Best Pizza in Calgary

Pizza can be a controversial topic. We all have our preferences when it comes to crust thickness, crispiness, the type and distribution of toppings and where the cheese is layered in relation to the sauce. Pizza is personal, but whether you’re looking for a family pizza night or a sophisticated meal, restaurants on this list are bound to suit your pizza fancy when you’re looking for a slice in Calgary.

Acme Pizza Co.

A relatively new player on the Calgary pizza scene, Acme deals in highly flavourful hand-built artisanal pizza. The pies are relatively thin and sized to feed a hungry person (or a pair of people looking for a moderate snack) and stacked with quality ingredients. The combinations are creative — Italian meats, cheese, and veggies with the addition of things like walnut cream, pickled jalapeño, or honey — without being weird. Pick up a pie to take home at the Renfrew location or enjoy one with a beer at the location in Tailgunner Brewing.

Address:  1602 10 Ave SW (in Tailgunner Brewing) or 1025 Russet Rd NE

Actually Pretty Good

This cheekily named pizza company is the brainchild of Brett McDermott who also owns the popular Our Daily Brett market café. This is another relatively thin-crust style, topped with thoughtful and flavour-packed ingredients. With playful names like The Hoser (pepperoni, chili bacon, mushrooms, and a hot maple drizzle) and Nashville North (fried chicken and gorgonzola ranch) the pizzas are as fun to order as they are to eat. Gluten-friendly crust and plant-based cheeses are also available.

Address: 2509 14 St SW or 1327 1 St SW (inside the First Street Market) note: third location opening in Crescent Heights in April

Bow Tie Pizza

A Calgary success story, Bow Tie Pizza has four locations, giving this independent take-out business great coverage of the entire city. As self-declared pizza nerds, the Bow Tie team specializes in the elusive not-too-thin but not-too-thick slow-rise crust, baking everything in an ultra-hot stone deck oven for perfectly crisp pizzas. They top their pizzas with fresh produce, local hand-sliced meats, and a two-cheese blend to create classic topping combinations and specialty pies like the Mother of Dragons (for those who like to get spicy) and the Greek-inspired Beard of Zeus.

Address: 4817 Centre St N , 112 Mahogany St SE , 330 Sage Valley Common NW #106 , or1110 Canterbury Dr SW , 1922 37 St SW

Cold Beer and Pizza

Sometime the name really does say it all: this Beltline hotspot serves great pizza, local beers, and a whole lot of fun. The beers are a selection of local favourites and the pizza is Roman style: thick (but not Detroit-style thick) and fluffy and cut into rectangular slices. Whether you order by the slice or by the metre or half-metre the pizza is generously topped and comes in both red and white varieties. While Cold Beer and Pizza is great any time of the year it gets especially hoppin’ during the warmer months as people flock to its cool wrap-around patio.

Address: 1019 17 Ave SW #102

Connie and John’s Pizza

Brought to you by Conne DeSousa and John Jackson, the co-chefs behind the award-winning Charcut and Charbar restaurants, Connie and John ’s makes both thin and floppy New York-style and deep-dish Detroit-style pizzas. The chefs wanted pizza that could be taken seriously with high-quality toppings and a chef’s touch, while still being a lot of fun. This is pizza designed with takeaway in mind and it always tastes great on the go.

Address: 618 Confluence Way SE (inside the Simmons Building), 2044 33 Ave SW (inside Blush Lane), 482 Mclaurin St NW (inside the Alt Hotel)

Double Zero Pizza

Another thin-crust option, Double Zero Pizza  has the added convenience of being located in CF Chinook Centre  but it is a far cry from typical mall food. The hand-rolled pizza dough is made daily with imported 00 flour then left to ferment for four days, making for a very light and airy crust that is then stacked with high quality Italian ingredients. All of the topping combinations are delicious, but the cult favourite among locals has got to be the mortadella pizza, topped with pistachio, basil and mascarpone cheese.

Address: 6455 Macleod Trail SW #1133

Noble Pie

Noble Pie started as a brewery pop-up fuelled by then-amateur pizza maker Mike Lange’s lifelong fascination with the great pizzas of the U.S., particularly New York-style pies. The demand for Noble Pie’s foldable pizza, topped with authentic cupping pepperoni, hot honey, and other simple but mighty ingredients was so overwhelming that Lange and his partner Leslie Lamont eventually opened a full-scale pizzeria. Lange approaches his pizza with the utmost seriousness — to him it’s both a science and an art — but with its retro styling and thoughtful wine list, Noble Pie is also a whole lot of fun.

Address: 720 11 Ave SW  (back alley entrance)

Pizzaface

This cool pizzeria started life as a pop-up in restaurants all over town before launching into a more consistent takeout business in the pizza-heavy days of 2020 and gaining popularity as one of the first pizza places in the city to offer a dill pickle-topped pie. Nowadays Pizzaface has its own dine-in spot on 17th Avenue SW, serving up thin-ish crust pizzas like the Tony’s Classic Roni (named after co-founder Tony Migliarese, who also owns the also very popular DOPO restaurant and Bar Rocca wine bar), the aforementioned Mike’s Pickle with crunchy pickles and garlic cream, and other savoury delights, topped with potato, artichoke, caramelized onions and other high-end ingredients.

Address: 1103 17 Ave SW Unit #3

Pizza Brew at Minhas Microbrewery

Pizza and beer go hand-in-hand and Pizza Brew at Minhas Brewery offers a range of red and blonde pizzas on your choice of regular, whole wheat or gluten-free crusts. The pizzas, naturally, go perfectly with one of Minas’ many varieties of beer — ask your server for pairing suggestions.

Location: 1314 44 Ave NE

Pizza Culture

Being recognized by Italian pizza officials is no small feat. Pizza Culture not only has earned certification from the Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana (AVPN) , but has also been named one of the top 100 pizzerias in the world by Italy’s 50 Top Pizza in 2024 and 2025. Operated by pizzaiolo Jeremy Hube, Pizza Culture serves up gorgeous Napoletana-style pizzas, with both traditional Italian and more modern-style toppings. The restaurant also sells loaves as sourdough and focaccia bread from its micro bakery.

Address: 1114 Edmonton Trl #1

Posto Pizzeria and Bar

Posto Pizzeria and Bar is right next door to its big sister, Bonterra Trattoria , which serves more upscale Italian fare. This casual chic pizza and wine bar consistently makes some of Calgary’s most delicious pizza, thanks to its airy thin crust and luscious toppings. Look for creations featuring potato and cultured cream, chicken and almond pesto, or lamb sausage and roasted eggplant for a truly chef-driven pizza experience.

Address: 1014 8 St SW

Pulcinella

Certified by the Associazione Pizzaioli Napolitani in Italy, Pulcinella  serves thin-crust pizzas that are meant to be eaten with a knife and fork, just like they do in Naples. Proprietor Domenic Tudda grew up working in his parents’ restaurant, the legendary Stromboli Inn, which was in the same Kensington location where Pulcinella sits today, so he knows his pizza. Pulcinella also serves pasta and Italian antipasti and traditional pasta dishes.

Address: 1147 Kensington Crescent NW

Seniore’s

Tucked away in a residential strip mall in the neighbourhood of Beddington, Seniore’s regularly sees a line out its door because its thick-crust pizza is just that iconic. While their traditional pizzas are all great, the real attraction here is the donair pizza, smothered in donair meat, cheese, and a sweet donair sauce.

Address: 176 Bedford Dr NE #5

Spiros Pizza

You can’t talk about pizza in Calgary without mentioning Greek-style pizza, by far the most ubiquitous style of pizza in the city until thin-crust took over in the mid-‘00s. Spiros Pizza is a Calgary classic, serving up thick cheese-laden slices topped with pepperoni, ham, mushrooms and other classic pizza toppings.

Address: 1902 33 St SW

Tops Pizza & Steakhouse South

One of Calgary’s most beloved neighbourhood pizzerias, Tops was founded over 50 years ago by Greek immigrant George Tsoulamanis, who came to Canada with a dream and a vision of ultra-thick and cheesy pizza. Today the second generations of Tsoulamanises operate this friendly little restaurant, still serving formidable Greek-style pizzas, along with other old-school entrées, pastas, sandwiches, and cocktails, all with a generous side of hospitality.

Address: 9919 Fairmount Drive SE

UNA Pizza + Wine

Calgary’s original date night pizza restaurant, UNA Pizza + Wine  introduced the city to sophisticated thin-crust pizzas, best consumed with a nice glass of wine. UNA puts its emphasis on pizzas topped with tasty combinations of prosciutto, hard Italian cheese and San Marzano tomato sauce. Dining in the original restaurant on 17th Avenue restaurant is a great pleasure, which has now been extended to several new locations scattered throughout the city.

Address: 618 17 Ave SW , 69 7a St NE #110 , 8529 Broadcast Ave SW , 10816 Macleod Trail SE #408 , or 4034 University Ave NW #300