Amphora Cafe Bar in Bay of Plenty Menu

MENU - TO START MENU - TO START
  • Cob Loaf $13.00
    • Served warm with olive & balsamic dip and roasted garlic butter
  • Soup $14.00
    • Seafood chowder accompanied by fresh crusty bread
  • Ravioli $16.50
    • Walnut, ricotta & spinach filled pasta with a warm capsicum puree
  • Chicken Livers $16.50
    • With Mushrooms and bacon, flamed in marsala wine sauce
  • Camembert $16.50
    • Crumbed and sahllow -fried ; with palm sauce, salad and latticed crsips
  • Calamari $16.50
    • Amphora classic : tender, grilled squid rings served with our garlic aioli
  • Mussels $16.50
    • NZ Green - lipped mussels, steamed in white wine and sweet chilli tomato sauce
  • Kings Prawns $18.00
    • Sauteed in white wine and garlic butter , served with petite salad
  • Scallops $18.00
    • Poached in lime, Cream and chilli sauce, served with salad
  • Bouillabaisse $18.00
    • Seafood selection in a lightly -spiced tomato broth
TO FOLLOW - SALAD TO FOLLOW - SALAD
  • Chicken Salad $24.00
    • Grilled Chicken breast wit avocado, sun- dried tomato, feta, red onion, and yoghurt dressing.
  • Beef Salad $25.00
    • Sauteed beef fillet strips with tomatoes, onions, cubed potatoes, salad grees,and teriyaki dressing
  • Prawn salad $25.50
    • Prawns grilled with garlic and a touch of chilli, on a garden salad with brie cheese and tomato concasse.
  • Amphora Salad $18.00
    • Roasted root vegetables with walnuts ,feta,dukkah,tomato and red onion, with a red pepper dressing.
  • Available gluten free- please ask wait staff N/A
PASTA PASTA
  • Pasta N/A
    • Served with Freshly parmesan cheese(except seafood)
  • Carbonara $25.00
    • Bacon, Onion, garlic, and fresh herbs in a white wine cream sauce incorporated with spaghetti
  • Chicken Fettucine $25.00
    • Chicken pieces with onions, mushrooms, capsicum, and tomato cream sauce
  • Gamberetti $26.00
    • Prawns and Chorizo in garlic cream sauce married with linguine
  • Puttanesca $24.00
    • Spaghetti stirred through with a Napolletna sauce, featuring anchovies,olives, capers and garlic
  • Salmon Penne $26.00
    • Tubes of pasta and smoked salmon, with capers,
  • Fettucine Verdura $24.00
    • Broccoli, Zucchini, Feta, Olives and Capsicum with basil Napoletanasauce
SEAFOOD SEAFOOD
  • Calamari $29.00
    • Amophora classic: tender, grilled Squid rings served with our garlic aioli
  • Mussels $29.00
    • NZ Green - lipped mussels, steamed in white wine and sweet chilli tomato sauce
  • Scallops $34.00
    • Poached in lime, Cream and chilli sauce, served with salad
  • King Prawns $34.00
    • Sauteed in white wine and garlic butter, served with salad
  • Boulliabaisse $34.00
    • Seafood selection in a lightly -spiced tomato broth
  • Salmon $33.00
    • Cajun - spiced , pan - seared, and grilled salmon fillet with avocado salsa.
  • Fish of the day N/A
    • As advised by our specials Blackboard
  • Meat N/A
    • served with potatoes and seasonal vegetables
  • Chicken Marsala $29.50
    • Chicken breast medallions with a mushroom & marsala cream sauce
  • Sapnish Chicken $29.50
    • Chicken breast with spinach abd brie cheese, and lemon, herb
  • Chicken Avocado $29.50
    • Chicken breast with vine tomatoes, crispy pancetta, and a warmed avocado salso
  • Lamb shanks $32.5/ $22.5
    • Slow-braised shanks with potato mash, minted gravy and vegetables
  • Pork Belly $33.00
    • Marinated and braised, served on truffle mash, with pork crackle and jus
  • Pepper Steak $34.00
    • Scotch fillet with a classsic green, peppercorn and cream sauce.
  • Pomodoro $34.00
    • Scotch fillet with sauteed onions, italian tomatoes, and a hint of chilli.
  • Rosso $34.00
    • Scotch fillet with a mushroom, baccon, onion, and red wine reduction
  • Duck Leg Confit $34.00
    • Tender leg on a herbed potato with wilted bok choy and star anise & orange glaze
SIDES SIDES
  • Olives $5.50
    • A bowl of house- marinated favourites
  • Potatoes $5.50
    • Roasted (other options available)
  • Seasonal Vegetables $5.50
    • Accompanied by our aioli
  • Garden Salad $5.50
    • With honey mustard dressing
  • Fries $5.50
    • With house -made aioli
  • Fries $5.50
    • Available gluten free- please ask wait staff

