Hell´s Kitchen

Møllergata 23
0179 Oslo, Norway
22 11 20 00‎

I took notice of this restaurant after a newspaper (I don't remember which) wrote that this was the best pizza in town. Being a lover of Italian peasant-food, of course I had to go. I went there a couple of times and both times I took someone with me and made them have veggie pizzas, so that they could give me their opinions.

Hell's Kitchen is a very non-pretentious pizza restaurant in central Oslo. The customers seem to be younger leisurely trendy people. The place has become pretty popular, so it happens that you have to wait in order to get a table, especially if you go during the weekend. The restaurant is very retro-esque and the play vinyl records. Nice.

I was pleasantly surprised to see that vegetarian pizzas have their own section in the menu, so that you don´t have to plow through the whole thing looking for the carcass-free pizzas.
They have six veggie pizzas to choose from.

The kitchen is open (and very small). Open kitchens are always a good sign, as it shows that they have nothing to hide (like a sweaty chef with a giant parrot with bird-flu sitting on his shoulder).

Pizzas arrive quickly and the waiters are relaxed, helpful and friendly. My favourite at Hell´s Kitchen pizza is the one with aubergines, sun-dried tomatoes, and chillies. It smells good, and it is juicy. The chef seems to know how to handle his aubergines. I can tell when aubergine is done well. It gets soft, moist and it tastes a bit sweet. This one did. So yes, yum.

The crust is almost perfect. Crunchy and not "leaky".

You get pizzas with blue cheese, feta cheese, artichokes, the works.

The prices are very reasonable. You can have a pizza for under kr 150. If you're really poor (you probably aren't), you can order plain tap-water and they still won't chop your head off.

The best pizza in town? Naw.... Almost. I still prefer Arte Pazza. But if you want to go to a place where you can get a quick overview over veggie delights and above average pizzas, Hell's Kitchen will do. You probably won't have a celestial gourmet "WOW"-experience, but this is clearly better than your average pizza. You can tell they like what they do. And we like them