Main Menu

• Piccolo

  If you have any dietary requirement, please inform your waiter before ordering

• “Vongole alla tarantina”

  • 24.00

  Couldy Bay clams, white wine broth w chilli & lemon

• “Vitello tonnato”

  • 26.00

  poached Rose veal w tuna mayo & crispy capers

• Hand crafted stracciatella & aubergine baked over coals (V)

  • 22.00

  w grilled piadina

• Wood fired, wild caught king prawns

  • per piece 13.50

  w pancetta & gremolata piccante

• Insalata of shaved broad squid & white beans

  • 24.00

  w parsley & lemon

• Organic cured meats contadino style

  • 29.00

  w warm focaccia & Baduzzi's pickle

• Polpette

  Our hand crafted meatballs

• Karitane crayfish meatballs

  • 33.00

  w hapuka, sweet onion puree, smoked butter & salsa verde

• Wild red deer meatballs

  • 19.50

  w portobello mushroom & parsnip crema

• Mamma D’s “East Coast”

  • 19.50

  beef meatballs w smoked melanzane

• “Dodici ore”

  • 19.50

  slow cooked lamb meatballs w preserved lemon, rosemary & spiced gravy

• Polpette vegetariane (V)

  • 18.00

  w summer vegetables & cow's ricotta

• Primi

  We pride ourselves in making handmade pasta daily & cooked to order

• Squid ink linguine “alla calabrese”

  • 35.00

  w octopus, nduja, little neck clams & romesco

• Agnolotti of gurnard & scampi

  • per piece 16.00

  w lemon butter

• Black truffle gnocchi (v)

  • 35.00

  w Ora's farm mushrooms & parmesan crema

• Saffron & potato tortellini (V)

  • 24.00

  w goats curd, brown butter, almonds & fig confit

• Buttered maltagliati

  • 35.00

  w duck & porcini ragu, buttercup & pickled black walnuts

• Secondi

• Pan seared line-caught fish

  • 44.00

  w black turtle beans & grilled globe artichoke

• Hawke’s Bay lamb rump

  • 45.00

  summer peas & asparagus w crispy sweetbreads & pancetta

• Berkshire pork loin saltimbocca

  • per piece 19.00

  w sage, prosciutto & black cherries

• Wood fired bistecca – Wood fired barbecued butcher’s cut (POA)

  Served w confit mushrooms, creamed potato, rocket, Parmigiano Reggiano & Giusti balsamic

• Wood fired bistecca – Flat iron steak tagliata

  • 220g 39.00

  Served w confit mushrooms, creamed potato, rocket, Parmigiano Reggiano & Giusti balsamic

• Wood fired bistecca – Handpicked South Island grass fed scotch fillet

  • 300g 49.00

  Served w confit mushrooms, creamed potato, rocket, Parmigiano Reggiano & Giusti balsamic

• Contorni

• Spaghetti cacio & pepe (V)

  • 21.00

• Cavatelli alla ricotta w marinara sauce & pesto (V)

  • 21.00

• Green vegetables del giorno (V)

  • 12.50

• Eggplant parmigiana (V)

  • per piece 8.50

• Polenta (V)

  • 11.00

• Baduzzi bitter leaves salad (V)

  • 15.00

• Desserts

• Ricotta cannoli

  • per piece 13.00

  w candided citrus, bitter chocolate & pistachio

• “Torta di Riso”

  • 18.00

  Durham's farm organic A2 milk, carnaroli rice, seasonal fruit & salted caramel

• Tiramisu w Baileys & amaretto

  • 19.00

• Torta caprese w “Miann” chocolate, raspberry sorbet & coconut espuma

  • 19.00

• Formaggio

  • solo 18.50
  • tre formaggi 39.50

   cheese board of today's three cheeses inspired by Italy