Sasso in Queenstown Menu

TRUST THE KITCHEN TRUST THE KITCHEN
  • Leave your taste decisions up to our chefs and enjoy being surprised with a three or five course meal. Using seasonal ingredients and presented in a European style with a modern twist, a divine and unforgettable experience you won’t forget. $65 / $85
    • Three course menu / Five course menu
SMALL STARTERS SMALL STARTERS
  • House Baked Sourdough & Salted Butter $9
  • House Marinated Spiced Olives $8
  • Goat Cheese Beignets with Red Onion Marmalade, Mint & Fresh Greens $13
  • Prime NZ Beef Tartar with Anchovy Aioli, Capers, Shallots & Crispy Potato $15
  • Beetroot Cured Salmon served with Caviar, Lemon Purée, Salmon Mousse & Pickled Beetroot $16
ENTREES ENTREES
  • Baked Ricotta Cheese, Honey Roast Pumpkin, Prosciutto, Chilli & Croutons $21
  • Glazed Pork Belly with a Caramelised Brussel Sprout Salad, Fresh Pear, Walnuts & Sherry Vinaigrette $23
  • Celeriac & Apple Soup with Seared Scallops, Pancetta, Roasted Almonds & Local Olive Oil $25
  • Steamed Littleneck Clams, with Bacon, Parsley, Garlic Butter, & Sourdough Crostini $19
PASTA AND GRAINS PASTA AND GRAINS
  • House made Squid Ink Gnocchi with Mussels, Prawns, Chilli & Spinach in a Shellfish Bisque $30
  • Wholemeal Pappardelle in a Braised Rabbit Ragu, Oyster Mushrooms, Silverbeet & Rosemary $30
  • Carnaroli Risotto with Butternut Squash & Black Truffle, finished with Sage Brown Butter, Hazelnuts & Mt Rosa Parmesan $30
  • Mushroom & Mozzarella Pizza, finished with Crème Fraìche, Thyme & Pinenuts $25
  • Pizza of the Day, Today’s Preparation $25
MAIN MAIN
  • Peppercorn Rubbed Venison Loin with a Swede, Kumara & Confit Garlic Tart, Wild Rice & Juniper Jus $39
  • Pan Seared Duck Breast & Confit Leg with Roast Cauliflower, Lentils & Raisins, Natural Jus $39
  • Chargrilled Angus Ribeye with Sautéed Cavalo Nero, Parsnip Cream, Pickled Mushrooms & Dried Olives $39
  • Market Fish, Today’s Preparation $37
SIDES SIDES
  • Roasted Agria Potatoes, Parsley Pesto & Pecorino Cheese $9
  • Mixed Leaf Salad with Red Onions, Pickled Carrots, Radish & Sweet Mustard Dressing $9
  • Steamed Broccoli with Chilli & Garlic $10

