Istanbul Cafe in Wellington Menu

BREADS BREADS
  • Turkish bread $2.50
    • Our traditional bread, made daily in our wood fired oven, topped with sesame seeds
  • Lavish bread $5.00
    • Large and thin, made daily in our wood fired ovenm topped with sesame seeds
  • Olive bread $6.00
    • turkish pide bread topped with olive tapenade and parmesan
  • Red pesto bread $6.00
    • Turkish pide bread topped with spicy red pesto and parmesan
  • Garlic bread $6.00
    • Our popular garlic bread with garlic butter and herbs
  • Spicy walnut bread $6.00
    • Turkish pide bread topped with spicy walnut dip and feta
  • Lahmajoun $7.00
    • Authentic flat bread topped with ground lamb, onion and spicy seasoning
  • Peymajoun $6.00
    • Authentic flat bread topped with feta, mozzarella, tomato, dill and parsley
  • Basket bread $14.00
    • Combination of olive, spicy walnut, turkish and garlic bread for two or more
DIPS-MEZES DIPS-MEZES
  • Hummus $7.00
    • Creamy chikpeas, tahini and lemon juice served with turkish bread
  • Jacik $7.00
    • Strained yoghurt, fresh garlic, mint and oil served with turkish bread
  • Mixes dip plate $12.00
    • Combination of dips served with salad and turkish bread for two
  • Meze platter $18.00
    • House speciality, dips, nibbles and salad for two served with lavish bread
  • Seafood platter $22.00
    • Combination of garlic, prawns, calamari, smoked mussels, smoked salmon, salmon filo, taramasalata and garlic for two
ENTREE ENTREE
  • Sigara borek $12.00
    • Filo rolls filled with feta, mozzarella and fresh herbs served with yoghurt
  • Dolma $10.00
    • Vine Leaves stuffed with rice served with green salad
  • Kalamar $12.00
    • Fried battered squid rings with lime aioli and served with a green salad
  • Halloumi $12.00
    • Grilled Halloumi cheese with grilled tomatoes, hummus and turkish bread
  • Biber $10.00
    • Grilled tricolour capsicums and mushrooms with garlic yoghurt and tomato sauce on hummus, served with turkish bread
  • Grilled garlic prawns $12.00
MAINS MAINS
  • Chicken ottomani $20.00
    • Tender chicken pieces slowly cooked in a creamy tomato and honey sauce, with middle eastern spices served with polif, hummus, salda and turkish bread
  • Chicken koko $20.00
    • Tasty chicken preces, cooked in a roasted tomato herb sauce, topped with garlicyoghurt and served on pilaf with hummus, sald and turkish bread
  • Chicken taza $20.00
    • Tender chicken pieces, cooked in buttery saffron sauce served on pilaf with hummus, salad and turkish bread
  • Chicken izgara $22.00
    • Tender chicken breast fillets marinated in mild middle eastern spice topped with BBQ and garlic yoghurt sauce served with pilaf, hummus, salad and turkis bread
  • Chicken shish $10.00
    • Boneless grilled chicken piece on sticks, marinated in spicy soy sauce topped with BBQ and garlic yoghurt sauce, served with pilaf hummus, salad and turkish bread
  • Chicken boregi $20.00
    • Spinach, cream, cheese, sour cream and mushrooms with chicken, fresh herbs and mozzarella cheese in filo pastry and topped with garlic yoghurt sauce, served with hummus, tabbouleh and salad
  • Lamb shank $22.00
    • Our famous lamb shanks braised in red wine and tarragonn finished in wood fired oven, served on garlic and herb mashed potatoe with mushrooms and capsicum then topped with a light pan jus
  • Lamb tava $20.00
    • Middle eastern spiced lamb piece tossed in a pan with mushrooms, capsicum, tomatoes and light gravy, served with pilaf, hummus, salad and turkish bread
  • Lamb shish $25.00
    • Lean grilled lamb cubes on sticks, topped with BBQ and garlic yoghurt sauce, served with pilaf, hummus, salad and turkish bread
  • Beek korta $20.00
    • Grilled premium ground beef, topped with BBQ and garlic yoghurt sauce, served with pilaf, hummus, salad and turkis bread
  • Beef moussaka $22.00
    • Layers of potatoe, eggplant, zucchini, premium ground beef and bechamel topped with BBQ and yoghurt sauce and served with salad greens hummus
  • Mixed grill platter $25.00
    • Meat lovers trio, a combination of chicken breast, lamb shish and siroin steak, served with pilaf, hummus, saland and turkish bread topped with BBQ and garlic yoghurt sauce
  • Salmon filo $20.00
