Bambina Pizzeria

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MondayClosed.

Tuesday11:00 am – 3:00 pm.

Wednesday11:00 am – 8:00 pm.

Thursday11:00 am – 8:00 pm.

Friday11:00 am – 8:00 pm.

Saturday11:00 am – 8:00 pm.

Sunday3:00 – 8:00 pm.

211 Heretaunga St E, Hastings

06 211 2180

Located on Heretaunga Street in Hastings, Bambina Pizzeria dishes up not just the well-known Pizza Napoletana (round pizzas perfect for sharing) but also Pizza Romana – that is, rectangular pizza by the slice. In fact, Bambina is the only pizzeria in the country serving Pizza Romana at the scale it does. 

These rectangular pizzas are displayed in a large glass cabinet and topped with plenty of high-quality, seasonal ingredients, chosen in combinations to compliment the dough best. There are over ten rotating flavours daily, and with options like pork and fennel sausage and salami with chilli-infused honey or toasted walnut and creamy gorgonzola with white truffle honey, you’ll be hard-pressed to choose just one. 

The dough for this pizza is also a work of art. It’s made from specialised flours sourced from Naples and combined with water, Sicilian sea salt and an in-house sourdough starter. Good things take time, and in true Italian fashion, the dough ferments for no less than 72 hours before it is baked in ovens imported all the way from–you guessed it!–Italy. The result? A dough that is both thick and light, with a crispy crust and rich in natural fibre. 

Pizza is an art form that has been perfected over centuries, and at Bambina’s, the mission is to honour this. Mission accomplished, you might say.

Words by Nicole Mudgway & Photography by Anna Briggs

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211 Heretaunga St E, Hastings

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