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

  • Veg Zucchini Reg $9.00 Large $10.50
  • Veg Hummus (Salad Wrap) Reg $8.00 Large $9.00
  • Lamb Reg $10.50 Large $14.50
  • Combo Shish (Lamb & Chicken Cubes) Large $16.00
  • Lamb Reg $9.50 Large $11.00
  • Chicken & Chips $7.50
  • Veg Combo (Falafel & Zucchini) Reg $9.50 Large $11.00
  • Chicken Reg $10.50 Large $14.50
  • Lemon and passionfruit cheesecake $12
    • lemon curd and raspberry sorbet
  • Bacon wrapped chicken roulade with mozzarella and basil pesto $34
    • butternut puree, potato gratin , grilled asparagus and chicken jus[ G F ]
  • Vanilla bean ice cream $8
    • chocolate or raspberry sauce[ g f a ]
  • Shrimp cocktail $14
    • avocado puree, marie rose sauce and toasted crostini [ g f a ]
  • Herb and parmesan pizza bread $10
  • Gluten free pizza bases available…add $5
  • mixed leaf salad with shaved parmesan $7
  • Vanilla crème brulee $12
    • berry and mint salsa, shortbread[ g f a ]
  • Eggs $5
  • The Hunter
    • Pulled pork + red onion + apple + coriander
  • Honeycomb loaded sundae $14
    • Honeycomb ice-cream + waffle + vanilla bean meringue + choc comb pieces + white chocolate whip + salted caramel sauce
  • Market fish POA
    • Pan fried fish + lemon & spring pea risotto + Sautéed prawns + gremolata + saffron butter
  • Pork belly $33
    • Pulled pork croquette + parsnip puree + slender stem broccoli + Apple + fennel jam + jus
  • Eggs Benedict $18
    • Two poached eggs + house made potato hash + streaky bacon + baby spinach + hollandaise
  • Croque Monsieur $15
    • Manuka smoked ham sirloin + Emmental cheese + whole grain mustard + Béchamel sauce + Volare bread + tomato jam + mixed leaves
  • Grilled rib eye $34
    • skin on chips + crumbed poached egg + roast mushroom + smoked butter + jus
  • Chilli Chicken $10
    • Chilli chicken with fresh tomato, cashew nuts, mango chutney
  • Chicken Burger $10
    • Grilled chicken breast with bacon, brie, lettuce and relish
  • Garlic Bread $8
    • Warm French stick with garlic butter
  • Braised Beef and Cheese Pie $16
    • Braised beef cheek cooked in a rich stout with tasty cheddar cheese, baked in a flaky puff pastry pie served with butter whipped mashed potatoes, green peas and sticky beef jus
  • Salmon $10
    • Smoked salmon, fresh Italian parsley, red onion, capers, finished with dill tartare
  • Sticky Pork Ribs $18
    • Sticky braised pork ribs with BBQ chipotle sauce, served with potato mash and fresh slaw
  • Braised Beef Brisket $10
    • With creamy aioli, house BBQ sauce and fresh slaw
  • Fries with bacon salt $6.5
  • Penne Pasta E $19.50 M $29.50
    • Smoked chicken, chorizo and mushroom in a cream saucetopped with parmesan cheese
  • Seafood teaser $22.50
    • A selection of seafood startersincluding smoked salmon, thaichilli mussels, squid,scallops& prawnsserved with chargrilled ciabatta.
  • Seafood Marinara E $19.50 M $29.50
    • A medley of fresh seafood with fettuccine and garden herbs in a creamy garlic saucetopped with parmesan cheese
  • Pulled confit duck terrine $24.50
    • Duck leg meat with mushroom and chicken liver pate served with ciabatta
  • Double Chocolate Brownie (GF) $16.50
    • A very moist rich dark chocolatebrowniewith dark chocolate sauce
  • Salmon Fillet (GF) $38.50
    • Hoisin baked salmonserved with jasmine rice, spring onions,and oriental mushrooms;toppedwith hollandaise
  • Spaghetti Mediterrano E $18.50 M $26.50
    • Smoked salmon, olives in a rich tomato & basil sauce topped with parmesan cheese
  • Lemon and coconut syrup cake (GF) $12.50
    • Served with Greekyogurt
  • Kiddie Pack $7.90
    • Ham sandwich. Fruit, chocolate chip cookie, potato chips, fruit drink, balloon
  • ·Lifestyle Breakfast $21.90
    • Poached Free Range Egg on a bed of gluten free kumara hash, wilted spinach and grilled tomato 16.50 Add cold smoked salmon for great omegas boost
  • Eggs on Toast $11.00
    • Free range eggs on toasted ciabatta. Grain bread on request.
  • ·Toasted Sandwiches
    • On white tin loaf - *Ham, cheese, pineapple *Bacon, mushroom, cheese *Cheese, onion.
