The Sawmill

With colour cycling bar lighting, recycled timber and exposed Edison bulbs, the slick fit-out might have you scoffing about inner city hipsters, but closer inspection will reveal they’ve used the timber tool design elements to connect the space to the area’s first post-indigenous land usage: logging. Wood is also employed in the cooking, courtesy of an imported Italian gas and wood-fire pizza oven, turning out credible hand-made pizzas that sit nicely between thick and thin. The burning logs help give the bases a smoky edge, which you can taste best against the simplicity of buffalo mozzarella, tomato and freshly torn basil on the Margherita ($20). A colourful medley of cherry tomatoes, yellow capsicum, zucchini, eggplant and bright green spinach make the Vegetarian Pizza ($22) an eye-catching addition to your table. However if it’s vegetables you want, consider hitting up the Haloumi Stack ($22) instead. Taken with a nicely balanced Blood y Mary ($14) this is ...read more