Voodoo Ray’s

«Oh my god you MUST try Voodoo Ray’s» Victoria said. «It’s AMAZING» she said.
… Well Victoria my friend, you were absolutely right. I have to admit I was apprehensive, being completely spoiled for choice for amazing pizza in Brighton. I was concerned that nothing would come close to the sourdough goodness that you get at Pizza VIP, but Voodoo Ray’s is excellent!
They appear to have a choice of around 8 or 9 MASSIVE pizzas to choose from, you can either buy it by the slice or buy a whole one. I think they were 22″!? Anyway, I opted for a slice of the King Tubby ((fennel & chilli sausage, covalo nero, marinated tomatoes, caramelised onions) which my friend highly recommended. I’m not one for sausage on pizza usually, but GIRL!!! This was the ONE! Fennel and sausage just works so well! The toppings were generous, it came piping hot and was the perfect serving size, I was comfortably full.
I’ll definitely be coming back to try the rest of the menu.

A wicked good slice and margi (margarita) on the fly! Voodoo Ray’s has personality, great pizza and a little salad for some side action.
I stopped in here on a Tuesday after a meeting for a quick low key lunch and my tastebuds thanked me.
It’s a small, fast dine kind of joint and has limited counter seating with three large outdoor tables if the weather permits (and some accessible standing and seating area to the side)

Honestly, I didn’t expect to find a cheap pizza place in Shoreditch, especially after walking around in hypsterish art galleries…
Hallelujah ! Great pizza, large choice, cheap prices and nice staff ! The only down side would be the £8.00 beer in a can I got myself which was a lot more expensive than the pizza itself.
My advice: go for pizza, drop the cans

You know those questions ‘if you could eat one thing forever what would it be’ my answer would always be pizza and the reason for that is exemplified at Voodoo rays. Thin New York style pizza that has quality ingredients and a decent price.
If you’re looking to take a group? It’s not the best place as there is mostly stool seating and it’s not that big but if you’re looking to stop for a quick bite before heading off other places then it is definitely worth a visit. They do sides like mac and cheese if you’re into that sort of thing with a pizza but really… the pizza is just great. Most slices come in around £4.50 and the toppings are flavorful and plentiful. Some purists will say a sauce to dip your crust in is wrong but if loving their garlic mayo is wrong then I don’t want to be right.
Stop by! You wont regret it. It’s no frills just flavour.

So yummy, definitely go if you’re in the neighborhood! A little expensive for pizza, but in my opinion it is worth it for how good it is. Great Vegetarian & vegan options!

They have also recently updated their slice program, every 8^th pizza free.

I’d always wandered past Voodoo Ray’s and double-​tapped plenty of Instagram shots of their delicious pizza — but I’d never actually stopped to try it for myself. Until last night!
With an ‘in’ and ‘out’ type system and inside seating, Voodoo Ray’s is a convenient dining experience serving up individual pizza slices at £4 a portion. All the pizzas are out on display so you can see what you’re getting before you choose, something I really liked. After ordering, we paid and were impressed with how quickly our slices appeared before us, all cooked and oozy and YUM.
I opted for a Hot Mix (pepperoni, jalapeño, red chillies, red pepper, mozzarella, tomato sauce) which was excellent. Thin crust. Great dough. A generous helping of cheese and tomato sauce on the base, topped with plenty of pepperoni and jalapeño. My only slight gripe would be with the ‘slab’ of red pepper on the top, which would have been nicer chopped up into smaller bits. The pizza wasn’t actually quite as hot as I was expecting but still a bit mouth-​tingling on the spice levels.
For drinks, you can choose from plenty of beautifully-​canned beers, including Beavertown and good ol’ Camden Hells. There are also frozen margaritas on offer, and a range of dips for the pizza crust.
If you’re in need of refuelling before a Shoreditch night out or during a day of shopping and exploring, Voodoo Ray’s is cheap, convenient and tasty.

It’s OK Pizza. It’s nice to have a Pizza-​by-​the-​slice option. The flavors are OK and the Crust is OK. I mean it’s not bad, but I was a bit disappointed.
They could easily get 1 or even two more stars with any of the following:
— Just a tad steep in price (over £4 a slice) for the size. Drop the price or increase the size of the slice (which would be preferred).
— More and tastier cheese please! Don’t skimp out on the cheese for the love of cheese!
— Like the crazy pizza toppings, but have a couple basics (like Italian sausage or pepperoni only with larger slices of pepperoni). As for crazy pizza ideas, let me recommend Mac’n’Cheese Pizza. Just trust me.
This location in particular is conveniently located by the Overground Station at the very end of the box car center. It only has bar benches and isn’t good for groups (nor is there any room if you order a whole pie to share).
Go, try it, enjoy it, but this isn’t the holy grail of American style pizza in London yet. Still on the hunt for it.

