Best Pizza in Cortina d'Ampezzo: Where to Eat It

What pizza in Cortina d'Ampezzo looks like

There are two main formats. The first is a proper sit-down pizza, round and blistered from an oven, served in a chalet or a town trattoria-pizzeria where you linger over a table. The second is pizza al taglio, a tray-baked style cut into rectangular slices and eaten on the spot or taken away; the Cortina tourist office describes the local version as thin, fragrant and generously topped.

The styles overlap more than in Naples or Rome, because mountain pizzerias are built for families who want one dish for everyone. Chalet Tofane works with a pizza maker for its round, crisp bases, while 5 Torri lists more than 50 pizzas alongside traditional Ladin dishes. In practice, the choice comes down to how much time and table service you want around the meal.

Chalet Tofane: pizza at the Socrepes chairlift

Chalet Tofane sits at the boarding point of the Socrepes chairlift, which leads into the Tofane ski area, and it is not far from the centre of Cortina. The chalet is open from breakfast through to dinner and runs as a restaurant, pizzeria and bar in one, with two indoor rooms and an outdoor terrace; the larger room has big windows over the panorama.

The pizza here comes from a dough built on semi-whole organic flours from a historic Veneto mill, starting with a starter left to rest for 24 hours before spelt, rye, hemp and malt flours are added. A further 16 to 20 hours of leavening follows, which is what gives the base its crisp-outside, soft-inside texture. It is a slower, more technical dough than the average mountain lunch, and it is the reason to order pizza rather than something quicker.

Order the Cortina 2021 if you want the local one: Ampezzo-style potatoes with Fodom cheese, made by the dairy in the nearby valley. The rest of the menu runs from fresh vegetables to cured meats chosen from local producers and beyond, so there is a lighter option if you have skied all morning.

How a meal at Chalet Tofane works

This is a full-service table meal rather than a quick slice, with two rooms and a terrace, so the setting suits a long lunch off the slopes or an early dinner with children. The pizza menu at Chalet Tofane ran from 6.50 to 14 euros when Gambero Rosso International reported on it in January 2024, which is a useful budget band rather than a promise of today's prices. Toppings explain most of the spread: a plain base sits at the bottom, while the Cortina 2021 and the Nobile — with Roman-style artichokes, caramelised onions, smoked peppery bacon and pecorino — sit at the top.

The chalet has two rooms and a terrace, so a table with a view is worth asking about when you arrive. If you are spending the afternoon in town afterwards, an aperitivo in Cortina is the natural next stop once you are back down among the shops.

Ristorante Pizzeria 5 Torri: a family pizzeria near Corso Italia

Ristorante Pizzeria 5 Torri is in the heart of Cortina d'Ampezzo, a few steps from Corso Italia, and has been run by the Ghedina family for more than twenty years. The room seats around 100 across two large dining rooms with a big outdoor terrace, and a traditional stove plus wooden furniture give it the warm, slightly old-fashioned feel of a family restaurant rather than a design piece.

The pizza list runs to over 50 varieties, from margherita and marinara up to more elaborate combinations, so it works for a group where one person wants a classic and another wants something loaded. The house motto, as the family puts it, is for everyone's taste and affordable for everyone, which tells you the aim is a broad, unchallenging menu rather than a chef's tasting. Order a round of pizzas to share at the table if nobody can decide.

What to order at 5 Torri beyond pizza

The traditional section is the reason to order more than one course. Casunziei all'ampezzana are half-moon pasta parcels filled with red beetroot and dressed with melted butter and poppy seeds — the defining pasta of the Ampezzo valley and a good measure of any kitchen. Our guide to casunziei explains the filling and how it is served.

You can also order speck canederli, bread and meat dumplings, in meat stock, or spinach spaetzle, little green gnocchi made from a soft dough rather than potato. These are the mountain dishes to fall back on when the weather has turned and you want something hot and filling before dessert. Finish with a homemade cake or a traditional dolce if you have room.

Ampezzo Pizza: thin, crisp slices in the centre

Ampezzo Pizza on Via XXIX Maggio, 11 is the quick option: thin, crisp pizza al taglio with generous topping, sold for a snack or a fast meal. You can eat a slice at the outdoor tables in the sun or take a pizza away, which makes it the practical choice between errands or before a walk.

Ask what the day's proposals are — the tourist office flags this as the way to catch the interesting toppings rather than defaulting to margherita. If you want sit-down service and a full menu, this is not that place, and that is the point.

Sit-down versus by the slice: which suits your day

Choose Chalet Tofane when the meal is part of the day: you want the view, the long-leavened base and the local cheese, and you are willing to sit down properly. Choose 5 Torri when you are in town and eating with a mixed group, where pizza and a plate of casunziei need to sit on the same table without anyone feeling short-changed.

Choose Ampezzo Pizza when time is short, the weather is good enough for an outdoor table, or you want to eat while walking. At sit-down places a coperto, a per-person cover charge, may appear on the bill, and it is worth keeping some cash for small slice counters.

What a pizza costs in Cortina

At Chalet Tofane, pizzas were listed between 6.50 and 14 euros in early 2024, so the plain end of the menu is the budget option and the elaborate local toppings push you towards the top. Those are published menu figures from a dated report, not today's board, so confirm on the menu when you sit down. 5 Torri lists over 50 pizzas, so expect the price to track the topping rather than the format.

Which pizza stop fits your Cortina day

If you want one memorable pizza with a mountain view and a local topping, take the short hop to the Socrepes chairlift and order the Cortina 2021 at Chalet Tofane. If you are already in the centre and eating with family or a group, 5 Torri delivers pizza and classic Ampezzo dishes under one roof. For a fast slice between plans, Ampezzo Pizza on Via XXIX Maggio is the one to remember.