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Dante's NZ, Multiple Locations: Ponsonby, Takapuna & Mission Bay, Auckland (2026)

30/09/2026

HIGH HYDRATION?
THAT’S MY PLAYGROUND. 💧🔥

People love talking about hydration percentages.

I prefer making the dough.

Push enough water into flour and suddenly there’s nowhere to hide. Your fermentation has to be right. Your temperatures have to be right. Your hands have to know exactly what they’re doing.

Mine do.

I’ve spent years pushing hydration higher, chasing that beautiful contradiction:

CRISPY. AIRY. LIGHT. FULL OF FLAVOUR.

At Dante’s, I take that obsession into Neapolitan pizza.

At Mulleti, I take it somewhere else entirely: Pizza Romana with a serious crunch underneath and an open, cloud-like structure inside.

Two styles.
Two ovens.
One dough obsession.

You don’t have to believe me.

COME AND EAT THE PROOF. 🍕🔥

📍 Dante’s by Enis Baçova
📍 Mulleti — Nonna’s Kitchen & Spritz

22/09/2026

🔥 PONSONBY, WE’RE OPEN. 🔥

And from now on, Dante’s by Enis Baçova Ponsonby is OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK.

🍕 LUNCH & DINNER. EVERY DAY.

That means YES, WE’RE OPEN TODAY. 🇮🇹

The ovens are hot.
The dough is ready.
The w**e is pouring.
And Dante’s Ponsonby is back doing what we love.

7 DAYS. LUNCH + DINNER.

📍 Dante’s by Enis Baçova
Ponsonby Central

See you today. 💙🍕

16/09/2026

NAPOLI 🇮🇹🍕❤️

Some moments belong to more than one person.

This year I couldn’t be in Napoli with the 50 Top Pizza family. Life had me exactly where I needed to be, back in Auckland, opening Mulleti and preparing to bring Dante’s Ponsonby back to life.

So seeing Michele De Luca standing there representing me and Dante’s means more than I can put into a few words.

Michele, thank you.
Thank you for carrying our name to Napoli. Thank you for standing there on my behalf, and for being part of this journey. This recognition belongs to everyone who has put their hands, heart and hours into Dante’s.

To be recognised once again by 50 Top Pizza, and to remain part of this extraordinary international pizza community, is something I will never take for granted.

Pizza has given me friendships, lessons, bruises, opportunities, sleepless nights and some unforgettable moments. Most importantly, it has given me a community that stretches far beyond the walls of any one restaurant.

And while this photo was being taken in Napoli, another chapter was being written back home.

Mulleti was born. 🇮🇹
And Dante’s Ponsonby is being reinvented. 🔥

For that, I also want to thank the entire Ponsonby Central team. Their belief, patience and support have given us the opportunity not only to create something completely new with Mulleti, but to rethink Dante’s and build its next chapter in the place we call home.

I’m proud of where we’ve been.
I’m grateful for where we are.

And I’m hungry for what comes next.

Grazie Michele. Grazie 50 Top Pizza. Grazie Ponsonby Central.

Napoli to Ponsonby.
The story continues. ❤️‍🔥🍕

15/09/2026

FIVE YEARS. STILL HERE. STILL FIGHTING. 🇳🇿🍕🔥

2022 → 9 Asia-Pacific / 65 World
2023 → 7 Asia-Pacific / 47 World
2024 → 6 Asia-Pacific / 46 World
2025 → 7 Asia-Pacific / 49 World
2026 → 13 Asia-Pacific / 77 World

I’m not going to pretend that dropping from 46 to 49 and now 77 in the World doesn’t hurt.

It does.

I’m competitive. I always have been. I want Dante’s climbing, not falling.

But then I look at the bigger picture.

For five consecutive years, a little pizzeria from Auckland, New Zealand has stood amongst some of the greatest pizzerias on the planet.

Along the way we’ve been recognised for Innovation & Sustainability, Best Fried Food, Top Pizzeria in New Zealand, and this year the Made in Italy 2026, Salumi Coati Award.

And today, at 77 in the World and 13 in Asia-Pacific, Dante’s remains the highest-ranked pizzeria in New Zealand. 🇳🇿

That I am incredibly proud of.

A massive thank you to 50 Top Pizza and its inspectors for recognising our work year after year. Being part of this family of incredible pizzaioli and restaurants around the world is something I will never take for granted.

A very special thank you to Michele De Luca, who was there representing Dante’s and accepting this recognition when I couldn’t be.

