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

  • Steak and Eggs (GF)(DF) $24
    • Char-grilled 250g sirloin steak served with fries and bacon wrapped eggs
  • Salmon $8
  • -Classic $16
  • Prawns $6
  • Seafood Fettuccini $19
    • Lightly pan-seared scallops, prawns and mussels cooked in a lemon and dill cream sauce
  • Fries $6
  • 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
  • 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
  • Paddock Favs $9
    • Polenta fries tomato essence, jalapeño crema
  • Pork Belly $12
    • 12 hour char sui roasted pig, peanut satay,kim chi mayo, pickled cucumber
  • Spanish style soft eggs $17
    • Chorizo, spinach, harissa, lane & rye bread
  • Waffles $15
    • Buttermilk waffles w charred banana, caramel sauce candied pecans & mascapone
  • Smoked salmon $7
  • Beef $13
    • Local Hereford prime mince, tomato relish, cheese, pickles, garlic aioli
  • Gordita $16
    • Chipotle rubbed beef, chargrilled w smokey cheese, pickles, shredded ice berg, jalapeño crema
  • Paddock Favs $8
    • Hand cut chips w rosemary salt & garlic aioli
  • Buttermilk Waffle $9.00
    • One waffle topped with ice cream, fresh banana and a side of maple syrup
  • Vegetarian Big Breakfast $21.00
    • Two hash browns, two slow cooked tomatoes, creamy mushrooms, fresh spinach, two poached eggs on toasted grain bread
  • Fish Burger $18.00
    • Toasted brioche bun, fresh battered fish, lettuce, tomato with a caper tartare sauce served with Thunder Crunch fries
  • Curly Fries $7.50
    • Served with in-house aioli and tomato sauce
  • Eggs Benedict $16.00
    • Baby spinach, two poached eggs on toasted grain bread topped with hollandaise sauce - with crispy bacon
  • Fish and Chips $19.50
    • Lightly battered fresh fish of the day served with salad and Thunder Crunch fries
  • Vegetarian Big Breakfast $13.50
    • Half portion available
  • Fish and Chips $11.50
    • Half portion available
  • Satay chicken strips & rice $17
    • Chicken tenderloins w our homemade creamy satay sauce. Cashew nuts & side salakj
  • -egg $2
  • Accompanied with complementary salad/coleslaw & plum sauce
  • Smoked salmon w feta salad w our coleslaw/salad mix, cucumber, tomato & feta & our own vinaigreete w a slice of lemon $18
  • Creamy mushrooms $5.80
  • Kids fluffy
    • With marshmallows & choc fish
  • Brioche french toast $16.90
    • With premium bacon, maple syrup w a choice of caramelized banana or mixed berries
  • Marinated moroccan beef salad with baby spinach, crispy noodles, red onion & our mint yogurt sauce $17
  • Toasts gf $6
    • Buttered fruit toast- ricotta- lemon curd
  • Croque monsieur- suced legham- bechamel- mustard- tasty cheese $5
  • Fried potatoes gf $18
    • Chorizo - cherry tomatoes - red onion s - baby spinach poached eggs - tomato relish
  • Chia& apple bircher $15
    • Almond soaked chia - fresh apple & pear - oats- coconut yogurt freeze cried fruit - roasted pepita
  • Bacon butty gf $9
    • Bacon- ciabatta- tomato sauce
  • Bacon and eggs gf $16
    • Buttered ciabatta toast - holly bacon - eggs - sri lankan chillichutney
  • Salmon sourdough gf $18
    • Cold smoked salmon - sourdough - avocado . Feta & pumpkin seed smash poached eggs
  • Avocado feta smash on sourdough gf $9
  • Available from 8am - 2.00-3:00 pm daily
  • -Reg $5.50
  • -3 Filling $7.90
  • Bacon and Eggs $15.50
    • Middle bacon, free range eggs, toasted ciabatta
  • Eggs Benedict $18.50
    • English muffin, spinach, bacon OR salmon OR mushrooms, free range egg and hollandaise.
