Restaurant Menu
Served for dinner (17:00 - 21:15) from Wednesday to Saturday.
We're launching a new menu in the first week of September; until then our 6 pasta dishes won't be available.
Everything is made fresh in-house (except the fresh pasta), with many of our ingredients being sourced within Essex or Suffolk.
Starters
Grilled Vegetables - £9.30
Grilled courgette, aubergine, peppers, fennel and baby corn, served with oregano mayo
Sea Bass Carpaccio - £12.60
Thinly sliced wild Mersea sea bass, served with classic citronette, crispy leeks and chives
Bresaola - £11.80
Thinly sliced bresaola served with a rocket salad, a tangy goats cheese dressing and candied cherry tomato
Aubergine Parmigiana - £9.40
A classic Italian baked dish made of layers of aubergine, passata, mozzarella and parmesan
Mussel Marinara - £9.90
Mussels in white wine, garlic and chilli, served with sourdough crostone
Arosticini - £12.40
Lamb and pancetta skewers, served with seasonal leaf, roast corn and salmoriglio
Salads
Cherry Tomato & Burrata Salad - £8.65
Cherry tomato seasoned in our red wine dressing served with burata Pugliese
Endive Salad - £8.30
Red & Yellow Endive, served with pear and walnuts dressed with our gorgonzola emulsion
Rocket Salad - £10.95
Rocket, candy cherry tomatoes and pickled beetroot, served with our classic citronette
Desserts
Tiramisu - £6.50
A classic Italian dessert with whipped mascarpone, Savoiardi biscuits and coffee
Panna Cotta - £6.20
Served with a mixed berry coulis
Ricotta Crocante - £5.90
Whipped zested ricotta, served on carasau bread, drizzled with local honey
Torta Caprese - £6.10
A rich almond and chocolate cake served with pistachio gelato
Zuppetta Fragola - £6.70
Strawberries poached in passito wine served with a pink peppercorn crumble, vanilla gelato
Affogato - £5.80
Vanilla gelato, espresso, hazelnut liqueur & grated chocolate
Small Plates
Everything is made fresh in-house, with a majority of our ingredients being sourced within Essex or Suffolk.
Bread Basket - £4.70
Focaccia, white sourdough and seeded wholemeal sourdough
Charcuterie Board - £7.50
Bresaola, prosciutto di Parma and mortadella with accompaniments
Cheese Board - £7.60
Auricchio fontal, peccorino sardo and gorgonzola with accompaniments
Pickle Vegetables - £6.10
Hand-selected vegetables pickled in-house in a traditional Italian way
Calamari - £7.35
Squid rings, floured in semolina, served with mayo and sweet and sour sauce
Fried Courgetti - £5.85
Courgette, floured in semolina, served with mayo and sweet and sour sauce
Polenta Chips with Parmesan Fondue - £5.95
Fried herb polenta chips, with parmesan and truffle fondue
Suppli on Nduja Tomato Sauce - £6.25
Deep-fried rice croquettes with a fior di latte centre, on a tomato nduja sauce
Cocktails
Aperol Spritz - £13.70
Hugo Spritz - £14.30
Americano - £10.45
Negroni - £10.40
Prosecco Iced Tea - £10.20
Amaretto Sour - £12.40
Peach Bellini - £11.70
Limoncello Spritz - £12.60
Margarita - £12.70
Old Fashioned - £11.75
Moscow Mule - £11.80