone.
What I didn’t find too impressive was the pizza.
The artichoke w/​smoked pancetta pizza was overcooked. The crust was dry and hard to chew on. The texture of the cheese wasn’t great either. It was firm and not nicely melted.
The Arugula pizza with sausage was the special of the day and that was decent. Nothing too impressive though.
Would give it a while before I come back to try this place again.

There’s no denying that Barboncino makes a fantastic pizza. After having eaten there at least 50 times, you can take my word for it.
If you come to Barboncino, you can expect to get consistently good pizza, tasty cocktails that change seasonally, and a small collection of rotating beers (Peroni always available along with a few local beers). The ambiance is what I think of as quintessential Brooklyn (think low light, exposed brick, purposely unfinished touches, unvarnished wood and iron). The service staff is friendly and delivers seamless service.
The specifics:
Every morning, on my way to work, I walk by and see the dough guy in there making millions of balls of dough that will eventually become the perfectly chewy pizza crust that evening. That guy is a hero.
At the heart of Barboncino is a wood-​fire oven that takes that dough and cooks it to leopard-​spotted, chewy, salty perfection in about 3 minutes. They have about 8 pizzas on the menu. These have never changed in the three years they have been open. Having tried all the pizzas (multiple times), here are my favorites:
— Eggplant and Zucchini pie ($ 14): This red pie has thinly sliced eggplant and zucchini on top of a red pie and is sprinkled liberally with garlic. It’s my go-​to pie. Be forewarned, you’ll still be tasting the garlic in the morning.
— Arugula pie ($ 14, +$ 4 with prosciutto): This is like a white pie with an arugula salad on top. In case you felt like both a salad and a pizza, this is a good option. You can get the prosciutto if you MUST have meat at every meal (and I totally understand this sentiment) but I don’t think it adds all that much to an already delicious pie.
— Meatball pie ($ 15): They have great meatballs here. Soft and moist (hero from above also makes the meatballs, I think) and seasoned very well. They are crumbled on top of a red pie and topped with some basil.
— Any special pie they have that night (usually around $ 17): After having the same 8 pies on the menu, any variety is good.
Honorable mentions go to the mushroom and sausage and the soppressata pies.
Pro-​tip: The lines here are long. The bar is first come so try to snag a seat there. It’s the best seat in the house anyway because the bartenders are awesome.
Oh! In case you were wondering, barboncino is Italian for poodle. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

This is a take out review, just heads up!
On a long trip home, we walked by this place after getting off the subway. It was in my Unilocal bookmarks for months, and I was finally happy for a chance to try this place. We popped in, placed an order, and we had two piping hot pizzas within 10 minutes. The guys working at the counter were quick and efficient. After a quirk scurry home, we flipped the lids to our pizza boxes, and heaven was found inside.
I’d imagine that straight out of the oven, the pizza here is absolutely divine, and even after a 15 minute walk home, the pizza is STILL amazing. Creamy, fresh mozzarella and sweet tomatoes made for a beautiful margherita pizza. I didn’t even nab a slice of my boyfriend’s pizza – we both scarfed them down quickly.
10 out of 10, I’ll be coming back here again.
Update – yes, I’ve been back a couple times since that initial heavenly visit. This is likely one of my top favorite places in Crown Heights. The warm décor and fantastic happy hour makes this a go-​to place when my boyfriend and I want to get out of the apartment. $ 3 draft Peronis! The servers here are really great and attentive, and as to be expected, the pizzas are the best straight out of the oven. We’ve since tried the meatball, the soppressata pizza, and the white pizza special. You can’t go wrong with any of these.

Lately I’ve been on a hunt for the perfect pizza that is doughy yet crispy in all the right places with toppings that blend evenly in every bite. And a menu that’s full of staples but just different enough to make it difficult for me to decide what to order. That’s usually not the case for me. I’m a classic pizza kind of gal and although often tempted I can’t help but order a good Margherita because I just love it so. Yes I know I’m probably missing out on a lot of good pizzas out there, but a lot of pizza places get so over zealous with their menus it’s down right overwhelming and well, for crying out loud it’s a pizza! Next to a sandwich it’s literally one of the most basic foods in history. It should not have ten toppings. It just shouldn’t!
Barboncino gets it right all around. They get the classic stuff right (yes I ordered the Margherita). Not too saucy and not too cheesy, it was melt your heart and fior di latte satisfying. The Arugula pizza was great too. Sometimes, greens on a pizza kinda feels like you are eating a garden (not a salad — but the garden) and at first glance I was little worried that would happen here, but it didn’t! The mix of garlic, parmigiano regianno, and olive oil brought it all together.
Our waiter said the Piazza was the most popular cocktail so I gave it try. I took one sip and I cut my friend off mid-​sentence and made him try it. It might have been one of my favorite cocktails I’ve had all summer. The ginger beer isn’t overpowering (which would have turned me off from first sip) and it had just a hint of sweetness to it. It was just enough to make it a really good summer drink.
Overall, I’m a fan and would definitely return to Barboncino in a heart beat. Especially with some friends for a lunch/​early dinner where we could share some pizzas and chat before the late evening crowd fills the place up.