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

  • Thai Yellow Chicken $24
    • Yellow curry with kaffir lime, lemongrass and galangal
  • -Three for $15
  • Little Dragon Tacos
    • Chilli Salt Crumbed Fish with smoky mayo & fresh coriander in a soft roti shell
  • Nasi Goreng $21
    • Indonesian spicy fried rice with our own chilli sambal fresh vegetables, chicken and seafood
  • Pings Crispy Skin Chicken Wings $13
    • made extra crispy for your pleasure
  • Shaking Beef $27
    • Vietnamese style wok seared beef with garlic spring onion, red onions and a lime dipping sauce
  • Malai Chicken $16
    • marinated in ycghurt, cumin, ginger, cardamom and pepper then tandoor baked
  • Naan $4
  • Fish soup & garlic bread $6.00
  • Chips $2.80
  • Fish (hoki) $6.50
  • Wedges
  • Paua fritters $6.00
  • Mussels $0.80
  • Chicken $6.20
  • -tarakihi $5.40
  • Veges Omelette $15.00
    • Mushroom, onion, capsicum, spinach
  • Seafood Basket $11.90
    • Fresh fish, cabman, crabstick, prawn cutlet, mussel & chips
  • Chilli Chicken $9.90
    • Chicken, mayo, salad, chili & tomato relish
  • Banana Wood Fired Pizza $12
    • Caramel sauce, mozzarella, banana & cinnamon
  • Chicken Salad $11.90
    • Marinated chicken, hummus, avocado, yoghurt & choice, of salad served with pita bread & tomato relish
  • Camembert $10.90
    • 1/3 lbs prime beef, camembert, mayo, salad & tomato relish
  • Choice of Salads: lettuce, tomato, cucumber, onion, carrot
  • Beef + Beet $10.90
    • 1/3 lbs prima beef, beetroot, mayo, salad & tomato relish
  • Wedges $6.00
    • Sour Cream.
  • Turkish delight $3.00
    • 4 Pieces.
  • Cheese $1.00
  • Falafel on rice $13.00
  • Chicken rice $14.00
    • Served with mediterannean Rice,hummus,salad,sauces.
  • Satay lamb kebab $12.00
    • peanut satay with pita bread,hummus,salad,sauces.
  • Lamb rice $14.00
    • Served with mediterannean Rice,hummus,salad,sauces.
  • Chicken salad $13.00
  • Cheese / Egg / Mushroom / Pineapple / Sweet Corn / Tomato $2.50
  • Beef Pattie $2.50
  • Squid Ring (6) $4.00
  • ●Fish of the day
  • Wonton (6) $4.00
  • Works $3.50
  • SEason Wedges $4.50
  • Super $7.00
    • Bacon, cheese, egg, pineapple & steak
  • ●Kids menu
  • Pancakes $14.80
    • With caramelised banana, bacon and maple syrup
  • Big breakfast $17.50
    • With eggs, mushrooms, bacon, baked beans, potatoes, sausage, grilled tomato and toast
  • Sasonal fruit bowl $8.90
    • With yogurt and honey
  • Hancok's prime beef burger $9.80
    • With bacon, cheese, tomato and tomato chutney
  • Toast with preserves $3.90
  • Caesar salad $14.00
    • With croutons, poached egg, honey cured grilled bacon, anchovies and balsamic dressing
  • French toast $8.00
  • ketchup $1.50
  • Bacon $2.00
  • Pineapple $1.00
  • For 3 person $ 4.00
  • Chicken JR $6.90
    • flame grilled chicken, lettuce, tomato, mayo
  • Avocado $1.50
  • Free range egg $1.00
  • Beetroot $.50
  • Chicken
  • Meat & rice box
  • Beef $15
  • Lamb $16
  • Medium $12
  • Xtra large $20
  • Lamb pistachio $12.90
    • Grass fed lamb patties, pistachio, lettuce,tomato, cucumber, red cabbage, chilli pickle, tomato jam, aioli
  • Bun
    • Wholemeal ciabatta
  • FISH FILLETS SWEET & SOUR $22.50
  • STUFFED BEAN CURD -
  • DUCKLING SWEET & SOUR $33.50
  • BEEF RIB IN BLACK PEPPER SAUCE -
  • FRIED SPICY DUMPLING -
  • CHICKEN & SWEET CORN SOUP $8.50
  • SHREDDED ROAST DUCK & SOUP $8.50
  • SPRING ROLLS -
  • La Complète $9.50
    • egg and cheese
  • Normande $11.50
    • Apple sorbet, calvados
  • Salad $5
  • La Capri $17.50
    • With chicken or bacon
  • French fries $6
  • La Fermière $16.50
    • with chicken or bacon
  • Addition $3
    • Mushroom / Salad / Bacon / Chicken / Ham / Smoked salmon / Leek fondue / Goat cheese
  • La 3 Fromages $19.50
    • With chicken or bacon
  • Warm farro salad, roast Portobello mushrooms,pumpkin, courgette, olives and capers finished with basil and pistachio pesto [vegan, gf] $28
  • Chargrilled lamb fillets mesclun salad leaves, sweet potato, toasted pecans and Pecorino cheese [gf] $28
  • Bay leaf Panacotta, caramelised bobby banana, butter scotch sauce and amoretti $16
  • Soup of the day $16
    • Ciabatta bread [vegan]
  • Smith, baked Granny Smith apple, walnut sweet paste crumb, cinnamon infused ice cream $16
  • Beef burger, with cheese, beetroot relish, cos lettuce, tomato, dill pickles and aioli served with chunky fries $26
  • Goraka sour tuna loin, with mango salsa and crackers [gf] $28
  • ½ Dozen Oysters $18
    • With traditional French mignonette and lemon [gf]
  • 1.5 L drink
  • Package $20.00
  • Package B $ 15
    • 4x fish, 3x sausage, 3x hot dog, $3 chips
  • 12 Chicken Nuggets and Chips $ 9.00
  • Lamb(Small/Medium /Large) $ 9.90/$ 12.90/ $15.90
  • Drumstick Combo $ 6.50
    • 2 Drumsticks, roast potatoes with can drink
  • 2 x Fish, 1.50 chips $ 5.00
  • Beef $ 5.00
  • Ube Ice Cream N/A
    • Turo-Turo's own home-made ice cream flavoured with ube (purple yam)
  • Palabok N/A
    • Palabok rice noodles with a pork marinara sauce
  • Bulalo N/A
    • Tasty beef-bone soup with vegetables
  • Brazo de Mercedes N/A
    • Soft meringue with a creamy filling with sliced almonds
  • Kare-Kare N/A
    • Beef and vegetables in a peanut sauce
  • Lomi N/A
    • Noodles with pork or chicken and vegetables in a thick savoury soup
  • Cakes N/A
    • Selection of freshly-made cakes including ube flavour
  • Halo-Halo Deluxe N/A
    • Colourful dessert of gulaman, baby coconut, sweet beans, ube ice cream, leche flan, condensed milk and much more
  • Salted peanut $6.00
  • Borad been fired with smoked pork $17.50
  • Eggplant cooked with mince in soy sauce with rice $11.00
  • Fish fillet cooked with $10.00
  • Fish fillet in the yellow chili soup $18.50
  • Tofu cooked with seafood sauce in the pot $14.50
  • Fried blue cod in the hot chili sauce market prices
  • Pork kuncklepork mixed with chili sauce $12.50
  • Potato puree, truffle butter $9.95
  • 180gm Grass Fed Eye Fillet $42.95
    • Smoked pomme purée, shallot tatin, roasted baby carrots, macadamia, horseradish
  • Mixed Leaf $9.95
    • Avocado, cucumber, lemon vinaigrette
  • Harbourside Seafood Chowder $23.95
    • Mussel, scallop, prawn, snapper, salmon, shellfish oil, dill, lemon, saffron potatoes
  • Harbourside Prawn Cocktail $23.95
    • Black tiger prawns, spanner crab meat, avocado, wasabi cream, tomato dressing
  • Roasted Merino Lamb Rump $42.95
    • Potato boulangère, honey spiced beetroot fondant, baby beets, burnt onion purée, hazelnut, panko crumbed sweet breads, herb yoghurt
  • Slow Roasted Free Range New Zealand Pork Belly $42.95
    • Braised cheek, cauliflower puree, grilled scallions, spiced dates
  • New Zealand Asparagus Risotto $23.95
    • Confit yolk, crispy forest mushrooms, shaved mimolette, vincotto
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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