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

  • buckwheat and apple pancakes (V/v/d/G) $15
    • served with fresh seasonal fruits, real maple, toasted coconut, crunchy almond praline
  • open salmon omelette (G) $20
    • open omelette with salmon, mint and coriander slaw, chilli and lime dressing
  • -add you sides
  • big steak fries and house aioli $6
  • add big steak fries with house aioli $3
  • -streaky bacon $18
  • courgette fritters (v/v/g/d) $16
    • with sofrito and pesto
  • creamy mushies (v/g) $15
    • our famous creamy mushies with kale, sumer cream, five grain toast
  • Fish Of The Day
    • please ask for today’s market fish
  • Main $19.95
  • + chicken $3.00
  • Entree $14.50
  • Meat Lover $18.50
    • streaky bacon, salami, Vienna sausage, mushroom, caramelised onion, BBQ sauce, parsley (gfo)
  • Sweet Corn Fritters $14.50
    • fresh spinach, sour cream & sweet chilli sauce (v)
  • Famous ‘Cock’ Burger $17.95
    • crispy southern fried chicken, bacon, cheese, tomato, red onion, lettuce, blue cheese sauce & spicy buffalo sauce & steakhouse fries
  • Pork Belly $26.95
    • twice cooked & crispy skinned served with roasted thyme apples, truffle mash & mustard garlic jus
  • Brown butter roasted pear $17.00
    • Maple cake ‘n’ ice cream, dulce leche, spiced streusel
  • Yuzu bar $16.00
    • Coconut cremeux, coconut sorbet, strawberry rice bubbles, basil
  • Bistro’s fish & chips $36.00
    • Hand chopped tatare sauce, malt vinegar wafer
  • Provincial seafood pot au feu $21.00
    • Served with rouille
  • Salt and pepper squid with chipotle mayo $16.00
  • Burnt brussels sprouts $19.00
    • Local grain salad,pea shoot pesto, whipped feta
  • Platter with cured meats, cheese, salmon and a selection of accompaniments from New Zealand, Italy & Spain $35.00
  • Pinot glazed duck breast $40.00
    • Celeriac ‘gratin’ and puree,charred onions
  • Coromandel mussel chowder $15.50
    • with garlic bread
  • Oven baked beer battered fries $7.50
    • with aioli or sour cream
  • Side salad $5.50
  • UMU antipasto platter $22.50
    • olives, lemon and rosemary feta, marinated mushrooms, mushroom pate, hummus, garlic ciabatta and lavosh crisps
  • Roast vegetable salad $17.50
    • seasonal roasted vegetables, salad greens, herb dressing and toasted seeds
  • Hotpots $10.50
    • see our specials board for today's flavours
  • Fish and chips $22.50
    • fresh local fish of the day pan-fried with oven baked beer battered chips, salad greens and aioli
  • Roast mushroom or chicken liver pate $15.50
    • with sesame lavosh crisps and salad greens
  • Slices $4.50 - $4.90
    • Lemon Curd Bar, Triple Chocolate GF Brownie, GF Rail Trail Bar, Bliss Balls, Wholemeal ginger Slice, Peanut Caramel Slice
  • Union Jack $13.90
    • Bacon, broccoli, caramelised onion and cheddar
  • The Refinery ''Reuben'' $13.90
    • Slow cooked corned beef, slaw, Russian dressing and Swiss cheese
  • Low Carb Plate $14.90
    • Corned beef, spinach, grilled haloumi, boiled egg, seasonal vege
  • Soprano Bagel $13.90
    • Our classic toasted bagel filled to the brim with ham, basil pesto, mozzarella & freshly roasted tomatoes or red peppers & avocado
  • Salads: $13.90 ea
    • (Changing seasonally) - Quinoa, Roast Kumara, Red Pepper, Feta and Dukkah / Bulgar Wheat, Roast Beetroot, Yogurt and Cucumber / Brown Rice, Toasted Nuts, Edamame and Beans w’ Asian Dressing
  • The Cuban $13.90
    • Panini with mustard, Russian dressing, ham, hot pork, gherkins, Swiss cheese.
  • - Famous Beef, Potato, Onion & Cheddar Pasties w’ Homemade Beetroot Chutney $8.00
  • Double cheese $8 / $11
    • Our famous italian sauce & cheese
  • Mexican feast $14 / $17
    • Beef, capsicum, corn,chillies, olives
  • Sweet thai chicken tenders 6 pack $9 / 10pack $13
  • Surfer's combo $13 / $16
    • Salami, bacon, tomato, pineapple
  • Italian $11 / $14
    • Salami, olives, capers, onions
  • Chicken & apricot $13 / $16
    • Roast chicken, apricots, BBQ swirl
  • Pare's famouse seafood chowder $12
    • With crab, shrimbs, mussels and salmon
  • Chicken thai $15 / $18
    • Roast chicken, cashews, sweet thai sauce
  • Stir fried yellow curry $17
  • Stir fried Sweet & Sour $17
  • Satay $15
  • Stir fried Garlic and Pepper $15
    • with onion, carrot on rice
  • Pork $3
  • Stir fried Chilli paste $17
  • Stir fried Oyster sauce $17
  • Stir fried mushroom, green bean, carrot $17
    • with red chilli and garlic
  • -gluten free bread $1
  • Vik's burgers $20
    • Served w fries.
