Leonardo's Pure Italian in Rotorua Menu

ANTIPASTI - APPETIZER ANTIPASTI - APPETIZER
  • Selezione di Pane – Bread Selection $15.50
    • Today’s selection of freshly made breads and dips
  • Bruschetta (brew-sket-ta) – Bruschetta selection $16.50
    • Tomato, salsa verde, chicken liver pate’ and Tapenade
  • Zuppa di cipolle (chee-pol-le) Toscana – Onion soup $11.00
    • The Real and original Onion soup “Did you know… the onion soup was born originally in Florence: Caterina de’ Medici imported to the court of France”
  • Minestrone Soup $11.00
    • My minestrone soup is loaded with good for you veggies and beef stock
  • Antipasto Toscano – Tuscany Appetizer $25.00
    • A classic from Italy, Leonardo’s pick of Bruschetta, cured meats and Olives
  • Insalata Italiana – Italian Salad $18.00
    • Lettuce, fresh tomato, mozzarella, olives, capers, olive oil, a drizzle of balsamic and lots of love
  • Add prosciutto $4.00
  • Impepata di cozze – Steamed new Zealand, green lips mussels $19.50
    • ½ kilo of mussels steamed in a peppery white wine sauce and toasted ciabatta bread
  • Gamberoni Arrosto – Grilled prawns $24.50
    • Marinated prawns in fresh herbs, chilli, olive oil and served with freshly baked focaccia
PASTA PASTA
  • Tagliatelle (Ta-ya-tel-le) alla Carbonara – “Carbonara’s” Tagliatelle $23.00
    • Fresh egg, diced pancetta, provolone cheese, garlic and a sprinkle of crushed pepper, so simple but so delicious
  • Tagliolini all’ Amatriciana AKA Tagliolini alla Matriciana $23.00
    • Fresh diced pancetta (tradition prefers Guanciale, cured cheek), tomato base, fresh chilli topped with pecorino cheese
  • Gnocchi alla Sorrentina – Gnocchi Sorrento’s Style $23.50
    • Gnocchi alla Sorrentina is a pasta dish made in the Sorrento style, with a tomato base, onion garlic, fresh mozzarella and fresh basil, garnished with homemade pesto
  • Pappardelle Col ragu di Cinghiale – Wild Boar Pappardelle $23.50
    • Meltingly tender wild boar, stewed in rich tomato and red wine sauce. Like mama used to make
  • Spaghetti al profumo di mare –Pasta with fresh mussels, and anchovies $24.50
    • Transport yourself to the shores of the Adriatic Sea with this pasta dish brimming with fresh mussels and anchovies, fresh tomato base and Italian capers plus a selection of fresh seafood that changes every day
  • Lasagna alla bolognese – Classic Lasagna lasagna $23.50
    • Bolognese sauce, known in Italian as ragù alla bolognese, is a meat-based sauce originating from Bologna, Italy
  • Risotto of the day – please see the specials for tonight n/a
  • Filled pasta of the day – please see the specials for tonight n/a
PORTATA PRINCIPALE - MAINS PORTATA PRINCIPALE - MAINS
  • Filetto di manzo – Eye Fillet Steak $17.50/100g
    • The classic “Florence’s” steak, cooked as you like and served with roasted potato, mixed roasted vegetables and your choice of Creamy Mushroom Sauce or pepper Sauce
  • Ossobuco alla Milanese – Milan’s Style Veal Ossobuco $33.50
    • It is a Milanese speciality of cross-cut Veal shank braised with vegetables, wine and Broth. Served on a bed of saffron risotto
  • Pollo alla diavola – Hell’s Chicken $38.50
    • It is a whole baby chicken, that has marinated all day in olive oil, fresh herbs and fresh chilli. Please ask for a milder solution. Served with roasted potato and rocket salad
  • Scamone di agnello (Ah-nye-lo) al forno – Oven roasted lamb rump $38.50
    • The rump is butterflied and then stuffed with prosciutto, baby spinach and Italian herbs and served with roasted potato and vegetables. Served Medium Rare, please advise for any change on the cooking time
  • Porchetta –pork belly, porchetta style $33.50
    • Roasted pork belly served with braised potatoes and topped with an agro dolce sauce (sweet and sour). A Tuscan delight, from Maremma Region, anciently renowned for the massive presence of wild pigs
  • Pesce del Giorno – Fish of the day, please see the specials for tonight n/a
DESSERTS DESSERTS
  • Tiramisù $12.50
    • Doesn’t get any more traditional than this
  • Panna cotta $12.50
    • Served with vanilla and raspberry compote
  • Creme caramel $12.50
    • Baked custard served with almond brittle
  • Cannoli alla siciliana $13.50
    • Classic recipe from south of Italy, filled with ricotta, chocolate and pistachios
  • Baked cheese cake $13.00
    • Ricotta and mascarpone, served with raspberry coulis
  • Limoncello tart $17.50
    • Nonna’s traditional recipe, served with limoncello shot
  • Cheese selection $15.00/$23.50
    • Today’s choice of gourmet cheese ( 1 serving/2 servings)

