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Pizza from the fire.Pasta made by hand.

Chilli gamberi pizza straight from the wood fire: prawns, chilli and fior di latte on a blistered crust
42 Princes Highway,
Dapto NSW 2530

Woodfired pizza, fresh pasta and steak in the middle of Dapto. Lunch Thursday to Sunday, dinner Tuesday to Sunday.

Dinner 5pm to 9pm

Tuesday to Sunday

4.3 stars

from 522 Google reviews

What people come back for

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  • Chilli gamberi pizza

    Chilli gamberi

    $28

    Prawns, chilli, garlic, fior di latte and shallots on pomodoro.

  • Fettuccine boscaiola

    Fettuccine boscaiola

    $29

    Velvety cream sauce, crispy pancetta, mushrooms and garlic.

  • Ricotta and burrata ravioli in burnt sage butter

    Ricotta & burrata ravioli

    $29

    Filled with ricotta and burrata, tossed in burnt sage butter.

  • Diavola pizza

    Diavola

    $25

    Spicy salami, chilli flakes, fior di latte and parmesan.

  • Lasagna bolognese

    Lasagna bolognese

    $25

    Pasta sheets layered with béchamel, veal and pork bolognese and mozzarella.

  • Pepperoni hot honey pizza

    Pepperoni hot honey

    $26

    Pepperoni and fior di latte, finished with hot honey.

  • Mushroom arancini under grated parmesan

    Mushroom arancini

    $16

    Golden crumbed, with truffle aioli and grated parmesan.

  • Wagyu beef pizza

    Wagyu beef pizza

    $29

    BBQ base, fior di latte, sliced wagyu and garlic breadcrumbs.

Tuesday dinner

Every pasta $20

Premium pastas $25. Dine in or takeaway.

Rigatoni alla pomodoro topped with stracciatella

Thursday dinner

Every pizza $20

Premium pizzas $25. Dine in or takeaway.

Margherita pizza

Wednesday dinner

Couple’s night in, $60

Garlic bread, a pizza, a pasta and a dessert, for pickup or delivery.

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The dough takes 72 hours.The fire does the rest.

Our pizza dough starts as a biga and rests for three days before it goes near the oven. That is where the light, blistered crust comes from.

The rest of the menu works the same way: simple recipes, good ingredients, and the time to do them properly.

  • Pizza dough 72-hour biga
  • Bolognese veal and pork, slow cooked
  • Gnocchi potato, made here
  • Pesto Genovese made here
  • Wings glaze house honey garlic
Balls of pizza dough resting in a tray
From dough to fire
Logs burning in the wood-fired oven
The wood fire
Hands cutting a strip of filled ravioli on a floured bench
Ravioli, cut by hand
Three pizza sandwiches on plates at the pass, folded woodfired dough with melted fillings
Baked fresh to order

Lunch is a pizza sandwich

Straccetti: our woodfired dough, baked to order, folded and filled. Thursday to Sunday, 11:30am to 2:30pm.

  • The Chicken Parmi

    Cheesy béchamel, crispy chicken schnitzel, marinara, mozzarella.

    $18
  • Boscaiola

    Cheesy béchamel, sautéed mushroom, crispy pancetta, parmesan, shallots.

    $19
  • The Caesar Chicken

    Romaine lettuce, crispy chicken, garlic breadcrumbs, parmesan, dressing.

    $18
  • The Parma

    Stracciatella, rocket, tomato, prosciutto, balsamic glaze.

    $17

“The pizzetta are 100% worth checking out!”

Sir Eats-a-lot (@issac_eatsalot), Instagram

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Six of the Kitchen 42 team standing in front of the timber wall and the Kitchen 42 sign

A group of people who really love Italian food

We built Kitchen 42 as a place where families hang out, friends catch up, and big moments get celebrated properly.

We look after our Dapto neighbours by cooking with care and keeping things simple. Everyone who walks in is treated like family and gets a seat at the table.

“Chilli seafood pizza had plenty of perfectly cooked seafood on top of a thin crispy home made pizza base… Faultless! What a little gem!”

Christopher C., Google review, 2026

4.3

out of 5 on Google from 522 reviews, 353 of them five-star.
94% recommend us on Facebook, from 430 reviews.

“Can’t fault any of the food! … we weren’t expecting the portion sizes to be so big!”

Demi D., Google review, 2026

“Our favourite had to be the Beef Wagyu Pizza, the beef was tender and paired flavourfully with the tangy sauce.”

Vân Trang N., Google review, 2026

“I have been a couple of times now … for both the lunch special and dined in for dinner and both times the food and service have been exceptional.”

Kaz F., Google review, 2026

Room for 80

Birthdays, engagements, Christmas parties and work dinners, with set menus if you want them.

For 15 or more, call or email info@kitchen42.com.au and we will plan it with you. Tell us about allergies when you book and the kitchen will work around them.

Marble tables and tan leather chairs set for service by the windows

Book a table

15 or more? Call us on 02 4261 4040.

Opening hours

MondayClosed
Tuesday5pm to 9pm
Wednesday5pm to 9pm
Thursday11:30am to 2:30pm
5pm to 9pm
Friday11:30am to 2:30pm
5pm to 9pm
Saturday11:30am to 2:30pm
5pm to 9pm
Sunday11:30am to 2:30pm
5pm to 9pm

Find us

42 Princes Highway, Dapto NSW 2530
02 4261 4040

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Getting in

Ramp with handrails at the front door. Accessible parking in both car parks, front and back. Ambulant toilet inside.

Eating your way

Gluten-free pasta is available, and with notice we can cook vegan, vegetarian or dairy-free. Our kitchen handles wheat, nuts and shellfish, so we cannot guarantee any dish is free of allergens. Kids eat for $15. Fully licensed.