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

  • Lamb $16
    • Beetroot & pomegranate relish, horseradish labne, hummus pea shoots
  • Spanish style soft eggs $17
    • Chorizo, spinach, harissa, lane & rye bread
  • Smoked salmon $7
  • Waffles $15
    • Buttermilk waffles w charred banana, caramel sauce candied pecans & mascapone
  • Bacon Buddy $13
    • Streaky bacon, fried egg, tomato relish, aioli
  • Poached or fried eggs $4
  • 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
  • Five Stags Pork Ribs (GF) $18.0 / $24.0
    • Slow Braised Pork Ribs In Our Famous Sticky Texan-Style Spicy Bbq Sauce, Served With Steak Fries & Ranch Style Slaw - 6 Or 9 Ribs
  • Venison Salad (GF) $19.5
    • Smoked Venison & Roasted Vegetable Salad With Baby Spinach, Blue Cheese, Toasted Pine Nuts & Blackberry Dressing
  • Venison Stew $26.5
    • A Hearty Venison & Guinness Stew Served On A Green Herb Mash
  • Twice Roasted Duck (GF) $35.0
    • Served On A Smokey Kumara & Roast Parsnip Puree Finished With A Plum & Cherry Jus
  • Vegetable & Chickpea Curry (GF) (V) Dairy Free On Request) $24.0
    • Seasonal Veges & Chickpeas In A Red Curry Coconut Sauce On Cous Cous
  • Fish Of The Day (GF)
    • Fresh Market Fish In A Speight’S Beer Batter, With Salad & Fries
  • Moroccan Lamb Salad (Gf On Request) $17.5
    • Nz Lamb Rump Cooked To Medium, Tossed With Salad Greens, Feta, Almonds, Crispy Noodles & Dill Mustard Dressing
  • Roast Vegetable & Grilled Haloumi Salad (GF) (V) $16.0
    • Seasonal Roasted Vegetables Tossed In Salad Greens With A Coriander And Chilli Dressing Topped With Grilled Haloumi Cheese
  • Scallops $19.00
    • Four beer battered scallops, served with salad and Thunder Crunch fries
  • Corn Fritters $17.50
    • Stacked on salad greens topped with bacon, sour cream and avocado drizzled with chilli sauce
  • Buttermilk Waffle $9.00
    • One waffle topped with ice cream, fresh banana and a side of maple syrup
  • Pizza $9.00
    • House made pizza bread, topped with tomato pizza sauce, bacon and cheese and served with fries
  • Fish Burger $18.00
    • Toasted brioche bun, fresh battered fish, lettuce, tomato with a caper tartare sauce served with Thunder Crunch fries
  • Little breakfast $9.00
    • One egg any style on toast with a rasher of bacon and a hash brown
  • Eggs Benedict $16.00
    • Baby spinach, two poached eggs on toasted grain bread topped with hollandaise sauce - with crispy bacon
  • Farmer's Big Breakfast $21.00
    • Bacon, mushrooms, breakfast sausage, slow cooked tomato, sauteed potatoes, two eggs (scrambled or poached) on toasted grain bread
  • Bacon & Mozzarella Bread $13.50
    • 12 inch pizza base topped with garlic, bacon, mozzarella cheese, caramelized onion finished with bbq swirl (No bacon as vegetarian option)
  • Kiwi Burger $16.50
    • 180gm beef pattie in a toasted bun topped with bacon, egg, beetroot, and mozzarella cheese & tomato ketchup served with fries
  • Fish & chips $17.50
    • Freshly cooked fish either pan-fried or beer battered served with our house salad and fries with our homemade tartare sauce and a lemon wedge
  • 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
  • Chocolate Mud Cake $13.50
    • Served with chocolate sauce, freshly whipped cream and vanilla ice cream
  • Cajun Chicken & Bacon Burger $18.50
    • Fresh Cajun chicken Tenders with creamy brie, Manuka smoked bacon served on a lightly toasted bap bun with salad greens and a mildly spicy plum sauce with a 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
  • 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
  • Angus beef burger $13.50
    • with bacon, cheese, Umu beetroot relish, lettuce, tomato and aioli
  • Oven baked beer battered fries $6.50
    • with plum or tomato sauce
  • Oven baked beer battered fries $7.50
    • with aioli or sour cream
  • Chicken, mushroom and green pea fettuccine $17.50
  • Coromandel mussel chowder $15.50
    • with garlic bread
  • Roast mushroom or chicken liver pate $15.50
    • with sesame lavosh crisps and salad greens
  • Fettuccine $16.50
    • with tomato, caper and olive sauce
  • Hotpots $10.50
    • see our specials board for today's flavours
  • Hey Pesto $13.90
    • Fresh Breast Of Chicken, Brie Cheese, Fresh Basil Pesto, Salad, Relish, Aioli
  • Soul Kumara Chips $5.50
  • Soul Spud Fries $4.50
  • Tartare Dip $1.00
  • Soul Classic $11.20
    • 1/3 Lb Ground Prime Beef, Salad, Relish, Aioli
  • Crispy Fish Portions $7.50
  • Little Beef Soul $8.00
    • Mini Prime Beef, Salad, Relish, Aioli
  • Crispy Nemo $14.90
    • Crispy Fish Fillets, Salad, Relish, Lemon Tartare Sauce
  • Eggs Benedict With Wood Smoked Salmon $16.90
  • Eggs on Toast $8.90
    • Made however you choose
  • Panini $12.90
    • Chicken or Bacon with Chutney and Salad
  • Beef Burger $15.90
    • Beef Burger with Bacon and Egg, Chips and Salad
  • Eggs Benedict With Bacon $14.90
  • Bacon and Eggs on Toast $11.90
    • However you like - 2 Bacon, 2 Eggs and 2 Toast
  • Big All Day Breakfast $15.50
    • Bacon, Tomato, Toast, 2 Sausages, 2 Eggs, Hashbrown, Mushroom
  • Eggs Benedict Vegetarian with Mushroom $14.90
  • Good George Platter $29.00
    • Crumbed seafood, crumbed chicken, crumbed Brie, onion rings, fries, dipping sauces.
