Squids Bar and Restaurant in Waikato Menu

LUNCH - MAINS LUNCH - MAINS
  • Crispy Squid $18.00
    • Deep fried squid pieces tossed in chilli oil and coconut blossom sugar with a Vietnamese dipping sauce, skinny fries and salad
  • Rare Beef Baguette $15.00
    • Thinly sliced organic scotch beef seared and served in a freshly baked baguette with salad and horseradish mayonnaise
  • Louisiana Blackened Fish $18.00
    • Fresh Tarakhi coated in a creole mix of thyme, oregano, smoked paprika, cayenne pepper and lemon juice pan seared and served with refried beans, salad and fried flour tortillas
  • Coromandel Greenlip Mussels $15.00
    • Half a kilo of Greenlip mussels steamed in white wine, garlic and cream and served with a half baguette
  • Fish and Fries $18.00
    • Fresh Gurnard, seasoned and pan seared served with skinny fries, salad and caper mayonnaise
  • Squids Seafood Chowder $18.00
    • Fresh and smoked fish, mussels and squid in a creamy white bechamel sauce served with garlic bread
  • Sesame Tarakihi Salad $18.00
    • Fresh Tarakihi fillet coated in black and white sesame seeds cooked in sesame oil and served on an Asian salad with pickled ginger, bean shoots, coriander and a mild wasabi dressing with crispy noodles
LUNCH - A LITTLE EXTRA LUNCH - A LITTLE EXTRA
  • Skinny fries with tomato sauce $6.00
  • Twice cooked chunky chips with aioli $7.00
  • 1/2 baguette with garlic or plain butter $5.00
  • Mixed lettuce dressed salad $5.00
LUNCH - FOR THE LITTLE ONES LUNCH - FOR THE LITTLE ONES
  • Pan Fried Fish and Chips $14.00
    • Pan fried fresh fish with skinny fries, salad and tomato sauce, (also available with steamed vegetables and little potatoes)
  • Salt & Pepper Squid $14.00
    • Salt & pepper squid served with skinny fires, salad and tomato sauce,(also available with steamed vegetables and baby potatoes)
  • Seared Scotch Steak $14.00
    • Served with salad, skinny fries and tomato sauce, (Also available with steamed vegetables and baby potatoes)
DINNER - ENTREE DINNER - ENTREE
  • Thai Spiced Fishcakes $16.00
    • Fresh fish mixed with Thai spices and served with sweet chilli mayonnaise
  • Fresh Coromandel Oysters- doz $26.00
    • Served natural on rock salt with lemon wedges
  • Garlic Baguette (Serves 2/3) $9.50
    • A freshly baked baguette with garlic butter
  • Crispy Squid $16.00
    • Tender squid pieces deep fried and tossed in mild chilli oil and coconut blossom sugar and served with a sweet chilli dipping sauce
  • Smoked Seafood Selection $19.00
    • A selection of hot smoked fish and seafood which may include kahwhai, mussels, kina, and pate served with toasted Turkish bread
  • Squid’s Seafood Chowder $17.00
    • Fresh and smoked fish, mussels and squid in a creamy bechamel sauce served with toasted garlic bread
  • Mediterranean Squid Salad $16.00
    • Tender squids pieces marinated in olive oil and balsamic dressing served with cherry tomatoes, cucumber and fresh herbs
DINNER - MAINS DINNER - MAINS
  • Malaysian Squid Laksa $26.00
    • A light and spicy broth with tender squid, tamarind, lemon grass, Asian vegetables and noodles
  • Sesame Tarakihi Salad $26.00
    • Fresh Tarakihi coated in sesame seeds and pan seared in sesame oil served on an Asian style salad with a mild wasabi dressing and crispy noodles
  • Pan Fried Fish & Chips $27.00
    • Fresh, line caught fish pan fried and served with twice cooked, hand cut chips, salad and caper mayonnaise
  • Vegetarian Mediterranean Salad $22.00
    • Olives, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, mesculin salad leaves and grilled haloumi with an olive oil and balsamic dressing
  • Organic Scotch Steak $32.00
    • Prime Angus Scotch Steak coked to your liking and served with twice cooked hand-cut chips, balsamic mushrooms and cherry tomatoes, salad and a homemade BBQ sauce
  • Prawn and Chorizo Cacciatore $26.00
    • Prawn cutlets, spicy chorizo and pasta in a rich tomato and smoked paprika sauce with capsicum, onion and oregano served with a side salad
  • Honey & Mustard Glazed Salmon $28.00
    • Served with a chilled potato salad and seasonal greens
  • Musselpot $26.00
    • 1 kg of fresh Coromandel Greenlip mussels steamed in white wine, garlic, cream and served with half a toasted baguette
DINNER - A LITTLE EXTRA DINNER - A LITTLE EXTRA
  • Skinny fries with tomato sauce $6.00
  • Twice cooked chunky chips with aioli $7.00
  • 1/2 baguette with garlic or plain butter $5.00
  • Mixed lettuce dressed salad $5.00
DINNER - FOR THE LITTLE ONES DINNER - FOR THE LITTLE ONES
  • Pan Fried Fish and Chips $14.00
    • Pan fried fresh fish with skinny fries, salad and tomato sauce, (also available with steamed vegetables and little potatoes)
  • Salt & Pepper Squid $14.00
    • Salt & pepper squid served with skinny fires, salad and tomato sauce,(also available with steamed vegetables and baby potatoes)
  • Seared Scotch Steak $14.00
    • Served with salad, skinny fries and tomato sauce, (Also available with steamed vegetables and baby potatoes)
DESSERT DESSERT
  • Berry Sorbet $6.00
    • Summer berry dairy free sorbet piled high with red berry compote
  • Kids Ice Cream $5.00
    • Vanilla ice cream, chocolate fish, sprinkles and chocolate sauce
  • Dark Chocolate Mousse $9.00
    • A rich mousse using Whittakers 70% dark chocolate with summer red berry compote and chocolate crisps
  • Banana Spring Rolls $9.00
    • Two fried banana halves wrapped in crisp pastry ad served with vanilla bean icecream and salted caramel and coconut sauce

