Tandoori Palace in 71 Ilam Road, Ilam Menu

Starters Starters
  • Vegetable Samosa - Wholesome vegetables in a mild masala sauce, encased in a crisp tasty pastry (2 Samosa) served with chutney $6.50
  • Lamb Samosa - Tender lamb in a mild masala sauce, encased in a crispy tasty pastry (2 Samosa) served with chutney $7.50
  • Pakora Wedges - Crispy battered potato wedges served with tamarind chutney (6 pieces) $5.00
  • Onion Bhajees - Light crispy fritters served with tamarind chutney (6 bhajees) $6.50
Entrees Entrees
  • Chicken Tikka - Lean chicken, marinated in spicy yoghurt, tender baked in the Tandoor (5 pieces) $12.50
  • Reshmi Kebab - Succulent chicken pieces – a milder version of chicken tikka (5 pieces) $12.50
  • Tandoori Chicken - Whole Chicken - Exotic chicken barbeque – Indian style $19.50
  • Tandoori Chicken - Half Chicken - Exotic chicken barbeque – Indian style $13.00
  • Palace Platter - A tempting selection of entrees – 2 Samosas, 2 Bhajees, 2 Pakora & 2 Chicken Tikka, 2 Reshmi Kebab served with chutney $15.00
Chicken & Lamb Curries Chicken & Lamb Curries
  • Butter Chicken - Tender tandoor baked chicken in a dreamy masala sauce - best this side of Bombay $15.50
  • Lamb or Chicken Korma - A delicate creamy curry with coconut, sultanas and cashews $15.50, Lamb: $16.50
  • Chicken Tikka Masala - Marinated pieces of chargrilled chicken breast with garlic, ginger and aromatic spices – ever popular $15.90
  • Lamb or Chicken Madras - Lamb or Chicken pieces in a spicy tomato masala sauce, garnished with coconut – renowned South Indian dish $15.90, Lamb $16.50
  • Rogan Josh - Spiced lamb curry simmered with tomato, and a dash of aniseed $16.50
  • Chicken or Lamb Vindaloo - A powerful curry with ground chilli, garam masala and fresh tomatoes $15.50, Lamb: $16.50
  • Mango Chicken - An exotic curry with tender chicken in a subtle creamy sauce $15.50
  • Chicken Afghani - Mildly marinated, tandoor roasted, and simmered in a delicate sauce with crushed cashews $15.50
  • Chicken Aloo - Lightly spiced chicken with crisp seasonal vegetables, and aromatic spices $15.50
  • Lamb or Chicken Vegetable Biryani - A wholesome blend of lamb or chicken, basmati rice, and seasonal vegetables – served with raita $14.90, Lamb: $16.50
  • Khadai Chicken - A rich flavorsome curry with crushed tomato, capsicum and green chillies in a thick masala sauce $15.50
  • Chicken Bhuna - Panfried chicken, onion and tomato, finished with a thick spicy sauce $15.90
  • Chicken or Lamb Palak - Creamy spinach cooked with tomato, whole and ground spices, and a hint of garlic $15.50
  • Chicken Jalfrezi - Sweet & Sour chicken curry with seasonal vegetables $15.50
  • Chicken Rassa - Boneless chicken pieces cooked with Chef’s secret spices with crushed tomato and onion in a homestyle sauce. $15.50
  • Ginger Chicken /Lamb - Onion and tomato based exotic curry simmered with fresh ginger $15.50, Lamb: $16.50
  • Lamb Dhansak - Popular delicious Parsi lamb dish with lentils, soaked overnight and slow cooked, with a selection of spices. $16.50
Vegetable Curries Vegetable Curries
  • Vegetable Jaypuri - Crisp seasonal vegetables with aromatic spices – garnished with cashews and poppadom pieces $14.50
  • Palak Paneer - Homemade cottage cheese tempered with cumin seed, then cooked with tomato and fresh creamy spinach $14.90
  • Malai Kofta - Delicious clusters of lightly fried homemade cottage cheese, potato and nuts, served with a delicate cashew sauce $14.50
  • Aloo Gobi - Wok steamed cauliflower and potato tempered with cumin seeds in a masala sauce $13.50
  • Dahl Maharani - Whole black lentils soaked overnight, cooked on a slow fire with fenugreek and mustard seeds $13.50
  • Vegetable Korma - A delicate creamy curry with coconut, sultanas and cashews $14.50
  • Chana Masala - Chickpeas cooked with tomatoes, ginger, garlic and green chilli, garnished with onion rings $14.50
  • Mushroom Sabji - Button mushrooms with crisp capsicum and diced onions in a tangy masala sauce $14.50
  • Paneer Jalfrezi - Sweet and sour cottage cheese curry with chunky pieces of vegetables $14.90
Seafood Curries Seafood Curries
  • Kerala Fish - Tasty fillet pieces tempered with curry leaves & mustard seeds simmered in a light coconut cream sauce and homestyle spices $15.50
  • Fish Masala - Subtle seafood curry with a tangy masala sauce $15.50
  • Chili Shrimp - A feisty seafood curry with green chilies – garnished with fresh coriander $15.50
  • Prawn Saagwala - Prawns cooked with spinach, tomatoes, garlic and spices $19.90
  • Prawn or Shrimp Malabari - Sautéed with onions and capsicum. Cooked in a cashew and coconut sauce $19.50, Shrimp: $15.90
Indian Breads Indian Breads
  • Naan - Traditional Indian leavened bread $2.50
  • Garlic Naan - Leavened bread with a good sprinkling of crushed garlic $3.50
  • Kashmiri Naan - Stuffed sweet naan bread with coconut, almonds, cherries and raisins $6.00
  • Kheema Naan - Naan stuffed with mildly spiced minced lamb $6.00
  • Tandoori Roti - Unleavened wholemeal bread $2.50
  • Chicken Naan - Naan with a stuffing of medium spiced chicken, with onions, chilies and coriander $6.00
  • Cheese & Garlic Naan - Leavened bread with a generous sprinkling of crushed garlic & cottage cheese stuffing $6.00
On the Side On the Side
  • Seasonal Vegetables - Crispy fresh vegetables flash fried in the khadai $5.50
  • Basmati Rice - Premium Indian rice $2.50
  • Raita - Classic cooler with cucumber and organic yoghurt $2.50
  • Chutney and Pickles - Mango Chutney and Pickle (Price is per item) $2.50
  • Roasted Poppadoms - Wafer thin spiced crisp bread (5 poppadom) $2.00
  • Mango Lassi $3.50

Nearby Sample Menus

  • Green Curry & Rice $8.50
  • Pad Thai Noodle $8.50
  • Sweet and Sour & Rice $8.50
  • Chicken Satays (4) $6.00
  • Choices of chicken, beef, pork,or prawn $11.00
  • Red Curry & Rice $8.50
  • Pork Spare Ribs $6.00
  • Basil and Chili Stir-fry & Rice $8.50
  • Haloumi and Vegetable Cakes $18.00
    • Delicious grated vegetables & herbs, grilled and served with beetroot relish.
  • Bacon and Eggs $16.00
    • Two poached free range eggs on toast of your choice, grilled tomato and crispy bacon.
  • Chef's Salad $22.50
    • Check out the blackboard for the chef's choice. Served with bread.
  • Toasted Bagel $7.50
    • Your choice of a delicious Vic's Bakery raisin or plain bagel, toasted, with: raspberry jam, butter and cream cheese / sliced tomato and cream cheese / sliced tomato and hummus
  • Pie of the Day $18.00
    • Please see our specials blackboard for today's flavours. With salad.
  • Open Sammie $22.00
    • Our well known concoction of toasted Italian bread, layered with hummus, sliced tomato, lettuce, roasted vegetables, grilled chicken tenderloins and bacon. And topped with our 'pink' mayo.
  • Eggs Benedict $18.00
    • Two poached free range eggs, on grilled ciabatta, with crispy bacon - smothered in hollandaise sauce.
  • The Full Monty $20.00
    • Two poached eggs on toast with grilled tomato, sausage, bacon, mushrooms and our own herbed potato hash.
  • Deep Fried mMoro Bar $3.80
  • 2 chips, 2 crab stick, 2 fish, 2 hot dog, 2 pineapple rings, 6 mini spring rolls $16.00
  • lvi eat Pattie $2.20
  • Fish $2.40
  • 2 chips, 3 fish, 2 plain donuts, 4 crab sticks, 6 chicken nuggets, 12 mini spring rolls, 2 hot dog $26.00
  • Pineapple Ring $1.60
  • Bacon Corn Pattie $2.20
  • Pineapple $4.20
  • Ice cream Sundaes
    • Chocolate, caramel, strawberry or passion fruit.
  • Steak Special $22.50
    • Rump steak cooked to your liking served with coleslaw and fries and with your choice of garlic butter, mushroom or pepper sauce, Not to be used in conjunction with any other offer
  • Serving of Fried Mushrooms $3.50
  • Kids Bangers and Mash
  • Serving of Fries $3.50
  • -Seafood special
  • Salad see specials board for today's salad $19.50
  • Beer Battered Snapper $24.90
    • Served with salad and fries
  • Lamb’s Fry & Bacon Stack $17.90
    • Pan seared lamb’s liver stacked with bacon on a rich mushroom sauce, served with creamy mash
  • Salt & Pepper Calamari Rings $16.90
    • Crusted in salt & pepper, lemon zest, coriander with Aioli dipping sauce
  • toast $4.00
  • Chocolate chip cookie ice cream sandwich $12.50
    • Handmade cookies filled with vanilla ice cream and chocolate sauce
  • Add your own options:
  • -Add grilled, sliced chicken breast or home smoked salmon $6.00
  • The Merrin St. Summer Platter $33.90
    • Brie cheese, succulent prawn twisters, country fried chicken tenders, crispy pork belly bites, local salami, served with bread and dips,
  • Ribs $9.00
  • Gringo Nachos (tex-mex) (GF) $24.00
    • Border style nachos with hand-made corn chips, melted cheese, black beans, pico de gallo, sour cream and guacamole. Three different flavours available, chicken, beef or vegetarian.
  • Pescado a la Veracruzana (GF) $27.50
    • This dish is the best example o f “jarochos” (people from Veracruz) cuisine. This Spanish influenced fish is bilked and served with cooked tomato, olives, spices served on a bed o f diced potato dressed with a mild creamy chipotle sauce.
  • Pastel de 3 Leches $9.50
    • "Three milks cake” is a cake soaked in three different types o f milk.This cake was seen in Mexico as early as the 19th century and it has become a popular dessert. We Recommend you have this exquisite cake with a nice cup o f coffee, i
  • Quesadilla $16.50
    • Filled with cheese and your choice of either chicken or beef.
  • Chimichanga (tex-mex) $25.50
    • A flour tortilla delicately fried, filled to the brim with beans, cheese, pico de gallo, sour cream and your choice of vegetarian, chicken, beef, salsa verde pork or prawns* (available for $2 extra) Dressed with our red salsa, sour cream and cheese and served with guacamole and pico de gallo.
  • Ensalada de Camaron (G F) (Prawn Salad) $17.50
    • Delicately grilled prawns on a bed of green salad with our unique salad dressing.
  • Caldo de Pollo (G F) $10.50
    • Our Mexican Grandmas chicken soup recipe. This soup is invigorating! Zesty and mildly spiced, the ultimate traditional style chicken soup.
  • Cochinita Pibil (GF) $27.00
    • This is a traditional Mexican slow-roasted pork dish from the Yucatan Peninsula and o f Mayan origin. The pork is marinated in acidic citrus juice and achiote and accompanied with a mild red onion sauce and served with corn tortillas, refried beans and salad.
  • Ice-Cream Sundae $10.50
    • your choice of topping – chocolate, caramel, banana or strawberry and cream
  • Seasoned Wedges with Sour Cream & Chilli Sauce $11.00
  • -add hot garlic bread (1 serve $4.5, 2 serves $7.5)
  • Soup of the Day $10.00
    • served with a hot roll
  • Salad – small bowl $5.50
  • Senior Citizens Roast – Lamb $16.50
    • roasts are served with seasonal vegetables
  • Bacon & Mushrooms $14.00
    • served on a toasted garlic roll with fries & salad
  • Pork Spare Ribs (9) $23.50
    • served with a sweet smoky BBQ sauce
  • Golden fries (v) $8.50
    • Served with house made smoked garlic aioli.
  • Genovese $22.50
    • Basil pesto, wood fire roasted chicken, pumpkin, pine nuts, brie, red onion, spinach
  • Focaccia bruschetta with four pestos $11.50
    • Four pieces of focaccia brushed with extra virgin olive oil and garlic, grilled and served with four seasonal pests.
  • Margherita (v) $21.50
    • Traditional, Napoli style tomato sauce, Clevedon Valley buffalo mozzarella, fresh basil.
  • Calamari $15.50
    • Fresh local squid marinated in light chilli and lemon, coated in sea salt and cracked black pepper. Lightly fried and served crisp with a manuka smoked garlic and lemon aioli.
  • Insalata Paesana $21.50
    • Warm Manuka smoked tomatoes, blue cheese, roasted kumara, avocado and smoky bacon with mixed salad greens and a walnut and raspberry vinaigrette.
  • Arancini (v) $15.50
    • Risotto balls – Mushroom, spinach and taleggio crumbed and lightly fried. Served with house made tomato chutney.
  • Rocket, pear, blue cheese salad (v) $10.50
  • Bagel $9.00
    • toasted Bagel with butter and spread (marmalade, jam or honey)
  • French Toast Berry & Yoghurt $16.50
    • dusted in cinnamon sugar with berry compote and yoghurt
  • The Creamy Goat $12.50
    • tomato, olive oil and a mild goat cheese piled on our whole-grain sour dough bread
  • All Breads & Bagels Are Baked On-Site With Sour Dough All Eggs Used At Opawa Café Are Free-Range And Sourced Locally.
  • Homemade Toasted Muesli $10.80
    • served with fresh fruits, berry fruit compote, milk and yoghurt
  • Eggs On Toast $10.50
    • two eggs on sour dough bread any way you like it
  • Big Breakfast $19.50
    • with bacon, sausage, slow roasted tomato, mushrooms, toast, fried potatoes and two eggs any way you like it
  • Corn Fritters Vegetarian $16.50
    • with avocado, baked tomato, sour cream, served with a side salad of your choice
  • Grand Croc-en-bouche (French Wedding Cake) A tower of choux pastries each filled with alternatively café, dark chocolate and Baileys patissière, drizzled with a crunchy caramel and served with strawbe -
  • Lamb de Paris Seared tender marinated lamb fillets served on a medley of char-grilled vegetables, French grain mustard dressing -
  • Here is a selection of what can be done from the truck: -
  • Sirloin Ciabatta Prime sirloin thinly sliced with Chumichurri sauce in ciabatta bread -
  • Smoked venison fillets thinly sliced, served with crostini and fig -
  • Berry sorbet shots & crème de cassis liqueur -
  • Fresh fruit skewers marinated with mint and rum -
  • Coq au Vin A French favorite of corn fed chicken pieces marinated in red wine, braised with mushrooms, bacon and baby onions -
  • Hot Dog $2.80
  • Onion sausage $2.80
  • Cheese $4.90
  • Bacon & egg Pie
  • Savouries $2.10
  • Chicken Croquette $3.30
  • Stuffed Potato $5.90
  • Quiche
  • Aloo gobi $13.00
    • Cauli and potatoes nicely tempered in masala sauce
  • Sweet/Salted lassi $3.00
    • Sweet mango lassi and salted lassi made from yoghurt
  • -Full $17.50
  • Garlic naan $3.50
    • Leavened bread with a good sprinkling of crushed garlic
  • Basmati rice $2.50
    • Aromatic steamed basmati rice
  • Paneer kulcha $5.00
    • Naan bread stuffed with cottage cheese and spices
  • Vegetable platter $12.00
    • 2 paneer pakora, 2 samosa, 2 onionbhajee, 2 pakora. Served with mint and tamarind chutney
  • Chutney and pickles each $2.50
    • Mango chutney and mixed pickles
  • Curry of the Day $13.5
    • with steamed jasmine rice
  • Choice from tonights roast meats (Single Course / Three Course) $18.5 / $23.5
    • Choose from the salad & vegetable selection (One serving per person) for the complete meal. Add a soup & dessert +$4
  • Extra vegetables & salad $6
  • The Roast $13.5
    • Today's roast of the day (Please ask our staff)
  • 200g Eye Fillet Steak $38
    • Cooked the way you like it
  • 250g Ribeye Steak $30.5
    • Cooked the way you like it
  • Beef Schnitzel $13.5
    • with friess, chopped salad & mushroom sauce
  • Fries $6
  • Family mince pie $13.80
  • Ham roll $5.60
  • Family steak & potato pie $14.20
  • Satay chicken pie $5.40
  • Family ham & egg pie $12.80
  • Steak & cheese pie $5.30
  • Family vegetable quiche $17.90
  • Family chicken, brie & spiced plum quiche $18.90
  • Garlic & Pepper/Cashew nuts/Peanut Sauce $13.00
    • Chicken, Pork, Beef, or Vegetarian and tofu
  • Chicken, Pork, Beef, or Vegetarian and tofu $10.00
  • Sweet and sour/Fresh Ginger/Chilli Basil/Pad Keemou $11.00
    • Chicken, Pork, Beef, or Vegetarian and tofu
  • Thai Curry Puffs (4) $8.50
  • Thai Vegetarian Spring Rolls (6) $8.50
  • Red Curry/ Green Curry/ Yellow Curry/ Panang Curry/ Massaman Curry/ Jungle curry $11.00
    • Chicken, Pork, Beef, or Vegetarian and tofu
  • Prawns $13.00
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Tandoori Palace

Tandoori Palace

location

Address

71 Ilam Road, Ilam, Christchurch City, CA, 8041, New Zealand

phone

Phone

033434405

clock

Opened hours

Mon 12 Noon to 2 PM, 4:30 PM to 10 PM Tue 12 Noon to 2 PM, 4:30 PM to 10 PM Wed 12 Noon to 2 PM, 4:30 PM to 10 PM Thu 12 Noon to 2 PM, 4:30 PM to 10 PM Fri 12 Noon to 2 PM, 4:30 PM to 10 PM Sat 12 Noon to 2 PM, 4:30 PM to 10 PM Sun 12 Noon to 2 PM, 4:30 PM to 10 PM
price range

Price

$20 - $30

type

Type

None

service level

Service

Table Service

cuisine

Cuisine

Asian , Indian , North Indian

features

Features

Dine in ,  EFTPOS ,  Mastercard ,  Takeaway ,  Visa ,  Reservations ,  Waitstaff ,  Takeout ,  Bar Not Available ,  Cash ,  Bankcard ,  Lunch ,  Seating ,  Cards accepted ,  Dinner

Location
71 Ilam Road, Ilam, Christchurch City, CA, 8041, New Zealand