Pāpāmoa Beach & Ōmokoroa
Seventy-two hours before the fire.
Two Bay of Plenty pizzerias run by Italians who will not rush a dough. Woodfire pizza in Pāpāmoa Beach; pizza and artisanal gelato in Ōmokoroa.
Est. Pāpāmoa
Italian, imported
Takeaway & deli
Why it tastes different
We wait three days for the dough.
Seventy-two hours is the minimum we let our dough rest before it ever sees the oven. That slow maturation builds the flavour in the crust and makes the pizza light — and far easier to digest than a dough proved in a couple of hours.
The ingredients on top follow the same love for our food: San Marzano-style tomatoes, fior di latte mozzarella, 18-month prosciutto di Parma, ’nduja from Calabria, and Italian sausage we make ourselves, just to name a few.
Two kitchens
Find your Basilico
Pāpāmoa Beach
The original pizzeria and Italian deli. Woodfire pizza, lasagne, supplì and eggplant parmigiana, five minutes from the beach.
520 Gloucester Road, Pāpāmoa Beach
Seven days · from 4pm, Sun from midday
Ōmokoroa
Coffee, pastry and panini from the morning window, while from 4pm the same 72-hour pizza and Italian deli. Plus artisanal gelato churned in small batches.
168 Ōmokoroa Road, Ōmokoroa
Coffee Tue – Fri from 8.30am · pizza from 4pm
From the oven
Three you will come back for.
Estate
$28.90
Rocket, oregano Datterini tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, finished with EVO.
Acciuga
$29.90
Sicilian anchovies, marinated eggplants, black olives, basil, garlic oil.
Gamberi
$29.90
Marinated prawns, grilled zucchini, black olive dust, chilli oil, lemon.
In their words
What the Bay says
4.9
from 274 reviews · Pāpāmoa Beach
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The most delicious pizza I’ve eaten in years. A true artisan. I highly recommend.
Vanessa D. · Google
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Lovely staff with big smiles, authentic pizza, real Italian pizza chef, what more can you want?
Steven C. · Google
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The first really good and authentic pizza I have eaten in NZ. Anything other than 5 star would be an understatement.
Leandro M. · Google
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Before you order
Questions we get asked
Yes, we do gluten-free bases. All our pizzas are baked in the same oven, though, so we cannot guarantee there is no cross-contamination.
Almost any pizza on the board can be made vegan — the exception is the Maialona, our Italian meat lover. We keep dairy-free vegan cheese, so we can swap the mozzarella out on anything else.
We are mainly takeaway pizzerias, though we do have a few tables where you can sit and enjoy your pizza.
Authentic Italian pizza — thin crust, soft and crispy thanks to 72 hours of slow fermentation. We make one size only: 12 inches / 30 cm.