Based on 129 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.3 stars. Price $$
✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Takeout ✔️ No delivery
Address:
1711 Mission St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Phone: (831) 425-1807
Website: https://www.pizzeriaavanti.biz/
Hours
| Friday | 5–9:30 PM |
| Saturday | 5–9:30 PM |
| Sunday | 5–9 PM |
| Monday
(Labor Day)
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5–9 PM
Hours might differ
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| Tuesday | 5–9 PM |
| Wednesday | 5–9 PM |
| Thursday | 5–9 PM |
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It’s small place to dine in. If you are looking for a light thin crust pizza with little cheese, this could meet your needs. Had multiple times due to its location and also like their light crust which is on a thin side with bit crunchy outside. Their speciality is caramelized onions. For vegetarians there are a few choices, I tend to go with arugula topping as it is not so common at the mainstream pizzerias. They could be more generous on the topping (was fooled by the pic on their website, actually it was a very thin layer of arugula, one can hardly taste it) and could be more reasonably priced.
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Evelyne Michaut
Few good places open on a Monday in Santa Cruz, so happy to find Avanti where the pizzas are out of control delicious, proper thin crust, fresh ingredients – salads yummy too. Service is so nice, too bad it’s so cold and empty:/
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Brenda Pereda
Excellent pizza! We’re on a 65+ day road trip, pizza aficionados, and this is the best pizza we’ve had so far. Thin crust w/ a perfect bite, simple San Marzano tomato sauce, homemade Italian sausage and veggies. Can you tell we loved it? Server was great too. Quiet place, which was perfect. Wish this spot was on our hometown!
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Katharine Münger
Pizzeria Avanti never fails to impress… A friendly spot with consistent delicious food on the west side. Inviting, warm-toned ambiance featuring Italian ceramics. Relaxed service. The right scale–bustling on a Friday night but not loud.
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Rebecca Crane
I just love this place. Haven’t been in years and the experience and high quality fare is tried and true.
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Kayla Garnet Rose PhD
Wonderful experience at Pizzeria Avanti – we shared the butter lettuce with beets salad, then split the lasagna and the chicken fusilli. We had more than enough left overs the next day! Excellent wine, amazing staff, always a pleasure to dine here.
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Nancy Greenwood
We’ve been coming here every Friday night (except during Covid) for 7 years. Deceptively simple but excellent flavorful locally sourced pastas and pizzas, with friendly, lovely attention from the staff and the owner. Casual vibe and perfect for families. Small but great wine selection as well. A real gem!
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Johnny Zee
Definitely one of my favorite pizza places in Santa Cruz. It’s hard to get authentic Italian pizza like this unless you’re in a bigger city. Great place for a stop for a quick and inexpensive meal. Their warm gourmet olive plates is incredible with pizza.
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Robyn Beagle
Wow. We used to like this place, it had been a couple years since we live in Scotts Valley, so we decided to get takeout on our way home. We were disappointed by the food, but hungry and had a movie to get to so we were eating it. Hubby’s meatballs on dry fettuccine noodles were lackluster, my veggie lasagna was a little worse since it had no cheese (not listed as vegan, just vegetarian) and the veggies were really overcooked, in a bland tomato sauce, nothing good about the dish… but the real worst part was the bite that included a PIECE OF TOOTHPICK which jammed into my gum. Yes, a piece of presumably USED toothpick, a broken part of a toothpick, in my food. I’ve shown it here in the photos. And the best part? When I called to tell them and the woman on the phone HUNG UP ON ME. Yes, they showed their customer appreciation by hanging up on someone who just found dangerous garbage in their food. Needless to say we’ll never be back and we hope you won’t either.
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Gabby Martinez
We are visiting from Vegas and it’s hard to find a good place to eat. This place had good ratings but food was soooo nasty. We order wings and had horrible flavor. We got the sausage pizza and it lack of flavor. I wouldn’t recommend it
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