Nearby Sample Menus

  • The Fat Dog Works $18.30
    • Bacon, eggs, hash browns, sausage, tomato, chunky toast
  • Panfried Tarakihi Fillets $28.00
    • Panfried tarakihi fillets on crushed new potatoes, fat dog homemade piccalilli with fresh rocket
  • Chicken Caesar Salad $20.50 / S $14.90
    • Cos lettuce, bacon, poached egg, croutons, parmesan cheese, fat dog caesar dressing and grilled chicken
  • Breads & Dips $13.20
    • Assorted breads served with hummus, basil pesto and sundried tomatoes and olive chutney
  • Hotdog & Chips / Hawaiian Pizza & Chips $10.50
  • Baked Beans $13.20
    • Baked beans served with chunky toast and hash browns
  • Brandy Snap Basket $13.20
    • Brandy snap basket with vanilla ice cream and seasonal berry coulis
  • Fettuccine $19.40 / S $13.90
    • Fat Dog Style bacon and mushroom fettuccine
  • Scoop chips (per person) $2.40
  • Spring roll, curry roll $2.50
  • Shrimp $13.50
  • Rissole battered $1.80
  • Chicken $12.50
  • Pineapple fritter $1.50
  • Banana fritter $2.00
  • King prawn $16.00
  • Cheesecake (baked daily) N/A
  • Scilian Tomato Pasta Sauce served on Pasta N/A
  • Pumpkin, Pinenut and Lamb Wrap with Side Salad N/A
  • Pumpkin and Battered Aubergine Stack Roasted Pumpkin and Battered Aubergine Stack, with a Walnut and Ricotta Topping. Red Onion Compote and Parsnip Crisps N/A
  • Chocolate Brownie N/A
  • Pear, Bacon and Blue Cheese Salad N/A
  • Sticky Date Puddings N/A
  • Lamb and Kumara Wrap with Side Salad N/A
  • C8 Hot sizzling chicken
  • N1 Steam egg jelly with pork mince
  • C25 Chinese style steamed egg jelly with prawns
  • L5 Rice noodle soup with 3 delicious (chicken, man-made crab meat & luncheon meat)
  • D1 Sliced beef in thick spicy tongue-numbing sauce
  • M3 Lamb fried Rice
  • A5 Pig's tripe in delicious spicy tongue-numbing sauce
  • B3 Stir fry striped pork with Yu-Shiang sauce(sweet, sour & spicy taste)
  • Soup of the Day $13.00
    • Please ask for Today's choice, served with bread
  • Recommendation Rack of Lamb $28.00
    • Served with Gourmet potatoes and seasonal salad
  • Seafood Chowder $15.00
    • Delicately combined seafood chunks in a creamy sauce, served with bread
  • Cheeseboard Selection $17.00
    • A selection of New Zealand cheeses, crackers, nuts and dry fruits
  • Aorangi Peak Scotch Fillet Steak $22.00
    • Served with Gourmet potatoes and seasonal salad
  • Fish Fillet of the Day $22.00
    • Pan fried fillet fish Pinot Noir and Pinot Gris sauce
  • Garlic Breads $8.00
    • Aorangi Peak original garlic breads
  • Muffin or Scone $5.00
    • Served with jam, cream, and butter
  • Italian B.M.T N/A
  • M&M N/A
  • Italian Dressing N/A
  • Thinly Cut Sour Cream & Chives N/A
  • Ham, Egg and Cheese N/A
  • Honey Oat N/A
  • Chicken Classic N/A
  • Sweet Chilli N/A
  • SAUSAGE ROLLS $4.00
  • MINI MINCE PIE $2.50
  • MINI QUICHE $3.50
  • GF BEEF LASAGNE $12.50
  • VEGETABLE BRUNCH $4.00
  • BACON SPINACH & FETA QUICHE $12.50
  • CIABATTA $8.50
