Little India Bistro and Tandoor in Nelson City Menu

Lunch Lunch
  • Tandoori Chicken Salad - Your choice of Chooza Tikka, Malai Tikka or Achaari Tikka tossed with lettuce, tomato, cucumber, red onions, lemon juice with mint chutney $15.00
  • Tandoori Lamb Salad - Boti Kebab tossed with lettuce, tomato, cucumber, red onions, lemon juice served with mint chutney. $15.00
  • Biryani Chicken / Lamb / Vegetable - Basmati rice cooked with chicken, lamb or vegetables. Served with 2 poppadoms and raita. $16.00
  • Bhatura Chicken / Lamb / Chole - Bhatura is a soft bread made from flour mixed with semolina and yoghurt, then finished in hot oil. Two pieces of Bhatura breads served with Chole, lamb or chicken $16.00
  • Butter Chicken - World famous, served with a naan & basmati rice. $16.00
  • Chicken Tikka Masala - An internationally renowned dish. Boneless chicken cooked in a secret recipe of yoghurt, cream and spices. $16.00
  • Lamb Rogan Josh - Lean lamb cooked with roasted and crushed spices, served with a naan & basmati rice. $16.00
  • 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
  • Bhuna Chicken - Boneless spring chicken cooked with ginger, garlic, fresh coriander, capsicum, onions and spices, served with a naan & basmati rice. $16.00
  • Lamb / Chicken Vindaloo - A hot dish, made world famous by the Chefs of Goa. It has a Portugese influence. It is cooked with vinegar, capsicum and whole spices. Served with a naan & basmati rice. $16.00
  • 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
  • Ganga Jamuna Sabzi - Fresh seasonal vegetables cooked with cumin seeds, turmeric and spices, served with a naan & basmati rice. $14.00
  • Amritsari Chole - Chickpeas cooked with ginger, garlic, finished with freshly ground spices, served with a naan & basmati rice. $14.00
  • Shahi Paneer - Home made Indian cottage cheese cooked with crushed almonds, cream and tomatoes, served with a naan & basmati rice. $14.00
  • Aaloo Saag - Potatoes cooked with spinach and spices. Served with a naan & basmati rice. $14.00
Sides Sides
  • Papadom $1.00
  • Raita $3.50
  • Mint Chutney $3.50
  • Kechumber - Diced onions, tomatoes, cucumber, coriander with a touch of lemon juice and spices. $3.50
  • Banana and Coconut - Sliced bananas sprinkled with desiccated coconut. $3.50
  • Little India Chilly Chutney - For the daring!!! $3.50
  • Mixed Vegetable Pickle - Achar. $3.50
  • Mango Chutney $3.50
  • Tamarind - A sweet but tangy sauce, a perfect match for our vegetarian starters. $3.50
  • Side Dish Platter - Raita, mint chutney, kechumber, banana and coconut, Little India chilli chutney and mango chutney served with six papadoms. $10.00
  • Little India Salad - Onions, cucumber, cabbage and tomatoes with lemon juice and a special mix of spices. $7.50
  • Onion Salad $3.50
Rice Rice
  • Basmati Rice - Plain, steamed Basmati rice. $4.00
  • Jeera Rice - Basmati rice cooked with cumin seeds. $6.50
  • Kashmiri Pulao - Basmati rice mixed with cashews, almonds, sultanas and desiccated coconut. $6.50
  • Mixed Vegetable Pulao - Basmati rice cooked with fresh seasonal vegetables and spices. $7.50
  • Chicken Pulao - Basmati rice cooked with tender boneless chicken, peas, onions and spices. $10.00
Breads Breads
  • Naan - Leavened bread made of refined flour baked in the tandoor. $3.00
  • Garlic Naan - Leavened bread sprinkled with crushed garlic, baked in the tandoor. $3.50
  • Keema Naan - Naan with a stuffing of spiced lamb mince. $5.00
  • Onion Kulcha - Naan with a stuffing of onions and spices. $4.00
  • Chicken Naan - Naan with a stuffing of mildly spiced chicken. $5.00
  • Paneer Kulcha - Naan stuffed with home made Indian cottage cheese and spices. $4.50
  • Paneer & Garlic Kulcha - Naan sprinkled with crushed garlic, stuffed with home made Indian cottage cheese and spices. $5.00
  • Kashmiri Naan - Naan topped with nuts and sultanas. $4.50
  • Vegetable Kulcha - Naan stuffed with fresh seasoned vegetables and spices. $4.00
  • Tandoori Roti - Unleavened wholemeal flour bread baked in the tandoor. $3.00
  • Lacha Parantha - Unleavened wholemeal flour bread layered with lashings of ghee. Baked in the tandoor. $4.00
  • Aloo Parantha - Unleavened wholemeal flour bread stuffed with potatoes, onions and spices. $4.00

