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

  • WOOD FIRED ON THE BONE 38.9
    • agria potato fondant / spinach fondue / beurre café de Paris Scotch on the bone 350gm >>
  • CRISPY PORK BELLY 17.9
    • pork rillettes / pickled prunes / fennel
  • TUATUA AND COCKLES 18.5
    • Nduja spreadable chorizo / shallot crème fraiche / seaweed butter / soda bread
  • CHARRED COURGETTE SALAD 21.5
    • smoked ricotta gnocchi / walnut biscotti / rocket
  • WOOD FIRED MARKET FISH 16.9
  • PAN SEARED CHICKEN BREAST 14.0
  • MARKET FISH CEVICHE 17.9
    • celery remoulade / samphire / chimichurri
  • HOUSE SMOKED SALMON 18.9
    • crispy skin / lemon caviar / radish / watercress
  • 79. Pad Ped Tow Hu Jay $12.50
    • Stir fried bean curd with red curry paste and vegetables.
  • 31. Satay on Rice $10.50
    • Chicken satay with peanut sauce on rice
  • 69. Pad Puk Sai Khing $12.50
    • Stir fried mixed vegetables and ginger with soya bean sauce
  • Cashew nuts $3.50
  • 49. Goong Pad Med $16.50
    • Stir fried prawns with cashew nuts and vegetables
  • 74. Gaeng Gari Jay $12.50
    • Yellow curry with bean curd, potatoes and coconut milk and vegetables
  • Large $2.50
  • 48. Pad Kaprow Talay $17.50
    • Stir fried mixed seafood with hot chilli, basil leaves and vegetables
  • Mac 'N' Cheese 13
    • w three cheese sauce & smoked tomatoes
  • Roast Beetroot, Buckwheat & Watercress Salad 17.5
    • w pomegranate & horseradish creme fraiche. Add chicken $6.00. Add gin cured salmon $6.00
  • Mushroom & Truffle sauce 2
  • House slaw w toasted pumpkin seeds 6
  • Chocolate Brownie & Ice Cream 9
  • Silky buttered mash 6
  • Crushed peas in olive oil 6
  • Board of Toasted Breads 13
    • w house made smoked salmon pate
  • Mixed entree (4pcs) $9.50
    • Chicken wing, curry puff, spring roll, passion on bread
  • Thai passion curry (hot)
    • Hot curry flavoured with krachai, pepper corn, coconut milk
  • Green curry (medium)
    • Traditional thai green curry with coconut milk and bamboo shoot
  • Spicy drunken chilli (hot)
    • Hot & spicy with herbs, fresh chilli, pepper corn, vegetables
  • Pineapple fried rice (mild)
    • Stir fried rice with spice flavour, pineapple, cashew nut
  • Massaman curry (warm)
    • Flavours of tamarind in curry, roasted peanut, potato, onion
  • Panang curry (medium)
    • A rich flavor of curry paste with crushed peanut
  • Passion on bread (5 pcs) $7.50
    • Marinated minced chicken spread on bread
  • Beef Nachos $16.50
    • Chilli beef with corn chips, sour cream, guocomole, salsa and mozzarella
  • Crumbed Deep Fried Camembert $14.50
  • Drunken Lamb Shanks 1 $22.00 0r 2- $31.00
    • Red wine marinated lamb shanks served on a truffled potato mash with garden peas and a rosemary gravy
  • Murphy's Platter Serves 2-3 $25.00
    • Blue nose fish bites, prawn twisters, spring rolls, chicken tenders, beer battered onion rings and wedges- with a wasabi or lemon dill mayo
  • Homemade Chicken tenders & Chips N/A
  • Limerick L $19.00 / S $10.00
    • Artichoke, Kumara, shallots, Vine tomatoes, feta, pine, nuts, and rocket leaves lightly drizzled with olive oil
  • Cheese and bacon pizza with chips N/A
  • Cheese Burger & Chips N/A
  • Gluten-free bread alternative
  • steak sandwich $15.90
    • Sirloin steak on turkish bread with fried free range eggs, gherkin, balsamic garlic crema, garden greens and fries
  • homemade beef burger $15.90
    • With aged cheddar, greens, beetroot, caramelized onion and fries
  • Bagel
  • Potato koftas
    • With Homemade sweet chilli aioli
  • Open chicken sandwich $15.90
    • Grilled chicken with brie, toamto, mesclun saladm peach and mango relish and fries
  • grilled chicken salad $14.90
    • Cajun spiced chicken breast on a lemon dressed mesclun salad topped with crsipy noodle
  • Corn fritters $14.90
    • Fritters homemade fritters with bacon, green and slow roasted toamto
  • Seasonal Specials
    • There is always something new at the unbakery, our chefs never stop inventing and the seasons always have something new for usl
  • Little Bird Grawnola with Nut Milks
    • Taste where is all began! little bird's Grawnola was our first product, and the start of our business, and remains one of our most popular products today. Paired with our own freshly pressed nut milk, a great sustaining start to the day.
