Pizzeria Regina

(781) 270-4212

11 1/2 Thacher St
Boston, MA 02113 42.3654 -71.0569

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Neighborhoods: North End, Central

Years in business

Established in 1926

Hours:

Monday 09:00 AM - 10:00 PM

Tuesday 09:00 AM - 10:00 PM

Wednesday 09:00 AM - 10:00 PM

Thursday 09:00 AM - 10:00 PM

Friday 09:00 AM - 10:00 PM

Saturday 09:00 AM - 10:00 PM

Sunday 09:00 AM - 10:00 PM

Price:

$

Last updated 10.14.11

Category:

Restaurants

Payment Methods:

Cash, Visa, MasterCard

Restaurant Special Features:

Local Favorite, Family-Friendly Dining, Family Style Dining, Lunch Spot, Group Dining, Cheap Eats

Cuisine:

Pizza

Smoking Permitted:

No

What People Are Saying About Pizzeria Regina

Featured Review

Eric Grossman

Contributor

The Scene – Pie enthusiasts flock to this atmospheric little eatery, on the point of one of the North End's narrow triangular blocks. Service runs to the slow and impersonal, but that never stops the hordes--area residents, pizza fanatics from the suburbs and in-the-know tourists--from lining up for the addictive specialties, or waiting for takeout in the cozy, cramped bar. Don't skip the wait just because you can get a slice by the same name in Quincy Market; that takeaway outpost's pizza disappoints in comparison to the goods offered at this location. – – The Food –…

