Saffron Indian Restaurant and Bar in Auckland City Menu

TAKE AWAY MENU TAKE AWAY MENU
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Entree Entree
  • Vegetable Samosa Deep fried Indian puff pastry stuffed with green peas and potatoes (2 pieces) $5
  • Vegetable Pakora A fine combination of spinach and cottage cheese with ginger and fine herbs(3 pieces) $5
  • Idli Steamed cake made of rice and lentils (3 pieces) $6
  • Vadai Indian Donut made from dhal and spices, deep fried (3 pieces) $6
  • Onion Bajji Onion slices dipped in basin flour and deep fried (4 pieces) $5
  • Fish Tikka Boneless chunks of fish marinated in Indian spices and cooked in Tandoor $10
  • Tandoori chicken The world famous tandoor chicken marinated overnight in oriental spices and yoghurt cooked in tandoor Half $8 / Full $16
  • Seek Kebab Lamb mince kebab with a touch of fresh ginger, garlic, green pepper and flavored with fresh coriander skewered in tandoor $8
  • Mixed Kabab Platter Assorted kebab combinations of lamb, chicken, fish, samosa and pakoras (for 2 persons) $18
Indian Breads Indian Breads
  • Tandoori Roti Crispy dry whole wheat bread $2
  • Plain Naan Leavened bread made from refined flour $2
  • Butter Naan Fine flour soft layered bread with butter $2.50
  • Cheese Naan Fine flour soft bread stuffed with cheese $3
  • Garlic Naan Fine flour soft bread with gresh garlic $3
  • Parata Multi layered white flour bread $3
  • Stuffed Naan Fine flour bread with potato, onion, cottage cheese masala $3.50
  • Kheema Naan Fine flour bread stuffed with minced lamb $3.50
  • Dry Fruit Naan Fine flour bread stuffed with mixed dry fruits $3.50
Saffron Delicacies Saffron Delicacies
  • Dosa Famous crispy savoury pancake-plain dosa $6
  • Masala Dosa Dosa snuffed with potatoes $8
  • Uttappam (Indian Pizza) Pan fried South Indian pizza topped with onion/tomato accompanied with sambar and chutneys $8
  • Dosa Kheema Dosa stuffed with spicy lamb mince masala $10
  • Dosa Spicy chicken Dosa stuffed with spicy shredded chicken masala $10
  • Veg Biriyani Vegetables cooked with spices and basmati rice flavoured saffron and nuts $10
  • Lamb Biriyani Chunks of lamb cooked with spices and condiments with basmati rice $13
  • Chicken Biriyani Chicken pieces simmered in spices with basmati rice, flavoured with saffron and nuts $13
  • Prawn Biriyani Fresh prawns simmered in spices with mint and coriander and blended with basmati rice $15
  • Choice of pulao Long grained basmati rice with spices and condiments cooked with your choice of GREEN PEAS/JEERA/SAFFRON $5
  • Plain Rice fine flavoured basmati rice-steamed $2
SIDE DISHES SIDE DISHES
  • Sweet Mango Chutney $2
  • Hot Pickles $2
  • Papadums $2
  • Cucumber & Yoghurt Raita $2
  • Tomato & Onion Kachumber $2
  • Mint Chutney $2
  • Tamarind Chutney $2
Curry Specialties Curry Specialties
  • (All mains served with rice) -
  • Kadai Prawns Fresh prawns cooked in traditional tomato masala with black pepper and red chillies $15
  • Prawn Malabari Fresh prawns cooked in coconut sauce $15
  • Goan Fish Curry Chunks of fresh fish cooked in tamarind chillies and cumin sauce $13
  • Chicken Tikka Masala Marinated chicken morsels cooked in tandoor and tossed in rich tomato onion masala $12.50
  • Kadai Chicken Boneless chicken cooked in spicy cumin flavoured tomato masala with pepper corn and red chillies $13
  • Butter Chicken Succulent chicken morsels simmered in rich fenugreek flavoured tomato saucewith cream $12.50
  • Chicken Shahi Korma Tender boneless chicken cooked in saffron flavoured cashew gravy $12.50
  • Mysore Chilli Chicken Boneless chicken cooked in fresh curry leaves, fenneland coconut sauce $12.50
  • Lamb Rogan Josh Pot roasted lamb cooked in a thick onion gravy with selected Indian spices traditional way $12.50
  • Lamb Korma Tender lamb cooked in a rich cashew gravy in Mughlai style $12.50
  • Chicken/Beef/Lamb Vindaloo Cubes of fresh meat braised in spicy chilli and cumin gravy $12.50
  • Lamb Perattal Lamb cubes tossed in tomato, onion sauce $13
Vegetarian Specialities Vegetarian Specialities
  • Bhindi-Do-Piaza Fresh Okra tossed in cumin, tomato and ginger masala with onion quaters $11.50
  • Paneer Malaikofta Fresh cottage cheese mashed potato cooked in cashew gravy $11.50
  • Palak Paneer Fresh spinanch cooked with cottage cheese $11.50
  • Vegetable Shahi Korma Mixed Vegetables cooked in saffron flavoured cashew gravy laced with cream $11.50
  • Vegetable Jalfrezi Mixed vegetables tossed in spicy masala with bell pepper and onions $11.50
  • Aloo Gobi Kashmiri Traditional combination of potatoes and cauliflower in spicy dry masala $11.50
  • Dal Makhani Black lentil simmered over night and laced with cream $10
  • Dal Taduka Yellow lentil tossed in mustard and garlic $10
Deserts Deserts
  • Gulab Jamoon Creamed milk dumplings enhanced with cardamom, saffron and almonds insyrup (3 pieces) $6
  • Mango Kulfi Mango flavoured Indian special ice cream with nuts $7

