Cosa Nostra Italian Trattoria in Wellington Menu

STUZZICHINI STUZZICHINI
  • OLIVE VERDI $7.90
    • House marinated Sicilian olives
  • BRUSCHETTA DEL GIORNO $11.90
    • Grilled Italian style bread with topping of the day
  • ANTIPASTO MISTO $33.90
    • Selection of Italian cured meats, cheese, and olives
  • BRUSCHETTA DEL GIORNO $11.90
    • Grilled Italian style bread with topping of the day
  • PIZZA BIANCA $10.90
    • Pizza bread brushed with garlic, rosemary, and parmesan
ANTIPASTI ANTIPASTI
  • CALAMARI FRITTI CON SALSA PICANTE $16.90
    • Deep fried seasoned calamari with chilli yoghurt
  • INVOLTINI DI MELANZANA $15.90
    • Provolone wrapped with aubergine and baked in a Pomodoro sauce with mozzarella
  • COZZE ALLA GIORGIO $16.90
    • Green lipped mussels sautéed in white wine, cream, garlic and sweet chilli
  • ARANCINI CON MOZZARELLA $15.90
    • Deep fried Italian rice balls filled with mozzarella on basil pesto
  • FUNGHI TRIFOLATI $15.90
    • Pan fried creamy garlic mushroom with truffle oil on polenta
  • INSALATA CAPRESE $15.90
    • Fresh tomato, basil and buffalo mozzarella with olive oil and balsamic glaze
PIZZA PIZZA
  • MARGHERITA $18.90
    • Fresh tomato and basil with Pomodoro sauce and mozzarella
  • PROSCIUTTO GRANDE $22.90
    • Prosciutto, basil, Pomodoro sauce, and buffalo mozzarella
  • VONGOLA $22.90
    • Clams, chilli, garlic, and basil with Pomodoro sauce and mozzarella
  • ORTOLANA $20.90
    • Zucchini, cherry tomatoes, goats feta, Pomodoro sauce, and mozzarella
  • CALZONE $21.90
    • Folded pizza filled with chicken, spinach, ricotta, and mozzarella
  • PATATOSA $21.90
    • Garlic, potato, pancetta, rosemary, and mozzarella
  • SALUMI $21.90
    • Salami, capsicum, and olives with Pomodoro sauce and mozzarella
PASTA E RISOTTO PASTA E RISOTTO
  • BUCATINI ALL’AMATRICIANA $24.90
    • Bucatini with pancetta, bacon, chilli and garlic in a Pomodoro sauce
  • FARFALLE SALMONE E ZUCCHINE $25.90
    • Farfalle with salmon, zucchini and capers in a creamy white wine sauce
  • SPAGHETTI ALLA CARBONARA $24.90
    • Spaghetti with guanciale, egg and parmesan
  • PAPPARDELLE ALLA PESCATORE $26.90
    • Fresh “Bongusto” pappardelle with scallops, prawns, fish, mussels and calamari in a Pomodoro sauce
  • CANNELLONI CON ZUCCA E RICOTTA $24.90
    • Fresh pasta filled with pumpkin, sage and ricotta in a creamy Pomodoro sauce with parmesan
  • RAVIOLI ALLA CALABRESE $26.90
    • Fresh ``Bongusto” ravioli filled with pork, beef, thyme, and lemon zest in a Pomodoro sauce with chorizo, capsicum and capers
  • RISOTTO ROSSO E SALSICCIA $25.90
    • Red wine risotto with pork and sage sausage and shaved parmesan
  • GNOCCHI AL PESTO $24.90
    • House made gnocchi with basil pesto, cherry tomatoes and pine nuts
SECONDI PIATTI SECONDI PIATTI
  • SCALOPPINE DI VITELLO $32.90
    • Pan fried veal in a creamy marsala sauce on kumara mash with watercress and parmesan salad
  • STINCO D’AGNELLO $32.90
    • Slow cooked lamb shank in a red wine jus served with mashed potatoes and pancetta wrapped seasonal greens
  • ANTARA DELLA CASA $33.90
    • Slow cooked duck leg with a lentil salad, onion puree and green olive salsa
  • PESCE Market Price
    • Market fish of the day
  • POLLO ALLA CACCIATORA $31.90
    • Chicken cooked in a Pomodoro sauce with olives and capsicum accompanied with polenta chips
  • BISTECCA ALLA FIORENTINA $33.90
    • Grilled rib eye with portobello mushroom and served with your choice of blue cheese sauce or red wine jus, and shoestring fries or garden salad
CONTORNI CONTORNI
  • PATATINE FRITTE $6.90
    • Shoestring fries
  • VERDURA COTTA $6.90
    • Seasonal vegetables with walnuts and feta
  • INSALATA VERDE $6.90
    • Fresh green salad with tomato and carrot

