Francesca's Italian Kitchen in Christchurch Menu

CONTORNI CONTORNI
  • Sides and Bites
  • Potato skins with truffle oil, porcini salt, pecorino (GF) ( V) $9.00
  • Marinated olives (GF) (V) $10.00
  • Garlic flat bread (V) $8.00
  • Polenta fries with truffle aioli (V) $9.00
ANTIPASTI ANTIPASTI
  • Sharing plates for two
  • Salumi plate, pickles, mustard fruits $16.00
  • Francesca’s Antipasti Board cured meats and Italian cheeses with sour dough $25.00
INSALATA INSALATA
  • Side Salads
  • Baby cos lettuce, sherry vinaigrette (GF) $8.00
PRIMI PRIMI
  • Starters
  • Cloudy Bay clams, chilli, garlic, prosecco, black garlic butter sourdough $16.00
  • Kale salad, Apple, sultanas, walnuts, Parmesan and pangrattato (V) $12.00
  • Broccoli and rocket salad, crumbed poached egg, truffle vinaigrette, vincotto (V) $16.00
  • House smoked salmon, fennel and orange salad, salsa verde (GF) $16.00
  • San Daniele prosciutto, pear, rocket, hazelnuts and goat's cheese (GF) $18.00
  • Handmade Beetroot agnolotti with nut brown butter, poppy seeds and sage (V) $18.00
  • Beef carpaccio, parmesan, lemon aioli, capers, white anchovies $16.00
PIZZA PIZZA
  • GF bases available $3
  • Margherita Di Bufala (V) $20.00
    • Buffalo mozzarella, tomato base, fresh basil
  • Napoletana (V) $20.00
    • Tomato, anchovies, capers, black olives, mozzarella
  • Tartufo (V) $22.00
    • Mushrooms, mozzarella, black truffle oil, parmesan
  • Quattro Formaggi (V) $24.00
    • Goat's cheese, pecorino, taleggio, gorgonzola, fresh thyme
  • Pepperoni $23.00
    • Venison pepperoni, red onion, chilli oil, mozzarella, tomato, rocket
  • Parma $24.00
    • Parma ham, mozzarella, tomato, grilled peppers, vincotto
  • Salsiccia $24.00
    • Pork sausage, tomato, roasted onion, ricotta, rocket, mozzarella
  • Salami $24.00
    • Sopressa salami, tomato, potato, mozzarella, rosemary, truffle oil
PASTA & MAINS PASTA & MAINS
  • GF pasta available for some dishes
  • House made potato gnocci, Braised beef cheeks, gremolata, pecorino $28.00
  • Merino lamb shoulder Ragu, pappardelle, green olives, chilli, lemon, baby spinach $28.00
  • Prawn linguine, rocket, sundried tomato, lemon $26.00
  • Pea, broad bean and spinach risotto, basil, parsley and rocket (V, GF) $26.00
  • Melanzane - baked eggplant with Napoli sauce, parmigiano reggiano, mozzarella, pangrattato and a green side salad (V) $26.00
  • Roasted Duck leg, baby spinach, pecorino risotto, pinenut and current salsa (GF) $35.00
  • Market fish, cauliflower pureé, charred cauliflower, cherry tomato, chilli, anchovies and olives (GF) $35.00
DOLCI DOLCI
  • Dessert
  • Tiramisu $14.00
    • with house made mascarpone
  • Chocolate mousse cake $16.00
    • with creme fraiche, praline
  • Set lemon cream $15.00
    • with rhubarb, prosecco jelly, rhubarb crumble
  • Cannoli with custard $5.00
  • Affogato (GF) $10.00
    • Allpress espresso over vanilla ice cream With a shot of Frangelico $16