Editor's Tips

Parking:
All parking in the immediate vicinity is resident permit only. There's no valet service, so driving here is a no-no. Walk or take the T (Haymarket).
Know Before You Go:
Don't be caught off guard by the waitstaff's famously sour disposition--it's nothing personal.
What to Drink:
The pizzeria's wine list features some of the city's cheapest selections, but be warned: Your Chianti may arrive in a screw-top bottle.
ambiance
90.0% positive
  1. unique ambience
  2. Expect nothing fancy but great "old neighborhood" atmosphere and fantastic pizza oozing with olive oil.
  3. It is an interesting location and shop to eat in, I will give it that.
  4. The original North End location truly offers the best pizza in the city (the mall locations bearing the same name are a pale imitation).
  5. If you like a crowded, noisy, drafty atmosphere, this place is for you.
  6. Love the atmosphere.
  7. the pizza at this place is fantastic, tough to find parking,but definately worth the effort
  8. The parking sucks, the tables are very nondescript, but it's so worth it once your pizza has cooled down enough to eat.
  9. Great pizza, great atmosphere, can be a long wait, but worth it.
  10. This place is a great place to go for some beers, pizza, and rowdy atmosphere.
dessert
100.0% positive
  1. But if you want a terrific, cheesy, fold-in-half slice with an excellent crust, order the extra cheese pie at Regina's.
  2. The pie can be good at times, other times it's laced with charcoal.
  3. Truly the perfect pie.
  4. There you will find a consistant pie I name "the best pizza in Boston," and more importantly, "the best crust in Boston.
  5. Went back recently and I still think they make the best pie in Boston.
drinks
100.0% positive
  1. Still now for someone in their early 30's, I still enjoy getting together with friends in a booth at Regina's to enjoy a few slices and a beer.
  2. love pizzera regina, however i found a few of my favorites missing from the list, Roman Delight Pizza ( located: Galleria Mall in Tauton), Papa Ginos (located: whitman, bridgewater), and for a good bar style pizza i go to All Seasons Bar & Grill (locate
  3. This place is a great place to go for some beers, pizza, and rowdy atmosphere.
  4. we order some drinks
food quality
90.86999893188477% positive
  1. Go to Santarpio's and find out why anyone who says this is the best pizza in Boston is wrong.
  2. But coming from CT, I'm used to delicious pies with savory, thick sauce and delicious crust.
  3. Pizzeria Regina is pizza at it's best!
  4. go to figs if you want good pizza.
  5. love pizzera regina, however i found a few of my favorites missing from the list, Roman Delight Pizza ( located: Galleria Mall in Tauton), Papa Ginos (located: whitman, bridgewater), and for a good bar style pizza i go to All Seasons Bar & Grill (locate
  6. This place has the best pizza in Boston.
  7. This is a classic place, and I love Regina pizza.
  8. He seemed to enjoy the crowd and he raved about the pizza, which he said he had been eating since the 70s, when he was a student at Emerson.
  9. If you just want good old school pizza, then this is your place.
  10. love pizza.
  11. The pizza isn't even the best pizza on the block (Monica's), it is overpriced, and the caustic wait staff need a good red handed smack.
  12. agree that Pizzaria Regina has great pizza!
  13. The pizza is very overrated.
  14. I've had many a regina pizza and it is defintely one of the best pizzas in new england.
  15. can't believe I used to think we had good pizza in CT.
  16. Pizza is just so-so, and with the emergence of newer, healthier alternatives that offer fresh toppings and better crust, I can't see waiting and paying for something like this.
  17. The pizza and all the dishes here are wonderful.
  18. Pizza likes and dislikes are very personal, but this is the best pizza I have ever eaten.
  19. awesome pizza, friendly wait staff, great place to grab pizza with friends.
  20. Pizzeria Regina is a great pizza place especially if you like traditional round thin (but not to thin) crust pizza.
  21. Pleasing pizza
  22. If you are looking for GREAT pizza, I can suggest elsewhere.
  23. Good food, bad taste
  24. authentic pizzeria
  25. lived across the street for 10 years - the pizza good but they burn it way too often.
  26. Reginas is certainly decent pizza, though hardly Boston's best.
  27. Pizzeria Regina has great pizza, I really mean it.
  28. This pizza is excellent.
  29. Reginas is by far the best pizza in the area
  30. thin bread and great and healthy ingredients.
  31. Got rude service and 2 burned pizzas.
  32. Simply the best pizza in the world, I recommend this Pizza restaurant to all my friends.
  33. The pizza always tastes great.
  34. Pretty good pizza, most likely will only go back for takeout.
  35. Great pizza, great atmosphere, can be a long wait, but worth it.
  36. have been going to Boston for Pizza for almost twenty years now and I am shocked that anyone would consider this the best pizza in Boston.
  37. BEST pizza in Boston.
  38. With little or no real quality pizza places (Pepi's in New Haven comes to mind) we feel that mediocre pizza is acceptable.
  39. For the best pizza, go to Haymarket.
  40. you want the best pizza in the world and can deal with eating in a busy place well worth it.
  41. The pizza tastes so good.
  42. Even their 'white' pizza was good which the wife tried.
  43. The pizza here is amazing!
  44. wouldn't mind the long line and poor service if the pizza was good, but it isn't.
  45. Expect nothing fancy but great "old neighborhood" atmosphere and fantastic pizza oozing with olive oil.
  46. From Philly to New York to Boston, this is by far the best pizza going.
  47. The pizza at Regina's is one of a kind-- great sauce and crust.
  48. And the cheese was just as good too, like a delicious melted provolone/mozzarella mix.
  49. If you want the best pizza in the north end.
  50. But if you actually like pizza, save yourself the heartache and drive a few hours to CT, where everything is boring except the pizza.
  51. It is the best pizza parlor in the city.
  52. The food is fresh and delicious.
  53. Sure, it was cold by the time it got there, and we were getting some strange looks from the delivery guy, but even that was the second best pizza I've ever had (the best being, of course, when we went there in person).
  54. This place is a great place to go for some beers, pizza, and rowdy atmosphere.
  55. So I went in, and I order a large pizza to go
  56. The problem is the pizza is not very good.
  57. If you never get a chance to taste pizza from there and only get to taste the "chains" in the mall you are not going to experience what a real brick oven pizza is really like.
  58. For 85 cents a slice (unheard of these days) you are served the freshest, most delicious pizza EVER!
  59. this is a place where you can get decent pizza, but figs is amazing.
  60. tipped our server well anyway, because the experience isn't authentic unless you get North End pizza served with a little attitude.
  61. the pizza at this place is fantastic, tough to find parking,but definately worth the effort
  62. Their sauce is horrible, the crust is too thin and the pizza as a whole is just sub-par.
  63. The best pizza in town
  64. The pizza from Regina's was pretty good - quality crust and ingredients that I would recommend again (and I'm a Chicago pizza fanatic).
  65. Reginas pizza in the (North End) has to be the best pizza I have ever had.
  66. The best pizza in Boston.
