Oporto Pita & Garlic Dip

Oporto's Pita & Garlic Dip is $4.50 and lists 1,761 kJ (421 Cal). It is a lightly toasted warm pita bread served with a dipping sauce made with fresh garlic and lemon, and it comes in one size only. It sits on the Sides menu next to chips, corn, rice, slaw and salad.

About the Oporto Pita & Garlic Dip

Warm bread and garlic sauce: a straightforward pairing done Oporto's way. The pita is lightly toasted and served warm, and the dip is made with fresh garlic and lemon. Oporto's allergen chart names it Pita Bread (w Garlic Dip), and unlike most sides there is just one size on the online menu. It is the only side on the list that comes with its own sauce. One pita and one pot of dip make up the serve.

Garlic is one of Oporto's signature sauce families, and this side puts it front and centre. Tear the pita, drag it through the dip, then use what is left on chicken or chips. It is also the most filling regular side on the list: at 1,761 kJ, it outweighs a regular serve of chips, so treat it as a proper part of the meal rather than a nibble. The lemon lifts the garlic and keeps the dip from tasting heavy, and warm bread holds the sauce well, so very little goes to waste.

The garlic and lemon flavour suits a Lemon & Herb chicken, and the pita doubles as a wrap for pulled pieces of meat. Keep the plate balanced with a lighter side like the Crunchy Slaw or Portuguese Salad. If you want a second carb for sharing, add Chips and let everyone use the same dip. The pita also works as a starter while the rest of the order is unpacked. Oporto's chicken feeds already include pitas, so this side suits solo orders and smaller meals. Two people sharing a chicken can split one serve as a starter.

How to order the Pita & Garlic Dip

There is one size at $4.50 on the Padstow NSW base store menu, and prices can vary by store. Make it a Meal does not apply, and the side is not on the Late Night Menu list in our data. On Oporto's allergen chart it contains gluten, wheat, egg, milk and soy, and it carries trace warnings for sesame, fish, crustacean and sulphites. That makes it one of the less suitable sides for people with multiple allergies.