Indian Star Tandoori Restaurant in Bay of Plenty Menu

ENTRÉE ENTRÉE
  • Pan fried prawns $17.00
    • Peeled prawn cutlets fried with ginger, garlic, onions and capsicum
  • Prawn pakora $15.00
    • King prawn cutlets dipped in mildly spiced batter, deep fried and served with tamarind sauce
  • Chicken tikka (4 pce) $10.50
    • Tender morsels of boneless chicken, marinated overnight in yoghurt and spices and roasted in the tandoori oven
  • Chicken pakora $10.50
    • Boneless chicken pieces dipped in spiced chick-pea flour batter and deep fried
  • Seekh kebab (4 pce) $10.50
    • Minced lamb, flavoured with exotic spices, pressed on a skewer then cooked in the tandoor
  • Chilli chicken (med or hot) $17.00
    • Boneless chicken pieces mixed in corn flour batter and deep fried then finished with fresh capsicum, onions and dash of hot chilli sauce
  • Cheese chilli (med or hot) $15.50
    • Cubed cottage cheese dipped in corn flour batter and half fried then finished with fresh capsicum, onions and dash of hot chilli sauce
  • Chilli mushroom $17.00
    • Fresh mushrooms dipped in corn flour batter and half deep fried then finished with fresh capsicum, onions and dash of hot chilli sauce
  • Vegetable samosa $6.00
    • Flaky pastry, filled with diced potatoes, peas, dry fruit and cumin seeds then fried golden brown
  • Onion rings $6.50
    • Onion rings, dipped in chick-pea flour batter & deep fried
  • Mix pakora $6.50
    • Chopped vegetables mildly spiced, dipped in batter and deep fried
  • Tandoori combo (minimum for two people or more) Per Person $9.00
    • A combination of the above. It consists of 2 vege samosas, 2 mix pakoras, 2 chicken tikka and 2 seekh kebab. Served on a sizzling hot plate with mint & tamarind sauce
  • Seafood combo (minimum for two people or more) Per Person $10.00
    • It consists of pan fried prawns, fish pakoras, lamb seekh kebab and chicken tikka served on a sizzling hot plate with mint & tamarind sauce
  • (Banquet meals are for dine-in only. Please don't ask for leftovers to be taken away)
NON VEGETARIAN BANQUET NON VEGETARIAN BANQUET
  • Maharaja banquet (min 2 persons) Per Person $34.00
    • Practically everything included in tandoori combo for entrée, served with mint & tamarind sauce, four curries for the main course, butter chicken (mild), lamb rogan josh (med), beef vindaloo (hot), bombay aloo (med), naan, rice. - An absolute treat
VEGETARIAN BANQUET VEGETARIAN BANQUET
  • Indian star vegetarian banquet (min 2 persons) Per Person $30.00
    • For entrée: (mix pakora, samosa, onion rings, served with mint & tamarind sauce) the main course: (mattar paneer, daal moong (yellow dal), chana masala, bombay aloo, naan, rice). - An absolute treat
CHILDREN'S MENU CHILDREN'S MENU
  • Kid’s butter chicken (mild) $11.00
  • Fish & chips $7.00
  • Chicken nuggets and chips $7.00
SIDE DISHES SIDE DISHES
  • Papadums (crispy wafers) 2 pieces $1.00
  • Side dish platter of six $11.90 / each $2.50
    • Sweet mango chutney, pickles, raita, tomato and onion kachumber, mint sauce & tamarind sauce
SALAD SALAD
  • Indian $6.00
    • Fresh carrots, cucumber, tomatoes, cabbage with a piece of lemon
  • Onion salad $ 3.00
MAINS FROM TANDOOR MAINS FROM TANDOOR
  • These items are marinated in spices with yoghurt and cooked in tandoori oven, served on a sizzling hot plate.
  • Tandoori chicken (with bones) $22.00
  • Chicken tikka (boneless) $20.00
CHICKEN CHICKEN
  • Butter chicken (mild or med) $17.50
    • Tender pieces of boneless chicken thigh, half cooked in tandoor & finished in a creamy tomato gravy
  • Mango chicken (mild or med) $17.50
    • An exotic curry with tender boneless chicken breast pieces cooked in a subtle mango sauce
  • Chicken tikka masala (med or hot) $18.50
    • Succulent boneless tandoori chicken (thigh) morsels cooked in a spicy tomato & onion gravy with green peppers
  • Karahi chicken (med or hot) $18.50
    • Boneless chicken breast cooked in ginger garlic and spices with tomato & onion gravy
  • Chicken vindaloo (boneless chicken breast, med or hot) $18.50
    • Spicy chicken curry straight from the beaches of goa (must be served spicy hot)
  • Chicken balti (med or hot) $18.00
    • Boneless chicken breast pieces cooked with onion, capsicum and a selection of spices and garnished with corriander
  • Chicken korma (mild, med or hot) $18.50
    • North indian style curry boneless chicken breast cooked in creamy cashew nut gravy garnished with slice almonds
  • Saag chicken (mild, med or hot) $18.50
    • Boneless chicken breast cooked in fine spinach puree with indian herbs & spices
LAMB LAMB
  • Rogan josh (med or hot) $19.00
    • Diced lamb cooked with ginger, garlic, onions and spices in a traditional north indian style
  • Saag gosht (mild, med or hot) $19.00
    • Diced lamb cooked with tomatoes, in fine spinach puree with indian spices (a punjabi lamb curry)
