Solo Pizza Napoletana; The Best pizza in Nagoya

One of my favourite foods every since childhood has got to be pizza. What kid didn't enjoy pizza day at school? I got hooked on it early. Now that I'm in Japan, I can't just go into a Pizza Pizza and buy a large slice of pizza and a drink. There are some big world-wide chains such as Pizza Hut and Domino's Pizza here, but you cannot buy a personal sized pizza. I am not partial to eating only thin crust, or certain toppings, I just like a good pizza! While I do enjoy the big chains and their Asian flavour toppings such as teriyaki chicken and mayonnaise or Korean kalbi, I think I have found the best pizza in Nagoya. It's a pizzeria called Solo Pizza Napoletana. From the name, you can tell they specialize in the thin crust of Napoli.

All their pizza have conventional toppings (no Asian flavours), some of them being a bit more gourmet style. I just had to try the Pulcinella, truffle sauce, mushrooms, mozzarella and roast ham . First of all the crust (which is the same base for every pizza here), it is just perfect; chewy, charred but not too burnt, with a good balance of salt and yeast. It's one crust you don't want to skip, it can be savoured even on it's own.

Next, the toppings. The porcini mushrooms were tender, and bursting with it's signature flavor. Thin slices of ham acted well as a good seasoning for the overall pizza. A few leaves of basil gave the pizza a nice accent. This was a tomato sauce-less pie, but the truffle oil and porcini juices were flavour enough!

For a side, I really do recommend the pickles as a flavour changer. Although they are a bit on the salty side (as pickles usually are), when you take a bite into the pizza again the truffle and porcini flavours are that much more enhanced! The pickling juice is not just vinegar and salt, there is a visible variety of herbs, I could taste the rosemary and perhaps oregano among them. The mix even had gobo (burdock root) in it, which I think is pretty rare.

Sitting outside on the patio is so refreshing and makes you feel as if you’re in a different world, away from the hustle and bustle of everyday Japan. Autumn is the best time because it’s not so hot and muggy! The pizza is good even when it cools down so you can take your sweet time eating it.
The pizza's are also reasonably priced. The one I ordered was ¥1320 (with the new 10% tax). but this was considered more of a specialty pizza. You can get a margherita the same size for half that! The pickles were ¥275 which had a ¥50 discount attached for buying it with a pizza (or with the receipt that shows you just bought a pizza).

Area: Dainagoya building 1F(on the east side, across the street from Nagoya Station) 大名古屋ビルディング1F
Restaurant: Solo Pizza Napoletana ソロピッツァナポレターナ
Website: https://solopizza.jp/
Hours: 11am-11:30pm (LO 11:15pm)