The Library Cafe and Function Venue in Auckland Menu

Platters & Shared Plates Platters & Shared Plates
  • Seafood Platter Fresh Prawns, crumbed calamari, squid rings, crumbed prawns & fresh salmon Small (for 1-2) $25.0 / Large (for 3-4) $50.0
  • Bread & Dips Platter Selection of home-made dips & crafted breads $19.9
  • Mussel Platter Ask our friendly Librarians for today’s special flavour $18.9
  • Cheese Platter Three of New Zealand’s best cheeses to your table: Creamy Aorangi Brie, Kikorangi Blue & Waxed Port Wine Cheddar served with chutney, crackers & fresh fruit 1 option $12.5 / 2 options $24.0 / 3 options $45.0
  • Beef Nachos Beef Nachos with guacamole, pepper salsa & sour cream $16.5
  • Bean Nachos Chilli beans with guacamole, pepper salsa & sour cream $14.5
Hot Beverages Hot Beverages
  • Cappuccino $4.0
  • Short Black $3.8
  • Mochachino $4.5
  • Hot Chocolate $4.5
  • Flat White $4.0
  • Chai Latte $4.5
  • Long Macchiato $4.0
  • Fluffy $1.5
  • Latte $4.5
  • Long Black $4.0
  • Latte Bowl $5.2
  • Decaf +60c
  • Soy/RiceMilk +60c
  • Extra Shot +60c
  • Loose Leaf Tea & Herbal Infusions All Day Cuppa, Bay of Islands Breakfast, Honeybush, Green Darjeeling, Royal Earl Grey, Manuka Mint, Lemon Ginger Kawa, Chamomile & Cinnamon, Orange Mango Roobis & J $4.0
Cold Beverages Cold Beverages
  • Sparkling Mineral Water 1L $12.0
  • Lemon, Lime & Bitters $4.0
  • Sparkling Grape Juice 750ml $15.0
  • Soft drink Coke, Diet Coke, Lemonade, Tonic, Soda $3.5 med - $5.0 lge
  • Juice Orange, Apple, Cranberry, Pineapple, Tomato $4.5 med - $7.0 lge
  • Zero Smoothie (Lactose Free) Lemon & Lime, Berry, Fejoa, Tropical or Mango $7.5
  • Iced Frappe Chocolate, Coffee, Caramel, Chai or Mocha (Cream +50c) $7.5
Brunch Chapter Brunch Chapter
  • Eggs Benedict Spinach, eggs & homemade hollandaise on a toasted English muffin with your choice of: -
  • - Free Range Bacon $16.5
  • - Smoked Salmon $17.5
  • - Avocado & Mushroom $15.5
  • The Full Library Grilled bacon, slow roasted tomato, Belgian sausage, mushrooms, herbed potato rosti, eggs of your liking & 5 grain toast. $19.5
  • Princes Special Delivery Scrambled egg on a traditional English muffin with fried capers, smoked salmon & sour cream. $17.5
  • Corn Fritter Corn fritters seasoned with pepper, onion, red chilli, served with a green leaf salad & finished with a coriander salsa - add bacon + $4.5 $17.5
  • French Toast Saffron & honey bread with grilled caramelised banana, maple syrup & free-range bacon. - can be vegetarian $19.5
  • Eggs on Toast Two free-range eggs any style with herbed potato rosti & a choice of either free-range bacon or slow roasted vine tomato. $15.5
Lunch Chapter Lunch Chapter
  • Garlic bread Parmesan quatro with garlic butter & balsamic olive oil. $10.5
  • Seafood Chowder Creamy warm chowder served with toasted bread. $15.5
  • Library Free-Range Speciality Grilled free-range chicken breast wrapped with bacon served with broccolini & roasted vine tomatoes finished with the library wine jus. $25.5
  • Garlic Chilli Prawns (can be less spicy on request) Marinated Tiger Prawns pan-fried in a special spicy library sauce served with watercress. $24.5
  • From the Bay Golden crumbed calamari served with fries, a small crisp salad, tartare sauce & sweet chilli. small $15.5 - large $22.5
  • Wild Venison Burger Home-made herbed venison mince pattie with onion, cucumber, tomato, crisp lettuce & special house sauce with a burger bun & fries. $21.5
  • Lamb Salad Warm salad with fresh leaves, tomato, cucumber, olives & spring onion finished with reduced balsamic. - can be vegetarian $19.5
Subtitles Subtitles
  • Free-range bacon $5.0
  • Slow Roasted Tomato $4.0
  • Gluten Free toast (x2) $1.5
  • Herbed Potato Rosti ** $5.0
  • Extra Aioli $1.2
  • Side Salad $6.5
  • French Fries** $7.5
  • Organic Ice-cream $5.2
  • Roasted mushrooms $4.0
