Essenza

09/09/2026

05/09/2026

A table at Essenza is always a good idea. 🕯️🍷

Whether you’re joining us to celebrate Dad this Father’s Day or simply in the mood for a beautiful Italian dinner, settle in and spend the evening with us.

Think candlelit tables, warm focaccia passed around to start, handmade pasta, Moreton Bay seafood, a bottle of Italian w**e between friends and tiramisù when you swear you couldn’t possibly fit another bite.

No rush. No reason to leave early. Just good food, good w**e and even better company.

We’re open from 5pm Wednesday–Sunday, with Father’s Day reservations available this Sunday, 6 September.

Come for the occasion, or simply because it’s dinner time. 🇮🇹

Mangiamo!

🔗 https://www.opentable.com.au/booking/restref/availability?lang=en-AU&correlationId=fac7ee1a-7a30-4437-b950-e338a7aa2e6e&restRef=329630&otSource=Restaurant%20website

04/09/2026

Father’s Day, after dark. 🕯️🍷

For the dads who’d choose a beautiful bottle of red, handmade pasta and a candlelit table over Sunday brunch.

This Father’s Day, gather the family and settle in at Essenza for an evening designed to be savoured slowly. Warm focaccia passed around the table, handmade pasta, Moreton Bay seafood, Italian favourites and, of course, tiramisù to finish.

The lights are low, the w**e is pouring, and there’s nowhere you need to be but around the table together.

Sunday 6 September | From 5pm

Reserve your table for Father’s Day at Essenza. 🇮🇹

🔗 https://www.opentable.com.au/booking/restref/availability?lang=en-AU&correlationId=fac7ee1a-7a30-4437-b950-e338a7aa2e6e&restRef=329630&otSource=Restaurant%20website

03/09/2026

This Father’s Day weekend, bring Dad to the table 🇮🇹🍷

Join us at Essenza for an evening of good food, beautiful w**e and the kind of dinner that’s meant to be enjoyed slowly.

Start with warm focaccia and Sicilian olives for the table, move into handmade pasta, Moreton Bay seafood and hearty Italian favourites, then finish - as all good celebrations should - with tiramisù.

And if you’d like to make an afternoon of it, our neighbours at Blue Tongue Pantry will have live music by the Bay from 4–6pm. Stop in for a drink and a little live music before making your way next door to Essenza for dinner.

Because sometimes the best gift is simply getting everyone around the table. ❤️

Father’s Day | Sunday 6 September
Open from 5pm

Bookings are highly recommended. Mangiamo! 🇮🇹

📍Essenza, Thorneside
🔗 https://www.opentable.com.au/booking/restref/availability?lang=en-AU&correlationId=fac7ee1a-7a30-4437-b950-e338a7aa2e6e&restRef=329630&otSource=Restaurant%20website

29/08/2026

LIVE MUSIC NEXT DOOR 🎶🍷

Make an afternoon and evening of it next weekend, with live music at Blue Tongue Pantry followed by an Italian dinner at Essenza.

Stu from Stu Art Music will be playing live during Pantry’s Linger sessions:

Saturday 5 September | 4–6pm
Sunday 6 September | 4–6pm

Start your afternoon next door with sunset drinks, cocktails and something from their curated w**e list while enjoying the live music, then wander over to Essenza for a delicious Italian dinner as the evening settles in.

Authentic dishes inspired by Campania and Tuscany, beautiful w**e and good company - just a few steps away.

Live music at Pantry, dinner at Essenza. Your weekend evening, sorted. 🇮🇹

Book now! Link below 👇

📍 100 Mooroondu Road, Thorneside
🔗 https://www.opentable.com.au/booking/restref/availability?lang=en-AU&correlationId=6b77b727-f2c1-4e14-8ef5-605c0a138e2b&restRef=329630&otSource=Restaurant%20website

18/08/2026

By candlelight, the hardest decision of the evening should be what to order. 🕯️

Something to begin. Pasta, of course. Perhaps a secondi. And dessert? Always.

Our menu is an invitation to settle in and experience Italy one plate at a time - beautiful ingredients, generous flavours and dishes made to be enjoyed around the table.

Buon appetito.

Wednesday–Sunday | 5pm–10pm

17/08/2026

There’s something timeless about an Italian table by candlelight. 🕯️🇮🇹

Beautiful food made with heart, a bottle of w**e opened for the table, and an evening centred around the simple pleasure of sharing a meal together.

At Essenza, every dish carries a little of Head Chef Amedeo’s story - more than two decades of Italian cooking, shaped by the flavours and traditions of his home and years spent cooking across Venice, Florence and Rome.

Authentic Italian food, warm hospitality and a table waiting for you.

Wednesday–Sunday | 5pm–10pm

12/08/2026

Essenza is here 🇮🇹

Tonight from 5pm, step into the essence of Italian hospitality.

The scent of tomatoes ripening in the sun. Seafood pulled fresh from the sea. Pasta made by hand. Fresh bread, still warm from the oven. A table filled with family and friends, and a bottle of w**e shared while time quietly slips away.

This is the inspiration behind essenza.

Our menu celebrates the vibrant flavours of Italy through the places that have shaped Chef Amedeo’s heritage, from the sun-drenched coastline of his childhood to the timeless hills of Tuscany 🌞

Guided by the seasons, exceptional local ingredients take centre stage, prepared with simplicity, restraint and authenticity.

A philosophy grounded in generosity, good food and heartfelt hospitality.

Food to be savoured.
W**e to be shared.
Time to be enjoyed.

Please, take a seat.

Essenza opens tonight from 5pm.
🗓️ Wednesday to Sunday | 5pm - 10pm (Kitchen open until 8pm)
📍 2/100 Mooroondu Road, Thorneside, Brisbane Bayside
🍝 Reservations now open. Link below.
opentable.com.au/r/essenza-reservations-thorneside?restref=329630&lang=en-AU&ot_source=Restaurant%20website