Nearby Sample Menus

  • Prawn Foo Young $14.50 small $11.50
  • Yellow Chicken Curry $12.00
  • Chicken with Oyster Sauce $12.00
  • Stir Fried Beef with Assorted Vegetables $12.00
  • Stir Fried Beef with Cashew Nuts $13.00
  • Shrimp Fried Rice $15.50 small $12.50
  • Wontons $5.50
    • 1/2 dozen with sweet & sour sauce
  • Fried Pork with Noodles $12.00
  • Portobello Mushroom & Bacon $14.00
    • Smokey pestells bacon, creamy squires mushroom sauce with ciabatta bread
  • Stewart Island Blue Cod $19.00
    • Sprig & fern beer battered on pan fried
  • Pork Ribs E $4 / M $32
    • Served with fries & salad
  • Hot Dogs & Chips $12.50
  • Pestells T-Bone $35.00
    • 500grm. Served with salad & fries & your choice of mushroom sauce or garlic sweet chilli butter
  • Lambs Fry & Streaky Bacon E $18 / M $21
    • On veggie smash with fresh garden salad
  • Eggs Benedict $17.00
    • With crispy bacon or salmon
  • Fish of the Day Priced daily
    • Pan fried with lemon & pastry risotto with wilted spinach & a white wine & garlic sauce - or beer battered with salad & fries
  • Wheat & Gluten-Free Savoury Muffin Check with your waitperson for today’s flavour $3.50
  • Cake of the Day Check with your waitperson for today’s option $5.80
  • Bouillabaisse A classic French seafood soup with white fish, prawns and mussels, in a tomato, saffron and fennel broth. Served with rouille and fresh bread $19.00
  • Tennis Biscuit A rich buttery shortbread biscuit with a cherry on top $3.50
  • - With house-smoked salmon_ $19.70
  • Spanakopitas Filo parcels filled with spinach, eggs, feta, onions and rice. Served with cumin and coriander yoghurt (V) $13.70
  • Muesli * Our own muesli full of nuts, dried fruit and popped corn, layered with natural yoghurt, and rhubarb and raspberry compote; served with a side of milk (WF, V) $11.20
  • BLAT Sandwich Ciabatta bread* filled with rindless bacon, lettuce, avocado, tomato and mayonnaise* (DF) $13.70
  • Toasted bagel with either cream cheese or jam and butter $6.50
  • Migas $19.50
    • Scrambled eggs with chorizo or bbq beans avocado and salsa on a flour tortilla
  • Gazpacho, marinated poached prawns, avocado and crisp flour tortilla $16.50
  • Fresh tomato $3.00
  • Seafood chowder with toasted sourdough $18.50
  • Grilled halloumi and poached eggs on wholegrain toast with sundried tomato chermoula $2.00
  • BBQ stadtwurst sausage, potato and mustard hash and poached egg $19.50
  • Bacon rasher x2 $5.50
  • Deep Fried Mars $3.80
  • 1/2 Scoop Wedges $2.80
  • Cinnamon Donut $2.20
  • Paua $3.50
  • Flounder $4.30
  • Vege $7.50
  • Steak $8.50
  • Kumara Chips $5.00
  • Stir Fried Chinese Sausage $20.50
    • with vegetables
  • 40. Beef in Oyster Sauce $23.50
    • with seasonal vegetables
  • 10. Shark Fin and Crab Meat Soup $9.50
  • 15. Beef in Black Bean Sauce (Medium/Large) $12.50/$19
    • with Vegetables
  • 46. Shrimp Fu Yong Eggs (Medium/Large) $14.50/$20
    • Omelette
  • 6. Pan Fried Dumplings (Pork) $16.00
    • 1 doz
  • 84. Beef Brisket Noodle Soup (Medium/Large) $12.50/$17
  • 97. Venison with Spring Onion and Ginger $28
  • -medium $14.50
  • -medium (1/2 doz) $8.50
  • Beef stir fried with tomato
  • -half $32.00
  • -large $19.00
  • Combination dim sum 16.00 (1 Doz)
  • Pork with preserved vegetable noodle soup
  • . honey king prawns $27.00
  • Pumpernickel roll $8.50
    • w/ fritter & harissa slaw
  • Potato Rosti $16.00
    • w/ fresh Salmon Fillet
  • Eggs Florentine $19.50
    • poached eggs & wilted spinach & hollandaise on ciabatta roll
  • Creamy Masala Mushrooms $14.50
    • w/ toasted sourdough
  • Houmous Plate w/ crunchy veges $10.00
  • The Suter Nourish Bowl $18.50
    • Your choice of two salads w/ either seared lamb fillet free range cajun chicken or roasted salmon
  • Seafood Chowder $15.50
    • with sourdough
  • Gluten free Muesli $12.50
    • served w/ fruit salad, yoghurt & milk
  • -With Salmon $17.50
  • Eggs Benedict
    • Free range eggs, poached on toasted focaccia bread, served with hollandaise sauce
  • Robert Harris Big Breakfast $18.50
    • Free range eggs any style served with bacon, breakfast sausages, hash browns, tomatoes, mushrooms and toast
  • Gourmet Toasted Sandwiches $10.50
    • Bacon & Egg, Chicken & Mushroom, Chicken Schnitzel or Ham, Cheese & Tomato. Served on fresh toasted turkish bread
