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La Toscana Pizzeria, Te Anau

July 07, 2010
by Wendy
family, family friendly restaurant, kids, pasta, pizza, restaurant, restaurants, vegetarian, vegetarian restaurant
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Trying to enjoy the outdoor seating at Te Anau's La Toscana Pizzeria
Trying to enjoy the outdoor seating at Te Anau's La Toscana Pizzeria
The downtown area in Te Anau is compact, easily explored on foot and full of restaurants.  Our first night there we chose La Toscana Pizzeria for its outdoor seating and tempting menu.  The restaurant also offers free delivery.  Inside, the restaurant is decorated with bottles on the walls.  It has a relaxed, casual feel.  The warm summer night was beckoning, though, and we managed to snag one of their two outside tables.

Venison Pizza at La Toscana Pizzeria. Te Anau
Venison Pizza at La Toscana Pizzeria. Te Anau
Ian chose the Venison Pizza, $18NZD.  The thin crust was topped with venison that was unfortunately slightly chewy.  The sauce was sweet and the meat was accompanied by caramelized onions, mushrooms and pine nuts.

Wendy had the Large Pansotti, $19NZD, (medium, $14.50NZD).  This vegetarian option turned out to be a disappointing dish of pumpkin ravioli with basil and parmesan.  It was served al dente, but was surprisingly tasteless.  The Italian tomato sauce it came with just didn’t complement the pasta, either.

Large Pansotti -  pumpkin ravioli with basil and parmesan at La Toscana Pizzeria, Te Anau
Large Pansotti - pumpkin ravioli with basil and parmesan at La Toscana Pizzeria, Te Anau
There were jars of pre-grated (and very processed) parmesan on the tables.  Not really what you would hope for in an Italian restaurant.  The seating outside would have been very pleasant except that it was unfortunately smoky – really not something we appreciate and definitely not baby-friendly.  To top it off, the food was served warm, but not hot.  Overall, we weren’t impressed and wouldn’t be in a hurry to return.

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  1. Dina July 11, 2010 at 6:06 am

    Wow, it’s fun to see the a restaurant that randomly we went is on the blog 🙂
    We were in Te Anau late of May this year, and we tried to get a late lunch (about 4 pm) in the town. There were only 2 restaurant opened because most of others already closed for the winter. The other one was smell a bit mildewy, so we went to this one. It happened to be their last day of being open before closing for the winter. I didn’t remember much of the pizza that we ate, but I enjoyed playing with the table decoration that is made with various uncooked pasta 🙂

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    Anonymous replied on October 17th, 2011 2:00 pm:

    I think you may have the wrong restaurant, La Toscana doesn’t open until 5:30 and is open all winter.

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