Very small/intimate/homely restaurant - expect to wait for 20-30 min for table, unless you get lucky. But WOW is it worth it. The food is as fresh as can be. Try everything on the menu!! We tried the mushroom ravioli based on a fellow yelpers review; the portion was small but it was GREAT! Definitely try a pizza, or two.
Review Source:For dinner here, I started with the salumi misti, a large platter of three kinds of charcuterie, including good prosciutto and boar salami, served with crusty homemade bread on the side ($14.50).
Followed with a sognatori salad (mixed greens, toasted hazelnuts, sliced anjou pears, and robiola cheese, $9.95). It didn't seem to have any dressing on it.
Lastly, a small Montagna pizza (mozz, parmigiano, arugula, and speck, $12.50). The crust had a nice char from the wood-burning oven, but was too thick and bready. I prefer a thinner, crispier crust.
They don't serve dessert, so I walked over to the Strawberry Fields yogurt bar down the block.
Arturo's was OK, but it certainly didn't wow me.
In this quiet street aligned with restaurants each with their own character, we found this cute little wood oven fired pizzeria. Â We arrived late on a Friday night to the busy, filled-to-capacity restaurant, worried that it was too late for us to get a table. Â But they promptly accomodated us and we settled in with our bottle of Malbec BYO. This ended up going marvelously with our cheesy pasta and pizza dishes. Â The Parma pizza was to die for with stronge gorgonzola and parmesan flavors oozing out of each bite. My friend got the Wild Mushroom Ravioli which although a bit sparse in count, was full cheese and mushroom deliciousness as well.
Review Source:A great part of the Maplewood food scene. Small, intimate, excellent food, BYO, no desserts, no slices, no reservations.
Delicious food and service. I get the feeling that the owners really care about quality and presentation.
We've been there numerous times, it's busy for good reason.
Worth waiting for dinner or lunch there.
Arturo's is soo good. The pizza is perfect.
The homemade ricotta drizzled with olive oil served on top of their warm crusty bread - seriously I came back for it a few days later but it wasn't on the specials that day (heartbreak). And the meatballs! I never would have known, (because I make pretty damn good meatballs myself so I don't usually order them out because they are usually a soggy dense mess) but my son ordered them and you can tell right away that they look good, and so I took a bite, then another, then placed another order just for me.
Everything's been good. I hope it stays that way! YUMMM
This place has the famous wood fired pizza.
The first time we got take out and ordered the famous Tartufi pizza (mushrooms, truffle oil, sausages) but they gave us the wrong pizza. Â It was still good however it didn't have sausages which disappointed the meat lover in me...
Last night we came back and ordered the Marguerita pizza  and it was delicious!  The homemade bread with ricotta cheese and olive oil appetizer was sooooo good as well.
The prices are really good here too since they get their fruits and vegetables locally, cutting out the middle man. Â No wonder, since the owner is a alumni of Rutgers Business School..haha!
We love it here, everything from the hot smoking wood fired pizza, to the atmosphere, to the super friendly service...we will definitely come back again to try the pasta!!! Â I can't wait to sample the cured meats section ~
yummmmmmy~~
update:
took my parents here...and my mom said it was the best pizza she's ever had!
HIGHLY RECOMMEND THE TARTUFI PIZZA and an order of Pasta CINGHIALE
I think I was at a nearby outdoor table the same night as Andrew D. below (whose review is an example of how reviews should be written, incidentally). Â I dined at a small round table with my two teenaged kids literally on the street corner outside the place, and it could not have been more fun! Â Jessica, the hostess who seated us, could not have been nicer or more accommodating - what a nice woman. Â That went for the rest of the staff, all of whom checked in with us at various stages of our meal to make sure we were happy in a friendly, low-key way that made us feel well cared for.
We looked at our menus, went inside to order at  the counter, and had our delicious salads delivered to our table within minutes.  We then devoured two delicious wood-fired pizzas, a four-cheese and the real standout, the Tartufi, which has sausage, cheese, mushrooms and truffle oil. Mmmm good. Â
As Andrew stated below, the pizzas are outstanding and this place is such a good value, especially considering it is a BYO (when no teen kids are in tow, that is!). Â Can't wait to try their evening tasting menu soon.
Arturo's is a winning formula, and I cannot believe it took me all these years of living in the area to discover it. Â Shame on me (or my friends for keeping it to themselves).
On the way to Arturo's, last night, I got elbowed on the sleepy streets of Maplewood, NJ by a middle-aged woman who ran past me on the sidewalk so that she could get a table before me. I was amused, and, because my wife and I were a party of two, we got a table much quicker.
We sat outside because it was an absolutely wonderful evening. It was warm, but not humid, and the bottle of wine we picked up was a good refresher. The entire staff of the place were somewhere between super professional and total rockers. If you had to put a label on the women who work at Arturo's on a Friday night, the term I would use is "ROCK CHIX." It was very comforting and entertaining to chat with the people who were bringing us food.
The pizzas are wood-fired and delicious. We had a straight margherita pizza and loved it. My wife had been sick the previous week and could barely finish a cup of yogurt, but she readily and steadily devoured half of the pie when it arrived. The pizza was flawless, amazing, and only $13.
Yep. Dinner for two: $13.
The rest of the menu looks delicious, and we'll be going back there soon. Even if we move to Brooklyn, we'll find time to get on the train and visit Arturos. Best pizza I've had in the greater NYC area.
Another note: all the veggies they can get locally, they do. The owners try to source their veg directly from the growers, or with the fewest number of middlemen possible. They take great care to assemble their fare, and it shows.
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