Nearby Sample Menus

  • Chef's special mixed fruit salad rolls 8pcs $20.00
  • Salt and pepper whole tiger prawns, shell on $35.00
  • Cho sum served on a bed of tasty broth, garnished with strips of pork and century eggs $17.00
  • Chinese string mushrooms with lamb pieces served in claypot $23.00
  • BBQ pork & chinese vegetable on rice $13.00
  • Singaporean style fried rice vermicelli (BBQ pork, prawn & curry flavoured) $13.00
  • Steamed beef balls with water chestnut $4.00
  • Vegetarian fried noodles $10.00
  • Medium $14.00
  • Large $26.00
  • Fried Chicken Wings on Rice $12.00
  • Large $30.00
  • Seafood Soup $7.00
  • Crispy Chicken $8.00
  • Prawn Omelette
  • Mixed Vegetable With Garlic
  • Shrimps Pan Fried Egg on Rice $10.00
  • Pickle Cabbage & Pork Soup Noodle $9.00
  • Yeung Chow Fried Rice $10.00
  • Bami Goreng (Noodle) $9.50
  • Hang Seng Hot & Spicy Soup Noodles $9.50
  • Beef Brisket on Rice $9.00
  • Roast Pork on Rice $9.00
  • Chicken Fried Noodle $9.00
  • Deep fried Steak with Spicy Szechuan Sauce $11.00
  • Beef & Vegetables $11.00
  • Beef Egg Foo Young $10.00
  • Beefballs & Vegetables Soup $5.00
  • Crab Meat & Shark Fin's Soup $6.50
  • Satay Pork Kebabs - 4pcs $8.00
  • Chicken with Cashew Nuts $10.00
  • Beef with Ginger and Spring Onion $10.00
  • Feta Cheese $2.00
  • Fries $4.00
  • Baklava $3.00
  • Triple Souvlaki $13.9
    • All triple souvlaki served with extra meat and hot pita bread and green salad with T house's signature sauce of hummus, tomato, onion sauce, garlic mayo, organic yoghurt and your choice of chilli sauce
  • -Combo: Souvlaki of your choice + fries + can of drink $13.00
  • - Combo: Souvlaki of your choice + fries + can of drink $19.50
  • Small Souvlaki $8
    • All small souvlaki served with half size of hot pita bread and green salad with T house's signature sauce of hummus, tomato, onion sauce, garlic mayo, organic yoghurt and your choice of chilli sauce
  • Turkish Delight $0.50
  • Chilli Mince & Cheese $4.50
  • Mini Filed croissants $3.5 / $42
  • Cheese Sausage Rolls $3.00
  • Mini Corn Fritters $2.20 / $26.4
    • topped with relish and avocado
  • Cake Slices $1.8 / $21.6
    • an assortment from our delicious range sized for catering
  • Homemade Vol-au-vonts $2.20 / $26.4
    • An assortment of fillings
  • Vietnamese Rice Paper Rolls $2.5 / $30
    • Asian styled rice paper rolls vegetarian, chicken or prawn
  • Mince Savouries $1.50
  • Steak / Bacon & Egg / Mince & Cheese / Mince / Steak & Cheese / Steak & Mushroom $4.20
  • Spring Roll / Curry Roll / Lasagna Square $3.00
  • Pepper Steak / Steak Bacon & Cheese / Chicken / Meat Pasties / Quiches $4.50
  • Mince Savouries $1.80
  • Croquette $2.60
  • Fish $3.10
  • Filled Sausage / Chicken Cordon Bleu $3.30
  • Wedges S $2.40 / L $4.00
  • Chicken $5.00
  • Chicken Satay $5.50
  • Gurnard $4.00
  • Tarakihi $4.00
  • Mushroom $4.00
  • Fish $5.00
  • RodCod $4.00
  • Hoki $3.00
  • Miso Ha Pee (4 X Steamed, Crystal Wrapped) $16
    • Blue cod & crab dumplings, Japanese miso mayo
  • Vegetarian +$2
    • Most dishes can be prepared gluten free on request
  • Cori Frower (Caulifower Cheese) $12
  • Iki Mata $16
    • Chilled salad of marinated (no, not cooked with heat) monk fish, kafr lime, hint of chili, crisp shoots, coconut sorbet and lime espuma
  • Kung Pao Pow! $24
    • So the idea of this dish to hunt through the chillies in the tangy hot sauce, discovering the braised chicken and roasted peanuts.
  • Smoked Eel Nigiri $14
  • Japanese Omelette $12
  • Maggie’s of Beijing $24
    • Inspired by the Mongolian soiled doves of Maggie’s. This lamb dish is seasoned with cumin and garlic
  • smoked salmon & cream cheese
  • -raisins
  • chocolate, strawberry or caramel server with cream & nuts $7.50
  • -yogurt
  • -cheese slice
  • creamy pumpkin $6.50
  • served with toast $7.00
  • tomato & capsicum $6.50
  • Eggs florentine $14.00