Nearby Sample Menus

  • Crumbed Calamari with Ferg's wasabi mayonnaise (½ dozen / dozen) $5.00 / $9.00
  • Fergburger w/ cheese $12.00
    • Cheddar
  • Mr Big Stuff $16.00
    • 1/2 lb of prime New Zealand beef topped with melted cheddar cheese, American streaky bacon & bbq sauce, lettuce, tomato, red onion & aioli
  • Southern Swine $12.50
    • Prime New Zealand beef American streaky bacon, lettuce, tomato, red onion, avocado, aioli & tomato relish.
  • Fries with your choice of sauce: $4.50
    • Sauces: aioli, wasabi mayonnaise, tomato, barbeque or sweet chilli
  • Homemade onion rings with aioli sauce $5.50
  • Chief Wiggum $14.50
    • Slow roasted New Zealand pork belly, lettuce, tomato, red onion, hash brown, with aioli and a delicious apricot seeded mustard.
  • Holier than Thou $11.50
    • Tempured tofu with a spicy satay, coconut and coriander sauce, lettuce, tomato, red onion, cucumber, snowpea shoots & aioli.
  • House sorbets N/A
    • selection of chef's favourites
  • Snapper N/A
    • asparagus, velouté, citrus salad
  • Kumara N/A
    • black garlic butter, spring herbs, grains
  • Native freshwater crayfish "koura" N/A
    • horopito aioli, watercress
  • Local beets N/A
    • buffalo cream, asparagus, pickled onions, walnuts
  • Sides N/A
    • Local asparagus, juice, butter
  • House charcuterie board N/A
    • a selection of cured meats from the cellar
  • Cheese N/A
    • Whitestone Lindis Pass brie,Cow, New Zealand, Whitestone Totara tasty aged cheddar, Cow, New Zealand, Kikorangi blue, Cow, New Zealand, Barry's Bay aged gouda, Cow, New Zealand, Barry's Bay Wainui special cheddar, Cow, New Zealand, Ramara, Cow, New Zealand, Manchego, Sheep, Spain
  • BANGERS & MASH $16.50
    • Old man Winter is here, and that means it’s time for two beautiful sausages, creamy mashed potato, plenty of cider gravy, crisp peas, a slice of garlic toasted ciabatta, and a grilled BBQ tomato
  • BIG F.A.T. BELLY $27.00
    • marinated, slow roasted pork belly, served up with creamy mash, potato, roast pumpkin, butter-sautéed market veg, and finished with cider jus and mango peach chutney,
  • HAM & MUSHROOM CHICKEN SNITZEL $23.00
    • Herb crusted breast of chicken, smothered in a ham, mushroom, and basil pesto infused cream cheese, topped with mozzarella & baked until bubbly. Served over chunky garlic herb potato, sautéed broccoli, and whatever else we pulled out of Jeff’s garden this morning
  • CAJUN FISH & PRAWN SALAD $22.00
    • This salad has been with us from the start—for good reason: Pan fried Cajun-dusted fish and battered chilli prawns resting on a bed of salad goodies, avocado salsa, baby spinach, mung beans, cucumber, tomato, mandarins, crisp tortilla noodles, drizzled with our awesome Italian dressing and finished with aioli & mango coriander chutney
  • BEEF BURGER $19.00
    • This towering monstrosity of a burger is a jaw-dropper – 100% beef patty, thick-cut cheddar, streaky bacon, fried egg, tomato relish, stacked up on lettuce, salad goodies, tomato, house pickles, aioli. Served in a gourmet toasted garlic bun with fries, Tommy, and a crisp onion ring
  • BAKED PARMESAN BLUE COD $28.00
    • This is a twist on one of Mike’s mother’s recipes: Blue cod fillets smothered in a creamy parmesan and spring onion spread, baked until bubbly and golden, served with roasted garlic herb potatoes, pan fried market vegetables, and finished with slivers of red pepper
  • CHICKEN WRAP $18.50
    • Our wraps are legend here at the FAT, and with good reason, lettuce and salad goodies, avocado salsa, house-cured BBQ pickles, aioli and sweet chilli, wrapped up in a crisp, cheesytortilla with crisp crumbled strips of chicken, And because we love you, we’ll add fries, Tommy, and sour cream on the side >>
  • CLASSIC CHICKEN PARM $20.00
    • The locals would riot if we took this off the menu. Butterflied breast of chicken, coated in our super-crispy secret coating, smothered in our house made tomato relish, topped with cheese and baked until ooey-gooey. Served with steak fries, and a crisp garden side salad
  • Fried Fish $15.00
    • Cucumber, coriander, tartare sauce
  • Smiths Burger $18.00
    • Homemade sous vide beef pattie, with bacon, jalapenos, lettuce, tomato, onions and cheese
  • BBQ Pulled Pork Burger $18.00
    • Slow roasted pork, bacon, jalapenos with chilli coleslaw
  • Jen's Vegan Burger $18.00
    • Kumara pattie, romesco vegetables, lettuce, tomato, red onion, pesto. Add cheese for our friendly vegetarians.
  • Smiths $25.00
    • Pepperoni, bacon, mince beef, olives, mushrooms, caramelized onions, jalapeños and topped with our spicy aioli
  • Mountain Hot Wings $18.00
    • 1 KG of hot wings served with home made ranch dip
  • Powder Keg Chicken Burger $18.00
    • Spicy “Powder Keg” crumbed chicken breast, bacon, cole slaw, tomato, onion, mesclun
  • Veggie $20.00
    • Fresh tomato, onion, capsicum, mushrooms, olives and jalapeños
  • CAESAR SALAD $12.5 add chicken $5
    • cos lettuce, croutons, parmesan, bacon bits, egg, traditional creamy dressing
  • GARLIC FLATBREAD $7.5
    • smothered in garlic butter & roast garlic
  • POLLO MED $23.95 LARGE $31.95
    • smoked chicken, brie, spring onion, cranberry sauce
  • CURLY FRIES $7.5
    • probably the best potato fries you will ever eat!
  • JALAPEÑO POPPERS $11.5
    • cheese stuffed croquettes w spicy salsa dip
  • CARBONARA $20
    • smoked chicken in a white wine cream sauce w sauteed shallots, bacon & mushrooms finished w parmesan
  • SALT & PEPPER CALAMARI $10.5
    • flash fried w aioli dip
  • SWEET CHILLI MED $23.95 LARGE $31.95
    • smoked chicken, coriander, peppers, chilli flakes, sour cream & sweet chilli sauce
  • Homemade Muesli $8.50
