Scamone di agnello (Ah-nye-lo) al forno – Oven roasted lamb rump $38.50
The rump is butterflied and then stuffed with prosciutto, baby spinach and Italian herbs and served with roasted potato and vegetables. Served Medium Rare, please advise for any change on the cooking time
Gnocchi alla Sorrentina – Gnocchi Sorrento’s Style $23.50
Gnocchi alla Sorrentina is a pasta dish made in the Sorrento style, with a tomato base, onion garlic, fresh mozzarella and fresh basil, garnished with homemade pesto
Tomato, salsa verde, chicken liver pate’ and Tapenade
Porchetta –pork belly, porchetta style $33.50
Roasted pork belly served with braised potatoes and topped with an agro dolce sauce (sweet and sour). A Tuscan delight, from Maremma Region, anciently renowned for the massive presence of wild pigs
Lasagna alla bolognese – Classic Lasagna lasagna $23.50
Bolognese sauce, known in Italian as ragù alla bolognese, is a meat-based sauce originating from Bologna, Italy
Add prosciutto $4.00
Cannoli alla siciliana $13.50
Classic recipe from south of Italy, filled with ricotta, chocolate and pistachios
Antipasto Toscano – Tuscany Appetizer $25.00
A classic from Italy, Leonardo’s pick of Bruschetta, cured meats and Olives
Toasted Ciabatta topped with wilted spinach, two poached eggs and hollandaise sauce. Smoked salmon extra $4.50 Bacon, ham or avocado extra $3.50
Creamy Mushrooms on Toast (V) $15.50
Third Place Cafe - great vegetarian options. Items can be adapted to be gluten friendly on request.Mushrooms sautéed with onion, served in a creamy white wine sauce on toasted ciabatta with oven roasted vine ripened tomatoes and a roasted portobello mushroom. Bacon or sausage extra $3.50
Eggs x 2 (poached, fried or scrambled) N/A
Vanilla Pancakes $17.50
Third Place Cafe offers a wide range of delectable food items to enjoy. Gluten friendly options available.Two American style pancakes with two rashers of bacon, fresh banana, maple syrup & whipped cream. (Half portion $12.00)
Streaky bacon x 2 N/A
Roasted Kumara Mumble Jumble (V no sausage) $17.50
Third Place Cafe - Enjoy an all day breakfast or brunch with friends overlooking lake Rotorua - Gluten Friendly options available on request.Roasted sweet potato combined with caramelized onions, fried tomatoes and chorizo sausage, topped with a poached egg & hollandaise sauce.
A mouth watering mixture of bearnaise pesto blended with homemade spices and your choice of lamb, chicken, or falafel. Served with fresh salad.
Ali Baba $16.00
A delicious combination of coconut cream, harissa, cream cheese, mushrooms, onions, spinach, garlic chilli pickle, and your choice of lamb, chicken, or falafel. Served with fresh salad.
Garlic cheese bread $4.50 each
Sultan $18.00
Onions, mushrooms, cream cheese, apricots, chicken, topped with sweet chilli.
Salad $16.00
Enjoy fresh salad vegetables served with your choice of lamb, chicken, or falafel and any 3 sauces. As well as Ali Baba’s warm garlic and olive oil dressing. You can also choose to have olives, capers, Jalapeños, and capsicum on top of your salad.
Mixed $ 10.50
Tunisian $16.00
Flavoursome cream sauce, spinach, mushrooms, onions, tomatoes, garlic, feta cheese, with your choice of lamb, chicken, falafel cooked risotto style and served with a fresh side salad.
Kascrute $16.00
Your choice of lamb, chicken, or Falafel cooked with tomatoes, herbs, spinach, mushrooms, onions, Berber spices, wrapped in the thin Kebab bread with olives, mozzarella and cream cheeses and baked in Ali Baba’s oven. Topped with garlic mayonnaise and sweet chilli sauces and served with a fresh side salad.
Layers of roasted pumpkin, ricotta cheese, pasta, spinach and Napolitana sauce, topped with grilled cheese. Served with a baked potato and garden salad.
Chocolate Indulgence $11.5
Decadent chocolate mud cake with chocolate sauce, chocolate mousse, ice cream and cream. Rich and wicked.
Curly Fries with Aioli $8.0
Add Garlic Prawns $7.0
Choose your Sauce N/A
Creamy Mushroom / New York Peppercorn / Jack Daniels BBQ / Garlic Butter
Crispy Onion Rings $5.9
Flat white, cappuccino, short/long black $4.0
Pan Fried Scallops $16.9
Sautéed scallops with crispy bacon, presented on seasonal salad. With lemon and garlic aioli.
Some like it sweet. Especially with our deliciously gooey maple flavoured Hotcake syrup. Pour on as much as you like
Mega Waffle Cone n/a
Put a twist on our classic soft-serve with a crunchy waffle cone, topped with a delicious helping of hot chocolate fudge sauce and two chocolate Cadbury Flake®. It’s pure pleasure
Hamburger n/a
The original. 100% beef patty, topped with onion, pickle and zesty ketchup and mustard, all on a soft, fluffy bun
Grilled Chicken Snack Wrap n/a
It may be little, but there's a lot to love. 100% chicken breast fillet marinated with spices and grilled to perfection. With fresh iceberg lettuce and creamy mayonnaise
Massive McMuffin n/a
When one McMuffin® is not enough. Our Massive McMuffin® has a rasher of bacon, a freshly cracked egg, a slice of cheese, two sausage patties with ketchup on a hot toasted English Muffin
McChicken n/a
Made with New Zealand chicken breast sourced from Ingham®, in a seasoned tempura coating. Topped with locally grown crunchy iceberg lettuce and our exceptional McChicken® sauce, between a sesame seed bun. It's difficult to beat a classic
Ketchup Sauce n/a
Get the classic American taste. Thick and rich, our ketchup mixes tomato with vinegar, spiced up with the flavours of celery, clove, onion and cayenne
Wake up with a Chicken McMuffin n/a
Take one delicious chicken patty made with NZ chicken breast sourced from Ingham®, in a seasoned tempura coating, then sandwich it with creamy mayo and cheese inside a warm, toasted English muffin