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Casa Nova Summary

  • Address: 10 Station Approach, Virginia Water, GU25 4DW (Map)
  • Tel: +44 (0)844 567 2478
  • E-mail: N/A
  • Website: N/A
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  • Cuisine(s): Italian, Modern European
  • Opening Times:
    Mon - Sun: 12:00 - 14:00 19:00 - 22:00
  • Avg Price: £35.00
 

(Avg Price is the average cost per person for a full meal, drinks/wine and service/tip.)

Casa Nova Description

casa nova virginia waterCasa Nova re-opened in 2004 after a long stint as a successful restaurant, following a major refit and general transformation. It has now been taken over by Jose, Pino and Tony, all of them familiar figures in the Guildford area for the past 30 years. It occupies a good position in an attractive shopping mall less than a mile from the internationally famous Wentworth Golf Club, with ample parking immediately in front of the restaurant.

Casa Nova is every inch an Italian restaurant, serving a good blend of modern and traditional dishes. The a la carte menu is extensive and is supplemented by daily specials. Monday to Friday and on Sundays, Jose and his team offer a good value set menu for lunch.

On Sundays expect to find a selection of starters that could include the soup of the day, mushrooms sautéed in olive oil and chilli, served on a bed of spinach, pasta tubes with onions, cherry tomatoes and broccoli, or Parma ham and melon.

The roast of the day would certainly include roast beef, with options of baked salmon with cucumber and white wine, chicken, mushrooms and red wine sauce, escalopes of veal with cream and mushrooms, and marinated vegetables served on toasted ciabatta bread. Follow with dolci del giorno, the puddings of the day, and your Sunday should be fulfilled.

On other days an a la carte menu operates in the evenings, with starters of the day's fresh soup, grilled sardines with the smell of the sea still about them, avocado with fresh sea prawns, deep fried squid served with tartare sauce, or a Caesar salad with crispy bacon, to name but a few.

Main courses of grilled salmon steak on a bed of spinach with tomatoes and balsamic vinegar dressing lead off the fish courses, followed by grilled Dover sole served with rocket Italians, of course, love their veal and Casa Nova does justice to that inclination, with escalopes of veal with King prawns in a tomato, garlic, parsley and white wine sauce, or another version topped with Parma ham and mushrooms in a white wine and sage sauce. Chicken is another staple part of the Italian cuisine and petto di pollo, breast of chicken with wood mushrooms in cream and brandy sauce, is popular.

Scampi thermidor, a welcome dish in any cuisine, is served here with mustard, cream, brandy and rice. Which takes us to other vital meat courses so beloved of Italians, with fillet steak in a brandy cream and peppercorn sauce, or roast rack of lamb with a red wine and rosemary sauce. Sometimes there seem to be few differences between national cuisines and the grilled calves liver with crispy bacon and bubble and squeak reminds us of this. For a real treat consider the half duckling in an orange sauce and Grand Marnier.

As with all Italian cooking, a lot of the fun comes with the service, the banter and quite often the flattery for the ladies in the party. Maybe Casa Nova is not called what it is for nothing, but satisfied customers suggest that this is the place to be for a fun Italian evening.

Fixed Lunch

  • £14.50 (2 courses) to £16.95 (3 courses), Mon - Sat, £17.95 (3 courses), Sun

Your Reviews of Casa Nova

Martin Lynch (25 January 2008)

Casa Nova is a local restaurant to us in Virginia Water and we have visited it several times. This fine Italian eatery has excellent food accompanied by friendly and professional staff. They always go out of their way to make us feel welcome. Italian co-owner Pino, with his chef Dominico, know what they are doing in the kitchen, and attend to their guests very well. Eating there at least once a week, we would have expected a blip in the service or food quality, but the same high standards are maintained year after year. The dishes I would recommend are, spaghetti scoglio as starter and steak au poive as mains. They always have a range of specials, which is duly recited to you at the time of menu distribution. I have always had a nice evening out, and thoroughly recommend it. Do book up, call first or turn up early as the place gets full soon.

Mario Nicholas (24 September 2006)

Every course tasted excellent and the experience of the highest quality cuisine coupled with superb, yet discreet service was a welcome change to the average, plastic hospitality of the larger restaurants. 10/10

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Additional Info for Casa Nova

  • Yes Children welcome
  • Yes Groups allowed
  • Yes Air conditioning
  • No Outside seating
  • Yes Reservations
  • No Cover Charge
  • House red: £12.50
  • House white: £12.50
  • Service charge: Not included
 
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