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

  • Seafood Fettuccini $19
    • Lightly pan-seared scallops, prawns and mussels cooked in a lemon and dill cream sauce
  • -Add Fries $3
  • Onion Rings $6
  • Eggs Benedict (GF) $12
    • Poached eggs on toasted ciabatta bread served with spinach, hollandaise sauce and your choice of bacon OR portobello mushrooms
  • Chicken Burger (GF)(DF) $19
    • Pan seared chicken breast with brie, bacon, salad greens, aioli and sweet roast capsicum salsa served with fries
  • Fish and Chips (GF)(DF) $19
    • Monteith’s golden battered fresh fish served on fries and salad w/ tartare
  • (GF): Gluten Free on request / (DF): Dairy Free on request
  • 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
  • Entree $13.95
  • Scotch Fillet Chargrilled Angus beef $32.95
    • served fresh vegetables, cheddar mash & hollandaise sauce
  • Sweet Corn Fritters $14.50
    • fresh spinach, sour cream & sweet chilli sauce (v)
  • + chicken $3.00
  • Seafood Chowder $12.95
    • with toasted garlic bread
  • Cajun Chicken Salad $18.95
    • bacon, lettuce , capsicum, red onion, grapes, cucumber, pinenuts & a lime & coriander dressing (gf)
  • Garlic Prawns
    • pan fried with garlic + chilli, served with toasted garlic bread (gfo)
  • Mean & Green $17.95
    • mushrooms, roasted bell pepper, red onion, fresh basil, avocado & walnuts (gfo, v)
  • Bacon and Scrambled Egg Roll $7.00
  • Treat $11.00
    • 1 rash of bacon, 1 sausage, 1 egg, hash brown, toast and your choice of fried tomato, onions and mushrooms
  • Bacon and Mushrooms $17.50
    • 3 rashers of bacon, mushrooms, toast and your choice of tea or coffee
  • Macaroni and Bacon $10.00
  • Ham $7.50
    • Your choice of roll or sandwich. Ham off the bone, gravy and salad
  • BLAT $11.00
    • Bacon, lettuce, tomato, avocado and mayonnaise
  • Fries (small) $3.00
  • Sausage Meal $17.50
    • Croquettes, vegetables, pumpkin and gravy
  • Scored Olives, Mixed, Marinated & Spicy $9
  • Steamed Mussels W White Wine, Onion & Garlic Buerre Blanc $14
  • Chicken Nibbles Pan Roasted W Tamarind Chilli Glaze $13.50
  • Risotto - Mushroom & Truffle (Gf) $17/ $25
  • Cured Meats W Focaccia, Chicken Liver Pate, Pickles & Olives $19.50
  • French Onion W Parmesan Crostini $14.50
  • Nz Salmon Fillet Pan Seared W Warm Roast Vegetable Salad, Caper, Herb Oil & Truffle Butter $34
  • •Desserts
  • Cottage pie - toasted sourdough $16.00
  • Green leaves - tomato feta - poached egg salad $13.00
    • smoked salmon – scotch: add $9.00 / chicken - pork: add $8.00
  • Avocado - feta - cashews - poached egg - grain toast $16.00
  • Flat Mushrooms $4.00
  • Eggs benedict - Ruapuke sourdough - spinach - hollandaise $16.00 / $19.50
    • bacon / smoked salmon
  • Tomato $3.00
  • Avocado $3.00
  • Chicken liver parfait - onion jam - toasted sourdough $16.00
  • Mixed Berry Creme Brulee $13.50
    • Served with vanilla bean ice cream
  • Garlic Prawn Skewers $26.50
    • Grilled Prawn Skewers served on a fresh garden salad with sweet chilli & aioli
  • Stuffed Chicken Breast $29.50
    • Chicken Breast stuffed with Spinach & Brie wrapped in Bacon served on a Red onion, Capsicum, tomato warm Couscous salad finished with Cranberry Sauce
  • Chicken, Leek & Mushroom Filo $15.00
    • Tender chicken pieces cooked in a creamy white sauce with leek & mushrooms served in a crispy filo parcel served with a house salad
  • Steak Sandwich $19.00
    • 150gram steak chargrilled and served on toasted ciabatta topped with melted mozzarella cheese on salad leaves, tomato, caramelized red onion, aioli served with side of fries
  • Rack of Lamb $34.50
    • Cutlets of Lamb herb crusted served on sauteed garlic & mint potatoes, seasonal Vegetables, finished with a Red wine Jus
  • Beef Scotch Fillet 250g $32.50
    • Chargrilled to your liking, served with fries, roast tomato, eggs and your choice of mushroom or pepper sauce (also available with sauteed potatoes & Seasoned Vegetables)
  • Surf 'N' Turf $34.50
    • Beef scotch fillet served on garlic & herb sauteed potatoes, seasonal vegetables, baby spinach, Red Wine Jus topped with garlic prawns skewer
  • Stir fried Garlic and Ground pepper $15
  • Stir fried fresh Begetable and celery $17
    • with special yellow curry sauce (not dairy free)
  • Pad Thai $15
    • Stir fried rice noodle with tamarind sauce, eggs, been sprout, ground pea nuts
  • Stir fried Oyster sauce $17
  • Stir fried red chilli paste, green bean, carrot and kaffir lime leaves $17
  • Stir fried mushroom, green bean, carrot $17
    • with red chilli and garlic
  • Stir fried fresh vegetable $17
    • with toast garlic
  • Stir fried Basil & Chilli $17
