Rise and shine at LiTO, where Italian tradition meets coastal flair. Our breakfast menu celebrates seasonal ingredients, bringing familiar flavours to life with playful twists. Enjoy a pre-beach flat white with Calabrian poached eggs, Burleigh-inspired avo toast, or a fresh sourdough toastie. For something decadent, try our breakfast parmigiana or wood-fired calzone.

Cornetto

Plain or almond ​

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Daily pastries

Home-made pastries, condiments ​

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Maritozzi

Milk bun, orange blossom scented cream ​

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Almond tart

Seasonal stone fruit and quark ​

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Granola

Whipped mascarpone, berries, honey

Greek Yoghurt

Compressed rock melon, candied orange

Fruit salad

Seasonal Queensland fruit, mostarda di frutta

– Add granola

– Add yoghurt

Ricotta Pancakes

Fabbri cherries, pistachio

Bacon and egg focaccia

Fried egg, bacon, peppers and provolone

Spiced avocado bruschetta

Stracciatella, pesto and crisp chili

Wood-fired field mushroom bruschetta

Taleggio and spinach, aged balsamic

Heritage tomato bowl

Avocado, spinach, ricotta, grains and pinenuts

Crisp zucchini fritters 

Herb goat's curd, pesto rosso

Two eggs your way 

Fried, Poached or Scrambled

All eggs are served with wood-fired tomatoes, wild rocket and sourdough

Add ons

$8 per item

Italian pork sausage, smoked bacon, proscuitto, truffle pecorino

$5 per item

additional egg, wood-fired tomatoes, avocado

$3 per item

field mushroom, grilled sourdough, wild rocket

Sicilian Poached Eggs

Shaved lonza, tomato hollandaise, sourdough

Frittata della nonna

Signature Italian omelette, wild rocket

Wood-fired eggs

Nduja tradizionale, tomato and black olives

Meatballs 

Beef meatballs, napolitana and stracciatella 

Parmigiana 

Baked eggplant, tomato and mozzarella cheese

Baked beans 

Italian sausage, cannellini marinara, sourdough

Calzone 

Salami, egg, calabrian pepper relish, provolone 

The Don

Wood-fired eggs, Italian pork sausage 

smoked bacon, nduja, field mushroom

baked beans and bacon jam, sourdough

WOOD-FIRED BREAD

Focaccia | Pane Pugliese

All bread served with warm olives and  whipped ricotta

Wood-fired Lito Pizette

Daily offering

CURED MEAT

Prosciutto Di Parma

Slow aged hind leg heritage breed pork

Sopressa Milano

Red wine & black pepper

Classic Mortadella

Pistachio

ANTIPASTI

Ciccioli 

Roasted chicken rilettes, crostini, figs 

Crudo 

Black kingfish, samphire and almonds 

Caponata 

Eggplant, capsicum, pine nuts 

Tomatoes 

Heirloom tomatoes, pesto rosso  

Burrata 

Compressed Rockmelon, toasted pistachio

Cherry peppers 

whipped goat’s curd and fennel fronds

Stracciatella  

Mount Tamborine dairy, House-pickled zucchini, dill  

Caulilini 

Capers, dried tomato & black raisin 

Arancini 

Porcini mushroom & taleggio  

Fritto misto 

Tweed Coast Seafood

Octopus

Hazelnut romesco, watercress 

SALAD

Caesar

Cos, parma, parmesan, anchovy cream

add chicken

Radicchio

Fennel, orange and hazelnut vinaigrette

add prawns

Mediterrean

Artichoke, tomato, olives, baby gem, peppers, qukes, lemon and oregano

PASTA

Southern Rock Lobster Bucatini  

Archie Rose vodka sauce, sea urchin

Spaghetti alle vongole 

White wine, garlic, chili, parsley, lemon 

Lamb Ragu Saffron Pappardelle

Slow-cooked lamb ragu

Pork Sausage Rigatoni 

Fennel, tomato, oregano, chili, olives  

Wood Fired Pumpkin Cappelletti 

Ricotta, sage and pinenuts

Penne Napolitana 

Mount Tamborine stracciatella, basil 

OVEN & GRILL

Rotisserie Chicken

Half XX  Whole XX  

Panzanella and white polenta stuffing

Porchetta 

Sweet Bangalow pork belly

pork & fennel sausage, sage, black garlic 

Veal Milanese 

crumbed veal chop, burnt sage butter 

Prawns 

Mooloolaba king prawns alla griglia  

crisp chili,  lemon and bottarga  

Line Caught Fish 

grilled, charred lemon, coastal greens

Mushroom 

grilled portobello mushrooms, pine nut, buckwheat and asiago 

Cauliflower 

wood-fired cauliflower, whipped ricotta sorrel, mint & pine nut 

DRY-AGED

Grass MBS 5+ 

Eye Fillet 180g 

Cross MBS 6-7+

Bone in Sirloin 600g 

Pure MBS 9+ 

Rump Cap 350g 

Condiments  & wild rocket, parmesan

Calabrian chili butter | Italian bordelaise anchovy butter | salsa verde | mustard 