  67. If you want good pizza where they people are actually glad to have you as a customer, got to Ernesto's, you will have a better experience all around.
  68. Best pizza Umbertos - on Long Island
  69. LOVE the pizza!
  70. This place has the best pizza ever.
  71. There is something about the cheese and the sauce that makes Regina's pizza so good.
  72. best pizza in town
  73. This pizza is outstanding!
  74. Brick oven, super fresh ingrediants.
  75. If you like really greasy pizza, with paper thin soggy crust, then Regina pizza is for you.
  76. For ten years ive been trying alot of pizzas in America and Reginas is the best place out of the nation that I have tryed.
  77. best pizza in boston
  78. Well done pizzas are the best.
  79. The parking sucks, the tables are very nondescript, but it's so worth it once your pizza has cooled down enough to eat.
  80. Pizza was delicious as usual, waitresses are still a bit cranky though
  81. Although the pizza is still quite good, the original recipe must have been either too costly or labor-intensive: no more made-from-scratch.
  82. The best pizza anywhere!
  83. Better than awesome pizza
  84. There you will find a consistant pie I name "the best pizza in Boston," and more importantly, "the best crust in Boston.
  85. It's true what they say - this really is the best pizza in Boston.
  86. Go to the North End to get the best pizza in Boston!
  87. think they have a decent pizza, but when it comes to selection, it isn't too large, and they tend to be on the greasy side.
  88. think the pizza is excellent.
  89. It's really good pizza, but you have to wait.
  90. Seriously, good pizza is hard to come by in Boston, but you can find it.
  91. Good pizza, but crowded place.
  92. We live upstairs from Pizzeria Regina and I have to agree that this is the best pizza in Boston.
  93. If you just want the best pizza ever go to Pizzeria Regina!
  94. Great food, absolutely unbeatable.
  95. If you like large thin crust style pizza, there is nothing else in MA like this place.
  96. It's crowded, it's noisy, it's still the best damn pizza around!
  97. feel very lucky to have grown up in the South Shore of Massachusetts where there are also alot of great pizza places like Mamma Mias,Poopsies and good ole greek pizza from the local town pizza places like Duxbury Pizza.
  98. The original North End location truly offers the best pizza in the city (the mall locations bearing the same name are a pale imitation).
  99. It had a thin chewy crust, with a delicious tomato sauce and just a little olive oil in the center.
  100. yup, the pizza's amazing and it's worth the wait.
  101. The pizza is still good, but I've had better
  102. But Pizzeria Regina is the very best pizza I have ever had the pleasure to eat.
  103. Which is relative, to be sure - you can't get good pizza on every street corner here like you can in New York or even maybe New Haven.
menu variety
100.0% positive
  1. think they have a decent pizza, but when it comes to selection, it isn't too large, and they tend to be on the greasy side.
overall
100.0% positive
  1. Pizzeria Regina is a great pizza place especially if you like traditional round thin (but not to thin) crust pizza.
  2. Simply the best pizza in the world, I recommend this Pizza restaurant to all my friends.
  3. For ten years ive been trying alot of pizzas in America and Reginas is the best place out of the nation that I have tryed.
  4. While I wasn't impressed with most of Boston (nice place to visit, but *I* couldn't live there).
  5. you want the best pizza in the world and can deal with eating in a busy place well worth it.
  6. If you just want good old school pizza, then this is your place.
  7. the waitstaff is the best, and miraculously the place hasn't suffered despite the throngs of tourists.
  8. told my Houstonian husband about the best place in the world for Pizza.
  9. awesome pizza, friendly wait staff, great place to grab pizza with friends.
  10. This place is a great place to go for some beers, pizza, and rowdy atmosphere.
return potential
100.0% positive
  1. Pretty good pizza, most likely will only go back for takeout.
service
42.85999774932861% positive
  1. Got rude service and 2 burned pizzas.
  2. But enough about the terrible service.
  3. The prices are reasonable and the service is great
  4. The only thing you can count on at Regina's is AWFUL, RUDE service.
  5. wouldn't mind the long line and poor service if the pizza was good, but it isn't.
  6. The pizza isn't even the best pizza on the block (Monica's), it is overpriced, and the caustic wait staff need a good red handed smack.
  7. Terrible service to boot.
  8. The staff is unpleasant, and you always wait outside.
  9. As everyone knows, you don't go here for the service, which is rude beyond belief.
  10. Pizza was delicious as usual, waitresses are still a bit cranky though
  11. If you enjoyed the "Soup Nazi" episode on Seinfeld, then you will actually find some comic relief when being served by the "friendly" waitstaff who treat you as if you are renewing your license at the DMV.
  12. If you want good pizza where they people are actually glad to have you as a customer, got to Ernesto's, you will have a better experience all around.
  13. If you feel the need to have Pizzeria Regina's at least get take out, you want the least amount of contact with these bitter old waitresses as possible.
  14. terrible service
  15. Wait staff is friendly and knowledegable.
  16. tipped our server well anyway, because the experience isn't authentic unless you get North End pizza served with a little attitude.
  17. The service was excellent as well.
  18. The wait staff is awful!
  19. The only down side is it is hard to get to with the Big Dig in the way, and the waitress are busy and overworked but give good service anyways.
  20. Regina is not a typical Italian diner, it's a dirty and inconsiderate joint that has become a TOURIST TRAP and will keep pulling this off as long as people line up in front.
  21. awesome pizza, friendly wait staff, great place to grab pizza with friends.
value
62.5% positive
  1. you want the best pizza in the world and can deal with eating in a busy place well worth it.
  2. yup, the pizza's amazing and it's worth the wait.
  3. while it took use 3 hours to find (make sure you print a very good map before you go), it was SOOOO worth it.
  4. Great pizza, great atmosphere, can be a long wait, but worth it.
  5. He had this huge smile on his face so I figured he had just come from his girlfriend's.
  6. The pizza isn't even the best pizza on the block (Monica's), it is overpriced, and the caustic wait staff need a good red handed smack.
  7. the pizza at this place is fantastic, tough to find parking,but definately worth the effort
  8. The price isn't that great there either.
  9. The prices are reasonable and the service is great
  10. not the worst slice in the world but highly overrated and more expensive than alot of other places in the area.
  11. The parking sucks, the tables are very nondescript, but it's so worth it once your pizza has cooled down enough to eat.
  12. have lived all over the Country where Pizza is terrible and also very expensive.
wait time
50.0% positive
  1. wouldn't mind the long line and poor service if the pizza was good, but it isn't.
  2. Great pizza, great atmosphere, can be a long wait, but worth it.
  3. Regina is not a typical Italian diner, it's a dirty and inconsiderate joint that has become a TOURIST TRAP and will keep pulling this off as long as people line up in front.
5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

