Restaurant Menu
Served for lunch (12:00 - 15:00) and dinner (17:00 - 21:15) from Wednesday to Saturday; on Sunday, we're only open for dinner.
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
Muscle 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
Pasta
We serve our pasta in starter and main portions.
Trofie Genovese - £12.50/ £16.25
Served with a classic Genovese pesto, potato, and green Beans
Pappardelle Salsiccia e Funghi - £13.30/ £17.30
Wide pasta, Italian sausage with wild mushrooms and classic burre blanc
Spaghetti Nerano - £12.80/ £16.60
Fried courgette & pecorino sardo
Paccheri Gamberi e Limone - £14.65/ £20.90
Large pasta hoops served in prawn emulsion, lemon, and chilli
Fusili Pomodorini e Nduja - £13.10/ £16.90
Served in a rich nduja tomato sauce, with Kalamata olives
Casarecce Broccoli e Salmone - £13.40/ £17.40
Short pasta twists served in broccoli cream, chilli and garlic
Tagliatelle Ragu - £13.90/£21
Classic fragrant bolognese
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