Casa Nostra in Christchurch City Menu

PANE PANE
  • Garlic Bread $10.50
    • Melted homemade garlic butter on ciabatta, topped off with parmesan cheese
  • Schiacciata $12.00
    • Traditional Tuscan flat bread topped with fennel, anchovies & mozzarella cheese
  • Pane Cafone $12.00
    • Artisan bread filled mediterranean style, served with E.V.O.O and balsamic vinegar
ANTIPASTI ANTIPASTI
  • Pate Della Casa $15.00
    • Homemade chicken liver pate with port, brandy & red onion confit
  • Gamberoni Alla Griglia $22.50
    • Butterflied prawns served with roasted garlic & herb sauce
  • Olive Siciliane $14.00
    • An assortment of Sicilian green olives, roasted almonds, pecorino cheese & grissini
  • Cozze Pepate $16.00
    • Mussels served in a garlic, white wine, cracked pepper & parsley broth with fresh ciabatta bread
  • Portobello Polenta $14.50
    • Grilled polenta with field mushrooms, ricotta & pesto
  • Proscuitto Mare & Monte $22.50
    • Parma ham wrapped around seasonal fruit served with tomatoes, buffalo mozzarella & prawns
  • Piatto Bruschetta $17.00
    • Ask the staff for our trio of the day
  • Mozza Chips $11.00
    • Crumbed mozzarella with tomato sugo
  • Insalata Calamari $18.00
    • Grilled squid with chorizo sausage, beans & mixed greens
  • Suppli $14.50
    • Porcini mushrooms with arborio rice, proscuitto & served with aioli
  • Calamari Fritti $17.50
    • Squid rings dusted in semolina & fried, served with aioli & lemon rocket salad
ANTIPASTO ANTIPASTO
  • Perfect for sharing! $35.00
    • A taste of Italy with a selection of mixed cured meats, pickles, Italian cheeses, olives, smoked salmon, a bit of this & a bit of that
ZUPPA ZUPPA
  • Minestrone $13.00
    • Seasonal vegetable soup with basil & grilled bread
  • Brodetto Ligure $17.00
    • A fresh mix of seafood in a tomato broth
INSALATE INSALATE
  • Caprese $17.00
    • Buffalo mozzarella, fresh tomatoes & basil
  • Panzanella $17.00
  • Add Grilled Chicken $21.00
    • Rustic Italian tomatoes, cucumber, red onions, fresh basil, red capsicum with crispy grilled bread & red wine vinaigrette
  • Beetroot $16.00
    • Tossed with rucola, hazelnuts, crumbed goats cheese & drizzled with a balsamic dressing
CONTORNI CONTORNI
  • Shoestring Fries $9.00
    • With aioli or tomato sugo
  • Polenta Chips $10.00
    • Chunky polenta fried & served with aioli
  • Rucola $13.00
    • Served with pears, parmesan & white balsamic dressing
  • Mixed Leaves $10.50
    • With tomatoes, cucumber, olives & avocado
  • Broccoli $9.50
    • Lightly tossed with crushed garlic & olive oil
OUR PIZZA - SCHIACCIATA  (SKIAH-CHA-TAH) OUR PIZZA - SCHIACCIATA (SKIAH-CHA-TAH)
  • Reginella $27.00
    • Pomodoro, buffalo mozzarella, basil & E.V.O.O
  • Giardino $28.00
    • Pomodoro, zucchini, peas, ricotta, spinach, eggplant, sprinkled with dill
  • Salmone $29.00
    • Pomodoro sugo, mozzarella, capers, smoked salmon, red onion & mascarpone cheese
  • Splendida $28.50
    • Chicken meatballs, eggplant, pecorina cheese, zucchini, rucola & cherry tomatoes
  • Contadina $28.00
    • Homemade sausage meat, capsicums, mushrooms & olives
  • Gustosa $28.50
    • Roast lamb, potatoes, leaks, mozzarella & pancetta
  • Maialona $29.00
    • Mozzarella, mortadella, Italian salami, proscuitto & parmesan cheese
  • Rubacuori $28.50
    • Pesto, chicken, pinenuts, mozzarella, tomatoes & parmesan cheese
  • 11 Bello $28.00
    • Fior di latte, rucola, cherry tomatoes, proscuitto & grana cheese
  • Nettuno $29.00
    • Pomodoro, mozzarella, chili prawns, squid, sundried tomatoes, pangrattato & salsa verde
  • Verdure $27.00
    • Eggplant, zucchini, leeks, chilli, basil & tomato sugo
  • Piselli $27.00
    • Peas, ricotta, bocconcini, fresh mint, sea salt & ground pepper
  • Bambini (kids) $17.00
    • Cheese, ham, pineapple & pomodoro sauce - or - cheese, fresh basil & pomodoro sauce
PASTA PASTA
  • Tordelle Di Carne $24.50
