Franco's Pizzeria

You're doing yourself a disfavor if you order by the slice! Eating slices from a fresh pie is quite the textural experience. Best pizza in Ithaca (obviously)!

It's a respectable NY slice--perfectly cooked, nice thin crust, great sauce and cheese with good proportions (a bit more sauce could be on it, IMHO). The lacking part is the dough. Not enough salt and no proofing, so the flavor isn't developed. If only they proofed their dough then they'd be the best pizza in town. Until then, Italian Carry Out is the best slice in Ithaca.

We found Franco during our vacation at Ithaca. Really good and fresh food, friendly service and chill place. This place was parents approved, we got large pizza with mushroom, olives, peppers and onions. It came out piping hot and bread quality was amazing. We ordered garlic knots l, since there were only 4 left, they gave it on the house (really nice gesture). Really enjoyed our experience, definitely must visit if you’re looking for vegetarian options in the area.

Hands down the best pizza in Ithaca and probably in all of Central New York. I’ve been eating their Margherita pizza for over 5 years now and it’s perfect every time. They also have great garlic knots and very fresh salad. And their service is always efficient!

You can order pizza with your own sauce and toppings. We ordered white sauce with onion, spinach and peppers. The crust is perfect thick. It was a bit over priced as we paid twenty seven dollar for medium size... The taste was good but nothing special. It was Saturday evening and order took forty five minutes.

Always the best NY style pizza with friendly professional people. Clean and tidy, top shelf ingredients.

My favorite pizza any time, any place. I know these guys from their presence at Grassroots Festivals, and having their pie on their home turf was a joy. The Liquid State Brewery behind Franco’s was very good too - bonus points for being able to carry-in a beer to enjoy with my pizza 🙌

Solid place, solid pizza, very nice people. Glad I chose to go here above all others during my brief stay here in Ithaca. Get the garlic knots, they’re a great value and fantastically fresh.

Solid pizza but quality can be a hit or miss. When it's a hit, boy does this place deliver but sometimes the bread can feel too thick and strays too far from what a NY slice should be. Garlic knots are great but the marinara is the main star of the show. Place has slices to go which they reheat as needed. Calzone looked like gods gift to this world but haven't personally tried it. Saving that for next time! My only issue - they don't have any kind of spice pepper on the menu besides banana peppers. Please get some jalapeños giardiniera something!

We got this pizza for takeout, but as soon as I walked inside to pick it up - I knew it was about to be some goooood pizza. The energy inside was welcoming and upbeat. I was immediately acknowledged and employees were attentive in double checking I had the right order. Additionally, the pizza itself was some of the best I've had in the area. Not floppy, not too greasy, and lots of flavor.

As a Jersey girl, this pizzeria is nostalgic. A bright, open dinning area that smells like heaven! The pizza and garlic knots are all made right in front of the customers. Best pizza in ithaca!!

Franco's just moved. They are now located in the old Cornell Laundromat on State street. They also are selling slices. I got a slice and sat down. Old 70's rock music played in the background. A great poster of a young women on a 60's scooter on the wall. The slice was delicious! Thin crust cheese slice. I am so excited about this place. Gotta try a whole pie next time.

Was in town visiting my wife's family (we live in the Midwest now). We took a trip to Tunkhannock Falls, and after our hike we wanted some good NY pizza. Stopped in at Franco's and was NOT disappointed. These guys delivered on a solid NY pie!!!

Good food! I would recommend it to anyone! Good pizza too! They excel at making good Italian food

I call it Grandma pie...airier crisp crust than Sicilian's breadier crust, sauce on top of cheese, they call it Sicilian. Whatever it is, IT IS EXCELLENT!! If you are from Long Island and are craving a slice that tastes like Ancona's grandma pizza, get this! Friendly people too!

Excellent pizza! Great crust, toppings and cheese were premium. 18 inch is huuuge!! Glad we found this place.

We found Franco during our vacation at Ithaca. Really good and fresh food, friendly service and chill place. This place was parents approved, we got large pizza with mushroom, olives, peppers and onions. It came out piping hot and bread quality was amazing. We ordered garlic knots l, since there were only 4 left, they gave it on the house (really nice gesture). Really enjoyed our experience, definitely must visit if you're looking for vegetarian options in the area.

Pizza was super soggy and the meat was too gamey to eat. I'd stick with simple pepperoni by the slice

A solid spot to grab a pizza from on a lazy weekend or while watching the game at home. Very fair prices with friendly staff and speedy service. I'll happily come in again!

This pizza is amazing! The service was quick, friendly, and accommodating to the needs of my family. My kids and I ordered a couple of pies, my husband requested slices. They suggested warming the slices up at the precise moment that our other food was done, so that we could eat together. Seriously delicious pizza.

Expensive as all get out but probably the best tasting pizza I've ever had. Maybe even better than The Nines. $42 for a Sicilian pie with three toppings. Eight pieces. You have been forewarned.

Memorial weekend camp trip was a success! I found a great pizza shop! . If your ever in the Ithaca area, you have to try this place. I think I saw a review ahead of time, and it looked right up my alley. NYC slices and delicious! We also ordered a white Sicilian, topped with bacon. Oh my. 3 large pizzas were a little pricey though. $90, but worth it to me. Gotta check em out!!