Nearby Sample Menus

  • Soft serve – but not as you know it
  • Taiwanese Popcorn Chicken [GF] $12.00
    • Thai basil mayo
  • Eggplant [VE, GF] $6.00
    • Oven roasted, miso glaze, sesame seeds
  • Taiwanese style steamed bun, house made with:
  • Sago $8.00
    • Sago pudding, ginger + coconut broth, kiwifruit
  • Mince + Cheese Dumplings $11.00
    • Pan fried, pale ale, aged cheddar [trust us] (4)
  • Kimchi Loaded Shoestring Fried [GF] $12.00
    • Bacon mayo, kimchi, spring onion
  • All gua bao are gluten + dairy free when served in lettuce cup
  • BIRD ON BIRD $16.90
    • toasted English muffin one fat bird chicken liver & black pepper pate, poached egg & black pudding
  • THE SKINNY BIRD $21.90
    • no bun herb marinated chicken breast, Napoli sauce cos lettuce & parmesan
  • EGGS BENEDICT $15.90
    • toasted English muffin streaky bacon, hollandaise & fresh chives
  • EGGS ON TOAST YOUR WAY $7.90
    • add streaky bacon $4.00, black pudding $4.00, sausage $4.00, roast tomato $2.00, beans or mushrooms $3.00
  • FISH N' FAT BIRD CHIPS $19.90
    • traditional English ale batter mushy peas & chunky tartare sauce
  • EGGS FLORENTINE $15.90
    • toasted English muffin streaky bacon, hollandaise & basil pesto (add salmon $4.00)
  • SALT & PEPPER SQUID $13.90
    • sweet chili soy ginger & sesame glaze w carrot orange & coriander salad
  • HOUSE SALAD SMALL $3.90
  • Dark chocolate terrine w/ orange maramalade & praline $14.50
  • Kaffir lime squid w/ red chili $12.50
  • Tofu furikake & black vinegar $12.50
  • Paneer pakora & tamarind sauce $12.50
  • See the blackboard for our daily specials n/a
  • Oysters / Clams / Fish MP
    • Fresh + local, Opened by hand + sliced to order, The freshest and best seafood in Wellington
  • Roast cauliflower, garlic & sumac $8.50
  • Vitello tonnato $15.50
  • Platter to share $26.00
    • choose any three of the small plates above
  • Drunken chipotle chicken wings in honey lime glaze (g/f) $12.00
  • ●The BBM $17.00
    • Bebemos brunch muffin w. pork & thyme patty, poached egg, cheddar, smoked paprika tomato chutney, hollandaise
  • Slow-roasted tomato, cream cheese, shredded chicken empanadas w. chili mayo $11.00
  • -add poached eggs $4.00
  • Kumara, leek & halloumi espétinhos w. smoked paprika tomato chutney (3 skewers, v, g/f) $15.00
  • ●Eggs on toast (V) $9.00
    • free-range eggs, poached, fried or scrambled, on toasted ciabatta or five grain bread
  • -add bacon or halloumi $5.00
  • SIDE OF "LEAVES" $3.50
  • BURRITTOS $9.50
  • TARTS (PASTRY) $7.50
  • LASAGNE (piece) $9.50
  • ALMOND CROISANT $5.00
  • PIE (WHOLE) $22.00
  • SAMMIE/ROLLS $9.50 half roll $5.00
  • BLUE $5.90
  • Marinated Beef Slices $12.00
  • Salt and Pepper Squid $12.00
  • Prawn Twisters $10.00
  • Pickled Garlic Cucumber $10.00
  • Beef With Ginger & Spring Onions $16.00
  • Kung Pao Chicken $16.00
  • Deep Fried Spring Rolls $6.00
  • Sweet & Sour Pork $16.00
  • Ginger & Spring Onion Chicken $14.50
  • Stir-fried egg plant potato & capsicum $14.50
  • Wonton soup $10.90
    • or plus noodle
  • Battered Prawn $2.20
  • Ginger & Spring Onion Beef $15.50
