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

  • Fruit plate $11.90
    • With pineapple, roasted nuts, lime, kiwifruit strawberries, yoghurt & rockmelon & seeds veggie — vegan - gluten free on request
  • Curly fries $8.90
    • Delivered by pneumatic tube vege- contains gluten
  • -spinach & potato hash brown vege — gluten free on request $17.90
  • - vegemite $6.90
  • Three filling omelette $17.90
    • Choose 3 from the following:bacon / spinach / cheddar / feta / potato / sausage / tomato / salmon /onion / mushroom served on toasted multigrain vege vegan – gluten free on request
  • -salmon $19.90
  • Sausage $5
  • - basil pesto $8.90
  • Brunch Scramble $23
    • One of our favourites: New potatoes, green beans, olives, red onions, chorizo, and bacon all pan seared and tossed through pesto, and topped with a poached egg. Divine!
  • Vege Big Breakfast (GF) $25
    • Grilled halloumi, mushrooms, crunchy roast potatoes, tomatoes, wilted spinach, poached eggs and hollandaise sauce served on toast. An epic UTRV brekkie!
  • -To add bacon $24
  • Breads and Dips (GF) $15
    • House breads served with a trio of dips
  • -With streaky bacon and hollandaise sauce for $21
  • Corn Fritter Stack $21
    • Topped with a cooked salsa, sour cream and salad
  • Granola $15
    • Our famous blend, served with yoghurt and fruit
  • -With berry compote and yoghurt for $21
  • VEGETABLE SAMOSA $6.50
    • Deep Fried Triangular Pastry filled with Potatoes and Green Peas. Two pieces per portion.
  • BUTTER CHICKEN $10.50
    • Boneless Chicken Half Cooked in Tandoor, Finished with Tomato Cream Butter Sauce and A Touch of Fenugreek
  • CHICKEN TIKKA MASALA $10.50
    • Succulent tender chicken roasted in tandoori oven then cooked in spicy gravy and onions
  • POPPADAM (FOUR PIECES) $2.00
  • BUTTER PRAWNS $10.50
    • Cooked With Homemade Butter Sauce And Selection Of Spices.
  • JEERA ALLO $8.00
    • Diced Potato Tempered and Sauteed with Mild Spices and Cumin Seed
  • MIXED PICKLE $3.50
  • CHICKEN SAAG $10.50
    • Boneless Chicken cooked with Cumin Seeds, Onion, Ginger-Garlic Paste, Crushed Tomatoes, Spinach and Indian Species
  • Vietnamese Jelly with Coconut Cream $5.00
  • Beef Balls in Rice Noodle $11.00
  • Roast Pork Fried Noodles
  • Chicken Fried Rice Noodle S $13.00 / L $24.00
  • (Minimum 8 People) $28.00 Per Person
  • S=small / L= Large
  • Beef with onion, Tomato & Pepper S $18.00 / L $32.00
  • Squid with Curry & Vegetable S $19.00 / L $32.00
  • Cheese / Egg / Tomato / Chow / Pineapple / Beetroot / Veges Patty $4.00
  • Steak & Egg / Steak & Mushroom $5.50
  • Cheese Burger Pack $6.80
    • Cheese Burger, 1/2 Chips, Hot Dog
  • Cheese / Corn / Tomato $2.90
  • Scallops 1/2 doz. $8.00 / 1 doz. $16.00
  • Bacon $3.10
  • Hot Dogs (In a Bun) $4.00
    • Mustard, corn relish, tomato relish, chilli
  • Garlic Butter $1.55
  • Lemon Chicken $7.00
  • Fried Prawn $1.00
  • Fried Wonton $0.60
  • Honey Chicken Wing $2.50
  • Lunch Box 2 $8.50
    • Honey Chicken Or Bbq Pork Or Fried Rice
  • Charsui Bun
  • Shui Mai $1.50
    • Steamed / Fried Pork Dumplings
  • -Steamed Bbq Pork Bun $2.50
  • Fries – Large served with aioli and tomato sauce $8.00
  • Creme Brulee $12.50
    • Baked custard, topped with golden toffee, served with berries
  • Steamed Rice $5.00
  • hash browns $5.00
  • Smoked salmon $7.00
  • Minced beef nachos $17.50
    • chilli con carne over corn chips, jalapenos, melted cheese and sour cream
  • Fries - Small $5.00
  • Fish of the Day $POA
    • Market fresh fish, specially prepared each day
  • STEAK SUPREME $8.80
    • Steak melted cheese a fried egg freshly sourced tomato & all the trimings
  • CRAB STICK $3.60
    • A tasty seafood stick coated in light crispy batter
  • PINEAPPLE RING $3.60