Nearby Sample Menus

  • Paneer kulcha $4.00
    • Soft flat bread stuffed with homemade cottage cheese
  • ●Garlic chicken tikka
    • Boneless chicken marinated with garlic yoghurt, cashewnut, greatspices and cooked in tandoori oven
  • Saag $16.00
    • Delicious meat cooked with light spiced herbs and fresh spinach puree
  • Lamb pumpkin and mushroom curry $16.00
    • Diced lamb cooked with pumpkin and mushroom chef special gravy
  • Keema naan $4.50
    • Naan filled with minced lamb
  • Chicken moglai $16.00
    • A special creamy dish cooked with egg, various spices
  • Naan $2.50
    • Plain flour bread cooked in tandoori oven and garnish with butter
  • Biryani vegetable $14.00
    • Rice cooked with vegetables in herbs and spices
  • Yellow Curry
    • Thai version of an Indian style curry. Tumeric, curry powder, potato, onion, capsicum and carrot
  • Massaman Curry $22.50
    • Cardoman, cinamon, mace, peanuts, potato and onion define this curry from Southern Thailand. Carrots and capsicum add colour - Chicken, Beef, Pork or Lamb
  • Curry Puffs (4) $10.00
    • Kumara and mixed vegetables wrapped in puff pastry and served with a sweet chilli sauce
  • Pad Sew Ew
    • Flat noodles with broccoli, carrot, cabbage, soy sauce and fried egg
  • - Chicken, Beef or Pork $22.50
  • Prawns $24.50
  • - Chicken or Pork $22.50
  • Chicken Wing Parcel (2pc) $11.00
    • Chicken wings with the bone pulled and stuffed with minced chicken, garlic, coriander, vermicelli onion and carrot, served with a sweet chilli sauce
  • Chicken $9.80
  • With or without rice
  • Steak $9.80
  • Lunchtime special S$5.00/M$7.00/L$9.00
  • Combination (meat) $10.30
  • -chicken $9.80
  • Seasoned wedges $4.50 Per scoop
  • Special $11.30
  • Chicken Katsu Donburi $11.50
    • Crumble chicken katsu cooked with sweet soy broth and egg on rice
  • Deep Fried Squid (Tentacles) $5.50
    • Great seasoned deep fried squid tentacles. Served with Japanese mayonnaise
  • Boiled Egg $1.50
  • Pork Gyoza Dumpling Set *Vegetarian Option $9.50
    • Japanese pan fried pork and cabbage dumplings, miso soup, rice and side dish of the day
  • Original Paitan Ramen (Soy/Miso/Salt) $10.00
    • Chashu pork, spring onion, bamboo shoots and leek
  • Japanese steamed rice $1.50 / Extra noodle $2.00
  • Spring Onion / Sweet Corn / Extra Noodle / Bamboo Shoots $2.00
  • Karaage Chicken Set Menu $11.00
    • Marinated deep fried chicken in traditional Japanese style miso soup, rice and side dish of the day
  • Porchetta –pork belly, porchetta style $33.50
    • Roasted pork belly served with braised potatoes and topped with an agro dolce sauce (sweet and sour). A Tuscan delight, from Maremma Region, anciently renowned for the massive presence of wild pigs
  • Tiramisù $12.50
    • Doesn’t get any more traditional than this
  • Selezione di Pane – Bread Selection $15.50
    • Today’s selection of freshly made breads and dips
  • Baked cheese cake $13.00
    • Ricotta and mascarpone, served with raspberry coulis
  • Ossobuco alla Milanese – Milan’s Style Veal Ossobuco $33.50
    • It is a Milanese speciality of cross-cut Veal shank braised with vegetables, wine and Broth. Served on a bed of saffron risotto
  • Gnocchi alla Sorrentina – Gnocchi Sorrento’s Style $23.50
    • Gnocchi alla Sorrentina is a pasta dish made in the Sorrento style, with a tomato base, onion garlic, fresh mozzarella and fresh basil, garnished with homemade pesto
  • Spaghetti al profumo di mare –Pasta with fresh mussels, and anchovies $24.50
    • Transport yourself to the shores of the Adriatic Sea with this pasta dish brimming with fresh mussels and anchovies, fresh tomato base and Italian capers plus a selection of fresh seafood that changes every day
  • Panna cotta $12.50
    • Served with vanilla and raspberry compote
  • Pita Chips and Dip $3.90
  • - 4 Pack $4.90
  • Signature Mix $10.00 per head
  • Free Range Chicken Tenders
  • Falafel Pita $10.9 Reg / $8.9 Petita
  • Grilled Wedges $4.90
  • Very Vegemite $4.00
  • Roast Lamb Pita $11.5 Reg / $9.5 Petita
  • MEGA BURGER $19.00
    • double burger(360gm) with bacon and cheese served with chips
  • STEAK SALAD $16.00
    • tender steak slices served on a bed of salad greens
  • JIVE GARDEN SALAD $15.00
    • crispy lettuce, cucumber, carrot, tomato, onion rings, gherkin, feta and olives
  • FISH BURGER $17.00
    • fried fish fillet with aioli and tartar sauce on artisan bun with salad and beer battered fries
  • CHICKEN LICKEN BURGER $17.00
    • grilled chicken breast on artisan bun with cream cheese, cranberry sauce, brie cheese and spinach
  • SALT N PEPPER SQUID SALAD $12.00
    • salt n pepper squid served with a salad
  • BREAKFAST STACK $15.50
    • bacon, 180 gm beef Pattie, cheese, egg, Kransky stacked onto artisan bun with tomato and salad served with chips
  • MUSHROOM AND ONION BURGER $17.50
    • beef burger with fried mushroom and onions topped with extra cheese
  • Morrocan Spiced Lamb Rump $30.00
    • served with braised cannellini beans and baked polenta
  • Affogato $13.00
    • a scoop of affogato ice cream with an amaretto shot, espresso coffee and amaretti biscuits
  • Steak Frites $32.00
    • grilled sirloin steak with herb butter, grilled mushroom, rocket parmesan salad and shoestring fries
  • Warm Cauliflower Cheese Salad $18.00
    • roast cauliflower and peas with marscapone, blue vein cream topped with seeds and grilled haloumi
  • Braised Veal Shanks $30.00
    • veal shanks braised in tomato, wine sauce served with risotto milanese and steamed broccollini
  • Apple Streusel Cake $13.00
    • sour cream apple cake topped with almond streusel served with apple syrup and whipped cream
  • Pesto Ciabatta Bread $12.00
    • warm ciabatta bread topped with basil pesto and tomato pesto
  • Asian Pork Belly $30.00
    • pork belly cooked in Chinese master stock served with kumara potato puree and red cabbage kimchi
  • Share plate
  • Caeser salad classic $18.00
    • With chicken breast, bacon, poached egg, parmesan cheese and cos lettuce
  • -Mince $16.00
    • With sour cream
  • Cheese burger classic $13.00
    • Premium beef with cheese and gherkins
  • Big kahuma(of pulp fiction)
    • Crumbed chicken breast, bacon, pineapple, cheese, lettuce with our homemade BBQ sauce
  • River queen $30.00
    • Fish and chips with delicious brazilian style prawn sauce, potato pure ande season vegetables
  • -Hand cut chips $4.00
  • Goodbye pork pie $29.00
    • Pork ribs with delicious home made BBQ sauce, salad and hand cut chips
  • - B $15.99
  • Onion Bhaji $6.50
    • Onion dipped in chickpea flour batter & deep fried
  • -C $15.99
  • Vegetable Jalfrezi $14.50
    • Mixed vegetables stir cooked on high flame
  • -C $15.99
  • Mix Pakora (6pcs) $6.50
    • Chopped vegetables mildly spiced dipped in batter & deep fried
  • Curry Planet Banquet (min 2 people) $30.99 per person
    • Includes platter for entree with mint and tamarind sauce and, for the main course: butter chicken, rogan josh, & navrattan, korma with naan & rice.
  • - B $15.99
  • Gaeng Khiew Goong 26.50
    • Tiger prawns with green curry paste, vegetables and Coconut milk
  • Goong Pad Med Mammang 27.50
    • Delicious Tiger Prawns sauteed wah cashew nuts and vegetables
  • SatayGai 9.50
    • Tender Chicken skewers marinated in delicious Thai spices and served with a Peanut sauce
  • Pad Thai 21.50
    • Rice noodles cooked in a homemade sauce with sliced of Chicken topped with chopped peanuts and bean sprouts
  • Pad Khing 21.50
    • Stir fried ginger and vegetables with your choice of Chicken, Beef or Pork
  • Pad Kapao 21.50
    • Stir fried vegetables with garlic, chilli, fresh basil leaves and your choice of Chicken, Beef, Pork or Lamb
  • Gaeng Dang 20.50
    • Red Curry served with Coconut cream, vegetables and your choice of Chicken, Beef, Pork
  • Gai Pad Med Mammang 21.50
    • Tender sliced of Chicken sauteed with cashew nuts and vegetables
  • Chicken Salad $8.00
  • Toast & Spreads $4.50
  • Omelete $14.50
  • Mushrooms, bacon, big boy sausages $3.00
  • Sandwiches made to order
  • Spaghetti on Toast $6.50
  • Ham Salad $8.00
  • Baked Beans on toast $6.50
  • Pineapple Fritters in Cinnammon Sugar N/A
    • With Cramel sauce & ice cream
  • Apple & Blackberry Crumble N/A
    • With custard sauce & ice cream
  • Warm sticky date pudding N/A
    • Butterscotch Sauce, Anglaise & Ice Cream
  • Main & Dessert only $30
  • Beef bacon & mushroom pie N/A
    • A Delicious rich caserole in buttery puff pastry served with wilted greens
  • Slow braised Hawkes bay lamb shank N/A
    • With potato & chive mash, greens, red wine jus & mint jelly on the side
  • Red Thai Chicken Curry N/A
    • With fragrant rice, roti, crispy poppadam & mango chutney
  • -Salmon
  • -Parsley pesto
  • -Wild loaf
  • Creamy garlic mushrooms on wild loaf (V)(GF)
  • -Salmon
  • -Salmon
  • -Freedom farmed bacon
  • Warming winter buddha bowl (V)(GF)
  • soup of the day (Ask for GF option) $7.50/$12.50
    • (see specials board) served with toasted bread
  • caesar salad (Ask for GF option) $13.00/$19.00
    • with shaved parmesan, croutons, bacon, cos lettuce, caesar dressing and a soft poached free range egg/with smoked salmon
  • seasoned potato wedges V $8.50/$14.00
    • bacon, cheese, sour cream and sweet chilli sauce
  • seasoned potato wedges V $7.00/$10.00
    • with sour cream and sweet chilli sauce
  • toasted sandwiches (Ask for GF option) $10.50
    • bacon, cheese, tomato and rocket
  • chicken salad (Ask for GF option) $12.50/$18.50
    • with roasted pumpkin, baked feta, portobello mushroom, cherry tomato, mixed leaf salad and aioli dressing
  • nachos GF $9.00/$14.00
    • with cheese, sour cream and sweet chilli sauce/beef
  • open peppered steak sandwich (Ask for GF option) $19.50
    • peppered steak, watercress, tomato, aioli and caramelised onions, served with fries
Amphora Cafe Bar

Amphora Cafe Bar

location

Address

43 The Strand, Tauranga, Tauranga, Bay Of Plenty, 3110, New Zealand

phone

Phone

075781616

clock

Opened hours

5:30 PM to 12 Midnight
price range

Price

$30 - $50

type

Type

None

service level

Service

Table Service

cuisine

Cuisine

Cafe Food , European , Gluten Free , Italian , Mediterranean , New Zealand , Seafood , Vietnamese

features

Features

Dine in ,  EFTPOS ,  Mastercard ,  Takeaway ,  Visa ,  Romantic ,  Wheelchair accessible ,  Business meetings ,  Reservations ,  After-hours ,  BYO ,  Waitstaff ,  Cash ,  Groups ,  Quick Bites ,  Bankcard ,  Group Meal ,  Seating ,  Highchairs Available ,  No Takeaway ,  Local cuisine ,  Special Occasion Dining ,  Serves Alcohol ,  Dinner ,  Child-friendly ,  Outdoor Seating ,  Full Bar

Location
43 The Strand, Tauranga, Tauranga, Bay Of Plenty, 3110, New Zealand