  • Vegetables with black bean sauce $12.90
  • Egg Fried Rice or Noodles $11.90
  • Crumbed Fish $4.30
  • ●Sweet and Sour $12.00
    • Chicken / beef / pork
  • Ocean Salad $15.00
    • Spicy and sour mixed seafood with chilli, garlic and lime juice
  • Thai Curry Puff $6.00
    • Chicken and potatoes flavoured with spices wrapped in pastry and deep fried
  • Tom Yum Prawns $7.00
    • Spicy, tangy and sour soup with prawns, lemon grass, chili paste, mushroom and kaffir lime leaves
  • -King Prawn $15.00
  • Mee Goreng $12.00
    • Stir fried egg noodles with bean sprouts and your choice of chicken, beef or pork
  • ●Green Curry and Vegetables $12.00
    • Sweet green curry and vegetables served with: chicken / beef / pork
  • -King Prawn $15.00
  • Taro chips $4.00
  • Skewed wakanui sirloin (2 skews) $16.00
    • charcoal grilled wakanui beef sirloin with vegetables
  • Combination rolls $10.00
    • 2 crispy spring rolls, 2 prawn & 2 shredded pork fresh rolls
  • Transparent fresh rolls (prawn) $8.00
    • fresh rice paper rolls with lettuce, mints, vermicelli & pickle
  • Roll your own (grilled shrimp paste on sugar cane) $13.00
    • served w/ lettuce, mints, vermicelli & pickle
  • Ice-cream topped w/ peanuts & caramel $6.00
  • Bun (spring roll vermicelli) $10.00
    • vermicelli rice noodles served with fresh lettuce, mints, carrots, peanuts & shallot. noodles served at room temp just like in vietnam
  • Chicken salad $13.00
    • shredded chicken salad with vietnamese mints, peanut, shallot & vietnamese dressing
  • Toasted muesli $11.90
    • with berry compote, yoghurt and sliced banana
  • Savoury mince on toast $13.90
    • with two poached eggs
  • Herb and cheese scrambled eggs $13.90
    • with toast and jalapeno
  • Weetbix $6.90
    • with hot milk, banana and honey
  • Seed toast $6.50
    • with jam, vegemite, peanut butter or marmalade
  • Bacon and Eggs > with your choice of eggs $15.90
  • French toast $16.50
    • fruit bread with cinnamon dusted banana and passionfruit yoghurt
  • Fish of the day $19.90
    • with olive and fennel salad on potato rosti
  • Mix pickle & Mango chutney $3.50
  • Mix Vegetable Curry (Dry) $8.90
    • Assorted vegetables spiced and tempered with cumin seeds.
  • Prawn Jalfrazi $13.00
    • Prawns cooked with juliennes of onion, tomato and capsicum tempered with pounded coriander and cumin seeds.
  • Paneer Jalfrazi $11.90
    • Cottage cheese cooked with juliennes of onion tomatoes and capsicum tempered with pounded coriander seeds.
  • Sago Vada $7.00
    • Deep fried balls of sago mixed with mildly spiced mashed potatoes served with yoghurt-coconut chutney.
  • Saag Paneer $11.90
    • Fresh Indus made cottage cheese cubes simmered in subtly spiced spinach gravy.
  • Fish Malabari $12.50
    • Fish pieces cooked with coconut gravy and tempered with mustard seeds & curry leaves.
  • Vegetable Pulao $14.00
    • Sautéed vegetables, dry fruits and nuts tempered with cumin seeds, cooked with Basmati rice, garnished with cashews. Popular rice dish with no gravy. Served with raita.
  • Bacon Fritter $2.50