    • Salmon, spinach and pine nuts wrapped in filo served with sweet chilli sauce, sald, hummus and tabbouleh
  • Fish of the day $22.00
    • Fresh fish fillets, served with a mediterranean salad roasted herbed potatoes
KIDS MAINS KIDS MAINS
  • Under 16 years only
  • Grilled chicken and chips $14.00
    • Pan fried chicken breast serves with potatoe chips and tomato sauce
  • Fish and chips $14.00
    • Pan fried fresh fish served with potatoe chips, aioli and tomato sacue
  • Kalamar and chips $14.00
    • Fried battered squid rings served with potatoe chips, aioli and tomato
VEGETARIAN MAINS VEGETARIAN MAINS
  • Falafel (vegan) $18.00
    • Chickpea patties with hummus, tabbouleh, green salad and garlic bread (vegan optional)
  • Spanakopita $18.00
    • Spinach, onion, mozzarella and feta cheese in filo pastry, served with taboulleh, hummus, jacik green salad and yoghurt dressing
  • Vegetables moussaka $20.00
    • Layers of potatoe, eggplant, zucchini and bechamel topped with tomato and yoghurt sauce and served with salad greens and hummus
SALADS SALADS
  • Meduterranean salad $12.00
    • Tomatoes, black olives, cucumber, red onion, feta and fresh herbs and balsamic viniagrette
  • Kalamar salad (main) $18.00
    • Fried battered squid rings served with a large salad topped with lime aioli
  • Grilled chicken salad (main) $20.00
    • Grilled chicken breasts served with green salad, hummus, tabboouleh and garlic bread
  • Grilled beef salad (main) $20.00
    • Grilled prime sirloin beef servedwith green salad, hummus, tabbouleh and garlic bread
  • Garden salad $8.00
    • Fresh green garden salad served with our homemade dressing
DESSERTS DESSERTS
  • Baklava $8.00
    • Layers of walnut and filo pastry, sweetened with honey syruo, served with spiced fruit compte and vanilla bean ice cream
  • Panna cotta $8.00
    • Eggless vanilla custard, similar to creme caramel, served with raspberry coulis
  • Tiramasu $9.00
    • Mascapone cheese, espresso and tia maria liqueur
  • Ctrus baked cheesecake $8.00
    • Homemade baked cheesecake with delicuos citrus flavour, served with ice cream
  • Chocolate pudding $9.00
    • Warn rich cake, served with white and dark chocolate sauce, berry coilis, vanilla bean ice cream and cream
  • Ice cream sundae $6.50
    • Vanilla bean ice cream topped with ypur choice or chocolate, caramel or raspberry sauces
  • Turkish delight $3.00
    • Four íeces, mixed flavours
TWO FOR ONE MAINS MENU TWO FOR ONE MAINS MENU
  • Falafel (vegan)
    • Chickpea patties with hummus, tabbouleh, green salad and garlic bread (vegan optional)
  • Chicken izgara
    • Tender chicken breast fillets marinated in mild middle eastern spice topped with BBQ and garlic yoghurt sauce served with pilaf, hummus, salad and turkis bread
  • Chicken ottomani
    • Tender chicken pieces slowly cooked in a creamy tomato and honey sauce, with middle eastern spices served with polif, hummus, salda and turkish bread
  • Chicken koko
    • Tasty chicken preces, cooked in a roasted tomato herb sauce, topped with garlicyoghurt and served on pilaf with hummus, sald and turkish bread
  • Lamb tava
    • Middle eastern spiced lamb piece tossed in a pan with mushrooms, capsicum, tomatoes and light gravy, served with pilaf, hummus, salad and turkish bread
  • Lamb shish
    • Lean grilled lamb cubes on sticks, topped with BBQ and garlic yoghurt sauce, served with pilaf, hummus, salad and turkish bread
  • Conditions: Dine in only, one free main per two people for one main ordered, two for one applies only for this menu
SET MENU: ENTREE SET MENU: ENTREE
  • Mixed dip plate
    • A delicious selection of dips served with turkish bread
  • Homemade garlic bread
  • Peymajoun
    • Authenctic flat bread topped with feta, mozzarella, tomato, dill and parsley
SET MENU: MAINS SET MENU: MAINS
  • Chicken izgara
    • Tender chicken breast fillets marinated in mild middle eastern spice topped with BBQ and garlic yoghurt sauce served with pilaf, hummus, salad and turkis bread
  • Chicken ottomani
    • Tender chicken pieces slowly cooked in a creamy tomato and honey sauce, with middle eastern spices served with polif, hummus, salda and turkish bread
  • Chicken koko
    • Tasty chicken preces, cooked in a roasted tomato herb sauce, topped with garlicyoghurt and served on pilaf with hummus, sald and turkish bread
