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

  • Lamb Rump $29.95
    • cooked medium rare served on creamy kumara mash, chorizo, minted peas & roasted garlic jus (gfo)
  • Morrocan Lamb Salad $17.95
    • feta, pumpkin, red onion, cucumber, capsicum, salad leaves, coriander, lime & garlic Greek yogurt dressing (gf)
  • Pork Belly $26.95
    • twice cooked & crispy skinned served with roasted thyme apples, truffle mash & mustard garlic jus
  • Grilled Root Vegetable Salad $17.95
    • pumpkin, carrot, kumara & parsnip with toasted almonds, caramelised red onion, salad leaves & avocado dressed in a honey mustard dressing (gf)
  • + Side portion of chips $3.50
  • Pasta of day
    • See blackboard
  • Famous ‘Cock’ Burger $17.95
    • crispy southern fried chicken, bacon, cheese, tomato, red onion, lettuce, blue cheese sauce & spicy buffalo sauce & steakhouse fries
  • Fish Of The Day
    • please ask for today’s market fish
  • 6x Chicken nuggets $3.50
  • Hoki $4.50
  • Lemon Fish $4.50
  • Fish bites 80¢
  • Potato fritters $1.00
  • Flounder (whole fish) $6.00
  • Hapuka $6.00
  • Mussels $1.20
  • KOHU road Ice cream sundae with chocolate sauce, berry compote, vanilla cream and almonds GF $12.00
  • Southern fried chicken $21.00
    • sRiracha apple slaw
  • BBQ pulled beef brisket burger $21.00
    • smoked cheese, crispy onions, bread and butter pickles
  • Barbecue street corn with sweet paprika butter GF $8.00
  • Pumpkin and sweetcorn fritters $18.00
    • halloumi, basil pesto, watercress V (ADD BACON EXTRA $4)
  • RasPberry and white chocolate Brulee and shortbread GF $12.00
  • Sticky date pudding, salted caramel sauce, gingernut ice cream $12.00
  • Smoked salmon summer bowl, COLD House smoked salmon, roasted beetroot, whipped goats cheese, Nuts, seeds, avocado, and watercress GF $19.00
  • 6x Oyster (2.50ea) $14.00
  • Fresh Tarakihi(1 10-120g) $5.50
  • Scallop Meal $18.50
    • 5 battered scallops, salad, chips, 2 eggs, salad
  • Banana Fritter $3.00
  • Shoestrings (ask French Fries) $3.00
  • E $13.00
    • 12 hoki bites, $3 chip
  • Kumara Chips $6.50
    • Come with aioli sauce or sour cream
  • 6x Chicken Nugget $5.00
  • Tempura Prawns $22.90
    • Hokkien noodles, stir fry vegetables, nam jim dressing
  • Smoked T-Bone 400g $38
    • Cold smoked & char-grilled to your liking with chophouse seasoning
  • -Hash browns
  • Pate Plate $14.50
    • Chicken liver & bacon pate, bacon jelly, sliced baby pickles, crostini
  • Smoked Kahawai & Mussel Chowder $15.50
    • Preserved lemon crème fraiche & toasted bread
  • -Béarnaise
  • Sides $6.90
  • -Steak fries, tomato sauce
  • Fries (large) $5.00
  • BLAT $11.00
    • Bacon, lettuce, tomato, avocado and mayonnaise
  • Scrambled Eggs on Toast / Sausages, Eggs and Chips $7.00
  • Bacon and Mushrooms $17.50
    • 3 rashers of bacon, mushrooms, toast and your choice of tea or coffee
  • Hamburger $7.00
  • Bacon & Eggs $17.50
    • 2 eggs, 3 rashers of bacon, toast and tea or coffee
  • Bacon Buttie $9.50
    • 3 rashers of bacon on fresh bread (salad optional)
  • Hamburger and Fries $10.00
  • Mediterranean Fish Stew, Market Fish, Mussels, Prawns, Squid In Rich Tomato Fish Broth W Char Ciabatta Toast (Df) $19/$29
  • Lamb Rack Marinated W Thyme & Rosemary, Gratin Potato, Pea Puree & Red Wine Jus $35
  • Pasta - Smoked Tomato, Bocconcini, Rocket Pesto (V) $17/ $25
  • Manchego Cheese & Jamon Serrano W Romesca Sauce $14
  • Portobello Mushroom, Macadamia, Sundried Tomato & Gorgonzola $14
  • •Soup
  • Apple Crumble Cheesecake W Cinnamon Creme $14.50
  • (These items are designed to share, for two people, we recommend 3-4 plates)
  • OTM triple cream briew quince jelly
    • 1cheese $14, 2cheeses $20, 3cheeses $25
  • Crumbed haloumi and quinoa tabb ouleh salad $17
    • cucumber, spring onion, cherry tomato, sun flower seeds and lemon yoghurt dressing[ G F A ][ V]
  • mixed leaf salad with shaved parmesan $7
  • Spinach , feta and sun-dried tomato filos $14
    • mint yo ghurt
  • Slow cooked beef short rib $32
    • crushed new season potatoes, baby carrots, green beans, panko crumbed bacon and onion croquettes and shiraz jus[ G F A ]
  • Fahrenheit ficelle $19
    • pork belly, house-made slaw, plum sauce[ G F A ]
  • Market fish
    • Wa its taff to a dvise
  • Herb and parmesan pizza bread $10
