El Porteno in Wellington Menu

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  • Gourmet Granola $7
    • Served with banana, yogurt and mixed berries
  • Porridge $7
    • Rolled oats with Banana & honey, or Berries & cinnamon sugar
  • H.T.C. Panini $8
    • Free range ham, fresh tomato and tasty cheese
  • 3C Panini $8.5
    • Free range chicken, camembert cheese and cranberry sauce
  • Vegetarian Panini $8
    • Spinach, almonds, sundried tomato, pesto and tasty cheese
  • Gourmet Panini $9
    • Salami, pear, blue cheese and caramelised onions
  • Soup of the Day $8
    • Creamy pumpkin soup served with sour cream
  • Soup of the Day $10
    • Creamy pumpkin soup served with sour cream + cheese scone
  • Kids Panini $5
    • Your choice of any two fillings

Nearby Sample Menus

  • Wedges $8
    • w/ sour cream & sweet chilli
  • The Cubano $18
    • The ultimate toasted sandwich, buttered, grilled and served with fries. Free range ham, slow cooked pulled pork, swiss cheese, pickles and mustard mayo
  • Beer Battered Fish Tacos $13
    • Creole spiced battered fish, served on two corn tacos with avocado, iceberg lettuce, chilli sauce and pickle mayo
  • Shoestring Fries $8
    • w/ creole seasoning, served w/ aioli & tomato sauce
  • Quinoa & Goats Cheese Salad $18
    • Roasted beetroot and carrots with quinoa, baby spinach and goats cheese. Served with chilli toasted walnuts and a honey dressing
  • Bowl of fries and an asahi $12
  • Salt & Pepper Squid $9
    • w/ lemon & aioli
  • Chilli Onion Rings $9
    • w/ chipotle aioli
  • Classic fish 'n' chips $20.00
    • mushy pead, malt vinegar & salad
  • Eggs benedict/florentine $15.90
    • homemade hash browns, hollandaise & bacon or spinach
  • Caesar $15.00
    • candied bacon, garlic croutons, parmesan, anchovies & a soft boiled egg
  • Hash browns $4.00
  • Cobb $17.00
    • smoked chicken, bacon, cucumber, tomato, egg, cheese & croutons
  • Bratwurst $4.00
  • Eggs $4.00
  • Add bacon $4.00
  • Crushed roast potatoes, garlic and rosemary $8.50
  • Rocket & Grana Padano $9.50
  • Parmesan crumbed lambs’ liver with Gorgonzola dressed baby spinach $27.50
  • Grilled haloumi on toast with cucumber, pomegranate & mint $17.50
  • Soft centered chocolate pudding with creme fraîche $15.50
  • Risotto vignole $21.50
  • Today’s fish $26.50
  • Grilled ciabatta with local olive oil $4.50
  • Paneer pakora & tamarind sauce $12.50
  • Oysters / Clams / Fish MP
    • Fresh + local, Opened by hand + sliced to order, The freshest and best seafood in Wellington
  • Iced rice noodles, ginger & soy $8.00
  • Kaffir lime squid w/ red chili $12.50
  • Lemon meringue tart & lemon verbena syrup $14.50
  • Beef shoulder fillet, chimichurri rojo, quinoa & roast parsnips $28.00
  • Roast cauliflower, garlic & sumac $8.50
  • Goan raw fish curry $14.50
  • Rocket and bacon risotto $9.00
  • Rocket and bacon arancini, herb and walnut pesto $16.00
  • Sustainably source fish of the day $39.00
  • Le magnifique breakfast $39.00
    • Our continental buffet with the inclusion of 1 selection from our a la carte menu
  • Smooth chicken liver parfait, granny smith, vanilla, cider gel, brioche $25.00
  • GF= Gluten free option available
  • Sautéed green vegetables with rocket pesto $9.00
  • Ratatouille with basil and thyme $9.00
  • Mince & Cheese Pie $4.90
  • Mexican PIe $4.90
  • Braised beef cheek pie $5.10
  • Mexican Savoury $2.50
  • Thai Chicken Pie $5.10
  • Steak & Creamy Mushroom Pie $5.10
  • Chicken, Bacon & mushroom savoury $2.90
  • Sausage Roll $3.40
  • Eggs $15.90
    • benedict with ham / montreal with smoked salmon / florentine with spinach
  • Full breakfast $20.90
    • eggs, kransky, hash brown, bacon, tomato, mushroom and toast
  • Crumbed halloumi salad $17.90
    • coconut crumbed halloumi skewer on salad with pear, walnut and beetroot harissa
  • Crumbed Halloumi salad $17.90
    • coconut crumbed halloumi skewer on salad with pear, walnut and beetroot harissa
  • Peppered steak potato pie $17.90
    • parmesan mash on steak pie with fries and side salad
  • Extras $4.50 each
    • kransky, roast tomatoes, mushroom, 2 eggs, hash browns, bacon, spinach
  • Wedges with the works $12.50
    • with sour cream, jalapeno and guacamole
  • Toasted muesli $11.90
    • with berry compote, yoghurt and sliced banana
  • Gelato - Vanilla bean or flavour of the day - 1 scoop $2.50
  • Lamb shoulder burger with skordalia, roasted capsicums and tzatziki $19.50
  • Tuatara beer-battered fish and fries with housemade tartare $23.00
