Basil and Co The Bistro - Herne Bay delivery from Herne Bay

Starters

Bread Basket
£2.00
Bread and Olives (Serves 2)
Fresh stone-baked bread, served with extra olive virgin oil, balsamic vinegar and Italian, giant green leaves "nocellara".
£5.50
Bruschette
The super classic tomato, garlic and basil bruschetta, served on fresh sourdough bread.
£5.00
The Three Musketeers
Our bruschetta is served in three different ways: classic tomato and basil, sundried tomato pesto with almonds and sardinian garlic cream.
£7.50
Polpette
Beef and pork meatballs are slow-cooked in our homemade bolognese sauce, served with a sprinkle of parmigiano cheese and covered in bolognese sauce.
£8.50
Cuoppo Fritto
A twist on the popular dish from Naples, a masterpiece of street food, now our signature, because friend is better! Light tempura buttered, mixed vegetables, pasta medallions with cheese and ham, creamy spinach croquettes, four cheeses and bolognese arancini.
£12.00

Traditional Favorites

Signature Breakfast
Locally sourced, fresh Lincolnshire sausages, bacon, portobello mushroom, cherry tomatoes on the vine, baked beans and scrambled eggs. All served fresh on sourdough bread.
£8.50
Vegan Breakfast
Scrambled tofu, on fresh sourdough bread. With home-made avocado cream. Portobello mushroom, cherry tomatoes on the vine and baked beans.
£7.50
Sandwich
Do we really have to explain what goes between these two luxurious, crispy slices of sourdough. Choose between sizzling, fresh Lincolnshire sausages or perfectly cooked bacon with a your favorite sauce. Or don't choose, and have both in the same sandwich. We won't judge you!
£6.00

Farm Fresh Eggs

Egg Roma
Our homemade avocado cream and poached eggs, served on toasted muffins.
£7.50
Eggs Torino
Poached eggs and crispy bacon served on toasted muffins, all coated in our homemade hollandaise sauce.
£7.50
Eggs Florence
Creamy spinach and poached eggs, served on toasted muffins all coated in our homemade hollandaise sauce.
£7.50

Pasta

Carbonara
Iconic and indulgent. Everyone knows of spaghetti carbonara, but not everyone has tasted the original recipe. To put it simply, this rich and creamy dish contains guanciale, egg yolks, pecorino, cheese and pepper.
£10.00
Pasta Al Pomodoro
Quick, easy and quite tasty. Penne pasta with a homemade, flavorful cherry tomato sauce.
£8.50
Tagliatelle Alla Bolognese
Where to start? Specially selected, fresh and locally sourced beef mince (simmered for six hours). With fresh tagliatelle, a bolognese sauce to die for (not literally) and the best quality Italian passata. Also served with bread, once you've finished your pasta, you can't leave the sauce. This dish would make all Italian grandmother's proud!
£11.00
Spaghetti Alla Puttanesca
This dish is for lovers of powerful flavours with anchovies, garlic, olives, parsley and homemade cherry tomato sauce, also includes red hot chilli peppers (not the band, sorry), that'll make your taste buds dance!
£10.00
Spaghetti Alla Calabrese
This pasta is perfect for fish lovers, with tuna, red onions, homemade cherry tomato sauce and mildly spicy Calabrese chilli peppers.
£10.00

Sammy's Special

Sammy's Special Breakfast Wrap
Have no fear, this full English breakfast wrap is the ultimate weekend breakfast - hold in your hands, all the best bits of a full English, wrapped up.
£7.50

Sharing Platters

Italian Platter
A selection of Italian cured meats and cheeses, a starter to share for full immersion in different areas of Italy from North to South.
£14.50
Basil&Co Platter
A selection of Italian cured meat and cheeses, a full buffalo mozzarella or burrata, mix of tempura vegetables, arancini, pasta medallion and tomato.
£19.50

Mains

The Carbonara
And that's it!
£14.50
Fiocchi
Fresh pasta envelopes filled with Italian cheese and pear (very traditional in North Italy), served with homemade, four cheese cream and walnut.
£13.50
Pesto
Not the usual pesto. Red and yellow roasted peppers, pine nuts and basil for a delicate but rich flavour. All you need to enjoy a perfect pasta dish.
£13.50
Tagliatelle Alla Bolognese
We like to change to give you the opportunity to always have something new!
£14.50
Lasagna Alla Bolognese
We like to change to give you the opportunity to always have something new!
£14.50
Seaven
Fresh pasta filled with lobster meat, accompanied by king prawns and fresh cherry tomato sauce flavoured by a crustaceans bisque. Seven little pasta caskets that hide the heaven in each bite (now you understand the name).
£22.50
Impepata Di Cozze
Fresh mussels soute, slightly peppery, served with fresh baked.
£14.00
Italian Fish and Fish
Who said that only the English can deep-fry some fish? Cod, calamari and king prawns accompanied by tempura mixed vegetables all mixed together to create our signature fish platter.
£17.00
Basil&Co Platter
Single or sharing platter. The best selection of Italian cured meat and cheese: parma ham, Spianata, Napolitan salami, wild boar salami, a full buffalo mozzarella or burrata, drunk cheese (Italian finest cheese aged in red wine), pecorino truffle cheese and provolone. Served with olives, tomato and basil bruschetta, Italian giant green olives and a rain of tempura mixed vegetables.
£20.00
The King's Caprese
An elegant salad made with alternating slices of juicy, ripe beef tomatoes and buffalo mozzarella. Nicely seasoned. And our poetic license, king prawns swimming in an ocean of flavour.
£12.50

Sandwiches and Wraps

Croque Monsieur
A fresh and crispy sourdough sandwich made with homemade bechamel sauce, premium ham and fontina cheese.
£7.50
Croque Madame
A fresh and crispy sourdough sandwich made with homemade bechamel sauce, portobello mushroom and fontina cheese. Vegetarian.
£8.00
Filante
A selection of three cheeses which create the perfect combo for an exquisite grilled sandwich.
£6.00
Tuna Wrap
Our summer special mayonnaise, tuna, red onion, cherry tomato and rocket. Light on the stomach, fresh and flavoursome.
£7.50
Wrap It Up
At the last bite you will know how to speak Italian: a wrap filled with homemade meatballs, bolognese sauce and parmigiano. A best seller!
£8.50
Wrap It Up (Vegetarian)
We haven't forgotten our vegan friends either! A wrap with homemade basil avocado cream, beetroot, portobello mushroom and mixed leaf salad.
£7.00
The Italian Job
A sandwich that can be proud of itself, thanks to the main ingredient: your majesty the buffalo mozzarella. Fresh and silky, full of flavour, accompanied by slices beef tomato, basil and rocket. To simple? Try adding some parma ham!
£7.20

Sides and Salads

Dirty Fries
Get ready to experience something new. Homemade, triple cooked chunky chips, covered in our bolognese sauce and melted parmigiano cheese.
£4.75
Basil&Co Caprese Salad
An elegant salad made with alternating slices of juicy, ripe beef tomatoes and buffalo mozzarella. Nicely seasoned. And our poetic license, king prawns swimming in an ocean of flavour.
£11.00
Signature Salad
This is not a typical caesar salad (that is Mexican). All the Mediterranean flavours in a bowl: mixed leaves salad, mixed grilled vegetables, olives and king prawns - fresh seasonal ingredients.
£10.00