Homemade wood oven bread with sweet tomatoes, basil and a drop of extra virgin olive oil.
Capresine di Bufala £9.50
Fresh ’milky’ bufala mozzarella with vine tomatoes, basil leaves and served with our homemade pesto dressing.
Ruccoletta £6.95
Simple wild Italian rocket leaf salad with parmesan shavings and Chefs dressing.
Polpettine di Granchio £8.95
Patties of fresh crabmeat, parsley and garlic accompanied with sauce tartare.
Bresaola of Beef £11.95
Thinly sliced bresaola of beef with oven cooked cherry tomatoes rocket salad with a half moon of burrata - aged parmesan shavings.
Baci di Riso £6.85
Arancini or Arborio rice, prepared with fresh tomato sauce, baby peas, parmesan and at the heart of this ’little kiss’ - a taste of bufala mozzarella.
Deep Fried Whitebait £6.85
Baby whitebait, flour crusted and crispy fried, with our sauce tartare.
Filatina di Mozzarella £9.50
Bufala mozzarella cheese melted into our fresh tomato sauce with a scattering of basil.
Parmigianina di Melanzane £8.90
Sliced aubergines layered with bufala mozzarella, basil, parmesan and fresh ‘salsa di pomodoro’.
Focaccine £4.50
A delicious accompaniment of all the above. A selection of our speciality wood fired bread or foccine. Served with garlic/ rosemary/ a touch of tomato sauce.
Fried Calamari £9.95
Specials Menu (As Starters)
Carpaccio of Courgette £12.95
Ribbons of courgette with mature parmesan shavings, toasted pine nuts and a touch of homemade truffle pesto.
Polenta ai Funghi £8.95
Grilled sliced polenta topped with a creamy mushroom sauce.
Carpaccio of Bresaola £11.95
Thinly sliced bresaola with rocket salad, Sardinian pecorino cheese and drops of truffle oil.
Chefs Scallops £12.95
Scallops sat atop a garlic crouton with asparagus spears and a spicy lemon sauce.
Minestrone £7.50
Our recipe - homemade vegetable soup.
Specials Menu (As Mains)
Spaghetti Vongole £15.95
Spaghetti with fresh clams, courgettes, white wine, garlic, parsley and a hint of chilli.
Paccheri £19.50
Paccheri pasta enveloped in a foil parcel with scallops, king prawns, garlic, cherry tomatoes, basil and a touch of Pinot Grigio.
Classic Lasagna £14.50
With veal mince, home made besciamella sauce, bufala mozzarella, parmesan cheese and fresh basil.
Fabulous Home Made £28.50
Tagliolini pasta or gnocchi - with freshly shaved Italian black truffle (in season).
Risottino £15.75
Arborio rice with asparagus spears and Sardinian pecorino sauce.
Risottino Delle Sibille £23.50
Arborio rice, tiger prawns, calamari, a hint of garlic, parsley, white wine and finished off with a grilled fillet of sea bass.
Ossobuco £24.00
Roasted veal ossobuco laid on a delicate pumpkin risotto.
Fresh Seabass alla Zucchine £22.50
Fillet of sea bass with a thinly sliced crusty courgette topping accompanied with our broccoli gratin.
Whole Free Range Italian Style Roast Chicken £22.50
Cooked in the wood fired oven with garlic and rosemary, salt and pepper. 1.6kg served with roast potatoes.
Half Chicken £12.50
Served with roast potatoes.
Pastas
Orecchiette Alla Sofia £12.95
Pasta shells with fresh spinach, sundried tomato, garlic, ricotta cheese and a touch of parmesan cheese.
Spaghetti Napoli £8.95
Alla Napolitana, with fresh cherry tomatoes, fresh basil, garlic and extra virgin olive oil.
Spaghetti Puttanesca £12.95
Tomato sauce, olives, garlic, capers, hint of anchovies and chilli.
Pappardelle £16.75
Flat pasta served with sauté king prawns and porcini mushrooms.
