Lunch Menu

Antipasto & salads...

Garlic foccacia bread or herb foccacia bread - $3.50

Olive e caprino - $10.50
marinated olives with fetta cheese

Zupa dell giorno - $11.50
soup of the day

Antipasto misto - $19.50
a fine assortment of italian and nz delicacies

Fegatini di polio - $15.50
chicken livers, oinions, mushrooms, fresh garlic & herbs, finished in a marsala cream sauce

Fungi trifolatti - $13.50
mushrooms, onions & fresh garlic herbs flamed in white wine, served on toasted foccacia

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

Garlic or chilli king prawns - $17.50
australian king prawns in the shell, served with either garlic cream or chilli sauce

Mussels - $13.50
half-shelled green lip mussels, steamed in white wine, garlic, italian parsley, finished in fresh lemon juice

Scallops napoleon - $18.50
pan-fried, flamed in 15 year old napoleon brandy with garlic, chef's special napoletana cream sauce, served over aborio rice

Spanish omelette - $18.50
traditional style with smoked ham, mushrooms, diced boiled potatoes, eggs, garlic, parsley with lemon wedges

Mixed salad - $8.50
fancy mixed lettuce, cucumber, tomato, sweet carrot sticks, with home-made italian dressing

Green salad - $7.50
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

Salmone fumigato - $18.50
Smoked salmon, lettuce & cucumber with lemon dressing

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

Trio salad - $20.50
Grilled king prawns, scallops, baby octopus, with garlic, olive oil & fresh lemon, tossed in fancy lettuce, sun-dried tomato & Italian dressing

Chicken salad - $19.50
Grilled chicken strips, fresh fancy lettuce, tomato, cucumber & egg with Italian dressing

Garden fresh seasonal vegetables & roasted potatoes - $9.50

Pasta, risotto & main courses…

Spaghetti marinara - $21.50
Mixed seafood with roasted garlic & fresh herbs, finished in napoletana sauce

Spaghetti Bolognese - $19.50
With traditional tasty meat sauce

Fettucine di pollo - $21.50
pan-fried chicken slices, with olive oil, button mushrooms, fresh garlic, Finished in a creamy sauce

Pene cioa bella - $20.50
Sauteed chicken in olive oil with a hint of fresh basil & garlic, served with seasonal vegetables, finished in a tomato panna sauce

Tortellini panna - $21.50
Chicken minced filled pasta with ham & mushrooms, garlic & herb cream sauce

Gnocchi primavera - $21.50
Another one of mama's favourites, home-made potato pasta, sauteed with garden vegetables & napoletana sauce…a vegetarian delight

Chicken risotto - $21.50
Aborio rice, together with grilled chicken strips, mixed with fresh vegetables in a tomato sauce

Lasagne - $20.50
Layers of pasta, soft bechamel sauce, bolognese meat, mozzarella cheese & salami, topped with our special tomato sauce

Canneloni di pollo - $21.50
Pasta tubes, filled with chicken, creamed spinach, potatoes, mozzarella, herbs, finished with bechamel, tomato & cheese

Chicken mango - $26.50
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

Bistecca pepe - $28.50
Prime scotch fillet with stone ground pepper, roasted garlic, flamed with brandy, Italian parsley & herbs with a touch of cream, served with vegetables & salad

Veal avocado - $28.50
Sauteed in wine, garlic, mushroom, fresh herbs & slices of avocado based sauce, served with vegetables & salad

Pesce del giorno (fish of the day) - $29.50
Fresh fillet of the day, naturally grilled with garlic, fresh lemon, olive oil, served with seasonal vegetables