Dinner Menu

Entrees...

Garlic foccacia bread or herb foccacia bread - $3.50

Olive e caprino - $11.50
Marinated olives with fetta cheese

Zupa dell giorno - $11.50
Soup of the day

Antipasto misto - $20.50
A fine assortment of Italian and nz delicacies

Fegatini di pollo - $16.50
Chicken livers, onions, mushrooms, fresh garlic & herbs, finished in a marsala cream sauce

Fungi trifolatti - $14.50
Mushrooms, onion & fresh garlic herbs flamed in white wine, served on toasted foccacia bread

Calamari al ferri - $16.50
Sea-fresh calamari, grilled with olive oil, garlic, italian parsley and fresh lemon

Garlic or chilli king prawns - $18.50
Australian king prawns in the shell, served with either garlic cream or chilli sauce.

Mussels - $14.50
Fresh mussels steamed in white wine, garlic, herbs & fresh tomato sauce

Scallops napoleon - $19.50
Pan-fried, flamed in napoleon brandy with garlic, chef's special napoletana cream sauce, served over aborio rice

Avocado shrimp - $17.50
The classic shrimp cocktail with an Italian touch, drizzled in a home-made, lemon base mayo sauce

Salads...

Mixed salad - $9.50
Fancy mixed lettuce, cucumber, tomato, sweet carrot sticks, with home-made Italian dressing

Green salad - $8.50
Mixed green leaves with home-made Italian dressing

Insalata della casa - $12.50
Salad mix with tomato, cucumber, capsicum, black olives, fetta cheese & carrot in olive oil dressing

Garden fresh seasonal vegetables & roasted potatoes - $9.50

Pasta & risotto...

Spaghetti Bolognese - $21.50
With traditional tasty meat sauce

Spaghetti arabiata - $21.50
Mushrooms, capers, olives, garlic chilli, olive oil & fresh tomato sauce

Fettucine di pollo - $23.50
Pan-fried chicken slices, with olive oil, button mushrooms, fresh garlic, finished in a creamy sauce

Salmon fettucine - $24.50
Smoked salmon, spinach, mushrooms, garlic, herbs & a fresh cream sauce

Pene cioa bella - $22.50
Sauteed chicken in olive oil, with a hint of fresh basil & garlic,with seasonal vegetables pan fried to perfection, finished in a tomato panna sauce.

Penei con vitello - $23.50
Sauteed, thin sliced baby veal, flamed in Italian chardonnay, with a hint of garlic & mushrooms, in a panna sauce- "just like mama use to make"

Gnocchi primavera - $23.50
Another one of mama's favourites, home-made potato pasta, sauteed with seasonal vegetables in a napoletana sauce...a vegetarian delight

Tortellini panna - $24.50
Chicken minced filled pasta with ham & mushrooms, garlic & herb cream sauce

Chicken risotto - $22.50
Aborio rice, together with grilled chicken strips, mixed with fresh vegetables in a tomato sauce

Seafood risotto - $24.50
Mixed seafood with roasted garlic & fresh herbs, finished in napoletana sauce

Lasagne - $22.50
Layers of pasta, soft bechamel sauce, bolognese meat, mozzarella cheese & salami, topped with our special tomato sauce

Canneloni di polio - $22.50
Pasta tubes, filled with chicken, creamed spinach, potatoes, mozzarella & herbs, topped with a splash of bechamel sauce, tomato & cheese

Main courses...

Chicken mango - $29.50
Marinated chicken breast together with NZ's finest camembert, mango slices, finished with a small splash of chardonnay & a hint of cream, served with potato & garden-fresh vegetables

Chicken parmigiana - $29.50
Smoked ham, sun-dried tomatoes, laid over a breast of chicken, grilled with mozzarella cheese, served with vegetables & salad

Veal avocado - $31.50
Sauteed in wine, garlic, mushroom, fresh herbs & slices of avocado based sauce, served with vegetables & salad

Veal marsala - $31.50
Sliced veal, flamed in white wine, garlic mushrooms, finished with a dash of marsala over cream, served with vegetables & salad

Veal pikante - $31.50
Pan-fried in olive oil, black olives, capsicum, red onion & capers, in a spicy tomato sauce, served with vegetables & salad

Bistecca pepe - $31.50
Prime scotch fillet with stone ground pepper, roosted garlic, flamed with 15 year old brandy, italian parsley & herbs with a touch of cream, served with vegetables & salad

Bistecca Alexander- $31.50
Prime scotch fillet, seared in red vino with bacon, mushrooms & roasted garlic, in a cream sauce, served with seasonal vegetables & salad

Lamb cutlets - $33.50
Grilled with olive oil, served with mash potato & spinach, served in a mint cream sauce with seasonal vegetables

Venison - $32.50
Pan-fried with black cherry red wine sauce, served with salad & seasonal vegetable

Mixed seafood plate - $34.50
A fine selection of Australian king prawns, sea-fresh green lip mussels, calamari, scallops & fish pieces, flamed in fresh garlic, served over aborio rice & the chef's special sauce

Pesce del giorno (fresh catch of the day) - $32.50
Fresh fillet of the day, naturally grilled with garlic, fresh lemon, olive oil, served with seasonal vegetables