Pizzeria Avanti - Santa Cruz

We’ve been coming here every Friday night (except during Covid) for 7 years. Deceptively simple but excellent flavorful locally sourced pastas and pizzas, with friendly, lovely attention from the staff and the owner. Casual vibe and perfect for families. Small but great wine selection as well. A real gem!

Wonderful experience at Pizzeria Avanti we shared the butter lettuce with beets salad, then split the lasagna and the chicken fusilli. We had more than enough left overs the next day! Excellent wine, amazing staff, always a pleasure to dine here.

I just love this place. Haven’t been in years and the experience and high quality fare is tried and true.

It's small place to dine in. If you are looking for a light thin crust pizza with little cheese, this could meet your needs. Had multiple times due to its location and also like their light crust which is on a thin side with bit crunchy outside. Their speciality is caramelized onions. For vegetarians there are a few choices, I tend to go with arugula topping as it is not so common at the mainstream pizzerias. They could be more generous on the topping (was fooled by the pic on their website, actually it was a very thin layer of arugula, one can hardly taste it) and could be more reasonably priced.

We've been coming here for 7 years every Friday night (except during Covid). Deceptiv simple, but excellent tasteful local source pastas and pizzas, with friendly, beautiful attention from the staff and the owner. Casual Vibe and perfect for families. Small but also large wine selection. A real jewel!