Francesca's Italian Kitchen in Otago Menu

PASTA & MAINS PASTA & MAINS
  • 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
  • Jerusalem artichoke risotto, salted ricotta, artichoke crisps $26.00
  • Baked mushroom and ricotta stuffed pasta shells, tallegio, tomato sugo $28.00
CONTORNI CONTORNI
  • Marinated olives $10.00
  • Potato skins with truffle oil, porcini salt, pecorino $9.00
  • Garlic flat bread $8.00
  • Polenta fries with truffle aioli $9.00
  • Porchetta slider, fennel slaw $8.00
ANTIPASTI ANTIPASTI
  • Salumi plate, pickles, mustard fruits $16.00
  • Francesca’s Antipasti Board cured meats and Italian cheeses with sour dough $25.00
  • San Daniele prosciutto, buffalo mozzarella, basil and sourdough $18.00
INSALATA INSALATA
  • Baby cos lettuce, sherry vinaigrette $8.70
  • Blue cheese, pear and walnut salad $10.00
PRIMI PRIMI
  • Cloudy Bay clams, chilli, garlic, prosecco, black garlic butter sourdough $16.00
  • Kale salad, Apple, sultanas, walnuts, Parmesan and pangrattato $12.00
  • Ribbolita, cavolo Nero, grilled sourdough $12.00
  • Meatballs with tomato, chilli and Parmesan $14.00
  • House smoked salmon, fennel and orange salad, salsa verde $16.00
  • Wood roasted vegetables, buffalo yoghurt, spiced grains, white balsamic $14.00
  • Handmade Beetroot agnolotti with nut brown butter, poppy seeds and sage $18.00
  • Beef carpaccio, Parmesan, lemon aioli, capers, white anchovies $16.00
PIZZA PIZZA
  • Margherita $20.00
    • Mozzarella, tomato base, fresh basil
  • Napoletana $20.00
    • Tomato, anchovies, capers, black olives, mozzarella
  • Tartufo $23.00
    • Mushrooms, mozzarella, black truffle oil, parmesan
  • Quattro Formagi $24.00
    • Goats cheese, pecorino, taleggio, gorgonzola, fresh thyme
  • Pepperoni $25.00
    • 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
DOLCI DOLCI
  • 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 $10.00
    • Allpress espresso over vanilla ice cream With a shot of Frangelico $16