    • Handicrafted ravioli filled with chicken, pork, beef & silverbeet served in a bolognese sauce
  • Ravioli Di Pesce $26.50
    • Hand-filled ravioli stuffed with prawns, crabmeat & smoked salmon in a creamy grilled pepper sauce
  • Ravioli Di Zucca $25.50
    • Homemade pumpkin ravioli in a light sage sauce topped with pine nuts
  • Gnocchi Di Patate $24.00
    • Handmade potato gnocchi with your choice of either a rich gorgonzola sauce -or -a fresh tomato & basil sauce
  • Carbonara Modo Mio $24.50
    • Penne with pancetta, red onion, a little chilli in a traditional carbonara sauce
  • Bolognese $24.00
    • Handmade spinach fettuccine with a classico ragu sauce
  • Puttanesca $24.00
    • Kalamata olives, anchovies, capers, basil, chili, garlic in a pomodoro sugo
  • Fettuccine con Pancetta $24.50
    • Taleggio, cream, crispy pancetta, cauliflower, rocket & pangratto
  • Fettuccine Con Polpette $24.50
    • Homemade Italian fettuccine pasta with chicken meatballs in a fresh tomato -or - basil pesto sauce
  • Linguine Pescatore $26.50
    • With mussels, clams, prawns & scallops cooked with garlic, parsley, white wine & a touch of napoli sauce
  • Lasagne Di Mamma Alda $25.50
    • Thin layers of pasta, basil, bechamel, beef, napoli sauce, ham & melted cheese
  • Cannelloni Piemonte $25.50
    • Spinach & ricotta rolled in handmade pasta sheets & baked in a napoli sauce
  • Eggplant Parmigiana $25.50
    • Sliced eggplant topped with tomato sauce, basil & bocconcini cheese
  • Bambini (kids) $17.00
    • Spaghetti - or - penne with a choice of bolognese sauce & napoli sauce - or - burro e formaggio
RISOTTO RISOTTO
  • Risotto Pesce $26.50
    • Seafood risotto tossed with prawns, scallops, mussels, white wine & fresh Italian parsley
  • Risotto Verdure $24.50
    • Arborio rice, green beans, peas, spring onions, zucchini, spinach & fresh mint
SECONDI SECONDI
  • Veal Portafoglio $37.50
    • Crumbed veal scallopine served with mozzarella, proscuitto & red pepper salsa
  • Vitello Al Marsala $37.00
    • Veal scallopine with sliced field mushrooms & marsala wine sauce
  • Chicken Parmigiana $35.00
    • Crumbed chicken breast topped with our fresh pomodoro sauce & melted mozzarella cheese
  • Spiedini Di Pollo $35.00
    • Free range chicken breast with courgettes, capsicums on skewers in a hot arrabiata sauce served on crostini, mixed leaves & a squeeze of fresh lemon juice
  • Porchetta $36.00
    • The best roast pork loin with caramelised pears, broccoli, pancetta & almonds
  • Agnello $36.00
    • Braised lamb shank in a chianti vino sauce on a potato mash
  • Bistecca (400g) $36.00
    • Grilled sirloin steak served with your choice of brandy & green peppercorn, mushroom - or - gorgonzola sauce
  • Filetto Di Manzo (300g) $38.00
    • Grilled fillet steak served with your choice of brandy & green peppercorn, mushroom - or - gorgonzola sauce
  • Fritto Misto $37.00
    • Crispy fried calamari, prawns, fish fillet & scallops served with lemon mayo aioli
  • Gamberoni Alla Griglia $39.00
    • Butterflied prawns served with roasted garlic & herb sauce
  • Pesce Del Giorno N/A
    • Ask your waiter for details, price varies
DOLCI DOLCI
  • Dolce Del Duca $16.00
    • Our own handcrafted Tiramisu
  • Panna Cotta Al Miele $16.00
    • Honey panna cotta with sticky vincotto
  • Coppa Pigiama $16.00
    • Fresh fruit served with caramel custard, gelato & cherries
  • Cassata Napoli $16.00
    • A traditional three tiered Italian gelato served with fresh fruit
  • Fondente $16.00
    • A hot chocolate fondant cake served with vanilla gelato & chocolate sauce
  • Lemon Tart $16.00
    • A homemade lemon tart served with vanilla mascarpone gelato & berry sauce
  • Affogato $11.00
    • Served with a shot of espresso & vanilla gelato. Add $4 for a dash of your favourite liqueur
  • Bambini (kids) $9.00
    • Two scoops of vanilla gelato with a choice of chocolate - or - berry sauce

