Where can you find Domino’s hometown, Joe’s Pizza’s first non-NYC location, the OGs of Detroit-Style pizza, AND Little Caesars’ hometown within a 30-mile radius?
The lower “thumb*” area of Michigan, of course! And I just happen to reside in this microcosm of pizza. So when Domino’s introduced its New York Style Pizza, I felt particularly compelled to try it because of Domino’s hometown roots AND because there’s a legit NYC institution (Joe’s Pizza) down the street.
Domino’s offers five types of pizza crusts: pan, hand tossed, crunchy thin, gluten free, and now New York Style.
Ordered as-is, the New York-style pie was an X-large 16″ pizza with the standard “Robust Inspired Tomato Sauce” and a cheese blend of cheddar, mozzarella, and provolone. It was also cut into six slices, rather than eight, to enable folding.
Compared to the regular hand tossed, it was noticeably flatter and less seasoned looking. This wasn’t surprising as the hand tossed crust includes a garlic-oil seasoning blend. Unfortunately, this visual translated to a lack of flavor. It was rather bland and cardboard-like, especially with the thinner nature of it. Also, despite the robust tomato sauce (rather than the hearty marinara sauce), it didn’t impart any robust flavor.
Domino’s achieved the texture, though! It folded nicely, stayed firm, and wasn’t super greasy. I must mention that I clearly did not test it with any other toppings except for cheese, so the foldability was not rigorously tested. While I would test this further, none of the other toppings really interested or screamed NYC to me. Like, where’s the white pizza at?!
However, if we’re really nitpicking here, while the texture was foldable and structurally sound, it lacked that slight chewiness and springiness in the classic NYC crust.
If you want to switch up crusts, why not try the New York Style? I won’t stop ya. But if you’re on the fence, I don’t really find it worthy of replacing your go-to order.
*Because the physical state of Michigan is shaped somewhat like a mitten (Mitten State!), Michiganders use their hands to show where they generally reside – e.g., the thumb area, the palm area, the fingertips, etc.)
Purchased Price: $13.99
Size: XL (16”)
Rating: 5 out of 10
Nutrition Facts: (199g) 510 calories, 24 grams of fat, 13 grams of saturated fat, 0.5 grams of trans fat, 70 milligrams of cholesterol, 1050 milligrams of sodium, 48 grams of carbohydrates, 2 grams of fiber, 5 grams of total sugar, and 23 grams of protein.
Your comment about the toppings inspired me to ask ( …”none of the other toppings really interested or screamed NYC to me.”) Did they not have Pepperoni, onions, etc? All of which are SOP in NY, NJ, PA, and I assume the rest of the US. They offer all that stuff online.
I think I would have gone with the Garlic/Parm sauce but I understand your choice.
Thanks for the nice review.
This is surprising – I have it rated much higher. It is a great fit for folks like me who found Domino’s hand-tossed a bit doughy, but didn’t want to jump down to the cracker-like thin and crispy.
It’s very similar to their Brooklyn crust, but the NY can be ordered with a medium pie whereas the Brooklyn was only large and above.
Ok. I was confused. In my brain the Brooklyn style was the NY style. As, well both are in NYC. Didn’t realize they are “different”. Hope I’ll like it, as these days I can’t eat much more than a medium. Which is what was missing from the Brooklyn.
I’ve been desperately craving the slight chewiness of NY style pizza. Here’s hoping another chain tries and succeeds.
My friends and neighbors who are from NY say that Metro Pizza is the closest pizza similar to New York style. Which is mainly just a thinner crust. It is our favorite pizza place but not cheap. We’ll splurge a few times a year.
I don’t get folding pizza. Weird.
Yeah. Once you fold a pizza slice, it is no longer pizza. It is now a sandwich. I love both, but they are different things. With completely different tastes and mouthfeel. And are not interchangeable. Though I guess an argument can be made for Swedish open face sandwiches. But really…no.
Agreed. But I use a fork, not my hands, with any style.
This is difficult to view. New Yorkers, and all those from the northeast for that matter, would be livid if they realized Domino’s was selling “New York style” pizza.
Great review and reasonable rating! Thanks.
Looks Good But Is It?
Being from Philadelphia, I decided to try the New York style pizza. HORRIBLE!!! It is the same crust as all of the other pizza. Crust was soft, bready and doughy. There was no crispness to the crust or the bottom. Sauce was sweet. Bought two. One pineapple and ham and one ham, mushrooms and onions. After trying one slice of each pie the rest went into the trash along with the wings. Never again.
From Philly too. Thought the New York pizza SUCKED!! Crust was spongy, sausage just didn’t taste right, pepperoni was slicd so thin I couldn’t taste it. Saw the adds on tv, hoped that it would be ok It’s not!!!
All the social media ads and the streaming ads for this “New York Style” was appetizing. It must the Domino’s Pizza around the corner from my Walnut Creek, Apartment (zip code 94597) as this location is horrible. I ordered with it with Pepperoni and Extra Cheese. What I received was a semi crispy crust, super thin crust like the Thin crust typically is, sweet sauce and no extra cheese as compared to a one topping with Pepperoni. I would not buy this again. For $35 with Tip for a Large 6 slices, not worth it. For $35 I can buy this amazing crispy thick dough with a crispy bottom, high end mozzarella, not sweet red tomato sauce and quality ingredients for a large/family size pickup from nothing but the best pizza in 94597 (California- walnut Creek) none other than Skippolini’s Pizza. This is by far the best pizza ever. The only reason I opted for Domino’s is that I didn’t want to drive. Never again Domino’s! Truly disappointed by their New York Style, that’s a slap in the face to New York.
I am in a pickle. My favorite pizza joint, apparently sold it’s place…I knew it, and I gave them the benefit of a doubt…3 tries, the crust is awful and too chewy…..I like a crispy crust or even thicker as long as it’s chewable…I like Domino’s sauce…I am going to try Domino’s NY pie….delivered….On another note. I stopped getting taco bell. I HATE the “doughy” wrap……In the 70’s Jack in a Box had the best tacos….The hard shells were “deep fried first”, then layered with meat and sauce.. Out of this world..delicious..Now, the hard shells ones break all over the place…I refuse the doughy ones. The last time I ordered Dominos asked for thin crust…What I Got: the pie was cut into 1 inch slices. really…It looked like a 2nd grader made it. I was flabergasted. Maybe they are better now…..I miss Santillo’s Pizza, (the pizza of my youth).