  • Bowman's Platter $35.00
    • Fine cured meats, gourmet cheeses, freshly baked bread, dips & spreads.
  • Seasonal Greens $9.00
  • Rustic fries $8.00
    • Hop salt, aioli.
  • Venison salami, sticky plum relish, spicy rocket, toasted walnuts $22.50
  • Arancini $8.00
    • Mushroom & parmesan. Aioli.
  • Pork Ribs $25.00
    • Coleslaw. BBQ& Pepper sauce.
  • Rosemary & Sea Salt Flatbread $12.00
    • Kalamata olives, pesto, hummus & tapenade.
  • Spanish Baked Eggs $16
    • in Spiced Tomato & Capsicum Sauce, Feta & Cannelleni Beans. add chorizo $19.50 add Bread extra $3.50
  • Pancake Stack $16.5 add bacon $20
    • served with maple, grilled Banana, Berries & cream.
  • Salt & Pepper Squid $15.50
    • on salad greens with dipping sauces
  • Seafood Chowder $20
    • fish, prawns, mussels, shrimps, scallop, crusty bread
  • Scallop, Prawn, Parmesan & Prosciutto Salad $20
    • with a citrus & caper vinaigrette$22.50
  • Old Mills renowned Thai Prawn Curry $20
    • King Prawn, jasmine rice.
  • Aglio Olio Spaghetti $20
    • with Cloudy Bay Clams, chilli, garlic, parsley, olive oil & Italian parmesan
  • Bach Breakfast $20
    • Free Range Bacon & Eggs, Homemade Hash, Kransky, Roast Tomato & Grain Toast $20. With Pork Belly $24.50
  • * caramelised onion and mozzarella
  • Today’s Lioght Battered Fish
    • served with fresh garden salad, fries and tartare sauce
  • Rump steak, salad garnish, bacon and caramelised onions $16.00
  • Prime rump steak
  • Herb Crumbed Snapper Filler $28.00
    • Served on roasted potatoes, coleslaw and lemon butter sauce
  • Homemade Chocolate Lava cake $10.00
    • served with vanilla ice cream
  • Battered fish, salad garnish, beetroot and tartare sauce $17.00
  • Bowl of Fries $8.00
    • with tomato sauce and homemade aioli
  • -Chicken madras $15.00
    • Boneless chicken cooked with spices and coconut cream
  • -Dum aloo $13.00
    • A kashmiri cuisine made up of potatoes with cumin, seeds and spices
  • -Beef madras $15.00
    • Boneless beef cooked with Indian spices and coconut cream
  • Tandoori king prawn S $12 / L $20
  • ●Chicken
  • Chicken tikka S $10 / L $18
    • Piece of chicken marinated with species & cooked in tandoor
  • -Palak paneer $13.00
    • Cottage cheese and spinach cooked with tomatoes and spices with special flavoured gravy
  • -Lamb rogan josh $15.00
    • Boneless lamb cooked in tomato and onion gravy with flavoured spices
  • Pineapple $1.00
  • -Fresh tarakihi $5.00
  • Cheese $5.00
  • Lasagne square $2.80
  • Monster munch $49.50
    • 8x Thighs, 8x drums, jumbo chips
  • Sweetcorn fritter $3.00
  • Fish
  • BBQ meat lovers $7.50
  • Garlic
  • Salmon (Large 12″/Small 9″) $22/$14
    • Smoked Salmon with Crispy Capers, Preserved Lemon, Mozzarella and Cream Cheese
  • SALAMI $10
  • Pistachia Vera (Large 12″/Small 9″) $19/$12.5
    • Pistachios and Fresh Red Onion on an Olive Oil, Base with Parmesan and topped with a little Mozzarella and Rosemary
  • Watties Spaghetti
  • Pepperoni
  • Mozzarella
  • Cheese
  • Steamed Vegetables $8.00
    • Selection of seasonal vegetables with a mustard dressing and toasted almonds
  • Semifreddo $16.00
    • A dual-layered ice cream with a distinct Zealong tea-infused layer. Please ask your waitor for today's semifreddo flavour combination
  • Zealong Pure Macaron $14.00
    • Crispy tea dusted macaron filled with a creamy Zealong Pure tea and raspberry butter cream
  • Spiced Seafood Broth $29.00
    • Smoked Kahawai and clams alongside soba noodles, herbs and crispy shallots in a spiced broth
  • Hand Cut Chips $8.00
    • With rosemeary, garlic aioli, and sea salt
  • Zealong Aromatic Pannacotta $13.00
    • Zealong Aromatic tea and vanilla bean set cream topped with a passionfruit coulis
  • Chicken Liver $14.00
    • A creamy chicken liver parfait, accompanied by crispy croutons and gherkins
  • Fruit Fondue $14.00
    • A selection of seasonal fruits accompanied with a Zealong Black tea-infused chocolate dipping sauce
  • Nachos $12.00
  • All burgers are served w/chips N/A
  • The Chicken Burger $17.00
    • Chicken breast, bacon, camembert cheese and plum sauce
  • All burgers served w/chips N/A
  • Chicken Nuggets and Chips $9.00
  • Soup of the Day $11.00
    • Served with hot bread rolls
  • Fish Bites and Chips $9.00
  • Salad $15.00
    • Fresh garden salad - served with bread. Chilli beef and bacon or smoked chicken with camembert cheese
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