Nearby Sample Menus

  • Chicken Patties $2.50
  • Cheese Onion Patties $2.00
  • Cranberry Chicken
  • Vegetarian Delight
  • Seafood
  • Thai Chicken (HOT)
  • Donuts $2.00
  • Cheese Lovers
  • Ginger beer $4.90
  • Kinako ( soy bean powder) & maple syrup ice cream $4.90
  • Sushi balls $4.50
  • Ribeye steak & prawn cutlets $28.50
  • French fried $4.90
  • Ribeye steak & chicken cutlet $29.00
  • Vanilla ice cream $4.90
  • Veg croquette curry $12.70
  • Fried Moro Bar $3.00
  • Hoki or Hake $4.30
  • Apple Turnover $1.70
  • Whitebait pattie $4.00
  • Bacon $4.00
  • Fish $2.40
  • Sole or turbot $5.50
  • Spring Roll $2.70
  • Served With Mint Or Tamarind Chutney
  • Served With Basmati Rice
  • Vegetable Biryani $17.00
    • Rice mixed with an assortment of vegetables & spices garnished with coriander
  • AIoo Kuicha (potatoe & pea) $5.00
  • Palak Paneer or AIoo Palak $13.00
    • Homemade cheese OR potatoes cooked with fresh spinach and spices
  • Mango Chutney $4.00
  • Tandoori Prawns $16.00
    • Prawns marinated in a spicy yoghurt sauce, skewered with onions, capsicum & tomatoes grilled in the tandoor
  • Pasanda $14.00
    • Meat cooked in a tasty nutty gravy
  • Roast Pork Chow Mein N/A
  • Vegetarianchow Mein N/A
  • Curry Rice Rolls $2.50
  • Steak $3.50
  • Crumbed Fish $4.20
  • Beef And Black Bean Sauce On Rice N/A
  • Crumbed Fish N/A
  • Pineapple N/A
  • Available from 11am - 5pm daily
  • Soup of the Day $14.90
    • Hearty home-made soup served with garlic bread. (Please see special board for todays soup)
  • Polly’s Pita Pockets $19.50
    • Pita bread with marinated chicken, lettuce, cucumber, tomato, capsicum and onion, sweet chilli sauce and O'Sheas aioli
  • Serving of Grilled Tomatoes $3.50
  • Serving of Fries $3.50
  • Murphy’s Pasta - $19.50
    • (see blackboard for today's pasta)
  • Serving of Onion Rings $3.50
  • O'Shea's Toasted Sandwich $12.90
    • Your choice of ham, tomato, onions, cheese or pineapple, served with fries.
  • Beef Doner Iskander (GF) $19.50
    • Sliced beef doner cooked on open spit
  • Vegetarian Option
    • Combination of falafel and eggplant served with bed of basmati rice, salads and Topkapi dressing
  • Topkapi Chips (GF) $15.00
    • Chips, chicken, cheese, mushroom and bacon
  • Beef Kebab $12.50
  • Pita Bread $2.50
  • Carrot Fritters $13.00
    • Carrot fritters served with homemaed tomato sauce and minted garlic yoghurt dressings
  • GF Stands for gluten free. Please do advise our staff if you have any allergy or special dietary requirements
  • Lamb Kebab $15.00
  • Chicken Nibbles (1/2 dozen) $4.50
  • Mussels (1/2 dozen) $4.50
  • Steak Patties $2.10
  • Plain Sausages $2.10
  • Crab Sticks $2.10
  • Bacon $4.00
  • Mussels Patties $2.10
  • Big Hotdog $2.90
  • PRAWNS & SCALLOPS $15.70
    • Grilled black tiger prawns & scallops drizzled with a creamy vermouth & tarragon sauce. Just a hint of spice to tantalise your taste buds!
  • PANNA COTTA
    • we reckon that we make it better here at the Three Cows than the Italians do. Comes with seasonal poached fruits and shortbread crumbs, this is food for the soul.
  • T-BONE $36.50
    • Yup, the good old T-bone comes with tomatoes, buttered mushrooms, eggs, onion rings and a shit load of chips for you Former folk. or for the Farmer folk wife, we have a classier version. It comes with roasted baby potatoes, balsamic roasted tomatoes a cracked pepper and mushroom sauce and a baby salad too. Now don’t be thinking you can mix n match cause the chefs won’t do it!!!!
  • PASTA OF THE DAY $24.50
    • Depending on the way the winds blowing or whatever the chefs decide to feed ya!
  • LAMB SHANK $26.50/double$32.50
    • Lots of shanks slowly braised for hours & hours with mushrooms, celery and carrots in a rich merlot sauce. Comes with garlic butter potato mash. Sounds nice if you’re into stews...Good on a chilly night.