    • A delicious ring of pineapple coated with crispy batter with cinnamon
  • CHICKEN BURGER $6.80
    • A delicious chicken pattie with all the trimings
  • PATTIE $3.60
    • Our own exclusive recipe
  • FRENCH FRIES (Large) $4.20
    • Golden fried crinkle cut chips
  • BACON & EGG BURGER $6.80
    • Crispy fried bacon & fried egg with all the trimmings
  • EGG BURGER $5.80
    • Basic burger with a lightly fried egg
  • Sweet and Sour Pork $11.00
  • Vegetable Fried Rice $9.50
  • Prawn Chow Mein $11.50
  • Oyster Sauce Steak with Vegetables $11.00
  • Delicious Sweet Box / Spicy Hot Box / Curry Laksa Soup $10.70
  • Combination Chow Mein $11.50
  • Pork Fried Rice $9.80
  • Pork Curried on Fried Rice $10.00
  • Vege $12.00
    • eggplant, pumpkin, kumara, green beans & capsicum
  • Chicken Katsu $14.00
    • meal on rice served with fresh side salad
  • Ice Cream Stack $10.50
    • green tea ice cream, walnut green tea & vanilla ice cream
  • Dessert of the Day $12.50
  • Deep Fried Tofu Salad $13.50
    • chunky golden deep fried tofu tossed with crunchy veges, seeds, red onion & sesame dressing
  • Karaage Style Fried Chicken $13.00
    • meal on rice served with fresh side salad
  • Pork Rib Eye $7.00
    • 2 skewers per serving
  • Seaweed Salad $12.50
    • awesome combination of crunchy, textured green & black seaweed flavoured with sesame seed based vege dressing
  • Beef Fillet 180gm $38.00
    • Grass fed Canterbury beef cooked to your liking on truffle mash. Served with a creamy, rich mushroom sauce and an onion marmalade and duck liver pate tartlet
  • Tudors Breakfast Fit for a King $22.50
    • Two eggs any style, crispy bacon, grilled tomato, Cumberland sausage, grilled mushrooms, hash browns, tomato chutney and grilled Ciabatta
  • Tender Goat pieces in Indian sauce $8.00
  • Lemon and Thyme Roasted Chicken Legs $28.00
    • Served with fondant potatoes, sage, onion and apricot stuffing and a slow roasted tomato. Finished with jus and red currant sauce
  • Truffle Mash $7.00
  • Coleslaw $7.00
  • Smoked Salmon on Potato Hash $14.50
    • Aoraki smoked salmon on potato hash topped with poached eggs
  • Rustic fries, aioli $8.00
  • For the sweet tooth! -
  • Filet de Bœuf aux morilles Aged beef fillet, served with a Morels sauce, sautéed potatoes and capsicums farcis -
  • A Goaty Rendez-Vous Duo of roasted goat cheese and butter-pear relish served between fine pastry layers and drizzled with a port wine glaze -
  • King prawns cocktail with saffron aioli -
  • Mini Croc-en-bouche Choux pastries each filled with alternatively café, dark chocolate and baileys patissière, served with strawberries and a dash of crunchy caramel -
  • Escargot Snails cooked in their shells with garlic butter -
  • Chicken Romeo & Juliet Chicken breast wrapped in prosciutto ham on a nest of summer vegetables and gourmet potatoes served with a creamy mushroom sauce -
  • Pissaladière – caramelized onion and pesto mini pizzas -
  • NACHOS $12.50
  • MINI HOTDOGS+ CHIPS $11.00
  • HAMBBURGER + CHIPS $14.50
  • BANGERS + MASH $13.50
  • HAM STEAK, CHIPS + SALAD $13.50
  • CHICKEN BBURGER + CHIPS $14.50
  • SEAFOOD BASKET $12.50
    • served with tartare sauce
  • WEDGES $11.00
  • Salmon omelette with hollandaise
  • Cold roast chicken with smokorun's tangy BBQ sauce
  • Bigi $14.00
  • Butti $8.00
  • Bacon and egg
    • with tomato and red pepper sauce
  • Ham off the bone and cheese with whole grain mustard
  • Cheeseburger with beetroot chutney
  • Steak and mushroom with horseradish sauce
  • Fish cake $9.50
    • 6 pcs
  • Beef $0.00
  • Pad se eaw $17.00
    • Black soy sauce
  • Chilli & Garlic $17.00
  • Thai salad $17.00
  • Priced from components
  • Larb E-Sarn $20.00
    • minced meat & herbs. Pork, Beef or Chicken
  • Fried Rice $17.00
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