Where to get the best pizza in Houston according to Yelp

Pizza is the ultimate go-to food and is essentially hailed as the nation's favorite thing to eat no matter the time or occasion.

September 5 marks National Cheese Pizza Day and what better way to celebrate than with a slice of pie (whether it be plain cheese or not).

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Houston has a wide array of pizza joints scattered across the city that are worth checking out.

Many places such as Jupiter Pizza and Waffles in Sugar Land or Piola in downtown offer some artisanal pizzas that are unique in every sense of the word.

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For example, Jupiter has a pizza named for the restaurant and it comes with prosciutto, dates, mozzarella, fontina cheese, arugula, balsamic reduction. One of the favorites at Piola is the Rio De Janeiro which comes with pulled chicken and catupiry cheese.

Other places offer the regular cheese, pepperoni, and veggie, but they do it so well, they have earned a spot among Yelp's top-rated pizza spots in Houston.

Take a look through the gallery above to see where to get the best pizza in the Bayou City for National Cheese Pizza Day.

Daniela Sternitzky- Di Napoli is a digital producer covering Texas news and pop culture. | Daniela.DiNapoli@chron.com | @Dani_DiNapoli