Grazie Michele. You stood there for all of us. ❤️🇮🇹

And why wasn’t I there?

Because I’m in Auckland doing something that means just as much to me.

I’m rebuilding Dante’s Ponsonby.

The place where so much of this story was written is getting ready to REOPEN. 🔥

New Dante’s.
New energy.
New chapter.

But the same hands.
The same fire.
The same obsession with the impasto.

So yes, today we are 77.

I respect the number.
I accept the number.

But I’m not settling for the number.

Thank you to my team, my family, our suppliers and every single person who has eaten at Dante’s, supported us, criticised us, pushed us and believed in what we do.

Five years among the best.
Still 1 in New Zealand.
And Dante’s Ponsonby is coming back. 🇳🇿🔥

The countdown has started.

Back to the impasto. We have work to do. 🍕

12/09/2026

🇮🇹 THE COUNTDOWN HAS STARTED.

This plate means more than a recognition.

It carries Napoli. Tradition. Craft. Responsibility. Belonging.
And the recognition of the Associazione Pizzaiuoli Napoletani for Dante’s Pizzeria Napoletana di Ponsonby.

But right now, it means something else.

We’re coming back.

After weeks behind closed doors, dust, demolition, rebuilding, arguing over millimetres, moving ovens, chasing details and refusing to compromise on what Dante’s should be…

🔥 THE COUNTDOWN TO THE REOPENING OF DANTE’S PONSONBY HAS OFFICIALLY STARTED.

This isn’t simply reopening a restaurant.

We are reopening the place where so much of our story was written.
A place built around dough, fire, Napoli and the belief that pizza deserves the same respect as any great cuisine.

The doors have been closed.

The fire never went out.

Ponsonby, get ready.

DANTE’S IS COMING HOME. 🇮🇹🔥🍕
And this next chapter will be our strongest yet.

See you all very, very soon.

12/09/2026

THE IMPASTO ALWAYS SPEAKS. 🇮🇹🍕

After all these years, I still sit down next to the dough.

Not because I don’t know what I’m doing.
Because the moment you think you know more than the impasto, you’ve already stopped learning.

You stay humble.

You watch it.
You touch it.
You listen to it.
You smell it.

The sound when your hands work through it.
The way the surface changes.
The smell of fermentation telling you where it is.
The tension. The softness. The air inside.

A recipe gives you numbers.
The impasto gives you answers.

Temperature changes. Flour changes. Humidity changes. Fermentation has its own clock. So sometimes the best thing a pizzaiolo can do is stop, sit beside it, and pay attention.

I’ve spent a lifetime making pizza, and I’m still a student of dough.

Because you don’t command the impasto.

You follow it.

And when it’s ready…

you know. 🇮🇹🔥

11/09/2026

WE’RE HIRING AT DANTE’S PONSONBY 🇮🇹🔥

We’re growing, and we need experienced people to join the Dante’s family.

We’re looking for:

🍽️ Front of House
🍸 Bartenders
👨‍🍳 Chef de Partie (CDP)
🍕 Pizza Chefs

If you’re experienced, passionate about hospitality, love working in a fast-paced environment and want to be part of the next chapter of Dante’s Ponsonby, we want to hear from you.

🔥 IMMEDIATE START

Applicants must be eligible to work in New Zealand. 🇳🇿

APPLY NOW

📍 Apply in store at Dante’s Ponsonby
📩 [email protected]

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Pizza. People. Passion. Dante’s. 🇮🇹🍕🔥

02/09/2026

🍕🍺 SEPTEMBER PIZZA & POUR AT DANTE’S

September calls for pizza, cold b**r and a table full of good company.

🔥 EASTRIDGE & TAKAPUNA

ONE PIZZA + ONE 1L JUG · $49

📍 Dante’s Eastridge
Choose Dante’s Pilsner or Dante’s Hazy

📍 Dante’s Takapuna
Dante’s Pilsner

Sunday–Thursday · 5PM–Close

Want the b**r without the pizza?
🍺 1 LITRE JUG · ONLY $20

🍺 AND PONSONBY?

Dante’s Ponsonby restaurant is currently under construction, but Dante’s BAR is OPEN and pouring.

So while the pizza ovens are getting ready for our return, come down to Dante’s BAR Ponsonby and grab a 1L jug of Dante’s Pilsner for $20.

