Bistro Lago in Waikato Menu

BREADS BREADS
  • Selection of handcrafted breads $12
    • truffle mascarpone, balsamic, EVOO
  • Bruschetta $18
    • Clevedon mozzarella, basil, winter tomato
MAIN EVENT MAIN EVENT
  • Soup du jour $12
  • Slow braised beef $19.50
    • mushroom and Kikorangi pie, puff pastry top
  • Smoked pork cheek, $21
    • maple pumpkin puree, brandy jus, toasted pecans
  • Market fish chowder $18.50
    • with prawns, clams and toasted sourdough
  • Classic Caesar salad $15
    • garlic croutons, pancetta, anchovy
  • -Add Chicken $18.00
  • -Add Prawns $19.00
  • Soft polenta $19.50
    • mushroom fricassee, Fontina and hazelnuts
  • Taupo lamb meatballs $18
    • PASTA MIA pappardelle, Pecorino
  • Macaroni and cheese $12
    • Fontina, parmesan
SIDES SIDES
  • tartiflette $8
  • Brussel sprouts, candied walnuts, pancetta $8
  • Potato mash $8
  • Seared broccolini, lemon, garlic $8
  • Garden leaf salad, radish, pickled cucumber, ranch $8
  • Skinny fries $8

Nearby Sample Menus

The Helm (sample menu)
  • Thai Green Curry (GF)(DF) $19
    • Pan seared chicken strips, capsicum, spring onion, fresh chilli and sweet coconut chips, served on a bed of coriander jasmine rice
  • -Salmon $24
  • Chicken Burger (GF)(DF) $19
    • Pan seared chicken breast with brie, bacon, salad greens, aioli and sweet roast capsicum salsa served with fries
  • Seafood Chowder $12
    • Fresh mussels, shrimp and surimi in a creamy chowder and served w/ toasted ciabatta
  • (GF): Gluten Free on request / (DF): Dairy Free on request
  • Fries $6
  • Chicken Open Sandwich (GF)(DF) $12
    • Seasoned chicken breast with brie, salad greens and Cajun aioli on toasted sourdough
  • -Add Fries $3
Five Stags (sample menu)
  • Angus Scotch Fillet (Gf On Request) $35.0
    • Prime Angus Scotch Fillet Chargrilled To Your Liking Stacked With Crispy Onion Rings & Creamy Mushrooms With Sauteed Baby Potatoes And Greens
  • Breads & Dips $12.5
    • A Selection Of Homemade Dips With Toasted Breads
  • Sweet Chilli Mussel Pot (GF) $18.0
    • Fresh Green Lipped Mussels, Smothered In A Fragrant Housemade Chilli Sauce
  • Twice Roasted Duck (GF) $35.0
    • Served On A Smokey Kumara & Roast Parsnip Puree Finished With A Plum & Cherry Jus
  • Stuffed Chicken Breast (GF) $28.0
    • Breast Of Chicken Filled With A Roasted Capsicum & Thyme Cream Cheese Filling On Sauteed Baby Potatoes And Minted Pea Puree
  • 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
  • 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
  • Garlic Bread $9.5
    • Fresh Bread With Five Stags Garlic Butter
Vine Eatery & Bar (sample menu)
  • Creamy Garlic Mash Potato $8
  • Duck Breast W Smoked Parsnip Puree, Duck Fat Potatoes & Baby Carrots $33
  • Cheeses
  • Venison Denver Leg Steak W Smokey Bacon Choucroute, Saffron Potatoes & Blue Cheese Butter (Gf) $35
  • Crispy Roasted Pumpkin & Mascarpone Ravioli W Chimichurri Creme Fraiche $14.50
  • Chicken Nibbles Pan Roasted W Tamarind Chilli Glaze $13.50
  • Vanilla Brulee (Gf) W Citrus Tuile $14
  • Apple Crumble Cheesecake W Cinnamon Creme $14.50
Nooms' Kitchen Thai Cuisine (sample menu)
  • Satay $15
  • Prawns $3
  • Fish $3
  • Stir fried mushroom, green bean, carrot $17
    • with red chilli and garlic
  • Stir fried yellow curry $17
  • Chicken $3
  • Stir fried Cashew nuts $17
  • Red Curry $17
    • Thai red curry paste with coconut milk bamboo, green bean, carrot and fresh kaffir lime leaves
Suburban Kitchen (sample menu)
  • Peruvian sticks $8.00
    • Mozzarella rolled in pastry served with guacamole
  • Apricot and hazelnut torte $15.00
    • Served with fresh cream
  • Mozzarella balls $10.00
    • Served with garlic aioli
  • Platter for 2 $28.00
    • A shared platter with thai fish cakes, mozzarella balls, bruschetta, thai beef kebabs, prawn twists and peruvian sticks
  • Thai beef kebab $8.00
    • Served with a peanut sauce
  • Profiteroles $13.00
    • With a coffe liqueuor cream
  • Chocolate mousse $14.00
    • With orange and almond biscotti and vanilla bean cream
  • Thai fish cakes $12.00
    • Fish cakes served with a chilli dipping sauce
Workman's Cafe Bar (sample menu)
  • Fish $33
    • Fresh off the boat pan fried with yummy stuff . Please ask our lovely staff.
  • -Option 1 served with whole seed mustard infused mash, w ilted spinach & Syd's famous caramelised garlic "burnt" sauce - a local favourite
  • Pate $18
    • Syd's world famous in Matamata, chicken liver, rum and port with fig walnut chutney and herby bread
  • Bacon and eggs any style on ciabatta bread served w ith slow roasted tomato $15
  • Dessert Available To All Guests With Clean Plates
  • Pasta of the day (ask our lovely staff) $17
  • Scallop Mornay $18
    • scallops lightly blanched in white wine served in a creamy mornay sauce
  • Workman's steaks Eye $36 / Scotch $34
Cafe Agora (sample menu)
  • Additional sides $6.00
    • House smoked salmon
  • Acai bowl with coconut yoghurt & fresh fruit (vegan) $14.00
