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

  • Ham $4.00
  • Vegetable $11.00
  • Mushrooms $3.00
  • Seafood $17.00
  • Pork $1.20
  • Bacon $14.50
  • Pork $14.50
  • Snappers $5.80
  • Mango
    • Battered and stir fried with vegetables in sweet mango chutney.
  • Pra Ram
    • Sauteed fresh vegetables topped with peanut sauce.
  • Prawns / Mixed Seafood $14.50
  • Duck $27.00
  • Prawns / Mixed Seafood $14.50
  • Sashimi $13.50
    • Fresh raw salmon pieces.
  • Laksa [V] $21.00
    • Malaysian coconut laksa broth with noodles, tofu puffs, egg, beans and beansprouts. Chicken >>
  • Prawns / Mixed Seafood $14.50
  • Pork $13.00
  • Crab Stick $1.50
  • Egg $12.00
  • Hot Dog $2.50
  • 16 Stir-fried Dumpling & Egg Noodles with Special Sauce $13.00
  • Spring Roll $3.00
  • American Hot Dog $5.00
  • Chicken Burger $6.00
  • Passion fried rice (mild)
    • Stir fried rice with chilli paste, egg, vegetables, fried garlic
  • Passion on bread (5 pcs) $7.50
    • Marinated minced chicken spread on bread
  • Roti bread $3.50
  • -Prawn $8.90
  • Yellow curry (mild)
    • A flavored of mild curry with potato, onion
  • Tom yum
    • Spicy & sour soup, lime leaf, mushroom, thai herbs
  • Seafood $4.00
  • Satay chicken skewer $3.50
  • Regular $13.00
  • for one $14.50
  • ANTIPASTO DELLA CASA
    • - Selection of Italian meats served with, caperberries, melon, cheese, crackers
  • LASAGNA $19.00
    • - Layers of pasta with meat and cheesy bechamel in tomato sauce
  • POLLO PARMIGIANA $27.00
    • - Pan fried chicken breast topped with slice of ham an mozzarella cheese than grilled and served with tomato sauce
  • SPAGHETTI ALLA BOLOGNESE $14.00/$18.00
    • - Traditional northern Italiana meat sauce with ground beef and tomato served over spaghetti
  • HAWAIIAN
    • -Tomato, mozzarella, ham and pineapple
  • Regular $13.00
  • Scrambled Eggs $8.50
    • 2 x Bacon or Ham, Tomato & Toast
  • Stacked Pancake $8.50
    • Grilled Banana, Bacon, Maple Syrup & Whipped Cream
  • French Toast $8.50
    • Grilled Banana, Bacon, Maple Syrup & Whipped Cream
  • Bacon & Egg Muffin $3.50
    • Bacon, Egg, Hash Brown, Cheese & Muffin
  • Steak Meal $15.00
    • Grilled Sirloin, Onion, Chips, Egg & Salad, Steak Sauce + Seasoning on the Steak
  • Eggs Benedict $10.50
    • 2 x Bacon, 2 x Poached Eggs with Hollandaise sauce on Toast or English Muffin
  • Cheese Burger $6.50
    • Beef Pattie, Cheese, Tomato, Lettuce & Chips
  • Classic Chicken $8.00
    • Baked Chicken Thigh, Chips, Egg & Salad
  • Two curry combo
    • Any two curries + naan bread + rice +any 355 ml soft drink
  • Potatos vada x3 $5.00
  • Butter chicken + rice $10.90
  • - Upsize to any 600 ml soft drink for only
  • One curry combo
    • Any one curry + naan bread + rice + any 355ml soft drink
  • -With chips $7.90
  • Mix thali $13.50
  • Lamb or beef curry + rice $11.90
  • Garlic Pizza Bread $10
    • Served With Garlic Aioli
  • Bowl Of Cashew Nuts $15
  • Garlic Chips Served With Garlic Aioli $7.5
    • Extremely Sourced
  • Indian Nibbles $15
    • Oven Baked Without Oil, Vegeterian, Onion Bhajis, Samasas & Pakoras, Served With Mango Chutney & Raita (Yoghurt Dip)
  • Baked Camembert $15
    • Oven Baked Served With Freshly Baked Mini Ciabatta Roll, Alternatively With Gluten Free Corn Crispbread Olives & Apricot Chutney
  • Bowl Of Sicilian Green Olives $7.5
  • Thin Based Pizzas $16
    • Meat Lovers, Smoked Chicken,Vegeterian
  • Blueberry hotcakes $17.50
    • with bacon and banana
  • Tomato $3.90
  • French Toast $17.50
  • Eggs Benedict $17.90
    • Salmon & hollandaise
  • Mushrooms on Toast $11.90
  • Avocado $2.50
  • Power breakfast $21.90
    • your choice of eggs with bacon, grilled tomato, mushrooms, sausages and hash brown
  • Cova B.L.T. $16.90
  • Tiger prawns tempura $16
    • light battered tiger prawns (3), wasabi mayo & dipping sauce
  • Nigiri set $22
    • chef’s fresh selection of nigiri (4 pc), small salmon roll (6 pc) & miso
  • Fried squid legs $10
    • dusted fried squid legs with japanese mayonnaise
  • Trevally (shima aji) $9 / $12
    • Nigiri Sushi / Sashimi
  • Scallop (hotate) $9 / $16
    • Nigiri Sushi / Sashimi
  • Prawn (cooked-ebi) $8
    • Nigiri Sushi
  • Sushi, sashimi, nigiri tasting platter (2 people) $34
    • chef’s selection of fresh seafood to share with you group
  • Duck dumplings shumai $10
    • steamed dumplings(3) soy sauce & japanese hot mustard
  • -Preserved pork stir fried with dried tofu $28.00
  • -Cooked with salty egg and preserved egg (additional charge $3) / Ginger sauce $19.80
  • -In Black Bean Sauce / In Chilli Bean Sauce / Spicy beef with crispy vegetable leaves $22.00
  • Seafood Platter $28.00
    • Battered fish of the day, deep fried, squid, prawn twisters, prawn cutlets, vegetable spring rolls
  • Fried rice with prawns and egg white / Chinese style yang zhou fried rice $18.00
  • Live Fish Creme Brulee $8.00
  • -Steam with garlic sauce and vermicelli / Steam with black beans and garlic (vermicelli optional) $8 each
  • Scampi Sashimi M $36 / L $68
  • 40 Chicken Nibble, 2 Cup Chips $30.00
  • 5 Chicken Thigh, 2 Cup Chips $18.00
  • 1 Fish, 1 Cup Chips $4.50
  • 10 Chicken Nibble, 1 Cup Chips $9.00
  • 2 Fish, 1 Cup Chips $6.50
  • 1 Lagsanes $2.50
  • 2 Chicken Thigh, 1 Cup Chips $8.00
  • 25 Chicken Nibble, 2 Cup Chips $20.00
  • Ice Cream And Sorbet $17.00
    • Daily changing, chefs special
  • Maple roasted kumara, prosciutto crisp $8.00
  • Soup of the Day $14.00
    • Chef's special, warm bread
  • Antipasto For Two $45.00
    • With venison tataki, fig compote, charcuterie meats, beetroot cured salmon, roast vegetables, olives, dips and warm breads
  • Citrus dressing, boconcini and pumpkin seeds $8.00
  • Mexican Chicken Tender Bites $19.50
    • Warm pita bread, dip and salsa
  • Kiwi Pavlova $17.00
    • with passionfruit cream, berry compote and fresh fruits
  • Braised cabbage, toasted almond $8.00
  • -poached, scrambled, chilli fried, sourdough toast $12.00
  • Chicken slider, slaw, chips, tomato sauce $10.00
  • Df, nf, vegan, dressing contains soy (otherwise GF)
  • Free range corn-fed, citrus brined
  • Add one of our house made bastes for $3.00
  • Fried chicken blt $16.00
    • buttermilk fried chicken, bacon, lettuce, tomato, avocado, maple mustard dressing
  • Superfood wrap $13.00
    • pulled chicken, herb hummus, sprouts, beetroot slaw, quinoa, cottage cheese
  • -periperi chicken sasuage $5.00
  • Venus $11.50
    • Tomato, avocado, red onion, Swiss Cheese, cream cheese and mesclun
  • Chicken Stronganoff Pot Pie $7.50
  • Autumn Harvest N/A
  • Danish Chicken N/A
  • Greek $12.50
    • Baby spinach, red onions, cherry tomatoes, olives and feta
  • Hungarian Beef Goulash Pot Pie $7.50
  • Gustoso $12.50
    • Pan fried chicken breast, ham, bacon, onion and mushroom
  • Tuna Pasta Bake $6.50
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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