  • Lamb madras (mild, med or hot) $19.00
    • Lamb sauteed with onions, tomatoes, cashew nut gravy & cooked in coconut cream & garnished with coconut powder
  • Lamb balti (med or hot) $19.50
    • Boneless lamb cooked with onion, capsicum and a selection of spices & garnished with corriander
  • Lamb korma (mild, med or hot) $19.00
    • Diced lamb cooked with cashewnut gravy & indian herbs & garnished with sliced almonds
BEEF BEEF
  • Shahi korma (mild, med or hot) $18.00
    • Beef cooked in delicious cashewnut gravy, garnished with sliced almonds and corriander
  • Beef madras (med or hot) $18.00
    • Delicious medium hot beef curry, cooked with onions, tomato, cashews gravy, garnished with coconut powder, south indian style
  • Beef vindaloo (med or hot) $18.00
    • Spicy beef curry straight from the exotic beaches of goa (must be served spicy hot)
  • Beef masala (med or hot) $18.00
    • Beef cooked in a spicy tomato gravy & indian garam masalas
SEAFOOD SEAFOOD
  • Fish masala curry (med or hot) $19.50
    • Fish fillets cooked in a fine thick tomato & onion gravy and indian masalas
  • Prawn malabari (mild, med or hot) $22.90
    • Peeled prawns cooked with creamy cashew nut gravy & fresh coconut milk
  • Prawn masala (med or hot) $22.90
    • Succulent prawns cooked in spicy tomato gravy with green peppers
  • Butter prawn (mild or med) $22.90
    • Peeled prawns cooked in creamy tomato flavoured sauce
VEGETABLES VEGETABLES
  • Vegetable jalfrezi (med or hot) $15.90
    • Fresh seasonal vegetables and cottage cheese cooked in a spicy gravy
  • Mixed vegetables (mild, med or hot) $14.90
    • Fresh seasonal vegetables and cottage cheese cooked in aromatic indian spices (dry)
  • Karahi paneer (med-hot) $16.90
    • Cubed cottage cheese cooked in thick spicy tomato gravy and finished with capsicums and onions
  • Paneer mattar (mild, med or hot) $16.90
    • Cottage cheese and peas cooked together with spices, tomatoes and herbs
  • Saag paneer (mild, med or hot) $16.90
    • Cottage cheese cooked in a fine mild puree of spinach and light spices
  • Malai kofta (mild, med or hot) $16.90
    • Mashed potatoes and cottage cheese balls with dry fruit, deep fried and cooked in a tamato & cashew nuts gravy
  • Paneer makhni (mild, med or hot) $16.90
    • Cubes of cottage cheese, cooked in a creamy tomato flavoured sauce
  • Saag aloo (mild, med or hot) $14.50
    • Potatoes cooked in a fine mild puree of spinach and lightly spiced
  • Aloo gobi (mild, med or hot) $14.50
    • Potatoes, cauliflower & special spices cooked together & garnished with fresh corriander
  • Bombay aloo (med or hot) $14.50
    • Diced fried potatoes cooked with cumin seeds & herbs
  • Chana masala (chick-pea masala) (mild, med or hot) $14.50
    • Chick peas cooked with onion and spiced gravy
  • Dal moong (yellow dal) (mild, med or hot) $14.50
    • Yellow lentil cooked with onion, tomato & a selection of spices (can be served mild or hot)
  • Dal makhni (mild, med or hot) $14.50
    • Black lentils stewed on a slow fire overnight, & finished with onion, tomatoes & a selection of spices garnished with corriander
RICE & BIRYANIES RICE & BIRYANIES
  • Biryanies are wholesome meals and served with raita.
  • Chicken biryani (mild, med or hot) $18.50
    • Rice cooked with boneless chicken, herbs and spices
  • Lamb biryani (mild, med or hot) $19.50
    • Rice cooked with lamb, herbs and spices
  • Prawn biryani (mild, med or hot) $22.50
    • Rice cooked with prawns, herbs and spices
  • Vegetable biryani (mild, med or hot) $15.90
    • Rice cooked with vegetables, herbs and spices
  • Palau rice $8.00
    • Basmati rice cooked in cashewnuts, sultanas and fresh herbs
  • Zeera rice $6.00
    • Basmati rice cooked with cumin seeds
  • Plain basmati rice $3.00
BREAD BREAD
  • Plain garlic naan $3.50
    • Plain flour bread garnished with garlic and corriander
  • Butter garlic naan $4.00
    • Plain flour bread garnished with garlic corriander and butter
  • Parantha $5.50
    • Hand rolled bread made from wholemeal flour, stuffed with clarified butter
  • Plain naan $3.00
    • Plain flour bread cooked in tandoor oven
  • Butter naan $3.50
    • Plain flour bread cooked in tandoor oven garnished with butter
  • Peshwari naan $5.00
    • Special naan from peshawar, plain flour bread with sultana (raisins), coconut and cottage cheese
  • Keema naan $5.00
    • Naan stuffed with spiced lamb mince mixture
  • Cheese naan $4.50
    • Naan stuffed with grated cheese and garnished with fresh coriander leaves
  • Cheese garlic naan $5.00
    • Naan stuffed with grated cheese garnished with garlic, corriander and butter
  • Stuffed kulcha $5.50
    • Plain flour bread stuffed with spiced potatoes and peas
  • Plain roti $3.00
    • Handrolled bread made from wholemeal flour
  • Butter roti $3.50
    • Handrolled bread made with wholemeal flour garnished with butter