  • CHEESE CAKES $5.00
  • Beef Nacho’s (Large/Small) $ 15.00/$ 12.00
    • Homemade Chilly Eleef served with Sour Cream
  • Chicken & Mushroom Fettuccine $ 20.00
    • Rich creamy white wine sauce with chunks of chicken & mushrooms
  • Seafood Chowder $ 12.00
    • Mixture of seafood in a rich white sauce served with toasted focaccia bread
  • Cheese Platter $ 25.00
    • Fine selection of Cheeses, Crackers & Eggplant chutney
  • Scotch Fillet Steak 250g $ 25.00
    • Cooked to your liking served with mash potato and peas with a choice of garlic butter or mushroom sauce
  • Fettuccine $ 20.00
    • Sauteed seasonal vegetables in a garlic, basil pesto sauce
  • Fried Platter $ 20.00
    • Chicken nuggets, Fish Bites, Samosa, Spring Rolls Tartare & Sweet Thai Chilli Sauce
  • Crumbed Prawns $ 12.00
    • Sweet Thai Chili, Garlic Mayo or Wasabi Mayo. Served with Sweet Thai Chili or Tartare sauce
  • Hawaiian S $8 / L $15
    • Champagne Ham & Fresh Pineapple.
  • Caeser Salad $15.00
    • Crispy Bacon, Parmesan, Cos Lettuce, Croutons, Caeser Dressing.
  • Marguerita S $8 / L $15
    • Napolese Sauce. Parmesan, Fresh Tomato And Mozarella Cheese.
  • Nicoise Salad $15.00
    • Tuna, Olives, Feta, Egg, Mesculin Leaves & Italian Dressing.
  • Shrimp & Smoked Salmon S $11 / L $21
    • Shrimp, Smk Salmon, Bacon,Olives, Tomatoes, Capers And Pesto.
  • Gluten Free $3 Per Base
    • Medium Size Choose Any Of Our Styles Of Pizza To Go On Top.
  • Quick Start $9.00
    • Bacon, Eggs & Ciabatta Toast .
  • Veggie Delight $14.00
    • Roasted Mushrooms, Tomatoes, Hash Browns, Spinach, Eggs & Ciabatta Toast.
  • Garlic cheese bread $4.50
  • SAUCES
    • Mayonnaise, Spicy Lemon, Garlic Yoghurt, Tomato Relish, Hot Chilli, Mint, BBQ Sauce, Hummus, Sweet Chilli, Tahini, Garlic Mayo, Apricot, Satay, Plum
  • Lamb $ 9.50
  • Salad $16.00
    • Enjoy fresh salad vegetables served with your choice of lamb, chicken, or falafel and any 3 sauces. As well as Ali Baba’s warm garlic and olive oil dressing. You can also choose to have olives, capers, Jalapeños, and capsicum on top of your salad
  • Ala-Tunisia $16.00
    • A mouth-watering mixture of bearnaise pesto blended with homemade spices and your choice of lamb, chicken, or falafel. Served with fresh salad
  • Arabian $18.00
    • Spinach, mushroom, onions, capsicum, cream cheese, olives, chicken, topped with sweet chili
  • Berber $16.00
    • Your choice of lamb, chicken, or falafel cooked with spinach, mushrooms, and onions in a tomato cream sauce flavored with a delicious blend of Berber spices served with rice, accompanied by a fresh side salad
  • Chicken $10.00
  • Smoked Chicken Sandwich $15.50
    • With brie and salad on garlic tossed ciabatta pocket with fries and aioli
  • Skin-On Snapper $32.00
    • Pan-fried, set over Mediterranean vegetables with fresh caper cream sauce
  • Pumpkin & Garlic $5.50
  • Bacon & Mushroom Linguini $18.50
    • In a creamy sauce with shaved parmesan
  • Creamy Seafood Chowder $10.50
