Cameli's Pizza

(404) 249-9020

699 Ponce De Leon Ave NE Ste 12
Atlanta, GA 30308 33.773498 -84.364015

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Neighborhoods: St. Charles/ Greenwood, Northeast, Northeast

CAMELISPIZZA.COM

Hours:

Mon-Thu 11:30am-10pm

Fri 11:30am-11pm

Sat 12pm-11pm

Sun 5pm-10pm

Price:

$

Last updated 5.06.12

Category:

Restaurants

Payment Methods:

American Express, Visa, Discover, MasterCard

Restaurant Special Features:

Local Favorite, Lunch Spot, Cheap Eats

Cuisine:

Pizza

What People Are Saying About Cameli's Pizza

Featured Review

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The Scene – With its yard-sale furniture, amateur artwork and stalled DIY renovation projects, this pizzeria wobbles between being bohemian and just plain beat-up. Here, you'll bus your own table and separate your trash. Heck, you can even return your pizza box for recycling. – – The Food – Since nothing else claims the limelight here, the pizza might as well. Thankfully, it does. A step-and-a-half above the local competition, Cameli's serves thin, crispy, ultra-basic pizza. Opt for the plain cheese classic thin or a monster slice and add the homemade Italian sausage.…

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Know Before You Go:
Cameli's is perfect for delivery or takeout, but it isn't a destination unless you're a pie geek.
ambiance
100.0% positive
  1. good intown location
  2. good location.
dessert
100.0% positive
  1. used to be a bigger fan of Savage Pizza for a whole pie, but after deciding to give Camelli's a try, its definitely the best pie in town, except for Rosa's, which clearly is the only thing that competes with NYC here.
drinks
100.0% positive
  1. We have stopped into Cameli's Pizza many times over the years, after having a few drinks at our favorite Poncey-Highland haunts.
food quality
100.0% positive
  1. It was very much like the flavor of the pizza crust in Tuscany I would highly recommend the white pizza.
  2. Music was nice and they were hand tossing the pizza.
  3. This truely is the best pizza I have had in Atlanta.
  4. Yes, fellinis loads their pizzas up with toppings and yes, mellow mushroom has a unique crust.
  5. Then they add an abundance of my favorite toppings - vegetarian for a perfect pizza!
  6. Pizza is a pretty broad category, anything with crust, sauce, and cheese qualifies, but its easy to tell when pizza is better than good.
  7. It has delicious cheeses and has a flavorful combination of ingredients.
  8. calzones and pizza are great
  9. Servings are big, food is great - the cheese is particularly tasty, price is fantastic.
  10. best pizza in atlanta!
  11. upon entering, the smells were good and it looked like your typical pizza joint.
  12. The pizza is so fresh ingredients and tasty that I crave it!
  13. The tomato blush sauce is terrific!
  14. Cameli's sauce is excellent.
  15. Homemade sauces and fresh toppings are all excellent and fresh.
  16. The best food for the money we've found We get to Atlanta a couple of times a year and never go there without eating at Cameli's.
  17. However, if places like Cameli's and Savage keep churning out consistently excellent everyday pizza, I think I will survive.
  18. Very good comfort food.
  19. The sauce is truly flavorful and garlicky (unlike Mellow Mushroom's or Fellini's, which has almost no taste to it) and the crust is delicious.
  20. Their sandwiches are also amazing.
  21. few people rave about a place like mellow mushroom 'oh, the crust is so great' and people start to believe it.
  22. We always forget about Camelli's because it's just not convenient to our house (there's a Fellini's just around the corner), but EVERY time we go we promise ourselves to drive the extra ten minutes for the best pizza we've found in Atlanta.
  23. Cameli's is my favorite pizza in Atlanta
  24. The side salad was good, at least.
  25. Great pizza and service
  26. I'm a big fan of this pizza -- the crust is crispy thin and the toppings aren't overwhelming or the pies soggy.
  27. Cameli's has insanely good pizza--there is one with beautiful high-quality olives and gorgonzola that makes me cry.
  28. Great ingredients, extremely fresh.
  29. had a great salad.
  30. Somebody considered this the best pizza anywhere.
  31. ordered a Greek salad and it came with a vinegar based banana pepper instead of pepperchinis like authentic Greek salads have.
  32. Please don't let that review from 1/14 deter you from coming to the best pizza joint in town.
  33. love Cameli's pizza.
  34. I've been enjoying Camelis pizza for the last 2 years now and I'd recommend this little joint to anyone.
service
100.0% positive
  1. few people rave about a place like mellow mushroom 'oh, the crust is so great' and people start to believe it.
  2. Our manager did defend himself and the drunk was forced out of the restaurant with the help of a very good customer of ours.
  3. 'masking CitySearch to remove this employees review, plus other one time reviewers, who sound like employees also.
  4. Staff is friendly and service is quick.
  5. Great pizza and service
value
66.66999816894531% positive
  1. Not a pretty place but worth it anyway!
  2. Servings are big, food is great - the cheese is particularly tasty, price is fantastic.
  3. The best food for the money we've found We get to Atlanta a couple of times a year and never go there without eating at Cameli's.
wait time
100.0% positive
  1. We always forget about Camelli's because it's just not convenient to our house (there's a Fellini's just around the corner), but EVERY time we go we promise ourselves to drive the extra ten minutes for the best pizza we've found in Atlanta.
  2. Staff is friendly and service is quick.
1 Star Rating: Poor

10/02/10

AND WHAT'S SO GREAT ABOUT THIS PLACE???

by DSAngel

Maybe it's the fact that its right next to kroger where you can buy your own ingredients and make your own pizza quicker and cheaper. I heard so many great things about this place and I was not impressed. My pie was okay and the monster slice was decent only because it had a FEW tasty toppings.