Nearby Sample Menus

  • Rice pudding mousse - sour raspberry ambrosia - lime mascarpone – sherbert $13
  • Churros - dulce de leche $11
  • Thai fish salad - green papaya - peanuts – dill $19
  • Fried chicken – chimichurri $14
  • Sichuan pork belly - soba noodle salad - ginger – herbs $20
  • Beetroot & gin cured salmon – crispy chicken skin – dill crème fraiche $19
  • Brocollini - almonds - anchovy crumbs $8
  • Tuna tartare - miso mayo - ruby grapefruit - wasabi tobiko $19
  • Regular Donburi & Coke Combo $15.00
  • Teriyaki Chicken
    • Udon
  • Reguar Donburi & Miso Combo $14.00
  • Curry Chicken $15.50
    • Katsu Don
  • Seafood Udon $11.50
  • Prawn Tempura
    • Udon
  • Teriyaki Chicken $14.50
    • Don
  • Teriyaki Tofu $14.50
    • Don
  • Paddock Favs $8
    • Hand cut chips w rosemary salt & garlic aioli
  • Gordita $16
    • Chipotle rubbed beef, chargrilled w smokey cheese, pickles, shredded ice berg, jalapeño crema
  • Poached or fried eggs $4
  • Omelettes (4 eggs) $18
    • Smoked Salmon, capers, pickled red onion, dill creme fraiche
  • Chicken $12
    • Chargrilled chicken thigh, marinated in lemon & thyme, red slaw, coriander mayo
  • Bacon Buddy $13
    • Streaky bacon, fried egg, tomato relish, aioli
  • Crispy Chicken $14
    • Orleans style buttermilk fried chicken,katsu mayo, avocado, tomatillo relish, shredded ice berg
  • Cinny $9
    • Cinnamon bagel w cream cheese & house made lemon curd
  • Wild Red deer carpaccio $22.00
    • Juniper cure, roasted beetroot,toasted hazelnut
  • Agria potato puree $8.00
  • White chocolate and raspberry bread ‘n’ butter pudding, $16.00
    • White chocolate crème anglaise, vanilla ice cream
  • Selection of handcrafted breads $12.00
  • Bistro’s fish & chips $36.00
    • Hand chopped tatare sauce, malt vinegar wafer
  • Selection of hand crafted breads $12.00
  • Duck fat roasted potatoes $8.00
  • Broccolini, almond brown butter, garlic and lemon $88.00
  • Ploughmans Platter $21
    • Cheese, Cured Meats, Savouries, Greens
  • Smoked Salmon, Bacon, Sausage $4
  • Big Spoon Breakfast $21
    • 2 Eggs, Bacon, Tomato, Mushroom Sausage, Sourdough
  • Toasted Soy Mixed Nuts, Wasabi Peas $8
  • Mushrooms, Tomato, Egg, GF Bread $3.5
  • Eggs, Mushroom, Tomato, Avo, Goats Cheese, Sourdough $20.5
  • Mince, Cheese, Quesadillas $9.5
  • Corn Chips, Sour cream, Guacamole $6.5
  • Butterscotch and Baileys Tiramisu $13
    • Lady fingers soaked in coffee, with layers of butterscotch and Baileys flavoured mascarpone
  • Pork Ribs $27.00
    • L&P bourbon BBQ slow cooked pork ribs with apple and orange salw with fries
  • Scrambled Eggs With a choice of
    • Roasted cumin, feta and baby spinach $12.50 Chorizo, capsicum and gourmet potato $14.50 Smoked salmon, cream cheese and avocado $13.50
  • Your choice of steak
    • Choice of a 300-gram sirloin ($32.00), a 300 gram scotch fillet ($35.00), or a 450 gram Flintstone ($40.00) with the choice of salad and fries or roasted gourmets and steamed vegetables and Your choice of sauce: creamy mushroom, red win jus, or garlic butter Extras of eggs $3.00 or onion rings $3.50
  • L&P Braised Pork Belly $29
    • On orange scented kumara mash, sauteed Asian greens with apple jus
  • Cheesecake $13
    • House made cheesecake ask your wait staff for the chef's creation
  • Pan Seared Scallops $18.00
    • Pan seared scallops on pepper dew coulis with salad salad greens and macadamia and lime crumbs
  • Seasonal vegetables $7
  • Prawn & Salmon $24.5
    • roasted salmon, chilli prawns, capers, mozzarella, aioli
  • Caprese Bread $14
    • w basil, tomato, mozzarella
  • Margarita $21
    • basil, tomato, basil pesto, mozzarella
  • Pork Belly $32
    • w sticky rice, Asian greens
  • Feta Garlic Pizza Bread $12
    • w caramelised onion
  • Thai-style Chicken Curry $29.5
    • w naan, jasmine rice, prawn, raita
  • Vegetarian $24
    • pumpkin, tomato, falafel, mushroom, spinach, capsicum, caramelised onion, aioli
  • Side Salad $12