    • Hot buttered english muffins, poached eggs with creamed spinach and hollandaise sauce
  • Breakfast stack $15.00
    • Hash Browns, grilled tomato, bacon & eggs
  • Eggs benedict $16.00
    • Hot buttered english muffins, streaky bacon and poached eggs topped with hollandaise
  • Big breakfast $20.00
    • Sausages, bacon, eggs, hash brown, mushroom, grilled tomato & a side of toast
  • Omelette $16.00
    • Freshly made to order with a choice of three fillings- mushroom, ham cheese, spinach, onion, tomato.
  • Vegetarian breakfast $16.00
    • Eggs, spinach, mushroom, hash brown, grilled tomato & toast
  • Totally Whipped (Mousse) $6.00
    • Double Chocolate & Boysenberry or Double Mango & Coconut
  • Spirited Swine $18.00
    • Deliverance Burger with a Bourbon & Coke
  • Super Bugger Burger $18.00
    • 320gms of beef patties, lettuce, tomato, lot’a bacon, egg, lot’a cheese, aioli, tomato relish.
  • Double Deed Done Dirt Cheap $18.00
    • Any 1 of our fresh phat burgers (excluding Super Bugger Burger) with a house beer
  • Pulp Fiction Burger $13.50
    • beef pattie, double cheese, iceberg lettuce, pickle, royale sauce.
  • Big Bag of Chips & Gravy $5.50
  • Billy Beef & Blue $13.50
    • beef pattie, roast Portobello mushroom, red onion, blue cheese mayo, lettuce.
  • Crumbed Cheese Pleaser $11.00
    • Crumbed & fried camembert, tomato, lettuce, red onion & plum chutney. - with bird $13.00
  • Hollandaise $2.5
  • Seafood Chowder $16.5
    • Classic creamy style seafood soup, with mussels, sh, salmon and prawns served with garlic bread
  • Steak Sandwich $23
    • 150g Porterhouse stacked with lettuce, tomato, mustard, roasted mushrooms, fried egg, jalapeño mayo and curly fries
  • Eggs Benedict $18.5 / $19.5 / $16.5
    • Poached eggs, battered spinach, hashbrown and hollandaise served on a toasted french batard. Bacon / Ora king salmon / Creamy mushrooms
  • Apple + Macadamia Cake $6
  • Scottish Oats $14
    • Banana rolled in cinnamon sugar, topped with coconut crunch
  • Steve's Stack $16
    • Potato cake with baby spinach, field mushrooms, hashbrown and poached egg with hollandaise. Add bacon / Ora king salmon: $4
  • Aioli $2.5
  • Available until 2:30pm
  • Grilled mushrooms on toast with poached egg, truffle oil, mascarpone and soft herbs $15.00
  • Caesar salad with bacon, shaved pecorino, cos, soft poached egg and Caesar dressing with chicken $13.50
  • Fresh fruit salad with toasted granola and yogurt $5.50
  • Slow cooked Canterbury lamb with Down South vegetables mash and jus $20.00
  • Bircher muesli with poached rhubarb, diced coconut, Jordan dates, paw paw , macadamia with bio dynamic yogurt $6.00
  • French fries with garlic aioli $6.00
  • Banana split with vanilla bean ice cream, cherries. passion fruit. banana. meringues. caramel sauce and macadamia praline $10.00
  • Meatball N/A
  • Egg and Cheese N/A
  • Capsicum N/A
  • Chipotle N/A
  • Western Egg and Cheese N/A
  • Pizza Sub with Cheese N/A
  • Chicken & Bacon Ranch Melt N/A
  • Steak, Egg and Cheese N/A
Francesca's Italian Kitchen

Francesca's Italian Kitchen

location

Address

149 Gloucester St, Next Door to the Isaac Theatre Royal, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand

phone

Phone

033749790

email

Email

None

clock

Opened hours

Monday: 11:30-22:00, Tuesday: 11:30-22:00, Wednesday: 11:30-22:00, Thursday: 11:30-22:00, Friday: 11:30-22:00, Saturday: 11:30-22:00, Sunday: 11:30-22:00
price range

Price

None

type

Type

None

service level

Service

Table Service

cuisine

Cuisine

Gluten Free , Italian , Pizza , Vegan , Vegetarian

features

Features

Wheelchair accessible ,  Business meetings ,  Reservations ,  Waitstaff ,  Groups ,  Seating ,  Highchairs Available ,  Serves Alcohol ,  Child-friendly

Location
149 Gloucester St, Next Door to the Isaac Theatre Royal, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand