Rudy's Pizza Napoletana - Durham

Rudy’s Pizza Napoletana is well known for their delicious pizzas 🍕 which is so true.

Mango Margarita was very sweet, but quite strong.

The Caprese Piccola Salad was fresh and refreshing to start with.

The Triple Pepperoni Pizza tasted just like heaven with 3 different kinds of pepperoni and stracciatella (burrata heart). The chilli honey had enhanced so much flavour too.

The Romagnola Pizza 🍕 was a healthy choice with very fresh rocket and a reasonable amount of Emilia- Romagna aged prosciutto.

The food was super. The pizza dough was very delicious with chewy texture.

The ambience was decent as a Pizza place.

Highly recommend for pizza lovers.

After being to multiple different Rudys pizza multiple times I can confidently say with certainty that you'll always get consistently great food! This is my personal favourite style of pizza, thin base, fresh ingredients and wood fired, but with large portion sizes. It is consistently excellent. The burrata is excellent and the salads are also very good.
You can't go wrong with a rudys pizza. And make sure to get the garlic Aioli dip! The kitchen is an open kitchen and the hygiene and freshness looks on point and that is reflected in the food they serve. They seem to get young (probably Durham uni students) staff working here and they’re always spot on and give great service!

Great Pizza Place in Durham
They do have lots of Pizza or Italian Resturant in this 100m alley towards the river.
I choose this due to it dedication to Pizza only while others have pasta etc. want to see how napoleon pizza were done here. It’s a busy places with locals coming here to eat so it’s just in weekend lunch hour.
Staff a nice and well attended.
I saw people having the regular common pizza like Margaritas or Pepperoni etc. they all look good.
I ordered their special pizza and it came and it’s not the tomato base I want but it taste fabulous
I love it
Standard portion for 1 adult. Sad I can’t order more food or desserts
I would come try again next time, it’s one of favorite place.
I hope I have time try those next doors and give comparisons

Rudy’s Pizza in Durham delivered a truly excellent experience from start to finish. The Margherita pizza was outstanding – perfectly cooked with a light, crispy base and fresh, high-quality ingredients that really let the flavours shine. The Aperol was equally impressive, refreshing and well made, and it complemented the meal perfectly.

The location is ideal, making it a great place to stop whether you’re exploring the city or meeting friends. On top of that, the service was warm, efficient, and welcoming, which really added to the overall atmosphere. Everything came together brilliantly, and it’s easily one of the best pizza spots in Durham.

I just had an incredible meal that really blew me away! The pizzas were top-notch, especially the Triple Pepperoni and Carni – I genuinely loved everything. The atmosphere was fantastic, the place was spotless, and the service was spot on; the staff were super friendly and made sure I was enjoying my meal. If I had to nitpick, I'd love to see more options for drinks, maybe pints instead of bottles. Overall, a brilliant experience that I can't wait to repeat!