Workman's Cafe Bar in Waikato Menu

STARTERS STARTERS
  • Workman's Herby Bread $5
  • Pate $18
    • Syd's world famous in Matamata, chicken liver, rum and port with fig walnut chutney and herby bread
  • Scallop Mornay $18
    • scallops lightly blanched in white wine served in a creamy mornay sauce
  • Fritters $16
    • Carrot and Broccoli and Spanish onion with sour cream, sweet chilli sauce
  • Seafood chowder $18
    • scrumptious chowder prawns, squid, muscles, fish and salmon with a touch of curry, so good you have to try it!
  • Squid lightly dusted in flour pan fried in olive oil with capers and garlic finished with parsley and lemon $16
  • Soup of the day $12
    • homemade by the chef packed with yummy stuff
  • Pasta $17
    • Workman's special creamy chicken pasta with mushrooms topped with parmesan cheese
  • Eggs benny on ciabatta bread served with hashbrown. Bacon, Salmon or veggies? the best in town! $18
  • Creamy rosemary mushies with smoked bacon on ciabatta bread $18
  • Bacon and eggs any style on ciabatta bread served w ith slow roasted tomato $15
  • Fluffy pancakes with greek yoghurt and maple syrup $12
  • Homemade hot porridge with cream and brown sugar $10
  • Sizzling Spanish baked egg with spicy chorizo and toast $12
  • Steak sammie topped with hot cheese foam and caramelised onion. $18
    • Served with fries and allioli
  • Fresh fish and chips served with mixed battered? greens and tartare sauce. Pan-fried or $17
  • Workman's famous fritters topped with sour cream, sweet chilli sauce and mixed greens $14
  • The classic B.L.T on foccacia bread with fries $14
  • Pasta of the day (ask our lovely staff) $17
  • Soup of the day served with toast (and again... ask our lovely staff!) $12
  • Chowder $18
    • Prawns, squid , muscles and fish with a touch of curry
DINNER MENU DINNER MENU
  • Fish $33
    • Fresh off the boat pan fried with yummy stuff . Please ask our lovely staff.
  • Pork belly $32
    • Please ask our lovely staff.slow roasted pork belly w ith hints of cardamom and five spice served on seasonal puree w ith crispy crackling
  • Tender chicken cooked in a nu ty Thai and sweet chilli sauce with coriander and ginger served with fluffy rice $33
  • Lamb shank one shank $20 / Two shanks $33
    • tender melt in your mouth slow cooked shanks served on a bed of creamy mash with lots of yummy sauce
  • Pasta $30
    • Workman's special cream y chicken pasta with mushroom stopped with parmesan cheese>>
  • Chef's Treat of the week $33
    • please ask your waiting staff for details >>
  • Workman's steaks Eye $36 / Scotch $34
  • -Option 1 served with whole seed mustard infused mash, w ilted spinach & Syd's famous caramelised garlic "burnt" sauce - a local favourite
  • -Option 2 Served with crispy roasted spuds, garlic marinated mushrooms spinach and red wine jus.
  • All Meals Served With Roast Vegetables
  • Dessert Available To All Guests With Clean Plates

