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

  • Fish and chips $8.00
  • 1/2 Scoop of chips $2.00
  • Hotdog $2.50
    • With sauce
  • Chicken burger $7.00
  • Potato fritter $1.20
  • Hawaiian burger $8.90
  • Prawn cutlet $1.80
  • Bacon + egg burger $7.80
  • Rocket salad $11.50
    • With blue cheese, walnuts and balsamic dressing
  • Seafood $24.50
    • With salmon, smoked fish, fennel and capers
  • Seared big eye tuna $34.50
    • 200g with herbed dauphinoise potato, peppered green beans, with your choice of sauce
  • Sorbet selection $14.50
    • With a nut crumble and berry sauce
  • Cajun beef salad
    • With baby onions, tomato and a mint and yoghurt dressing
  • Cured meat board $34.00
    • With prosciutto, salami, basecamp venison, salami and beef carpaccio
  • Periperi chicken $22.00
    • With tomato, peppers, red onions and aioli
  • Braised beef cheeks
    • Through pappardelle pasta with a rich, earthy sauce, herbs and grana padana
  • Polenta chips $9.50
    • w parmesan & a tomato puree (v)(gf)
  • Blueberry & Almond Tart $12.00
    • w vanilla bean ice cream.
  • Confit duck leg $29.00/$35.00
    • w marmalade glaze,macadamia & currant Israeli couscous(1 leg/2 legs)
  • Eggs benedict $18.00
    • english muffin,ham off the bone,poached eggs and hollandaise.
  • Seafood chowder $22.00
    • w garlic ciabatta toast.
  • Lamb Wellington $32.00
    • w carrot puree,roast baby onions & mint jus.
  • Beef Noodle salad $23.00
    • w rice noodle,capsicum,mung bean,roasted peanuts and chilli , satay dressing(gf)
  • Tempura jumbo prawns $19.50
    • w pickled cucumber & lime chilli dipping sauce.
  • Pulled Pork $22
    • with choritzo and bbq sauce
  • Italian Chicken and Bacon Burger $22.50
    • with brie, onion jam, and beer battered fries
  • Seafood Pizza $24
    • with anchovies, smoked salmon, prawns, shrimp, fish, capers and lime
  • Seafood Chowder $15.50
    • with garlic bread
  • Fitness Bowl Salad $23.90
    • green salad with grilled haloumi, poached egg, avocado puree, nuts, sprouted seeds and a tahini dressing
  • Seared Prawn and Scallop Salad $21.50
    • with a passion fruit, ginger and sesame dressing
  • Crispy Coated Onion Rings $10.50
    • with BBQ sauce and aioli
  • Sticky Beef Burger $20.50
    • braised beef on a brioche bun with salad, crispy onions, cheese, aioli, pickled red cabbage and beer battered fries
  • Fish meal $7.70
    • Half scoop chips, 1 fish with coleslaw
  • Nug life $7.50
    • Half scoop chips, 6 battered chicken nuggets
  • Kumara chips $5.90
    • 1 Scoop
  • Sausage $2.00
    • Each
  • Chicken salt or garlic and herbs $0.50
  • Spring roll $2.85
    • Each
  • Oyster $2.75
    • Battered, each
  • Potato fritter $0.95
    • Each
  • Butter naan $3.00
    • Plain flour bread cooked in tandoor oven, garnished with butter.
  • Kashmiri pulao $7.00
    • Rice cooked with nuts.
  • -Full $18.00
  • Prawn spinach $18.50
    • Prawn cooked with fresh spinach cooked in aromatic spices.
  • Cheese and chicken naan $5.00
    • Stuffed with cheese and chopped chicken.
  • Chicken korma $16.00
    • Cooked in cashew nuts, gravy and home made cream, traditionally cooked.
  • Butter chicken with naan $12.00
  • Mango chutney $2.00
  • Aorangi Peak Scotch Fillet Steak $22.00
    • Served with Gourmet potatoes and seasonal salad
  • Seafood Chowder $15.00
    • Delicately combined seafood chunks in a creamy sauce, served with bread
  • Muffin or Scone $5.00
    • Served with jam, cream, and butter
  • Recommendation Rack of Lamb $28.00
    • Served with Gourmet potatoes and seasonal salad
  • Cheeseboard Selection $17.00
    • A selection of New Zealand cheeses, crackers, nuts and dry fruits
  • Soup of the Day $13.00
    • Please ask for Today's choice, served with bread
  • Smoked Salmon Salad $18.00
    • New Zealand smoked salmon and seasonal green salad served with French Vinagrette
  • Garlic Breads $8.00
    • Aorangi Peak original garlic breads
  • Maverick Fillet $38.00
    • Premium-aged beef fillet, pan-seared and oven-baked. Served with a herbed potato bake, seasonal vegetables and sauteed spinach. Finished with a mushroom gratiné and a peppercorn jus.
  • Redneck Ribs
    • Porky Pig’s ribs blanched in honey and spices. Blasted in the Lone Star fire, piled high then smothered in our famous hoisin, orange and sesame seed sauce...the meal that made us famous!
  • Barney's Ribs $15.50
    • Juicy pork ribs smothered in Barney’s sweet Lone Star sauce...lip smacking, finger licking, all the good things.
  • Free Range Egg $2.00
  • John Deer $36.00
    • Medallions of venison Denver leg, served with a herbed potato bake, pea puree, sauteed spinach, house plum chutney and a red wine jus.
  • Chunky Mushroom • Beef & Red Wine • Peppercorn • Garlic Butter • Jack Daniel’s & Cracked Pepper
  • Chips $9.00
  • Dixie Chicken medium $32 / classic $37
    • Breast of chicken poached in a creamy sauce of white wine, garlic, spring onion, fresh herbs, corn and carrot. Served with mashed potato and Lone Star coleslaw...world famous all around New Zealand!
  • Edamame Beans $8
    • wok-fried, seven spice, sea salt, sesame oil
  • Salmon “Chop Chop” $20.5
    • Sashimi, sweet wasabi, edamame beans, pickled ginger
  • Grilled Pork Belly $28
    • shredded bok choy, pickled mustard & Macinese black bean and garlic sauce
  • Prawn Lettuce Cups $19.5
    • chilled prawn San choi bao, baby cos lettuce, spring onion, coriander, chestnuts, fresh lime & garlic crumb
  • Beef Ramen Noodle Bowl $24.9
    • peppered beef brisket, crispy bacon, bamboo shoots, boiled egg, in Asian broth
  • Kimchessy Rice Balls $12
    • Shitake mushrooms, kimchi, coriander, sriracha mayonnaise
  • Tuna Sashimi $24.9
    • sesame seared, ponzu citrus dressing, pickled radish, ginger, spring onion and wonton crisps
  • Sumatran Chicken Curry $29
    • cinnamon, lemongrass, eggplant, kaffir lime, coriander and coconut cream
  • Grilled Tomato $4
  • Hawaiian pizza with tomato and cucumber salad $9
  • Rewana Fix $18.50
    • sauteed mushrooms ina creamy garlic and rosemary sauce ,served on toasted rewena style bread with streaky bacon and poached eggs
  • Pancakes $19
    • With streaky bacon , grilled banana and maple syrup or fresh banana , berry compote and natural yoghurt.Gluten free option available
  • Sequoia Benedict $18.50
    • Two Poached eggs with ur choice of either streaky bacon or spinach or salmon served on hash browns and toasted ciabatta with ur own hollandise sauce
  • Toasted Ciabatta $4
  • Wilted Spinach $4
  • Grilled Bratwurst $6
  • -Crumbed scallop ea $ 3.00
  • Mac n cheese with bacon $8.00
  • Nachos $12.00
    • Spicy chilli beans & mince with melted cheese & sourcream on corn chips
  • -Or with salad $17.00
  • Bacon & egg burger $14.00
    • Lettuce, tomato, mayo, with fries
  • Cookie’s seafood chowder $15.00
    • Thick, chunky & loaded with seafood with garlic bread
  • Chimi changa $17.00
    • Fried tortilla basket stuffed with lettuce, tomato salsa, cajun chicken topped with guacamole on salad slaw
  • Small fries $4.00
  • Thai Thani Fried Rice $17.50
    • Stir-fried rice and vegetables and egg, with your choice of chicken, pork or beef
  • Spicy Fried Rice $17.50
    • Spicy fried rice with Thai basil, with your choice of chicken, pork or beef
  • Thai Jasmine Rice $3.00
  • Nam Tok $19.00
    • Sliced seasoned char-grilled meat with roasted ground rice shredded red onion, mint leaves, seasoned with Thai lime dressing, with beef
  • Grilled Salmon Fillet $27.50
    • Grilled salmon with ginger, soy sauce and bok choy finished with a sprinkle of black sesame seeds
  • Phad Thai $17.50
    • Stir fried noodle with tofu, bean sprout, chive and mixed vegetables and peanuts
  • Sweet and Sour $17.50
    • Sweet and sour sauce stir-fried with vegetables with your choice of chicken or pork
  • Red Curry $17.50
    • Red curry cooked with coconut cream and vegetables with your choice of prawn, duck or seafood, or pork, chicken, beef or lamb
  • Antipasto Platter $25.00
    • selection of italian cheese, italian cured meat and oven roasted vegetablesServed with focaccia
  • Bismark $23.00
    • Tomato sauce - mozzarella- egg- ham- blue cheese
  • Trentina $22.50
    • mozzarella- mascarpone cheese- italian prosciutto
  • Imperfetto $24.00
    • Tomato sauce - mozzarella - cherry tomatoes - pancetta - olives- egg
  • Calabrese $22.50
    • Tomato sauce - mozzarella - spicy salami calabrese
  • Del Pastore $21.50
    • mozzarella - provolone cheese - pancetta
  • Capricciosa $22.50
    • Tomato sauce - mozzarella - ham - mushrooms - artichokes -olives - capsicum
  • Marinara $12.00
    • Tomato sauce - garlic - olive oil - salt and pepper
  • Garlic Steak and Mushroom $11.00
  • Add Chips and can drink $4.00
  • Mushroom burger $8.00
  • Cheese & Bacon Burger $9.00
  • Steak & cheese $9.00
  • Cheese Burger $7.00
  • Hamburger $6.00
  • Monday Seafood Chowder $7.00/$9.00
  • Soup of the Day (GFO) $15
    • Served with warmed toasted ciabatta. Ask your waiter for the days special
  • Chargrilled Lamb (GF) $39
    • Free farmed Marinated Lamb in garlic and rosemary served on potato rosti, steamed vegetables, with a rosemary and mint ju
  • Bread & Dips (GFO) $14
    • Warmed bread with dips, Dukkah, olive oil & balsamic syrup
  • Chicken Liver Pate ( GFO , DF) $16
    • Served with toasted Ciabatta bread, English mustard, fruit chutney, pickled gherkin and onion jam
  • Pork Sticky Ribs
    • Twice cooked pork ribs marinated in a sticky sweet and sour sauce and served fries>>
  • Chef’s Salad of the Day (GF, V) POA
    • Ask your waiter for the days special
  • Bang Bang Chicken Salad $24
    • Marinated shredded poached chicken with red cabbage, carrot, capsicum, spring onions, roast peanuts, coriander with an Asian style dressing
  • Steamed Chinese Buns (3)
    • Warm Chinese buns with pickled cucumber, sweet honey hoisin sauce
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