Déjà Vu is a gourmet takeaway on Cambridge Terrace in Te Aro, Wellington, where the pizza menu gets a thoroughly French makeover. Every pie is named after a figure or moment from French history — Voltaire, Joan of Arc, Napoléon, the Guillotine — each with a playful tagline to match. The kitchen's signature invention is the pizza quiche, a pizza-quiche hybrid the site bills as a revolution, topped with combinations like bacon and Gruyère or goat cheese, spinach and pine nuts.
Beyond the quiche, the menu runs through Classic Pizzas 'better than you remember', a premium Crème de la Crème tier where no corners are cut, and Little Musketeers — small but mighty pizzas with simple toppings for lighter appetites. The ingredients lean indulgent: red wine braised beef, confit duck leg, Comté and Raclette cheeses, sliced saucisson, truffle and a honey brown butter drizzle. Sides continue the French theme with garlic and herb potato wedges (duck fat optional) and a Beef Burgundy croquette, while sweets include a chocolate custard choux and a gluten-free Basque cheesecake.
Vegetarian pizzas are clearly marked, vegan mozzarella, aioli and mayonnaise are available for plant-based swaps, and gluten-free dough can be requested. It's a pickup-and-delivery operation: orders are collected via the Red Door at 60 Cambridge Terrace, with delivery also available. Doors open Wednesday to Friday from 11:30am to 11pm and from 4pm to 11pm on weekends — branded Sunday Funday — with Mondays and Tuesdays closed. A detailed allergen guide for every dough, sauce and topping is published on the website; tell staff of any allergies before ordering.
Déjà Vu sits on Cambridge Terrace in Te Aro, Wellington, and it wears its French obsession proudly. This is a gourmet takeaway in the truest sense — everything on the menu is built for pickup or delivery, but nothing about it feels like an afterthought. The kitchen takes the pizza format and runs it through a French lens, naming every pie after artists, philosophers and moments from French history, and writing playful taglines to match. The Giant is 'not the Princess Bride'; the Guillotine is 'the sharpest tool in the box'. It is a menu with a sense of humour and, more importantly, a clear idea of what it wants to be.
Déjà Vu's signature invention is the pizza quiche, and it is the reason many people make the trip. Think of it as a crossover between a Saturday-night pizza and a café quiche, loaded with rich, French-leaning fillings. The Guillotine stacks bacon, Gruyère, egg, crispy shallots and parsley. The Bastille pairs goat cheese with spinach, egg, pine nuts and French herbs, while the 1789 goes for 'the good old days' with blue cheese, rosemary potatoes, egg, crème fraîche and chives. Both the Bastille and the 1789 are vegetarian. If you have never tried one before, it is exactly the kind of thing the name Déjà Vu promises — familiar, yet somehow brand new.
The Classic Pizzas range leans on favourites done with extra care. The Giant combines red wine braised beef with bacon, French herbs, black garlic aioli and caramelised onions. The Voltaire brings together artichoke, lamb meatballs, crispy garlic, aioli and parsley, and the Pepéroni Le Pew swaps standard pepperoni for sliced saucisson with Gruyère and a chili sauce kick. The Napoléon is the luxe option: roast chicken breast, blue cheese, mushroom, truffle and crispy shallots. Two of the classics — Ouh là là, with brie, pineapple, crumbed tomatoes, spinach and pine nuts, and Curie, with Gruyère, charred broccoli, almonds, tomatoes and Quorn — are vegetarian and can be made vegan with the kitchen's plant-based swaps.
When the mood is indulgent, the Crème de la Crème tier is where Déjà Vu goes all in. The Monet is a four-cheese landmark of Camembert, blue cheese, Brie and Gruyère with crispy garlic and chives. The Gainsbourg piles on smoked ham and sausage, pork belly and Comté with barbecue sauce, and the Rodin layers confit duck leg and pork sausage over beans, French herbs and tomatoes. The Louis XIV earns its royal name with Raclette cheese, bacon, rosemary potatoes and crème fraîche, while the Joan of Arc balances goat cheese, fig, walnut and spinach with a honey and brown butter drizzle.
Smaller appetites are looked after by the Little Musketeers — small but mighty pizzas with simple toppings like Athos (chicken, mushroom, tomato and mozzarella), Aramis (ham, brie, pineapple and a ketchup drizzle) and Porthos (spinach, tomato, mozzarella and avocado). The sides read straight off a French bistro menu: potato wedges seasoned with garlic and French herbs — with optional duck fat — plus a Beef Burgundy croquette of braised beef and vegetables in red wine, and a celeriac and carrot salad with mustard dressing. For dessert there is a choux filled with chocolate custard, hazelnut and salted caramel, and a gluten-free Basque cheesecake with almond and cherry compote.
Déjà Vu operates as pickup and delivery: orders are collected via the Red Door at 60 Cambridge Terrace, and delivery is available. Service runs Wednesday to Friday from 11:30am to 11pm, and from 4pm to 11pm on Saturdays and Sundays — the latter branded Sunday Funday. Mondays and Tuesdays it is closed, so plan accordingly. Dietary needs are handled thoughtfully: there is gluten-free dough, and vegan mozzarella, aioli and mayonnaise are on hand. The website carries a detailed allergen page covering every dough, sauce and topping, though the kitchen is upfront that cross-contamination cannot be fully excluded, so anyone with allergies should speak to staff before ordering. Orders go through the online ordering site linked from the website, which keeps pickup quick and simple.