  • Free-range eggs (x2) $3.5
  • Extra Toast (x2) $3.5
  • Spinach (fresh or wilted) $4.0
  • Extra Hollandaise $1.6
  • Seasonal Vegetables $6.5
  • Nice Block Iceblock $4.0
Dinner Novel Dinner Novel
  • Chapter 1 -
  • Garlic bread Parmesan quatro with garlic butter & balsamic olive oil $10.5
  • Chapter 2 -
  • Seafood Platter Fresh Prawns, crumbed calamari, squid rings, crumbed prawns & fresh salmon Small(entree for 2) $25 - Large(entree for 4) $50
  • Soup of the Day Ask our friendly Librarians for today’s special flavour $12.5
  • Seafood Chowder Creamy chowder served with fresh bread $14.5
  • Prawn Cocktail Marinated prawns on a bed of lettuce & lemon $13.9
  • Chapter 3 -
  • Sorbet Cleanse your palate with organic lemon sorbet $1.5
  • Chapter 4 -
  • Eye Fillet Grilled Eye Fillet on a creamy dauphinoise potato with green beans & roasted vine tomato finished with red wine jus. $33.5
  • Pork Belly Oven roasted crispy pork belly on a pumpkin kumara & feta cake with warm red pepper finished with house special apple glaze. $28.9
  • Beef Stew A traditional stew of beef braised in beer & served with creamy garlic potato mash. $23.9
  • Lamb Salad Warm salad with fresh leaves, tomato, cucumber, olives & spring onion finished with reduced balsamic (available without lamb as a delicious vegetarian dish). $19.5
  • Corn Fritter Corn fritters seasoned with pepper, onion, red chilli, served with a green leaf salad & finished with a coriander salsa - add bacon + $4.5. $17.5
  • From the Bay Golden crumbed calamari served with fries, a small crisp salad, tartare sauce & sweet chilli. - entree (with salad, without fries) $15.5 main course $22.5
  • Library Roast Chicken Roasted tender Chicken breast cooked with fresh herbs, & served with garlic mash potato, peas and topped with parmesan & brandy jus. $26.9
  • Fish of the Day Ask our friendly Librarians for today’s catch $26.9
  • Pork Ribs A stack of slow roasted pork ribs with our house made coffee bean BBQ sauce accompanied by our special flavoured fries & coleslaw. - entree (with salad, without fries) $19.5 main course $27.9
  • Mushroom & Ricotta Fettuccine Rich creamy mushroom & pepper pasta sauce made a little lighter with ricotta. $25.9
  • Subtitles -
  • Side Salad $6.0
  • Seasonal Vegetables $6.0
  • Garlic Potato Mash $6.0
  • French Fries** $7.5
  • Chapter 5 Dessert -
  • Chocolate mud cake Warm chocolate cake, vanilla bean ice cream & whipped cream $12.5
  • Cheese Cake of the Day Ask our friendly Librarians for today’s special flavour $12.5
  • Carmelita Strawberry based Carmelita ice-cream with warm caramel $12.5
  • Affogato Coffee with vanilla bean ice-cream $12.5
  • Special Coffee Organic Fair-trade Coffee with your choice of liqueur served with cream & cinnamon - Irish Whiskey - Baileys Irish Cream - Kahlua - Grand Marnier - Contreau - Brandy $12.5
  • Cheese Platter Three of New Zealand’s best cheeses to your table: Creamy Aorangi Brie, Kikorangi Blue & Waxed Port Wine Cheddar served with chutney, crackers & fresh fruit 1 option $12.5 - 2 options $24.0 - 3 options $45.0
Children's Section - Dinner Only Children's Section - Dinner Only
  • Cheesey Pasta Pasta oozing with creamy cheesey sauce -
  • Ribs & Mash Two pork ribs, BBQ sauce & garlic mash -
  • Volume 2 Dessert $7.5
  • Ice-cream Sundae Vanilla ice-cream with strawberry, chocolate or caramel sauce -
  • Chocolate Brownie Chocolate Brownie, ice-cream & whipped cream -
  • Volume 1 Main course All $12.5
  • Chicken & Chips Crumbed real chicken strips & chips -
  • Cheese Burger & Chips Home-made beef pattie & cheese with chips (please ask for salad in the burger if required) -
  • Hawaiian Pizza Ham, Pineapple & Cheese with a tomato base -
  • Banana Split 1/2 Banana with ice-cream, cream & sprinkles -
  • Fruit & Sorbet Fresh fruit salad & lemon sorbet -
  • Nice Block Ice block See freezer for flavours $4.0

