Afro's Pizza

Review Highlights

Afro's Pizza is a tiny family-owned pizzeria in downtown Toronto with an ambitious, fine-dining-influenced menu — creative pizzas, mac and cheese, and fusion toppings designed to bring high-quality food to everyday people. Keith Lee visited during his Toronto trip and spent $79 on four items, drawn in by a reputation as one of the best pizzas in the city among local food reviewers.

• ·David Junior pepperoni pizza — cup-and-char pepperoni, house kielbasa sausage, pickled jalapeños, hot honey, Afro sugo, and crispy basil; "sweet, salty, has hot honey on it, has the jalapeño — the meat is fresh and the sauce is really good"; 9/10 — Keith's first-ever 9 for a pizza
• ·Mac and cheese — rich, heavily loaded with toppings; "it's got the most flavor I've had in a long time"; praised for its cheese sauce but noted uneven coverage made some bites dry; 8.5/10
• ·Shanai Samosa pizza — Shenaz's beef samosa, tamarind and cilantro chili sauce, crispy samosa chips, fresh cilantro, and chili flakes; tangy and flavourful, though texture suffered slightly from delivery; "when this is fresh, it would probably be like an 8"; 7.5/10
• ·The Hendrix Experience pizza — fried chicken, toasted pecans, compressed watermelon with tequila, maple habanero, and fresh cilantro; "very sweet and spicy — the spiciest thing I've had so far"; described as divisive; 7.6/10

Keith's verdict: the pizza alone justifies the visit — "that pizza is crazy, it's different, I've never had anything like that before." He called the pepperoni his first-ever 9 out of 10 for pizza and praised the mac and cheese as one of the best he's had outside of Dallas. He also left the owner $3,000 toward their goal of finding a bigger space, saying: "I don't see what's holding this place back from reaching that goal."

About

Afro's Pizza is a small, family-owned pizzeria in downtown Toronto known for creative, fusion-forward pies that blend fine-dining techniques with accessible prices. Founded with the mission of bringing high-quality food to everyone — not just fine-dining crowds — the restaurant operates out of a tiny space with outsized ambitions and a growing reputation among Toronto food lovers.