About Gios
SOUTH AFRICAN CUISINE IS A DIVERSE, UNIQUE FUSION OF INFLUENCES FROM ASIA & EUROPE. GIO’S FOOD REPRESENTS HIS HERITAGE BEING ITALIAN, PORTUGUESE & SOUTH AFRICAN
In the Beninging
Starters
Bruschetta
5 inch pizza bread topped with marinated Roma tomatoes red onions and then drizzled with extra virgin olive oil and balsamic glaze£6.50Caprese |Salad
Fresh Buffalo Mozzarella, Italian Vine Tomato, Fresh Basil then Drizzled with Extra Virgin Olive Oil & Balsamic Reduction£6.00Caponata
Nonna’s Caponata is a delicious Sicilian sweet & sour antipasto consisting of chopped fried brinjal (aubergine), tomato, celery, olives, and capers. Served with Crostini£6.50Chicken Chunks
Battered Chicken Breast Fillet served with Peri - Mayo or sweet-chilli sauce£6.50Chicken Wings
To wet your appetite or share with friends, these Lorenço Marques Style chicken wings, drizzled with our secret artisan sauce, are spicy… Eat and sweat for more!£7.50Chicken Liver Pate
Gio’s special Lourenco Marques style Chicken Liver Pate. Served with Crostini£6.00Chouriço (To Share)
Portuguese sausage (less spicy than the Spanish chorizo) flambéed in Aguardente (strong Portuguese alcohol) to further enhance the flavour of this very traditional Portuguese sausage.£7.00Crumbed Prawns
Crumbed Prawns served with Chilli Mayo or Tartare sauce£7.50Foccacia (To share)
Pizza bread with Garlic, Olive oil & Herbs (Serves 2)£4.50Rissois de Camarão (To Share)
2 x Half-moon breaded pastry with a creamy Prawn Filling£6.50
In Crust We Trust
Between the Bread
Beef Prego Steak Roll & Chips
Grilled Marinaded thin rump steak in a rich sauce with a hint of peri-peri served in a fresh continental roll that’s been soaked with all the pan juices. Served with Gio’s Chips£12.50Chicken Prego & Chips
Grilled butterfly chicken breast infused with peri-peri sauce in a rustic bread roll with lettuce, tomato with a choice of Peri-Mayo or Garlic-Mayo. Served with Gio’s Chips£11.50Gio's Twin Cheeseburger & Chips
For the really Hungry. Gio’s Monster 12oz Beef burger. 2 Beef Patties with double Cheese, lettuce & fried onion served in a seeded bun with a choice of Gio’s, Monkey Gland 😃 OR Chilli-Garlic sauce. Served with Gio’s Chips£13.50Gio's 6oz Burger & Chips
6 oz beef burger with lettuce & fried onion served in a seeded bun. Choice of Gio’s, Monkey Gland (No not real monkey glands 😊) or Chilli-garlic sauce. Served with Gio’s seasoned Chips£9.50South African Lamb "Bunny Chow"
A meal you can also eat the packaging it came in! South African street food dish consisting of a Lamb Curry inside of a hollowed-out bread. Served with the inside of Bread to dip in sauce & pot of Mrs Balls chutney£15.50South African Vegan "Bunny Chow"
A meal you can also eat the packaging it came in! South African street food dish consisting of a Veg Curry inside of a hollowed-out bread. Served with the inside of Bread to dip in sauce & pot of Mrs Balls chutney£10.50
Meat your Maker
Traditional Meat & Chicken Recipes
1/2 Mild Spring Chicken & Rice
1/2 Lourenço Marques Portuguese chargrilled spring chicken marinaded in medium peri-peri. Served with savoury rice & peri-slaw£12.50LM Chicken Curry & Rice
Chicken in a Delicious Mild Coconut Curry served with Rice£11.50Ribs
Full rack of Ribs marinated in our secret sauce served with Gio's chips and Peri Slaw£20.50Russian & Slap Chips
Brought to South Africa by Russian Immigrants this is now a typical favourite street food dish of deep-fried smoked Pork sausages served with slap chips (soft chips)£9.50
Pasta La Vista Baby
Gio's Special Pasta's (+20 minute per dish). Sometimes not always available
Alfredo
The South African version based on the Italian Alfredo pasta but made with ham and mushrooms & fresh cream£11.50Al Ragu
Slow cooked traditional beef ragu sauce£11.50Amatriciana
