SPQR Cafe Restaurant and Bar in Auckland Menu

PANE PANE
  • Pizza Bread $9.5
    • garlic, cheese, Maldon sea salt & olive oil
PRIMI PIATTI PRIMI PIATTI
  • Crayfish Ravioli $17.5
    • dill, creme fraiche, chives, lemon zest, truffle salt
  • Char-grilled Calamari $19.5
    • chilli, parsley & lemon juice
  • Prawns Gremolata $25.5
    • garlic, parsley, extra virgin olive oil & lemon zest
  • West Coast Whitebait Fritter $26
    • chives, lemon butter
  • Eggplant Parmigano $19.5
    • a true Italian delight in a rich Napoletana sauce
  • Eye Fillet Carpaccio $26.5
    • truffle oil, anchovy dressing, Maldon sea salt, shaved parmesan & watercress
  • Caprese Salad $35 / $19.5
    • fresh Clevedon buffalo mozzarella, prosciutto, vine-ripened tomatoes, basil & olive oil
PLATTERS PLATTERS
  • S.P.Q.R. Mini Platter $16.5
    • olives, feta cheese, tomatoes & prosciutto
  • S.P.Q.R. Classic Platter $39
    • individual tastings of Italian crudites
  • S.P.Q.R. Meat Platter $39
    • platter of chorizo, salami, cured meats w/- olives, artichokes, cheese & truffle oil
TASTING PLATES TASTING PLATES
  • Salmon Gravlax $19.5
    • cured in Hendrick’s Gin w/- capers, onion & dill mustard sauce
  • Oven Baked Scallops $19.5
    • served in the shell w/- basil, mint brandy & breadcrumbs
  • Prawn Cocktail $6.5
    • w/- avocado salad (minimum of 3) (each)
  • Piccolo Platter $19.5
    • salmon, prosciutto, pate, olives & tomatoes
INSALATE INSALATE
  • Char-grilled Calamari Salad $26.5
    • rocket, roast garlic, baby spinach, balsamic & virgin olive oil
  • S.P.Q.R Caesar $23.5
    • cos lettuce, par-boiled egg, anchovies, bacon & croutons
  • S.P.Q.R Caesar $27.5
    • w/- char-grilled chicken or prawns
  • Scampi Tail Salad $29.5
    • a light fresh salad w/- fennel, cucumber, radish, basil, mint, chiili & apple mustard vinaigrette
  • Seared Rare Tuna $28.5
    • smoked tomato salsa, rocket, balsamic & virgin olive oil
  • Char-grilled Eggplant $25.5
    • slow roasted capsicum, goat’s cheese, basil & olives
PASTA PASTA
  • Saffron Risotto $30.5
    • sautèed prawns, snowpeas, chilli & garlic
  • Cockle Linguini $27.5 share $40
    • white wine, garlic, Italian parsley broth
  • Scampi Tail Linguini $33 share $45
    • garlic, chilli, Italian parsley & lime
  • Fettuccine $27.5
    • char-grilled chicken, porcini mushrooms, spinach, leeks & cream sauce
  • Fresh Crab Spaghettini (50gms) $26.5 / $44.5
    • lemon butter, chilli
  • Scallop & Prawn Spaghettini $29.5
    • garlic, white wine, parsley & chilli
  • Vegetarian Linguini $23.5
    • crushed chilli, roast garlic cloves, pinenuts, olives, wilted spinach & rocket
  • Vegetarian Linguini $27.5
    • w/- char-grilled chicken
PIZZA PIZZA
  • Fresh tomato, basil & buffalo mozzarella $24.5
    • w/- truffle oil