  • - Smoked Salmon & Wilted Spinach $17.50
  • Creamy Mushrooms $5.50
  • - Manuka Smoked Bacon $16.50
  • Thursday Curry $7.00/$9.00
  • Tuesday Chop Suey $7.00/$9.00
  • 24B Burger $16.00
  • Wednesday Stew $7.00/$9.00
  • Friday Boil up $12.00
  • Bacon & Egg on Toast $8.00
  • Add Chips and can drink $4.00
  • Hamburger $6.00
  • Fish Masala $18.50
    • fish pieces cooked in onion tomato gravy with spices
  • Daal Makhni $13.50
    • A harmonious combination of lentil cooked with butter and cream
  • Chilli Paneer $13.50
    • Cubeb cottage cheese dipped in gram flour batter and fried then finished with fresh capsicum, onions with dash of hot chilli sauce
  • Chicken Tikka $16.5 / $10.5
    • Boneless chicken lightly spiced and rolled on skewers and roasted in tandoor
  • Peshwari Naan $5.00
    • Naan stuffed with chopped fruit and nuts
  • Chicken Jalfrazi $15.50
    • Cooked with juliennes of onion, tomato & capsicum tempered with pounded coriander and cumin seeds
  • Chicken Tikka Masala $15.50
    • Boneless tandoori chicken tikka cooked with onion & capsicum in a tomato based semi thick gravy
  • Saag Chicken $15.50
    • Boneless chicken cooked with spinach and onion gravy garnished with ginger
  • Cabonara N/A
  • Rice N/A
  • Fish and Chips N/A
  • Bimbimpap N/A
  • Egg N/A
  • Homemade Patties N/A
  • Steamed Mussels N/A
  • Seafood Gratin N/A
  • Chicken Aloo - Lightly spiced chicken with crisp seasonal vegetables, and aromatic spices $15.50
  • Onion Bhajees - Light crispy fritters served with tamarind chutney (6 bhajees) $6.50
  • Chutney and Pickles - Mango Chutney and Pickle (Price is per item) $2.50
  • Garlic Naan - Leavened bread with a good sprinkling of crushed garlic $3.50
  • Mango Chicken - An exotic curry with tender chicken in a subtle creamy sauce $15.50
  • Palace Platter - A tempting selection of entrees – 2 Samosas, 2 Bhajees, 2 Pakora & 2 Chicken Tikka, 2 Reshmi Kebab served with chutney $15.00
  • Prawn Saagwala - Prawns cooked with spinach, tomatoes, garlic and spices $19.90
  • Cheese & Garlic Naan - Leavened bread with a generous sprinkling of crushed garlic & cottage cheese stuffing $6.00
Leonardo's Pure Italian

Leonardo's Pure Italian

location

Address

1099 Tutanekai Street, Rotorua, Bay Of Plenty, 3010, New Zealand

phone

Phone

073477084

clock

Opened hours

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

Price

$20 - $30

type

Type

None

service level

Service

Table Service

cuisine

Cuisine

Gluten Free , Health Food , Italian , Vegan , Vegetarian

features

Features

Mastercard ,  Visa ,  Romantic ,  Wheelchair accessible ,  Business meetings ,  Reservations ,  After-hours ,  Waitstaff ,  Cash ,  Groups ,  American Express ,  Lunch ,  Seating ,  Highchairs Available ,  No Takeaway ,  Free Wifi ,  Digital Payments ,  Special Occasion Dining ,  Serves Alcohol ,  Dinner ,  Child-friendly ,  Outdoor Seating ,  Full Bar

Location
1099 Tutanekai Street, Rotorua, Bay Of Plenty, 3010, New Zealand