05/16/11

best pizza ever

by bigl18721 at Citysearch

Pizzeria Regina is the best pizza in the world and the staff is great!! especially Patrice, the Prettiest and nicest waitress Ever = )

5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

11/05/09

you cannot beat this pizza

by gambino at Citysearch

look this place jams from open to close. you expect a server to kiss your arse, lick your balls, etc. not the place to go. you want the best pizza in the world and can deal with eating in a busy place well worth it. some people just can't get over themselves so they write a bad review. im an italian chef and this place rules.

  • Pros: the best pizza ever
  • Cons: it gets busy
5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

06/24/09

One of new englands top 4

by CSMobileUser2 at Citysearch

I've had many a regina pizza and it is defintely one of the best pizzas in new england.if you are new to regina defintely don't get takeout as part of the experience is dipping the crust in the infused oil!

1 Star Rating: Poor

01/23/09

over rated and RUDE!!! skip it!

by NorthEnd09 at Citysearch

Doesnt live up to the hype whatsoever!!!!!!!!! The host (who is normally an older guy) is beyond rude. I get the whole "this is the north end, and you do it OUR way" thing, but this place takes it to a whole other level. And dont ever even bother calling in an order for pick up because you wont even be able to get a word in edgewise. Somewhere along the way someone told these people that they are 'the best' and it went RIGHT to their head. But enough about the terrible service. The pizza itself isnt even that great. Its never cooked enough, unless you tell them to cook it well done. If you want the best pizza in the north end...skip Reginas and head over to the Pushcart Cafe on Salem Street. Take it from a north end resident. This place is the pits!

  • Pros: mediocre at best
  • Cons: everything else
5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

01/22/09

Best Pizza

by ireallyamhelpful at Citysearch

Wow!!!!!!!!!! This pizza is outstanding!!! I can't believe I used to think we had good pizza in CT. Nothing tops this place! The variety, the dough, everything is cooked to perfection. This is our go to place!!! awesome stuff

  • Pros: great dough, very tasty, great choice of toppings

The Details on Pizzeria Regina

Place Categories:

  • best greasy pizza
  • rude service
  • bad pizza
  • best pizza place
  • friendly wait staff
  • always perfect better crust
  • good extra cheese pie
  • great food
  • pushy waitstaff
  • best boston
  • savory tomato sauce
  • like drafty atmosphere
  • love pizzera regina
  • dirty joint
  • not like place
  • not that great price
  • love kids
  • healthy ingredients
  • authentic pizzeria
  • enjoyed episode
  • yum great value
  • order large pizza
  • best pizza umbertos
  • acceptable mediocre pizza
  • order drinks

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