Nearby Sample Menus

  • Bacon $4
  • Chicken Open Sandwich (GF)(DF) $12
    • Seasoned chicken breast with brie, salad greens and Cajun aioli on toasted sourdough
  • Lamb Salad (GF) $20
    • Medium-rare lamb fillet with warm roasted vegetables seasoned with fresh thyme and rosemary wtih fresh salad greens and a balsamic reduction
  • Thai Green Curry (GF)(DF) $19
    • Pan seared chicken strips, capsicum, spring onion, fresh chilli and sweet coconut chips, served on a bed of coriander jasmine rice
  • Beef Burger (GF)(DF) $19
    • the helm made beef pattie with bacon, onion rings, swiss cheese green tomato and jalapeño chutney and salad greens served w/ fries
  • Caesar Salad (GF)
    • Crispy cos lettuce, parmesan, bacon and garlic croutons wtih our own Caesar dressing and topped with a poached egg
  • Bacon and Banana Pancakes $12
    • Four fluffy pancakes with bacon, banana and maple syrup, served with whipped cream
  • -Add Fries $3
  • Platter with cured meats, cheese, salmon and a selection of accompaniments from New Zealand, Italy & Spain $35.00
  • Olive oil sponge $16.00
    • Pear sorbet, yoghurt ganache, pickled cucumber
  • Selection of handcrafted breads $12.00
  • Wild Red deer carpaccio $22.00
    • Juniper cure, roasted beetroot,toasted hazelnut
  • Free range chicken $38.00
    • Coq au vin’, pearl onions, bacon lardons, parsley crumb
  • Taupo lamb loin $39.00
    • Ricotta, salsa verde, spicy kumara puree and ‘mille feuille
  • Provincial seafood pot au feu $21.00
    • Served with rouille
  • Broccolini, almond brown butter, garlic and lemon $88.00
  • Al brown bacon / egg / avocado $13.50
  • Mini chicken burger & curly fries w/ sauce $ 12.00
  • Lamb salad (gluten-free) $21.00
    • w/ feta, toasted pumpkin/sunflower seeds & creme of balsalmic dressing
  • Extra fillings $ 1.80
  • Eggs benedict / bacon $17.00
  • Curly fries / steak fries $10.00
    • w/ sauce
  • Eggs / toast / fried potatoes $3.00
  • French toast (brioche) $16.90
    • w/ bacon, banana & maple syrup
  • Fries with Aioli Garlic $4.00
  • Falafel Small $9.00 Lrg $11.00
  • Dip Platter & Garlic Bread $10.00
  • Lamb Small $9.90 Lrg $12.00
  • Beef Moussaka $15.00
  • Mix $13.50
  • All in One Lrg $15.00
  • Chicken $13.50
  • Hooked $10.00
    • Chocolate fudge brownie, chocolate sauce & vanilla ice cream
  • Pulled pork sliders $16.00
    • Apple slaw
  • Additional sauces $1.00
  • Prime beef burger $24.00
    • Pickles, american mustard, onion, mozzarella cheese, lettuce & fries
  • -Beef pattie & cheese slider & fries $12.00
  • -Ham, cheese & pineapple pizza $12.00
  • Gluten free pizza bases $3.00
  • Half & half pizzas available extra $2.00
  • Fresh Baked Cookie $3.00
  • Muffin $4.00
  • Soup of the day $8.00
  • Cold Pork Pie $6.00
  • Homemade Stew $10.00
  • Scone $3.50
  • Beef and Ale Pie $6.00
  • Ploughman Sandwich $6.00
  • Steak and egg $4.30
  • Steak $3.50
  • Carton of mussles *8 $6.00
  • Egg burger $4.00
  • Bacon and egg burger $5.50
  • Carb stick $1.20
  • Steak burger $5.50
  • Chicken fried fried rice $12.00
  • Homemade Breads $6.00
    • Wholemeal, ciabatta, rye, gluten free. Served with preserves
  • Black Truffle Crème Brulee $18.00
    • Served with caramelised pears and toast
  • Fish of the Day $37.00
    • Panko lemon & ginger crusted fish served with butternut risotto, vegetables and cumin prawns
  • Lamb and Mushrooms $37.00
    • Grilled pistachio lamb rack served with a mushroom jus and wild roasted mushrooms
  • Venison Filet $38.00
    • Served with chocolate jus on grilled red onions, tomato confit and asparagus
  • Fish Ceviche $19.00
    • Citrus and Ginger marinated fresh fish Ceviche
  • Apricot Panna Cotta $18.00
    • Served with a shot of digestive apricot liquor and puff pastry cinnamon twist
  • Free Range Eggs Any Way $17.00
    • Cooked to your liking and served on toasted ciabatta
  • Chicken Tacos $15.00
    • Three soft tacos crispy chicken, slaw, paprika mayo and chilli jam
  • Seasonal Vegetables $7.50
  • Add 6 Mussels $6.00
  • Smoked Beef Brisket $17.00
    • Slow braised brisket, creamy slaw, Swiss cheese and crispy onions
  • Vegetable Salad $17.00
    • Roast kumara, pumpkin, red onion, feta, crispy chickpeas, spinach and apple kasundi relish
  • Add Fries $4.00
  • Add Fries $4.00
  • Chicken Liver Paté $13.50
    • With apple and fig jam, baked ciabatta and olive oil
  • Seafood Cocktails with Creamy Seafood Sauce & Salad $tba
  • Oyster Cocktail $12.80
  • Toast $5.00
    • three slices of toast with spreads
  • Garlic Bread $4.90
  • French Toast $9.30
    • with thick cut Vienna Loaf, choice of bacon & banana or fresh fruit salad
  • Mushrooms & Bacon $13.50
  • Eggs Benedict on Vienna Loaf $15.20
    • with tomato, hash browns & hollandaise sauce with salmon
  • Eggs Benedict on Vienna Loaf $14.20
    • with tomato, hash browns & hollandaise sauce with bacon
  • -Pico (France)
    • A unique goat’s cheese from the region of perigord in france, pico is creamy, dense and soft-ripened with mould. Flavoursome and aromatic with hazelnut notes
  • -flambéed with cointreau $21
  • Pohutukawa Smoked Duck Breast $39
    • Celeriac purée and remoulade, truffle and mushroom potsticker, duck jus
  • King Salmon Poke $19
    • With ora king caviar, pickled daikon, black garlic and kimchee, chive and native new zealand seaweed
  • Treacle Cured Beef $18
    • With red pepper sorbet, kogi bbq sauce, baby shiso
  • -Smoked potato mash $8
  • Prime Beef Tenderloin $42
    • Mini tapenade stuffed beef olive with smoked potato mash, onion ash, beetroot, black garlic, tarragon and jus
  • Grilled Octopus with Hokkaido Scallop and Smoked Chorizo $19
    • Salad of marinated heirloom tomatoes, arugula rocket with a black rice vinegar reduction
  • -sausage, bacon, tomato, hashbrowns, mushrooms, side salad
  • Creamy mushrooms on toast $12.00
  • Eggs anyway $9.00
  • French toast $14.50
  • Toast & jam $4.00
  • Full breary $18.00
  • Muesli $0.00
  • Extras $4.00
  • Lamb mussakka $21.90
  • Chickle chips $4.50
  • Peri peri chicken R$17/L$20/F$25
  • Turkish delight $4.00
  • Kebab Regular
  • -Lamb kebab $10.00
  • Mixed vegetarian kebab $13.00
  • Memo lamb or chicken R$17/L$20/F$25
  • CHICKEN FILLET BURGER
    • Real chicken fillet, sticky chilli, cheese, in a ciabatta bun with caramelised onion, garden fresh salad and garlic aioli.
  • BACON AND EGG OR BLT
  • WARM EYE FILLET BURGER
    • Roasted prime beef eye fillet, served medium rare, and matched with a yummy bearnaise sauce in a ciabatta bun with caramelised onion, garden fresh salad and garlic aioli.
  • VEGETARIAN OPTION
    • Grilled Halloumi on a feta and quinoa patty, sticky chilli, with garden fresh salad and garlic aioli on a ciabatta bun
  • VENISON BURGER
    • Exclusively sourced lean venison patty, with Deejays special herbs, served with caramelised onions, grandma's plum sauce and garden fresh salad – all encased in a ciabatta bun.
  • FRUCOR DRINKS RANGE
  • PURE ANGUS” BURGER
    • Prime 100% Angus beef patty, sourced exclusively for Deejays, and made to a strict recipe. Served with our special tomato sauce, caramelised onions and fresh salad all wrapped up in a ciabatta bun.
  • HOT KUMARA “YUMMO”
  • Surfers Ganola with homemade museli, yoghurt, honey and seasonal fruit $13
  • Pepper squid salad with zesty dill dressing and fresh tomatoes $16
  • Breakfast and French Pastries N/A
    • Available daily from 9AM
  • Homemade tartare, aioli or mayo $1
  • Smoked salmon bagel with capers, cream cheese and fresh tomato $18
  • Beer battered or pan fried fish of the day POD
  • Scoop of chips $5
    • with tomato sauce
  • Fresh Coromandel mussels with white wine, dill and garlic served with fries or sourdough bread $20
Workman's Cafe Bar