Tagliolini Mino £14.95
Home made fresh tagliolini pasta with crab meat and cherry tomatoes, dressed with a hint of garlic, basil and touch of brandy.
Penne Alla Boscaiola £13.75
Italian sausage, courgette, onions, a touch of truffle oil and parmesan cheese.
Tagliatelle £12.75
Fresh home made tagliatelle alla Bolognese.
Gnocchetti Sorrentina £12.75
Home made pure potato gnocchi, fresh tomato sauce, basil leaves, mozzarella and parmesan cheese.
Spaghetto Alla Polpettina £14.95
Spaghetti with home made Italian meat balls, fresh tomato and basil sauce.
Risottino al Barolo e Funghi £16.75
Arborio rice with diced veal ragu and champignon mushrooms in a delicate Barolo red wine sauce.
Risotto Alla Zucca £15.50
Arborio rice creamed with zucca, ricotta, onions and white wine.
Grill - Alla Brace
Fillet of Certified Free Range Scottish Beef (200g): Grilled £25.50
Accompanied with a sliced tomato, dressed with drops of garlic oil and basil leaves.
Fillet of Certified Free Range Scottish Beef (200g): Tagliata £26.75
Grilled and sliced served with rocket, parmesan shavings - drizzled with extra virgin olive oil.
Fillet of Certified Free Range Scottish Beef (200g): Fille ai Funghi £26.75
Cooked with champignons and a touch of porcini mushrooms.
Veal - Topside: Milanesina £24.50
Bread crumbed with aromatic herbs and served with tossed broccoli or spinach - or at request with spaghetti pomodoro sauce.
Veal - Topside: Scaloppine al Limone £23.50
Topside of veal with a delicate lemon sauce, teamed with a little taste of our spinach tortino.
Veal - Topside: Alla Pizzaiola £22.50
Cooked in our home made fresh tomato sauce with garlic and oregano with a mixed salad.
Chicken Palliard £16.95
Grilled chicken breast in a garlic and salt marinade accompanied by a rocket salad with aged parmesan shavings.
Chicken Milanese £16.95
Chicken breast bread crumbed with aromatic herbs and served with tossed broccoli or spinach - or at request with spaghetti pomodoro sauce.
Whole Free Range Italian Style Roast Chicken (Truffle) £25.50
Marinated with our homemade truffle pesto. 1.6kg served with roast potatoes.
Half Chicken Served with Roast Potatoes (Truffle) £14.95
“Fresh Daily Market Fish” Mimo’s Choice
Fritto Misto £19.50
Deep fried tiger prawnsm calamari served with a home made spicy dip.
Sea Bass (500g) £19.50
Fresh.
Sea Bass Al Cartoccio £19.50
Wrapped in a paper, sealed and cooked with herbs & white wine.
Sea Bass in Acqua Pazza £19.50
Gently poached with cherry tomatoes, wine, herbs and garlic.
Sword Fish £22.50
Served with side.
Tuna Steak £22.50
Served with side.
Wood Oven Fired Pizze
L’Emigrante £13.95
“Tricolore - tre gusti” tomato sauce, mozzarella, rocket, ricotta, parma ham and cherry tomatoes, garlic and oregano.
Margherita DOP £8.85
Tomato sauce, mozzarella and basil.
Monachina £12.95
Tomato sauce, mozzarella, smoked mozzarella and parmesan shavings.
Napoletana £12.50
Tomato sauce, mozzarella, oregano, anchovies and capers.
Le Reale £13.95
Tomato sauce, mozzarella, provola, ricotta and parma ham.
Capricciosa £13.85
Tomato sauce, mozzarella, artichoke hearts, fresh champignon mushrooms and honey roasted ham.
Vesuvio £13.85
Half-folded pizza with ricotta, pepper sausage, cherry tomatoes mozzarella and parmesan shavings with tomato sauce.
Cornetto di Bufala £13.95
Calzone with emmental and mozzarella topped with parma ham, rocket and basil.
