Club Bazaar Pizzeria

About Club Bazaar Surf Bar & Restaurant

Phone: (03) 326 6155

Website: www.surfbar.co.nz

Club Bazaar Pizzeria opened 20 years ago and was the first gourmet Pizza Restaurant to open in Australasia. With its huge collection of Kiwiana memorabilia and consistent standard of food over the years, Club Bazaar has become a cultural icon.

Club Bazaar has expanded over the years to the 120 seat restaurant that it is today, with the latest edition being the Long Board room and Smoke free bar. This new room houses New Zealand’s first made moden style surfboard, circa 1938, a collection of early Malibu’s, working antique amusement machines, and the full range of Monteiths West Coast beers on tap.

The local sumner long boarders also host their club meetings here once a month and the restaurant has a strong affiliation with local sporting businesses such as ‘Learn to surf’.

When the Pizzeria opened we wanted to capture the relaxed and friendly family atmosphere of overseas beach side cafes, a place for people of all ages to meet, enjoy a conversation,a glass of wine or juice and great food. Club Bazaar’s Chefs take pride in the fact that everything served in the restaurant is made on the premises and Glenn still personally selects the vegetables from the market.

All the desserts are made from scratch, the ribs are hand smoked to get an authentic flavour, the garlic bread is baked fresh to order and fresh pasta is made with an Italian pasta machine, sometimes using juices made with the commercial juice extractor.

All this has created some unique Club Bazaar flavours.

The pizzerias authenticity includes oven roasting fresh tomatoes for all the sauces and hand rolling the pizza doughs, which means the end result is always going to be superior.  The difference in a great Pizza is definitely in the base and the sauce.

Club Bazaar’s chefs have won national awards, Chef tutored and worked in diverse Kitchens. “The staff are varied and remain true to the passion that is needed to produce interesting and tasteful food.

A specials selection changes daily, such as the cajun gumbo, southern style pork spare ribs, Berlin inspired lamb Moussaka, to name but a few.

A range of menus is available for private functions, including continuous food and a variety of sit-down dinners from two-course’s that range from $18 per head for groups of 24 or more.

With too many single things to mention it’s probably best to taste the experience at the one-of-a-kind Club Bazaar!