Ponsonby · Auckland
Best Pizza in Ponsonby 2026
4 of Auckland's best pizza, all in Ponsonby — hand-picked and ranked by the Best of Auckland editors. Every listing is a real, locally-known venue.
New Zealand's only entry on the World's 50 Top Pizza list, Dante's bakes proper Neapolitan sourdough in a wood-fired oven — blistered, chewy-edged bases that have chef circles in Naples taking notice. Ponsonby's benchmark pizzeria.
An Auckland institution since 1986, Prego still pulls wood-fired pizza from the same kitchen that's outlasted every passing food trend on Ponsonby Road. Reliable, buzzy, and unpretentious — the kind of place locals return to for decades.
One of only a handful of AVPN-certified pizzerias in the country, Farina has been turning out true Neapolitan wood-fired pizza on Ponsonby Road since 2014 — strict dough rules, real Italian street food energy.
A colourful, energetic Ponsonby Road pizza bar built for groups — woodfired pies like the Discovery of Honey and Truffle Shuffle sit alongside slow-cooked, homemade everything. Walk-ins welcome, and the room has the buzz to match.