  • Eggs Any Style with Toast $10.50
    • Free range eggs scrambled, poached or fried served with toast
  • Muesli with Fruit and Yoghurt $10.50
    • Toasted Muesli served with fresh fruit and yoghurt
  • Omelette $15.50
    • Free range eggs, with you choice of three fillings: bacon, ham, cheese, tomato, mushroom, onion, pineapple, served with toast
  • Crumbed Chicken Caesar Salad $16.50
    • Made with crumbed chicken, cos lettuce, premium middle bacon, poached egg, focaccia croutons, parmesan & anchovies
  • Basket of Assorted Toasted Breads with Preserves $10.00
  • Mussel Chowder with Roll - homemade locals favourite! $14.00
  • Soup of The Day (see Specials Board) $10.00
  • Brunch Stack $16.50
    • Homemade chunky hash browns layered with cheese and bacon topped with camembert cheese, tomato relish and sour cream
  • Rosti Vegetarian (G.F) $19.80
    • Traditional homemade Swiss cheese and onion Rosti potatoes, served with field mushrooms, button mushrooms, fried eggs, guacamole and tomatoes.
  • Kids fish and chips $10.00
  • -Roast Vegetable $16.00
    • served with dukkah and aioli
  • Beef and Bean Burritos $17.00
    • Served with salad, cheese, sweet chilli and sour cream
  • -For 1 $16.00
  • Middle Eastern
  • Chicken
  • -For 1 $18.00
  • -Small $12.00
  • -Small $10.00
  • Lamb Kebab
  • Hummus Platter
  • Haulashore Hawaiian $9.00
    • Beef pattie / ham steak, tomato relish, cheese, pineapple + salad
  • Sausage / Spring Roll / Potato + Veggie Roll / Curry + Rice Roll / Bacon Pattie / Corn Pattie / Pumpkin Pattie + Spinach $3.00
  • Hotdog on a stick with sauce / Steak + Onion roll / Meat pattie $3.20
  • Chocolate Explosion $3.50
  • -Large pattie $2.00
  • Gurnard Fish Bite / Calamari Ring $1.00
  • -Ham, egg, cheese, pineapple, mushroom, onion, tomato $1.00
  • Lasagne Topper $3.50
  • Kids Platter $7.50
    • Fairy Bread, Mousetrap, Ham, Fresh Vegetables, Fruit & Nuts + a Lollipop Chaser
  • Focaccia Bread $3.50
    • (As a side) with Butter or Olive Oil
  • Gourmet Focaccia Sandwich $9.5 / $10.5
    • On House baked Bread With your own Combination Of Fillings
  • Fresh Garden Salad $10.50
    • Gourmet Lettuce Seasonal Vegetables. + Toasted Seeds W/either Balsamic or Mustard & Herb Vinaigrette
  • Soup of the Day $9.5
    • With Grilled bruschetta
  • Yaza Vege Nachos $12.50
    • Grilled with Chilli Beans + Cheddar Cheese & Topped with Avocado, Tomato Salsa and Sour Cream
  • Yaza! Seafood Chowder $11.50
    • With Grilled bruschetta
  • Spinach Bacon & Egg Salad $14.50
    • Fresh Leaf Spinach. Crispy Bacon, Tomato, Poached Egg, Croutons & Olives Tossed in Balsamic Vinaigrette Topped with Fresh Parmesan Shavings.
  • Cable Platter $24.50
    • local fresh ingredients, smoked seafood, local cheeses + pickles
  • Asian Style Chicken $18 / add avocado $3
    • Salad. Healthy, Fresh and Delicious!
  • Gourmet Fish + Chips $18
    • golden tempura fish with lemon pepper chips + housemade tartare sauce + coleslaw
  • House Made Muesli with Berry Compote $14
  • Steak Sandwich $19
    • seared steak with house made caramelized onions on ciabatta with a side of fries
  • Eggs Benedict $17
    • 2 free ranged eggs served with Hollandaise sauce and either salmon, bacon or mushies
  • Classic Mince on Toast $12.50
    • served with an Egg and parmesan cheese
  • Spinach, Pumpkin, Feta & Walnut Filo Parcels $22.50
    • Served with a garden fresh salad & tomato green chutney, vegetarian option
  • 250gm Beef Sirloin $28.00
    • Sirloin ste ak co o ked to your liking, served with thick cut fries, salad & your choice of garlic butter or mushroom sauce to compliment your steak
  • Garlic Prawns $28.00
    • Garlic & herb marinated prawns served with a crispy noodle salad & red pepper aioli
  • Open Steak Sandwich - (GF) option available $22.00
    • Rump steak served on char grilled bread, lettuce, tomato, caramelized onion & pickle served with thick cut fries
  • Verdict All Day Breakfast $19.90
    • Bacon, sausages, hash-brown, tomato, mushroom , egg's & toasted bread
  • B.L.T Bagel $17.00
    • Streaky bacon, lettuce, tomato on a toasted bagel with aioli & tomato relish served with thick cut fries
  • Smoked Salmon Salad - (GF) $22.50
    • Smoked salmon, asparagus, tomato & salad greens tossed in dill aioli
  • Gluten free (GF)
Little India Bistro and Tandoor

