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

Maison de Crepes Ltd (sample menu)
  • Beans /Mushrooms/Other Vege $2.00
  • Extra Egg $1.00
  • Cheese & free-range egg $8.50
  • Gelato/Sorbet with Crepe $3.00
  • Butter & Sugar $7.00
  • Orange Intense $10.00
    • (Dark or milk chocolate with fresh orange, almonds & orange sauce)
  • 3e Traditionals
  • Our savoury crepes are hand mixed the traditional French way with buckwheat flour from France.
Bessie (sample menu)
  • Sirloin 300g $33
  • Pork Jowl Croquettes $15
    • Brunt Apple, Radish
  • Manuka Smoked Egg $21.5
    • Onion Veloute, Bacon, Truffle, Mushroom
  • Cod Lettuce $12
    • Pea Shoots, Radish, Buttermilk Dressing
  • Potato Skins, Black Pepper Sour Cream, Pickles Onion, Dill $10
  • Specially Cuts-Dry Aged $55
    • aged rib eye on the bone 500g
  • Eye Fillet 200g $29
  • Beef Intercostals 350g $26
Daphnes Restaurant (sample menu)
  • Shredded Hot and Spicy Beef $16.00
  • Venison with Spring Onion and Ginger $28.00
  • Stir Fried Tripe with Spring Onion $18.00
  • Crayfish in Broth POA
  • Deep Fried Garlic Pork Sparerib $16.00
  • Si Chun Style Mung Bean Jelly Salad $6.00
  • Shredded Pork with Dry Tofu $16.00
  • Beef with Seasonal Vegetables $16.00
North Road Fish and Chips (sample menu)
  • Awesomeness in a burger! Egg, meat pattie, onion, tomato, lettuce, beetroot & tomato sauce $5.50
  • Cheese Burger $4.50
  • Curry & Rice Rolls $2.50
  • Fish Burger $5.00
    • Battered hoki fillet, lettuce, onion and tartare sauce. Fish lovers, this is the burger for you!!!
  • Battered Red Cod / Battered Sole / Battered Blue Cod (Chatham Island) Please ask
  • Battered Sausage / Hotdog with Sauce $2.50
  • Our Regular Fish Hoki $2.70
  • 12 Fish Bites / 8 Potato Fritters / 2 Hotdogs / 2 Donuts / 2 Scoops of Chips $22.00
Coaster's Tavern (sample menu)
  • Rump steak (GF) $12.50
    • With seasonal vegetables and mash or salad and fries
  • Chicken nuggets $12.50
    • Served with fries
  • Bangers & mash (GF) $17.50
    • With peas and roasted tomato served with a rich brown gravy
  • Mini hot dogs $12.50
    • Served with fries
  • Flamed garlic and peri peri prawns (GF) $16
  • Warm sour dough loaf $7
    • Served with Garlic Butter
  • Roast of the day(GF) $17.50
    • Roast potato, pumpkin, kumara 
and seasonal vegetables topped with a rich brown gravy
  • Hickory smoked pork ribs (GF) $25
    • With golden fries and rustic slaw
Grampian Fish & Chips (sample menu)
  • Plain Sausages $2.20
  • Fish $2.60
  • -1/2 Scoops $1.70
  • Pineapple Rings $2.00
  • Plain Donuts $2.20
  • Mussels (Dozen) $10.00
  • Chocolate Donuts $2.20
  • Apple Turnover $2.00
Piccolo Ristorante Italiano (sample menu)
  • Settembre M $16 L $21
    • Olives, Capers & Anchovy
  • Spaghetti Marinara $20
    • A mixture of seafood cooked to perfection in our tomato sauce
  • Novembre M $16 L $21
    • Mushroom, Capsicum & Onions
  • Maggio M $15 L $19
    • Ham & Pineapple
  • Rigatoni Mafiosi Special $20
    • Short tube pasta topped with tomato, mushrooms, olives & chili
  • Piccolo M $17 L $24
    • Mushroom, Pineapple, Capsicum, Onion, Olives
  • Gennaio M $15 L $19
    • Bacon
  • Aprile M $15 L $19
    • Ham & Egg
Chang Thai (sample menu)
  • Vegetarian $18.90
  • Includes:
    • Corkage for B.Y.O, Combination Entree, Choice of 3 or more Main Courses
  • Tom Yum
    • The Thai's favourite soup. An invigorating hot and sour soup flavoured with lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves, chilli and mushrooms.
