The Library in Wellington City Menu

SWEET SWEET
  • Earl Grey Crème Brulée g With almond biscuit $13
  • Warm Chocolate Fondant With homemade rose marshmellow & organic raspberry sorbet $15
  • Strawberry & Pistachio Tart With candied pistachio’s $16
  • Mini Churros Cinnamon sugar coated & served with a chocolate & hazelnut sauce $11
  • Chocolate Truffle Tart With white chocolate liqueur pannacotta, organic raspberry sorbet & red currant compote $19
  • Sticky Date Pudding With roasted rhubarb & toffee sauce $15
  • Mango & Pineapple Sorbet g/v With raspberry compote $12
  • Passionfruit Curd Mille Feuille With sweet vanilla cream & mango sorbet $14
  • White Chocolate & Grand Marnier Parfait g With an orange & mint salsa $14
  • Bailey’s Cheesecake g With vanilla ice cream & a Kahlua & white chocolate sauce $14
  • Textures of Pina Colada d/g/v With rum spiced pineapple, coconut caramel, pineapple sorbet & sweetened coconut cream $15
  • Tasting Plate for Two $30
SAVOURY SAVOURY
  • Marinated Olives d/g/v Marinated in basil oil with preserved lemon & garlic $6
  • Coconut Coated Smoked Haloumi Smoked here in house & served with an apricot & cumin sauce $14
  • Salmon Mousse g* With bread & a yoghurt & dill sauce $15
  • Beef & Stout Pastries With a rich Stout jus $14
  • Parmesan & Herb Pastry Straws Oven baked to order $7
  • Bruschetta d/g* With cherry tomato, eggplant & capsicum $12
  • Chicken & Mushroom Pâté with Port Jelly g* Served with beetroot relish & cornichons $13
  • Manuka Smoked Salmon Platter d/g* Smoked here in house & served with caperberries & horseradish mayonnaise $19
  • Crumbed Lamb Croquettes d With eggplant caviar dip $14
  • Crispy Polenta d/g/v With seasonal vegetables & balsamic reduction $13
  • Apple, Walnut & Goats Cheese Parcels With a cider & honey reduction $14
  • Library Fries d/g With truffle mayonnaise $9
CHEESE CHEESE
  • Mt Domet Double Cream Brie Oamaru Soft & buttery $14
  • Vintage Windsor Blue Moeraki Bay Rich & creamy aged blue $13
  • Aged Airedale Airedale Unique & subtley salty $12
  • Livingstone Gold Livingstone Full & flavoursome $13
  • Cheeseboard All of the above cheeses & accompaniments $30

Nearby Sample Menus

  • Pad Kee Mow
  • -Clear Tom Yum Soup With Chicken, Mushroom And Coriander $7.00
  • -Or Made With Squid Or Fish $18.00
  • Tom Yum
  • Som Tum Goong Sod $20.00
    • Spicy Thai carrot salad with prawns, tomatoes, garlic peanuts and lemon juice
  • -Or Made With King Prawns $20.00
  • -Or Made With King Prawns $15.50
  • -Or Made With Squid Or Fish $17.00
  • Coconut porridge $12.00
    • with fresh banana and muscovado sugar (VV, DF)
  • Two eggs, poached or fried; with toast (V, DF) $9.00
  • Mexican eggs $17.00
    • two eggs baked in a tomato salsa with pinto beans, crumbled white cheese and corn tortillas (V, GF)
  • Eggs Chermoula $12 .00
    • poached eggs on lemon and dill potatoes with a Moroccan-style fresh herb salsa (V, Gf, DF) >>
  • Add Bacon, sausages, or avocado $6.00 each
  • Add tomato, mushrooms, hash browns, or spinach $3.50 each
  • Bowl of hand-cut chips (with aioli) (V, DF, GF) $8.50
  • Kedgeree $19.00
    • smoked warehou, basmati rice, crispy shallots, curried leek omelette, poached egg, and two chutneys – coriander-coconut and tomato-ginger (GF, DF)
  • Soup of the Day (Seasonal, not available in summer) $11.50
    • Served with cheese bread
  • Large plate of fries $7.00
    • Served with tomato sauce / Homemade aioli sauce
  • Steak Sandwich $16.50
    • Scotch Fillet served on a Baguette / Served with Mushroom sauce / Served with Fries or Green Salad
  • Homemade Burgers
    • Served with fresh Bordeaux Buns: Comes with fries and salad
  • Croque Monsieur $14.00
    • Layers of Brioche Filled with ham and white sauce / Topped with Cheese and Ham./ Comes with salad
  • -Beef Burger, bacon, cheese and caramelized onion / Chicken Burger, avocado and cheese $18.50
  • Lemon Pepper Squid Salad $16.50
    • Deep fried battered squid served with a green salad and aioli.
  • Potato Wedges $9.00
    • Served with sour cream and sweet chilli sauce
  • Loc Lak $14.80
    • Tender diced beef stir fried with onion, green beans, garnished with coriander
  • Nasi Goreng $11.90
    • Pan fried rice with an assortment of spices, curry powder, egg, shrimp, chicken and BBQ pork
  • Vegetarian options maybe available on request
  • Lemon Grass and Chilli Chicken $14.80
    • Home style stir fried chicken with crushed lemongrass and chilli, spring onion and coriander
  • Dumplings $8.80
    • Pan Fried dumplings stuffed with pork mince and herbs, served with soy sauce
  • Chicken Chow Mein $13.80
    • Sliced chicken breast with broccoli, cauliflower, carrot and, capsicum, served on thin egg noodles
  • Scallop/Chicken Stir Fried with Cashew Nut $15.90
    • Mixed seasonal vegetables, sitr fried Chinese style with cashew nuts (add $3 for scallops)
  • Sweet & Sour Pork/Fish $15.90
    • Tender pork or fish filllet with fresh capsicum, pineapple, onions, cucumber and coriander, topped with sprinkled peanuts (add $3 for fish)
  • Crispy Five Spice Duck Salad with Sesame Dressing $16.00
    • Five-spice powder is a spice mixture of five spices, used primarily in Chinese cuisine but also used in other Asian and Arabic cookery.
  • Beetroot Tartare with Feta, Sweet Rice Vinegar on Beetroot Sponge $13.00
    • Rice vinegar is a vinegar made from fermented rice or rice wine in China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam.(GF V)
  • Freshly Baked Garlic Bread $6.00
    • Our Freshly Baked Bread is made from a Sour Dough Bug that has been lovingly named, "Murphy" (V)
  • Roast Lamb Rack $32.00
    • with Black Sesame Crust, Celery, Daikon with Black Garlic Sauce.Black garlic is a type of caramelised garlic first used as a food ingredient in Asian cuisine.(GF)
  • Korean Fried Chicken with Dragon Sauce & Steamed Sesame Cabbage $28.00
  • Spicy Beef Tartar with Black Sesame Sponge, Truffle Nashi Pear $16.00
    • This tree's edible fruit is known by many names, including Asian pear, Chinese pear, Korean pear, Japanese pear, Taiwanese pear, and sand pear.(GF)
  • Prawn Salad with Cucumber, Coriander, Mint, Mizuna & Roasted Tomatoes $16.00
    • The taste of mizuna has been described as a "piquant, mild peppery flavour...slightly spicy, but less so than arugula (GF)
  • Tofu Hot Pot with Mushrooms, Sushi Rice, Cooked in Soy Ginger Broth $25.00
    • Hot pot refers to several East Asian varieties of stew, consisting of a simmering metal pot of stock at the centre of the dining table. While the hot pot is kept simmering, ingredients are placed into the pot and are cooked at the table. (V)