    • Sweet toasted oats, nuts and raisins topped with natural yoghurt and sliced banana
  • chicken Parmigiana $20.00
    • Crumbled chicken breast grilled wth slow cooked tomato sauce, bacon and cheese served with fries
  • Breakie Roll $12.00
    • Streaky bacon, hash brown, omelette style eggs and tomato relish served on a Turkish roll with hollandaise sauce, and a choice of tea, coffee or juice - available for takeaway if you're on the go
  • Bangers n' Mash $14.00
    • 2 of Arrowtown Butchery's beef and black pepper sausages served with creamy mashed potatoes, buttered peas and topped with onion gravy
  • Poutine $10.00
    • Chips melted cheese and gravy canadian style
  • Falafel wrap $14.00
    • Cumin spiced falafel wrapped with fresh leaves, tomato, red onions, avocado and sweet chilli sauce with fries
  • Porridge $8.50
    • Creamy porridge cats with your choice of 2 toppings chocolate banana cinnamon or brown sugar
  • Side Salad $5.00
  • Spicy Roasted Duck salad $25.00
  • Prawn crackers $5.00
  • Tom Ka Coconut cream soup $9.50
    • chicken tiger prawns seafood (prawn & squid)
  • Mas-sa-mann curry beef (lamb 23.50) $19.00
  • Mix Vegetables W Tofu $16.50
    • bok chop broccoli, zucchini cauliflower carrot, cabbages green bean young corn
  • Choo Chee $28.00
    • creamy red curry stir fried with kaffir lime leaves topped with deep fried chunk blue cod/tiger prawns blue cod fish
  • Crispy pork Belly w Bok Choi on Rice $18.50
  • Tom Yum Spicy soup $9.50
    • chicken tiger prawns seafood (prawn & squid)
  • Blat $10
    • Bacon, Avocado, BBQ Sauce
  • Down Size Almost Any Burger $10
  • Kumara $8
  • Gluten Free Bun $2
  • Caesar $16
    • Chicken, Bacon, Poached Egg, Parmesan
  • Extra Pattie $6
  • Minted Lamb Pattie $14
    • Tahini Yoghurt, Salsa Verde
  • Jalapeno Sherion $0.5
  • Parmesan agria potato beignet $10.00
    • paprika & chives
  • Line caught tuna crudo, avocado, ugli fruit, soy & mirin, coriander $17.00
  • Harmony Pork $ 36.00
    • belly and shoulder, Cromwell peaches, radish pods, parsnip cream
  • Buttermilk fried chicken, spring tomato harissa $15.00
  • Mushroom ravioli $26.00
    • Shiitake, seared broccolini, truffle oil
  • Roasted Cambridge duck breast $45.00
    • Confit leg, grape, shiitake, smoked kumara puree
  • New season asparagus $9.00
    • pancetta, toasted almond, confit shallots
  • Cured Stewart Island salmon, spring peas, wasabi crème fraîche pickled ko $22.00
  • Chicken or Lamb Biryani $16.90
    • Basmati rice and boneless cubes of chicken or lamb cooked together richly flavoured with nuts and raisens.
  • Naan $3.00
    • Leavened white flour bread baked in clay oven
  • Kadhai Paneer $16.90
    • Fresh homemade cheese cooked with onions, tomatoes, capsicums and green chilli in a thick sauce
  • Malai Kofta Curry $16.90
    • Croquette of cottage cheese, potatoes and nuts, simmered in light cashew sauce
  • Gulab Jamun $6.50
    • Semolina dumpling smothered with golden syrup.v
  • Kastoori Kebab (4 Pieces) $12.90
    • A house speciality chef's favourite
  • Aloo Gobhi $16.50
    • Fresh cauliflower and potatoes cooked with ginger, tomatoes and mild spices
  • Ras Gulla $6.50
    • Soft cheese dumpling in syrup.
  • Fish sagwala $17.90
    • Fillets of fish cooked with fresh spinach gravy
  • Onion bhaji $5.90
    • Fine chopped onions & silver beet, dipped in pea flour & deep-fried
  • Chicken jalfrezi $15.90
    • Strips of chicken marinated with fresh ground spices and sauteed with tomatoes, onion and green pepper
  • Aloo gobhi $15.50
    • Fresh cauliflower and potatoes cooked with ginger, tomatoes and mild spices
  • Tamarind chutney $3.00
    • Tangy south indian chutney
  • Paneer paratha $5.00
    • Soft whole wheat bread kneaded well stuffed with homemade cottage cheese and cooked in the tandoor oven
  • Poppadom (4 pieces) $2.00
  • Gulab jamun $6.50
    • A traditional indian semolina dumpling soaked in golden syrup
  • Spring rolls & sweet chilli sauce (4) $10.00
  • Beef & black bean sauce $26.00
  • Satay beef with crispy noodles $27.00
  • Prawn fried rice $25.00
  • Plain noodles $7.00
  • Selection of spring rolls & deep fried pork wontons, Chicken & sweet corn soup, sweet & sour pork, Ginger beef with spring onion, Steamed rice, Selection of ice cream $30.00
  • Honey lemon chicken $25.00
  • Chicken fried rice $20.00
  • Chicken Mediterranean Salad $15.50
    • Flame Grilled Peri-Peri Chicken breast strips, feta, capsicum, olives, cucumber, red onion, cherry tomatoes, carrot & mixed lettuce
  • Peri-Peri Chips
    • Curb your craving
  • Espetada Grande (for 2-3 people) $27.90
    • 2 hanging skewers of Chicken thigh, grilled red capsicum & onion served with your choice of a Large side
  • - Regular $4.50
  • Caramelised Onions $1.50
  • Espetada $15.90
    • Hanging skewer of Chicken thighs, grilled red capsicum & onion served with your choice of a regular side
  • Egg $1.50
  • 3 BBQ Thigh Fillets $11.90
    • 3 BBQ Chook thigh fillets, kids juice & corn or chips
  • BEEF TATAKI $14.00
  • DEEP FRIED MOCHI $8.00
  • CHICKEN KARAAGE $14.00
  • SEAFOOD SALAD $10.00
  • SPICY RAMEN $16.00
  • CHARSHU PORK RAMEN $18.00
  • GREEN SALAD $7.00
  • DEEP FRIED CAMEMBERT $9.00
  • Hainanese Chicken and Rice $26
  • Market Fish Curry/ Assam Pedas M/P
    • Tamarind, lemongrass & Chilli
  • Madam's Rendang $26
    • chicken - served with coconut rice
  • Pork Wonton and Egg Noodle Soup $18
    • Asian greens, bean sprouts, shallot oil, coriander
  • Steamed Coconut Rice $5
  • Salted Coconut & Mango Ice Cream $7
    • hand-churned by Pure NZ ice cream
  • Woo Salad $14
    • lychee, peanuts, palm sugar dressing
  • Chinese Mushroom Spring Rolls $9
Sasso