  • Shish kebabs
    • Lean lamb cubes, skewered and frilled, topped with BBQ and garlic yoghurt sauce, served with pilaf, salad and turkish bread
  • Izgara kofta
    • Grilled premium ground beef caftan, topped with BBQ and garlic yoghurt sauce and served with pilaf, salad and turkish bread
  • Borek
    • Mozzarella, tomato, spring onion, capsicum and herbs in filo served with tabbouleh, jacik, green salad and sweet chili sauce
  • Spanakopita
    • Spinach, onion, mozzarella and feta cheese in filo pastry, served with taboulleh, hummus, jacik green salad and yoghurt dressing
SET MENU: DESSERT SET MENU: DESSERT
  • Turkish delight and apple tea per person
  • Mixed dip plate
    • A delicious selection of dips served with turkish bread
  • Homemade garlic bread
  • Lahmajoun
    • Authentic flat bread topped with ground lamb and seasoning
  • Kalamar
    • Gried squid rings with lime aioli
SET MENU: MAINS SET MENU: MAINS
  • Chicken izgara
    • Tender chicken breast fillets marinated in mild middle eastern spice topped with BBQ and garlic yoghurt sauce served with pilaf, hummus, salad and turkis bread
  • Chicken ottomani
    • Tender chicken pieces slowly cooked in a creamy tomato and honey sauce, with middle eastern spices served with polif, hummus, salda and turkish bread
  • Chicken koko
    • Tasty chicken preces, cooked in a roasted tomato herb sauce, topped with garlicyoghurt and served on pilaf with hummus, sald and turkish bread
  • Shish kebabs
    • Lean lamb cubes, skewered and frilled, topped with BBQ and garlic yoghurt sauce, served with pilaf, salad and turkish bread
  • Izgara kofta
    • Grilled premium ground beef caftan, topped with BBQ and garlic yoghurt sauce and served with pilaf, salad and turkish bread
  • Borek
    • Mozzarella, tomato, spring onion, capsicum and herbs in filo served with tabbouleh, jacik, green salad and sweet chili sauce
  • Spanakopita
    • Spinach, onion, mozzarella and feta cheese in filo pastry, served with taboulleh, hummus, jacik green salad and yoghurt dressing
  • Kalamar salad
    • Tender fried squid tossed over feta and fresh mesculun salad
SET MENU: DESSERT SET MENU: DESSERT
  • Turkish delight and baklava

Nearby Sample Menus

  • grand $13.40
  • petite $11 .90
  • Kiwi Classic
    • Angus beef w/ free farmed bacon, melted cheddar, free farmed egg, beetroot relish, salad, mayo and relish
  • The creek
    • Toasted falafel w/ fresh avocado, mint and cucumber yogurt, salad, mayo and relish
  • Potato Fries $4.90
    • Choose your dip
  • Triple C
    • Chicken w/ camembert, cranberry sauce, salad and mayo
  • grand $14.90
  • petite $9.90
  • Espresso BBQ Pork Ribs $23.5
    • Served with fresh apple and mushroom salad
  • Grilled Chicken Citrus Salad $17.5
    • Five spiced grilled chicken thigh with cabbages, orange, carrot and herbs
  • Grilled Tamarind Chicken $18.5
    • Grilled marinated chicken thigh on stir-fried rice noodle on eggs, bean sprout and spring onion, sprinkle with crushed peanut
  • Deep-fried Spring roll $10.5
    • Pork mince, mushrooms, crystal noodle, vegetables and herbs. Served with dipping sauce
  • Sticky Golden Chicken Wings $10.5
    • Wok-tossed chicken wings in caramel fish sauce
  • Steamed Jasmine Rice or to shared (for 4 people) $2 / $6
  • Tasting Plate $18 / $27 / $36 / $9
    • Fresh rice paper roll, calamari, spring roll and crystal dumpling. 2 people / 3 people / 4 people / Add per person
  • Vietnamese Beed Salad $18.5
    • Stir-fried sliced marinated medium rare beef sirloin with fresh apple salad and lime dressing
  • Beef Brown Sauce $12.00
  • Sauteed Calf Ribs with Spicy Salt $12.00
  • Salt Pork Soup $5.00
  • Belly Pork with Chilli Sauce $11.50
  • Fried Dumpling $9.90
  • Fried Fish Slices $12.00
  • Deep-fried Spare Ribs with Minced Garlic & Spicy Salt $12.00
  • Soup Noodle with Pork Rib $9.90
  • Udang Sambal $22.90
    • Fresh prawns cooked in a thick sambal sauce consisting of garlic, ginger, onion, chilli, tomato and fresh coriander.
  • Mamak Lamb Soup $8.50
    • Pieces of lamb and potato cooked in a blend of spices in a coriander based soup.
  • Tomato Chutney $2.80
  • Tomato Chutney $2.80
  • Lemon Cake $8.90
    • Served with French Vanilla Ice-cream.
