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

  • Combination $12.00
  • Fish tarakihi $4.20
  • Spring roll, curry roll $2.50
  • Prawn twist (for 1/ for 6) $1.60/ $8.00
  • Chicken in spicy $15.00
  • Chicken nuggets $0.60
  • Beef $13.50
  • Fish hoki $3.00
  • -Chicken Beetroot $16.00
    • Beetroot, cashews, brie and mozzarella
  • ●Open Kebabs
    • Served on flatbread with hummus, jacik, beetroot dips, mixed salad, tabbouleh and your choice of sauces
  • -Chicken Avocado $16.00
    • Chicken, avocado, red onion and mozzarella
  • Traditional Turkish mezes with Turkish bread
  • -Bacon $16.00
    • Bacon, tomato, red onion, mushroom and mozzarella
  • -Chicken or Lamb Kebabs / Chicken or Lamb Iskender / Chicken or Lamb Pilav Ustu $10.00
  • All pizzas served with choice of one existing topping sauce
  • -Lamb or Chicken / Mixed Doner (Lamb & Chicken) $13,50
    • Served on fried humus, jacik, beetroot dips, mixed salad, tabbouleh and your choice of sauces
  • Eggburger $6.80
  • Bacon + egg burger $7.80
  • Special $10.00
    • Flounder & chips
  • Fish meal $12.50
    • One fish, chips, salad, eggs
  • Fish, chips and eggs $10.60
  • Smoked fish cake $3.50
  • Scoop of chips $4.00
  • Cheeseburger $7.40
  • Fish cakes $1.80
  • Potato Fritter $0.70
  • Oysters $1.80
  • Spring Roll $2.50
  • Squid Rings $1.00
  • Chicken $5.20
  • Snapper $5.00
  • American Hot Dog $3.70
  • Tagliolini all’ Amatriciana AKA Tagliolini alla Matriciana $23.00
    • Fresh diced pancetta (tradition prefers Guanciale, cured cheek), tomato base, fresh chilli topped with pecorino cheese
  • Selezione di Pane – Bread Selection $15.50
    • Today’s selection of freshly made breads and dips
  • Limoncello tart $17.50
    • Nonna’s traditional recipe, served with limoncello shot
  • Cannoli alla siciliana $13.50
    • Classic recipe from south of Italy, filled with ricotta, chocolate and pistachios
  • Tiramisù $12.50
    • Doesn’t get any more traditional than this
  • Pesce del Giorno – Fish of the day, please see the specials for tonight n/a
  • Lasagna alla bolognese – Classic Lasagna lasagna $23.50
    • Bolognese sauce, known in Italian as ragù alla bolognese, is a meat-based sauce originating from Bologna, Italy
  • Filled pasta of the day – please see the specials for tonight n/a
  • - 200g Canterbury lamb rack $10.00
  • Pastry Fare
    • Homemade pavlova, chocolate and nougat mousse, caramelised apricot & toffee rice pudding, panacotta & mango delight, creme brulee, pina colada bavarian creme, fresh fruit salad, blueberry pie, morello cherry tarlet, baked cheesecake and forest berries
  • Mussel Pot
    • Live green-lipped mussels from the tank, steamed fresh, served with your choice of red curry and coconut cream or traditional garlic, white wine and herb stock
  • The Grill and Pasta Kitchen
    • Freshly cooked pasta (tortellino, ravioli or fettuccine), sauteed with pancetta and mushrooms, basil pesto and shaved parmesan, butter blanched seasonal market vegetables (Vegetarian dishes made fresh and specified to your dietary requirements. Please advise when you book)
  • Flame Rotisserie and Carvery
    • Succulent leg of pork or leg of lamb, Lebanese chicken, roasted field vegetables and potatoes
  • Soups
    • Cream soup from locally sourced seasonal vegetables, creamy rich seafood chowder finished with pinot gris, wholemeal garlic croutons
  • The Grill and Pasta Kitchen
    • Freshly cooked pasta (penne or fettuccine), served with your choice of bolognaise sauce, creamy mushroom sauce or basil pesto and roasted garlic, Japanese beef curry with steamed rice, grilled fish fillets, with lemon white wine sauce, butter blanched seasonal market vegetables
  • Premium Cure Cabinet Cuts
    • Sauces: mushroom, blue vein, bearnaise, piri piri
  • Scotch Fillet with Black Pepper Sauce $27
  • Deep Fried Scallops $8
  • Sliced Pork Belly with Curry Sauce $18
  • Weekend Special Lunch $16 per person
    • Miso Soup, Tiger Prawns with Yum-Yum Sauce, Fish of the Day, Egg Fried Rice, Seasonal Vege, Meat of the Day
  • Miso Soup $3
  • Mixed Vegtables $6
  • Lamb Chop with Black Pepper Sauce $25
  • Steamed Rice $2
  • 26 Curry Laksa
    • Egg noodles with prawns, crab meat, chicken, tofu and fresh vegetables in a coconut curry soup.
  • 12 Sambal Chicken
    • Thin rice noodles with chicken and vegetables in a Malaysian Sambal sauce.
  • 7 Sweet Box
    • Egg noodles with roast pork, chicken, beef, pineapple, tomato and fresh vegetables in a special sweet sauce.
  • 3 Fried Kuai Teow
    • Thick rice noodles with roast pork, shrimp, bean sprouts, onions, carrots, spring onions in a dark soy and chili sauce.
  • 2 Hokkien Mee
    • Egg noodles with roast pork, shrimp, bean sprouts, onion, bok choy & spring onions in a dark soy & mild chilli sauce.