  • Gluten free available on request, please ask when placing your order. Vegetarian options available
  • -Large $7.90
  • -with salmon $21.90
  • 5 Chicken Nibble, Chips, Can of Drink $8.50
  • 4 Fish, 12 Mussels, 12 Oysters, $4.00 Chips $30.00
  • 4 Chicken Thighs & Chips $14.00
  • 15 Chicken Thighs & Chips $50.00
  • Sweet & Chilli Sauce Chicken on Rice $12.00
  • Snapper $5.50
  • 2 Fish, 2 Oysters, 2 Scallops, Chips $12.00
  • 3 Fish, 2 Hot Dog, 2 Crab Stick, 1 Chips $10.00
  • Garlic bread $6
  • Chocolate brownie & vanilla ice cream $12
  • Sundaes $ 8
    • ​chocolate, caramel, passion fruit & wild berry
  • French toast w banana, $15
    • maple syrup & crème fraiche
  • Battered mussels $20
    • freshly shucked raw mussels deep fried in a crispy batter served w salad & fries
  • Natural steamed mussel pot $18
  • Hot dog n chips $10
  • Creamy mussel chowder $18
    • served w garlic & herb bread
  • Eggs
    • Poached, fried or scrambled served on white or vogel's
  • -Salmon, cream cheese & capers $12.50
  • Toasted bagels
  • -With bacon $13.50
  • Savoury mince on toast
  • Egg florentine $15.50
    • With bacon or salmon
  • Simply chicken burger $16.50
    • Fresh chicken, lettuce, tomato, onion, brie, garlic mayo & fries
  • Kiwi beef burger $16.50
    • 120 gram meat patty, lettuce, tomato, onion, bacon, cheese, BBQ sauce & fries
  • Mexicana $21.00
    • Spicy beef, olives, onion, capsicum, jalapeno's
  • Topping List In-Store $10.00
  • Gluten Free Bases $4.00
  • Apricot Chicken $22.00
    • Apricot slices, camembert, chicken, apricot swirl
  • Seafood $18.00
    • Shrimps, anchovies, seafood swirl
  • Satay Chicken $23.00
    • Chicken, mushroom, capsicum, onion, peanuts, satay swirl sauce
  • Nutty Vege $23.00
    • Sundried tomato, pinenuts, olives, capsicum, pineapple
  • Camberry + $23.00
    • Cranberry sauce, camembert, chicken, cashew nuts
  • Summer Fling $12.00
    • Lemon & vanilla bean posset topped with garden strawberry jelly served with summer berry sorbet and a pistachio & almond biscotti
  • Beef $18.00
    • House smoked eye fillet of beef with carrot and cucumber kimchi served with fresh peach, chilli peanuts and vanilla spiced red pepper reduction
  • Gluten Free Bases available $3.00
  • Pork $33.00
    • Crispy skin pork belly on an Agria potato, seeded mustard & ham hock gratin with a fragrant Summer garden slaw, a green apple & ginger vinaigrette and a mandarin emulsion
  • Peter Rabbit’s Pick $12.00
    • Raspberry & rhubarb frangipane cake served with a lime & ginger curd, blackberry mousse, homemade almond marshmallow & a black sesame nougatine tuille
  • Try our house-made chilli samball $3.00
  • Vegetarian $23.00
    • Creamed leeks on a confit garlic base, Kahurangi blue cheese, fresh rocket, poached apple and toasted walnuts
  • Margherita $20.00
    • Vine ripened tomatoes, mozzarella, confit garlic, tomato sugo and garden basil
  • Hummingbird Bombe Alaska
    • Duck island mascarpone ice cream and hummingbird cake encased in a raw sugar meringue
  • -tempura with soy mirin and seaweed salad $24/48
  • Silver Fern Farms Compressed Lamb Belly and Roasted Fillet $41
    • Glazed with burnt miso, puffed barley and brown lentil ‘risotto’, bacon, butternut, swiss brown mushrooms, asparagus and whipped feta
  • Freshly Shucked Kaipara Oysters $24/48
    • -natural with cabernet sauvignon vinegar and shallot
  • Grilled Octopus with Hokkaido Scallop and Chorizo $21
    • Salad of marinated heirloom tomatoes, arugula rocket with a black rice vinegar reduction
  • Silver Fern Farms Compressed Lamb Belly and Roasted Fillet $41
    • Glazed with burnt miso, puffed barley and brown lentil ‘risotto’, bacon, butternut, swiss brown mushrooms, asparagus and whipped feta
  • Market Fish $37
    • Explained by your wait staff
  • -chicken, bacon, coddled egg, reggiano parmesan, cream sauce $24
  • Chicken nuggets $0.80
  • 2 Fish, 2 crabstick, 2 potato fritters 2 sausages hotdog $3 chips $20.00
  • Kiddie $4.50
  • Fish cake $1.70
  • Hamburger $7.00
  • Mini hotdogs $1.00
  • Steak & egg $9.00
  • B $10.00
    • Fish, 4chicken nuggets, 4 mini hotdogs, potato fritter $2 chips
  • Hawaiian Burger $6.80
  • Small Breakfast $9.50
    • 1 toast, 2 hash browns, 2 eggs, mushrooms & tomato
  • Ham Cheese & pineapple $4.90
  • Steak toasted sandwich $4.00
  • Steak Eggs & chips/steak chips & salad $18.50
  • Hamburger $4.00
  • Fish $4.00
  • Everything Burger $8.90
  • Bacon & egg $ 3.30
  • Hamburger $3.20
  • Bacon tomato pizza $3.50
  • Butter chicken $ 3.30
  • Curry Spring Roll $2.50
  • Pork pastry $3.00
  • Steak/cheese & tomato $3.30
  • Chicken Kebab $2.50
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