Francesca Wānaka

Fresh Italian pasta rolled by skilled hands. Wood-fired pizza prepared with craft and served hot from the stone. Recipes of old Italian heritage with a local Wānaka twist, handmade ingredients, and all the warmth, care, and expertise of your Italian hosts. Explore the menus at Francesca below, come in and get cosy under soft lights with warm plates, a full glass, and authentic Italian flavours that sate the heart and fill the soul. Happy at home? Order online for pickup or via our delivery partners. Mangia, che ti fa bene - eat, it’s good for you.

À La Carte

Takeaway Menu

We’re not your average Italian restaurant. We’re the bigger pour of your favourite wine, the mouth-watering flavour that’s familiar yet new, the too-loud laughter filling the room and that soul-warming feeling you’re dining among friends. Cocktails with a local twist and wine curated from Italy with local drops from Central Otago.

Wander along the creek to a cosy corner of Wānaka, where two unique event spaces await - Francesca’s covered and heated patio or partial dining room. For larger groups, go ahead and book the full Francesca restaurant and patio. 

Francesca exclusive use - Seated 60 (plus 20 with patio), standing 90

Francesca dining room partial - Seated 18

Francesca patio - Seated 24, standing 30

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Italian, but not as you know it. Welcome to Francesca, the Wānaka restaurant dishing up old-school Italian with a new-school twist. For us, all the magic happens at the table – that’s where we nod to the generations of Italians that came before us, and reimagine our favourite plates with local ingredients, cultures, techniques and ideas.

Full tables, Italian pours, long lunches and cocktails from sun-kissed shores, come and warm your soul with Wānaka pizza, Wānaka pasta, new flavours, and hedonistic Tiramisu.