Nearby Sample Menus

  • Cheese and onion $4.20
  • Donut $1.30
  • Scallop $1.90
  • Bacon $5.20
  • Sea Dog $4.50
  • Extra meat or cheese $1.00
  • Vegetarian (veggie pattie) $5.00
  • Cheese $3.70
  • Caffè macchiato $5.00
  • Akaroa king smoked salmon $24.00
    • Escabeche, crème vert, mixed leaves
  • Aged wakanui scotch $48.00
    • Sous-vide prepared, served perfect medium
  • South island whitebait fritter $29.00
    • Fennel & apple slaw, lemon aioli
  • Pumpkin ravioli $37.00
    • Pinenuts, parmesan, amaretti biscuit, sage brown butter
  • Caesar salad $10.00
    • Bacon, cos leaves, parmesan, white anchovies
  • Goats curd $22.00
    • Brick pastry, walnut, textures of beetroot, date, verjus
  • Walewska $49.00
    • Steamed catch, mornay, prawns, truffle dressing, spinach, duchess potatoes
  • Shellfish ravioli linghi $21
    • Crunchy salad, bisque sauce, lobster oil
  • Vintage Five Forks N/A
    • Made of 50 /50 goat and cows milk, pineapple nutty flavours with sweet finisn, aged for over two years
  • Brioche French Toast $21
    • Slices of Brioche bread filled banana puree, manuka bacon, maple syrup, berry compote, mandrain segments, vanilla mascarpone
  • Coffee and cake $17
    • Mascarpone Cream, Arabica coffee jelly
  • Steamed Greens, Chia seeds, Nelson virgin olive oil N/A
  • Selection of ice cream and sorbets $!6.5
    • Please enquire with your waiter for today's flavours
  • Burrata ,cocotte heirloom tomatoes $23
    • Green olives, sundried tomatoes, basil leaves, malabar pepper, crispy baguette
  • Cream of Pumpkin and coconut soup $18
    • Coconut sambal
  • Della Casa $24.50
    • Scotch fillet steak served with potato mash,mushroom steak sauce and topped with steamed green beans
  • Seafood Platter $28
    • pan fried scallops, prawns,mussels & calamari in a creamy tomato sauce served with fettuccine and mesclun salad
  • Hawaiian $17 / $25
    • Tomato sauce, cheese, ham and pineapple
  • Bona s Tutto specials $17 / $25
    • Tomato sauce, cheese, mushrooms, salami, ham, bacon, olives, onion, pineapple, corn
  • Mocca Chocolate Cake $9
    • Mocca Chocolate Cake
  • Venezia $17 / $25
    • Cranberry sauce,cheese, chicken,brie cheese
  • Al pollo Affumicato $17 / $25
    • Tomato sauce, cheese, smoked chicken, green peppercorns, capsicum, parmesan cheese, sweet chilli sauce
  • Tomato soup $12
    • Tomato soup
  • K6 Lamb Seekh Kebab
  • S2 Prawn Masala
  • C4 Chicken Madras
  • V9 Dai Tadka (Vegan)
  • S1 Prawn Malbati Curry
  • Naan Yeast Free Plain Flour Tandoori Bread $3.00
  • V1 Paneer Makhani
  • Curry/Rice & Naan bread & small drink $14.50
  • Double Cheese / Egg / Cheese and Onion / Bacon $2.50
  • $6.5 B $6.50
    • 2 hot dog, 2 crab sticks, $1.50 chips
  • Seafood $14.00
  • Fish Meal $6.90
    • Fish, fish cake, 2 egg, $1.5 chips, salad
  • Fish Cake / Spring Roll (home made) $2.00
  • Pork Fillet in Sweet & Chilli Sauce $14.00
  • $19 B $19.00