Nearby Sample Menus

  • Red Curry $15.50
    • With peas, carrots, seasonal vegetables & coconut milk
  • Thai Spring Rolls (5 Pieces) $7.00
    • With vermicelli and vegetables
  • Chicken Satay (4 Pieces) $7.00
    • With peanut sauce
  • Stir Fried Tofu with Peanuts Sauce & Vegetables $14.50
  • Panang (Thick Red Curry) $15.50
    • With coconut milk, pumpkin and crushed peanuts
  • Stir Fried Noodles $15.50
    • With black bean sauce, carrots and vegetables
  • Pad Thai Noodle $15.50
    • With tomato and tamarind sauce, crushed peanuts and bean sprouts
  • Prawn and Pork Toast Mince (5 Pieces) $7.00
    • Prawn and pork marinated with thai herbs on toast
  • Hohepa Aged Cheddar or Mt Eliza Blue
  • Vanilla Crème Caramel with baked rhubarb, ginger and coconut cream $17.50
  • Momofuku style steamed pork buns, roasted belly pork (per bun) &6.50
  • Chicken Liver and Duck Pate, gingerbread crumbs, cardamom pickled oranges toasted ciabatta $19.90
  • Seared Eye Fillet with portabello mushrooms, Café de Paris Butter and red wine sauce $39.50
  • If you would like your cheeses served at room temperature, please let the waiting staff know your cheese order, when ordering entreés and mains
  • Sticky Toffee Pudding with homemade vanilla ice cream $17.50
  • Served individually with our oatmeal crackers, chutney and leaves (per cheese) $15.50
  • Sashimi
    • Chef's selection of daily fresh raw fish
  • Chicken Mango Salad $19
    • Fresh Chicken and Mango with garden salad
  • -Squid $10
  • Seaweed Salad $6
  • Honey Butter Potato $8
  • Japanese Curry $7
  • Tempura is a Japanese dish of seafood or vegetable that have been lightly battered and deep fried
  • Fish and Chips $11
    • Lightly battered fresh fish tempura and homemade chips
  • Ham & Pineapple Pizza $9.50
  • Anchovy $22.00
    • olive, spanish onion, caper, chilli, parsley
  • Prosciutto $24.50
    • wild rocket, parmesan, olive oil
  • Pulled Pork $ 23.00
    • smoked bacon, chorizo, apple, cress
  • Fresh Fish Fillet Bun $24.00
    • celeriac rémoulade, preserved lemon aioli, fried capers, crisp potatoes.
  • Crispy Chicken Burger $9.50
    • crinkle cut chips
  • Crispy Chicken $19.50
    • green apple & ginger slaw, kewpie mayo
  • House Marinated Olives( v) $ 9.00
  • Chicken and Cranberry $22
    • with bacon, brie and Italian parsley
  • Lamb Ribs $18.50
    • with sticky fennel caramel sauce
  • Homemade Crumpets $8.90
    • served with honey and butter
  • Roasted Pumpkin $22
    • with pinenuts, caramelised onion, peppers and drizzled with buttermilk dressing
  • Sticky Beef Burger $20.50
    • braised beef on a brioche bun with salad, crispy onions, cheese, aioli, pickled red cabbage and beer battered fries
  • Garlic Bread $8.50
    • ciabatta with homemade garlic butter
  • Fish and Chips $19.90
    • tiger beer battered fish and chips served with lemon and aioli
  • New York Bagel $17.50
    • toasted with your choice of salmon or bacon, cream cheese, tomato, capers, red onion and pesto
  • Mixed $ 10.50
  • Tunisian $16.00
    • Flavoursome cream sauce, spinach, mushrooms, onions, tomatoes, garlic, feta cheese, with your choice of lamb, chicken, falafel cooked risotto style and served with a fresh side salad.
  • Ala-Tunisia $16.00
    • A mouth watering mixture of bearnaise pesto blended with homemade spices and your choice of lamb, chicken, or falafel. Served with fresh salad.
  • Ali Baba $16.00