Genuina £13.95
Bufala mozzarella, cherry tomatoes, basil and tomato sauce.
Boscaiola £12.95
Mozzarella, mushrooms and Italian sausage with tomato sauce.
Hawaii £12.50
Tomato sauce, ham and fresh pineapple and mozzarella.
Margaritana £12.95
Parmigiana di magazine, tomato sauce and mozzarella.
Irpina £12.75
Tomato sauce, mozzarella, ham and mushrooms.
Mugnanese £12.95
Tomato sauce, mozzarella, spicy pepperoni and potatoes.
Mare e Monti £12.95
Tomato sauce, tuna, onion, black olives, basil and mozzarella.
This wine is pale straw yellow coloured with greenish highlights. Its fizziness is bright and its perlage is delicate and persistent. Its fruit fragrance has exotic hints of pineapple and banana. Its flavour is soft and creamy, slim bodied and crunchy.
Spumante Rosé, Ex Dry, Serre (Veneto) £33.50
This refined sparkling wine has a bright pink colour and it expresses and intensifies the typical flowery and fruity features of the respective vines. It is delicate and smooth and it develops fresh strawberry and raspberry scents.
Rosé Wine
Pinot Grigorio Rosé (Veneto) £26.90
Pale pink in colour, a delicate fruity fragrance and crisp apple flavours with a hint of almond, a light wine of fantastic fragrance.
Rose di Rose, Tenute Emera (Apulia) 100% Negroamaro £29.90
Bright with coral highlights; complex on the nose with floral and citrusy notes. Fresh and velvety on the palate, with a long finish of pleasant blueberries and cherries.
White Wine
Chardonay IGT, I Vignetti, Terre Musa (Veneto) £19.95
A delicate aroma that brings to mind Golden Delicious apples. Its taste is inviting, pleasant and harmonious with traces of apple and acacia blossom.
Garganega & Sauvignon, Organic, La Cappuccina (Veneto) £23.50
Aromatic and elegant bouquet, balanced, smooth and well structured on the palate. It has precise perfumes, with dominant notes of citrus fruits and warm graphite, along with hints of tropical fruits and hawthorn.
Pinot Grigio, Contro Corrente, Terre Musa (Veneto) £26.50
Straw-yellow in colour, when young it has a pleasant, fruity aroma and with the passing of time it takes on a bouquet reminiscent of fermented hay, walnut hull and toasted almonds.
Grillo, Respiri, Baglio Oro (Sicily) £32.50
Fresh and intense notes of citrus with hints of almond and melon. Crisp palate with Mediterranean minerality.
Soft straw yellow in color, with a typically herby aroma reflected perfectly on the palate with a bright flavor and striking tanginess.
Greco Di Tufo, Claudio Quarta (Campania) £33.90
Multilayered on both nose and palate, evoking lemon rind, apple, pineapple. Medium to full-bodied, with good banana and light caramel flavours. Very long and flavourful.
Sauvignon Blanc Doc, Organic, La Cappuccina (Veneto) £35.00
Flavour includes hints of yellow bell pepper, banana and lotus blossom. The clay terrain produces a subtly refined and pleasing wine with a flavor that is dry and lively but always elegant and satisfying.
San Brizio, La Cappucina, Organic (Veneto) £37.00
Deep yellow in color with golden highlights, this elegant white wine offers fragrant notes of wild flowers and ripe apples with hints of honey and vanilla which add to its structure even greater complexity. Rich, concentrated and mouth-filling without losing its freshness and persistency. An excellent choice for seafood and vegetable creations, foie gras, aged cheese and grilled white meat.
Gavi Del Comune Di Gavi Docg, La Chiara (Piemonte) £39.50
100% Cortese. Fragrance of flowers and fruit with a hint of peach. Full and rich, soft and harmonious as a result of the complete ripening of the grapes.
