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Zaccary's Pizza
Category: Restaurants Pizza Pizza [Edit]
3150 Oak StVancouver, BC V6H 2L1
Neighbourhoods: Shaughnessy, Fairview Slopes
(604) 737-1933
- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- No
- Parking:
- Street
- Attire:
- Casual
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- Yes
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- No
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Good For:
- Dinner
- Alcohol:
- No
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
10 reviews for Zaccary's Pizza
10 reviews in English
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Review from Roanna S.
Vancouver, BC
3/13/2012
This pizza is incredible. I have been to Italy and experienced real fresh pizza and this is totally up there in quality.
I love the non-traditional flavours that they offer... eggplant, artichoke etc etc... and the base is so light and feathery it is amazing.
You must try this place!
N.B. they only accept cash for deliveries and so have money onhand!! -
Review from Alexandra S.
Vancouver, BC
11/26/2011
Our new favourite pizza in town -- so good that it makes it hard to think of other pizza joints as alternatives. The crust is phenomenal, though a bit different from your usual crust so I imagine it won't be for everyone. It's a bit chewy, not too thick (but not a typical "thin crust" style) with a very puffy rim that has the delicious pockets of olive oil others have noted. These aren't pools of oil - -more like a very light dusting, but sooo good!
The toppings themselves have ranged from delicious to unexceptional. Our favourite is the Italiano Originale -- it doesn't sound especially interesting, but it has truly excellent flavour.
This isn't what you'd consider a kid-style pizza, but our children are happy to eat the plain cheese pizza and they don't eat just any pizza you hand to them.
The only thing that keeps Zaccary's from being a regular order is that delivery to our place (in Kits) is very slow -- a bit more than an hour. But if we lived closer (so that delivery was faster or so we could pick up) I doubt that we'd order from anyone else. -
Review from Rachel F.
Vancouver, BC
6/1/2011
Hands down, the best pizza in Vancouver. And yeah, I've lived in NYC and honestly that town's pizza is over-rated. Ray's thin-crust is good on a budget, but it has nothing on Zaccary's.
I used to live on Granville @ 16th and made frequent trips to Zaccary's, back in the day. It's a real gem in that neighbourhood. Leo, the proprietor, is delightful and you can tell he loves what he does - the food is reliably delicious and well-above average. Like him, it's got personality and isn't cookie-cutter.
The crust is light and chewy, between thin (which can get a bit dull and cardboard-boring, IMO, after a while) and thick (not too thick, but chewy and light; yeasty, fresh, delicious). I love tasting the olive oil and the feeling of "squidge" that happens when the crunchy cheesey-bits on the crust sing in harmony with the olive-oil globules in the airy parts of the crust. Squidge: look it up.
My personal favourite is the New York style, with tomatoes and mushrooms and pepperoni. I add the fresh roasted garlic to it and am a happy camper.
If Leo could find it in him to add a white pizza to the menu - so hard to find in these parts - I'd be in heaven.
I can easily devour a small by myself and no, I will not share it. Get your own, dammit. -
Review from Will T.
Vancouver, BC
1/14/2012
Possibly the best pizza I have ever had. The crust is amazing, so light and crispy, with the perfect amount of olive oil. This isn't Pizza Hut or Domino's - this is like the real deal. I have had the North American Classic and Zaccarys Special and both were great, wonderfully flavorful! I think this pizza pairs best with cold cut style meats. The owner is a friendly guy, and makes all the pizzas himself. I'll definitely be going back.
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Review from Bart P.
Port Coquitlam, BC
1/1/2011
Definitely the most AMAZING pizza I have tried!!! I grab one regularly, usually the Salty and Spicy but have tried the others and they are just as delicious.
Cheers to Leo
You're the Bomb ;-) -
Review from Cat D.
Richmond, BC
4/7/2010 1 photo
Phenomenal pizza. The owner, Leo, makes all his pizzas to order, so be prepared to wait. If you decide to pick up the pizza, give it a good 30 minutes (40 minutes on Friday nights). It will be worth it. This isn't Little Caesar's or some 99c/a slice joint. It is a small, cozy, hole-in-wall with only about 4 chairs but this place is all about the pizza.
