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Menus 2024 - Carluccios - Reading

Davidson House, The Forbury, RG1 3EY, Reading

ItalianAverage price £25

9.3

(339 reviews)

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Last update

17 September 2024

Type of cuisine

Italian

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Preset menus

Explore the chef's selection menus with diverse dishes at fixed prices. Some are bookable via TheFork, while others are available onsite.

Children's menu

£8.5 per guest

Set menu

£19 per guest

Festive Set Menu

£29.95 per guest

Breakfast - bread & pancakes

Toast & jam: £4.75
Toasted ciabatta bread with fig jam and butter.
Pancakes with strawberries: £10.25
Three pancakes topped with strawberries and yoghurt. Served with maple syrup.
Pancakes with pancetta: £10.25
Three pancakes topped with pancetta. Served with maple syrup.
Selection of croissants: £3.25
Choose from plain, almond, or pain au chocolate.

Breakfast - signature

Traditional: £12.5
Your choice of eggs with smoked pancetta, sausage, sautéed mushrooms, slow-roasted tomatoes and toasted ciabatta.
Vegan: £12.5
Toasted ciabatta with smashed avocado mixed with slowroasted tomatoes and red onion, chargrilled courgette, sautéed potatoes and spinach.
Vegetarian: £12.5
Your choice of eggs with smashed avocado mixed with slow-roasted tomatoes and red onion, chargrilled courgette, sautéed mushrooms and toasted ciabatta.

Breakfast - classics

Avocado & poached eggs: £9.95
Smashed avocado mixed with slow-roasted tomatoes and red onion, with poached eggs on toasted ciabatta.
Avocado, smoked salmon & poached eggs: £12.75
Smashed avocado mixed with slow-roasted tomatoes and red onion, with smoked salmon and poached eggs on toasted ciabatta.
Eggs royale: £12.75
Smoked salmon with poached eggs and hollandaise on toasted ciabatta.
Eggs pancetta benedict: £10.75
Pancetta with poached eggs and hollandaise on toasted ciabatta.
Classic eggs: £7.95
Your choice of eggs on toasted ciabatta.

Breakfast - additions

Grilled courgettes: £2.75
Sautéed mushrooms: £2.75
Smashed avocado: £3.5
Smoked pancetta: £3.5
Smoked salmon: £3.95
Slow-roasted tomatoes: £2.75
Roasted potatoes: £2.75
Sausage: £3.5

All day menu - set menu

2 Courses: £20
Available monday to friday all day
3 Courses: £23
Available monday to friday all day

All day menu - olives & bread

Mixed olives: £4.5
Mixed marinated olives.
Focaccia: £5.25
Served with extra virgin olive oil and balsamic.
Garlic focaccia: £5.75
Our freshly baked focaccia with garlic butter.
Garlic & mozzarella focaccia: £6.25
With garlic butter and melted mozzarella.
Selection of breads: £5.95
Focaccia, ciabatta, ciappe italian flatbread and grissini, served with extra virgin olive oil and balsamic

All day menu - small plates & sharers

Burrata e crudo: £12.25
Burrata with 24-month-aged parma ham, aged balsamic and grilled ciabatta.
Tomato bruschetta: £8.25
Mixed tomatoes, basil and garlic on grilled ciabatta bread, finished with extra virgin olive oil.
Prawns marinara: £11.95
Butterflied king prawns marinated in chilli and fennel seeds in a tomato, white wine & garlic sauce. Served with grilled ciabatta bread.
Arancini: £9.25
Sicilian rice balls filled with spinach and smoked mozzarella. With spicy tomato sauce.
Antipasti board (to share): £20.25
24-Month-aged parma ham, spianata calabrese, nduja & burrata crostini, focaccia, chargrilled courgettes, roasted peppers & pesto, marinated prawns, semi dried tomatoes, olives & grissini.
Calamari fritti (small): £16.5
Hand-cut crispy squid rings, lightly floured and fried. Served with lemon mayonnaise.
Zuppa di funghi: £7.5
A rich soup of porcini, shiitake & oyster mushrooms. Served with our freshly baked focaccia.

All day menu - pasta & risotto

Pappardelle braised beef ragu: £16.25
Braised beef slow cooked in red wine, black olives and herbs. Served with pappardelle pasta.
Lasagne: £15.5
Slow-cooked beef, layered with egg pasta, cheese and béchamel sauce.
Seafood linguine: £17.95
Prawns, whole mussels and squid in a crab & chilli sauce.
Risotto ai funghi: £15.95
Arborio rice with a mix of porcini, shiitake & oyster mushrooms with garlic. Served with a truffle crisp.
Rigatoni piccante: £16.25
Rigatoni pasta with a spicy sausage, rosemary, chilli and tomato sauce. Topped with burrata.
Ricotta & spinach ravioli: £14.5
Served in a sage & butter sauce.
Carbonara: £14.95
A mix of eggs, guanciale, cheese and black pepper.
Penne regine all’arrabbiata: £14.5
With our spicy tomato sauce.
Risotto di mare: £18.95
Crab and chilli arborio rice with prawns, whole mussels and squid.
Penne giardiniera: £14.5
Our signature dish, made up of crispy spinach balls with grated courgette sautéed in garlic, chilli and cheese, served with giant pugliese penne.

