Elsie's Restaurant at Tuakau Hotel in Waikato Menu

ENTREES ENTREES
  • Warm focaccia bread $10.00
    • With olive oil & balsamic reduction for dipping
  • Soup of the day $10.00
    • Ask our friendly team for todays soup
  • Seafood Chowder $15.00
    • Thick & creamy with chunks of fresh seafood, vegetables & garlic bread
  • Salt and Pepper Squid $13.00
    • Accompanied by chilli tomato jam & a salad garnish
  • Deep Fried Camembert $13.00
    • Crumbed & served on a bed of rocket with rich berry coulis & basil
  • Garlic Butter Prawns $14.50
    • Prawns cutlets sauteed with fresh chilli and garlic, on a bed of rocket
  • Traditional shrimp cocktail $12.00
    • On a bed of lettuce topped with seafood sauce & lemon wedges
  • Warm Plate $12.00
    • Pistachio crusted & served with toasted ciabatta
LUNCH MAINS LUNCH MAINS
  • Calamari Salad $22.50
    • Calamari on a bed of julienne vegetables, tossed with crispy noodles, green salad & dressed with a chilli tomato jam
  • Thai Beef Salad $17.50
    • Spicy marinated beef strips with fresh salad greens, capsicum, red onion, cucumber cherry tomatoes, with thai coriander & lime dressing topped with crispy noodles
  • Vegetarian Salad $15.00
    • Fresh salad greens, avocado, orange, capsicum, red onions, cucumber, cherry tomatoes, with honey & orange dressing topped with crispy noodles
  • -Add Chicken for $5.00
  • Prawn Risotto $24.00
    • Prawn & chorizo served with fresh herbs & parmesan cheese
  • Chicken Risotto $24.00
    • Chicken & mushroom served with fresh herbs & parmesan cheese
  • Fish of the Day P.O.A
    • With your choice of two sides & butter (lemon, garlic or chilli )
DESSERTS DESSERTS
  • Cheesecake of the day $10.00
    • Served with a selection of sauce & creamy vanilla bean ice cream
  • Warm Chocolate Brownie $12.00
    • Served with warm chocolate ganache with kapiti ice cream
  • Crunchy Hot apple Crumble $12.00
    • Served with custard, ice cream or cream
  • Warm sticky date pudding $12.00
    • Served with caramel sauce & vanilla ice cream
  • Ice Cream sundae
    • Served with your choice of sauce and hundreds of thousands. Sauces; chocolate, strawberry, caramel, passion fruits, berry coulis
GLUTEN FREE & VEGETARIAN OPTIONS GLUTEN FREE & VEGETARIAN OPTIONS
  • ●Entree
  • Shrimp Cocktail
  • Pate (No Ciabatta)
  • Garlic Butter Prawns
  • ●Vegetarian
  • Mushrooms Risotto $21.50
  • Soup of the day
  • Vegetarian Salad
  • ●Salads
  • Thai beef salad (No crispy Noodles)
  • ●Mains
  • Salmon Risotto
  • Eye Fillet
  • Snapper
  • ●Dessert
  • Sundae
    • Without biscuit crumbs
SNACKS SNACKS
  • Garlic flatBread (Pizza Style) $10.00
    • Drizzled with italian glaze
  • Fries S $40.00 / L $8.00
  • Warm Focaccia Bread $10.00
    • With olive oil & balsamic reduction for dipping
  • Spicy Buffalo Wings $15.00
    • Chicken wings marinated in spicy buffalo sauce served with aioli
  • Seafood Basket $15.00
    • Battered fish, crumbed mussels, squid rings, tempura prawns & chips
  • Potato Wedges $15.00
    • With bacon, sour cream & cheese, sweet chilli dipping sauce
  • Spicy Beef Nachos $16.00
    • Topped with cheese, sour cream & capsicum salsa
  • Salt & pepper squid $13.00
    • Accompanied with chilli tomato jam & a salad garnish
  • Deep Fried Camembert $13.00
    • Crumbed & served on a bed of rocket with rich berry coulis & basil
  • Seafood Chowder $15.00
    • Thick and creamy with chunks of fresh seafood, vegetables & garlic bread
  • Soup of the Day POA
    • Ask our friendly team for today's soup
  • Traditional Shrimp cocktail $12.00
    • On a bed of lettuce topped with seafood sauce & lemon wedge
PIZZAS PIZZAS
  • Margherita $16.50
    • Mozzarella, tomato and basil pesto
  • Tandoori Chicken $22.00
    • Tandoori coated chicken, cranberry sauce, camembert & smoked bacon bits topped with rocket
  • Meat Lovers $21.50