I don't know why but the server was super slow and I've been a server for years. I don't care if the food takes a long time but just don't let my girlfriend and I's water go empty for so long. I got so sick of waiting for water so I drank hers....twice. The server was friendly but the place only had four tables sat at around 2pm and all were close to each other.

The price was not worth it! I feel that if it were really good I would've finished all my food and then wanted more. However i didn't have time to wait for more let alone did i want any. Oh Fellinis how I'm sorry for doubting you and going to another slice for satisfaction.

I feel guilty for wasting my time and money here. Plus, im normally very patience and understanding since I do serve as well, but something must have slowed her down for her to not at least bring us more water. Well...obviously it's no five star so what can I expect.

Also, it appeared as though one of the employees had their child working...who knows.

The other menu items seemed delicious but i just don't care to go back. Hated this pace just hated it. Never going back.

5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

02/04/09

The only real pizza.

by pizzamartyr

There was a time when i didn't know what real pizza was, and then i found Cameli's. Pizza is a pretty broad category, anything with crust, sauce, and cheese qualifies, but its easy to tell when pizza is better than good.

This place has it down.

The menu is broad, but not confusing. You can choose from 4 different pizza sauces, all more delicious than the last, and the toppings are all quality. All of the crust is thin, but if you want the ultimate in crispy crust, go for one of their massive slices. They renovated the old hole-in-the-wall decor last year sometime, and added a bar. While I admit that i liked the old Cameli's, new cameli's is roomier and has a lot of new options on the menu. The spicy tomato and pancetta pata sauce is worth the trip alone. With the new bar, beer selection has expanded to include several more exotic beers than an average pizza place might carry.

A+ Cameli's!! if i was ever out of town, and had to get a slice somewhere else, your's would be the standard.

  • Pros: great food, beautiful women in the kitchen, small brewery beers
  • Cons: did you read the pros?
5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

01/22/09

Cameli's is my favorite pizza in Atlanta

by sakemom

I consider myself somewhat of a pizza connoisseur-but I was late in the game checking this place out.

So I have been making up for lost time -I try to go at least once a week.

This truely is the best pizza I have had in Atlanta.

You can get a mini small cheese pizza (great for kids) or a MONSTER cheese slice which is a deal cause it is only a few dollars.

I go for the specialty pies- LOVE the sundred tomato sauce.

Great crust and not greasy..None of the wierd chewy cheese is served here.

Definitely start with a salad-the balsamic dressing & croutons are homemade and addictive.

My son has to leave with a handful of croutons everytime we leave.

He says to tell you they are the "best ever" !

They have trivia and they serve Pimm's. What more could I ask for?

5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

01/22/09

Misleading Review from 1/14

by 4camelistaff

Cameli's is committed to a high quality of customer service. Please don't let that review from 1/14 deter you from coming to the best pizza joint in town. The reviewer from 1/14 was absolutely not present for the incident in question. His super-drunk friend began yelling and screaming that his slice was taking too long. When the manager told him that his food was still in the oven and that he should calm down, the drunk guy started swinging at the manager. Our manager did defend himself and the drunk was forced out of the restaurant with the help of a very good customer of ours. Moral of the story: if you are naturally violent, obnoxious, and drunk as a skunk, please stay at home.

1 Star Rating: Poor

01/14/09

Beware Of Employee's Review--1/22/09

by jasonlgreene

Everything about the drunk incident is true. But what amazes me, an employee of Cameli's writes a review, about my review, and the manager responds poitively. First of all, It's against CitySearch policy for an employee to write a review. The manager didn't respond to my review. After he threw the guy out, why didn't he credit the guys credit card back, since he never received any food. The guy did not attack the manager, he was behind the counter. If the manager wants to dispute this, respond to this posting. I 'masking CitySearch to remove this employees review, plus other one time reviewers, who sound like employees also. On to the food. You want a slice of pizza. Order it, and watch them take it from a pan atop the pizza overn. And yes it's uncovered, and no telling how long it's been sitting there. Wonder what the health-code department thinks about that. And watch your back, when you go out into that parking lot at night. Scary!

  • Pros: Terrible Aggressive Staff!
  • Cons: Terrible Aggressive Staff! Old Pizza Sitting On Top Oven!

The Details on Cameli's Pizza

Place Categories:

  • best everyday pizza
  • like thin crust
  • terrific tomato blush sauce
  • not overwhelming toppings
  • great side salad
  • favorite calzones
  • great place
  • delicious cheese
  • good intown location
  • excellent homemade sauces
  • friendly staff
  • tasty feta
  • best pie
  • bad nothing
  • misleading review
  • highly recommend white pizza
  • perfect canvas
  • great ingredients
  • big disappoinments
  • tasty artichokes
  • flavorful combination
  • nice music
  • great comfort food
  • great service
  • beautiful highquality olives

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