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

  • Pappardelle Feroci L $18,5 / M $23
    • Homemade pappardelle with chicken, pancetta, onion, rosemary
  • Frit To D’ Frut Ti D’ Mare $32
    • A mix of seafood delicacies including fish, prawns, scallops, calamari lightly floured and fried. Served with aioli mayo, lemons & side salad.
  • La Rosa Creme Brulee $12
    • Coffee flavoured creme brûlée, finished with dark chocolate.
  • Bruschetta $12
    • Toasted Bread with tomato, garlic, basil and olive oil.
  • Lasagna Bolognese M $19,5
    • Homemade lasagna layered with our homemade bolognese sauce,
  • Filetto Di Pesce $32
    • Fresh Fish of the day with prawns, cherry tomato, fresh herbs & lemon in a white wine
  • Torta Del Giorno $12
    • Cake of the day (Ask your waitress for today’s flavour)
  • Gamberi Pizza $21
    • Prawns ,baby spinach, feta cheese, cherry tomato
  • Eggs On Toast $8.5
    • eggs your way / wholegrain toast / whipped butter
  • Add Bacon 4.0
  • Add Chicken $4.0
  • Charred Summer Vegetables $7.0
  • Add Beetroot or Pineapple Free
  • Pork Ribs $13.5
    • BBQ sauce / fries
  • Moa Hash $16.0 / $18.5
    • potato / chilli / spring onions / fried eggs. Chorizo / smoked salmon
  • Clam & Seafood Chowder $18.5
    • toasted ciabatta / whipped butter & flaky sea salt
  • Fry Fish Dry $20.00
  • Lamb 65 $14.00
  • Fish Manchuriuya $20.00
  • Ginger Chicken $13.00
  • Double Ka Meetha/Kheer Big $13.00
  • Prawn Masala $20.00
  • Lamb Korma $14.00
  • Shahi Chicken $13.00
  • Fish Fillet With Lemon $25.00
  • Fried noodle with combination seafood $25.00
  • Fish Coriander And Preserved Egg Soup S $12 / L $25
  • Sizzling lamb with ginger and spring onion $27.00
  • -Three courses $70.00
  • Scallops With Chili Source $32.00
  • Boiled
  • Crispy Crumb Prawns $12.00
  • Tarakihi $4.50
  • Chicken wing $2.50
  • D $6.00
    • Egg burger, $1.00 chips, sausage
  • Hoki (Crumbed) $4.00
  • Golden chips (min) $2.00
  • Nasi goreng (rice) Bami Goreng ( noodles) $14.50
  • Steak & Egg $4.50
  • Cheese & onion $3.00
  • CHICKEN, BEEF, PORK OR SHRIMP $17.00
  • CHICKEN OR PORK $18.50
  • 14. MUSSAMUN CURRY
    • Traditional Thai curry with onion, potato, carrot, peanut with coconut milk
  • PRAWNS AND MEAT (5 PRAWNS) $21.50
  • 4. TOD MUN PLA - 6 PIECES $9.50
    • Deep fried Thai fish cake served with sweet and sour chilli sauce and crushed peanut.
  • CHICKEN, BEEF OR PORK $18.50
  • 10. TOM YUM SOUP (CHICKEN, BEEF OR PORK) $8.00
    • Traditional Thai hot and sour soup
  • SEAFOOD, PRAWNS OR FISH $21.50
  • Classic fish and chips $25.50
    • crumbed market fresh fish, hand cut fries, with fresh salad and house-made tartar sauce
  • Garlic & herb grilled bread $8.50
  • Chicken fillet schnitzel $22.50
    • with a parsley & garlic crust cooked in organic coconut oil, with a salad of baked kumara, kale and toasted almonds, tahini yogurt sauce (GF)
  • Bowl of marinated olives $8.00
  • Abe’s “Real” bagels, toasted with a choice of toppings $13.50
    • Avocado, sliced tomato, and bacon
  • Abe’s “Real” bagels, toasted with a choice of toppings $13.50
    • Chorizo, aubergine and tomato caponata, fresh basil.