    • A delicious combination of coconut cream, harissa, cream cheese, mushrooms, onions, spinach, garlic chilli pickle, and your choice of lamb, chicken, or falafel. Served with fresh salad.
  • Arabian $18.00
    • Spinach, mushroom, onions, capsicum, cream cheese, olives, chicken, topped with sweet chilli.
  • Kascrute $16.00
    • Your choice of lamb, chicken, or Falafel cooked with tomatoes, herbs, spinach, mushrooms, onions, Berber spices, wrapped in the thin Kebab bread with olives, mozzarella and cream cheeses and baked in Ali Baba’s oven. Topped with garlic mayonnaise and sweet chilli sauces and served with a fresh side salad.
  • Sauces
    • Mayonnaise, Spicy Lemon, Garlic Yogurt, Tomato Relish, Hot Chilli, Mint, BBQ Sauce, Hummus, Sweet Chilli, Tahini, Garlic Mayo, Apricot, Satay, Plum
  • Berber $16.00
    • Your choice of lamb, chicken, or falafel cooked with spinach, mushrooms and onions in a tomato creamy sauce flavoured with a delicious blend of Berber spices served on rice, accompanied by a fresh side salad.
  • New Zealand scallops $33.00
    • Fresh scallop golden fried
  • All meals served with veges of the day or salad and fries
  • Fresh fish of the day $27.00
    • Deep fried or french grilled
  • Thai curry chicken $23.50
    • Medium thai curry made with sour cream & honey topped with fresh bananas & roasted shallots on jasmin rice. ( Does not come with veges of the day or salad and fries )
  • Scallop mornay $35.00
    • Scallops sauteed in a creamy white wine sauce with bacon & spring onions topped with cheese
  • Carpet bag steak $38.00
    • Stuffed with oysters, topped with mushroom sauce, cooked rare or medium rare
  • -Toppings $4.00
    • Mushroom / roast garlic / green peppercorn sauce
  • Seafood catch $31.50
    • Golden fried fish, mussels, squid, scallop and oysters
  • Pancakes with bacon and banana $15.50
    • Served with grilled banana, bacon and maple syrup
  • Gourmet Toasted Sandwiches $10.50
    • Bacon & Egg, Chicken & Mushroom, Chicken Schnitzel or Ham, Cheese & Tomato. Served on fresh toasted turkish bread
  • French Toast $15.50
    • Sourdough bread served with bacon, grilled banana and maple syrup
  • Breakfast Stack (Vegetarian) $16.00
  • Eggs Any Style with Toast $10.50
    • Free range eggs scrambled, poached or fried served with toast
  • Fruit Pancake Stack $15.00
    • Pancakes served with seasonal fresh fruit, yoghurt and wild berry coulis
  • Soup of the Day $9.50
    • Served with fresh focaccia bread & butter. Please ask to the counter for today's flavour
  • Bacon & Eggs $15.50
    • Free range eggs any style with bacon, served with toast
  • -Extra large $12.00
  • The lot includes bacon, cheese sour cream & sweet chilli sauce
  • Excluding gourmet pizzas
  • -Large $9.00
  • Greek vegetarian
    • Basil pesto, tomato paste, onion, olives, capsicums, sun dried tomatoes, capsicum, camembert cheese & parmesan cheese
  • -Regular $4.00
  • Hawaiian burger $9.90
  • -Small $5.50
  • Date 'n Apple
  • feta
  • Wedges
  • Apple Shortcake
  • Bay Egg
    • Beef, Egg, Salad & Sauce
  • Turkish
  • Apricot Turnover
  • Sausage Rolls (Large and Small)
  • Homemade Ice cream OR (DF) $12.00
    • Dairy Free Sorbet
  • Affogato $12.00
    • Vanilla bean ice cream with double shot of espresso
  • Brushetta (2) (GFO) $14.00
    • Tomato and mozzarella cheese with basil on ciabatta bread
  • Calamari $17.00
    • With a chilli vinaigrette & citrus aioli