  • Fish $3.80
  • Salt and Pepper Prawn $16.00
  • Black Bean Spare Rib on Rice $11.00
  • Corn Fritter $2.00
  • Fried Dumpling $9.50
  • Chicken $10.00
  • Chicken Fritter $2.00
  • Whole Chicken $23.00
  • Seared salmon $23
    • Lemon aioli, smoked potato, asparagus, apple and fennel salad
  • Toast
  • The biggy $24
    • Free range bacon, eggs, ciabatta toast, sausage, hash brown, tomato, mushroom
  • -Marmalade $6
  • Hot smoked salmon $7
  • Free range eggs / Sausage / Hash browns / Tomatoes / Mushrooms $5
  • Eggs
  • Goats cheese & braised beetroot salad $18
    • Walnuts, toasted seeds, orange dressing
  • Steak & Egg $4.80
  • Crumbed Fillet (Tarakihi) $6.80
  • - (without rice) $12.50
  • Deep Fried Mars Bar $2.80
  • Stuffed Mushrooms $1.70
  • 4. French toast $11.50
    • Fluffy French toast with grilled banana, bacon and maple syrup
  • Scallop $1.30
  • Hawaiian $4.00
  • Pesto, Avocado, Tomato $11.80
  • W/ Berry Compote + Vanilla Cream Fraiche $14.00
  • Eggs on toast, any style $9.50
  • Avocado
  • Fried Egg $0.50
  • Mushroom
  • Grilled Haloumi on 5 grain $17.50
    • w/ either mushroom or roast tomato
  • Chicken $1.00
  • CHICKEN NOODLES SOUP $9.50
    • rice noodles cooked with bean sprouts & chicken. served with R & S style kua tew soup
  • COMBINATION SATAY ( CHICKEN or BEEF ) $9.50
    • grill marinated Beef or Chicken satay on a bed of stearned rice , served with salad & topped with special peanut sauce
  • FRIED RICE ( CHICKEN or BEEF ) $12.50
  • CHICKEN RENDANG $13.00
    • boneless chicken pieces in special dry curry blended with desiccated coconut, served with steamed rice.
  • Extra Egg $1.00
  • DEEP FRIED CRUMBED PRAWNS $7.50
  • SWEET & SOUR SATAY ( CHICKEN or BEEF ) $10.50
    • grill marinated Beef or Chicken satay stir-fried with pineapple & onion on a bed of steamed rice & topped with special peanut sauce.
  • FRUIT SALAD ICE-CREAM $5.00
  • Lettuce N/A
  • Onion N/A
  • Pork Riblet N/A
  • Subway Seafood Sensation N/A
  • Roast Beef N/A
  • Wrap N/A
  • Chicken Classic N/A
  • Capsicum N/A
  • Tomato sauce $2
  • Chocolate Marquise (GF) w/ espresso extract and candied popcorn. $10
  • Cold Poached Chicken Salad w/bacon, salad greens, baby potato, parmesan & garlic mayonnaise $13
  • Green salad $6
  • Crumbed Chicken Schnitzel w/ fries, green salad & homemade chutney $22
  • 200g Aged Beef Sirloin w/ colcannon, green salad & red wine jus $27
  • Potato & Leek Soup w/ toasted bread and butter $10
  • Mushroom & Bacon Pasta In a creamy tomato sauce, topped with grated parmesan $14
  • House Cut Agria Chips $6.50
  • Margherita $20.00
    • Fresh Tomatoes & Mozzarella with Basil Leaves
  • Full Irish Breakfast $22.00
    • Bacon, Sausage, Tomato, Mushroom, Hash Browns & Toasted Turkish Bread with Poached, Scrambled or Fried Eggs
  • Wedges $6.50
  • Pulled Pork $22.00
    • Pulled Pork w / BBQ Swirl
  • D4 Bangers & Mash $22.00
    • Oven-Baked D4 Sausages served on Whipped Mash and finished with Port Wine Jus
  • Chicken Wings ½ Kilo $15.00
  • Mini Mixed Grill Duo $17.50
    • A healthy combination of lean beef & chicken with a choice of béarnaise, port jus or creamy white wine & bacon sauce
  • Chicken Drumstick $2.00
  • Toasted Sandwich $1.50
  • Bacon & Egg Savoury $2.00
  • Steak chips & Eggs $20
  • Steak & Cheese Pie $3.50
  • Bacon & Eggs $12
  • Spinach Cheese & Feta $2.80
  • Baked Beans & Eggs $10
  • Bacon & Cheese
  • Ham, Egg Salad
  • Curry + Rice + Roti + Coke $!2.00
  • Ham & Cheese / Bacon, Egg, & Cheese $5.50
  • Salami
  • Sausage Roll
  • Roast Beef
  • Roast Beef
The Library

The Library

location

Address

Level 1, 53 Courtenay Place, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand

phone

Phone

043828593

clock

Opened hours

Monday: 5:00 PM – 1:00 AM, Tuesday: 5:00 PM – 1:00 AM, Wednesday: 5:00 PM – 2:00 AM, Thursday: 5:00 PM – 2:00 AM, Friday: 4:00 PM – 3:00 AM, Saturday: 4:00 PM – 3:00 AM, Sunday: 5:00 PM – 1:00 AM
price range

Price

$30 - $50

type

Type

None

service level

Service

None

cuisine

Cuisine

Bar Food , European , Finger Food

features

Features

Dine in ,  EFTPOS ,  Mastercard ,  Takeaway ,  Visa ,  Live Music ,  Private Dining ,  Cash ,  Nightlife ,  Bankcard ,  Cocktail ,  Seating ,  No Takeaway ,  Cards accepted ,  Dinner ,  Full Bar

Location
Level 1, 53 Courtenay Place, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand