Checking the ovens 9 Main Road, Clive · 06 000 0000

Bakery & Coffee · Clive, Hawke's Bay

Saltmarsh Bakehouse

Morning teas for offices, sports clubs and birthdays, from ten people up.

Catering

Bread out of the oven by half six, and usually gone by lunch.

Order ahead

Bread Worth Getting Up Early For

Sourdough, pies and proper pastries, baked in Clive every morning before the sun's properly up.

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Three rustic loaves of seeded bread on a wooden board
This morning's first bakePhotograph: Unsplash

Saltmarsh is a small bakery on Main Road in Clive, halfway between Napier and Hastings and a short ride off the cycle trail.

The sourdough gets two days to rise. The croissants are rolled by hand. The pies are filled with Hawke's Bay beef and finished with a pastry lid that shatters properly.

Everything is baked here, in small batches, and when a tray is gone, it's gone.

Order ahead below and we'll keep yours aside, even on a busy Saturday.

Public notice

Sold out early?

  • Saturday loaves are usually gone by 11am
  • Order by 3pm for the next morning
  • We keep your order aside until close

Cyclists welcome

  • Bike rack out front, water bottles filled free
  • Two minutes from the Hawke's Bay Trails

The order desk

Order Ahead

Pick it up warm. Pay at the counter when you collect.

No. 1 · Your order

No. 2 · When will you collect?

Your order

We'll text when it's ready.

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    Issue 02 · The bakehouse

    A baker shaping dough beside a wooden rolling pin

    From the ovens

    Two Days for a Loaf, Ten Minutes for a Pie

    Mere and Tom started Saltmarsh in 2011 with one deck oven and a sourdough starter Mere's nana kept going for thirty years. It's still the same starter.

    "Good bread can't be rushed. Good pies can't be kept waiting."

    The ovens go on at four. By half six the first loaves are on the shelf, and the coffee machine's warm.

    Order for tomorrow

    Planning a gathering?

    Catering Enquiries

    Morning teas, pie lunches and breakfast platters, delivered from Napier to Havelock North.

    Shelves of fresh bread in the bakery

    How it works

    • Pick a package and tell us how many
    • We confirm by email within a day
    • Delivered on the morning, on proper platters

    Package

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    Letters to the editor

    From Our Regulars

    "The steak and cheese pie is the best in the Bay, and I've tried most of them."
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    "Ordered the night before, walked past the Saturday queue and picked up a warm loaf."
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    "They did the morning tea for our office of thirty. Not a crumb left by ten."
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