  • Chicken Schnitzel $12.00
  • Prawn Cocktail $11.00
  • Sticky Date $8.00
  • FREE sundae Choc, Caramel, Passion fruit
  • Chicken nuggets ~ Little hot dogs ~ Butter Chicken
  • Butter chicken with rice and naan bread $19.00
  • Seafood Chowder $15.00
  • Ham Steak $17.00
  • Stir fried yellow curry $17
  • Stir fried vegetable $17
    • with sweet and sour sauce
  • Fish $3
  • Green curry $17
    • Thai green curry paste with coconut milk bamboo, green bean, carrot and fresh kaffir lime leaves
  • Pad Thai $15
    • Stir fried rice noodle with tamarind sauce, eggs, been sprout, ground pea nuts
  • Pineapple fried Rice $15
    • Stir fried Thai Jasmine rice with yellow curry powder with onion, pineapple, green pea and raisin
  • Stir fried Oyster sauce $17
  • Cashew nuts $2
  • -Full $13.50
  • -AMP Special $13.00
    • 2 crumbed prawns, 1 korokke, 1 chicken katsu
  • Aroha Roll $1.8 each / $12 (8pcs)
    • Crumbed prawn, avocado, cucumber, dashimaki egg & beancurd
  • -Half $10.50
  • - Half $9.50
  • -Takoyaki (6pcs) $8.00
  • Teriyaki Chicken Roll $1.8 each / $12 (8pcs)
    • Teriyaki chicken, avocado & capsicum
  • -AMP Special $15.00
    • 1 chicken katsu, 1 korokke, 2 crumbed prawn
  • Scallop Mornay $18
    • scallops lightly blanched in white wine served in a creamy mornay sauce
  • -Option 1 served with whole seed mustard infused mash, w ilted spinach & Syd's famous caramelised garlic "burnt" sauce - a local favourite
  • Fluffy pancakes with greek yoghurt and maple syrup $12
  • The classic B.L.T on foccacia bread with fries $14
  • Soup of the day served with toast (and again... ask our lovely staff!) $12
  • Creamy rosemary mushies with smoked bacon on ciabatta bread $18
  • Fritters $16
    • Carrot and Broccoli and Spanish onion with sour cream, sweet chilli sauce
  • 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
  • Kachumber (Chopped Indian Salad) $6.00
  • Mulayam Raan $17.00
    • Slices of succulent leg of lamb coated with a thick robust gravy
  • Ice Cream (Vanilla) $4.00
  • Prawn Masala $18.00
    • Prawn cooked in onion tomato gravy with capsicum and spices
  • ·Tandoori Chicken
    • Whole Chicken marinated with yoghurt, Indian spices, and herbs and then cooked in tandoori oven
  • Butter Chicken $16.00
    • Tender pieces of boneless half cooked in tandoori oven & finished in rich creamy tomato gravy
  • Lamb Madras $16.00
    • Diced lamb cooked in coconut onion, tomato gravy tempered with curry leaves & mustard seeds
  • Lamb Do Piaza $16.00
    • Lamb pieces cooked with masala gravy & baby onion
  • Eggs benedict $17.50
    • smoked salmon or bacon w spinach, lemon hollandaise(GFO)(vegetarian option mushroom & spinach)
  • Dunes gourmet burger $17.50
    • ground eye fillet, beetroot, onion jam & all the trimmings(VGO)
  • Big beach breakfast $19.50
    • bacon, tomato, sausage, hash browns, free range eggs, grain toas(GFO)
  • Double baked pork spare ribs $19
    • BBQ sauce, fries & garden salad
  • Arancini (crumbed risotto balls) $17
    • w spinach and mushroom, rocket and pesto
  • Tempura battered fish & chips $18.50
    • tartare sauce, green salad
  • Steak, egg & chips $20
    • w 300g Rump steak(GFO)
  • Bacon & eggs $14
    • free range eggs your way, poached, scrambled or fried(GFO)
  • Banana Parcel & Green Tea Ice Cream $9.50
    • Deep fried banana parcel with a touch of chocolate & raspberry sauce served with green tea ice cream
  • Thai Green Curry (Chicken or Beef / Prawn) $16.00 / $17.50
    • Thai style green curry with chicken or beef on rice / Thai style green curry with prawn on rice
  • Spring Roll $6.50
    • Deep fried vegetable spring rolls
  • Sweet Basil & Soy Chicken with Rice $15.50
    • Chicken cooked in clay pot with special sweet basil & ginger sauce served with rice & miso soup
  • Tempura $10.50
    • Japanese style deep fried tempura battered prawn & vegetables
  • Beef Brisket on Rice $14.00
    • Slowly cooked tender beef brisket served with rice & broccoli
  • Gravy Beef Noodle Soup $14.00
    • Famous Ming city gravy beef noodle soup
  • Grilled Chicken Nibbles $8.50
    • Grilled chicken nibbles with special BBQ sauce
Bistro Lago

Bistro Lago

location

Address

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

phone

Phone

073762319

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