Tokyo has firmly established itself as a global pizza capital. Earlier this year, six of the city’s pizzerias were featured in the 50 Top Pizza Asia-Pacific ranking. Now the 2025 list of the world’s 100 best pizzerias has been revealed, and we weren’t exactly surprised to find out there’s more pie glory in store for our city.
This year, two Tokyo pizzerias scored a place on the 50 Top Pizza World 2025 list. Additionally, one restaurant in Nagoya made the expanded list of pizzerias (No 51-100), giving Japan a total of three restaurants in the top 100.
This is no random ranking either: The 50 Top Pizza online guide highlights the world’s best Neapolitan-style pizza, with anonymous inspectors around the globe evaluating restaurants on food quality, service, wine, décor and ambiance.
Moving up one spot from last year, The Pizza Bar on 38th at the Mandarin Oriental Tokyo is the highest-ranked restaurant in Japan and takes second place, just behind Italy’s I Masanielli – Francesco Martucci and New York’s Una Pizza Napoletana, which are tied for first. The top three is rounded off by São Paulo’s Leggera Pizza Napoletana.
Additionally, RistoPizza by Napoli sta ca in Azabudai Hills returns to the list this year, climbing two spots from No 15 to No 13. This popular pizza joint is an upscale offshoot of its sister restaurant Pizzeria Peppe – Napoli Sta’ Ca, which has been a Tokyo institution for years.
Lastly, Nagoya’s Pizzeria Braceria Cesari was once again included in the extended list, coming in at No 66 – a drop from 54th place in 2024.
To see the full global ranking, visit the 50 Top Pizza website.
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