Nearby Sample Menus

  • Rosemary chocolate satin tart $12.00
  • Strawberry panna cotta $12.00
  • Caramelised onion & goats cheese vol au vent (V) - w’ rocket, parmesan & pine nut salad $19.00
  • 450gm marinated pork chop $28.50
  • Fries w’ aioli $7.00
  • Grilled halloumi, beetroot and beans (GF, V) $17.00
  • Tiramisu $12.00
  • Creamy garlic mash potatoes $6.00
  • Chicken $7.90
  • Prawn $13.90
  • Pork $11.90
  • Squid $13.90
  • Half dozen 6 Chicken nuggets $4.50
  • Fish $8.90
  • Chicken $8.90
  • Fish $2.90
    • tarakihi
  • 10pk Chicken McBites & Small Fries Snack Deal N/A
    • Get more bang for your buck with this amazing snack bundle! 10 chicken McBites and small fries for just $4! Snack-time - sorted!
  • Crispy Chicken Snack Wrap® N/A
    • We take a strip of succulent, marinated and crumbed 100% chicken breast fillet. Then we add fresh iceberg lettuce and creamy mayonnaise and carefully hand wrap it all in a soft tortilla wrap.
  • Soft Serve Cone with Cadbury Flake® N/A
    • Get your hands on our famous soft serve topped with a mouth-watering chocolate Cadbury Flake®.
  • Grilled Chicken Snack Wrap® N/A
    • It may be little, but there's a lot to love. 100% chicken breast fillet marinated with spices and grilled to perfection. With fresh iceberg lettuce and creamy mayonnaise.
  • BBQ Cheeseburger Combo N/A
    • A tangy BBQ Cheeseburger, a chilled medium soft drink, and medium fries. You’ll never forget that time there was a BBQ in your burger, a party in your wallet, and you were invited.
  • M&M’S MINIS® McFlurry® N/A
    • For a delicious mouthful of rainbow happiness, try the M&M’S® MINIS McFlurry. It’s the tantalisingly tiny M&M’S you love, blended perfectly into creamy soft-serve.
  • Sausage McMuffin® N/A
    • A hot beef sausage patty, topped with a slice of cheese on a toasted English muffin. Simple and satisfying.
  • Crispy Chicken Snack Wrap® N/A
    • We take a strip of succulent, marinated and crumbed 100% chicken breast fillet. Then we add fresh iceberg lettuce and creamy mayonnaise and carefully hand wrap it all in a soft tortilla wrap.
  • Chicken BBQ $10.90
  • Royal Cheese $10.90
  • Gourmet Burger $9.90
  • Tea $2.00
  • Chicken Savalaki on Rice - Marinated Spicy Chicken Strip, Rice, Hummus. Sauces & Salad $13.50
  • Beef Salad $12.90
  • Chicken Kebab - Marinated Chicken Breast Fillet, Hummus, Sauces & Salad Pita Bread. $9.90
  • Mixed Kebab - Combination Lamb & Chicken, Hummus, Sauces & Salad Pita Bread. $10.00
  • Combination Meats and Veggies on White Rice $15.00
  • Curry Rice Rolls $3.00
  • Steak, Pineapple 6 Veges $15.00
  • -Doz $7.00
  • Spring Rolls $3.00
  • Deep Fried Won Ton
  • Plain Fried Rice (No Meat) $7.00
  • Egg Burger $4.00
  • Beef or Chicken or Pork with Pineapple $14.50
  • Maoi Tofu Spicy $14.50
  • Sausage $1.30
  • chicken or Steak or BBQ Pork $8.00/$11.00
  • Combination Meat$ 10.00/$14.00
  • Won Ton $5for6/$9for12
  • Chicken Sweet Corn Soup $5.00/ $7.00
  • Chicken or Steak or Pork or ToFu $9.00/ $12.00
  • -Add to your meal
  • -Bacon $17.50
  • The Veggie Grill (gf) $20.50
    • cauliflower boudin, roasted vine tomatoes, crushed avocado, grilled portobello mushrooms, seared haloumi, poached eggs, cabbage & leek potato hash
  • Maple & Almond Granola, puffed brown rice, almond milk mousse, roasted stone fruit $11.50
  • -Five grain / sourdough / gluten free toast Poached / Fried $10.50
  • -Chorizo / Portobello mushrooms / crushed avocado $4.50
  • -Scrambled $11.50
  • Sesame seared Tuna with Curious Cropper tomatoes and summer leaves $21
  • PORK $11.50
  • BBQ PORK WONTON SOUP $8.50
  • CHICKEN $11.50
  • STEAK $10.00
  • VEGETABLE MUSHROOM BROCCOLI $10.00
  • VEGE BURGER $4.20
  • CRUMBED FISH $3.20
  • SQUID $11.50
  • Spanish Linguine V $16.00
    • Sundried tomato, gremolata, mascarpone, pine nuts, parmesan
  • Porridge $14.00
    • Whisky caramelised banana, quinoa, nuts crunch, almond milk
  • Jones Salt & Pepper Calamari $18.00
    • Mesculin, radish, cherry tomatoes, herbs, sesame and ginger dressing, crispy shallots
  • Buttermilk Pancakes $16.00
    • poached rhubarb, crème anglaise, raspberry, salted caramel popcorn
  • Omelette served with sourdough GF $17.00
    • Smoked ham, cherry tomatoes, mozzarella, basil
  • Chef’s Special
    • ask your server
  • Field mushrooms/vine tomatoes/avocado/spinach/hash browns $5.00
  • Soup of the Day $14.50
    • sourdough - ask your server
  • OMELETTE $15.00
    • served with grain toast & chutney
  • OMELETTE $16.00
    • ham cheese tomato
  • BRUSCHETTA $14.00
    • vine ripe tomatoes olive bocconcini(with bacon $16.00)
  • OMELETTE $15.00
    • vegetarian spinach cheese tomato
  • FRENCH TOAST $17.00
    • bread dipped in egg grilled with bacon topped with maple syrup and served with cream
  • TOASTED BAGELS $8.00
    • edam cheese & onion Jam
  • BLT $15.50
    • on toasted bread with avocado
  • MIXED GRILL $17.50
    • served grain toast & chutney/organic eggs, bacon hash brown grill tomato/organic eggs bacon mushroom baked beans
  • Market Fish coconut cream poached mussel, prawn, calamari, chilli, tomato, coriander, Vietnamese mint 37
  • Finlandia (Currant / Mango / Cranberry / Lime / Grapefruit) $10
  • Heirloom tomatoes muscatel, truffle, dill, spanish onion 12
  • MAIN EVENT Market Fish coconut cream poached mussels, prawns, calamari, chilli, tomato, coriander, mint -
  • “Over the Moon” Cheese Board (serves 2-3) ‘Red Planet’ Cheddar (Cow’s milk cheddar) Black Truffle Brie (Cow’s milk) Goat Blue (Goat’s milk blue vein) Served with pear caramel, capsicum jam, grapes $35
  • Grey Goose (L’Orange / Citron / Pure) $13
  • Red Bull & sugar free Red Bull $6
  • TW Chardonnay/Viognier Gisborne 10 $55 Bottle / $12 Glass
  • Steak n Kidney Pie $3.30
  • Steak Pie $2.90
  • Mince Curry Pie $2.90
  • Smoked Fish Pie $3.20
  • Steak Bacon n cheese pie $3.80
  • Sausage Roll $1.50
  • Steak Curry pie $2.90
  • Steak n Mushroom Pie $3.20
  • Grilled Chicken Salad $16.50
    • mixed green salad/red pepper sauce/pine nuts/fried goat cheese
  • Open Steak Sandwich $19.8.00
    • fried egg/french caramelized onion/rocket/cheese/aioli/fries
  • Eggs Benedict $19.00
    • brioche/poached eggs/spinach/hollandaise sauce/hash brown - add salmon
  • Croque-Madam $17.5.00
    • homemade ham/melted cheese/bechamel/fried egg/salad/roasted potato
  • Rillette Sandwich $17.00
    • french style pulled pork/fennel seapple slaw/aioli/fries
  • Spicy & Cumin Roasted Potato $10.00
    • basil pesto/aioli
  • Salmon $5.00
  • Coq Au Vin $20.00
    • grilled potato/bacon/mushroom/celery/onion
  • CHICKEN NUGGETS
    • served with Fries &Tomato sauce
  • SMOKED SALMON SALAD $14.80
    • Smoked Salmon, Capers, Green Beans, fresh Tomato tossed in an Aioli and Vinaigrette Dressing
  • CHlCKEN SALAD $13.80
    • Oven baked Chicken Breasts, Mix Salad, tomato, Blanched Green Beans and Crispy noodle finished with our homemade dressing (Mango, Vinaigrette)
  • Side wedges with Sour Cream or Sweet Chili sauce $6.50
  • SCRAMBLED EGGS ON TOAST
  • OMELETTE $14.80
    • eggs with focaccia bread/Bacon, Cheese
  • TOASTED CHEESE BAGEL $6.50
    • with Cream Cheese/Preserves with homemade Berry Coulis
  • MINCE ON Foccacia $11.90
    • Infused Mince with a Special Blend of Herbs and cheese, Poached Egg and Focaccia Bread topped with Our Hollandaise Sauce.
  • All name grilled dishes are served with fries & salad or potato mash & vegetables. All steaks served with the V Grill's famous red wine jus
  • Calamari Salad $16.90
    • Served with tomatoes, cucumber, olives, house salad and aioli
  • Optional with pan-fried $5.00
  • V-GriII Seafood Platter (For 1 person) $37.90
    • Fresh half shell oysters, steamed mussels, seared scallops and prawns, lightly battered tarakihi, salt & pepper squid, smoked salmon, served with toasted bread
  • Fish & Chips $25.50
    • Lightly battered fresh Tarakihi, served with thick cut fries, house salad and tartare sauce
  • Garlic Bread $10.90
    • Toasted focaccia with garlic butter, parmesan and sunflower seeds
  • Add an additional sauce choice for only $1.50 per option. You have a choice of Garlic Sauce, Pepper Sauce, Blue Cheese Sauce, Mushroom Gravy, Bearnaise Sauce, Wholegrain Mustard, English Mustard
  • Slow Cooked Lamb Shank $25.90
    • Roasted in tomato jus, with vegetables and potato mash
Saffron Indian Restaurant and Bar

Saffron Indian Restaurant and Bar

location

Address

31 Ponsonby Rd, Ponsonby, Grey Lynn, Auckland, Auckland, 1011, New Zealand

phone

Phone

093782122

clock

Opened hours

Monday: 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM, 6:00 – 10:30 PM, Tuesday: 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM, 6:00 – 10:30 PM, Wednesday: 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM, 6:00 – 10:30 PM, Thursday: 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM, 6:00 – 10:30 PM, Friday: 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM, 6:00 – 10:30 PM, Saturday: 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM, 6:00 – 10:30 PM, Sunday: 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM, 6:00 – 10:30 PM
price range

Price

$20 - $30

type

Type

None

service level

Service

Table Service

cuisine

Cuisine

Asian , Indian , North Indian , South Indian , Vegan , Vegetarian

features

Features

Delivery ,  Dine in ,  EFTPOS ,  Mastercard ,  Takeaway ,  Visa ,  Wheelchair accessible ,  Home Delivery ,  Reservations ,  Vegetarian Friendly ,  Breakfast ,  Waitstaff ,  Takeout ,  Cash ,  Television ,  American Express ,  Bankcard ,  Lunch ,  Seating ,  Buffet ,  Highchairs Available ,  Free Wifi ,  Dinner ,  Child-friendly ,  Full Bar

Location
31 Ponsonby Rd, Ponsonby, Grey Lynn, Auckland, Auckland, 1011, New Zealand