  • Wonton $0.80
  • Half Chips $1.70
  • Spring Roll (Homemade) $2.50
  • Bluff Oyster (seasonal) N/A
  • Fish Burger $4.50
  • 10 pieces chicken nibbles & wings (free 1 chip) $11.00
  • Egg Foo Young $9.00
    • Egg and Fresh Vegetables
  • Chicken salad $16.00
  • S.L.A.T sandwich $16.00
    • Salmon, Lettuce, Avocado & Tomato
  • Smoked Salmon Bagel $16.00
  • Chicken Sandwich $16.00
  • Mediterranean Shakshuka $16.00
    • Poached eggs in our homemade tomato salsa- served with tahini and homemade pitta bread
  • Omelette (gf) $16.00
    • served with a side salad. 3 options of your choice: Onion, Cheese, Ham, Tomato, Mushroom, Capsicum, Beef.
  • B.L.A.T sandwich $16.00
    • Bacon, Lettuce, Avocado & Tomato
  • Homemade Muesli $12.00
    • With yogurt, honey & fresh fruit
  • Chole Bature (V) $10.00
    • Popular Punjabi dish. This dish is a combination of chana masala (spicy chick peas) and fried bread called bhature.
  • Samosa Chaat (V) on request $7.50
    • Samosas served with a combination of yogurt, chaat masala sev' green and sweet chutney and tamarind chutney.
  • Plain Paratha (V) $3.00
  • Potato Puff $3.00
    • Spiced creamy mashed potato wrapped in bread and baked to golden brown.
  • Chilli/Vegetable Pakoras (V) $1.00
    • Whole green chilli / shredded spinach/cabbage vegetable dipped in chick pea batter, deep fried and served with tamarind chutney
  • Medium Plate $12.50
    • Fill your plate from a selection of 2 curries, dhal soup, rice, puri, roast potatoes, halva. 2 salad choices, papadam and pickles.
  • Masala Dosa (V) $10.00
    • Delightfully crisp, golden coloured and paper thin pancakes made of a fermented rice and urad dal batter filled with curried spicy mesh potatoes.
  • Cheese Cake $6.50
    • Soft fresh cheese on a crust biscuit base with passionfruit topping.
  • ●Set Menu Vegetarian (Minimum 2 persons)
  • Ajwaini (Carom Seeds) Fish tikka $16.90
    • Fish of the day pieces Marinate with yogurt, carom seeds, ginger, garlic paste, and salt Roasted in tandoor
  • Raita $4.00
  • ●Chicken Cafreal
    • Chicken marinated in coriander, ginger, garlic, and mint, cooked in clay oven
  • Chilli Prawn Dry/Gravy $21.90
    • Marinated prawn deep fried and sautéed with onion, garlic, capsicum soy sauce and vinegar
  • Paneer Tikka Masala $ 17.90
    • Our home-made cottage cheese cooked with onion, tomato, herbs and spices
  • -Prawn $21.00
  • -6 $76.90
Cosa Nostra Italian Trattoria

Cosa Nostra Italian Trattoria

location

Address

324 Tinakori Road, Thorndon, Wellington, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand

phone

Phone

044733005‎

email

Email

None

clock

Opened hours

Monday: 5:00 – 11:00 PM, Tuesday: 5:00 – 11:00 PM, Wednesday: 5:00 – 11:00 PM, Thursday: 5:00 – 11:00 PM, Friday: 5:00 – 11:00 PM, Saturday: 5:00 – 11:00 PM, Sunday: 5:00 – 11:00 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 ,  Groups ,  Seating ,  Highchairs Available ,  Special Occasion Dining ,  Serves Alcohol ,  Dinner ,  Child-friendly ,  Full Bar

Location
324 Tinakori Road, Thorndon, Wellington, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand