Baked in a brick oven, puffed up, charred and airy along the edges, thin and pliable in the center, lathered with a sweet tomato sauce and crowned with buffalo mozzarella and basil. Yes, you’re in pizza heaven.
If there’s one dish that has travelled all continents and found patrons everywhere, it’s pizza.Whether you love authentic Neapolitan, a Chicago style deep-dish, a stuffed crust or a calzone, Karachi has lots to offer.
Here is our list of seven pizza places in Karachi you have to try.
1) Pompeii
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While not specifically a pizzeria, Pompeii certainly know how to do pizza. From the brick oven to your plate, Pompeii offers a delicious range of pizzas bound to satisfy the Neapolitan in you.
Must-try: The chicken, spinach and feta cheese pizza as well as the shrimp and pesto pizza.
2) Xander’s
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One of Karachi’s favorite haunts, Xander’s also boasts a wood fired oven and a variety of pizzas made with prime ingredients that continue to draw pizza aficionados around Karachi.
Must-try: Feta and spinach pizza, chicken jalapeno pPizza and the peppercorn salami pizza.
3) Bella Vita
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Quick to find fame among Karachi’s favorite cafes, Bella Vita offers an inviting array of pizzas sure to excite the flat bread enthusiasts.
Must-try: roasted chicken and rocket pizza and pizza al pollo. Diavola pizza, which is made with mozzarella, parmesan, pepperoni and onions is also a star seller.
4) Hoagies
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For pizza that qualifies as fast-food take a trip to Hoagies. Usually sought for their sandwiches, Hoagies also offer an assortment of pizzas, featuring some unconventional yet surprisingly enjoyable toppings such as fried chicken and well, fries.
Must try: Fried-chicken flatbread and the pepperoni flatbread.
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5) Domino’s
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International franchise Domino’s has been around for a while, and continues to cater to happy customers around the city. Choose from a standard, thin-crust, deep-dish pizza or a stuffed crust.
Must-try: Tex-Mex chicken, Pepperoni
6) 14th Street
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If a sizeable portion along with a customised taste is what you’re looking after then 14th street pizza is just right for you. The pizza fares as well in taste as it does in weight. You have the option to choose from a variety of vegetables, meat and dairy and build your pizza as you like it and as ‘spicy’ as you like.
Must-try: Pizza with pepperoni and turkey chunks.
7) Espresso
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Renowned for a variety of offerings, specifically their coffee, Espresso also offers appetizing pizzas, quite popular among its patrons.
Must-try: The Mexican pizza
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