The Birdwood

pizza — Beckenham · Christchurch

About The Birdwood

An Italian restaurant and café at 76 Malcolm Avenue in Beckenham, Christchurch, known for hand-stretched pizzas cooked in a wood-fired oven. Other dishes include hand-made pasta, with ravioli listed as a house favourite, pressed lamb shoulder cooked overnight, and vegan salad bowls on weekdays. The coffee is locally roasted. It serves breakfast, lunch and dinner, and hosts celebrations, Ladies' lunches and happy hour deals.

Visitors praise the pizza, the gnocchi and the scones, the coffee and the friendly service, and one says the pizza may be the best in Christchurch. The restaurant is licensed, so it is not BYO. There are high chairs and a kids' menu, free wifi, and free street parking for two hours. Payment is by card, cash or contactless. The only other pizza place within a kilometre is Spagalimis Beckenham, 0.5 km away.

Signature items

  • Wood-Fired Pizza
  • Ravioli
  • Pizza Special
  • Pressed Shoulder of Lamb
  • Locally Roasted Coffee
  • Vegan Salad Bowl

Menu

Mains

  • Pressed Shoulder of Lamb — Overnight cooked, gratin potato, minted peas & seasonal greens

Pasta

  • Hand-Crafted Pasta — Fresh pasta made in-house
  • Ravioli — A long-standing house favourite
  • Carbonara — Crispy bacon, parmesan-dusted spaghetti

Sides

  • Chunky Chips — Chunky and satisfying

Coffee

  • Coffee — Locally roasted, including lattes

Salads

  • Vegan Salad Bowl — Weekday vegan salad bowl

Desserts

  • Chocolate Ice Cream — Chocolate ice cream

Wood-Fired Pizza

  • Wood-Fired Pizza — Hand-stretched, cooked in a wood-fired oven
  • Pizza Special — White base, blue cheese, fiordilatte, alpeggio, parmigiano, rocket, chilli honey