  • Chef’s Salad of the Day (GF) (V) POA
    • Ask your waiter for the days special
  • Classic Apple Pie $16.00
    • Served with vanilla bean ice cream
  • Traditional Prawn cocktail $24.00
    • King Prawns tossed with iceberg lettuce, avocado and a seafood sauce.
  • Oysters Natural (GF) (DF)
  • Our chips $5.9
    • made in our kitchen daily - hand cut skin on chips w/ sea salt garnish
  • Caramelized baby beetroots and sautéed onions $6.5
  • Penne gigi galli $21.9
    • chargrilled vegetables, finished with rocket and topped with fresh parmigiano, served a touch spicy
  • Meats $16.9
    • Italian meats including chicken
  • Pollo picatta $29.9
    • roasted chicken breast served on frazzled vegetables w/ an olive & prune salsa
  • Crepe mixed berry $11.9
    • warmed berries wrapped in our fresh crepe
  • Steaky bacon $2.9
  • Mclaren lamb $29.9
    • loin of lamb served on braised red cabbage w/ kumara hash & rosemary jus
  • Oven-Roasted Half Chicken $26.5
    • A half chicken marinated in our Chef's special blend of mild spices, then oven-roasted and served with fries and salad.
  • Chicken Fettuccine $25.5
    • Grilled chicken breast, sliced then tossed with crispy bacon and fresh herbs in a creamy tomato, garlic and parmesan sauce.
  • Prawn & Parmesan Sirloin $34.9
    • Premium AngusPure Sirloin topped with prawn cutlets in a creamy parmesan sauce.
  • Hot Chocolate $4.9
    • Swirl in a Whittakers Chocolate Santé Bar to create your own chocolate dream.
  • Upgrade $2.5
    • from Fries, to Curly Fries or Wedges with your main.
  • Special Coffees $9.9
    • A double shot coffee with your choice of Whisky, Brandy, Baileys or Kahlua, topped with a swirl of whipped cream.
  • Seasonable Vegetables $5.9
  • Garlic Baguette $6.5
    • Hot and crispy with garlic butter and herbs.
  • Garlic pizza bread $9.50
    • Extra virgin olive oil, garlic, sea salt & fresh herbs
  • New York $18.50
    • Spicy pepperoni salami with mozzarella
  • Roast Pumpkin $24.5
    • Wood oven roasted pumpkin, Danish feta, Kalamata olives, fresh rosemary, semi dried tomatoes & mozzarella
  • Pesto pizza bread $13.50
    • Homemade basil pesto & parmesan
  • Seared Sirloin $26.00
    • Wood oven seared Savannah sirloin, mozzarella, caramelised red onion & Whitestone blue cheese
  • Mikes Special $23.50
    • Spicy pepperoni salami & Whitestone blue cheese, finished with fresh rocket and mozzarella
  • Gluten free base $4.50
  • Italian Salami $23.50
    • Spicy pepperoni salami, button mushrooms, kalamata olives & mozzarella
  • GF V straight cut chips $5.00/$8.00
    • with tomato sauce or aioli
  • toasted sandwiches (Ask for GF option) $10.50
    • portobello mushrooms, roasted red pepper, feta pesto
  • GF V kumara chips $5.50/$9.00
    • with sour cream
  • seasoned potato wedges V $8.50/$14.00
    • bacon, cheese, sour cream and sweet chilli sauce
  • Àsh of the day (Ask for GF option) $18.50
    • (see specials board)
  • coconut coriander chicken curry GF $12.00/$18.00
    • with jasmine rice and a poppadom
  • caesar salad (Ask for GF option) $12.50/$18.50
    • with shaved parmesan, croutons, bacon, cos lettuce, caesar dressing and a soft poached free range egg /with chicken
  • caesar salad (Ask for GF option) $10.00/$15.50
    • with shaved parmesan, croutons, bacon, cos lettuce, caesar dressing and a soft poached free range egg
Indian Star Tandoori Restaurant

