This restaurant is near our place and so we visit often, whether it’s to outdoor dine, pick up or go to bakery and it’s always great. I have tried a ton of different things including everything at the bakery (likely added a few pounds due to this place!). I highly recommend eating here and if in the area and only want a snack head into their bakery. Happy to have this excellent place in the neighborhood!
Best wood-fired Neapolitan pizza in Bed-Stuy! All of the ingredients are fresh the pizza is delicious! Great selection and even better service.
Visiting New York for a few days, we had to select where to go to for our meals. We had come from the other part of the world and were looking to taste good ‘ole New York food fare. My daughter suggested Saraghina. She was on the money with this suggestion. Their pizza was delicious. We went for the margherita and the prosciutto; excellent choices. As is common to restaurants in this part of the town (Brooklyn?) the service was superb. The ambiance added a nice dash to our dinner. Will visit next time we’re in the city. And stay much longer for their other offerings.
Our Brooklyn-based daughter had been raving about Saraghina as her new go-to place, so on a recent trip to NYC we had to try it. We started with some antipasti; mixed marinated olives, fava e cicoria (bean purée sautéed with chicory, chili, lemon & Parmigiano) which was smooth and warm, and bread from their own bakery which was soft and chewy inside while crusty outside. We also sampled the burrata, a traditional cheese dish with thick hearty bread dipped in olive oil. While Saraghina specializes in wood-fired Neapolitan pizzas, here’s where I met up with the real star of the show, the humble polpetta (meatball). These polpetta are braised grass-fed beef ground beef swimming in a rich tomato sauce, sprinkled with parmigiano. This dish was like no other and elevated the humble meatball to gourmet status. Another delicious entrée was the burrata Castelfranco, served in a boat of cabbage with radicchio, citrus blood orange, and parmigiana vinaigrette. The coppa & carciofi pizza (house-made mozzarella with roasted spicy artichokes and basil) hit all the right notes, but the star entrée was the polpetta (again!) served over pasta. The meal was perfectly complemented by a bottle of Chianti and Montepulciano. My recommendation – Saraghina should start a whole polpetta menu; on pasta, on pizza, on burrata, etc. To finish off the meal, the dark chocolate mousse was smooth and creamy, with sea salt tingling in every taste bite. Of all the restaurants we visited this week, Saraghina was our favorite. We will be back!
I used to live 2 blocks from Saraghina - boy do I miss being so close by! Whenever I'm in NYC I visit, even if it's a trek in from the city, because their food is the best. Authentic, creatively presented, top quality meats and sides...if you love Italian food just go. Seriously. Just go!
Good pizza and well dressed house salad, nice wine by the glass in an eclectic setting. Always busy, worth a visit if you’re staying in Bed Stuy.
Saraghina doesn't have any garish outdoor lighting to shout they're open for business, but from the number of people inside, they don't need to. It's a nice, dimly-lit dining room where friendly wait-staff deliver some brilliant pizzas. We started with some Buffalo mozzarella (very good) and a fritto misto (delish). It was then a couple of pizzas (between three of us), two deserts and some pretty decent wine by the carafe. An enjoyable evening, but at $190 for a pizza dinner, a little on the steep side.
What a great spot to warm up on a chilly night! We were seated in the area with the wood-fired stone oven, so we were quite toasty very quickly. A couple pizzas and split the house wine, which resulted in a delicious yet reasonably priced meal! Pizzas were so huge they were used as leftovers for our lunch the next day, which made it even more affordable. Good service; didn't mess anything up and didn't have to wait very long for anything. Would gladly return!
If you live in BK you have lots of options for pizza, so means a lot to choose one as the best, and I think so far, Saraghina is it... the white sauce pizzas are the best i believe, but i go through seasons and cravings so its constantly changing... all of them are fantastic.
The fall pizza’s flavor is very clean but good. I love sourdough and wood fired crust. The fennel salad is very crisp and fresh. And the ricotta blueberry pancakes are great for sharing. Not too sweet and a little tart. I enjoyed all the food we ordered very much. The space is very cozy. The bakery next door is a must stop.