I've been to HOEK twice so far. The food is outstanding as is the ambience. I have a son with autism. The owner, Anna, and the staff treated him like a king. I cannot thank her and the entire staff for taking such great care of me and my son Edward. We absolutely will be back VERY SOON. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. read more

Last night I discovered my new go to pizza spot in Red Hook. Not only was the pizza delicious so was the salad and dessert. We shared the arugula, prosciutto, buffala, parmigiano, pomodorini ( minus the prosciutto) and zucchini, fior di latte, red onion, basil. We paired that with the little gem salad which was recommended by the sweet waitress Nicole. All this food followed by an amazing dessert. The restaurant is huge and has a nice ambiance to it. I have to say living in Red Hook is great but sometimes you don't want to travel to enjoy a meal. So glad HOEK Brooklyn is here right next to Valentino Pier. After all this food we took a walk to the Pier and enjoyed the view. Highly recommend if your looking for a great meal with a good vibe. read more

Fantastic neighborhood place, with exceptional pizza, a warm and friendly staff and great, low-key family vibe. Red Hookers have been dreaming about this place. DON'T MISS OUT. read more

New in the neighborhood and still ironing out their kinks but solid, good Brooklyn pizza. Nice cocktails and hoping they continue to expand their menu for more appetizer and salad options to go with their pizzas. Great vibe and away from the tourists who find their way to Red Hook - always a plus! read more

Delicious pizza and great service. Been there multiple times -- doesn't disappoint. Highly recommend.

Third time there and it's as wonderful as the first. I think it's actually getting better but not sure how that's possible it's already so good. The staff is attentive, the food knocks it out of the park, the wine pairing was spot on. Busy place too but they make it all work. Wish I had time to saddle up to the bar and stay longer. There's always next time!! read more

What a great environment and even better food. It's cozy and intimate while being a restaurant for the whole family. I would be equally happy on a date night there or with our kids. The staff is gracious and knowledgeable. The food is top notch and very well priced. We loved our waiter, Bryce. Basically, a perfect night. read more

I went to Hoek Pizza for the first time for a friends birthday. We were in a group of four and we arrived around 12pm on Saturday. The restaurant had just opened but they were welcoming and the atmosphere was warm and inviting. The server took great care to explain all the menu items to us and make recommendations, as none of had been there before. I started with the fig/goat cheese/speck bruschetta and it was AMAZING! They bake the bread from scratch and it is served warm and toasty. All my friends loved it as well. I then ordered the Fior Di Latte pizza which was a wonderful, cheesy margarita style pizza. It was made from scratch and baked in the fire burning oven that serves as the centerpiece for the restaurant. The pizza is charred to add to the amazing flavor. I am a serious pizza lover (being from New York!) and I have tried many places, this is one of the absolute best!!! They also serve local sodas and craft beers to add the perfect complement to your meal. Highly recommend, will definitely be returning. read more

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We went to HOEK in a whim because we had been sitting in the park. What a whim!! The food was delicioso! The waitress (owner?) told us the jersey tomatoes were not great so we should get the bruschetta with tuna. (It's not on the menu but she had it for lunch.) she was right! We ordered the zucchini pizza with fior de latte and I loved it! I expected zucchini slices like most pizza places use but HOEK gave us long, thin curlies that looked just like the red onions also in the pizza. Great look and taste! The anchovy pizza was also great. (Look out for the garlic salt on the table! We thought it was Parmesan and ruined the anchovy pizza. Luckily, it seems to have happened before and they brought us a fresh pizza.) It seems like the wait staff go where they're needed (ie: we did not have one attendant, we had them all). It was a little confusing at first but worked out fine. If you're ever in Louis Valentina Jr Park for a sunset make sure you go for a pizza at HOEK afterwards. Oh, a Cream Ale and a shot for $8 happy hour! read more

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Fantastic place! The pizza will make you think you are in Roma. Edgy and cozy atmosphere. Varied menu will please everyone. Nice friendly servers and cool bar. Don't miss this place,its a gem. read more

Amazing pizza, other options on the menu, drinks, and vibe. There's a bar on one side and comfortable tables and chairs for dinner on the other. The food was amazing. My favorite things we had were the sopresatta pizza, the beet salad, and the meatball toast. Such a delicious and nicely decorated restaurant. read more

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I came to HOEK last night for pizza with a few friends. The pizza is really good and clearly made with high-quality ingredients. I really enjoyed it and think its worth a try. The service, however, was a bit slow. Workers were also bringing in wood and they had to leave the door open for a large portion of our meal. It was freezing(about 20 degrees) and we were sitting right near the door. Honestly didn't seem like the right time to be doing wood loading work, and it was a bit annoying. Despite this, I will still return, as the opening of a restaurant always creates some mishaps. Give it a try for yourself! read more

We had an amazing family party at Hoek. We had about 70 people and Annie, BAM and the team were absolutely awesome in planning and working with us and in making everyone feel welcome the day of the event. My family loved Annie and BAM!!!! In addition, the food and drink was terrific. The salads and pizzas were so yummy. They were also great at catering to people with many different food allergies and preferences. On top of the above, the space is really nice wide open space so everyone could mingle while eating. Thanks Annie and BAM for helping make the party a success. Gail S read more

Great new spot in red hook! It has become a real community hang zone. We love it. Beyond great vibe with nothing but love coming from the staff and the owners. Great food, drinks, ambience, location and people. read more

Great pizza and salads . Great atmosphere and decor with a wonderful view of the city and Statue of Liberty. Definitely my favorite pizza place in Brooklyn. read more

I'm still baffled and upset by our interaction here on Saturday night. I was with a birthday party of professional folks, and the staff was friendly enough. A pizza we hadn't ordered came (and then was taken away), and the vegetarian ones we had ordered did not. We weren't rowdy- a crowd of professionals trying to get fed, chatting to each other. I suddenly hear a loud voice say 'Well I'd prefer if you just left' to two of my friends across the table. They had asked for the whereabouts of the pizzas. The owner had come over and immediately escalated this situation, yelling. She then brought the bill over (we had asked for the missing pizzas to go) and told us to take off anything that we hadn't ordered, still without bringing the veggie pizzas. One of our party took the bill and was verifying what had come- we were a large group and they are a new restaurant and, sure, that can get confusing. So we were (quietly) doing this when I saw flashing lights out the window. And seven cops came in. Apparently while she told us to make sure the bill was correct, she also called the police and claimed we were refusing to pay. We weren't. She then proceeded to yell some more at those of us who tried to pay (the un-resolved) bill, in front of the police. I don't know what she was thinking- she initially only yelled at the brown members of our party, so there's that. But the end result was possible racism, and theft- using the cops to make us pay for something we didn't get. Please take your business elsewhere. read more

Hoek is terrific. Neighborhood vibe with friendly staff, and I always appreciate being recognized on repeat visits. Those negative reports about mediocre pizza and the cops; remember, there are always two halves to every pizza. I'm with Hoek. read more

Pizza was mediocre and service spotty. Appetizer and drinks were okay. Nice vibe and views. I wouldn't go back. There are many better options elsewhere. read more

food was quite good but service left a lot to be desired, 20+ minute wait from asking for the check to receiving, then they lost my card for ~10 minutes, so about 30 minutes for what should have been a 3 minute process max read more

Love this place!!!!!! Reminds me of Rome with the cobblestone streets outside on Coffey, smell of pizza in a brick oven also with a bonus huge skyline view of Manhattan. We always have a great time with the staff. The atmosphere is calm and Redhook doesn't make you feel like you at all in NY. It's my new home away from home. I will be back and tell everyone I know about this "little gem". read more

Get yourself to this pizza place ASAP!! This is best pizza in Brooklyn and I've just spent 2 months in Italy. I can only say amazing things about the food, staff and service. Grazie mille :) read more

I LOVE THIS PLACE! Pizza is great, our server was so sweet and the wine selection is vast. Just great all around. Will definitely be going back. Red Hook needed a place like this! read more

Ashamed to say I've only been to Red Hook to go to Ikea, but after going to HOEK I can say I will DEFINITELY be back. This place was so amazing. Everything from the decor, to the amazing food and drinks, and the exceptionally loving and attentive owner, my night couldn't have been more perfect. The most delicious truffle pizza, beet, arugula and ricotta salad, and the alt. end vodka drink that I'm still dreaming of. I've never written a review before but this place deserves all the stars in the sky. Highly recommended. read more

so fantastic. friends knew of it and now i know whhere to go for great pizza and wine and atmosphere! the sauce on the margarita reminded me of wood burning oven pies in 1955 brooklyn. efficient and kind service. read more

The food here is exceptional with the personal touch of a seasoned chef. Intimate environment that pays homage to the best days of Red Hook. Portion sizes are filling and prices are fair. They offer qualify meats and cheese (antipasti), plenty of pizza options including vegan options, and a nice selection of full salads and entrees. The bar is a real cool space with plenty of drink options. Definitely give Hoek a try! I'll be back. read more

New gem in our Red Hook neighborhood: Delicious Roman style pizza with (clearly) fresh and well chosen ingredients, lovely owners and friendly staff! Highly recommend and planning on going back soon/a lot. :) read more

Love the atmosphere! Food & Service was outstanding! Will definitely be back, it's a must try you will love it!

I would NEVER want anyone to go through what we went through last night. We were huge party of professionals having a great time but none of our pizzas were coming out. The servers were pretty nice and then all of a sudden this monster of an owner (extremely rude, not hospitable at all) came out because they were getting everything wrong. We weren't sending anything back either we just wanted food that we could eat. 90% of us were vegan/vegetarian and this owner tells us all pies were served and calls the cops on us. Almost a $700 tab and we went home hungry escorted by the police!!!!!!! (Forced to pay or we get arrested!) Who does that? How embarrassing? Every single one of us at the party were capable of covering the tab ourselves, we were still waiting for pies and the cops show up telling us the complaint was we were disruptive the entire time and were refusing to pay the bill. None of that happened! We were still waiting to eat. The entire party was sober also because they didnt even come around to take drink orders. Wow!! We were predominantly a party of COLOR and this was clearly a HATE Crime... I have never felt so violated and never thought I would be a victim of one either. Please do not support this restaurant! If there were 0 or Negative star rating I would gladly give that. read more

Hi I am new to Yelp!!! I just moved to New York City and I was told to download this Ap just to give this review of my service Sunday night. It was not okay! I didnt come in expecting to spend what I did and learned later I was overcharged for food/drinks... Im on a mission now to find the best nyc pizza and HOEK isnt anything extraordinary then places I have found in San Fran. San Fran beats them as im sure most places do, My friends have taken me to the best $1 spots and I am afraid I cant remember which Champion spot I went to as it was late but it was wayyyyy better than this over priced pizza place. I did a little more digging and the website says sometimes we are closed because we are out of dough... so is that why you charge so much dough?? or made up dough? And yes the Pun was intended. This is such a bullshit establishment. Do not spend your hard earned dollars here if youre not getting what you paid for. read more