Carrara · Gold Coast
Papa Rolly's
The family table at Pappas Way. Woodfired pizza, Mamma's secret-recipe polpette, handmade pasta and bread, and BYO wine.
Hours
Dinner Sun–Thu 5–8pm, Fri & Sat 5–9pm
Friday lunch 12–2pm
Good to know
BYO wine welcome, and there's a full beverage menu if you'd rather not. Bathroom code is on the menu.
Benvenuti
Papas Way,
Carrara
Papa Rolly's was the name on our first food truck in 2016, and the man it honoured, Nonno Rolando. The restaurant came after Roy's, on a Carrara site we own: a neighbourhood pizzeria named for the family, built for the family.
Red-and-white tablecloths and a room that feels more like a home than a restaurant. The Bella Donna with San Marzano, double mozzarella, provolone and New York pepperoni, the Rigatoni Roy's that was the most-ordered pasta at Sorrento, Papas prawns with feta and housemade bread, Mamma's polpette from a recipe nobody will write down, and desserts made by hand like everything else on the menu. There is a Gelato Gemelli bar at the door for after. Bring your own wine. Dinner seven nights, and lunch on Fridays from midday.
As seen in
- Urban List
- Style Magazines
- Inside Gold Coast
- The Weekend Edition
- First Table
“Papa Rolly’s isn’t just another restaurant, it’s a celebration of family, tradition, and sharing a meal with the people you love.”
“Unfussy, feel-good Italian in a neighbourhood setting.”
“The Gemelli family certainly has a proven formula for success in the hospitality game.”
About the room
Papa Rolly's Carrara: Italian restaurant and pizzeria, Gold Coast
Named for Nonno Rolando. Woodfired pizza, Mamma's polpette and BYO wine at Pappas Way.
Papa Rolly's is named in honour of our late grandfather Rolando, Alec, James and Paul's Nonno. When the chance came to open another neighbourhood restaurant after Roy's in Sorrento, we took it, and we brought the Gemelli flavours to Carrara. It's at 1/124 Pappas Way, and it's built for the easy midweek family dinner: homestyle cooking, a relaxed room, friendly service, and the dishes people loved most across all our venues on one menu.
The pizza is woodfired. The Margherita is on San Marzano tomato; the NY Style Pepperoni has double mozzarella and provolone; the Stronzo Supreme is the one with everything; the Bella Donna has hot salami, burrata and hot 'nduja. There's the Patate with roasted potatoes and housemade sausage, a Funghi with taleggio and truffle oil, the Griffiti with prosciutto, rocket and parmesan, a Pescatora, a 4 Cheeses, and the Papa Rolly's Special with chicken, pancetta and mushrooms. Gluten-free bases are available.
Start with Rolly's Toppa, a woodfired crust with crushed tomatoes, rocket and Spanish onion, or Mamma's polpette, which are Mum's secret-recipe meatballs with homemade bread. There's a burrata panzanella with Tamborine Cheese burrata, Papa's prawns in garlic and olive oil, salumi misti, calamari fritti and truffled mushroom arancini.
Pasta includes a slow-cooked lamb ragu on rigatoni, spaghetti marinara with market fish, prawns, calamari, clams and mussels, the Rigatoni Rolando with pancetta and housemade Italian sausage, a bolognese of veal and pork, homemade gnocchi with basil pesto or baked al forno, and the Rigatoni Roy's with chicken, mushrooms and avocado. Gluten-free rigatoni is available. Mains: a scotch fillet, chicken saltimbocca, melanzane parmigiana, scaloppine funghi, a cotoletta with chips and salad, and the fish of the day.
Like Roy's, Papa Rolly's is about community, family, fun and friendly service. It's a local eatery designed to satisfy everyone at the table: the person who wants the ragu, the person who wants a pepperoni pizza, and the kid who wants plain pasta. We'd like you to feel at home here and come back again and again.
Papa Rolly's is BYO wine, and there's a full drinks list if you'd rather we poured. Papa's Originals are the house cocktails, a Tuscan Negroni, Papa's Paradise, the Italian Applecake and a Venetian Fizz, next to the Italian classics. The beer fridge runs from Moretti and Peroni to XXXX Gold, with a Hiatus non-alcoholic lager, and the alcohol-free cocktails include the Carrara Bliss.
Dessert is tiramisu, cannoli, pannacotta, affogato and gelato. Kids ten and under have their own menu of margherita, pasta, cotoletta or calamari.
Dinner is every night from 5pm, till 8 Sunday to Thursday and 9 on Friday and Saturday, and Friday lunch is 12 till 2. Groups dine on a set menu of pizza, pasta and salad, or primi, secondi and salad, and every dietary requirement can be catered for if we know in advance. The reservations team is on paparollys@gemelliitalian.com.au or (07) 5616 2171, 10am to 4pm Tuesday to Friday. Takeaway is online for pickup.
Good to know
The fine print
- Groups
- Set menus, sharing style. All dietary requirements can be catered for.
- Dietary
- Vegetarian and gluten-free options are marked on the menu, including gluten free bases and rigatoni. We handle nuts, shellfish and gluten in the kitchen.
- Takeaway
- Order online for pickup.
- Gift cards
- Digital gift cards for Papa Rolly's.
Papa Rolly's · Carrara
Bring
everyone
Dinner Monday to Sunday from 5pm. Friday lunch from midday.
1/124 Pappas Way, Carrara QLD 4211 · (07) 5616 2171