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

  • Half portion available $10.00
  • Silver Fern Prime Steer Sirloin $28.00
    • 250gram(9oz) - Served with onion rings, chips, choice of sauce & salad Sauces: Peppercorn, Mushroom, Blue Cheese or Garlic Butter (DF without sauces)
  • Fish $18.00
    • beer battered fish, tartare, lettuce & tomato - All served in a fresh bun with chips & either aioli or tomato sauce
  • Paprika-roast cauliflower, hummus & dukkah - add lamb or chicken $10.00 / $15.00
  • Crispy chicken, mash & peas $10.00
  • Lamb shank (pulled), kumara, beetroot, honeyed walnuts & feta with balsamic dressing $22.00
  • Vegetable pakoras, apple & tamarind chutney $13.00
  • Garden salad, tomato, red onion, carrots, cucumber $7.00
  • -fries small $6
  • -mushroom $1.50
  • -ham $1.50
  • Egg $2.50
  • Fries small $6
  • -pineapple $1
  • Warm potato bacon & potato salad w salad mix, cucumber, tomato. Red onion. Parmesan & topped w a poached egg $17.80
  • Selection of cold meats
  • Bagels & Toasts
    • Plain, Sesame or Parmesan
  • 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
  • - Cream Cheese and Jam $6.00
  • Counter / Cabinet Food
  • Fig & Walnut Toast w' Ricotta and Honey $8.00
  • Turkish Breakfast $14.00
    • Toast, Boiled Egg, Honey, Olives, Cucumber, Tomato, Ricotta and Honey
  • Istanbul $13.90
    • Feta cheese, spiced walnuts, figs and mozzarella
  • Toasted Muesli $10.50
    • Complete with Plums, Yoghurt & LSA
  • Warm Lamb Salad $18
    • Tender lamb rump with chick peas, kumara, spinach, red onion, tomato and a creamy feta dressing
  • Vegetarian $14
    • Baked kumara, pumpkin, green beans, feta, red onion, tomato, with salad greens and a sweet honey vinegar dressing
  • Sticky Pork Ribs $18
    • Sticky braised pork ribs with BBQ chipotle sauce, served with potato mash and fresh slaw
  • The House $10
    • Prime New Zealand beef pattie, lettuce, tomato, red onion, aioli and tomato relish
  • Eggs Benedict $15
    • Bacon or salmon with spinach, poached eggs and hollandaise
  • Salmon $10
    • Smoked salmon, fresh Italian parsley, red onion, capers, finished with dill tartare
  • Onion Rings $6.5
  • Braised Beef Brisket $10
    • With creamy aioli, house BBQ sauce and fresh slaw
  • Eggs Benedict w salmon $17.00
  • Bacon & Eggs $13.00
  • BLT Bagel w honey mustard half portion $8.50
  • Toasted Bagel $8.00
    • w cream cheese & preserves
  • Veggie Stack $17.00
    • veg fritter spinach tomato, hash brown, egg, mushrooms, hollandaise sauce
  • Eggs Benedict w bacon $16.00
  • Eggs Poached or Fried $9.00
    • w toasted ciabatta
  • Veggie Fritters $17.00
    • w bacon/sour cream
  • NZ Mussels $18.90
    • Creamy Mussels, Coconet, Pineapple on Home Made Bread
  • Fries $6.90
    • Bowl of Ries with Gome Made Aioli or Tomato Sauce
  • Soup of the Day $11.50
    • with Home Made Garlic Bread
  • Mushroom on Toast $15.90
    • Creamy Mushroom with Poached Egg, Crispy Bacon and Home Made Bread
  • Sirloin Open Sandwich $21.90
    • Roast Potato and Mesclin, Onion Jam with Creamy Mushroom Sauce
  • Grilled Bacon Sandwich $15.90
    • Bacon, Lettuce, Avocado, Totmato and Aioli On Toasted Bread
  • Eggs Benedict with Bacon $15.90
    • Home Made Bread with Saute Spinach, Mushroom and Home Made Hollandaise Sauce
  • French Toast $15.90
    • Home Made Bread with Bacon, Grilled Banana, Maple Syrup
  • Fresh Baked Cookie $3.00
  • Soup of the day $8.00
  • Cheese Mouse trap $5.00
  • Homemade Stew $10.00
  • Ploughman Sandwich $6.00
  • Muffin $4.00
  • Cold Pork Pie $6.00
  • Beef and Ale Pie $6.00
  • Seafood fried rice $12.00
  • Hawaiian burger $5.00
  • Bacon burger $5.00
  • Steak $3.50
  • Curry roll $2.00
  • Chicken burger $4.50
  • special $6.00
    • 2chips, 2 sausages, 2 chicken nuggets
  • Fish cake $2.00
  • -Salmon, cream cheese & capers $12.50
  • Truckies $9.50
    • Bacon, egg & hash brown sandwiched between vogel's or white toast
  • Instone homemade pancakes $15.50
    • With fruit & maple syrup
  • Muesli $11.00
    • With fruit & yoghurt
  • Omelette (GF) $15.50
    • Any two fillings - bacon, cheese, mushroom, tomato or spinach
  • Kiwi beef burger $16.50
    • 120 gram meat patty, lettuce, tomato, onion, bacon, cheese, BBQ sauce & fries
  • Toasted bagels
  • -Served on toasted ciabatta $14.50
  • Autumn Salad $9.00
    • Beetroot, rocket, feta. walnut. balsamic vinaigrette.
