Surprisingly for being located in Santana Row, the food isn’t ridiculously expensive. If you like flat (super pancake like flat) pizza, this is the place for you. Finally, a pizza place where I don’t feel like I’m in a food coma after eating it. Many people I’ve gone with have liked the gnocchi, but I tihnk I just need to conclude that I’m not a gnocchi fan for the most part.

Service was attentive though I do find it a little odd that if you ask for water, they actually ask if you want tap or bottled. I can imagine sitting in the outdoor seating when it’s a nice warm spring or summer day and people watching as we eat.

Like some of the other reviewers said, the portions are a little small. My server suggested splitting a large pizza and an appetizer for two people, but we ended up just splitting two large pizzas among three people and that seemed to work out for us.

Good pizza, good service and nice ambiance. The pizza varieties they offer are not like the typical ones; examples are bartlett pear, garlic and cream cheese or three cheese, shaved broccoli and pancetta. My personal favorite is the fennel sausage, portabella mushrooms and onion pizza. The small size is about the size of a CPK pizza only thin crust so its crispy. They have entrees too—the gnocchi is good. If you like dessert—try their panna cotta :)

If you are a traditional pizza lover, you may not like Pizza Antica. But if you like food with a twist, give Pizza Antica a try! Their pizzas have a really thin crust, so they are always fabulously crispy. The lack of sauce on their pizzas also make the crust much crispier, and I prefer less saucy pizzas. But the most noticable thing about Pizza Antica are their ingredients… don’t expect your typical pepperoni and mushroom pizza, all their ingredients are kind of exotic – the most “normal” pizza they offer is their spicy fennel sausage, portabello mushrooms, caramelized onions… yum! (That, by the way, is my favorite pizza they offer—the #4.) You can also create your own pizza for not much more than the pizzas on their set menu, which is a nice option. I took some friends here once who weren’t too excited about the exotic flavors (pancetta and arugula were a mystery to them), but we custom ordered a nice marinated chicken, artichoke, and roasted red pepper pizza, and they were quite happy with that.

The only cons about their pizzas is that they’re a little small (a large can easily feed 2 light-appetited people) and because they’re so thin, they tend to get cold pretty quickly.

Pizza Antica far surpasses other gourmet pizza restaurants (California Pizza Kitchen can’t hold a candle to it) and is by far, the best restaurant at Santana Row, both in flavor and value.