Red Wine
Cabernet Sauvignon IGT, Terre Musa (Veneto) £19.95
This Cabernet Sauvignon is deep ruby-red in colour, with aromas of raspberry, blueberry and cassis set off by traces of black pepper, caramel, tobacco and chocolate. In the mouth it is a well-balanced wine, with soft tannins leading to a long, persistent finish.
Merlot IGT, Organic, La Cappuccina (Veneto) £26.50
A great wine full, hearty, richly-colored characterized by an intensely vinous fragrance with grassy undertones. It has a pleasant bouquet and very harmonious, balanced dry taste that cannot be matched for its compleness.
This fantastic red wine from Salento is a blend of 4 different grapes: Primitivo, Negroamaro, Merlot and Tempranillo. It’s soft and fruity with round tannins, finish of fresh fruit with pleasant lingering flavour. Try this wine also chilled.
Nero d’Avola DOC, Timineri, (Sicilia) £31.50
The nose is delighted with ripe scents of cherries, plums and blackberries. On the palate it unfolds soft and enchanting at first, leaving a very agreeable trace of a balanced tannin content. It boasts a highly commended flavour.
An elegant wine in terms of appearance, bright ruby red in colour with purplish highlights. Fruits of the forest aromas and a velvety taste with perfectly balanced tannins.
Madègo, Organic, La Cappuccina, (Veneto) £32.50
An intense ruby red with purple highlights, with hints of oak that are very well integrated with the berry fruit notes. It’s flavour is rounded, with a spicy aftertaste and soft tannins that are perceptible without being aggressive.
Malbec, Terra Musa, Organic (Veneto) £33.50
On the nose red summer fruit aromas dominate with a slight touch of black pepper. On the palate, there is an attractive concentration of ripe red fruits which gives volume to the wine.
Valpolicella Ripasso, Mastia (Veneto) £36.00
It has a bouquet of intense red fruit notes such as currant, strawberry and black cherry. On the palate it's medium in body but with a surprisingly enveloping mature berry flavour with hints of dried figs, coffee notes and cocoa powder.
Deep ruby color, warm and round. Wild-berries flavour with light scents of oak. Rich and dense tannins. Full bodied and powerful taste.
Primitivo di Mandura Dop Celebration, Tenute Emera (Apulia) £39.50
Ruby red in color, with a notable bouquet of red fruits and distinctive hints of liqueur cherries and plums. Velvety and long on the palate.
Lilove Cannonau di Sardegna, Gabbas (Sardegna) £43.00
A light, herb-tinged red, with moderate plum and cherry notes backed by medium tannins and a slightly hot, spicy finish.
Sud Del Sud, Claduio Quarta (Puglia) £45.90
This superb blend of 5 different grapes. Negroamaro, primitivo, merlot, shiraz and cabernet souvignon. Deep ruby color. Aromas of red berries and black plums balanced with hints of spices and aromatic herbs. The palate is complex and harmonious.
Big Reds
Campo Buri, IGT, (Carmenere and Oseleta Organic Grapes), La Cappuccina (Veneto) £52.00
Decanter gold medal award winner. A concentrated ruby red. On the nose it's displays herbaceous notes that blend with suggestions of berry fruits (black currants and bilberries) and spicy hints (pepper, cloves and vanilla). The flavour offers well-balanced fruit on the palate, with ripe tannins and a very long finish. Must be tried.
Barolo Vigna Borgogno (Piedmonte) £75.00
Big smoky, tar, peppery, earthy, tobacco, strawberry jam, black cherry, resin, savoury, gamey aromas. Dry, elegant but slightly lean and tannic with structure to age. Lots of earthy, tobacco, mint, liquorice, root, cherry, tar, resin, meat and strawberry flavours.
Amarone Classico della Valpolicella, Le Ragose (Veneto) £99.00
Plury awarded wine. Extraordinarily powerful, intense wine of 15-16% alcohol with a concentrated black cherry confettura (jam) fruit. Dense and super ripe, yet still well- mannered and harmonious, the Amarone finishes rich and dry with firm tannins allowing lengthy bottle development.