    • w olives, capsicum, tomato, cucumber, feta
  • Pan fried fish (orange roughy) $22
    • on a kumara puree w spring vegetables, watercress, chives & lemon oil
  • -avocado $3
  • Free range eggs $9
    • on toasted ciabatta. Tweak it.
  • -mushroom $5
  • -sausage (x2) $5
  • -pumpkin feta & quinoa pattie w roasted capsicum, beetroot, nutty slaw & capsicum chilli jam
  • -chicken tenderloins coated in a delicious chia, corn and seed crumb with a nutty slaw, capsicum chilli jam & aioli & fries
  • Vik's burgers $20
    • Served w fries.
  • Polenta chips, roasted garlic, parmesan mayo $11
  • Thai prawn and market fish cakes, chili and lime mayo, fresh chili and coriander $18
  • Please ask your server for the available cheese selection
  • -Coconut lime pannacotta, berry compote, pistachio praline $7
  • Sticky pork ribs bean sprout and coriander slaw, spiced rice wine vinaigrette $22
  • Crispy potatoes, garlic aioli, fresh chives $9
  • Gin soaked salmon, orange, dill crème fraiche, vanilla vinaigrette $13.50
  • -One Choice $14
  • Beef and Ale Pie $6.00
  • Muffin $4.00
  • Ploughman Sandwich $6.00
  • Scone $3.50
  • Soup of the day $8.00
  • Fresh Baked Cookie $3.00
  • Cold Pork Pie $6.00
  • Homemade Stew $10.00
  • Big All Day Breakfast $15.50
    • Bacon, Tomato, Toast, 2 Sausages, 2 Eggs, Hashbrown, Mushroom
  • Eggs on Toast $8.90
    • Made however you choose
  • Beef Burger $15.90
    • Beef Burger with Bacon and Egg, Chips and Salad
  • Light All Day Breakfast $13.50
    • Tomato, Sausage, Egg, Hashbrown, Toast, Mushroom, Bacon
  • Panini $12.90
    • Chicken or Bacon with Chutney and Salad
  • Fish, Chips and Salad $14.90
    • With Lemon Wedge and Battered Bread
  • Eggs Benedict Vegetarian with Mushroom $14.90
  • Eggs Benedict With Wood Smoked Salmon $16.90
  • - Bacon $16.50
  • Pancakes
    • Homemade pancakes with maple syrup and cream
  • Open Steak Sandwich $23.50
    • Eye fillet tail and bacon on toasted bread with espy garden salad topped with fried eggs, cheese, onion relish and aioli served with fries and tomato sauce
  • Fruit salad with maple syrup, cream and raspberry dust $14.50
  • Eggs Benedict
    • Two poached eggs with spinach on toasted muffin with tomato relish and hollandaise sauce
  • Kids pancakes with fruit salad, maple syrup and cream $7.00
  • Calamari Salad $15.50
    • Salt and pepper squid served on espy garden salad topped with aioli
  • Bacon, sausage, salmon $4.00
  • Fries $7.00
    • With tomato sauce
  • Mushroom Fettuccine $14.00
    • Creamed mushrooms, sundried tomatoes & mozzarella
  • Potato Wedges $12.00
    • Spiced potato wedges topped with cheese, sour cream & sweet chilli sauce
  • Full breakfast $17.00
    • Bacon, sausage, hash browns, tomato, eggs & toast
  • Nachos $14.00
    • Chilli beans, tomato, onion and cheese
  • Chicken Burger $17.00
    • Grilled pineapple, lettuce, coriander, ginger & lime sauce with fries
  • Lamb Burger $17.00
    • Mint yogurt, lettuces, tomato & fries
  • Beer Battered Fish of the Day $17.00
    • Salad, fries & tartare sauce
  • Fish of the Day steamed /Deep Fried $20
  • Beef Burger $8
  • Scotch Fillet Steak $25
    • With your choice of garlic herb butter, pepper sauce or mushroom sauce
  • Nachos small $10 Large $12
  • Egg Burger $9
  • All desserts are served w cream & ice cream
  • Bowl of Fries (small/medium/large) $3/$5/ $6
  • Dressed Wedges Bacon
  • The Rango Sub $15.00
    • Freshly baked bread filled with your choice of: Hot BBQ Pork and pineapple or Scallops and bacon
  • The Rango Irish Stew $15.00
    • Chunky beef cooked in Guinness Draught served with plain or garlic bread
  • Ham burger $10.50
  • Rango burger $15.00
    • beef pattie, bacon, egg, cheese, pineapple
  • Wedges $10.00
  • Soup of the Day $11.00
    • Served with hot bread rolls
  • Salad $15.00
    • Fresh garden salad - served with bread. Chilli beef and bacon or smoked chicken with camembert cheese
  • Nachos $12.00
Squids Bar and Restaurant