Indian Star Tandoori Restaurant

location

Address

1118 Tutanekai Street, Rotorua, Bay Of Plenty, 3010, New Zealand

phone

Phone

073436222

clock

Opened hours

Monday: 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM, 5:00 – 10:00 PM, Tuesday: 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM, 5:00 – 10:00 PM, Wednesday: 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM, 5:00 – 10:00 PM, Thursday: 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM, 5:00 – 10:00 PM, Friday: 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM, 5:00 – 10:00 PM, Saturday: 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM, 5:00 – 10:00 PM, Sunday: 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM, 5:00 – 10:00 PM
price range

Price

$30 - $50

type

Type

None

service level

Service

Table Service

cuisine

Cuisine

Asian , Balti , Gluten Free , Indian , Vegan , Vegetarian

features

Features

Delivery ,  Dine in ,  EFTPOS ,  Mastercard ,  Takeaway ,  Visa ,  Wheelchair accessible ,  Home Delivery ,  Business meetings ,  Reservations ,  After-hours ,  BYO ,  Vegetarian Friendly ,  Waitstaff ,  Takeout ,  Cheap Eats ,  Wine and Beer ,  Cash ,  Groups ,  American Express ,  Bankcard ,  Lunch ,  Seating ,  Highchairs Available ,  Free Wifi ,  Cards accepted ,  Special Occasion Dining ,  Serves Alcohol ,  Dinner ,  Child-friendly ,  Outdoor Seating ,  Full Bar

Location
1118 Tutanekai Street, Rotorua, Bay Of Plenty, 3010, New Zealand