  • Vegetarian $20.90
  • Chicken, Pork, Beef, or Vegetarian and Tofu $11.00
  • Prawns or Lamb $22.90
  • Sweet and Sour
  • Prawns or Lamb $22.90
Curry Junction (sample menu)
  • Prawn Schezwan $16.50
    • Prawns battered in corn flour, bakers flour, eggs and cooked with Chef's special sauce
  • Chicken/Lamb Jalfrezi $14.90
    • Boneless chicken or lamb cooked with coriander, capsicum, crushed garlic and thick onion and tomato gravy
  • Chicken Schezwan $14.90
    • Tender chicken pieces battered in corn flour, bakers flour, eggs and cooked with Chef’s special sauce
  • Lamb/Beef Masala $14.90
    • Tender pieces of lamb or beef cooked in a special tandoori sauce flavoured with Indian herbs and spices along with onion, tomato and capsicum
  • Prawns Kadhai $16.50
    • Prawns cooked with capsicum, chillies in a thick onion and tomato gravy, garnished with fresh coriander
  • Murg Malai Kebab $10.00
    • Chicken battered in cashew paste & cream cheese with chickpea, flour curd and cooked tandoori
  • Chilli Chicken $14.90
    • Tender chicken pieces battered and fried, then cooked with diced capsicum, onion, coriander, ginger, garlic and aromatic spices
  • Kheema Naan $4.50
    • Naan bread stuffed with spiced lamb mince
J-Bings (sample menu)
  • All Bings are served in a freshly made Chinese style crepe cooked in scrambled egg and black sesame seeds.
  • Chicken Cheese BBQ Bacon Bing $11.90
    • Marinated Chicken, Bacon, Cheese, Mixed Salad, Crispy Wonton Paper, BBQ Sauce and Mayo
  • Original Bing $7.90
    • Mixed Salad, Crispy Wonton Paper, Hoisin Sauce and Mayo
  • Beef Bing $9.90
    • Bee, Mixed Salad, Crispy Wonton Papers, Hoisin Sauce and Mayo
  • Bingo $12.90
    • Tender Slow Cooked Pork, Marinated Chicken, Bacon, Mixed Salad, Crispy Wonton Paper, Hoisin Sauce and Mayo
  • Pork Bing $9.90
    • Tender Slow Cooked Pork, Mixed Salad, Crispy Wonton Paper, Hoisin Sauce and Mayo
  • Chicken Bing $9.90
    • Marinated Chicken, Mixed Salad, Crispy Wonton Paper, Hoisin Sauce and Mayo
Sushi Express (sample menu)
  • VEGETARIAN
    • a vegetarian and vegan's delight the goodness of pickle cucumber avocado red pepper and carrot are all rolled unto one GF
  • CHICKEN COMBO
    • teriyaki chicken is topped off with spring onion mayo sweet chili and chili mayo sauces
  • FRESH SALMON
    • NZ finest King Salmon from the Marlborough Sounds in rolled up with avocado to give you a real Omega 3 hit GF
  • FRESH SALMON
    • NZ finest King Salmon from the Marlborough Sounds in rolled up with avocado to give you a real Omega 3 hit GF
  • FIVE PIECES NIGIRI
    • nigiri slices of fresh salmon are placed on beds of rice GF
  • TERIYAKI CHICKEN
    • avocado and red pepper accompanies our tasty teriyaki chicken with a spread of mayo
  • CHICKEN SUPREME
    • mayo and katsu sauce is drizzled over teriyaki chicken to create this sauce number
  • TUNA
    • flaked tuna is mixed with spring onion mayo and is topped off with avocado GF
Sockburn Bakery (sample menu)
  • Steak, Onion & Tomato
  • Lamb Pie
  • Stuff Sausage $2.20
  • Steak & Pepper
  • Steak, Cheese 7 Bacon
  • Bacon Egg & Cheese
  • Mince & Cheese
  • Steak Pie
The Crema Cafe (sample menu)
  • Vegetarian $6.00
    • Onion, tomato, mushroom, cheese
  • Smoked salmon & cream cheese $8.50
  • Eggs benedict $16.00
    • Salmon, bacon or mushrooms on toasted ciabatta with hollandaise sauce
  • Pesto & cheese $7.00
  • Eggs on toast $9.00
    • Poached, scrambled or fried served on multigrain toast
  • BLT $7.00
    • Bacon, lettuce, tomato, mayonnaise
  • Big breakfast $18.00
    • Bacon, eggs, hash browns, tomatoes, mushrooms, sausages & baked beans served on ciabatta
  • Cinnamon porridge Topped with apricots, brown sugar & cream
Ditto Cafe (sample menu)
  • fluffy can be replaced with small orange juice
  • yoghurt can be replaced with small
  • -yogurt
  • chocolate, strawberry or caramel server with cream & nuts $7.50
  • served with toast $7.00
  • bag of chips L $5.5 / S $4
  • salmon & cream cheese
  • Combo#1 $3.80
Beauvais Cafe (sample menu)
  • Thai Style Seafood with Rice $30.50
    • Pan fried fish of the day, prawns, mussels, squids, with a Thai coconut cream sauce and rice
  • Fries $6.50
  • Stuffed Mushrooms $10.50
  • Fries with Aioli Sauce $6.50
  • - Tomato and mozzarella $7.50
  • Desserts are available in the display cabinet by the cashier counter.
  • Pesto $2.50
  • Jumbo Beef Burger $19.50
    • Succulent beef pattie topped with cheese, bacon, egg, relish, tomato, onion and salad served with chips.
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
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