  • Fresh tomato, basil & buffalo mozzarella $25.9
    • w/- prosciutto
  • Pamplona chorizo $25.9
    • Pamplona chorizo, blue cheese, fresh rosemary, red onion, chilli & Italian parsley
  • Smoked ham $25.9
    • Smoked ham, mushrooms, taleggio cheese, balsamic, truffle oil & Italian parsley
  • Chorizo $25.9
    • Chorizo, tomato, red onions, olives & shaved parmesan
  • Fresh buffalo mozzarella $25.9
    • Fresh buffalo mozzarella, pesto, pepperoni, cherry tomatoes & watercress
  • Eggplant $25.9
    • Eggplant, zucchini, capsicum, roasted garlic, capers, olives, fresh rosemary & goats cheese
  • Pepperoni $25.9
    • Pepperoni, olives, chilli, cherry tomatoes & anchovies
  • Prawns $25.9
    • Prawns, chilli, proscuitto, mushrooms, rocket & cherry tomatoes
  • Wild mushrooms $25.9
    • Wild mushrooms, crispy sage & Kikorangi blue cheese
  • Cajun chicken $25.9
    • Cajun chicken, caramelised onions & feta
  • Fresh prosciutto $25.9
    • Fresh prosciutto, rocket, rosemary, caramelised onion, red onion & chilli
  • Salami $25.9
    • Salami, anchovies, capers, olives, chorizo, mushrooms, chilli & oregano
SECONDI - FRUTTI DI MARE SECONDI - FRUTTI DI MARE
  • Oven Roasted Snapper $38.5
    • saffron lime risotto, rocket, shaved Monte Vecchio, extra virgin Olive oil & chardonnay vinaigrette
  • S.P.Q.R. Seafood Paella $30.5 / $50
    • selection of fresh seafood & chorizo (for 1 / to share)
  • Italian Fish Stew $35.5
    • prawns, calamari, fish, cockles, & mussels in a rich tomato & Pernod ragu
  • Seafood Risotto $29.5
    • sautéed prawns, mussels, calamari, cockles, scallops & fresh fish
SECONDI - DI CARNE SECONDI - DI CARNE
  • Veal Scaloppine Marsala $33.5
    • traditional veal marsala & sautèed parsley potatoes
  • Vitello alla Milanese - Veal Scaloppine $32.5
    • crumbed w/- parmesan and parsley w/- rocket, lemon & truffle oil
  • Free Range Chicken Breast in Italian Herb Rub $33.5
    • w/- homemade coleslaw & mash
  • Angus Pure Wakanui Scotch Fillet $46.5
    • 340 gram, hand-cut fries, pinot jus, truffle herb butter, coleslaw
  • Duck Confit $38
    • truffle mash, sauteed spinach & a rich duck jus
  • Glazed Duck Confit $38.5
    • (glazed in a sherry reduction) parsnip puree, salsa verde
  • Free Farmed Pork Belly Confit Entree $19.5 Main $29.5
    • Giusti Richardo balsamic & Italian coleslaw
  • Angus Pure Eye Fillet $39.5
    • marinated in thyme, lemon, garlic, served w/- cubed potatoes, spinach & red wine jus
CONTORNI CONTORNI
  • Sautèed beans $8
    • w/- cherry tomatoes & olives
  • Minted pea salad $8.5
    • w/- red onion & feta
  • S.P.Q.R herb & garden salad $9.5
  • Tomato & fresh basil $8
    • w/- extra virgin olive oil
  • Rocket $9.5
    • w/- balsamic & reggiano
  • Crispy potatoes $8.5
    • w/- rosemary & salt
  • Garlic linguini $7.5
  • Sautèed spinach $8.5