Squids Bar and Restaurant

location

Address

15 Blacksmith Lane, Whitianga, Waikato, 3510, New Zealand

phone

Phone

078671710

clock

Opened hours

Monday: 11:30 AM – 2:30 PM, 5:30 – 8:30 PM, Tuesday: 11:30 AM – 2:30 PM, 5:30 – 8:30 PM, Wednesday: 11:30 AM – 2:30 PM, 5:30 – 8:30 PM, Thursday: 11:30 AM – 2:30 PM, 5:30 – 8:30 PM, Friday: 11:30 AM – 2:30 PM, 5:30 – 8:30 PM, Saturday: 5:30 – 8:30 PM, Sunday: 5:30 – 8:30 PM
price range

Price

$20 - $30

type

Type

None

service level

Service

Table Service

cuisine

Cuisine

Cafe Food , European , Gluten Free , New Zealand , Seafood , Soups

features

Features

Dine in ,  EFTPOS ,  Mastercard ,  Takeaway ,  Visa ,  Romantic ,  Wheelchair accessible ,  Reservations ,  After-hours ,  Waitstaff ,  Cash ,  Groups ,  Quick Bites ,  Bankcard ,  Lunch ,  Seating ,  View ,  Highchairs Available ,  Local cuisine ,  Special Occasion Dining ,  Serves Alcohol ,  Dinner ,  Child-friendly ,  Outdoor Seating ,  Full Bar

Location
15 Blacksmith Lane, Whitianga, Waikato, 3510, New Zealand