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
  • (GF): Gluten Free on request / (DF): Dairy Free on request
  • Chicken Open Sandwich (GF)(DF) $12
    • Seasoned chicken breast with brie, salad greens and Cajun aioli on toasted sourdough
  • Steak and Eggs (GF)(DF) $24
    • Char-grilled 250g sirloin steak served with fries and bacon wrapped eggs
  • Prawns $6
  • -Salmon $24
  • Fish and Chips (GF)(DF) $19
    • Monteith’s golden battered fresh fish served on fries and salad w/ tartare
  • Bacon and Banana Pancakes $12
    • Four fluffy pancakes with bacon, banana and maple syrup, served with whipped cream
  • Peanut Butter Parfait, Butterscotch, Crème Anglaise, Chocolate Sauce $13.50
  • Israeli Couscous, Red Onion, Paprika Oil, Yoghurt Dressing $12.50
  • Crispy Pork Hock, Sour Apple & Herb Salad, Palm Sugar, Chilli Dressing $25.00
  • Dark Chocolate Brownie, Black Doris Plum Ice Cream, Raspberry Coulis $13.50
  • Homemade Rewana Bread, NZ Olive Oil, Dukkah $7.50
  • Ice Cream Sundae with Marshmallows $7.50
    • Topping – Butterscotch, Chocolate or Raspberry
  • Crispy Buttermilk Chicken, Honey Mustard Mayo $14.00
  • Fresh Salad, Lemon Dressing, Seeds $7.50
  • Risotto - Mushroom & Truffle (Gf) $17/ $25
  • French Onion W Parmesan Crostini $14.50
  • Creamy Garlic Mash Potato $8
  • Vanilla Brulee (Gf) W Citrus Tuile $14
  • (These items are designed to share, for two people, we recommend 3-4 plates)
  • Sticky Date Pudding W Butterscotch Sauce & Raspberry Coulis $14
  • Seafood Chowder, Vine Style W Salmon Cream Cheese $17
  • Free Range Pork Belly Slow Roasted W Celeraic & Apple Remoulade, Roasted Beets & Kumara, Apple Cider Jus $35
  • Toasties $ 8.50
    • 2 fillings / gluten-free toastie extra $2.00 ham / cheese / tomato / pineapple / corn / onion
  • Lambs fry $17.50
    • w/ bacon & fried potatoes
  • Eggs benedict / bacon $17.00
  • Eggs benedict / bacon $8.90
  • Eggs benedict / salmon $18.90
  • Extra fillings $ 1.80
  • Pancakes $8.90
  • Fat pigeon home-made paleo cereal $ 13.90
    • w/ berry compote & greek yoghurt
  • Chicken A La Weta 16 (GF on request) $26.00
    • A breast of chicken filled & baked with sun dried tomato and olive chutney and haloumi, wrapped in streaky bacon, served on kumara mash with sauteed vegetables and topped with creamy Tuscan sauce.
  • Iced T Leaf T $4.50
    • Brewed aromatic bodaciouos berry tea.
  • Tropical Mango $7.50
    • Mango, Passionfruit, Yoghurt and Pineapple.
  • Toasted Marmite and Cheese Bagel $8.50
  • Rasher of Streaky Bacon $2.00
  • Soup of the Day
    • Today's fresh homemade soup served with garlic toasted Turkish pide. POA
  • Chips $6.50
  • Market Fish (GF on request)
    • Catch of the day, pan-fried, steamed or cider battered served with salad & beer battered fries, or sauteed vegetables and fondant potatoes. POA
  • Pare's famouse seafood chowder $12
    • With crab, shrimbs, mussels and salmon
  • Sauces & dips $3
    • Sour cream, mexican salsa, satay sauce, aioli sauce, sweet thai sauce, BBQ sauce, tomato sauce, plum sauce, 100ml container
  • Seafood sensation $14 / $17
    • Shrimb, crab, mussels, seafood sauce
  • Vegetarian $12 / $16
    • Mushrooms, capsicum, olives, pineapple
  • 4c's $16 / $19
    • Roast chicken, cranberry sauce, cashews, camembert cheese
  • Beef eater $12 / $16
    • Tasty beef, tomato, mushrooms
  • Fly n Hawaiian $13 / $16
    • Mushrooms, chicken, pineapple
  • Hawaiian $11 / $14
    • Double ham, pineapple
  • ẃ garlic mash & vegetables $29.50
  • Bacon $17.50
  • Kumara wedges $18.80
    • the works—served with bacon, cheese, salsa & sour cream
  • Breads & Spreads $15.00
    • A selection of Artesian breads & three Ironique spreads
  • Fish & chips $18.00
    • Deep fried dory in tempura batter, steak fries & salad
  • Chicken, bacon & cheese burger $19.90
    • Grilled chicken, streaky bacon, tasty cheddar cheese, caramelised onions, Ironique crunchy slaw with a chipotle mayo served with steak fries
  • Soup of the Day $11.50
    • Chefs soup served ẃ toasted sour dough
  • Thai Style Prawn Cakes $7.50
    • Light & crispy prawn cakes ẃ a hint of chilli served ẃ a yoghurt chilli dipping sauce
  • Steak sammy with bacon, brie & onion rings $22.00
    • Served with curly fries
  • Al Brown's Best Ugly Bagels $12.50
    • Pastrami, gherkins, mustard & cheese
  • Char sui pulled pork tacon $13.00
  • Al Brown's Best Ugly Bagels $8.00
    • Chocolate hazelnut spread
  • Additional sides $4.00
    • Eggs/ tomatoes/ mushroom/ kransky/ avocado/ hash brown