Workman's Cafe Bar

location

Address

52 Broadway, Matamata, Matamata, Waikato, 3400, New Zealand

phone

Phone

078885498

clock

Opened hours

Monday: Closed, Tuesday: Closed, Wednesday: 7:30 AM – 10:00 PM, Thursday: 7:30 AM – 10:00 PM, Friday: 7:30 AM – 10:00 PM, Saturday: 7:30 AM – 10:00 PM, Sunday: 7:30 AM – 10:00 PM
price range

Price

$10 - $20

type

Type

None

service level

Service

Table Service

cuisine

Cuisine

Cafe Food , European , Gluten Free , New Zealand , Spanish , Vegetarian

features

Features

Dine in ,  EFTPOS ,  Mastercard ,  Takeaway ,  Visa ,  Wheelchair accessible ,  Business meetings ,  Reservations ,  Breakfast ,  Waitstaff ,  Takeout ,  Wine and Beer ,  Cash ,  Groups ,  Quick Bites ,  Bankcard ,  Lunch ,  Bar Scene ,  Seating ,  Highchairs Available ,  Brunch ,  Free Wifi ,  Special Occasion Dining ,  Serves Alcohol ,  Dinner ,  Child-friendly ,  Outdoor Seating ,  Full Bar ,  Cash only

Location
52 Broadway, Matamata, Matamata, Waikato, 3400, New Zealand