  • Raw Bircher Muesli
    • gluten free oats, chia, goji, apple, almond, lemon, cinnamon, young coconut. Topped with coconut yoghurt & berry-chia jelly
  • Bird Bowls
    • A tasting bowl of the best seasonal produce and flavour creating the perfect bowl to get you inspired about how good veggles can taste
  • Wraps and Rolls
    • Everyday our chefs are making and dehydrating wraps out of all sorts of products and then filling them with salads, sauces and deliciousness. Our rolls of raw nori provide high amount of calcium, iran, trace minerals and electrolyte that keep your cells hydrated and glowing
  • Fresh Salads
    • Salad is a bit of a boring term for the plant based dishes we create. Fresh crisp greens and veg activated nuts, coconut bacon fermented foods, tasty seed mixes nut cheeses-these are salads but not as you know them
  • Chia Puddings
    • Amazing nutritious chia seeds, soaked in fresh coconut milk and topped with range of fresh fruit and tasty treats toppings. >>
  • Raw Bagels
    • Always popular, the little bird raw, seeded bread bagel, perfected by our chefs, we think we have come up with the ultimate raw bread recipe, topped with different moreish creations ' depending on seasonally available produce.
  • Katsu Chicken Bento $17.90
  • Sukiyaki Chicken Udon $9.90
  • -Standard R $11.90
  • -Standard R $14.50 / L $12.50
  • Katsu Curry Chicken
  • Mixed seafood soba $9.90
  • -Double your udon noodles $3.00 extra
  • -Combo R $14.00
  • Fresh Gurnard $4.50
  • Donut(with cinnamon sugar) $1.00
  • Potato Chips one scoop $3.00
  • Egg Burger $5.50
  • Squid Ring $0.80
  • Bacon & Egg Burger $7.00
  • (all with 120g prime beef patties, fresh tomatoes, lettuce, mayo & tomato relish)
  • Curry Roll $3.00
  • Tasty chicken rice pack $10.00
    • 1 Bowl chicken rice, 8 chicken nibbles, special vege, special sauce
  • 1 Wing $1.50
  • C $7.00
    • 8 Chicken nibbles, $2.00 Chips
  • A $15.00
    • 20 Chicken nibbles, $2.00 Chips
  • Chicken 1 chips - nuggets 1 can
  • B $10.00
    • Any 3 burgers
  • -1 Bow chicken rice, 1 bowl lamb flap curry $15.00
  • Special roasted chicken $11.90
    • Pacific style
  • Fries $5.00
  • Mixed Olives $13.00
    • Marinated with orange, chilli, fresh oregano and olive oil served with toasted ciabatta
  • Hot Baked Cob Loaf - With a selection of dips / Antipasto Della Cassa - Selection of various meats, our house pate, cheese dips and condiments with simple Italian flavours / Fresh Fish Of The Day - (Refer Blackboard) Or Crumbed Chicken Breast - With a marsala & mushroom cream sauce Or Spaghetti Bolognese - Ragout of freshly minced beef, slow cooked in our own napolitana sauce and finished with grated parmesan and basil pesto Or Scallopine Parmigiana - Pork fillet crumbed & lightly panfried, then grilled with bechamel & mozzerella & finished with our own napolitana sauce / Hot Sticky Date Cake - With caramel sauce and crème anglaise. Or Baked Citrus Lemon Tart - Served with candied zest, crème anglaise and passionfruit coulis $45.00
  • Farfalle Salad $14.50
    • Roasted vegetables, dressed with olive oil, fresh basil and rocket, with farfalle pasta, Danish feta and basil pesto
  • Seafood Platter $75.00