    • 5 fish, 5 sausage, 5 potato fritter, $3 chips
  • Steak / Chicken / Ham $2.50
  • Prawn Tempura Udon $12.50
  • Chicken Karaage Don $11.50
    • Deep Fried Chicken Japanese-Style with Salad & Rice
  • Teriyaki Salmon Don $12.50
    • Grilled Teriyaki Salmon with Salad & Rice
  • Chicken Katsu Don $11.50
    • Deep Fried Crumbed Chicken with Salad & Rice
  • Salmon Sashimi Don $15.50
  • Vegetable Udon $9.50
  • Curry Chicken Katsu Don $13.50
    • Deep Fried Crumbed Chicken with Salad & Rice, Curry On Top
  • Teriyaki Beef Don $11.50
    • Grilled Teriyaki Beef with Salad & Rice
  • BLACK TIGER PRAWNS (TOM NUONG MO HANH) $28.50
    • Shell on, Viet traditional spring onion sauce
  • WOK FRIED GREENS (RAU KAO) $9.00
    • Seasonal Asian vegetables, garlic sauce
  • HUE FRESH ROLLS (NEM HUE) (3 pcs) $9.00
    • Pork & prawn, peanut, pickle, herbs
  • FIVE SPICE BEEF MANGO SALAD (GOI XOAI BO BAP) $18.00
    • Vietnamese mint, carrot, cucumber, peanut, chilli, garlic, lime
  • KAFFIR LIME CHICKEN (GA NUONG SA) $10.00
    • Kaffir lieme, lemongrass, chilli, peanut sauce
  • VEGETARIAN ROLLS (PHO CUON CHAY) $10.00
    • Tofu, shitake, eggplant, onion, rice paper
  • Or Poached chicken thigh with kaffir lime leaves
  • BANH Ml - French Baguette $12.00
  • (Chicken)
  • Chicken Karahi $11.99
    • Boneless chicken partially cooked in tandoor & finished in thick onion gravy with abundance of fresh coriander & capsicum.
  • Channa Masala $10.99
    • Chickpeas cooked in mild/spicy gravy.
  • Spicy Samosa 1 for $0.99
    • Triangular hand rolled pastry stuffed with mashed potatoes, green peas & spices.
  • Lamb Seekh Kebab (One Piece) $5.00
    • Triangular hand rolled pastry stuffed with mashed potatoes, green peas.
  • Chana Bhatura $7.99
    • Chickpeas dish with Pickle, Salad & two Bhaturas.
  • Keema Naan $5.00
    • Plain Naan stuffed with spiced lamb mince.
  • Lamb Rogan Josh $12.99
    • Boneless lamb pieces cooked in North Indian non creamy onion & tomatoes gravy.
  • Wedges $9.50
    • With sour cream
  • Pancakes / French toast $15.50
  • Steak & onion $5.50
  • Poached egg, bacon and potato cake $14.00
    • With salad and relish
  • -Chicken
  • Mince pie $5.00
  • Steak & pepper $5.50
  • Green thai chicken curry $5.50
  • 3/4 LB Triple $13.40
  • Chili, Chips and Cheese $6.10
  • Deluxe/BBQ deluxe double stack $6.50
  • Crispy Chicken Burger $3.50
  • 12 Pieces $9.80
  • Crispy Chicken Nuggets
  • Deluxe Cheese Burger $3.70
  • Single Mushroom Melt $7.60
  • Healthy Start
    • fresh tomato, avocado, grain toast and a poached free range egg, with citrus dressing and topped with parmesan cheese
  • With Sweet Chilli Sauce And Sour Cream $8.50
  • Cinnamon French Toast $13.00
    • French toast, fresh fruit, grilled banana and maple syrup
  • Big Breakfast $18.00
    • streaky bacon, free range eggs, kransky sausage, mushroom, grilled tomato, gourmet potato and toast, with butter
  • With preserves and cream cheese $6.50
