Bongusto Pasta Workshop is a pasta, pizza and café business at Shop 2, 37 Miramar Avenue in Miramar, Wellington. Its distinctive feature is the Roman style: owner Roberto Giorgioni brings the cooking of Rome to a boutique café, and the fresh pasta, ravioli and thin-crust pizza are made in-house with all-natural ingredients. Since 2011 it has sold ravioli filled with beef, salmon or spinach and ricotta, and sauces such as puttanesca.
The menu covers ravioli, pasta, soups, pizzas, sandwiches, desserts and take-home meals. It also offers a Friday night takeaway pizza menu from 5 to 8pm, sold by half or whole tray, with a special that changes monthly. Orders are placed by phone on 04 388 2138 or 021 168 0579. Online delivery is available, and the products are sold at Moore Wilson's in town and New World Miramar. The café is open for dining in, and customers say the cannelloni is worth trying.