Sasso

location

Address

16 Church Street, Queenstown, Otago, 9300, New Zealand

phone

Phone

034090994

clock

Opened hours

Sunday 4:00 pm - 11:00 pm Monday 4:00 pm - 11:00 pm Tuesday 4:00 pm - 11:00 pm Wednesday 4:00 pm - 11:00 pm Thursday 4:00 pm - 11:00 pm Friday 4:00 pm - 11:00 pm Saturday 4:00 pm - 11:00 pm
price range

Price

$30 - $50

type

Type

None

service level

Service

Table Service

cuisine

Cuisine

European , Gluten Free , Italian , Vegan , Vegetarian

features

Features

Romantic ,  Wheelchair accessible ,  Business meetings ,  Reservations ,  After-hours ,  Waitstaff ,  Takeout ,  Vegan Options ,  Private Dining ,  Wine and Beer ,  Cash ,  Groups ,  Group Meal ,  Seating ,  Highchairs Available ,  Street Parking ,  Free Off-Street Parking ,  No Takeaway ,  Free Wifi ,  Cards accepted ,  Local cuisine ,  Disabled Friendly ,  Special Occasion Dining ,  Serves Alcohol ,  Dinner ,  Child-friendly ,  Outdoor Seating ,  Full Bar

Location
16 Church Street, Queenstown, Otago, 9300, New Zealand