  • Chicken And Chorizo Fettuccine $16.00
    • chicken, chorizo, red/green capsicum, parmesan cheese and fresh herbs bound together in wine and creamy sauce on fettuccine
  • Free Range Egg $4.00
  • With Smoked Salmon $17.50
  • Gemmayze Mess $15.00
    • pistachio, burnt white chocolate, passion fruit
  • Shish Barak $10.00
    • pheasant ravioli, yogurt, mint, pinenuts
  • Fatteh Aubergine $12.00
    • yogurt, grilled aubergine, chickpeas, mint, olive oil
  • Seyadeyeh $25.00
    • market fish, roasted onion, wild rice, pickled radish, baharat
  • Samak $12.00
    • sardines, coriander, sumac taratour, walnuts, braised fennel
  • Ba'alewa "Ice Cream Sandwich" $12.00
    • walnut, rose, floss
  • Moughrabieh $25.00
    • braised lamb, pickled onions, caraway crunch, crispy kale
  • Arnabeet $12.00
    • fried cauliflower, golden raisins, almonds
  • Turkish vegetarian (V) $16.00
    • Spinach, roasted eggplant, tomato, feta, olives, mozzarella, cashew nuts & tahini sauce
  • Begendi $32.00
    • Chargrilled scotch fillet with turkish potato gratin, served with creamy mushroom puree, spiced jus & served with salad
  • Kofte $12.00
    • Turkish lamb meatballs in homemade tomato sauce
  • Balik tava $29.00
    • Turkish chorizo, prawns, salmon, chickpeas, capsicum, red onion sauteed with tomato puree, oven baked served with rice & turkish pide
  • Falafel stack (V) $24.00
    • Falafel patties stacked with hummus, tabouleh, roasted vegetables, served with grilled bread
  • Shish tavuk $27.00
    • Marinated chicken chargrilled on iron skewer, served with garlic yoghurt dip, mild chilli sauce, tomato & cucumber salad with turkish pide bread
  • Iskender $15.00/ $25.00
    • Grilled marinated lamb or chicken slices on a bed of chopped peta, topped with yoghurt and spicy tomato sauce, drizzled with hot garlic
  • Calamri $16.00/ $25.00
    • Pan fried with olive oil, served with rocket aioli & lemon
  • Steak & pepper $4.30
  • Steak $4.30
  • Mince $4.00
  • Sausage roll $2.50
  • Bacon & egg $4.30
  • Steak & kidney $4.30
  • Mince & cheese $4.30
  • Toasted Sandwiches $4.30
The Library Cafe and Function Venue

The Library Cafe and Function Venue

location

Address

55 Princes Street, Onehunga, Onehunga, Auckland, Auckland, 1061, New Zealand

phone

Phone

096367292

clock

Opened hours

Monday: 11:00 AM – 11:00 PM, Tuesday: 11:00 AM – 11:00 PM, Wednesday: 11:00 AM – 11:00 PM, Thursday: 11:00 AM – 11:00 PM, Friday: 11:00 AM – 11:00 PM, Saturday: 9:00 AM – 12:00 AM, Sunday: 9:00 AM – 12:00 AM
price range

Price

$30 - $50

type

Type

None

service level

Service

Table Service

cuisine

Cuisine

Cafe Food , Kiwi

features

Features

Dine in ,  EFTPOS ,  Mastercard ,  Takeaway ,  Visa ,  Reservations ,  Breakfast ,  Waitstaff ,  Cash ,  Bankcard ,  Lunch ,  Seating ,  Brunch

Location
55 Princes Street, Onehunga, Onehunga, Auckland, Auckland, 1061, New Zealand
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