Nearby Sample Menus

  • Sliced Beef and Beef Tripe in Chilli Sauce $12.00
  • Fried Clams in Chilli Pepper / Fried Clams with Egg / Braised Ribbonfish in Brown Sauce $16.00
  • Winter Melon Soup with Meatballs / Lamb Miscellaneous Soup / Mixed Seafood Soup with Dough Drop $12.00
  • Bun with Three Fresh Delicacies (pork, egg, prawn) $12.00
  • Poached Egg Tripe in Hot Chilli / Sautée Spicy Ox Tripe / Fried Diced Lamb with Cumin / Braised Beef Shank in Chilli Sauce $18.00
  • ●Beef (20 pcs)
  • Sweet and Sour Mandarin Blue Cod $30.00
  • -Chicken with Celery / Chicken with Green Peppers / Chicken with Curry Sauce / Chicken with Onion and Mushroom $14.00
  • Avocado on sourdough toast (GFA)(V) $16.50
    • Served with your choice of toast
  • Extra hollandaise $2.00
  • -Salmon $18.50
  • -House smoked salmon $6.00
  • Eggs benedict on english muffins (GFA)
  • -Then choose your toast, artisan white, 5 grain, brioche, bagel or gluten free bread $1.00
  • Bagels (V) $7.00
    • Cream cheese & homemade lemon curd
  • -Spinach & frield mushroom (V) $16.50
  • Deep fried squid (6pcs) n/a
  • Fried steamed pork mince cake with salted fish n/a
  • Deep fried won ton (5pcs) n/a
  • Steamed south island crab with egg white & chinese wine n/a
  • Braised egg noodles soup with assorted meats n/a
  • Fried rice noodles with sliced beef n/a
  • Steamed pork belly with salted dried mustard cabbage or taro n/a
  • Seafood with ginger & spring onion n/a
  • Chicken nuggets, cheerios and fries $9.50
  • -with roasted tomato & toast $12.50
  • Ham & cheese melt & fries $9.50
  • Salmon salad $20.00
    • With israeli cous cous, capers & roast vegies with spinach
  • Grilled bruschetta
  • Buttermilk hotcakes $17.00
    • With honeycomb butter, berries & maple syrup
  • -avocado, tomato & c/cheese $10.50
  • Roasted tomatoes $3.00
  • Up & Go $11.5
    • Oat porridge with Turkish raisins, apricots soaked in green tea and berry compote
  • Greenfinger Hashbrown $19.9
    • Hashbrown, slow roasted tomatoes, bacon, guacamole on toasted ciabatta
  • Toast $3
  • Hash Brown $4.5
  • Pork Sausage $4.9
  • Eggs Benedict $17.5
    • Toasted ciabatta, smoked salmon, baby spinach and lemon hollandaise
  • Mushrooms $4.5
  • Eggs Your Way $11.9
    • Poached, scrambled or fried. Served with toasted ciabatta
  • Southern Spiced Chicken Tenders(3) $16.50
    • with an apple slaw w dipping sauces mango lime & BBQ
  • Bagel Toasted $9.50
    • with smoked salmon, capers & mascarpone
  • Garden Salad GF $4.50
  • Curly Fries $8.50
  • Sweet potato gratin $4.50
  • Smoked Salmon Hash GF $18.00
    • layered hash browns, avocado, and house smoked salmon bed of rocket, hollandaise drizzle
  • Chicken
    • camembert, cranberry, bacon, mozzarella
  • Veggie Platter $17.00
    • spring rolls, dumplings, samosa dipping sauce
  • CAJUN CHICKEN BURGER $17.90
    • CHICKEN BREAST, BACON, AVOCADO TOMATO, SALAD & FRIES
  • EGGS ON TOAST $8.90
    • POACHED, FRIED OR SCRAMBLED. SERVED ON YOUR CHOICE OF CIABATTA, FIVE-GRAIN OR GLUTEN FREE BREAD
  • SWEET CORN FRITTERS $16.90
    • W/POACHED EGGS, CRISPY BACON, SPINACH SOUR CREAM
  • W/ CRISPY BACON, EGG, TOMATO AVOCADO $11.90
  • KIWI BEEF BURGER $16.90
    • 180GM BEEF PATTIE, FRIED EGG, BRIE CHEESE, TOMATO, BEETROOT, GHERKINS, CHUTNEY AND FRIES
  • TOASTED UGLY BAGEL
  • W/ SMOKED SALMON $16.90
  • SMASHED AVOCADO $15.90
    • SMASHED AVOCADO AND FETA CHEESE ON CIABATTA TOPPED WITH POACHED EGGS
  • Muesli $12.50
    • Oven baked in orange juice & honey. Served with vanilla bean yoghurt and poached rhubarb.
  • - Cream Cheese & Lemon Honey $7.00
  • Salmon / Potato Rosti $5.00 each
  • Homestyle Mince $15.50
    • Prime beef mince served on toast of your choice. Add 2 eggs $18.50
  • - Cream Cheese, Basil Pesto & Tomato $11.50
  • Pulled Pork Burger $19.50
    • Pulled pork, red onion, gherkin, mesculin, aioli & BBQ sauce. Served with homemade potato wedges & our special tomato emulsion.
  • The Fritz $19.50
    • Vege fritter with spinach, two poached eggs & crispy bacon. Finished with our famous garlic aioli.
  • Bircher $11.50
    • Natural muesli soaked in apple juice finished with prunes, nuts, seasonal fruit and vanilla bean yoghurt.
  • Cappuccino $3.00
  • Stanleys Chicken $2.00
    • Drumstick
  • Lamb Shank $8.00
    • Shank No Trimmings
  • Chicken Nibbles $21.00
    • 30 Nibbles
  • Chicken Nibbles $35.00
    • 50 Nibbles
  • $28 Combo $28.00
    • 1 Whole Chicken, 5 Pumpkin, 5 Kumaras, 5 Potatoes, 1 Large Gravy, 1 Apple Crumble
  • All served with Lettuce, Tomato, Onions and Gravy N/A
  • Flat White $3.00
  • Adobo Green beans $11.00
    • Green beans in soy truffle mushroom sauce and crispy onions
  • Ensalada $9.00
    • Mix green salad with pear and seaweed
  • Turon $11.00
    • Crispy caramelized banana parfait, jack fruit gel, coconut soil
  • Longganisa $4.50
    • Grilled wagyu beef mince in peanut sauce and pickled radish slaw served in tortilla
  • Beef Bistek $20.00
    • Skirt steak served rare to medium rare with nanam salsa verde, charred shallots, sorrel butter
  • Taco + Siopao = Taco Pao $12.00
    • Sticky pulled pork, "nanam" buns, pork chicharron, homemade pickles, peanuts
  • Cous Cous $9.00
    • Salad of cous cous, tomato, salted egg, cucumber, red onion, calamansi dressing
  • Migas $11.00
    • Roasted brussel sprouts in sherry gastrique with spanish chorizo and croutons
  • Chicken, Beef, Pork
  • Pork Sweet & Sour $15.80
    • Pork with pineapple, onion, capsicums, cucumber and tomato in our sweet and sour sauce
  • Tofu Pad Thai $14.50
    • Thai noodles with egg, tofu, cabbage, spring onions, beansprouts, peanut and cashew nuts
  • Duck Sam Ros (warm) $19.50
    • Roasted duck with cashew nuts, mushrooms, capsicums, celery and broccoli in sweet chilli paste
  • Prawn Sweet & Sour $19.70
    • King prawns with pineapple, onion, capsicums, onion cucumber and tomato in our sweet and sour sauce
  • Chicken Pad Thai $14.90
    • Noodles with egg, chicken, cashew nuts, cabbage, spring onions, peanut and beansprouts
  • Tofu Satay $7.20
    • Deep fried soft Tofu "topped with peanut sauce"
  • Seafood Red Curry (med) $19.90
    • Mixed seafood with red curry paste, bamboo shoots, green bean and capsicums in coconut milk
  • 18. Singapore Noodles $11.90
  • 4. Chicken Satay (3 per serve) $6.50
  • 33. Vietnamese Salad $8.90
    • (with chicken or pork)
  • 20. Sambal Seafood Crispy Noodles $11.90
  • 1. Vietnamese Spring Rolls (2 per serve) $5.50
  • 19. Fried Noodles with Satay Sauce $11.90
  • 21. Wat Dan Hor $11.90
    • (fried noodles with silky egg sauce)
  • 29. Sambal Stir Fried $11.90
  • Cajun Chicken Wings Set $14.50
    • Half Dozen Cajun Wings, Reg Chips, Ranch dipping sauce, Celery sticks
  • Paua Fritter $6.50
  • Spicy Sake Sauce with Mayo S $8.00 L $15.50
    • BBQ
  • Katsu S $7.00 L $13.50
    • Crumbed
  • Tarakihi $6.40
  • Sausage (battered +1) $2.50
  • Teriyaki S $8.00 L $15.50
    • BBQ
  • Salmon Roll 5PCS $6.50
    • Raw salmon, Avocado
  • Lamb $13.50
  • Lamb $17.00
  • Medium $16.00
  • Tabouli salad $7.00
  • Vegetarian gozleme $13.00
    • spinach, mushroom, capsicum, olives, onion
  • Falafel $13.00
  • Spinach & eggs gozleme $14.00
    • spinach onion & eggs feta cheese
  • Mixed gozleme $14.00
    • lamb, chicken, spinach, mushroom, feta chesse
  • Add any homemade sauce, aioli, tartare sauce, hollandaise sauce, tomato relish remoulade sauce $1.50
  • Hash brown / creamy mash / giant couscous $4.00
  • Malaysia chicken curry with rice $15.80
    • Authentic malaysian penang chicken curry, with cube of chicken thigh cooked in a spicy coconut and peanut sauce comes with turmeric and toast
  • Smoked salmon slices $5.00
  • Vegetarian burger $12.50
    • Grilled veggie patty topped with pickles, fresh veggies and homemade aioli or tartare sauce all on a fluffy toasted bun comes with chips and ketchup
  • Streaky bacon / ham $4.00
  • Moroccan chicken tagine with couscous $15.80
    • Cubed chicken thigs, chick peas and pumpkin cooked with moroccan tagine spices, olives and lemons comes with giant israeli couscous and toast
  • Burgundy beef stew with creamy mash $15.80
    • New zeland beef and vegetables, simmered until meltingly tender in red wine, topped with creamy mash, made from potatoes butter and milk
SPQR Cafe Restaurant and Bar

SPQR Cafe Restaurant and Bar

location

Address

150 Ponsonby Road, Ponsonby, Auckland, Auckland, 1011, New Zealand

phone

Phone

093601710

clock

Opened hours

Monday: 12:00 PM – 2:00 AM, Tuesday: 12:00 PM – 2:00 AM, Wednesday: 12:00 PM – 2:00 AM, Thursday: 12:00 PM – 2:00 AM, Friday: 12:00 PM – 2:00 AM, Saturday: 12:00 PM – 2:00 AM, Sunday: 12:00 PM – 2:00 AM
price range

Price

$30 - $50

type

Type

None

service level

Service

Table Service

cuisine

Cuisine

Cafe Food , European , Gluten Free , Italian , Pizza , Vegetarian

features

Features

Dine in ,  EFTPOS ,  Mastercard ,  Takeaway ,  Visa ,  Romantic ,  Wheelchair accessible ,  Reservations ,  After-hours ,  Vegetarian Friendly ,  Breakfast ,  Waitstaff ,  Cash ,  Groups ,  Bankcard ,  Lunch ,  Luxury Dining ,  Bar Scene ,  Seating ,  No Takeaway ,  Cards accepted ,  Special Occasion Dining ,  Serves Alcohol ,  Dinner ,  Outdoor Seating ,  Full Bar

Location
150 Ponsonby Road, Ponsonby, Auckland, Auckland, 1011, New Zealand