  • Tomato, bocconcini & fresh basil $19.50
  • Good George Platter $29.00
    • Crumbed seafood, crumbed chicken, crumbed Brie, onion rings, fries, dipping sauces.
  • Pork Ribs $25.00
    • Coleslaw. BBQ& Pepper sauce.
  • Freshly baked mini-buns, garlic-buttered, stuffed with Beef patty, aged cheddar, George’s burger sauce $14.00
  • Venison salami, sticky plum relish, spicy rocket, toasted walnuts $22.50
  • Rustic fries $8.00
    • Hop salt, aioli.
  • Freshly baked mini hot-dog buns, stuffed with Pulled Pork and GOOD George slow. $9.80
  • Beef Sliders $18
    • Beef Patty, House beetroot chutney, Aged Gouda cheese, bacon, garlic aioli & salad greens
  • Fabulous cabinet Selection N/A
    • Tarts, Quiches, Pies, Pizza, Cakes, Slices and Biscuits
  • Free Farmed Asian Pork Belly with Apple Slaw $25
    • served on Caramel Sherry Sauce
  • Pancake Stack $16.5 add bacon $20
    • served with maple, grilled Banana, Berries & cream.
  • Sour Eggs $10.50 Add Bacon $15.50
    • 2 Free Range Eggs poached, scrambled or fried on House Baked Sour Dough Toast
  • Fresh Fish of the Day $25
    • Waikato Brew Beer Batter, Agria chips, House tartare
  • Scallop, Prawn, Parmesan & Prosciutto Salad $20
    • with a citrus & caper vinaigrette$22.50
  • Aglio Olio Spaghetti $20
    • with Cloudy Bay Clams, chilli, garlic, parsley, olive oil & Italian parmesan
  • Add Fries $4.00
  • Eggs Benedict $18.50
    • Soft poached eggs on toasted ciabatta with spinach and topped with hollandaise with your choice of salmon OR streaky bacon
  • Fish and Chips $24.00
    • Fresh market fish battered with house cut chips, a green salad, fresh tartare and lemon
  • Bread Selection $13.00
    • A selection of hot breads with house made dips
  • Seasonal Vegetables $7.50
  • Carbonara Tagliatelle $17.00
    • Streaky bacon, grilled chicken, mushrooms, cream and parmesan sauce
  • Add 6 Mussels $6.00
  • Smoked Beef Brisket $17.00
    • Slow braised brisket, creamy slaw, Swiss cheese and crispy onions
  • Eggs Benedict Bacon or Salmon $18.50/ $21.00
  • Mini Breakfast $16.50
  • Kaimai Cheese Board $20.00
    • Cheese from our shop with condiments
  • Chicken Tenders, with Fries or Salad $9.50
  • Gourmet Angus Burger & Fries $19.00
  • Seafood Chowder & Toast $18.50
  • Kaimai Big Breakfast $21.00
  • Ham & Cheese Rolls, with Fries or Salad $9.50
  • Deep fried cheese and onion $10.00
  • Chicken Wedges and Chips, with tomato sauce
  • Steak $9.00
  • Beef $8.00
  • All meals - $5.00
  • Small Wedges Meal $8.00
  • American Hot Dog $5.00
  • Cheese, onion, ham, egg, pineapple, bacon,
  • Mussel fritter $4.00
  • Hawaiian $6.50
  • Onions $0.50c
  • Lasagne square $2.80
  • Crumbed camembert cheese $2.00
  • Chicken kebab $3.50
  • Monster munch $49.50
    • 8x Thighs, 8x drums, jumbo chips
  • NO.6 $10.00
    • 6x Chicken nuggets, 2x sausages, regular chips, pepsi 355ml can
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