    • Oka – marinated fish in coconut cream, calamari, smoked salmon, crumbed scallops, panko crumbed fish, mussels & Peroni battered king prawns served with our own tartare sauce, salad greens and a virgin oyster bloody Mary (serves 2)
  • Caesar Salad $25.00
    • With fresh parmesan, croutons, anchovies, soft poached egg, cos lettuce and bacon, tossed in Caesar dressing and served with crispy panko crumbed chicken / fish
  • Crispy Polenta $5.50
  • Clevedon Coast Pacific Half Shell Oysters $18 1/2 dozen / $36 1 dozen
    • Served natural with raspberry vinegar and fresh five grain bread or beer battered with our own tartare sauce
  • Fish and Chips homemade tartare $ 18
  • Breakfast hamburger $ 14
    • – fried egg bacon salad and a sweet thai relish
  • Sirloin Steak $ 22
    • with dijon mayonnaise fries and salad
  • Caesar Salad $ 17
    • with smoked salmon or roast chicken
  • Salt and pepper squid salad $ 17
  • Cream style mushrooms $ 14
    • with spinach on toast
  • Eggs on toast $ 10.5
  • With either bacon or salmon or spinach & mushrooms $ 14.50
  • Garlic & cheese naan / Keema naan / Peshawari naan / Lachha parantha / Kulcha onion-paneer $4.99
  • Banquet deal 2 (Veg & non veg) $30.00 pp
    • Minimum order - 2 pearson's (dine-in.Only). Veg platter to share (2x samosas, onion bhaji), non veg platter to share (chicken malai tikka & lamb seekh kebab), any 3 curry (excluding seafood) to share, butter naan (one per person), basmati rice for two persons, mix salad
  • Paneer tikka H$9.99/F$14.99
    • Cottage cheese cubes marinated with indian spices and yoghurt skewered with fresh vegetables and finished in tandoor
  • Mixed raita $2.99
  • Dinner special $12.00
    • Mon - tue - wed. All mains (excludes seafood)
  • Madras chicken $15.99
    • Chicken cooked in traditional south indian style with coconut and spices
  • Fruit cream $4.99
  • Amritsari Fish $14.99
    • Fish marinated with chilli paste, chickpea flour batter and deep fried
  • Pork Lava $15.00
    • Stir fried marinated pork with lava sauce served with vegetables
  • Sizzling $13.50
    • Stir fried marinated meat with garlic, pepper and served with vegetables
  • Chicken Laksa $12.00
    • Egg noodles with laksa curried chicken and bean sprouts
  • Goong Pad Phong Kary $15.00
    • Stir fried prawns with curry and vegetabñes
  • Khow Pad Supparod $12.00
    • Stir fried rice with, vegetables, pineapple and cashew nuts
  • Red Curry J $11.00
    • Mixed seasonal vegetables and tofu in red curry and coconut milk
  • Pad Garlic Pepper $12.00
    • Stir fried with vegetables, garlic and pepper
  • Fried Rice $12.00
    • Stir fried rice with meat, egg and vegetables
  • All Zbove $9.00
  • Wedge $7.00
  • The Green Whale V $17.00
    • your choice of egg roast veg flat mushroom hashbrown avocado wholegrain bread with relish
  • French Toast $10.50
    • brioche loaf banana berry compote maple
  • Fries $6.00
  • Omelet $14.50
    • choose 3 filling, bacon, ham, cheese, tomato, mushroom, onion, serve with ciabatta
  • Hashbrown $3.00
  • BLAT $14.50
    • bacon, lettuce, avocado, tomato on focaccia serve with fries
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