  • 10 Seafood Mee Goreng
    • Egg noodles with prawns, calamari, fish cakes, crab meat, tofu and fresh vegetables in an Indonesian style sauce.
  • 18 Chilli Beef
    • Egg noodles with beef, fresh vegetables in a chili sauce.
  • 27 Tom Yum
    • Rice with chicken, tomato, pineapple and fresh vegetables in a Thai hot and sour soup.
  • Lamb Saag $14.50
    • Cooked with spinach, onion, tomato, ginger, garlic and freshly ground spices
  • Vege Jhalfrezi $11.50
    • Freshly diced vegetables Cooked with capsicum, tomatoes, onions, coconut cream, and fresh ground spices
  • Mint Sauce $2.00
    • Yoghurt mixed with fresh ground mint and spices
  • Prawn $21.99
  • Lamb Jhalfrezi $14.50
    • Cooked with capsicum, tomatoes, onions, coconut cream and fresh ground spices
  • SET MEAL FOR TWO $27.99
    • 2 curries(Chicken and Lamb) + 2 Plain Naans,Rice and drinks.
  • Chicken Biryani $13.50
    • Cooked with rice, tomato, onion, ginger, garlic, aromatic spices and finish fresh green coriander
  • Beef Biryani $12.99
    • Cooked with rice, tomato, onion, ginger, garlic, aromatic spices and finish fresh green coriander
  • VEGETABLE BRUNCH $4.00
  • PANINI OF THE DAY $12.50
  • SANDWICHES $6.50
  • CIABATTA $8.50
  • CAJUN CHICKEN WINGS $2.50
  • SHIES & SQUARES $4.90
  • BISCUIT/COOKIES TARTS $6.00
  • SAUSAGE ROLLS $4.00
  • Creamy coconut pannacotta $16.00
    • w caramelized pineapple, warm banana bread, and honey
  • Crum bed chicken strips w ketchup $10.00
  • Wholegrain chunky style toast $7.00
    • w fruit preserves & butter
  • Bacon & eggs, poached or scrambled free range eggs $12.00
    • on whole grain ciabatta or GF toast with beetroot relish
  • Chicken schnitzel $18.00
    • w baked paprika & sea salt wedges ketchup, thousand island dipping sauce, and salad greens
  • Garlic infused olive oil & sea $7.00
    • salt grilled ciabatta
  • Pumpkin & kumara fritter stack $17.00
    • w Tomato Ginger Jam, honey glazed baby beetroot, radish remoulade and salad greens(add bacon $3.00)
  • Spaghetti puttanesca $16.00
    • w tomato, chili, olives, capers and flat leaf parsley
  • Extra Cheese $2
  • Extra Meat $3
  • 1 Popular Chicken
    • Mozzarella, double pineapple, double chicken
  • Rich Chocolate Mousse $3.50
  • All pizzas come with NZ’s special recipe, tomato base, herbs, spices, 100% mozzarella cheese
  • Boysenberry Cheesecake $3.50
  • 4 Paneer Tikka Masala
    • Red onion, coriander, capsicum, marinated paneer, tikka masala and mozzarella cheese
  • 3 Chicken Bacon
    • Mozzarella, capsicum, chicken, bacon
  • Cheese and Herb Pizza Bread $7.00/$10.00
  • Scotch Fillet Steak $22.00
    • Prime succulent quality steak lightly seasoned with cracked peppercorns and cooked to your liking with creamy mashed potato, mesculan salad, caramelized onion, red wine and rosemary jus'
  • Finding Nemo $16.00
    • Crumbed Hoki fillets, egg, salad, tomato & Tartare sauce
  • Cajun Chicken Salad $16.00
    • Grilled diced Cajun chicken on a bed of fresh mesculan salad
  • Morrocan Beef Salad $12.00
    • Tossed Garden Salad with strips of Morrocan Beef
  • Mixed Bowl Fries $10/$15
    • Squid rings, onion rings, spring rolls, samosa, fish bites, chicken nuggets, fries
  • Louisiana Chicken Breast $22.00
    • Seared Boneless chicken breast with a hint of Cajun seasoning enveloped with Bacon and melted Brie complimented with a delectable cranberry sauce served with large seasonal salad (optional choice of creamy mashed potato or fries)
  • French Fries $5.00/$8.00
    • Served with tomato sauce or garlic aioli
  • Spaghetti on Toast $6.50
  • Ham Salad $8.00
  • Toast & Spreads $4.50
  • Mushrooms, bacon, big boy sausages $3.00
  • Eggs Benedcit $14.50
  • Bowl of Fries $4.00
  • Mushrooms on Toast $8.50
  • Tomato, hash brown, eggs, onion $2.00
  • Malabari Prawn / Fish - A Bombay speciality. Cooked with coconut, capsicum, tomatoes, cream and an assortment of spices, served with a naan & basmati rice. $18.00
  • Paneer & Garlic Kulcha - Naan sprinkled with crushed garlic, stuffed with home made Indian cottage cheese and spices. $5.00
  • Biryani Chicken / Lamb / Vegetable - Basmati rice cooked with chicken, lamb or vegetables. Served with 2 poppadoms and raita. $16.00
  • Amritsari Chole - Chickpeas cooked with ginger, garlic, finished with freshly ground spices, served with a naan & basmati rice. $14.00
  • Kashmiri Naan - Naan topped with nuts and sultanas. $4.50
  • Onion Salad $3.50
  • Papadom $1.00
  • Korma Lamb / Chicken / Vegetable - Traditionally a mild dish cooked in a creamy sauce made of almond paste, cream and spices, served with a naan & basmati rice. $16.00
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