The Dam Cafe in Taupo Menu

MENU MENU
  • All Day Breakfast $13.00
    • Toast / Bacon / Eggs / Sausage / Tomato / topped with Italian herbs
  • Bacon & Eggs $10.50
  • Eggs on Toast $9.00
  • Sausage & Eggs $9.50
  • Bake Beans on Toast $6.50
  • Spaghetti on Toast $6.50
  • Fruit Loaf Toasted $5.00
  • Bacon/Egg/Cheese Muffin $6.00
  • Bacon Butties $6.00
  • Extras $2.00
    • Scrambled Eggs, Fried Eggs

Nearby Sample Menus

  • Turkey Burger $22.50
    • Turkey patty on a toasted ciabatta, whipped feta, sundried tomato pesto, rocket, cucumber and apple slaw served with fries and our onion rings
  • Add bacon $4.50
  • All burgers are served with seasoned fries and golden onion rings
  • Vegetarian Burger $19.90
    • Corn and feta patty, grilled on a toasted bun with lettuce, tomato, onion and gherkin, topped with aioli and your choice of mushroom or pepper sauce
  • Chicken Fettuccini $19.90
    • Tender chicken pieces sauteed with bacon, mushrooms, spring onion, Pasta Mia fettuccine, garlic and red pepper in a light cream sauce
  • Pepperoni $17.90
    • Pepperoni, olives, garlic, red capsicum, red onion
  • Pork Belly $24.90
    • Crispy slow roasted pork belly with a mango glaze served with garlic and onion potato mash
  • Roast Chicken and Mayonnaise Toasted Sandwich $15.90
    • Shredded roast chicken breast, creamy aioli served with seasoned fries
  • Nacho’s $16.90
    • Corn Chips Topped With Mild Spiced Ground Beef, Chilli Beans, Cheese & Sour Cream
  • Sticky Pork Ribs $24.90
    • Succulent Tender Pork Ribs Marinated In Finns Secret Sauce Then Slow Roasted Until Tender, Drizzled With Barbeque Sauce & Served With Finn’s Fries
  • 400gram Aged Scotch Fillet $36.90
    • Scotch Fillet Served With Fries & Salad Or Creamy Mash & Veges. Your Choice Of Garlic, Pepper or Mushroom Sauce
  • Brekkie $11.90 / $19.90
    • Kiwi Bacon, Fried Egg, Sausage, Hash Brown, & Toast (Small / Large)
  • Fish & Chips $9.95
  • Fries $4.50
  • Wedges $14.90
    • With Crispy Bacon, Grilled Cheese. Served With Sour Cream & Sweet Chilli Sauce
  • Toasties $8.50
    • Finns Toasted Sandwich With Your Choice Of 3 Fillings. Served With Finns Fries & Garlic Mayo. (Extra Toppings 50c)
  • Garden Salad $6.00
    • Fresh green salad with tomato, sliced cucumber and a housemade yoghurt dressing
  • Loaded Nachos $17.00
    • Spiced chilli bean salsa, corn chips, jalapenos, sour cream and avocado [Add chicken or beef +$5]
  • Pan-fried Market Fish $35.00
    • Our Chef’s special dish that changes daily
  • Pork Belly $19.00
    • Harissa pork belly served with a chunky pea mash, candied chilli and lemon
  • Banana Split $6.00
    • Flamed banana with your choice of vanilla or chocolate ice cream, wafers, sprinkles and your choice of chocolate, caramel, or strawberry topping
  • Fries $7.00
    • Crispy fries served with aioli and tomato sauce
  • Venison Meatballs $16.00
    • Horopito venison meatballs served in capsicum fondue and served with goats cheese
  • Duck Breast $38.00
    • Served with braised cabbage, currants, fried polenta, cauliflower and our housemade orange jus
  • Kid's Sweetcorn Fritters $12.00
    • With Bacon
  • Kid's Bacon & Egg $9.00
    • One Egg, Bacon Rasher, Toast, Hashbrown
  • Bagel with Cream Cheese & Jam $6.50
  • Kid's Porridge $7.00
    • with Cream & Sugar
  • Swiss Toasted Museli $9.00
    • With Yogurt & Milk. Add Fruit Compote $12.00
  • Sweetcorn Fritters $16.50
    • with Free-Range Bacon, Avocado, sour cream and sweet chili
  • Organic Porridge $9.50
    • w. Oat Milk & Honey. Add Fruit Compote $13.00
  • Kid's Sausage & Egg $9.00
    • One Egg, Sausage, Toast, Hashbrown
  • Toast & Preserves $8.5
  • Lake House Big Breakfast $20
    • Any style eggs with streaky bacon, sausages, baked beans, creamy mushrooms, hash browns, grilled tomato and toasted ciabatta
  • Jamaican Style Jerk Chicken Burger $22
    • Grilled pineapple, house slaw, green tomato & jalapeno chutney with golden fries
  • House Fries $7.50
    • with Tomato Sauce & Lakeman Aioli
  • Eggs Benedict $17.5
