The best pizza in Heidelberg
Pizza has a variety of facets, from the traditional Neapolitan variety to the thick American style pizza. No matter how you slice it, it’s no small feat to compile a list of the best pizzerias in Heidelberg, especially considering the number of high-end Italian restaurants with burgeoning menus.
Top 10 Pizzas in Heidelberg
Rossini Pizza
Hauptstraße 135
69117 Heidelberg
06221 9148710
Restaurant Giardino
Rohrbacher Str. 166
69126 Heidelberg-Südstadt
06221 314100
Pizzeria Sardegna
Schwetzinger Straße 82
69124 Heidelberg-Kirchheim
06221 781395
Pizzeria Corona Da Rocco
Dossenheimer Landstr. 90
69121 Heidelberg-Handschuhsheim
06221 410801
Luna Pizza
Römerstraße 68
69115 Heidelberg
06221 1800540
La Bruschetta 2
Plöck 73
69117 Heidelberg-Altstadt
0176 32823815
II Pescatore Ristorante
Mannheimer Str. 291
69123 Heidelberg-Wieblingen
06221 7503991
da baggio
Römerstraße 24-26
69115 Heidelberg
06221 4341686
Casa Mia
Schillerstrasse 28-30
69115 Heidelberg
06221 9033457
Akademie Restaurant
Akademiestr. 8
69117 Heidelberg-Altstadt
06221 162000

What should I look for when ordering a pizza in Heidelberg?

What is pizza anyway?
One of the simplest, most traditional and most popular pizzas in Heidelberg is the Margherita, which is topped with tomatoes or tomato sauce, mozzarella and basil. Legend has it that it was named after Queen Margherita of Savoy, the wife of Umberto I, who liked the smooth, refreshing taste of the pizza and also noticed that the colors of the topping – green, white and red – were the same as those of the Italian flag.

Where does the word pizza come from?
As reported by Italian paper La Repubblica, just a couple of years ago, food historian Giuseppe Nocca presented his research results on a Latin document dating back to 997 AD, which is probably the oldest mention of the word “pizza.”
The 1,017-year-old original document was scribed in Gaeta, a small village on the border between Campania and Lazio in Italy. In the official document, the offspring of a feudal lord promises 12 pizzas to the resident bishop as an yearly tribute.

Is pizza healthy?
According to a report, this food provides one-third of the total daily intake of calcium and greater than onehalf of lycopene, a micronutrient and highly potent antioxidant. In addition, this meal is a natural good source of sodium for both children and adults.
However, nutritionists explain that although it is possible to prepare a healthy pizza at home, in everyday life it is usually a convenience product high in carbohydrates and saturated fats. Pizza is made with refined white flour, not whole wheat flour, and it is now known that an excess of this ingredient contributes to obesity, increases cholesterol levels and leads to a rise in blood sugar levels over time.
“If it is a homemade pizza, it can be on the menu once a week,” says Giuseppe Russolillo, president of the Spanish Association of Nutritionists.

Pizza & salad: naturally the best choice!

German Pizza Trivia: Is it called Pizzas or Pizzen?
You guessed right!
Both pizzas and pizzas are correct according to Duden.
Pizza as a foreign word originally had an “s” appended to the plural. Over time, however, the word became more and more Germanized and sometimes received the ending “en” in usage. No argument necessary 🙂