    • Salami, ham, chorizo, bacon, nacho mince and bbq sauce
  • Venison Pepperoni $19.00
    • Spiced venison pepperoni & mozzarella
  • Hawaiian $19.00
    • Ham, pineapple, fresh thyme
  • Greek Lamb $22.00
    • Mozzarella, marinated minted lamb, red onion, baby spinach & tzatziki
DINNER MAINS DINNER MAINS
  • Eye Fillet $31.50
    • Cooked to your liking, served with potato & kumara cake, seasonal vegetables & your choice of sauce
  • Beef Scotch $32.00
    • 300g beef scotch served with a potato & kumara cake, roast carrots, seasonal vegetables & your choice of sauce
  • Lamb Shank $26.00
    • Braised lamb shank, served with kumara mash, seasonal vegetables & red wine just
  • Pork Belly $28.00
    • Marinated in honey, whiskey & fennel seeds served with kumara mash, seasonal vegetables, lime marmalade & apple sauce
  • Chicken Breast $28.00
    • Stuffed chicken breast wrapped in bacon, on a bed of potato mash, seasonal vegetables & pine nut sauce. Ask our friendly staff for today's special fillings
  • Sauces
    • Mushroom / red wine jus / blue cheese / peppercorn
  • Side Orders
  • -Seasonal vegetables / Side Salad / Mash Potato $5.00
  • -Potato & Kumara Cake $5.00
  • -Fries $4.00
BAR MENU BAR MENU
  • ●Platters
  • Tuakau Platter $45.00
    • 2-4 people: spicy chorizo, BBQ pulled pork, chicken liver pate, cold meat & salami, served with toasted focaccia, olives locally pickled onions, beetroot relish & rocket
  • Seafood Platter $30.00
    • 2-3 people: battered fish, crumbed calamari rings, crumbed mussels, tempura prawns & homemade fish cakes, served with rocket & sweet chilli sauce
  • ●Salads
  • Thai Beef Salad $17.50
    • Spicy marinated beef strips with fresh salad green, capsicum, red onion, cucumber, cherry tomatoes with a thai coriander & lime dressing topped with crispy noodles
  • Vegetarian Salad $15.00
    • Fresh salad greens, avocado, orange, capsicum, red onion, cucumber, cherry tomatoes with honey & orange dressing topped with crispy noodles
  • -Add chicken for $5.00
  • Calamari Salad $22.50
    • Calamari on bed of julienne vegetables tossed with crispy noodles, green salad & dressed with a chilli tomato jam
  • ●Burgers & Hot Sandwiches
  • Pulled pork bun $15.00
    • Marinated & slow cooked pork, served on brioche with coleslaw & BBQ sauce
  • Tuakau Burger $19.50
    • Homemade burger patty served with bacon, egg, beetroot, tomato, fresh salad leaves, emmental cheese, pickled onion marmalade & a portion of fries
  • Chicken Burger $19.50
    • Tandoori chicken breast, served on a brioche bun with fresh salad leaves, cucumber, red onion, tomato, camembert, tzatziki & a portion of fries
  • Open Steak Sandwich $18.50
    • Perfectly cooked steak on a focaccia base with fresh salad leaves, caramelized onion, mushroom, a fried egg, aioli & a portion of fries
  • BLAT $17.50
    • Bacon, lettuce, avocado and tomato served between focaccia with a portion of fries
  • -Add Chicken For $5.00
  • ●Meat & Fish
  • Steak, Egg & Chips $18.50
    • Cooked to your liking & served with tomato sauce
  • Traditional Fish & chips $20.50
    • Fresh beer battered fish fillets served with chips, salad & lemon wedge
  • Local Beef sausages $16.50
    • With mashed potatoes, seasonal green & a rich onion gravy
  • Pork Spare Ribs $18.00
    • 1 1/2 kg portion of smokey BBQ sauce spare ribs served with a portion of fries & a side of coleslaw
BRUNCH MENU BRUNCH MENU
  • Available from 10am - 3pm
  • Elsie's ultimate breakfast $18.00
    • Bacon, sausage, grilled, mushrooms & tomato, eggs (any style), baked beans & toast
  • Egg Benedict $17.00
    • With spinach & bacon or smoked salmon topped with a fresh hollandaise
  • French Toast $15.00
    • With grilled bacon, banana, & maple syrup
  • Omelette $12.00
    • With capsicum, mushroom, tomato, red onion and cheese
  • -Add Salmon or Chicken for $3.00
  • -Add Bacon or sausage for $3.00

Nearby Sample Menus

  • Beer battered fish and chips $20.00
    • homemade tartare, fennel slaw
  • 200g Smoked salmon, red pepper aioli, and walnut salsa $17.00
  • Polenta chips with sRiracha Mayo V $8.00
  • RasPberry and white chocolate Brulee and shortbread GF $12.00
  • KOHU road Ice cream sundae with chocolate sauce, berry compote, vanilla cream and almonds GF $12.00
  • Pan fried fish of the day $24.00
    • lime hollandaise, avocado Panzanella Salad
  • Seared SCOTCH steak $24.00
    • roasted peppers, onion jam, goats curd, watercress and sherry vinaigrette GF
  • Southern fried chicken $21.00
    • sRiracha apple slaw
  • Bistro’s fish & chips $36.00
    • Hand chopped tatare sauce, malt vinegar wafer
  • Menu available when dining in bar area only
  • Roasted Brussels sprouts $8.00
  • White chocolate and raspberry bread ‘n’ butter pudding, $16.00
    • White chocolate crème anglaise, vanilla ice cream
  • Olive oil sponge $16.00
    • Pear sorbet, yoghurt ganache, pickled cucumber
  • Rustic fries with salt and pepper spice, aioli $8.00
  • Ōra King salmon cakes, pickled cucumber, hollandaise $19.00
  • Hawke’s Bay lamb meatballs, roasted eggplant, dukkah spice, coriander $17.00
  • Fish $18.00
    • beer battered fish, tartare, lettuce & tomato - All served in a fresh bun with chips & either aioli or tomato sauce
  • Onion rings & garlic mayo $8.00
  • Crispy buttermilk chicken & mustard mayo $14.00
  • Paprika-roast cauliflower, hummus & dukkah - add lamb or chicken $10.00 / $15.00
  • Fries & aioli $6.00 / $9.00
    • S / L
  • Smoked Fish Pie $19.00
    • grilled potato top, white fish, mussels, eggs & herbs
  • Steak & Ale Pie $19.00
    • chips & salad
  • Lamb $16.00
    • housemade pattie, egg, tomato, beetroot, tomato jam & mint yoghurt - All served in a fresh bun with chips & either aioli or tomato sauce
  • Farmer's Big Breakfast $21.00
    • Bacon, mushrooms, breakfast sausage, slow cooked tomato, sauteed potatoes, two eggs (scrambled or poached) on toasted grain bread
  • Scallops $19.00
    • Four beer battered scallops, served with salad and Thunder Crunch fries
  • Curly Fries $7.50
    • Served with in-house aioli and tomato sauce
  • Eggs Benedict $16.00
    • Baby spinach, two poached eggs on toasted grain bread topped with hollandaise sauce - with crispy bacon
  • Sides $4.00
    • Baked beans, creamy mushrooms, hash brown, eggs, tomato or bacon (each)
  • Thunder Crunch Fries $7.50
    • Served with in-house aioli and tomato sauce
  • Corn Fritters $17.50
    • Stacked on salad greens topped with bacon, sour cream and avocado drizzled with chilli sauce
  • Willow Glen House Made Muesli $14.50
    • Nutty muesli served with your choice of yoghurt or milk and fruit
  • Shoestring fries Sml$5/Lrg$7
    • w/ garlic aioli
  • Chicken celebration bowl $22
    • Tumeric & spice chicken thigh + smokey chick peas + pumpkin + dukkah avo + mixed leaves + hummus + herb labne + almonds
  • Legitimate classic
    • Prosciutto + avo + blue cheese + roquette + walnuts
  • Croque Monsieur $15
    • Manuka smoked ham sirloin + Emmental cheese + wholegrain mustard + Béchamel sauce + Volare bread + tomato jam + mixed leaves
  • Mick Royale burger $21
    • Fried Katsu chicken + Asian slaw + cheddar + avo black sesame smash + sweet chilli kewpie mayo w/ fries
  • Breakfast Sausage $6
  • Eggs any style $11