This place makes me feel like my palate is completely different that most people, or maybe I’m just not hipster enough to enjoy this place.
First the pizzas. They totally lose points as they have their entire list of pizzas up on the wall, but they only have about six of those for you to actually purchase. So if you want to try the interesting one with stilton, you can’t get it because they didn’t make any. Fail. They were advertising not one, but TWO Christmas specials. Neither of which you could actually get. Get your act together. Why advertise it if you’re not actually going to have it available?
I ended up ordering the Reubenesque (because I love Reuben sandwiches) and the Hot Mix 5 (because I like it spicy). My partner ordered the same (because the rest sounded boring and unoriginal. Meat mix? Yawn. I can get that sort of thing anywhere). Then I wanted a beer. What choices do I have? About four IPAs and four lagers. Yep! They have about eight beers and no variety. Kind of like the pizzas. Plus they choose the most hipster beers available. The guy at the register was like, «But Pabst Blue Ribbon!» Really hipster dude? Pabst is crap. It was crap 20 years ago when I was drinking, it was crap 10 years ago when it because big with the hipsters when I was at university, and it’s still crap. So I got a double shot of tequila. And their mixer selection also sucks, so I also got a blood orange san pellegrino to mix with it. We also decided to get the three different dips: Barbeque, Garlic Mayo and Chili.
Honestly, the slices don’t look very nice as all. They come out on plates and it LOOKS like crappily reheated slices. At least in NYC or the states the slices LOOK tasty. It’s a good thing we did get the dips, because the Reubenesque was nothing like a Rueben. Or it tasted nothing like one. The beef had no flavor. The cheese had no flavor. Luckily the dips added some nice flavor to the pizza because otherwise it’s just bland toppings on top of bland, flavorless crust. The spicy slice was much better, but nothing that you couldn’t get as a spicy pizza anywhere else. The chili dip was a disappointment as the spice in the barbeque was much nicer. I also enjoyed the garlic mayo. My partner’s pizza had a giant hole in the crust that was covered by the toppings. Pizza fail.
Seriously, with the multitude of places nearby you could go for food, Voodoo Ray’s should be bottom of your list.

Oh my god, Voodoo Ray’s lives up to its name. This place has put me under a pizza spell and I don’t think any other slice in London will ever compare. The garlic sauce is a vampires worst nightmare and everyone else’s dream.
I’ll be revisiting this absolute babe of a pizza lovers fantasies until they name one of their delicious creations after me.
I love you pizza, like, a lot.

A nice slice at a steep price (over £4 per slice) but I’ll definitely be back because, well, who can beat a decent pizza by the slice after a night out?!

I’ll admit — I’ve had better pizza. The crust could be puffier and they could be a bit more generous with the cheese. But the toppings are interesting and there is something for everyone — there’s even the Queen Vegan (Napoli sauce, fresh tomatos, mushrooms, artichoke, red onions, jalapenos and herb gremolata).
My personal favourite is the Buffalo Margherita (buffalo mozzarella, marinated tomatos, tomato sauce and basil).
Prices are good too, starting at only £3.30 for a Regular Slice (fior de latte mozzarella, Napoli tomato sauce and oregano).

Pizza by the slice is the ideal option if like me you love pizza so much you can never decide on one topping out of all of the options on a menu. At other places I always order a half and half pizza (after spending hours debating between meat feast or farmhouse or veggie supreme or chicken BBQ) but here you can choose pizza by the slice so you can have 4 different slices if you have a big appetite. I’m afraid to admit I only managed 2. But the slices are HUGE, I have an excuse,
I tried the classic margherita (excellent value at £3.30) and a veggie slice as I thought green veg may add a bit of vitamins and some of my five a day to a meal consisting of pizza. They were DIVINE!
I wished I had room for a meaty slice so I could see the quality of the meat, but my stomach let me down.
The reason I’m not giving this more is because the Shoreditch branch isn’t very big so you feel a bit cramped. I’ve noticed it is available on Deliveroo if you live /​work in the area, so I’m considering a takeout of multiple slices. Pizza always tastes so good the next day, doesn’t it?!

So I’m in Shoreditch… in the boxpark which is essentially one of this areas monuments. So I go for what appears to be in culture keeping — the Rubenesque.
A delicious slice with salt beef, sauerkraut, Emmental and Russian dressing… and I have to say that I’m in love.
I adore the thinness of the base and how crispy it is and how it’s a well-​made slice. The topping is also amazing, a great flavour explosion. And if this isn’t your thing, they also have other equally interesting options which include Vegan.
So many places you go people just throw toppings on, but each piece is soundly constructed with care.
Prices are from around £3.70 upwards for a slice. Not unreasonable as it’s a good sized slice.
Stools are your options inside although outside they have tables, However this isn’t really a sitting down, dinner sort of place, more of a quick bite on the go.
Good fast food — who knew it!

Voodoo rays would seem like an ideal place to grab a slice of pizza in the way home from drinking, however not really a proper place for dinner. Pizza slices were around £4 per slice, but they were not justifiably big. Additionally where we were there at about 745 pm they had few pizzas left to select from, which was disappointing. The meatball one was tasty, as was the pesto and artichoke heart one, but overall there are far better deals out there in the box park. Would have loved to try the spicy pizza.
Their canned beer selection seemed decent. Were also disappointed that the Unilocal check in deal was only for the first 25 people.
Overall, expensive New York style pizza without the New York size.