This is the best pizza in town. I could not even get pictures before everyone started devouring the slices. My husband who is from the Bronx is very picky about his pizza and he loves it too! The staff there is also very nice and the food is always fresh and hot.

BEST PIZZA in Ithaca area. Great service. "Franco's Favorite" pizza by the slice or pie is unique and the best. New location is amaizing, open and enjoyable. Super friendly and warm place to share with friends and family.

Best ny style pizza in town. Food is very good. The service is fast. The ambiance is friendly. Love the place.

Traditional hand toss pizza! Large was more than enough for 3 people with extra to take home. Place was busy with take out orders so had to wait @ 20mins for our dine in order. Staff was friendly.

The crunch on this pizza has me rolling my eyes. It's giving "I'll have what she's having" . I'm genuinely blacked out eating five slices of pizza on these brick steps.

Best pizza in Ithaca, hands down! They also have the best Sicilian Pizza in town! Don't miss their cannolis for dessert either!

Delicious Sicilian pizza. Visiting our son and just needed a quick bite. Was surprised and delighted! Authentic and fresh tasting.

I'm just visiting Ithaca and ordered a regular slice from this pizzeria and I have to say how impressed I am. The quality of pizza that's coming out of this pizzeria is incredible and totally worth the stop if you're in Ithaca or passing through. Five stars all day!

Huge fan of NY style pizza. Franco's is great and has one of the best pies in downtown Ithaca. The major cons are price and time. It's hard to knock on price because the pizza is good, but slices specifically are outrageous. The wait is often significant for a full pizza. On several occasions my pizza was not even started when I came to pick it up, so be warned. I get it. Staffing, COVID, busy, all the things, just tell me it's an hour and a half. I can handle the truth.

I recently stopped in with some friends after work one day last week, and I cannot say enough about the taste of this pizza. I rarely get to taste pizza that reminds me of the great ones I used to get growing up on Long Island, but this was the closest yet. It's not that the other pizza I've had in the area is bad, but this is truly exceptional. It's not fancy inside, and not full-service, but it is clean, and I think they put all of that money and energy into producing the great tasting food instead.

Three words: Cheesy, Oily and Expensive pizza slices ! You are better off going to Ned's Pizza if you want real NYC style pizza.

I was craving a calzone the other night... a craving that hit after I heard that DP Dough downtown was closing. I've heard about the pizza at Franco's (though have never had it), but discovered they had calzones too. Hoping to not have to drive all the way to Calios, I ordered from Franco's instead. I arrived at the restaurant just as my iPhone alarm went off - signaling the amount of time they said it would take for my order to be ready has passed. I grabbed a drink upon stepping into Franco's and mentioned to the woman tending the counter that I was there for my takeout order. My order for a sausage/mushroom/feta calzone + small bottle of grape soda came to $14.90 after the 15% tip (I don't generally give more than that if I'm picking up an order... but will happily give more for delivery or sit down service). While walking back to my car, I notice the underneath of my takeout paper bag is wet. I get back to the car, take out the calzone (sitting on very flimsy paper plates), and liquid is seeping out onto the plates and through the bag... also turning the more well cooked outside of my calzone into a somewhat mushy consistency. Not a fan. I found some extra napkins in my glove box and transferred the calzone so as to minimize the possibility of more juices making my calzone more mushy. As for flavor, the calzone was good... but not the best I've ever had. The ricotta seemed to be made fresh (less salty than store bought), which was a bonus. That said, there wasn't anything memorable about the calzone. People rave about this place, so I suppose I just expected something a little special? This experience didn't have it. TL;DR Not yet convinced this place is somewhere to make a fuss about.

The best pizza in Ithaca! The restaurant is small but there are still several tables available for in house dining. The portions are huge! The large pizza was more like a extra large. It was so good! The perfect foldable NY pizza crust. Toppings evenly and generously spread. Cooked to perfection! Can't wait to go back for more!

Service & food was absolutely terrible. Ordered a Sicilian stile pizza off their menu, told us it would take 20-25 mins, we waited over an hour, watched several employees touch our pizza before delivering to us. Others in our party ordered a pizza, they ate it before we were ever served. Complete crap product. We were served (after an hour of waiting) a soggy, pizza missing ingredients that were ordered and paid for. Steer clear of Franco's Pizzeria. Ambiance, super small space with incredibly rude employees and customers. I'd give less than one star, if possible.

Great food,Great service, I would definitely recommend this Aldi to a friend who also likes to shop for artisan goat milks and creme pied

This pizza is perfect. Never change please. It's hard to put a finger on exactly what this place does so perfectly, but I think it's about the crust and the ratios of each ingredient. The price is correct. If you think it's too much, get a frozen Red Baron from Walmart.

When you have the opportunity to choose any meal that you might want for your birthday I picked pizza and I love Francos the best. It doesn't get any better than their large cheese pizza topped with spinach, chunky bell peppers, thin sliced red onion and mushrooms piled on one of their incredibly thin style slices. A large pizza was more than enough for the four of us but since my children were here for the celebration I couldn't resist adding in an order of garlic knots. While this is a treat for me, I highly recommend their product s when you are craving really great pizza!