    • w/ Volare sour dough
  • Lamb backstrap $35
    • Honey & herb + kumara rosti + beetroot labne + heirloom carrots + cress pesto *served med rare
  • King Prawns or Mixed Seafood $19.90
  • R8 Pineapple Fried Rice: Kaow Pad Supparod
    • Fried rice with pineapple, sultanas, egg and vegetable topped with cashew nuts
  • C3 Yellow Curry
    • A mild curry cooked with potato, carrot, onion in coconut milk and sprinkled with roasted peanuts
  • Soup as a main $15
  • Lamb or Duck $17.90
  • V3 Tofu Satay $8
    • Deep fried skewer of tofu served with delicious satay sauce
  • R2 Drunken Noodle: Pad Kea Maow
    • Spicy noodle cooked in chili & sweet basil paste, vegetables and fresh Thai herbs
  • A9 Angle Wing $8
    • Boneless chicken wings stuffed with minced chicken, herb & spices, deep fried and served with sweet chili sauce
  • Pear, walnut & parmesan salad $7.50
    • Sliced pear, shaved parmesan, mesclun & a sprinkle of walnuts
  • Seasonal steamed vegetables $7.00
  • Soup of the Day $11.50
    • Chefs soup served ẃ toasted sour dough
  • Bacon & eggs $15.00
    • Crispy streaky bacon & eggs cooked to your liking served on sour dough
  • Bacon $17.50
  • Fish n Chips $12.20
  • Duct Confit $37.50
    • Duck leg with a "big fat flavour blast" served on a mustard mash ẃ seasonal greens and a port wine jus
  • Add Tomato or Hashbrown $3.00
  • Vietnamese pork belly salad with rice noodle & chilli caramel $18.00
  • Curly fries $8.50
  • Steak sammy with bacon, brie & onion rings $22.00
    • Served with curly fries
  • Additional sides $4.00
    • Eggs/ tomatoes/ mushroom/ kransky/ avocado/ hash brown
  • Al Brown's Best Ugly Bagels $8.50
    • Tomato, basil pesto & avocado
  • Al Brown's Best Ugly Bagels $5.00
    • Add free range bacon
  • Additional sides $6.00
    • House smoked salmon
  • Chicken Donburi $15.00
  • Fish Cake $ 3.00
  • Paua Fritters $ 2.00
  • Potato Fritter $ 1.50
  • Nuggets $ 0.80
  • GF Burger $ 10.00
  • Chips (min) $ 2.50
  • Surfer Burger $ 13.00
  • Fish Burger $ 5.00
  • Meat on fries S $12.50 / L $14.50
    • Chicken, lamb, mixed (chicken + lamb), falafel, mujver or mixed vege
  • Dolma $1.00
    • Vine leafs and rice in it
  • Baklava $4.50
    • Wrapped filo pastry, filled with walnuts and honey syrup
  • "Eat right, be bright"
  • Falafel $1.50
    • Chickpeas, celery, parsley, coriander
  • Your choice of fresh meats or vege served with rice and topped with and combination of sauces
  • "Eat right, be bright"
  • Rice dish S $12.50 / L $14.50
    • Chicken, lamb, mixed (chicken + lamb), falafel, mujver or mixed vege
  • Porka $21.00
    • Bacon, ham, salami, capsicum, pineapple
  • Chicken Supreme $18.00
    • Chicken, tomato, capsicum, onion
  • Garlic Pizza Bread $6.00
    • Made in-house
  • Bulldozer $21.00
    • Ham, salami, mushroom, pineapple, tomato, garlic
  • Camberry + $23.00
    • Cranberry sauce, camembert, chicken, cashew nuts
  • Mexicana $21.00
    • Spicy beef, olives, onion, capsicum, jalapeno's
  • Family Size Nachos $13 Sm / $16 Lge
  • Chips $3.50
  • Free Range Eggs Any Way $17.00
    • Cooked to your liking and served on toasted ciabatta
  • Fish Ceviche $19.00
    • Citrus and Ginger marinated fresh fish Ceviche
  • Venison Tataki $19.00
    • Served with ponzu sauce, baby leeks & spinach and sesame oil
  • French Fries $10.00
  • Trio of Ice Cream $18.00
    • New Zealand Kapiti Ice cream
  • Vegetable Carpaccio $17.00
    • Swede, turnip and radish carpaccio, pink salt, baby coriander, aged cheddar served with beurre noissete vinaigrette
  • Chocolate Pate $18.00
    • Served with fresh seasonal berries a homemade caramel sauce and hokey pokey ice cream (Gluten Free)
  • Taupo Scotch Fillet $38.00
    • With Malt soil roasted vegetables and an orange scented jus
  • Pasta of the day $28.00
    • Our housemade pasta served with fresh seasonal ingredients from the garden
  • Margherita $20.00
    • Vine ripened tomatoes, mozzarella, confit garlic, tomato sugo and garden basil
  • -House cured and smoked salmon with a shrimp, salmon & fraiche rillette and an edamame bean salsa
  • -Dry rubbed smoked venison topside, truffled labneh pickled onion salsa
  • 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
  • Brad’s tip: Try with our house made chilli sambal!
  • Chicken $24.00
    • Spiced chicken breast, apricot chutney with chargrilled zucchini & an olive, sundried tomato, red pepper and jalapeno salsa
  • Vegetarian $28.00
    • Pumpkin, parmesan & herb roasted semolina cake with wild rocket pesto, a lemon & nutmeg scented house ricotta, pickled beetroot and stuffed portabello mushroom
  • hashbrown/Smoked salmon
  • 7 - 1 pm
  • Cinnamon french toast with bacon, grilled banana, maple syrup $17.50
  • Oat or rice Perridge with stewed fruit and brown sugar $10
  • Salmon on toasted ciabatta or hashbrown $17.50/$19.50
  • Free range Poached/Scrambled eggs on toasted ciabatta $9.50
  • Homemade toasted grain cereak with black doris plums and yoghurt $10
  • Toasted ciabatta with marmalade, Jam or Promite $6.50
  • Green Tea Ice Cream (1 scoop) $5.00
    • Japanese style green tea ice cream
  • Singapore Fried Noodle $14.50
    • Stir fried thin rice noodle with BBQ pork & prawn in a light curry flavour
  • Mango Pudding $5.00
    • Refreshing & light mango pudding
  • Deep Fried Pork Snizzle Rice Set / Chicken Cutlet Rice Set $15.00
    • Deep fried pork cutlet served with rice & vegetables / Deep fried rice chicken fillet served with rice & vegetables
  • Beef Pot Rice Set $15.50
    • Northeast Asian style beef & turnip cooked in clay pot served with rice & vegetables
  • Spring Roll $6.50
    • Deep fried vegetable spring rolls
  • Kimchi Seafood Noodle Soup (Spicy) $16.00
    • Korean style kimchi noodle soup with seafood
  • Japanese Deep Fried Tofu $7.50
    • Japanese style deep fried battered tofu with specially prepared sauce
Elsie's Restaurant at Tuakau Hotel

Elsie's Restaurant at Tuakau Hotel

location

Address

1/3 George Street, Tuakau, Waikato, Waikato, 2121, New Zealand

phone

Phone

+64 9-236 8084

email

Email

None

clock

Opened hours

Mon 11 AM to 9 PM Tue 11 AM to 9 PM Wed 11 AM to 9 PM Thu 11 AM to 9 PM Fri 11 AM to 9 PM Sat 10 AM to 9 PM Sun 10 AM to 9 PM
price range

Price

$30 - $50

type

Type

None

service level

Service

None

cuisine

Cuisine

European

features

Features

EFTPOS ,  Takeaway ,  Gluten Free Options ,  Vegetarian Friendly ,  Vegan Options ,  Cash ,  Lunch ,  Seating ,  Free Wifi ,  Cards accepted ,  Disabled Friendly ,  Dinner ,  Outdoor Seating ,  Full Bar ,  Gastro Pub

Location
1/3 George Street, Tuakau, Waikato, Waikato, 2121, New Zealand
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