All day menu - pizza

Margherita: £13.5
Tomato sauce, fior di latte mozzarella and cherry tomatoes finished with fresh basil and basil oil.
Prosciutto di parma: £15.5
Tomato sauce and fior di latte mozzarella, finished with 24 month aged parma ham, rocket and parmigiano-reggiano shavings.
Piccante: £16.25
Tomato sauce, fior di latte mozzarella, spianata calabrese, sausage, calabrian ‘nduja, fresh chilli and basil finished with burrata.
Carbonara: £14.95
A mix of eggs, guanciale, cheese and black pepper.
Goat’s cheese: £15.95
Tomato sauce, fior di latte mozzarella, spinach, goat’s cheese, red onions and walnuts, finished with fig jam.
Pancetta & mushroom: £14.25
Tomato sauce, fior di latte mozzarella, pancetta, mushroom and olives.

All day menu - grills & mains

Chicken saltimbocca: £17.25
Chicken escalope with 24-month-aged parma ham and sage in a white wine sauce. Served with roasted potatoes, rocket & pesto.
Chicken milanese: £15.95
Chicken breast in crispy rosemary breadcrumbs. Served with slow-roasted tomatoes and dressed salad leaves topped with parmigiano-reggiano.
Pan-fried sea bass fillets: £19.25
Served with a tomato and white wine salsa and rocket.
Carluccio’s burger: £16.95
Grilled beef patty, mozzarella cheese, mayonnaise, brioche bun served with fries.
Chicken milanese burger: £16.95
Crispy rosemary breadcrumbs coated chicken breast, mayonnaise, pancetta, rocket, brioche bun, served with fries.
Goat’s cheese salad: £16.5
Soft goat’s cheese, roasted peppers, semi-dried tomatoes, olives and pine nuts on balsamic dressed mixed leaves.
Sirloin 8oz: £25.95
Angus & hereford, 28 day aged. Served with your choice of rosemary & garlic roasted potatoes or fries.

All day menu - sides

Patatine fritte: £4.95
Mixed salad: £5.5
Tossed with a balsamic dressing.
Tenderstem broccoli: £5.5
Tossed in chilli, garlic and pine nuts.
Rosemary & garlic roasted potatoes: £4.95
Garlic focaccia: £5.75
Our freshly baked focaccia with garlic butter.

Children's breakfast

Traditional: £12.5
Your choice of eggs with smoked pancetta, sausage, sautéed mushrooms, slow-roasted tomatoes and toasted ciabatta.
Vegetarian: £12.5
Your choice of eggs with smashed avocado mixed with slow-roasted tomatoes and red onion, chargrilled courgette, sautéed mushrooms and toasted ciabatta.
Vegan: £12.5
Toasted ciabatta with smashed avocado mixed with slowroasted tomatoes and red onion, chargrilled courgette, sautéed potatoes and spinach.
Pancakes: £5.25
With strawberry & maple syrup.
Toast & jam: £4.75
Toasted ciabatta bread with fig jam and butter.
Selection of croissants: £3.25
Choose from plain, almond, or pain au chocolate.

Children's drinks

Fruit shoot apple and blackcurrant: £1.75
Fruit shoot orange: £1.75
Milk: £1.75
Apple juice: £1.75
Orange juice: £1.75

Desserts

Tiramisu: £7.75
Savoiardi biscuits dipped in espresso, mascarpone and cocoa.
Chocolate brownie: £7.95
Served warm with pistachio ice cream.
Calzone all’nutella: £7.75
Filled with nutella and served with vanilla ice cream.
Polenta cake: £7.95
Citrus, almonds and pistachio polenta cake, served with raspberry coulis.
Chocolate bread & butter pudding: £8.25
Layered slices of croissant from our deli with chocolate pieces, served with vanilla ice cream.

Ice creams & sorbet

Affogato: £6.95
Vanilla ice cream topped with a shot of hot espresso served with a cantucci biscuit.
Ice cream & sorbet (2 scoops): £5.95
Served with a lingue di gatto biscuit from our deli. Vanilla / pistachio / strawberry / chocolate / lemon sorbet. Sorbet without biscuit.

Sweet treat

Pistachio and white chocolate mini doughnuts: £6.95
Small hot doughnuts with a pistachio and white chocolate filling. Served with your choice of tea or coffee.