Three Dante’s. Three places to raise a glass.
Pizza & Pour at Eastridge and Takapuna. Pours at Ponsonby. 🍕🍺🔥

24/08/2026

PONSONBY. 3PM. YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO. 🇮🇹🍺

We’re bringing the Italian ritual to Mulleti.

APERITIVO HOURS
3PM–6PM · DAILY

🍺 House Tap B**r $8
🍺 1 LITRE JUG $20 👀
🍷 Italian W**e $8
🍹 Seasonal Spritz $12

And because drinking without eating is simply not how Nonna does things…

COMPLIMENTARY SMALL BITES coming out throughout Aperitivo. 🔥

Bring your people.
Order the jug.
Grab a bite.
Stay for another.

No bookings. Come early.

And if there’s a queue outside Mulleti?

Get in it. 🇮🇹

📍 Mulleti · Ponsonby Central
Nonna’s Kitchen & Spritz

See you at 3.

23/08/2026

FOCACCIA LIKE NONNA DOES IT. 🇮🇹🔥

Not a side.
Not an afterthought.
And definitely not just bread.

This is focaccia with soul.

Golden outside.
Cloud-soft inside.
Full of those beautiful, wild pockets that only time, fermentation and a little Italian obsession can create.

Born at Mulleti, Nonna’s Kitchen and now crossing town for something special…

🔥 FOCACCIA LIKE NONNA DOES IT
is coming to Dante’s Eastridge Aperitivo. DAILY.

Because Aperitivo was never supposed to be just a drink.

It’s a table full of food.
A glass in your hand.
People you want to stay with.
And another piece of focaccia disappearing before anyone admits they took it. 🍷

MULLETI × DANTE’S EASTRIDGE

Two kitchens.
One Italian soul.

APERITIVO. EVERY DAY. 🇮🇹

15/08/2026

Look through the glass… 👀

That’s the “old” Dante’s in the background.

And this is Dante’s Bar today. 🍸🇮🇹

Same soul. A new chapter.

And now there’s something we’ve been waiting to say:

APERITIVO IS ON. 🥂

Dante’s liquor licence now covers the communal area, so grab your friends, take a seat, order your Spritz and let Mulleti bring the food.

🍊 Aperol • Campari • Limoncello Spritz
🍷 W**e
🍺 Dante’s B**r
🍕 Mulleti bites, focaccia, salumi & more

Come for one. Stay for another.

📍 Dante’s Bar × Mulleti
Ponsonby Central

APERITIVO STARTS NOW. 🇮🇹🥂

14/08/2026

DANTE’S IS CLOSED.
DANTE’S IS NOT GONE. 🔥

Behind the walls, the dust and the noise, Dante’s Ponsonby is undergoing a serious transformation. We’re rebuilding, reshaping and getting ready for the next chapter.

But while the builders are doing their thing…

WE’RE DOING OURS. 🍸🍺🍷

Right next door to Mulleti, Dante’s Bar is OPEN and welcoming you.

Come grab a drink.
Have an Aperitivo.
Order something beautiful from Mulleti.
Sit down, slow down and enjoy the madness with us.

You might hear a drill next door. 😂
That’s just the future of Dante’s being built.

Until the doors of the new Dante’s open again…

Meet me at the Bar. 🥂

DANTE’S BAR × MULLETI
Ponsonby Central

🔥🍸🍕

One family. Two concepts. One very Italian corner of Ponsonby. 🇮🇹❤️

12/08/2026

Eastern Suburbs… YOU’VE ASKED. WE’VE ANSWERED. 🍺🇮🇹

First, you asked us for Dante’s own b**r.

Done.

🍺 Dante’s Pilsner
🍺 Dante’s Hazy

Brewed locally in Auckland and created for the place where b**r belongs:

NEXT TO A DANTE’S PIZZA. 🍕

But we didn’t stop at the b**r.

We’re bringing a little piece of the Italian afternoon to the Eastern Suburbs too.

APERITIVO AT DANTE’S EASTRIDGE 🇮🇹 - The Eatery At Eastridge

Come in from 3PM, order a Dante’s b**r, grab some Italian bites, sit down, talk, laugh, stay longer than you planned.

Because Aperitivo doesn’t have to mean Spritz.

A cold Dante’s b**r + Italian food + good company = Aperitivo.

That’s the whole idea.

Not “happy hour”.
Not just another b**r special.

A little Italian ritual at the end of your day.

And yes, if one glass isn’t going to cut it…

GLASS $10 | JUG $20 🍺🍺

Eastern Suburbs, you asked. We answered.