  • Steak sammy with bacon, brie & onion rings $22.00
    • Served with curly fries
  • Additional sides $4.00
    • Eggs/ tomatoes/ mushroom/ kransky/ avocado/ hash brown
  • Chicken Donburi $15.00
  • Breakfast taco with crispy potato, chorizo, fried egg & Mexican crema $14.00
  • Kumara fries $8.50
  • Granola honey puffs with yoghurt, mousse & strawberries $13.00
Surf and Sand Takeaways (sample menu)
  • Hash Brown $ 1.50
  • Donuts $ 2.00
  • Chips (min) $ 2.50
  • Lasagne $ 3.00
  • Chips $ 5.00
    • cheese & mayo
  • Kid’s Burger $ 4.50
  • Squid Rings $ 1.50
  • Chicken Chippies $ 4.00
The Green Dragon Inn (sample menu)
  • Soup of the day $8.00
  • Muffin $4.00
  • Beef and Ale Pie $6.00
  • Cheese Mouse trap $5.00
  • Homemade Stew $10.00
  • Scone $3.50
  • Fresh Baked Cookie $3.00
  • Ploughman Sandwich $6.00
Sweet Rose Espresso (sample menu)
  • Big All Day Breakfast $15.50
    • Bacon, Tomato, Toast, 2 Sausages, 2 Eggs, Hashbrown, Mushroom
  • Toastie Sandwich $7.90
    • Choose 3 fillings: Ham, Cheese, Pineapple, Mushroom, Tomato
  • Bacon and Eggs on Toast $11.90
    • However you like - 2 Bacon, 2 Eggs and 2 Toast
  • Panini $12.90
    • Chicken or Bacon with Chutney and Salad
  • Light All Day Breakfast $13.50
    • Tomato, Sausage, Egg, Hashbrown, Toast, Mushroom, Bacon
  • Eggs on Toast $8.90
    • Made however you choose
  • Open Steak Sandwich $15.90
    • Grilled Scotch Fillet, Egg, Caramelized Onion, Mushroom, Tomato and Chips
  • Hot Cakes $13.50
    • Banana, Bacon, Maple Syrup with Berries and Cream
Whangamata Pizza & Takeaways (sample menu)
  • BBC $21.00
    • Bacon, double chicken, BBQ sauce
  • Chicken Supreme $18.00
    • Chicken, tomato, capsicum, onion
  • Seafood $18.00
    • Shrimps, anchovies, seafood swirl
  • Burrito $13 Sm / $16 Lge
    • Tortilla, beef, beans or chicken on rice, salsa, cheese
  • Delux $21.00
    • Spicy beef, bacon, salami, mushrooms, capsicum
  • Pizza Toppings $3.00 extra
    • Chicken, Cashews, Camembert, Cranberry Mangos, Apricots, Anchovies, Shrimp, Peanuts, Pinenuts, Sundried Tomato, Extra Cheese
  • Nutty Vege $23.00
    • Sundried tomato, pinenuts, olives, capsicum, pineapple
  • Pizza Toppings $2.00 extra
    • Bacon, Beef, Salami, Ham, Pineapple, Capsicum, Tomato, Mushrooms, Olives, Garlic, Onion, Jalapeno's
The Falls Retreat Bistro (sample menu)
  • Sharing Platter $32.00
    • Chef’s choice’s of 3 seasonal tasters to whet the appetite!!
  • Beef $18.00
    • House smoked eye fillet of beef with carrot and cucumber kimchi served with fresh peach, chilli peanuts and vanilla spiced red pepper reduction
  • Pasta of the day $28.00
    • Our housemade pasta served with fresh seasonal ingredients from the garden
  • Peter Rabbit’s Pick $12.00
    • Raspberry & rhubarb frangipane cake served with a lime & ginger curd, blackberry mousse, homemade almond marshmallow & a black sesame nougatine tuille
  • Chicken $24.00
    • Spiced chicken breast, apricot chutney with chargrilled zucchini & an olive, sundried tomato, red pepper and jalapeno salsa
  • Fish Market Price
    • Our fresh fish of the day with kefir lime & ginger curd, served with toasted cashew, coconut, radish & snow pea tendrils on a polenta crumbed lemongrass arancini
  • Garlic Bread $10.00
    • Wood fired confit garlic, parmesan and herb pizza bread
  • Lamb $34.00
    • Rosemary roasted rump of lamb with orange lentil dhal, garden silverbeet & plum tomatoes served with a house labneh, caramelized shallots, merlot glazed prunes and a beetroot chutney
Midway Burger Bar (sample menu)
  • Cheese $5.00
  • Bacon $1.50
  • Pineapple $1.20
  • Scallop $2.00
  • Ham & Cheese $5.00
  • Bacon & Egg $6.50
  • Hamburger $4.50
  • Ovester $2.00
Victoria Street Bistro (sample menu)
  • -flambéed with cointreau $21
  • King Salmon Poke $19
    • With ora king caviar, pickled daikon, black garlic and kimchee, chive and native new zealand seaweed
  • Crispy Pork Hock $38
    • With palm sugar chilli caramel, fresh thai vegetable salad, red nam jim and fragrant
  • Crispy Pork Hock $38
    • With palm sugar chilli caramel, fresh thai vegetable salad, red nam jim and fragrant rice
  • -tempura with soy mirin and seaweed salad $24/48
  • -Cos leaves, bacon, chive, blue cheese, crouton $8
  • Treacle Cured Beef $18
    • With red pepper sorbet, kogi bbq sauce, baby shiso
  • Salt Caramel ‘Opera’ Tiramisu $16
    • Italian chocolate soil, honeycomb
Sal's Authentic New York Pizza (sample menu)
  • Original Buffalo Wings R $11/L $17
    • Our classic Buffalo sauce recipe
  • New York's Finest $ 60
    • 1 Pepperoni Pizza. 1 Cheese Pizza, 8 knots, 1.5 Soda
  • Cheese $ 4
  • Sausage, Chicken, Meatball $ 6
  • Served with Chunky Blue Cheese or Creamy Ranch Sauce
  • 3 Garlic Knots $ 4
    • Crushed Garlic, EVOO (1.50 each)
  • A Taste of NY $ 100
    • 4 of our Signature Large 18” Pizzas Cheese, Pepperoni, Meatball, Sausage
  • Large 18" Cheese $ 25
    • Sal’s Legendary Sauce and Premium Wisconsin Mozzarella
Bistro Lago

