Fugazzi, Adelaide: Leigh Street restaurant menu and steaks

The bold Fugazzi menu and stylish décor makes this Leigh Street restaurant in Adelaide an upmarket take on standard Italian-American fare.

Fugazzi is one of the hippest restaurants in Adelaide city centre. One of several bars and restaurants on the Leigh Street laneway, Fugazzi takes its inspiration from New York. And, more specifically, the Italian-American side of New York.

Don’t go expecting red and white-checked tablecloths and a menu made up of Mamma’s favourites, however. Fugazzi plumps for the modern, stylish side of the line and feels more business lunch than home-cooked comforts.

Fugazzi menu

This Leigh Street restaurant likes to focus on its tasting menus. A three course tasting menu costs $58, with a five course tasting menu costing $78. You can choose to go a la carte instead, however.

The pizzas are done Roman style, with thicker, crispier bases than the classics from the Naples region. There are also possibly sacrilegious ‘lasagna pizzas’, topped with Bolognese sauce.

Other options on the Fugazzi menu include wood-roasted whole king prawns with chive beurre blanc for $38. You can also try scorched cabbage, macadamia, green onion and crème fraiche sauce for $29. Or maybe with wood-roasted Murray Cod with smoked broth and Wakame for $41.

Steaks at Fugazzi, Adelaide

Steaks are a big part of the Fugazzi menu, too. They come served with mustard leaf salad, marsala roasted bone jus and shallot butter. At the simpler end of the scale, there’ a 250g Flat Iron steak frites. At the more indulgent, lavish end, you can go for the 1kg Wagyu Florentine steak, which feeds four people (or two extremely greedy ones).

Fugazzi is at 27 Leigh Street, Adelaide. Bookings are recommended. See the restaurant website for more details.

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