Wanted the midnight slice but wasn’t here at midnight so of course I settled for something different.
A lovely special of Dusty Springfield. Not a folding pizza as its a more sturdy pizza than you get in NYC and not like italian ones. But I like it Because it has huge by the slice pizzas which make it much different to any other pizzeria.

Boom!
A number of reasons why Voodoo Ray’s is awesome:
a) they have a great vegan pizza
b) their food waste (dunno why they’d have any!) is composted
c) they only print receipts if you want one
d) the pizza is fantastico!
I have now been here a couple of times and normally find I need 2 slices to fill me up. The pizza tastes great and reminds me of New York though there are some very ‘Shoreditch’ toppings on sale!
I will perhaps say it is on the «side» of pricey — I think up to a £1 less would be more on point but it is Shoreditch and I’m still gonna go if I ge a particularly strong craving!
The Saturday afternoon deal, though I have not had it yet is particularly awesome — slice and beer for £6 :)

With a slew of good Italian style pizza joints in Shoreditch (Pizza East, Amici Mei, Rosso Pomodoro), Voodoo Ray’s fits just right in. It serves New York style thin crust pizzas with toppings that are quite different from what the others have to offer. It is also the only place in Shoreditch that does pizza by the slice. But I don’t think that’s really important in the larger scheme of things. What is important though is that they make a good pizza – nice thin crust – and the toppings are those that are typically found on the otherside of the pond – salt beef and saurkraut (Rubin), pepporoni, etc.
I think one slice would just about make you feel satisfied, but if you really want to be happy, get at least two. We ordered the cumberland sausage, buffalo margerita, artichokes & olives, & the rubinesque. None disappointed.
All in all, good fun.

Living in Hackney, I am no stranger to the joy of Voodoo Ray’s pizza. And it is a joy.
It’s a great slice of pie, solely because of their originality and willingness to just try stuff. There may be other pizza joints in the city that do traditional better, but none I think that do it with more retro razzle and or dazzle.
I love their slices. Ones with spice, ones with beef, ones, that taste like Reuben sandwiches, ones with names like The Meat Is On, Green Velvet and Cabbage Patch Kid. They’re big slices, they’re tasty, they’re fun.
The original Voodoo is a 80’s style pizza joint right near the overground. This new one, built right into Boxpark (on the other end of the station) doesn’t have the same atmosphere. It’s smaller, basically a pizza counter and a regular counter for seating. It feels like more of a takeaway spot than anything else (however, if you do grab a slice and sit up at the counter, they have great free wifi, which was a surprise but a win of a surprise!)
But no matter what the spot looks like, they still have those delicious slices of delicious pizza. Go in, see what they’re making today, be happy.

Yum! This is Voodoo Ray’s second branch, nestled on the end of Boxpark in the heart of Shoreditch and I love it.
When you enter, your first sight is a counter laden with HUGE pizzas with healthy chunks of meatball, pepperoni, salami, fresh herbs, mozzerella and even more. It’s enough to make you drool instantly.
The pizza toppings and prices per slice are written with pen on the tile above the counter (nice touch, very Shoreditch), the staff greet you with a smile and a ‘what can I get you?’, the seating area is tiled, wooden and colour coded in rows and the whole place just has that welcoming easy feel to it. Lovely.
I went for a Buffalo Margherita but I also had a taste of the Hot Mix 5 (chilli, so much chilli) and King Tubby (sausage, onions, fennel and more chilli) and it was all delicious. The base was thin and crispy, they don’t skimp on the toppings whatsoever and there’s enough crust to get a decent handle on it and not drop it down yourself. No one likes a messy pup.
The standout by far, though, is the tomato base. It’s hands down delicious. They marinate their tomatoes and boy can you tell. It’s so rich and full of flavour. YUM.
They also have a pretty decent range of drinks on hand and if you don’t want anything fizzy? They have fresh cucumber water and cups on the side for you to help yourself.
So why isn’t this a full-​on 5-​star? Well, I found ordering the pizza to be a bit weird. They have giant pizzas on display and the whole top counter is pre-​cut pizza ready to be dished out… but when you order it, they don’t give you your slice. Instead, they take it from the whole pizza, put it on a plate and send you down the counter to pay before bringing it to you wherever you’re sitting.
It just felt a bit odd. I get that sitting on the side all day probably makes for cold pizza and what they’re doing is heating it up, but does it really take so long that I can pay, pour myself a drink, sit down and start a conversation before I get my one slice of pizza?
Also if you ask for a takeaway, they put it in a giant box so your pizza slides around and it left a wet patch on the table from the heat or the steam or the oil or something. I don’t know.
Anyway, slices range from £3.00 to about £4.20 per slice, they do take card but have a minimum charge of £5, they do takeaway and it’s all finger-​lickin’ good. And you’ll want to lick your fingers with that sauce. Mmmm.