  • -with salmon $21.90
  • Lunch Menu - Available all day
  • Available from 8am - 2.00-3:00 pm daily
  • -Aioli $2.00
  • Panko Crumbed Fish & Squid Rings $26.80
    • Served with steak fries, salad mix, tartare sauce and lemon
  • Mushroom $4.00
  • Aioli $2.00
  • Tomato Sauce $2.00
  • B.L.T or C.L.T $17.00
    • Served on focaccia bread with Bacon or fresh Chicken breast fillet, lettuce, tomato, egg, cheddar cheese and curly fries
  • Panko Crumbed Fish $22.50
    • Served with curly fries, salad mix, tartare sauce and lemon
  • Crispy Noodle Chicken Salad $19.00
    • Served with mesclun salad mix and penuts tossed in a chilli and ginger dressing
  • Smoked Salmon $5.00
  • Cheese Garlic Pizza Bread $7.00
    • Made in-house
  • Chicken Supreme $18.00
    • Chicken, tomato, capsicum, onion
  • Garlic Pizza Bread $6.00
    • Made in-house
  • Camberry + $23.00
    • Cranberry sauce, camembert, chicken, cashew nuts
  • Italian Style $19.00
    • Salami, capsicum, tomato, onion
  • Under the Sea $21.00
    • Octopus, mussels, clam, squid, shrimp
  • Porka $21.00
    • Bacon, ham, salami, capsicum, pineapple
  • Bulldozer $21.00
    • Ham, salami, mushroom, pineapple, tomato, garlic
  • Small $13.50
  • Mash $4.00
  • Plain Jane $15.00
    • Burger for the smaller appetite with a homemade beef patty, fried egg, gherkins, beetroot, melted cheese and rocket leaves with BBQ sauce
  • Coromandel Mussels $10 1/2 kilo / $19 kilo
    • Steamed natural with your choice of fresh lemon or Thai Green Curry
  • Homemade chicken tenders & chips $12.50
  • Loaded Wedges $16.00
    • Seasoned wedges topped with melted cheese, bacon, sour cream and salsa
  • Fish & chips $12.50
  • Chicken Tenders & Fries $15.00
    • Homemade crumbed chicken tenders served with sweet chilli & soya sauce
  • Pasta of the day $28.00
    • Our housemade pasta served with fresh seasonal ingredients from the garden
  • Chicken Salad $28.00
    • Lightly spiced tandoori chicken breast served on Bistro garden salad mix with cucumber, radish, cabbage & carrot slaw, cherry tomatoes and avocado finished with seeds, coconut and cashews
  • -House cured and smoked salmon with a shrimp, salmon & fraiche rillette and an edamame bean salsa
  • Try our house-made chilli samball $3.00
  • Brad’s tip: Try with our house made chilli sambal!
  • Kitchen garden salad with house dressing & parmesan $7.00
  • Gluten Free Bases available $3.00
  • Garlic Bread $10.00
    • Wood fired confit garlic, parmesan and herb pizza bread
  • -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
  • -Waimata French Style Blue (Gisborne)
    • A rich creamy blue cheese with a sweet composty aroma, peppery blue mould and a delicate saltiness
  • Roasted Pumpkin and Buffalo Ricotta Tortellini $21
    • With cauliflower cream, cashew, leek, parmigiano reggiano
  • 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
  • -Meyer Vintage Gouda (Waikato)
    • 2-3 years old, crumbly with sensational crunch and a very sharp flavour. Nz cheese awards supreme award winner
  • Crispy Pork Hock $38
    • With palm sugar chilli caramel, fresh thai vegetable salad, red nam jim and fragrant
  • -served with poached rhubarb $17
  • Coconut Milk and Lavender Panna Cotta $16
    • Liquorice sponge, strawberries and anise
  • Big beach breakfast $19.50
    • bacon, tomato, sausage, hash browns, free range eggs, grain toas(GFO)
  • Crispy fried buffalo wings $15.50
    • BBQ aioli, fries & salad
    • 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
  • 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)
  • Double baked pork spare ribs $19
    • BBQ sauce, fries & garden salad
  • Dunes gourmet burger $17.50
    • ground eye fillet, beetroot, onion jam & all the trimmings(VGO)
  • Hot honey chicken salad $18.50
    • w mixed leaf salad, cashews and crispy noodles(GFO)
  • Rissole plain $3.00
  • Bacon & egg $6.50
  • -Hoki $3.50
  • Ham $4.50
  • Chicken $6.00
  • Pineapple $1.00
  • Mussel crumbed $1.40
  • Hawaiian $6.50
  • Aubergine Bruschetta $10.00
    • House-made pickled aubergine atop citrus hummus on lightly toasted sourdough finished with fresh herbs
  • Spiced Seafood Broth $29.00
    • Smoked Kahawai and clams alongside soba noodles, herbs and crispy shallots in a spiced broth
  • Artisan Bread $10.00
    • Warm bread selection with house made dips
  • Pan-Seared Duck $35.00
    • Crispy duck breast atop purple kimchi, with soy shitake, fennel, orange and jus
  • Takoyaki $14.00
    • Mouth-watering octopus spheres made from a wheat flour batter, served with seasoned wakame salad, kewpie, sweet soy and bonito flakes
  • Market Fish $36.00
    • Fish of the day served alongside kumara miso, pea and mint pesto and Asian greens finished with a preserve lemon dressing
  • Baby Cos Salad $8.00
    • With ranch dressing, radish, chives, and parmesan
  • Petits Fours Duo $12.00
    • A selection of two house-baked tea-infused petits fours with fruit puree and seasonal fruits served on a two tier tower
  • Kiddie $4.50
  • Scallops $2.00
  • Squid rings $0.80
  • B $25.00
    • 3 Fish, 2 hotdogs, 2 potato fritters, 2 pineapple fritters, 2 chickens nuggets $4 chips
  • Steak & egg $9.00
  • Egg $8.50
  • Crab stick $1.70
  • A $25.00
    • 3 Fish, 3 crabsticks, 2 potato fritters,2 sausage, 2 squid rings $4 chips
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