
Pizza West
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About Pizza West
On West Cliff in Whitby, Pizza West is a restaurant built around a glass-fronted open kitchen where diners can watch the chefs cooking pizzas front of house, with counter seats positioned for the view and a sightline through to the sea beyond. The menu runs through garlic bread, meatballs, and pappardelle, with a chorizo pizza among the recurring options, and sides of courgettes or roasted potatoes served alongside. Floor-to-ceiling windows run through the dining room. Tiramisu closes out the dessert list. It operates on a walk-in basis, with payment taken at the entrance rather than at the table. Cocktails are offered on a 2 for 1 basis.
Good to know
“Warm, stylish restaurant with floor-to-ceiling windows offering pizza, pasta, seafood & salads.”
- ReservationsWalk-in only
- AccessibilityWheelchair: entrance, seating
Reviews
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention pizzas cooked front of house, undercooked pizza bottoms, 2 for 1 cocktails and garlic bread.
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention pizzas cooked front of house, undercooked pizza bottoms, 2 for 1 cocktails and garlic bread.
Customer Review Summary
Pizza West draws repeat praise for its pizzas cooked front of house, with diners enjoying watching the chefs at work, plus 2 for 1 cocktails mentioned by several. Close behind, dishes like the garlic bread, meatballs, sundried tomato and spinach pappardelle, and a chorizo pizza with tiramisu earn individual mentions, alongside a family meal where a manager was noted for accommodating a child's sensory needs. Views of the sea through the glass building and a relaxed atmosphere also come up repeatedly. Against this, a recurring complaint surfaces around value and execution: two reviewers describe undercooked pizza bottoms despite prices around twenty pounds each, with one calling a side of courgettes overpriced for four slices and potatoes that weren't crispy, and another criticizing an eight pound pint and minimal service with no check-back during the meal. Most visits, though, end warmly, including one where a waiter offered to pack up the diners' leftover food in containers to take home.
Customer Review Summary
Pizza West draws repeat praise for its pizzas cooked front of house, with diners enjoying watching the chefs at work, plus 2 for 1 cocktails mentioned by several. Close behind, dishes like the garlic bread, meatballs, sundried tomato and spinach pappardelle, and a chorizo pizza with tiramisu earn individual mentions, alongside a family meal where a manager was noted for accommodating a child's sensory needs. Views of the sea through the glass building and a relaxed atmosphere also come up repeatedly. Against this, a recurring complaint surfaces around value and execution: two reviewers describe undercooked pizza bottoms despite prices around twenty pounds each, with one calling a side of courgettes overpriced for four slices and potatoes that weren't crispy, and another criticizing an eight pound pint and minimal service with no check-back during the meal. Most visits, though, end warmly, including one where a waiter offered to pack up the diners' leftover food in containers to take home.
Featured reviews
- Google user
“Under cooked over priced too loud inside. 25 pounds for a all meat pizza, I've bought better from local outlets at less than half the price. 8 pounds for a pint of near flat larger. Not impressed in the slightest”
- Google user
“We came for a family meal this evening. Our pizzas were nice and the atmosphere was good. However what made the evening a 5* experience was that Tia, th manger, noticed one of our boys having some sensory issues with his meal and offered kindness and support in trying to make the experience better for him. Most people don’t notice or charge us extra to accommodate dietary needs, where as she quietly did her best to make us comfortable. Thank you so much for seeing our family and discreetly acknowledging how difficult it can be sometimes for neurodivergent families to eat out together.”
- Google user
“Absolutely fantastic place the food was to die for the staff we're welcoming and friendly 5*”
- Google user
“Stayed in Whitby on a very busy weekend and couldnt manage to book any of the restaurants we tried. Fortunately our Host at the Wheeldale hotel told us to try Pizza West. We got in, and on arriving it was an unusual building from the outside, so we were a bit worried it might be basic. We were wrong! Inside was a beautiful classy Italian restaurant with a great atmosphere. The young waiter and waitress serving us were welcoming, polite and professional. The wine was good and the food was divine! The menu had been so tempting we ordered too much food, more than we could eat. We ordered Garlic bread, the best both of us had ever tasted, the meatballs were so tasty, as was the pizza, and the sundried tomato and spinach pappardelle . On coming to clear our table the you waiter asked if we would like our food putting in containers to take away with us, which we did. We were so grateful the other restaurants were full because we found the best one in Whitby, a hidden gem and the best Italian food I have had in years, we will be back.”
- Google user
“A little disappointing to be honest. Visited last night, punchy prices (~£20/pizza) so was expecting great things. Pizzas were nice but the bottom was undercooked. Side dishes of courgettes and roasted potatoes very expensive. Courgette dish had 4 slices of courgette, potatoes were not crispy. Service was minimal, no checks as to whether food was good, had to get up and pay at the entrance after waiting a while.”
Amenities
- Wheelchair accessible entrance
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- Accessibility· 1
- Wheelchair accessible seating
Location
Restaurants near Pizza West
- Rusty Shears4.71,0000.3 miWheelchair accessible
dog friendly courtyard seating, homemade cakes, rusty's stack breakfast
- The Vault, Whitby4.62160.3 mi
sunday roast dinner, chicken burger, seafood spaghetti
- Railway Chippy4.42450.6 mi
cod and chips, large haddock and chips, generous portions
| Place | Rating | Distance | Mentioned in reviews |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pizza WestWheelchair accessible | 4.6617 | — | pizzas cooked front of house, undercooked pizza bottoms, 2 for 1 cocktails |
| Rusty ShearsWheelchair accessible | 4.71,000 | 0.3 mi | dog friendly courtyard seating, homemade cakes, rusty's stack breakfast |
| The Vault, Whitby | 4.6216 | 0.3 mi | sunday roast dinner, chicken burger, seafood spaghetti |
| Railway Chippy | 4.4245 | 0.6 mi | cod and chips, large haddock and chips, generous portions |
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