Our menu.
Seasonal. Sharing. Always changing.
Rooted in the flavours of Italy and built around the finest Australian produce at its peak — the Orso menu is designed to be eaten the way food is meant to be: slowly, together, and with something worth drinking alongside it.
Please let us know of any dietary requirements or allergies when making your reservation and we'll take care of the rest.
Our restaurant spaces
Orso occupies a beautifully considered building in the heart of Rose Park — a space that has been shaped as carefully as the food served inside it.
Main Dining Room
Our largest and most vibrant dining space, the Main Dining Room connects our open kitchen, courtyard and main entrance areas.
Highlighted by a handcrafted burnt orange Venetian plaster feature wall and a ceiling that is contemporaneous of fine design and acoustic treatment, the room is furnished with Italian beechwood tables and framed by ceiling to floor sliding windows leading out to the courtyard.
The Main Dining Room can seat up to 70 guests.
Kitchen Bar
Within the Main Dining Room, the Kitchen Bar offers a unique full view of our open kitchen and masterful chefs at work.
This most atmospheric seating at our beautiful Calcutta marble bar, on high stools. Sit and enjoy the theatrics of a bustling kitchen and bar in service, as the chefs create your dinner on the open fire-pit, right in front of your eyes.
Perfect for date night or a close catch up with a friend, the Kitchen Bar can seat a maximum of 6 guests, side by side.
Alexandra Room
Built in 1894, the original beauty of our building has been lovingly restored to showcase the historic bluestone walls of the Alexandra Room.
A smaller, more intimate space located between Willmott’s and the Main Dining Room, ‘The Alex Room’ provides both a sense of intimacy as well as a front-row-seat to the bustling atmosphere of our state-of-the-art open kitchen.
The Alexandra Room can fit up to 26 guests and is used by Willmott’s customers during the day and can be booked by ORSO customers at night.
The Covered Courtyard
The paved-brick courtyard is a large light-filled area at the back of the ORSO building. Attached to our main dining room and open kitchen with floor to ceiling sliding glass doors and retractable sides.
Suitable for dining year-round, this fully enclosed quieter space seats up to 55 guests with effective heating and blankets provided in the cooler months and evaporative air conditioning in the warmer months.
Capacity standing 85 guests and 55 seated.
Frequently Asked Questions
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The ORSO Main Dining Room - Our largest and most vibrant space that can seat up to 70 guests.
The Alexandra Room – A smaller, more intimate dining room that can fit up to 26 guests - available to be booked by ORSO customers at night. During the daytime the Alex Room is used by our sister venue Willmott’s (our café next door).
The Covered Courtyard – Suitable for dining year-round with effective heating and blankets available in winter, and evaporative air conditioning in summer. A fully enclosed quieter space that seats up to 55 guests.
The Kitchen Bar – An intimate area that can seat a maximum of 6 guests (side by side). Here you'll get a front row seat of the chefs creating your meal on the open fire-pit while relaxing on our large comfortable stools and sipping on a cocktail from one of our cocktail specialists. Perfect for date night or a close catch up with a friend.
Willmotts – Our busy café by day and chilled wine bar at night. Feel free to drop in for drink before or after your dinner in ORSO.
The Cellar - An exclusive space located beneath the Willmott’s bar. Perfect for those extra special occasions, the cellar can seat a maximum of 12 guests with guests treated to a premium chef’s menu with paired wines.
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Please be aware that there will be a cakeage charge if you wish to bring a cake into the restaurant. This charge will be $4.50 per person.
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We do not offer BYO at ORSO.
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All groups of 8 adult guests or more are required to partake in our 4-course shared chef’s menu @ $100 per person.
Children (2 -12 years) are welcome to select from the á la carte menu.
High chairs are available, please request these in the booking notes when booking online.
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Our chefs are very good at catering to most dietary requirements, so please let us know prior to the day when booking in larger groups.
Guests with dietary requirements will be provided with individual meal substitutions if they cannot eat what is placed out for the rest of the group to share.
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We cannot provide separate accounts or split bills.
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To secure your booking we require some credit card details to hold a pre-authorisation payment of $50 per person.
This is a booking guarantee. No monies will be deducted from the card provided unless the booking is cancelled last minute, does not turn up, or arrives with significantly lower numbers than the confirmed booking.
We ask that you keep us updated with any changes to your group numbers, even up until the day of your booking.
Please use the secure link to enter your credit card details for this.
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Vouchers can be purchased online via our website and can be used for both ORSO & Willmott’s.
We are happy to convert a purchased online voucher into a hard copy version – just bring in your email receipt and we can do this for you at the front desk.
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We can only process takeaway orders on the day of the take away.
Menu items available for take away can be found here.
Please note restaurant menu items that are not listed on our takeaway portal may not be able to be ordered take away.
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Car parking is available at the back of the restaurant, accessible via Eliza Lane. Alternatively, we recommend guests park on Sydenham Road (opposite side of Kensington Road) as Victoria Terrace has 2 hour permit parking.
Our car park is locked every night, and closed on public holidays. Parking in the restaurant’s rear car park is at the owner’s own risk and ORSO assumes no responsibility if cars are locked in or incur damage or theft while on the property.