  • Vegetable noodle $22.50
    • pork and kimchi stir fry, freshly made vegetable noodles tossed with fried pork, broccoli, onions, and kimchi, with fresh cilantro (GF)
  • Abe’s “Real” bagels, toasted with a choice of toppings $13.50
    • Melted Swiss cheese, bacon, caramelized onion
  • Panfried Calamari Rings $16.50 / $25.00
    • with garlic, parsley, fresh lemon
  • Macchiato $4.00
  • Chips $7.00
  • Riscossa carbonara $19.50
    • with panceta, egg, parmesan in a creamy sauce
  • Grilled Vegetable Lasagna $19.50
    • eggplant, zucchini, pepper & cheese
  • Flat White $4.00
  • Hot Chocolate $4.50
  • Veal Marsala $26.50
    • white veal with mushrooms in a Marsala creamy sauce
  • Chicken Schnitzel $29.00
    • On lemon pappardelle pasta with wilted greens & parmesan cheese
  • Apple & Blackberry Almond Crumble $14.00
    • With honey custard and ice cream
  • Kofte Burger $17.00
    • Deconstructed burger, chargrilled spicy beef patty, smoky eggplant, tomato, red onion, parsley, garlic labneh, flatbread
  • Slow Cooked Pork Belly $30.00
    • With crispy polenta, silken cabbage & tomato kapuska and horseradish cream
  • Market Fish Paella $29.00
    • Pan roasted white fish, served on saffron paella rice with green beans, lemon and aioli
  • Grilled Halloumi Cheese $17.00
    • On bruschetta, with tomato mint salsa, xv olive oil, lemon
  • Beef Alexander $29.00
    • Thinly sliced pan seared scotch fillet, toasted pide chinks, butter tomato thyme sauce, fresh tomatoes, hung yoghurt and flatbread parsley
  • Black Sea Sujuk Flatbread $19.00
    • Sujuk sausage, chargrilled peppers, tomato, cheese and broken egg
  • Stew bamboo chicken/Ostrich meat with eight different chinese herbs. $15.00
    • Function: good for nourishing the body
  • Steam chicken meat with chinese mushroom and dried fungus on rice / noodle / rice noodle / rolled rice noodle / rice vermicelli $9.00
  • Stew chicken meat with ginseng $7.00
    • Function: good for nourishing the blood. Good for strengthening the body and relieve the nerve system
  • Stew chicken meat with ginseng and radix notoginseng $10.00
    • Function: good for invigorate the blood circulation system. Relief muscle pain
  • Marinated chicken kidney in four season powder with pineapple
  • Steam dried chinese mushroom, dried lily flower and black fungus on rice $7.00
  • Stew ox's penis with du zhong and radix morinda $7.00
    • Function:good for kidney and the fertilization function. Good for strengthening the bone and expelling the pain in the loin
  • For hot / For take away $0.20 each
  • Spicy pork $14/$17
    • Donburi/lunch
  • Chicken katsu udon $13
  • Fish katsu (snapper) $15
  • Spicy salmon $2.5
  • Tuna mayo $2.5
  • Spicy chicken $14/$17
    • Donburi/lunch
  • Vegetable gyoza $1
  • Pork katsu w/salad or egg $13/$16
    • Donburi/lunch
  • Vietnamese tartare w coriander, chilli, nahm jim, prawn crackers. $18.00
  • Pocket toastie: Taleggio cheese, portobello mushroom, zucchini flower. $16.00
  • Naan roll: Tandoori chicken, cucumber, pickles, curry leaf. $16.00
  • Seaweed chips, black sesame, dashi mayo. $8.00
  • Warm kumara and caramelised leek salad, baby spinach, pearl barley, honey mustard dressing. $12.00
  • Tom Yum soup with handmade pork and prawn wontons, mushrooms, cauliflower, rice noodles. $14.00
  • Bacon Buttie, smokey bacon, potato scallop, cos lettuce, tomato, mustard on a ciabatta bun. $12.00
  • Crisp skin master stock chicken wings, ginger water. $14.00
  • Pork strips in spicy sweet and sour sauce on rice $11.00
  • Deep-fried eggplant with sweet & sour chili sauce $16.00
  • Stir-fried beef with chili $18.00
  • Braised chicken with potato $26.00
  • Deep-fried pork ribs $20.00
  • Stir-fried shrimp with celery & cashew $22.00
  • Fried rice with tofu/noodle $12.00
  • Stir-fried cabbage with soy sauce $18.00
  • Oyako Don $10.00
    • (Chicken with Veggie & Sauce on Rice, Egg)
  • Chicken Teriyaki Don $10.00
    • (Chicken Teriyaki with veggie & Sauce on Rice)
  • Plain Baby Sushi $6.00
  • Salmon Salad Roll $13.00
    • (Cucumber, avocado & Raw salmon, onion, fish, eggs)
  • Green Salad $5.00
  • Salmon Sashimi Don $13.00
    • (Salmon Sashimi with veggie & Sauce on Rice)
  • Udon $11.00
    • (Thick Japanese white Noodle in Clear Soup)
  • Finger Sushi With Fillings(10 pcs) $8.00
  • Mini Sashimi $ 8.00
    • (3 Salmon, 2 Tuna)
  • Salmon Avocado Don (with Wasabi Mayonnaise) $16.00
  • Large $12.00
  • Seaweed Udon
  • Ramen Noodle in Original Chicken and Pork Soup (Less Salt Soup available)
  • Chili Spicy $0.50
  • Vegetable Roll $11.00
  • Vegetable Ramen $11.00
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