    • Petite bagels with wilted spinach, your choice of salmon, bacon or vegetarian, poached eggs & hollandaise sauce
  • Gourmet Mushrooms
  • Garden Salad
  • “Surf up your stone with a Prawns & Scallops Skewer” $7
  • Sausages / Hot dog / Pork riblet / Meat patties / Lasagne $3.00
  • -Ham & egg, ham & tomato, ham & cheese, chicken
  • -With cream $3.80
  • Muffin / Scones $2.30
  • Chicken & avocado rolls / Seafood & avocado rolls / Steak rolls $4.30
  • Savouries $1.90
  • -With cream $2.60
  • Crabstick $2.00
  • Mega Waffle Cone N/A
    • Put a twist on our classic soft-serve with a crunchy waffle cone, topped with a delicious helping of hot chocolate fudge sauce and two chocolate Cadbury Flake®. It’s pure pleasure.
  • McChicken® N/A
    • Made with New Zealand chicken breast sourced from Ingham®, in a seasoned tempura coating. Topped with locally grown crunchy iceberg lettuce and our exceptional McChicken® sauce, between a sesame seed bun. It's difficult to beat a classic.
  • Hotcakes N/A
    • Start your day the McDonald's® way. Enjoy the great feeling of pouring sweet syrup over melting whipped butter. Watch while it seeps between the layers of fluffy, warm hotcakes for a soft, sweet and delicious breakfast.
  • NYC Benedict Bagel® N/A
    • Mark the morning with rasher bacon, egg, cheese and creamy hollandaise sauce, all on a lightly toasted bagel.
  • Oreo® Cookies McFlurry® N/A
    • For a delicious mouthful of crunchy biscuit pieces blended into creamy soft serve, try the Oreo® Cookie McFlurry.
  • Gum Drop McFlurry® N/A
    • A kiwi favourite! For a delicious mouthful of gum drop pieces and bubblegum topping both blended into creamy soft serve, try the new Gum Drop McFlurry®.
  • Cheeseburger N/A
    • Our legendary cheeseburger is a combo of 100% beef, onions, pickle, ketchup, mustard and cheese, all in a soft burger bun.
  • Gum Drop McFlurry® N/A
    • A kiwi favourite! For a delicious mouthful of gum drop pieces and bubblegum topping both blended into creamy soft serve, try the new Gum Drop McFlurry®.
  • Chicken Mandarin Salad $23.50
    • Chicken breast, slaw, spinach, feta, mandarin & walnuts finished in a light dressing
  • Hashstack $16.90
    • Potato rosti stack with mushrooms, grilled tomato & spinach topped with a poached egg & creamy hollandaise sauce
  • Beef & Reef $29.90
    • Sirloin steak cooked to taste with marinara in a creamy mornay sauce, served with salad & pub chunky fries
  • Salt & Pepper Squid $13.50
    • Crispy salt & pepper squid served with citrus aioli
  • Pub Chunky Fries $8.50
    • Pub chunky fries served with aioli
  • Chocolate Mud Cake $12.50
    • Served with chocolate sauce, ice cream
  • B.L.T $18.50
    • Bacon, lettuce & tomato topped with aioli on toasted ciabatta & served with pub chunky fries
  • 12 Ribs $29.90
  • Garlic Pita Bread $7.50
  • Crispy Battered Prawns $21.00
    • Six lightly battered prawns with a chilli citrus dipping sauce. -We recommend: Zeffer Crisp Apple Cider.
  • Huka Prawn Park advises not all prawns served are grown onsite.
  • Warm Prawn Skewer Salad ( GF) $26.00
    • Mango and cucumber salad, with a fresh citrus dressing & lime aioli dipping sauce.-We recommend: W5 Pinot Gris
  • Green Salad ( GF) $9.50
    • Mixed salad greens, tomatoes, capsicum, with a honey mustard dressing.
  • Chicken Dish Available
    • Please ask our wait staff
  • Shrimp Cocktail $14.90
    • Cocktail shrimp served with traditional seafood dressing
  • -Accompanied with crostini bread $15.50
  • Matar mushroom $16.90
    • A delicious combination of mushrooms and green peas in mild,spicy tomato-based gravy
  • Daal makhani $17.90
    • Lentils stewed on a slow fire overnight, garnished with ginger and coriander
  • Lamb kebab $15.90
    • Lamb marinated in spices and aromatics, cooked in Tandoor
  • Chicken jalfrezi $20.90
    • Boneless chicken cooked with diced onions, capsicum, tomato, sweet and sour cream, garnished herbs
  • Navrattan korma $17.90
    • Vegetables cooked in creamy cashew gravy
  • Goan fish curry $23.90
    • Fish fillets cooked in fine tomato paste and coconut gravy finished with lemon
  • Lamb roganjosh $21.90
    • Diced lamb cooked with fine onion gravy and garnished with fresh spices
  • Mix pakora $8.50
    • Chopped vegetables mildly spiced, dipped in batter and deep fried
  • Chicken Burger $6.50
  • Corn Cobb $2.50
  • Onion Rings (2) $1.50
  • Crab Stick $1.50
  • Curry Roll $3.00
  • Hot Puppies $1.50
  • Chicken Wings $1.50
  • Potato Fritter $1.50
  • Thai Beef - grilled beef strips, salad, cripsy noodles and Thai style dressing $20.50
  • Vege Burger - grilled vege pattie, crisp lettuce, tomato, cheese, pesto mayo and tomato relish; served with chips and a toasted sesame seed bun $11
  • Chicken Diane - our signature dish; grilled chicken breast covered in worcestershire, garlic, parsley & cream sauce, with salad and chips *double the chicken + $6.50 $19.90
  • Side of buttered potato mash $3
  • Satay sauce $4
  • Garlic & Parsley $3
  • Snack Plate (serves 2) - selection of nibbles with sweet chili and aioli dipping sauce $16
  • Seafood Basket - lightly battered scallops, crab stick, salt & pepper squid, prawn twister, battered fish, with chips, salad and tartare sauce $27.50
  • Soup of the day $13.5
    • changed daily your wait staff will advise
  • Grass fed beef fillet $37.5
    • w/ pommes Anna, sautéed baby vegetables pumpkin puree & port wine reduction
  • Grilled steak sandwich $28
    • Mesclun, brie, onions, tomato relish, chunky fries
  • Pan seared scallops $17.5
    • cauliflower & almond skordalia, crumbed prosciutto & lemon aioli
  • Oven baked pork cutlet pan $35
    • seared polenta, charred parmesan corn on cob, grilled peppers, jus
  • Bruschetta $13.5
    • w/ ciabatta, feta cheese, Kalamata olives, tomato, basil pesto
  • Rocket salad $5
    • w/ shaved parmesan, walnuts & balsamic vinaigrette
  • Grilled T-bone steak $32.50
    • w/ green salad, chunky fries, fried egg & red wine jus
  • Soup of the day N/A
  • Fish & Chips N/A
  • Dijon Mustard N/A
  • Fish & Chips N/A
  • Side Salad N/A
  • Chilli Beef Nachos N/A
  • Chorizo and Mushroom Penne Pasta N/A
  • Golden Chunky Fries N/A
  • Onion Rings with BBQ Sauce $6.00
  • Tropical Pizza $8.50
    • A 7" mini pizza with pineapple, sliced ham and cheese.
  • ''Injectable'' Donuts $9.50
    • Straight from chef's culinary laboratory! Two classic cinnamon sugar dusted donuts with a ball of ice-cream on each and three syringes of flavoured syrup to inject into them! Ask about today's flavours.
  • French Chic $23.90
    • A modern classic Succulent slices of Chicken, Camembert, finished with a drizzle of sweet Cranberry sauce. - Medium $19.90
  • Confit Garlic Pizza Bread $8.50
    • Pizza bread with a confit garlic puree and shredded mozzarella cheese.
  • Fish 'N Chips $8.50
    • A freshly battered fish fillet with chips and coleslaw.
  • Smiles N/A
  • Caesar Salad $17.90
    • Crisp cos lettuce, bacon, anchovies, oven baked garlic croutons, shaved parmesan and our Caesar dressing with a poached egg on top. Add chicken, salmon or prawns $22.90.
The Dam Cafe

The Dam Cafe

location

Address

115 State Highway 32, Whakamaru, Whakamaru, Waikato, 3492, New Zealand

phone

Phone

078828882

clock

Opened hours

Monday: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM, Tuesday: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM, Wednesday: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM, Thursday: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM, Friday: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM, Saturday: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM, Sunday: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
price range

Price

$10 - $20

type

Type

None

service level

Service

Table Service

cuisine

Cuisine

Cafe Food , New Zealand

features

Features

Dine in ,  EFTPOS ,  Mastercard ,  Takeaway ,  Visa ,  Wheelchair accessible ,  Cash ,  Bankcard ,  Seating ,  Child-friendly

Location
115 State Highway 32, Whakamaru, Whakamaru, Waikato, 3492, New Zealand
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