  • FAMOUS FRITTERS $21.50
    • our legendary sundried tomato, sweet corn and kumara fritters on a pine nut and leaf salad, with smoked salmon. Yeah there are other spectacular goodies in the salad but I can’t be telling ya everything or there will be no surprise.
  • WARM APPLE WALNUT CAKE
    • I reckon this is better than grandma used to make, but then what do I know I’m just the sucker that has to type this. A warm rich style cake with apple syrup and homemade vanilla ice cream.
  • SEAFOOD CHOWDER $14.50
    • Now even that chef from England would say this is NZ’s best. The finest morsels plucked from the sea, combined in our secret recipe. Slurp!
  • Egyptian Baked Potato $11.00
    • Served with rice, fresh doubLe cream, green salad and our dressing In a plastic box
  • Open Souvlaki $15.00
    • your choice of meat served on a flat pita bread and a bed of salad to take away
  • KoftanKebab $15.50
  • Egyptian Smoked chicken $16.00
    • Served with our special smoked chicken, B8Q sauce, green salad and our dressing in a pizza box
  • Kebab Skewer $5.00
  • Beef $8.00/$11.00/$14.00
  • Delux Open Souvlaki $17.00
    • Served with cheese, mushroom, green salad and our dressing in a pizza box
  • Wedges $4.00
  • Chocolates Donut $2.00
  • 1/2 Chicken $13.50
  • Satay Real Chicken $7.50
  • Cheese/Onion. $4.60
  • Doz Wontons $7.00
  • 5 Crab sticks $7.00
  • Chicken Fried Noodles $10.00
  • Mini Donuts 1/2 Doz $2.90
  • 1 Doz Dumplings $11.00
  • Chicken Wing $2.00
  • Onion Sausage $2.40
  • Doughnut / Double Chocolate / Jam Rap $2.40
  • Sweet and Sour Pork $16.00
  • Crispy Skin Chicken $14.00
  • Lemon Chicken $16.00
  • Chicken Curry on Fried Rice $12.00
  • Iced chocolate, Iced coffee $6.0
  • Toast $6.0
    • Turkish or grain. spreads- honey, jam, nutella or vegemite
  • Eggs Benedict $16.5
    • with free range smoky bacon
  • Orange juice (pulpy) $4.0
  • Toast $8.0
    • Turkish or grain with fresh tomato single 5.0 double
  • Free range eggs on toast $9.5
    • Your choice of poached, scrambled or fried on Turkish or grain toast single 5.5 double
  • Margherita pizza $9.8
    • Simple Italian pizza. Tasty tomato sauce topped with a round of buffalo mozzarella and basil. Individual size
  • Sparkling mineral water $4.0
  • Sandwich w/ bacon, egg, c/cheese & rocket $10.00
  • Plain w/ cream cheese & jam $4.50
  • Plain w/ cream cheese $4.00
  • Sandwich style $10.00
  • Sandwich w/ smoked salmon, c/cheese & rocket $10.00
  • Sandwich w/ casalinga, egg, c/cheese & rocket $10.00
  • Plain $2.50
  • Plain w/ choc hazelnut spread $4.50
  • 4pcs Inari
  • 4pcs Tuna mayo & Cucumber
  • SALMON & CHICKEN COMBO $23.90
    • 8pcs, smoked salmon & avocado/4pcs salmon supreme/8pcs jumbo Teriyaki chicken
  • Vegetarian Sushi 8pcs reg/8pcs double avo $6.20/$7.20
  • 4pcs Fresh salmon & cucumber
  • 4pcs Surimi Crab & pickles
  • Double Avocado Prawn 8pcs mayo or chilli $8.90
  • FANCY PLATER 2 $32.90
    • 10pcs of salmon Nigiri/3pcs prawn Nigiri/4pcs Avocado Nigiri/4pcs Daikon Cocktail Rolls/4pcs Cucumber Cocktail Rolls
Casa Nostra

Casa Nostra

location

Address

2 Waterman Place, Woolston, Christchurch, Canterbury, 8023, New Zealand

phone

Phone

033843186

email

Email

None

clock

Opened hours

Monday: 5:00 – 10:00 PM, Tuesday: 5:00 – 10:00 PM, Wednesday: 5:00 – 10:00 PM, Thursday: 5:00 – 10:00 PM, Friday: 5:00 – 10:00 PM, Saturday: 5:00 – 10:00 PM, Sunday: 5:00 – 10:00 PM
price range

Price

$30 - $50

type

Type

None

service level

Service

Table Service

cuisine

Cuisine

Gluten Free , Italian , Pizza , Vegetarian

features

Features

Wheelchair accessible ,  Reservations ,  Waitstaff ,  Takeout ,  Cash ,  Groups ,  Seating ,  Highchairs Available ,  Serves Alcohol ,  Child-friendly ,  Full Bar

Location
2 Waterman Place, Woolston, Christchurch, Canterbury, 8023, New Zealand