Rustico Hailsham is a traditional Pizzeria and Neapolitan eatery offering fresh Neapolitan food available to eat in, take-away or have delivered to your door.
Conveniently located in the centre of the historic market town of Hailsham, Rustico embodies authentic Neapolitan cuisine. The concept was born from childhood memories of the food eaten in Italy using recipes handed down over generations.
They use Nonna’s recipes to deliver the same homemade experience, flavour, and tradition that they experienced in their own street of Naples.
The authentic traditional Neapolitan pizza oven, central to the kitchen, ensures each pizza is a delicious blend of tradition and taste. Whether craving the best Hailsham pizza, planning a delightful dining experience, or opting for takeaway or delivery, Rustico Hailsham is your ultimate destination.
The menu is designed around fresh ingredients, offering light bites, Nonna’s kitchen dishes made of a range of pasta, pizzas and desserts plus a selection of beverages. The friendly ambience and a cosy décor create a very warm family atmosphere.
They do mainly Pizza and regional cuisine, everyone will recognise them as an Italian restaurant, but the food offer is Neapolitan and South Italian. Pizza is the most popular dish on the menu, but the street food dishes and the homemade cooking is what make them different.
They also have a little bit of retail, they sell basically anything they use inside, from wine, brandy, coffee, cannoli pastry, sauces, pasta, and even their own enamel plates, wood boards and cutlery.
The new owners of Rustico Hailsham are promising to bring customers ‘the best culinary and customer experience’ in Hailsham. The menu remains the same, what changes is the experience, the customer service, the atmosphere.
Bruno, with more than 20 years of experience in the catering world between Italy and the UK, is a professional and expert in how to make a perfect coffee or cappuccino, the best cocktail or any dish of Italian cuisine.
A professional sommelier and wine enthusiast excited to bring his knowledge, experience and expertise to Hailsham. “After many years of experience and several restaurants and venues in Italy, I am thrilled to run Rustico in Hailsham, I feel at home here. From the first day I met the concept and the town I fell in love. Its simplicity, naturalness, authenticity reflects me very much.”
But what sets him apart in his work besides his passion is his ability and desire to make the customer happy. “This is a very rewarding job because you are always in contact with people, but what really makes me satisfied is when I can make my customers happy and give them the best dining experience.”
Alongside Bruno is Mohsen, a professional pizza chef who has been working with Rustico for several years. What the two partners have in common is their quest for perfection. In fact, Mohsen is an expert in the art of preparing true Neapolitan pizza and all the dishes on the menu. He takes care of every dish to the smallest detail and prepares each pizza with the utmost dedication.
They confided in us that they have many plans for Rustico Hailsham, but it will take some time to realise them all. They are certainly working hard day after day to make some improvements.
“We are very happy with how it is going, and we are sure it will get better and better. We have had great feedback so far from the residents of Hailsham and this gives us the strength and drive to do more and better. We have many ideas and many plans, but it will take some time to realise them all.
For now, the main goal is to focus on the present, get to know our customers, the community, and slowly make some improvements.”
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