  • Fries
    • crispy golden fries w aioli or tomato sauce
  • -chicken tenderloins coated in a delicious chia, corn and seed crumb with a nutty slaw, capsicum chilli jam & aioli & fries
  • Tweak it $3
    • -tomato
  • Caesar salad (gf) $16
    • Cos lettuce, parmesan, bacon, poached egg, Garlic croutons, anchovies & Caesar dressing
  • -large $8
  • -Add Salmon $6
  • *Breakfast Bacon Eggs & Chips
  • * Fish Burger & Fries & Tartare Sauce
  • * The Big Apple Beef Burger & Fries
  • *Vegetarian Burger & Fries & Salsa Sauce
  • * Fisherman's Basket Selection
  • *BLT (Bacon, Lettuce, Tomato) & Fries
  • *Teriyaki Sirloin Steak Chips & Salad (or Eggs)
  • * Crumbed Fish (x1) Chips & Salad (or Eggs)
  • Vege Steak Rolls $ 3.00
  • Paua Fritters $ 2.00
  • Choc or Jam Donut $ 4.50
  • Hash Brown $ 1.50
  • Vege Burger $ 8.00
  • Vege Fritter $ 2.80
  • Wedges $ 4.50
  • Mussels Fritter $ 3.00
  • Beef Vindaloo $15.50
    • The famous dish from Goa. Cooked in hot ground chilli, vinegar and spices
  • Vegetable Pakora $6.00
    • Chopped mixed vegetables dipped in spiced chickpea flour then deep fried
  • Paneer Pakora $10.00
    • Cottage cheese pieces dipped in spices, chickpeas batter and then deep fried
  • Malai Kofta $14.00
    • Fresh Vegetables, cottage cheese, potato and nuts, all cooked in creamy cashew nut gravy
  • Kadai Chicken $16.00
    • Boneless chicken cooked in special spices and herbs with tomato peppers, onion and coriander
  • Mixed Pickle $3.00
  • Roti $4.00
    • Round shaped bread made with wholemeal flour
  • Chicken Naan $5.00
    • Naan bread stuffed with chopped chicken and spices
  • Mini mussel fritters $13
  • -W chips $18
  • Pork scratchings $5
  • House made corn chips $8
    • w house made salsa & guacamole
  • Sesame wings $10
  • Chicken mole tacos $12
    • w pinto beans
  • The Clucking Good Burger $15
    • Fried chicken, onion jam, aioli, cheese, lettuce, streaky bacon
  • Grilled Rueben $13
    • w house made chips & cornichons
  • Hamburgers $3.50
  • Fish $2.80
  • Cheese burger $4.00
  • Fish breakfast $7.50
    • 1*fish, 2*eggs and toast, chips or hash brown
  • Carton of chips $2.50
  • Farmers breakfast $12.00
    • 2 eggs and toast, 2 bacon, 2 sausages, chips or hash brown
  • special $11.00
    • 3 chips, 2 fish, 2 sausage, 2 potato fritters
  • Beef fried rice $12.00
  • Smoked Beef Brisket $17.00
    • Slow braised brisket, creamy slaw, Swiss cheese and crispy onions
  • Seasonal Vegetables $7.50
  • Bread Selection $13.00
    • A selection of hot breads with house made dips
  • Chicken Tacos $15.00
    • Three soft tacos crispy chicken, slaw, paprika mayo and chilli jam
  • Add 8 Prawns $8.00
  • Add Fries $4.00
  • Add 6 Mussels $6.00
  • Calamari $16.00
    • Crisp spiced salted calamari with lime wasabi mayo and a pickled vegetable salad
  • Bacon N Eggs on toast with roasted tomato or avocado $15
  • Beer battered onion rings $6
    • with sweet chilli sauce
  • Breakfast and French Pastries N/A
    • Available daily from 9AM
  • Smoked salmon bagel with capers, cream cheese and fresh tomato $18
  • Beer battered or pan fried fish of the day POD
  • Fresh fish taco (2) with homemade salsa, shaved cabbage, avocado and coriander sour cream $19
  • Poached Egg vege stack on a kumara roesti with spinach and thyme $16
  • Huevos Rancheros with Eggs, refried beans, cheese, onion, avocado and homemade salsa on Corn Tortilla $17
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