Foodies are raving about a little-known deli serving authentic Italian food and some of the “best sandwiches in Australia”.
Arno Deli is in the heart of Newcastle and specializes in giving diners a taste of the Mediterranean with a wide range of Italian cold cuts, cheeses, desserts and wines.
Visitors enter the hole-in-the-wall restaurant through a red chain curtain behind which is a retro-style deli counter stocked with high-quality produce and groceries.
Arno is famous in Newcastle for his rotating menu of 26 delicious paninis with soft schiacciata bread.
Fan favorites include number five with mortadella, pistachio cream, stracciatella and pistachio and number seven with prosciutto, filocchiona, provolone, mustard and mayonnaise.
Arno Deli is in the heart of Newcastle and specializes in giving diners a taste of the Mediterranean with a wide range of Italian cold cuts, cheeses and paninis.
Arno is famous in Newcastle for his rotating menu of 26 drool-worthy paninis on soft schiacciata bread
Visitors enter the hole-in-the-wall restaurant through a red chain curtain behind which is a retro-style deli counter stocked with high-quality produce and groceries.
Other panini fillings include house-made porchetta and flavorful hams glazed by Arno’s chefs.
There’s a vegetarian sandwich menu, as well as gluten-free options, tasty snacks, desserts, coffee and grazing boards.
The Jewel is the perfect place to grab a bite to eat on the go or sit back with a grazing board and a glass of wine to watch the world go by.
Arno is licensed and serves a selection of 80 Italian and Australian wines that can be enjoyed alongside a sample of delicatessen products.
Sweet-toothed diners will love the exquisite cannoli made with shells imported from Sicily and filled with sweet ricotta or pastry cream.
The Jewel is the perfect place to grab a bite to eat on the go or sit back with a grazing board and a glass of wine to watch the world go by.
Locals and visitors embraced the concept with open arms and fell in love with the authentic Italian offering: ‘The best sandwich I’ve ever had in my life.’
Chef Will O’Brien was so in love with his experience traveling through Italy that he wanted to take a part of it back to his hometown of Newcastle.
Locals and visitors embraced the concept with open arms and fell in love with the authentic Italian offering.
‘The best sandwich I have ever had in my life. On the edge of a spiritual experience!’ said one five-star reviewer.
“The tastiest sandwich I’ve ever had and now I’m addicted,” wrote another.
‘What a find this place is. The sandwiches are to die for, especially the mortadella and pistachio one. Apparently it has some kind of peanut butter and pistachio in it. It’s sublime. “It’s almost addictive,” said a third.