This is the best pizza in town. No delivery, but worth the time to pick it up. +3% for credit card charges.

Very happy boy. He dreamed about this moment for weeks. Franco's did not disappoint. He's eating an entire large pepperoni pizza by himself. They asked us to let them know if we needed a to-go box. We won't be.

Very cozy pizzeria located on state street. Their options are somewhat limited but their quality of ingredients and costumer service is great. We ordered the Sicilian pizza for three alongside and order of bread knots and a salad. The pizza was great, the bread knots extra garlicky (yum!), and the salad was fresh. Why three stars? -They have a very limited menu (see picture). -If you want to create your own pizza the addition of toppings can be costly. -Street parking is hard to come by around the area.

Love this pizza. The Sicilian is so good. Can't put my finger on it. The sauce is great. Homemade and delicious. Woman at the counter was very helpful when we ordered and very pleasant. I wish I could've tried every kind. Pepperoni and sausage was delicious.

Decent pizza at a steep price. You do get a big pie which can offset the sticker shock but be careful about adding toppings: you may need a good credit rating.

I don't even know where to begin. Simply the best pizza I've had. Just like you would get in Italy. Amazing!!!!!

First the pictures of the menus no longer reflect the current pricing. Unfortunately I did not take a picture to update it. The outdoor seating is also inaccurate. The service was very friendly and quoted me a time but fulfilled the order 10 minutes before. The pizza was cold so needed to be reheated before eating it. First bite in and I was met with a big hit of salt. I thought maybe it was just that area but it was literally the whole pie that was over salted. I wish I had tried something else on the menu just to see if it was a fluke thing but there seem to be other pizza joints close by I may try.

This looks like an unassuming pizza place but don't be fooled. This is a great oven baked pizza by the slice place. We tried the artichoke slice, a ricotta slice and a basic cheese slice. Artichoke pizza wasn't overwhelmingly vegetable tasting and the sauce added a nice dimension to it, ricotta slice had a great garlic taste to it and the cheese was soft and perfectly cooked. But my favorite was the basic cheese slice - that's how you know a great pizza place. It was perfectly cheesy but not too greasy, and the tomato sauce was just the right thickness and added a nice moisture to the dough. Next time we want pizza when we're in Ithaca, this is the only place we'll go!

Best pizza in town. NY style pizza that's hard to beat. The people that work there are friendly & service oriented

Really yummy pizza and nice staff. I tried various cheese and vegetable slices. It was very affordable. I'll come back when I'm in the area.

First time in Ithaca. We were in town visiting Cornell with my daughter. We always make a point when visiting a new college to find a good pizza place. Franco's was a great find for us! Staff and owner (making the pies) were very friendly and welcoming, and the pizza was fantastic! Great no frills pizza place. Probably tough to find a seat during the lunch or dinner rush as dining space is limited. We got there around 1:30 and there were some open tables. Not the place to go if you like fancy, artisan wood fired pizza. If you like great NY style pizza then I highly recommend it.

Wish they did delivery they could make so much more. Well priced and very good pizza Filler

The marina was watery as ****. "It taste like juice" the first thing to come from my mouth after consuming it. In all honestly the pizza was mid but the pie is quiet large. One complaint I do have is the fact that their was no sauce on my cheese pizza. I don't know if they were going for a cheesy bread deal but I was expecting a Mariana type beat. All in all my rating is mid.

I agree with other Yelpers that this is a good pizza joint. Instead of waiting for a whole pie, we just ordered slices and garlic knots. They were really good. The crests were crispy and the fillings were perfectly seasoned. We were confused a bit when we saw all those unfamiliar drinks in the refrigerator. We were so conditioned with Coke or Pepsi brands that we were lost looking for something to drinks. However, the cola I got were surprisingly good with more intense syrup flavors. We will definitely revisit this place when we come back to Ithaca.

Came here twice during our stay in Ithaca. First time we had a Sicilian mushroom pie. Now I'm personally not a square pie kinda guy. Pizza should be round, gives you the perfect ratio of crust to pizza, easy to fold, overall best pizza shape. However my girlfriend like it so we got it. It was really good (only way it would be better is if it were round). The crust was perfect consistency. Cheese was very good and it did not fall apart. Only wished it had a bit more mushrooms on it. The next time we had a couple of slices. We don't have many places in FL where you can order pizza by the slice. I honestly find it to be even better than fresh pizza since it gets extra crispy and delicious. I tried regular cheese slice, mushrooms spinach, and feta artichoke. All were very good, but I still think cheese is kind. Their cheese and sauce is very good.

Needed a slice right before closing...was glad they were still able to serve us. Thanks Franco!!!

Need handrails on steps. Pizza was very good. I prefer a different type of Italian sausage. Slices on the large pizza were huge. We would have it again.

The pizza is really good (coming from someone used to NJ/NY pizza). It's a cute, small place, and they showed me my pizza before I paid which I appreciated.