OUR B**R. OUR POUR.
OUR APERITIVO. YOUR TABLE. 🇮🇹❤️

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10/08/2026

From disbelief to No. 9. ❤️🍕

I still remember the moment I received the news that Dante’s had been selected among the 50 Top Pizzerias in Asia-Pacific.

For me, that alone was enormous.

Then came the news that we had made the Top 15.

I went to the ceremony carrying that feeling of pride and gratitude, knowing that somewhere between 15 and 1, the name Dante’s would be called.

So I waited.

No. 15 passed.
Not us.

14 passed.
Then 13.
12.
11.

And then No. 10 passed.

I remember sitting there thinking:

Have they forgotten us? 😂

Because never, for one second, did I imagine what was actually happening.

Then came No. 9.

And suddenly I heard it:

DANTE’S.

But there was more.

Alongside our ranking as the No. 9 pizzeria in Asia-Pacific, Dante’s received the Ferrarelle Award for Innovation and Sustainability.

That moment hit differently.

I thought back to all the years. The ovens. The dough. The mistakes. The sacrifices. The endless pursuit of consistency. The people who worked beside us. The customers who believed in us. And this little pizzeria in New Zealand carrying the traditions of Naples on the other side of the world.

I felt proud, emotional and deeply honoured.

Not because a number suddenly defined Dante’s.

But because that number recognised the journey behind it.

From simply hoping our name would be called at No. 15…

to hearing:

No. 9 in Asia-Pacific. 🇳🇿🇮🇹

And an award for Innovation & Sustainability.

That jacket in the frame isn’t just a jacket to me.

It carries the memory of the night when I sat there wondering whether Dante’s had been forgotten…

when, in fact, they were saving our name for No. 9. ❤️

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29/07/2026

OUR LAST WEEKEND BEFORE A NEW CHAPTER BEGINS.

This weekend is your last chance to experience Dante’s Ponsonby as you’ve always known it.

From Monday, we’ll temporarily close for a complete transformation as part of the exciting redevelopment of the Ponsonby Central lane.

When we reopen in mid September, we’ll welcome you back to the next evolution of our story:

Dante’s by Enis Bacova

A renewed space. The same passion for great food and genuine hospitality, elevated to a whole new level.

While the restaurant is under construction, Dante’s Bar will remain open, proudly serving drinks and supporting our sister venue Mulleti, where our daily Aperitivo and Roman specialties will continue to bring people together.

The coming weeks will be filled with hard work, dust and plenty of excitement. Your support during this time means everything to us. Every drink shared at the bar and every visit to Mulleti helps us build what comes next.

This isn’t goodbye.

It’s the beginning of something bigger.

Thank you for being part of our journey, for your loyalty, and for believing in what we do.

Join us this weekend to celebrate the Dante’s you’ve loved.

And in September…

Welcome to the new
Dante’s by Enis Bacova.

Bigger. Stronger. Younger. 🍷🇮🇹

04/07/2026

They flew all the way from California with one stop on the itinerary:
Dante’s by Enis Baçova, Ponsonby. 🍕

There is something special about sharing a table with people who cross oceans for pizza. Every pie, every conversation, every b**r reminds us why we do what we do.

Thank you for making us part of your New Zealand journey.

And if you’ve been wondering where the same passion has been poured next… it’s just a few steps away at 𝑴𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒊 , where Roman pizza, aperitivo, and Nonna’s generosity continue the story.

See you at the table. 🇮🇹❤️🇳🇿

29/06/2026

Five years. Five badges. One obsession. 🍕🏆

Some people see five gold stickers on a window.

We see five years of 5am starts, flour-covered jackets, relentless training, impossible standards, and an unwavering commitment to making every pizza better than the last.

Being recognised by 50 Top Pizza as one of the world’s best pizzerias for five consecutive years isn’t a destination. It’s a responsibility.

That same energy now lives in Mulleti.

Mulleti isn’t a side project. It’s the next chapter. The same hands. The same obsession with dough. The same respect for Italian tradition. Only this time, we’re telling the story of Rome through pizza by weight, fritti, pasta al forno, and Nonna’s generosity.

Dante’s taught us how to chase excellence.

Mulleti is showing us how to share it.

To every guest who has trusted us over these five years, thank you. Every slice you’ve enjoyed has helped shape who we are today.

Here’s to the next chapter. 🇮🇹❤️

Dante’s by Enis Baçova.
5 years in a row. One of the world’s best pizzerias.
And we’re only getting started.

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