Cocktails & liqueurs

Hazelnut espresso martini: £9.6
Espresso, absolut vodka and frangelico.
Negroni: £9.6
Campari, rosso vermouth, beefeater gin.
Limoncello: £7.95
Vecchia romagna brandy: £7.95
Disaronno amaretto: £7.95
Frangelico: £7.95
Grappa: £7.95

Coffee

Cappuccino: £3.95
Caffè latte: £3.95
Flat white: £3.95
Americano: £3.5
Espresso/ristretto: £2.95
Double espresso: £3.3
Espresso macchiato: £2.95
Mocha: £3.95
Iced latte: £3.95
Iced americano: £3.5
Hot chocolate: £4.1

Tea

English breakfast: £3.25
English breakfast decaf: £3.25
Earl grey: £3.25
Green tea: £3.25
Peppermint: £3.25
Fresh mint: £3.25
Chamomile: £3.25

Cocktails

Aperol spritz: £9.6
Aperol, prosecco, soda, orange slice.
Peroni limone: £8.45
Peroni, limoncello and lemonade.
Bellini: £8.6
Choose from either raspberry or peach.
Campari spritz: £9.6
Campari, prosecco, soda, orange slice.
Amaretto sour: £9.6
Disaronno amaretto, lemon and orange.
Negroni: £9.6
Campari, rosso vermouth, beefeater gin.
Amalfi spritz: £9.6
Malfy gin con limone, saMalfy gin con limone, san pellegrino aranciata and prosecco.n pellegrino aranciata and prosecco.
Hazelnut espresso martini: £9.6
Espresso, absolut vodka and frangelico.

Cocktails non-alcoholic

Clean G&T: £6.45
Clean g non-alcoholic gin with your choice of san pellegrino tonic
Clean & stormy: £6.45
Clean R non-alcoholic rum with ginger beer

Soft drinks

Coca-cola: £3.8
Diet coke: £3.6
Coca-cola zero: £3.6
Fresh lemonade: £3.6
San pellegrino: £3.8
Limonata / aranciata / pomegranate and orange
San pellegrino sparkling water (750ml): £4.5
Acqua panna still water (750ml): £4.5
Smoothies: £4.75
Strawberry & banana / mango & passion fruit
Fruit juices: £3.8
Pago peach / apple juice / orange juice

Beers & cider

Peroni nastro azzurro 5% (pint): £7
Peroni gran riserva 6.6% (550ml): £8
Created to celebrate peroni’s 150th anniversary.
Lucky saint 0.5% (330ml): £5.5
Alcohol free superior unfiltered lager.
Aspall cyder 5.5% (500ml): £6.95

Spirits - straight

Baileys 17%: £7.95
Disaronno amaretto 28%: £7.95
Limoncello 25%: £7.95
Frangelico 20%: £7.95
Vecchia romagna brandy 38%: £7.95
Grappa 40%: £7.95
Sambuca 38%: £7.95

Spirits

Absolut vodka 40%: £8.95
Jameson 40%: £8.95
Glenlivet 12 40%: £8.95
Rebel bourbon 40%: £8.95
Havana 3 y.o. 40%: £8.95
Havana club anejo especial rum 40%: £8.95
Olmeca blanco tequila 38%: £8.95

Spirits - gins

Malfy limone 41%: £8.95
Malfy rosa 41%: £8.95
Malfy arancia 41%: £8.95
Plymouth 41.2%: £8.95
Beefeater pink 37.5%: £8.95
Beefeater dry gin 40%: £8.95

Spirits - soft drink mixers

Coca-cola: £3.8
Coca-cola zero sugar
Diet coke: £3.6

Spirits - san pellegrino mixers

Oakwood tonica
Tastefully light tonic
Citrus tonica
Ginger beer

Sparkling & champagnes (bottle 750ml)

Bottega poeti prosecco brut: £35
Veneto 11%
Bottega poeti rosé prosecco: £37
Veneto 11.5%
Bottega gold prosecco brut: £45
Veneto 11%
Lanson le creation brut champagne: £70
12.5%
Lanson le rose champagne: £84
12.5%

Red wine (175ml)

Chianti classico, castellare: £11.5
Italy 13.5%
Montepulciano d’abruzzo, valori: £9.95
Italy 14%
Merlot, corte vigna: £8.4
Italy 11%
Malbec, alamos: £9.7
Argentina 13.5%

White wine (175ml)

Sancerre, jean-jacques bardin: £11.5
France 12.5%
Gavi di gavi, tuffo: £12.75
Italy 13%
Sauvignon blanc, petal & stem: £9.95
New zealand 12.5%
Pinot grigio, antonio rubini: £8.4
Italy 11%

Rosé wine (bottle 750ml)

Classic rosé, mirabeau: £38
Côtes de provence 13%
Pinot grigio rosato, antonio rubini: £28
Venezie 11.5%

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