Bistro Lago

location

Address

80/100 Napier-Taupo Road, Hilltop, Taupo, Waikato, 3330, New Zealand

phone

Phone

073762319

email

Email

bistrolago@thenourishgroup.co.nz

clock

Opened hours

Monday: 7:00 AM – 9:00 PM, Tuesday: 7:00 AM – 9:00 PM, Wednesday: 7:00 AM – 9:00 PM, Thursday: 7:00 AM – 9:00 PM, Friday: 7:00 AM – 9:00 PM, Saturday: 7:00 AM – 9:00 PM, Sunday: 7:00 AM – 9:00 PM
price range

Price

$10 - $20

type

Type

None

service level

Service

Table Service

cuisine

Cuisine

Contemporary , European , Gluten Free , New Zealand , Vegetarian

features

Features

Romantic ,  Wheelchair accessible ,  Business meetings ,  Reservations ,  After-hours ,  Breakfast ,  Waitstaff ,  Groups ,  Lunch ,  Seating ,  View ,  Highchairs Available ,  Street Parking ,  Free Wifi ,  Local cuisine ,  Special Occasion Dining ,  Serves Alcohol ,  Dinner ,  Child-friendly ,  Outdoor Seating ,  Full Bar

Location
80/100 Napier-Taupo Road, Hilltop, Taupo, Waikato, 3330, New Zealand
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