Wood-fired pizzas on Rua das Gameleiras, open 5pm to midnight and closed on Tuesdays. Reservations accepted, delivery available. Book your table.
On Rua das Gameleiras, in the centre of Pipa, there is a pizzeria that only opens at 5pm. The dining room has a tiled roof with the beams on show, tables with red tablecloths and, at the back, a whitewashed oven with a live fire where the pizzas are baked. The menu numbers every pizza, every juice and every drink. It opens daily from 5pm to midnight, except on Tuesdays.
| Format | Sit-down pizzeria with a wood-fired oven |
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| Area | Rua das Gameleiras, central Pipa |
| Address | R. das Gameleiras, Tibau do Sul (RN), postcode 59178-000 |
| Hours | Monday and Wednesday to Sunday, 5pm to midnight · closed Tuesdays |
| Service | Dine-in with waiters, takeaway and delivery |
| Reservations | Yes, accepted |
| Payment | Contactless mobile payment (NFC); a sign in the dining room says cards are not accepted |
| Parking | Free, on the street |
| Kids | Good for kids, with high chairs |
| Accessibility | Wheelchair-accessible seating, restroom and parking |
| Contact | +55 84 99432-4090 |
The kitchen revolves around pizza. The house presents itself as a pizzeria, is listed as Italian cooking and, besides dinner, states small portions, quick bites and late-night food, three formats that sit alongside the whole pizza when the plan is to nibble.
The menu carries the pizzas by number, and the numbering reaches 25. In the part that can be read there is a rocket and sun-dried tomato pizza, a shrimp pizza, a shrimp pizza with rocket and garlic, a ham pizza with mozzarella, ham, tomato and onion, and a pepperoni pizza with mozzarella, pepperoni, tomato and onion. The «à moda do chef» pizza comes with mozzarella, shrimp, octopus and basil.
The house photos show two more: one with ham, egg, onion and green olives, and another with salami, tomato, onion and fresh basil leaves, served on a white board. The dough is thin and the crust comes out marked by the oven, with the dark spots of the embers.
The menu adds a line of extras or crust: the edge of the pizza can be filled with catupiry, cheddar or chocolate. The chocolate one changes the end of the meal, because it turns the last bite into dessert.
The menu is a single laminated sheet, with the pizza chef's logo in the middle and the oven drawn along the bottom. It is split into five blocks: pizzas, drinks, juices, beers and cocktails. The numbers run on through the whole sheet: the pizzas reach 25, the drinks start at 39 and the list ends at 57.
The wood-fired oven is in view from the dining room, with the fire lit and the whitewashed dome, and it also appears drawn on the menu, under the pizza chef's logo. It is a useful detail when choosing a table: from the ones at the back you can watch the kitchen work.
Among the declared options are small portions and quick bites, which suit a table that wants to share without committing to a whole pizza. The house also lists dessert and dinner service, and is marked as good for eating alone: anyone arriving solo can sit down, order a pizza or a portion and settle in.
The drinks list follows the numbering of the pizzas, from 39 to 57. There is still and sparkling mineral water, tonic water, soft drinks and Schweppes Citrus; juices of pineapple or lime, of orange or passion fruit, and a mixed juice; beers such as Skol, Bohemia, Budweiser, Heineken and Stella Artois; and a short list of cocktails with caipirinha, caipiroska and caipifruta, plus wine and whisky.
The house declares alcoholic drinks, spirits, beer and wine, the combination that goes with a pizza. The juices suit anyone arriving with kids or choosing not to drink alcohol.
The place describes itself in three words: casual, quiet and trendy. In the dining room that looks like wooden tables covered with red cloths, wooden chairs, whitewashed walls with a rustic texture, a bar clad in white tiles with a shelf of bottles, and a drinks fridge beside it.
Service is at the table, with waiters, and there is a restroom on site. The mood is that of a neighbourhood pizzeria with the oven lit: you come to eat, have a drink and stay talking.
The week has one clear rule: it opens from 5pm to midnight on Mondays and from Wednesday to Sunday, and on Tuesdays it is closed. If the plan is pizza on a Tuesday, change the day; any other night the house is open until midnight. It is the only break in the week.
Opening at 5pm allows an early dinner, just back from the beach. Because the hours run to midnight and the house lists late-night food, it also works for anyone leaving another plan who still wants to sit down and eat.
The house accepts reservations. To have the table held, message on WhatsApp with the day, the time and the number of people.
The address is Rua das Gameleiras, in central Pipa, Tibau do Sul, postcode 59178-000, and the plus code is QXC2+22, which you can paste straight into any map.
To spot the place, look for the sign at the entrance: carved wood, with the name in script lettering, the drawing of a pizza chef holding a pizza on a peel and the words «Praia da Pipa». At night it is lit by a spotlight, which is exactly when the house is open.
If you come by car, there is free street parking, listed as wheelchair accessible. And if you are arriving from Natal or the airport, see the transfer options for the long leg.
The pizzeria is listed as good for going with kids and has high chairs, two details that matter at a dinner that starts at five in the afternoon. Pizza is also a dish a table with kids can sort out without any explaining.
On accessibility, the place lists three things: wheelchair-accessible seating, restroom and parking. To find out what the route to the table is like, message the house before you go.
For a group dinner where people want to share pizzas and beer in a dining room without airs. For a family with kids who needs a high chair, a table and an early start. And for anyone who arrives late in Pipa or leaves another plan late and still wants dinner, because the hours run to midnight.
It also suits solo travellers, since the place is listed as good for eating alone, and anyone who prefers to take the pizza away or have it brought to the guesthouse, because it does takeaway and delivery.
No. It is closed on Tuesdays. It opens on Mondays and from Wednesday to Sunday, 5pm to midnight.
It opens at 5pm and serves until midnight on the days it opens.
The house accepts reservations, so you can ask for a table on WhatsApp, at +55 84 99432-4090. At weekends it is worth doing.
Yes. The house lists dine-in, takeaway and delivery.
A sign inside the dining room says cards are not accepted, and the house lists contactless mobile payment (NFC). To pay another way, message the place before you go.
Beers, caipirinha, caipiroska and caipifruta, wine, whisky, juices of pineapple, lime, orange and passion fruit, water, tonic water and soft drinks.
Yes, the house lists dessert among its meals. And the menu offers the pizza crust filled with chocolate.
Yes, the place lists high chairs and is marked as good for going with kids.
Yes, the place is listed as good for eating alone.
Yes, free street parking, listed as wheelchair accessible.
By the carved wooden sign at the entrance, with the drawing of a pizza chef and the words Praia da Pipa. At night it is lit.
On Rua das Gameleiras, in central Pipa, Tibau do Sul (RN), postcode 59178-000. The plus code is QXC2+22.
Yes: the place lists accessible seating, restroom and parking.
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