La Bella Italia Menu

La Bella Italia handmade breads.

Selection of handmade bread, olives & extra virgin olive oil from Antonio’s hometown.

Pizza bread, rosemary & olive oil

Pizza bread, crushed tomatoes, oregano & garlic

Pizza bread, garlic & olive oil

Selection of Italian cured meats & cheeses from their original regions, matched with olives, pickles & pesto, served with our bread (for 2-4 pax). Antonio’s wine match: Primitivo / Rose / Montepulciano. GF option.

Combination of cold and warm delicacies: prosciutto wrapped bocconcini, calamari fritti, arancini, bruschetta, baked mussels, frittata, marinated olives and balsamic beef straccetti (for min. 2 pax). Antonio’s wine match: Chianti / Rose. GF option.

Please ask our friendly staff for the bruschetta of the day. Antonio’s wine match: Rose

Fried calamari with tartare sauce & lemon. Antonio’s wine match: Rose / Pinot Grigio. GF.

Crispy risotto balls with aged Parmigiano Reggiano. Antonio’s wine match: Pinot Grigio / Negroamaro. V.

Char-grilled, aged, grass fed Angus scotch fillet with hand cut potato fries, mixed green salad, Parigi butter. Antonio’s wine match: Chianti Classico / Valpolicella Classico. GF.

Free-range chicken breast, stuffed with creamy mozzarella and chives, wrapped in smoked pancetta and served with mashed potatoes, broccolini and a creamy porcini mushroom sauce. Antonio’s wine match: Montepulciano, Valpolicella Ripasso

Market catch fresh fillet with tomatoes, anchovies, clams & mussels. Antonio’s wine match: Greco di Tufo / Falanghina / Montepulciano. GF.

Whole fish with tomatoes, mussels, clams, potatoes & white wine. (For 2 – 3 pax). GF. Price: POA

In memory of Antonio’s father; baked whole fish dressed with capers, gherkins and EV olive oil. (For 2 – 3 people) Antonio’s wine match: Trebbiano / Falanghina / Rosso di Montalcino. GF. Price: POA

Fresh green salad with vinaigrette.

Ask our friendly staff the vegetables of the day.

Baby spinach salad with beetroot, feta cheese, caramellized onion and crispy garlic.

Hand-cut chips, dressed with truffle oil, Parmigiano & parsley.

Bronze extruded pasta with home smoked wild king salmon from Stewart Island, capers, spring onion & lemon, chilli, cream. Antonio’s wines match: Falanghina / Pinot Grigio / Rose

Seafood risotto: mussels, clams, squids, fish, sun dried cherry tomatoes, chilli & white wine (revisited with linguine pasta). Antonio’s wine match: Falanghina / Pinot Grigio / La Calla Puglia. GF.

Bronze extruded pasta with slow cooked lamb ragu from Canterbury & pecorino Romano. Antonio’s wine match: Nero d’Avola / Don Antonio Primitivo / Aglianico

Crepes filled with spinach, ricotta & pecorino Romano with sage butter. Antonio’s wine match: Sauvignon Blanc / Rose. V.

Lasagna layers with béchamel, tomato, bolognese & Parmigiano Reggiano. Antonio’s wine match: La Calla Puglia / Rosso di Montepulciano

Classico: linguine, fresh clams from New Zealand deep south, chilli, garlic, parsley & white wine. Moderno: linguine, fresh clams from New Zealand deep south, chilli, garlic, parsley, cherry tomatoes. Antonio’s wine match: Montepulciano / Pinot Grigio / Rose

Short pasta with fresh tomato sauce & basil, Parmigiano optional. V.

Short pasta with Parmigiano, cream, cheese. V.

Short pasta with Bolognese sauce, Parmigiano optional.

Mini pizza Margherita. V.

Cow’s milk mozzarella, basil & tomatoes. V.

Four cheeses, pancetta & dried tomatoes.

Bufala mozzarella DOP, basil & San Marzano tomatoes. V.

Fresh rocket, bufala mozzarella, prosciutto di Parma

Artichokes, ham, mushrooms, olives, tomatoes & cow’s milk mozzarella.

Tomatoes, cow’s milk mozzarella, spicy Calabrese salami & provolone dolce (also available as a calzone).

Tomatoes, capers, anchovies & cow’s milk mozzarella.

Cow and bufala mozzarella, prawns and pesto with cherry tomatoes.

Cow’s milk mozzarella, house-made Italian sausages, rosemary.

Cow’s milk mozzarella, tomatoes, red onions, capsicum, mild salami & pecorino.

Multigrain bread served with warm kale, guacamole with tomato and porch eggs and hollandaise dressing.

Multigrain bread served with home made, grilled Napoli sausage, grilled Pancetta (bacon), grilled tomato and mushrooms. Eggs optional: scrambled or poached.

Club tramezzino (sandwich), white or multigrain sliced bread with bacon, eggs, chicken with mayonnaise, iceberg, tomato, cheese. Served with warm kale quinoa and tomato healty salad.

Buffalo Mozzarella, Tomato and Basil Pesto

Prosciutto di Parma and Asiago Cheese

Stuffed Roast Pork with Provolone Cheese and Friarielli (Broccolini)

Ventricina (spicy) Salami, Grilled Artichoke, Provolone Cheese

Warm soft-centred Whittaker’s chocolate pudding with berry compote and vanilla ice-cream (15 minute wait time)

Demerara meringue topped with cream, passionfruit sorbet and passionfruit glaze. GF.

Tiramisù with espresso and marsala

Nougat and hazelnut ice-cream with candied fruit and raspberry sauce – Cointreau

Vanilla ice-cream with a short black. Add a shot of ‘Liquore’ – sambuca, amaretto or grappa.

Warm apple shortcake with mascarpone gelato and toasted almonds

Aperol, Campari or Limoncello

Prosecco & Peach purée

Lemon, Orange, Grapefruit or Original Gin with Tonic

Vodka, Triple Sec, Gin, Amaretto & Coca-Cola

Vodka, Triple Sec, Gin, Limoncello & Lemonade

Blood Orange | Chinotto | Mandarine | Lemonade

Ginger, lemon, sugar & spicies

Orange | Apple | Pineapple | Cranberry | Tomato (spiced) | Tomato (unspiced)

Crisp, refreshing beer with citrus & spicy aromatic notes

Nice body, gorgeous hop aromas.

A lightly hopped 5% session pilsner.

A Summery premium blonde lager.

Malt, spice & hop notes, fresh with bitter finish.

Fresh, hoppy and citrus notes.

Amaro del Capo │ Montenegro │ Fernet Branca │ Cynar