Pintadera Café is a welcoming neighbourhood café at 50 Knights Hill in West Norwood. It provides a relaxed place for coffee, breakfast and working lunches, with enough space and flexibility to host smaller evening events.
Breakfast ranges from eggs on toast with vegetables to smoked salmon, spicy nduja combinations and granola. Coffee, tea and fresh drinks make the café useful for a short morning visit, while the more substantial plates reward a slower brunch.
Italian filled ciabatta are a speciality, combining cured meats, cheeses, grilled vegetables and sauces. Pasta for younger diners, toasties and an antipasti board broaden the offer, with crisp Sardinian carasau bread adding a distinctive regional detail.
Italian beer, spritzes, cakes and affogato carry the menu from lunch toward an early evening drink. Pintadera is best suited to diners who want thoughtful café food, Mediterranean ingredients and a comfortable local atmosphere.
Address: 50 Knights Hill, West Norwood, London SE27 0JD, England
Pintadera Cafe Menu
Brunch & Breakfast
Cheesy Mushrooms Sunrise
Two eggs on wholemeal toast served with melted cheese, grilled ham and mushrooms.
Smoked Salmon
Two eggs and smoked salmon on toast served with sauteed spinach.
Break-Sit
Two eggs on toasts topped with sauteed spinach, avocado, sundried tomatos and roasted seeds.
Spicy Nduja & Kale
Two eggs on toasts topped with sauteed kale, nduja and gorgonzola cheese.
Rosetta Classica
Rosetta classica bread roll with fried egg, grilled ham and cheese
Rosetta Salsiccia
Rosetta classica bread roll with fresh italian sausage, nduja, friarielli, onion and mustard
Croissham
Toasted croissant filled with cotto ham and cheddar cheese.
Granola and Yoghurt
Bowl of organic yoghurt with granola, honey and berries.
Granola and Soy or Coco Yoghurt
Bowl of organic soya or coco yoghurt with granola, honey and berries.
Jam and Butter toasts
Toasted wholemeal slices with jam or marmelade and butter
Cake of the Day
Choice of Italian Apple tart, Ricotta cheese and Pear, Vegan Tart with Elderberry and blackcurrant
Croissants Assortment
Plain, Chocolate, Crema, Pretzel, Almond, Pistacchio. Vegan: Plain, Chocolate and Apricot.
Bread & Butter Pudding
Home made croissant based butter pudding. Served warm with diary cream.
Sharing Entrees
Marinated Olives & Carasau Bread
Assorted olives and toasted Carasau bread
Pintadera Board
Assorted cheeses, salami and cured ham served with a variety of grilled vegetables and toasted thin crispy carasau bread.
Arancina Bolognese
Traditional Sicilian fried rice balls filled with a rich beef-and-tomato sauce,/p>
Arancina di Melanzane
Sicilian deep-fried rice balls stuffed with a savory mixture of diced aubergine (eggplant), tomato sauce, basil, and mozzarella
Toasted Panini
Barbagia
Parma ham, sardinian pecorino cheese and rocket leaves.
Shardana
Parma ham, melted blue gorgonzola dolce cheese and rocket leaves.
Pecoro
Pecorino cheese, parma ham, grilled peppers, aubergine and rocket leaves.
Calabrese
Calabrese spicy salami, provola cheese sundried tomato and grilled artichokes.
Pintadera
Smoked salmon, sauteed spinach leaves, grilled aubergine and avocado.
Tuna Capo Comino
Tuna fish, salad, mayo and crispy onion.
Apollo
Crumbed chicken cotoletta, fresh ripe tomato, crispy lettuce and mayonnaise.
Salsiccia
Fresh Italian fennel sausage, nduja, sauteed kale, grilled onions and mustard.
'Nduja
Soft calabrese sausage, provola cheese, sauteed mushrooms and rocket.
Porchetta
Pork Roast (porchetta), cheddar cheese, artichokes, green sauce and rocket.
Salads
Pomegranate Salad
Pomegranate, fresh spinach leaves avocado, blueberries, roasted seeds and shaved Parmigiano
Tonno e Fagioli
Tuna fish, red beans, boiled egg, crispy onions, fresh tomato and mixed leaves
Goat Cheese Salad
Goat cheese, roasted butternut squash cherry tomato, roasted seeds, rocket fresh spinach and balsamic glaze
Niçoise Salad
Mixed leaves, tuna fish, marinated olives, capers, boiled egg, anchovies and beetroots
Warm Chiken Salad
Crumbed cotoletta chicken, cherry tomato, mixed salad, shaved carrot and avocado
Salmon Salad
Smoked salmon, avocado, beetroots shaved carrot, roasted seeds and mixed leaves
Avocado Salad
Avocado, fresh buffalo mozzarella cherry tomatos shaved carrot and mixed leaves
Buffalo Salad
Buffalo mozzarella, parma ham, mixed leaves, olives and sundried tomato
Mixed Leaf Salad
Mixed leaf salad, shaved carrot and fresh tomato
Veggy Toasted Panini
Amnesia
Sundried tomato, fresh mozzarella and pesto spread.
Sun Blush
Taleggio cheese, sundried tomato artichokes and grilled peppers.
Magic Mushrooms
Sauteed mushrooms, roasted peppers sundried tomatos and artichokes.
Vegus
Fresh spinach leaves, beetroots, grilled peppers, grilled artichokes, sundried tomato and avocado
Alice
Grilled aubergine, fresh spinach, olive spread, sundried tomato and fresh mozzarella.
Mediterraneo
Goat cheese, grilled aubergine, fresh spinach and beetroots.
Squash
Butternut squash, goat cheese, sauteed spinach, mixed seeds, balsamic glaze.
Cakes
Torta della Nonna
A soft flat cake made with custard band flavoured with lemon and pine nuts.
Italian Apple Cake
Rich apple tart.
Vegan Tart
Elderberry and Raspberry – Sambuco e Lampone.
Sfogliatelle
Ridged Italian pastry made out of dough and stuffed with sweet, creamy filling.
Home Made
Bread and butter Pudding
Home made – Warm and served with diary cream
Tiramisú
Mascarpone with coffee infused biscotti.
Affogato
Two scoops of vanilla ice cream and a hot shot of espresso.
Ice Cream
Ice Cream 120ml
Roskilly’s original organic ice cream, in 120ml theatre-style tubs. Cornish Organic Ice Cream
Vegan Ice Cream 500ml
Booja-Booja original Vegan ice cream.
Coppa Gelato
Swirled Ice Cream – Coffee – Hezelnut & Chocolate – Pistacchio & Crema – Yogurt & Berries
Ice Cream in Shell
Refreshing lemon, Coconut and Pineapple sorbetto served in fruit shell.
Kids Pasta
Pasta al Pomodoro
Tomato sauce and parmigiano
Pasta al Pesto
Green pesto sauce.
Bolognese
Rich bolognese sauce.
Toasties
Cheese & Ham Toasty
Melted cheese and cotto ham.
Cheese Toasty
Melted cheese toasty
Cheese & Tomato Toasty
Melted cheese and fresh tomato toasty
Croissaham
Toasted croissant filled with cheese and ham.