SIDES

Wood-fired mushrooms  

Herbs and garlic

Baked eggplant 

Calabrian chili, lemon  

Charred broccolini 

Salsa verde, almonds 

Creamy white polenta 

White truffle and fontina

Flash fried green beans

Garlic and crisp chilli

Hand cut chips 

Sea salt and rosemary 

Crisp Smash Potatoes 

Confit Garlic 

Wild Rocket 

Shaved parmesan, EVOO

Green Leaves

Red wine and shallot vinaigrette

BREAKFAST

Cold Pressed Juice

Xpressed Juice

Cornetto

Plain or almond 

Maritozzi

milk bun, orange blossom scented cream  

Greek Yoghurt

compressed rock melon, candied orange

Fruit Salad

seasonal Queensland cut fruit

Granola

whipped mascarpone, berries, honey

Heritage tomato bowl

ricotta, avocado, spinach, grains and pinenuts

Two Eggs Your Way 

Fried, Poached or Scrambled

all eggs are served with wood-fired tomatoes, 

wild rocket and sourdough

Add ons

$8 per item

Italian pork sausage, smoked bacon, prosciutto 

$5 per item

additional egg, avocado, field mushroom

Frittata della nonna

Signature Italian omelette, wild arugula

Bacon and egg focaccia

Fried egg, bacon, peppers and provolone

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All Press

Signature barista coffee

Tavalon

Premium teas

ALL DAY

Antipasti Plate

Served with focaccia di recco 

Marinated olives

Heritage tomatoes 

Marinated cherry peppers

House-pickled zucchini

Cured meat Plate

Served with focaccia di recco  

Prosciutto di Parma

Mortadella pistachio  

Roasted chicken ciccioli 

Cheese Plate

Served with focaccia di recco

Pecorino - Toscano Stagionato PDO 

Taleggio -Bontaleggio di Grotta PDO 

Gorgonzola Dolce - Bonta Della Bonta PDO

Hive & Harvest honey, mostarda di frutta walnut bread 

HOT SANDWHICHES

Served with hand cut chips or wild rocket salad, shaved parmesan

Crisp Porchetta 

Pickled fennel, provolone, salsa verde

Roasted Chicken

calabrian peppers, lemon, taleggio 

Beef Meatballs 

Napolitana sauce, melted mozzarella

Eggplant Caponata 

Stracciatella panini, pesto rosso

SALADS

Mediterrean

Artichoke, tomato, olives, baby gem, peppers, qukes, lemon and oregano

Caesar

Crisp parma and shaved parmesan

Add chicken

Add prawns

PASTA

Pork sausage rigatoni 

Fennel, tomato, oregano, chili, olives 

Penne napolitana 

Mount Tamborine stracciatella, basil

OVEN & GRILL

Half Rotisserie Chicken

Panzanella and white polenta stuffing, jus

Char grilled Grass-fed Wagyu

Eye fillet 180g, confit garlic, anchovy butter

Grilled Line Caught Fish Fillet

Daily catch, charred lemon, pesto rosso

SIDES

Hand cut chips

Sea salt and rosemary

Charred broccolini 

Salsa verde, almonds

Green leaves

Red wine and shallot vinaigrette

DESSERTS

Torte della nonna

Vanilla and lemon cream, pine nuts 

Cheesecake 

Orange and ricotta 

Chocolate & Hazelnut torte 

Bitter chocolate and cultured cream 

DOLCI

Lito Tiramisu

Amaretto and coffee mascarpone cream, Allpress coffee syrup

Woodfired Crostata 

Corella pear and spiced compote

Limoncello Baba

Housemade Limoncello soaked brioche, 

citrus jam, whipped cream

Lemon Gelato "al forno" 

Lemon sorbet, italian meringue, almond crunch

LITO Affogatto  

Allpress coffee, vanilla bean ice cream, 

choice of liquor

Gelato

Daily gelato selection

FORMAGGIO

Selection of Italian Cheese 

Hive & Harvest Seaside honey, Mostarda di frutta, walnut bread  

Pecorino 

Toscano Stagionato PDO 

Taleggio

Bontaleggio di Grotta PDO 

Gorgonzola Dolce

Bonta Della Bonta PDO  

THE TROLLEY

Cake by the slice or whole

Torte della Nonna

Chocolate & Hazelnut Torte

Orange & Ricotta Cheesecake

Seasonal Fruit Frangipane Tart

Italian Meringue Lemon Tart

BITES

Amaretti

Bombolini

Cannoli

Canelle

Financier

COCKTAILS

Aperol Spritz

- Aperol, Prosecco, Soda, Orange

Mojito

- Bacardi Rum, Lime, Mint, Soda Water, Sugar Syrup

Signature

- Tanqueray Gin, Passionfruit, Ginger, Citrus

Margarita

Original/Spicy/Coconut

Thunderstorm

- Jack Daniels, Amaretto, Grenadine, Coke

Dusk Till Dawn

- Ketel One, Strawberry, Passion Fruit, Sugar Rim

SPARKLING WINE

McPherson Sparkling Brut 11/50

Goulburn Valley, Victoria

– Bright with green apple, crisp citrus notes.

Contarini Prosecco 16/72

Veneto, Italy

– Bright with green apple, crisp citrus notes.

Bird in Hand Sparkling Pinot Noir 15/68

Adelaide Hills, South Australia

– Hints of strawberry, creamy with a smooth finish.

WHITE WINE

Zilzie BTW Pinot Grigio 11/50

Murray Darling, Victoria

– Fresh pear & apple, light & crisp.

Zilzie Regional Collection Chardonnay 12/54

Limestone Coast, Victoria

– Refreshing pear & apple, light & crisp.

Yealands Single Vineyard Sauv Blanc 14/63

Marlborough, New Zealand

– Zesty passionfruit with a clean, fresh finish.

RED WINE

Grant Burge Cabernet Sauvignon 11/50

Barossa Valley, South Australia

– Blackcurrant & dark chocolate, smooth tannins.

Alkoomi Shiraz 12/54

Frankland River, Western Australia

– Juicy blackberry, complemented by subtle spice.

Mandala Pinot Noir 16/72

Yarra Valley, Victoria

– Cherry with soft raspberry, light & silky.

ROSE

Debussy Rêverie Rosé 14/63

Languedoc-Roussillon, France

– Crisp, with strawberry & a hint of peach.