Bacon in a Wine based Tomato and onion sauce£11.50Arabiatta
Napoletana (Tomato) sauce with fresh chilies & olives£11.50Santangelo
Gio's signature pasta with Chicken and mushrooms in a creamy tomato sauce with hint of chilli.£11.50Quattro Stagioni
Napolitana (Tomato) sauce with Prosciutto (Ham), Artichokes, Mushrooms & Olives£11.50
A Pizza you can't Refuse...Capeesh
Gio's signature 11 inch hand stretched sourdough pizza base topped with San Marzano tomato and Fior di latte Mozzarella
You Wanna Pizza Me
Build your Own 11" Pizza. Start off with a hand rolled pizza with pizza sauce & cheese. Then your choice of toppings from the below. Served Uncut.£8.50Pizza Americano
Pepperoni, and more Pepperoni£11.50Pizza Capricciosa
Ham, Artichokes, Mushrooms, Olives£12.50Pizza Gustosa
Ham, Mushrooms, Green Pepper & Onion, Garlic£12.50Pizza Il Greco
Bacon, Feta, finished off with Avocado£13.50Pizza Il Club
Bacon, Chicken Mayo, Finished off with Fresh Chopped Tomato.£13.50Pizza Margherita
11" Pizza made with Gio's signature hand-stretched sourdough topped with San Marzano tomato sauce & Fior de latte Mozzarella. Served uncut£9.00Pizza Maionesa
Chicken Mayo, Peppadew (Sweet mild red pepper)£12.00Pizza Milano
Salami, Red Onions, Olives£13.50Pizza Napoli
Salami, Green Pepper & Onion, Garlic£12.00Pizza Porto
Chouriço (Portuguese smoked sausage), Green Pepper & Onion, Olives, Chilli, Garlic£13.50Pizza Padrino
Pepperoni, Mushroom, Peppadew(Sweet mild red pepper)£13.50Stromboli
Never mind the Calzone... Try Gio's rolled up Pizza with your Choice of Toppings£9.50
Outdoor Catering
Outdoor Catering available for Private & Corporate
Outdoor Catering available for Private & Corporate tailored for you£100.00
Say Hello to my little Friends
Kids Meals
Kids Chicken Chunks & Chips
Battered Chicken Breast Fillet chunks£6.50Kids Pasta Bolognese
1/2 portion penne pasta with delicious Bolognese Sauce£6.50Kids Pasta Napoletana
Penne in a Napoletana (Tomato) Sauce£6.00Kids Pizza
7 Inch Margherita Pizza. Extra toppings 50p£6.00
Don't Fuhgeddaboudit
Side Orders
Chips
Double fried Chips Plain OR Special Seasoning£3.50Savoury Rice
Tasty tumeric rice£3.50Perislaw
£3.50Mrs Balls Chutney Tub
Mrs Balls Chutney Tub£1.50Chiili Sauce
Gio's Hot Chilli Sauce 🔥🔥£1.50Garlic Tub
Fresh chopped garlic sauce in olive oil£1.50Monkey Gland Sauce
South Africa's iconic tangy monkey gland sauce ( no not real monkey gland 😀)£1.50Onion Rings
Lightly Battered Onion Rings£3.50Peri Mayo Tub
Homemade Peri Mayo£1.50Red or Green Pesto
Choice of green or red pesto£1.50Portuguese Side Salad
Portuguese salad with tomatoes, lettuce, onions & olives then drizzled with extra-virgin olive oil and red wine vinegar£5.50
Badabingbadaboom - The End
Desserts
Baba de Camelo
Dessert made with condensed milk, egg yolks, and stiff-whisked egg white£5.50Chocolate Mousse
This one needs no Introduction£6.00Melktert
Melktert is an South African dessert consisting of a sweet pastry crust containing a custard filling made from milk, flour, sugar and eggs£5.40
Soft Drinks
Coke 330ml
£2.50Coke Zero 330ml
£2.50Fanta 330ml
£2.50Lemonata 330ml
Italian fizzy lemon drink£2.50Sprite 330ml
£2.50
Lettuce Indulge You
Our leafy greens
Pollo Pancetta
Salad with bacon, chicken, lettuce, red onion, tomatoes & croutons drizzled with Gio’s Special House Dressing£10.50Lisboa Salad
Portuguese salad with peri chicken, lettuce, white onion, olives, tomatoes & croutons drizzled with extra virgin olive oil & wine vinegar£9.50
SPECIALS
When Available
GFC Chicken Burger & Chips
Crumbed Chicken Fillet burger Hash brown, Cheese, Lettuce, Fried onion & Chilli garlic mayo sauce. Served with Gios chips£8.50Russian Hotdog
Deep-fried smoked Pork sausage in a roll with onions, ketchup & mustard. Served with chips£7.50