Little India Bistro and Tandoor

location

Address

269 Hardy Street, Nelson City Centre, Nelson, Nelson, Nelson, 7010, New Zealand

phone

Phone

035391155

clock

Opened hours

Monday: 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM, 5:00 – 10:00 PM, Tuesday: 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM, 5:00 – 10:00 PM, Wednesday: 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM, 5:00 – 10:00 PM, Thursday: 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM, 5:00 – 10:00 PM, Friday: 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM, 5:00 – 10:00 PM, Saturday: 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM, 5:00 – 10:00 PM, Sunday: 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM, 5:00 – 10:00 PM
price range

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type

Type

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service level

Service

Table Service

cuisine

Cuisine

Asian , Gluten Free , Indian , Vegan , Vegetarian

features

Features

Delivery ,  Dine in ,  EFTPOS ,  Mastercard ,  Takeaway ,  Visa ,  Wheelchair accessible ,  Home Delivery ,  Reservations ,  After-hours ,  Waitstaff ,  Takeout ,  Vegan Options ,  Cash ,  Bankcard ,  Lunch ,  Group Meal ,  Seating ,  Free Wifi ,  Disabled Friendly ,  Serves Alcohol ,  Dinner ,  Child-friendly ,  Outdoor Seating ,  Full Bar

Location
269 Hardy Street, Nelson City Centre, Nelson, Nelson, Nelson, 7010, New Zealand