Nearby Sample Menus

  • Tonkotsu ramen
    • Pork broth soup based ramen
  • Served with a mung bean sprout, corn, dried seaweed, boiled egg and chashu
  • Chicken curry
  • Tuna sashimi
    • 6 Pcs (GF)
  • Unagi don
  • Egg chicken katsu don
  • Hikari green salad (V)
  • Soft shell crab karaage
  • Chocolate of the day $12.00
  • Lamb denverteg on parsnip skordaila, spinach + black olive tapenade $35.00
  • Spelt bakery breads + dips $12.00
  • Chicken + streaky bacon on olive polenta , spinach + tomato pesto $ 34.00
  • Chicken + streaky bacon on olive polenta , spinach + tomato pesto $ 34.00
  • Prime beef au-frites with red wine jus + salsa verde $36.00
  • Harbour fish of the day... $33.00
  • Affogato with strictly espresso + vanilla ice cream $12.00
  • Blue Cod on Rice $10.00
  • Squid and Vegetables $10.00
  • Steak Fried Noodle $9.00
  • Chicken and Vegetables $9.00
  • Roast Pork Egg Foo Young $10.00
  • Roast and Vegetables $10.00
  • Chicken Combination Satay $7.00
    • Grilled marinated chicken pieces on a bed of steamed rice and salad topped with our special peanut sauce
  • Roast Pork Fried Noodle $10.00
  • Sirloin steak w greens, onion rings, tomato, aioli, chimichurri $16.90
  • Salt and pepper squid salad w mango, crispy noodles, mandarin, coriander, chilli, lemon aioli, caramelised lime $14.90
  • -Add a bun $5.90
  • Salt & pepper squid, chicken yakitori, beef skewers, sticky bbq chicken shanks, smoked fish cakes, kranky, hoprocker battered fish bites, onion rings, green lipped mussels, char sui pork belly, devils on horseback, artisan breads, local cheeses $49.90
  • Smoked char siu duck crepes w pickled vegetables, chinese bbq sauce $19.90
  • Slaw & ranch $6.90
  • Chicken, panko crumbed w slaw, cheddar, smoked paprika aioli $16.90
  • Eight spiced porchetta, wasabi slaw, kumara bake, jus (GF) $19.90
  • 6 Onion Rings and Chips $5
  • Battered Sausage/Hot Dog-small $3
  • Gravy $2.50
  • Shark $5
  • 6 Onion Rings $3.50
  • Donut (Plain or Chocolate) $1.80
  • -large $4.50
  • Between 7am and 10am
  • French Toast $12.50
    • Served with your choice of banana, bacon, berry compóte and maple syrup
  • Mediterranean charcuterie platter $29.00
    • Jamon serrano reserva, duck liver pate, salami, toasted breads and crackers, hummus and chutney
  • Bircher muesli $7.00
    • Home made Bircher muesli Fresh fruit
  • Crumble $14.00
    • Peach and apricot crumble with pistachio crumb and Wanaka pure vanilla ice cream
  • Soft rolled omelette $15.50
    • Made with a choice of ham, cheddar cheese, tomato, Onions, mushrooms and peppers & served with grilled tomato
  • Chocoholic $15.00
    • Rich chocolate brownie, white chocolate sauce, dried raspberries and Wanaka pure roasted white chocolate and dark chocolate ice cream
  • Tasting Dessert Platter Small $18 / Large $36
    • Blueberry cheese cake, profiteroles, Baci di dame, macaron, dark chocolate cupcake, creme brulee, Chantilly and berry sorbet
  • Savannah rib eye 250g $35.00
    • Savannah Angus is beef grown on the lush green rolling hills of New Zealand. Purely fed on rich pastures, this marbling beef has rich flavours and sensational consistency. Discover the taste and know why this is New Zealand’s leading Angus beef. Served with shoestring fries, garden salad and your choice of Café de Paris butter, blue cheese or green peppercorn sauce
  • Fettuccini Carbonara $18.5
    • Bacon, onion, spring onion, garlic, egg & creamy white wine sauce
  • Roast Vegetable Salad $14.5 w/ Chicken $18.5
    • Warmed roast vegetables tossed through spinach & goats cheese with a balsamic dressing
  • Chicken Schnitzel Tenders $9
  • Chilli Prawns $25
    • Tiger prawns, spring onions, garlic, chilli, white wine sauce, basmati rice, garden salad
  • 2 course $13.50
    • choice of main meal with soup of the day or dessert option
  • T-bone 300g $30
    • 300g T-bone steak cooked to your liking served with your choice of sauce, chips & a fresh garden salad
  • Roast Pork with crackle $26
    • roast vegetables, steamed vegetables, gravy, sliced pork, apple sauce
  • Wedges $9
    • Sour cream, sweet chilli
  • Turkish eggs $16
    • Turkish eggs + soft poached eggs, spiced tomato, sumac yoghurt & toast
  • Sautded mushrooms $17
    • Sautded mushrooms + semi-dried tomatoes, coconut yoghurt. Sriracha on toast
  • Crispy Fish tacos $18
    • Crispy Fish tacos + tomato, red onion, chilli, corn, coriander, lime served with yoghurt & slaw
  • Thai beef salad $18
    • Thai beef salad + rice noodles, chilli, peanuts, fried shallots & Nam jim
  • House-made lamb burger $18
    • House-made lamb burger + beetroot relish, cheddar, tomato, salsa verde & fries
  • All day menu - until 2pm
  • Eggs Benedict $17
    • Eggs Benedict + Lime juice hollandaise, wilted spinach on English E muffin with bacon or hot smoked salmon
  • Crunchy fruit Granola $13
    • Crunchy fruit Granola + dates, apricots, honey drizzle & coconut
  • Smoked salmon & scrambled eggs $19.00
    • House-smoked Mt Cook salmon, scrambled free-range eggs, Tony’s roquette, toasted wholemeal sourdough
  • Homemade granola $15.00
    • The Spire homemade granola, either; Natural with milk and poached local berries OR Bircher style; soaked overnight in apple juice, with yoghurt & blackberry coulis
  • Smoked salmon salad $20.00
    • Our house-cured & smoked salmon, poached egg, witloof, capers, croutons
  • No5 Pastrami Sandwich $17.00
    • Our own pastrami: Angus brisket dry-cured, spice-rubbed and slowly hot- smoked; served on our hot freshly-baked bread with mustard, pickles & tomato
  • Crudites & dips $14.00
    • Crispy fresh vegetables with a selection of our homemade Mediterranean dips; babaganoush (eggplant), hummus (chickpea), dukkah (nut) & romesco (capsicum)
  • Saffron yoghurt $15.00
    • Natural yoghurt sweetened with Otago honey and Bannockburn saffron, local blackberry coulis, oat clusters
  • Toasted homemade breads $11.00
    • Selection of our white and wholemeal sourdough, brioche, butter, homemade jam
  • 2 free-range eggs (poached, fried or scrambled); House-cured free-range bacon; Homemade pork sausages $6.00
  • Home smoked salmon served with fresh green salad all $15.50
  • Blue Cod $32.50
    • Local blue cod fillets cooked either in a Speights beer batter or pan fried, served with fries and a fresh green salad.
  • Shared Platters $18.50/$32.00
    • A selection of toasted breads, gherkins, feta, sundried tomatoes, olives, chorizo, marinated mussels, prawns and in-house smoked salmon.
  • Breads - Balsamic reduction, olive oil and the spread of the day
  • Crumbed Sole with fries, salad and tartare sauce
  • Garlic Prawns $28.50
    • Black tiger prawns skewered and grilled with garlic butter, served in their shells with fries and a fresh green salad.
  • Steamed green lipped mussels tossed in a lemon, sage and caper butter served with toasted ciabatta
  • Risotto $26.50
    • Made to order using fresh seasonal vegetables.Please ask your waitstaff for today’s option.
  • Creamy leek & silverbeet $7.00
  • Vanilla crème brûlée, banana ice cream, banana textures $20.00
  • Chocolate cremeux, coconut sorbet, hazelnuts n/a
  • Poached free range duck egg, new season potatoes, asparagus, cranberry, parmesan n/a
  • Steamed greens, café de paris butter $7.00
  • 40° salmon, seared tuna, tempura soft shell crab, avocado mousse n/a
  • Market fish, clams, smoked parsnip purée, almonds, caper brown butter $39.00
  • Homegrown mixed leaf and herb salad $7.00
  • House-made fresh fettuccini pasta, roasted pumpkin, pecorino, pine nuts, chilli and garlic V 28
  • Parsley and parmesan crusted Lamb Rump, root vegetable, herb potato mash, basil, pesto & red wine jus 39
  • Market Fish or Stewart Island Salmon, sauce puttanesca, parmesan gnocchi, crispy capers 38
  • 200gm Angus pure eye fillet, Pommes dauphine, Brussel sprouts, béarnaise sauce 42
  • House smoked salmon rillettes, cured salmon, crostini, dill crème Fraiche, caviar 22
  • Sorbet and ice cream trio, lavender snow, passionfruit coulis, herbs GF 15
  • Venison Loin, smoked eggplant puree, mushrooms, beetroot, jus GF 43
  • Agria fries, truffle oil, parmesan, aioli Wakatipu Grill house salad Vegetable of the Day All 9
  • Wonton Noodle Soup
  • Chinese Braise Beed Noodle Soup
  • Lamb
  • Sweet Corn Chicken Soup
  • Vegetarian
  • Pork Bun
  • Chicken
  • Beef
  • Classic Caesar salad $19.00
    • Lettuce / tomato / poached egg / crouton / parmesan tuile
  • Crotin de Chavignol AOC (goat, soft, region de Loire)
  • Brie de Meaux (cow, soft, region de Meaux)
  • The Left Bank Burger $23.00
    • Bun / bacon / cheddar / lettuce / tomato / Boursin aioli
  • Winter medley vegetables(V) $9.00
    • Lemon butter / fresh herbs
  • Available with wine pairing
  • French Onion $16:00
    • Gruyere puff pastry crust
  • Bleue d'Auvergne (cow, soft, region Central Auvergne)
  • Gourmet potatoes $3.50
  • Double angus $37.00
    • 300g angus pure beef sirloin and an angus beef sausage served with mash potato, caramelised onions, fried egg and a beef jus
  • Apple pie $12.00
    • warm apple pie served with vanilla ice cream, cream and fresh fruit
  • Roasted vegetables $5.00
  • Pork spare ribs $13.50
    • tender pork spare ribs drizzled with a manuka smoked BBQ sauce
  • Stuffed capsicum $13.00
    • packed with cashews, herbs, leek and tomato and grilled with a smoked applewood cheddar cheese and topped with capsicum relish
  • Prawns and calamari $14.00
    • prawn cutlets and calamari sauteed in garlic butter, lime and sichuan pepper and served on a bed of wild and basmati rice
  • Gourmet ice cream $11.50
    • three flavours of gourmet ice cream served with whipped cream and fresh fruit
Francesca's Italian Kitchen