  • Additional sides $6.00
    • House smoked salmon
  • Agora fried chicken $15.50
  • Granola honey puffs with yoghurt, mousse & strawberries $13.00
  • Each $4.00
  • 30 Chicken Nibbles & $4.00 Chips $25.00
  • 3 Chicken Nibble, Two Fish, Two Eggs, Salad $10.00
  • 3 Fish, 2 Hot Dog, 2 Crab Stick, 1 Chips $10.00
  • Sweet & Chilli Sauce Chicken on Rice $12.00
  • 15 Chicken Thighs & Chips $50.00
  • 5 Fish, 5 Potato Fritter, 5 Chicken Nugget, 4 Hot Dog, 2 Spring Roll, $4.00 Chips $25.00
  • 1 Combination Fried Rice, 1 Sweet & Sour Pork, 1 Chicken Chow Mein or Egg Foo Young $28.00
  • Sausage $3.00
  • Jaffles-Gourmet Toasted Sandwich $10.00
  • Add mozzarella, pesto & caramelised onion
  • House Eggs Benedict $16.00
    • Poached free range eggs on a kumara & kale rosti w/ hollandaise sauce
  • Creamy Mushrooms $15.00
    • Button & field mushrooms in a coconut cream on toasted ciabatta
  • Wholegrain toast $12.00
    • +two free-range eggs any style
  • Add large $10.00
  • +Handmade conserves or marmalade $8.00
  • Gosht Biryani $17.00
    • Basmati rice cooked with lamb, special spices and herbs
  • Chicken Jalfrezi $16.00
    • Boneless chicken cooked with diced onion, capsicum & tomato in sweet & sour sauce
  • Plain Naan $2.50
  • Veg Jalfrezi $14.00
    • Mixed vegetables cooked with diced onion, capsicum and tomato in sweet and sour flavour
  • Onion Bhaji $6.00
    • julienne cut onion dipped in spiced chickpeas flour then deep fried
  • Lamb Boti Masala $27.00
    • Tender lamb pieces cooked with capsicum, onion, fresh tomato & special sauce
  • Butter Lamb $16.00
    • Boneless lamb pieces cooked in spices nad creamy tomato sauce
  • Prawn Shahi Korma $18.00
    • Prawns cooked in rich creamy cashew nut gravy with spices
  • Scrambled Egg $15.90
    • Home Made Bread, Grilled Tomato and Salad with Bacon
  • Caesar Salads $17.90
    • Cos Lettuce with Streaky Bacon, Croutons, Parmesan Cheese with Poached Egg
  • Grilled Chicken Sandwich $16.90
    • Grilled Chicken, Lettuce, Avocado, Totmato, Onion, Fried Egg with Fries and Aioli
  • Fish N Chips $15.90
    • Battered Market Fish with Chips and Salad
  • Eggs Benedict with Salmon $17.90
    • Home Made Bread with Saute Spinach, Mushroom and Home Made Hollandaise Sauce
  • French Toast $15.90
    • Home Made Bread with Bacon, Grilled Banana, Maple Syrup
  • Soup of the Day $11.50
    • with Home Made Garlic Bread
  • Mushroom on Toast $15.90
    • Creamy Mushroom with Poached Egg, Crispy Bacon and Home Made Bread
  • Laksa w chicken & prawns $18
  • Chicken burger n chips $14
  • Fish & chips $25
    • served w salad & our homemade tartare sauce
  • Sweetcorn fritters w bacon & fresh salsa $15
  • Chocolate brownie & vanilla ice cream $12
  • Thai green curry $24
    • w coconut cream & lime
  • Hot dog n chips $10
  • Tomato & basil $24
    • w chorizo
  • Volcanic Ciabatta $8
    • Stuffed with garlic jersey mascarpone
  • -Meyer Vintage Gouda (Waikato)
    • 2-3 years old, crumbly with sensational crunch and a very sharp flavour. Nz cheese awards supreme award winner
  • Silere Alpine Merino Rump $22
    • With fattoush salad, hummus, raisin and harissa dressing
  • -Waimata French Style Blue (Gisborne)
    • A rich creamy blue cheese with a sweet composty aroma, peppery blue mould and a delicate saltiness
  • Prime Beef Tenderloin $42
    • Mini tapenade stuffed beef olive with smoked potato mash, onion ash, beetroot, black garlic, tarragon and jus
  • Crispy Pork Hock $38
    • With palm sugar chilli caramel, fresh thai vegetable salad, red nam jim and fragrant
  • Turmeric and Sweet Potato Gnocchi $35
    • Artichoke purée, artesian smoked mozzarella, olive soil, pickled pumpkin, spring greens, fresh mint and tamarind relish
  • Hot Smoked Salmon Salad $24
    • With crisp baby cos, bagel chips, asparagus, radish, peppered cream cheese and ranch dressing
  • Steak, Eggs & Chips $31
    • Angus Pure scotch fillet / salad
  • Antipasto (designed for two) $19.5
    • selection of dips / pickled vegetables / cured meat / cheese / crackers
  • Ice Cream Sundae $10
    • your choice of passionfruit, caramel or chocolate sauce
  • Lightly Spiced Calamari $15
    • salad greens / sweet chilli aioli
  • Garlic Bread $6.5
    • lightly toasted bread / garlic herb butter
  • Fish of the Day
    • see our list of daily updates and specials
  • Prawn Cocktail $16.5
    • lettuce / seafood sauce
  • Paté $11
    • herb crostini
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