Bogarts Pizzeria has been serving pizza from Cleveland Street in the heart of Brooklyn, Wellington since 1990, and lays claim to the widest range of pizza Wellington has to offer. Whether you order online for delivery or pickup, come along instore, or phone your order through, a hot, fresh pizza is never far away — delivery and pickup run Monday to Sunday.
The kitchen caters to different needs as well, with vegan cheese and gluten free bases available, so one order can cover a table with mixed dietary requirements. Large orders are welcome but should be placed in advance to ensure availability and freshness.
Doors open at 5pm seven days a week, with most nights wrapping up at 9pm and Friday night running until 10pm. Weekly specials — pizza deals, promo codes and local offers — are posted on the promotions page and on Bogarts' Facebook and Instagram.
The motto on the Bogarts Pizzeria menu — a hotdog at the game beats roast beef at the Ritz — tells you most of what you need to know about the place. This is not fine dining, and it has never tried to be. Bogarts is a proper neighbourhood pizzeria on Cleveland Street in Brooklyn, and it has been serving pizza to Wellingtonians since 1990, longer than many of its customers have been alive. In that time it has built its identity around a single proud claim: the widest range of pizza Wellington has to offer.
Brooklyn is one of Wellington's most connected little suburbs, and Bogarts has been part of its evening rhythm for more than three decades. When five o'clock rolls around, the pizzeria opens seven days a week and the pizzas start moving — picked up at the counter, run out the door for delivery, or phoned in ahead by regulars who know exactly what they want.
There is something to be said for a pizzeria that stays put. Recipes, routines and regulars all accumulate over the years, and Bogarts has had plenty of time to collect all three. That kind of history is hard to fake, and it shows in how smoothly an evening order comes together: check the weekly specials, place the order, and a hot, fresh pizza is either waiting instore or arriving at the front door.
That claim — the widest range of pizza Wellington wide — is the heart of the offer here. However you like your pizza night to look, the odds are good that something in the Bogarts range fits the bill, which is exactly why households with competing opinions keep coming back.
The kitchen is accommodating on the dietary front, too. Vegan cheese is available, so plant-based diners do not have to sit out pizza night, and gluten free bases can be ordered for those who need them. It is a small touch, but it means one order can cover a whole table with mixed needs.
One practical note the team makes itself: if you are ordering for a crowd, place large orders in advance. That way everything is available when you need it and every pizza comes out fresh.
Bogarts keeps ordering simple. You can order online for delivery or pickup, come along and visit instore, or phone your order through on (04) 384 2255. Delivery and pickup run every day, Monday to Sunday, so a pizza is never more than a few taps or one phone call away. If you are picking up, the Cleveland Street spot is easy to find in the heart of Brooklyn.
The hours suit the way people actually eat pizza. Doors open at 5pm every day of the week, and most nights service wraps up at 9pm. Friday night runs an hour later, until 10pm — handy if the weekend is starting slowly and dinner still has not quite decided what it wants to be.
Bogarts runs weekly specials, including pizza deals, promo codes and local offers, and it is worth a quick look at the promotions page before you order. The pizzeria also posts updates and exclusive online offers on Facebook and Instagram, so following along is an easy way to catch the next deal without going out of your way.
Not every good pizzeria needs a celebrity chef or an imported oven. Bogarts has been doing the harder thing since 1990: showing up night after night in Brooklyn, delivering hot pizzas to front doors, and keeping a range wide enough that everyone in the room gets what they came for. A hotdog at the game beats roast beef at the Ritz — and on a cold Wellington evening, a hot Bogarts pizza at the door makes much the same point.