As the other review stated, this is NOT thin crust pizza. Nowhere on Zac's menu/site will it even say that. This is labeled as "Heavenly Light Crust" and rightly so. The crust is airy and flavourful like a croissant, with crisp edges.
I always get the Italiano Originale - an addictive blend of anchovies, tomatoes, basil and real mozarella cheese. My partner is faithful to his half-half combo of Zac's Special (spicy roasted chicken) and Salty-Spicy (smoked salmon and anchovies). The pizza is never smothered in tomato sauce, instead, it is just kissed with enough sauce to ensure that the flavors of basil and cheese aren't overwhelmed.
We literally spend a couple of hundred bucks a month here and cannot stop eating this glorious pizza. I live in Richmond and will drive to Vancouver for this every time. My suggestion is that you try more than one type as it took me a couple of tries to find 'my pizza'. Now I'm hooked. Approx $25 for a large may not seem expensive...but when you eat one pie per person in one sitting it can add up. I'm 5'7 and 115 lbs and I eat an entire pizza to myself once or twice a week. It's that good.
Try this if you want to get a real taste of Mediterranean-style pizza (the owner is Greek). NOT if you're looking for big-city/NorthAmerican style pie. I love NYC thin crust pizzas too, but we're talking apples and oranges here.
If you like, you can come in to Zac's and watch your pie being made and chat with Leo! A caveat: you may get addicted, as my circle of friends has. Then you will have a new $50 a week habit.
*salads also available* -
Review from Jessie J.
8/8/2009
Given the quality of pizza in Vancouver, I should probably give this place 4 stars, but I just can't bring myself to.
The ingredients were indeed quality, and the sauce wasn't objectionable, which is verging on high praise in the Vancouver pizza scene. The crust was too fluffy for me, though, and with the quantity of toppings piled on, that meant it was approaching soggy and floppy by the time we got it home to my friends' place (only a few blocks away).
So, it is certainly better than most pizza in town, but I can't call it great. It's fine. If you're in the neighbourhood, and don't mind shelling out a bit, you could certainly do worse. But Vancouver needs to do better. I miss good pizza!Listed in: 'Zza!
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Review from Lisa S.
Vancouver, BC
11/19/2009
Given what there is for pizza in Vancouver, Zaccary's will do. But it's not great pizza, if you're comparing to the wider world outside Vancouver.
They claim to have "light crust" pizza -- don't mistake this for thin crust. I've lived in Boston and New York, where they have great thin crust pizza; this is nothing at all like that. "Light" crust, apparently, means fluffy. The crust actually tastes pretty good on its own, but it doesn't fill my craving for thin crust, unfortunately. Their pizza is also fairly greasy -- if you like greasy pizza, you'll be happy, but it's a bit too greasy for my liking. They can get away with more grease because it's not true, crispy thin crust.
All in all, it's the best I've had in Vancouver. It'll certainly do on nights when we feel like pizza. But it won't satiate my craving for great pizza. -
Review from M P.
Vancouver, BC
10/25/2009
Was recommended by few friends and have been meaning to try it for some time but never got the chance until last weekend. We ordered over the phone 2 pizzas: Vegetarian Executive and Salty and Spicy. Since we were told to expect the pizza at Zaccary's to take little longer to prepare than usual, we allowed a good 1 hr from the time we order before going to pick it up. To our surprise, the pizza wasn't ready, and it was literally about 2 hrs from the time we order before the two 14" pizzas were ready. The pizza tastes great: the sauce was delicious, the toppings combinations, and the crust was fluffy but great.
All in all, great tasting pizza, but given how extremely slow the service is and the fact that the pizza is not exactly cheap, this place gets 3 stars. -
Review from Andrew M.
Vancouver, BC
3/4/2009
Excellent pizza. Much better than your normal pizza place. A little pricey but if you are up for some good pizza it's definitely worth it. Delivery or pickup.