Francesca's Italian Kitchen

location

Address

93 Ardmore Street, Wanaka, Otago, 9305, New Zealand

phone

Phone

034435599

clock

Opened hours

Monday: 12:00 – 3:00 PM, 5:00 – 9:00 PM, Tuesday: 12:00 – 3:00 PM, 5:00 – 9:00 PM, Wednesday: 12:00 – 3:00 PM, 5:00 – 9:00 PM, Thursday: 12:00 – 3:00 PM, 5:00 – 9:00 PM, Friday: 12:00 – 3:00 PM, 5:00 – 9:00 PM, Saturday: 12:00 – 3:00 PM, 5:00 – 9:00 PM, Sunday: 12:00 – 3:00 PM, 5:00 – 9:00 PM
price range

Price

$10 - $20

type

Type

None

service level

Service

Table Service

cuisine

Cuisine

European , Gluten Free , Italian , Pizza , Vegan , Vegetarian

features

Features

Mastercard ,  Visa ,  Romantic ,  Wheelchair accessible ,  Reservations ,  Waitstaff ,  Takeout ,  Groups ,  Quick Bites ,  American Express ,  Lunch ,  Group Meal ,  Seating ,  Highchairs Available ,  Brunch ,  Street Parking ,  No Takeaway ,  Disabled Friendly ,  Special Occasion Dining ,  Serves Alcohol ,  Dinner ,  Child-friendly ,  Outdoor Seating ,  Full Bar

Location
93 Ardmore Street, Wanaka, Otago, 9305, New Zealand