  • Add Bacon, Mushrooms, Black Pudding, House-baked Beans, Roasted Tomato, Kimichi, Pork Sausage (each) $5.00
  • Smoked fish omelette, palm sugar, chilli caramel $17.00
  • 2 cheeses $16.00
  • Beer-battered with tartare sauce (each) $4.50
  • Four cheeses pizza with rocket, pear and walnuts $16.00
  • Pear, rocket & parmesan $9.00
  • lunch mon - sat from 11.45am. Please see pdf for latest updates
  • Sirloin steak with garlic mash, sauteed spinach & polenta chips $36.00
  • Mushrooms $7.00
  • Sauteed gnocchi with roast beetroot & sage butter $28.00
  • Pear & Frangipane tart with butter scotch $15.00
  • Panfried fresh fish with mussel & chorizo ragout $38.00
  • Eggs Benedict $18.00
  • SUPER SHRIMP CRAB SALAD $9.50
  • COMBINATION SALAD $11.90
  • SALMON SASHIMI $10.90
  • CHICKEN CURRY UDON NOODLE $11.90
    • thick noodles with chicken curry, spring onion
  • SEAFOOD SPECIAL $6.50
  • CRUNCHY CHICKEN ON RICE $8.90
  • CHICKEN CURRY KATSUDON $13.90
    • chicken curry with crumbed chicken fillet, rice, spring onion, ginger
  • SEAFOOD SUPREME $11.90
  • Benton Special $12.90
    • Rump Steak with egg and tomato and creamy aioli on toasted specialty bread
  • Soup of the Day $10.50
    • Served with toasted specialty bread
  • Breakfast Stack (Vegetarian) $17.90
    • Toasted specialty bread, grilled mushrooms, spinach, tomato, poached egg and sauteed potatoes served with a pesto hollandaise
  • Bacon & Mushrooms $17.90
    • Crispy Bacon with pan.fried portobello mushrooms drizzled with hollandaise sauce
  • French Toast $17.90
    • French Toast served with Bacon, grilled banana & Maple syrup
  • Classic BLT $12.90
    • Bacon, Lettuce, tomato with creamy aioli & tomato relish on toasted specialty bread
  • Muesli with Fruit & Yogurt S $6.90 / L $9.90
    • Toasted Muesli with Seasonal Fruit and Yoghurt
  • Omelette $15.90
    • Eggs with three fillings: Ham, Cheese, Tomato, Mushrooms, Onion & Pineapple Served on Toasted Specialty Bread
  • Amaretto Soy Milk 'Panna Cotta' $12.00
    • Spiced Poached Pears, Gula Melaka Syrup, Toasted Almonds
  • Steamed Jasmine Rice $5.00
  • All dishes can be prepared either TARE/with Ancestral yakitori sauce or SHIO/with solar harvested natural sea salt from the South Island. All meats are free range.
  • Pacific Oysters $9.50
    • with Sake, ginger, spring onion 2 oysters
  • Pork, Prawn & Shiitake Dim Sum $16.00
    • green pea puree, chilli oil, truffle-mushroom emulsion
  • King Prawns $9.00
    • with garlic mayonnaise 2 skewers
  • Kumara $5.50
    • with butter 4/5 slices
  • Tsukune $7.50
    • corn-fed chicken, spring onion & ginger meatball 2 skewers
  • Chicken Curry Pie $4.00
  • Ham & Cheese Quiche $2.50
  • Chicken Curry Pie $4.00
  • Caramel Slice $2.20
  • Apple Cream Donut $2.60
  • Delux Caramel $2.20
  • Mince Pie $3.50
  • Mince & Cheese Pie $3.80
  • Roasted pork $40.00
  • 1/2 Roasted duck $22.00
  • Pork sandwich with coleslaw and aioli $8.00
  • 1/4 chicken $7.00
  • Combo with potatoes and coleslaw $16.00
  • Combo with potatoes and coleslaw $11.00
  • Free range roasted chicken $20.00
  • Chicken sandwich with coleslaw and aioli $8.00
  • Pull apart Brushetta $12
  • Steak + Prawns $29.5
    • Porterhouse steak, prawn skewer, beer battered onion rings, sauteed vegetables, roasted kumara, bearnaise sauce
  • Beef Short Rib $25
    • Succulent slow roasted short rib with rustic mashed potato, winter veg + jus
  • Beer Battered Fish Bites $16
  • Lemon + Dill Fish Cakes $18
    • Tzatziki and housemade chipotle aioli. Served with salad
  • Waldorf Risotto $22
    • Italian style risotto, walnut cream, crisp winter apple, brie cheese
  • Craft Beer Battered Fish + Chips $21
    • 2 pieces of beer battered fish of the day, fries and homemade tartare sauce
  • Smoked Potato + Cheddar Rosti $19
    • With 2 free range poached eggs, smoked salmon + béarnaise sauce
El Porteno

El Porteno

location

Address

139A Main Road, Tawa, Wellington, Wellington, 5028, New Zealand

phone

Phone

0224324155

clock

Opened hours

Monday: 7:00 AM – 3:00 PM, Tuesday: 7:00 AM – 3:00 PM, Wednesday: 7:00 AM – 3:00 PM, Thursday: 7:00 AM – 3:00 PM, Friday: 7:00 AM – 3:00 PM, Saturday: 8:00 AM – 2:30 PM, Sunday: 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM
price range

Price

$10 - $20

type

Type

None

service level

Service

Table Service

cuisine

Cuisine

Argentinian , Cafe Food , Contemporary , New Zealand , South American

features

Features

Mastercard ,  Visa ,  Takeout ,  Cash ,  Seating

Location
139A Main Road, Tawa, Wellington, Wellington, 5028, New Zealand