Negronis carried on a tray

(upstairs) · 166 Cashel St, Christchurch

Pasta on the marble table

Modern Italian restaurant & Negroni bar.

Start with a spritz at the bar. Stay for dinner upstairs.

Pasta fresca•Pizza•Negroni•Aperitivo•Vino

Benvenuti da Franco

The Italy you didn’t want to leave.

Come for date night, the birthday table, or a spritz before the stadium, a short walk away.

Two floors, one building.

Level 1·Level 2
The Negroni bar on Level 1, glowing red over the scalloped bar front

Level 1 · The bars

Spritz & Negroni Bar.

Negronis stirred to order, spritzes by the glass and a little something salty. Aperitivo from 5 to 7pm, and walk-ins always welcome.

Drinks menu
The level 2 dining room under copper lamps

Level 2 · The kitchen

Open Kitchen Restaurant.

A curved wall of windows, copper lamps over the marble and the open kitchen in full view. Pasta made in house, every day.

Private events · Both levels

Host at Franco.

Corporate dinners, birthdays, Christmas parties and long tables, on one level or the whole building.

  • Guests10 to 240
  • Venue hire feenone
  • Private luncheson request
  • We replywithin one business day

“Everyone’s been raving about the venue, the hospitality and the service.”Hayley, company event

Service at a private event
The room set for a candlelit private event

Reservations

A table tonight?

Tonight: bar from 4pm, kitchen from 5pm.Walk-ins welcome at the bar.

Gift vouchers

Give them a night at Franco.

Come say ciao

(Upstairs) 166 Cashel St.

Take the lift by H&M and KOOKAÏ, or the stairs. Park at The Crossing, 71 Lichfield St: $9 after 4.30pm.