  • Toast points $13.00
    • With homemade baked beans & soft poached egg
  • Hungry persons feast (GFA) $25.00
    • Bacon, sausages, poached eggs, hash mash with homemade baked beans, creamy mushrooms, compulsory greens, hollandaise and toast
  • -With hash mash $16.00
  • Gluten free bases available please add $5.00
  • -Add smoked kahawai $5.00
  • Sides (GF) All $7.00
    • Served with sour cream and sweet chilli
  • Chicken, bacon & blue cheese $20.00
  • Turkish eggs (GFA) $17.00
    • Eggs baked in a smoky capsicum & tomato base, topped with sumac yoghurt & crusty rosemary bread
  • Apple slaw $8.00
  • Roast beetroot salad (V) (GF) (N) $16.00
    • Green beans, toasted walnuts, feta, salad leaves & orange dressing
  • Flat bread (V) $12.00
    • Garlic, mozzarella cheese & rosemary
  • Beachcomber $45.00
    • Fresh coromander mussels, salt & pepper squid, manuka smoked salmon, beer battered fresh fish, salad, lemon & toasted bread (for 2)
  • The picnic (N) $45.00
    • Orgasnic chicken liver pate, creamy brie, smoked cheddar, kikorangi blue, chutney, cornichons, marinated olives & dukkah (for 2)
  • "Crateofries" $8.00
    • Chunky fries, aioli & tomato sauce
  • Charred broccoli (N) $8.00
    • Almonds & mustard dressing
  • Hooked $10.00
    • Chocolate fudge brownie, chocolate sauce & vanilla ice cream
  • Cacik dip $6.00
    • Served with cacik and pita bread
  • Cheese cake $4.50
  • Your choice of fresh meats or vege served with rice and topped with and combination of sauces
  • Turkish coffee $4.50
    • Served with turkish delight
  • Falafel $1.50
    • Chickpeas, celery, parsley, coriander
  • "Eat right, be bright"
  • -Combination $16.00
    • Chicken, lamb, falafel and mujver
  • Your choice of fresh meats or vege and salads served with a bed of fries, topped with your favourite sauces, and one of our famous dips
  • Our chefs can alter our dishes to suit dietary requirements, please advise your wait staff
  • -Dry rubbed smoked venison topside, truffled labneh pickled onion salsa
  • Gluten Free Bases available $3.00
  • Chicken $24.00
    • Spiced chicken breast, apricot chutney with chargrilled zucchini & an olive, sundried tomato, red pepper and jalapeno salsa
  • Meat Lovers $24.00
    • Home reared pulled beef, braised pork belly and Harmony pork & fennel sausage with streaky bacon, onion jam, roasted garden pumpkin and jus
  • Vegetarian $28.00
    • Pumpkin, parmesan & herb roasted semolina cake with wild rocket pesto, a lemon & nutmeg scented house ricotta, pickled beetroot and stuffed portabello mushroom
  • Sharing Platter $32.00
    • Chef’s choice’s of 3 seasonal tasters to whet the appetite!!
  • Seafood $25.00
    • Daily catch & shrimps with house smoked salmon, white anchovies, a caper & parsley gremolata
  • Crispy fried buffalo wings $15.50
    • BBQ aioli, fries & salad
  • Big beach breakfast $19.50
    • bacon, tomato, sausage, hash browns, free range eggs, grain toas(GFO)
  • Eggs benedict $17.50
    • smoked salmon or bacon w spinach, lemon hollandaise(GFO)(vegetarian option mushroom & spinach)
  • Arancini (crumbed risotto balls) $17
    • w spinach and mushroom, rocket and pesto
  • Bacon & eggs $14
    • free range eggs your way, poached, scrambled or fried(GFO)
    • Although we do our best to satisfy the requirements of guests w allergies, we are not a gluten or allergen free facility. (V) – vegetarian, (VGO) – vegetarian option available, (GF) – gluten free, (GFO) – gluten free option available
  • Hot honey chicken salad $18.50
    • w mixed leaf salad, cashews and crispy noodles(GFO)
  • Double baked pork spare ribs $19
    • BBQ sauce, fries & garden salad
  • Vege Burger $10
  • ALL MAIN MEALS COME WITH SALAD & FRIES
  • Cheese & sour cream $12
  • Dressed Wedges Bacon
  • Kumara and Bacon salad $16
    • Choose a selection of salads from our salad table
  • Ham Steak w pineapple & apple sauce $16
  • Home made pie $12
  • Shrimp Cocktail $9
  • Large 18" Sausage $ 31
    • Italian Style Sausage
  • Authentic Dipping Sauces $ 1.5
    • Sal’s Legendary Sauce, Buffalo. HOT Buffalo, Chunky Blue Cheese. Creamy Ranch, Marinara
  • Cheese $ 4
  • Large 18" Cheese $ 25
    • Sal’s Legendary Sauce and Premium Wisconsin Mozzarella
  • * Pizza by the slice available in store only
  • A Taste of NY $ 100
    • 4 of our Signature Large 18” Pizzas Cheese, Pepperoni, Meatball, Sausage
  • Pepperoni, Extra Cheese $ 5
  • 1 Topping or Veggie $ 5
  • Crab Stick $2.20
  • Pork pastry $3.00
  • Mince & Cheese $ 3.30
  • Butter chicken $ 3.30
  • Steak & kidney $ 3.30
  • Bacon & egg $ 3.30
  • Steak/cheese & bacon $ 3.30
  • Deep Fried Fish $2.60
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