  • Entree: Rojak / Mains: Choice of two meat and one vegetable dish (excluding Prawn and Seafood Masak Lemak) / Served with: Mee Goreng, Roti Chanai and Steamed Rice $28.90 per person
  • Mango Chutney $2.80
  • Yoghurt Salad (or Raita) $4.90
  • Aged cheddar sandwich with chutney, pickled onion and watercress $ 11.00
  • Toast and jam or peanut butter $ 7.50
  • Goats cheese, walnut and honey baguette $ 13.00
  • Ham, Swiss cheese and pickle on toast $ 12.00
  • Ham, Swiss cheese, English mustard on polenta bread $ 12.00
  • Sardines on toast with lemon and olive oil $ 10.00
  • Salami and aged cheddar on rye $ 13.00
  • Goat's cheese, honey and pink pepper on toast $ 11.00
  • Farmhouse fried noodles $13.50
  • Seafood to fu soup $9.50
  • Squid fillet $2.00
  • sweet pot intestines $18.00
  • Singapore fried noodles $12.50
  • Tea scented chicken gristle $16.50
  • Orange beef $16.00
  • Steamed stuffed bun $7.50
  • P1 $14.50
    • 2 Fish, 4 Mussels, 4 Potato Fritter, Chips
  • Pineapple, Cheese, Egg $0.90
  • Won Ton $0.90
  • Scallop (6 Scallop) $14.80
  • Potato Fritter $0.90
  • Tarakihi Fish(Crumbed or Battered) $4.50
  • 1/4 Chicken $8.50
  • Bacon Burger $5.20
  • All Day Breakfast
    • bacon, egg, sausage, tomato and hash brown
  • Ham Steak with pineapple
    • served with salad and chips
  • Cheeseburger
    • beef pattie, lettuce, tomato and cheese served with chips
  • BLT & Chips
    • bacon, lettuce, tomato & garlic aioli on an open sandwich
  • Tomato, Bacon, Side of Salad or Vegetables $3.00
  • Sausage $2.00
  • All $10
  • Sausage Classic
    • three sausages served with twoeggs, coleslaw and chips
  • Chinese Dragon Ball $14.00
  • Pork Taro & Chinese Vegetable (Soup) $14.00
  • Sweet Wine & Sweet Corn Soup $8.00
  • Braised Pork with Soya Sauce $14.00
  • Pork Belly with Red Soy Bean Curd $14.00
  • Beef with Black Pepper Sauce $12.50
  • Chinese style Sweet & Sour Ribs $14.00
  • Boiled Salted Duck $19.00
  • Meatball N/A
  • Roast Beef N/A
  • Egg and Cheese N/A
  • Roasted Garlic N/A
  • Aioli N/A
  • Pickles N/A
  • Mayo N/A
  • Chicken Classic N/A
  • -Reg $10.00
  • -Reg $10.00
  • Burrito
    • Choose: beef, pork, chicken or veggie. Flour tortilla wrapped and filled with meat or veggies, cheese, rice, capsicum, corn and beans
  • Nachos (GF) (V)
    • Home made corn chips, salad, beans, cheese, pico de gallo, sour cream and chipotle salsa
  • Tacos (GF)
    • Choose: beef, pork, chicken or veggie. Corn tortilla folded in half and filled with meat or veggies, cheese, rice, beans, capsicum and corn
  • Naked Burrito (GF)
    • Choose: beef, pork, chicken or veggie. meat or veggies, lettuce, cabbage, rice, beans, capsicum, corn, avocado dressing and chipotle sauce.
  • Pico de Gallo $2.00
  • -King $13.00
  • 10. TANDOORI MIXED KEBAB PLATTER $15.90
    • Combination of all Tandoori non vegetarian dishes
  • 2. VEGETABLE PAKORA $5.50
    • Mixed vegetables, dipped in masala & deep fried with corn flour batter. A vegetarian dish never made elsewhere.
  • 5. GARLIC CHICKEN TIKKA $9.50
    • Filet of chicken pieces marinated in garlic, lemon and spices, skewered and cooked in charcoal Tandoor.
  • 75. MANGO CHUTNEY $2.50
    • Shredded mangoes with sweet sauce
  • 69. VEGETABLE PARANTHA $4.00
    • Stuffed with spiced vegetables.
  • 42. BUTTER PRAWN $15.90
    • King prawn cooked in a rich and butter gravy.
  • 7. ACHARI CHICKEN TIKKA $9.50
    • Tender spring chicken marinated in tangy pickle spices, skewered and cooked in charcoal Tandoor.
  • 70. LACCHA PARANTHA $4.00
    • Flaky whole meal bread touched with butter.
  • Miso Soup $2.50
  • Egg (Tamago) Nigiri (V) $1.70
    • (Lambton Only)
  • Prawn Nigiri (GF) $1.90
    • (Available Upon Request)
  • Aburi (Seared) Salmon $2.50
  • Salmon Avo (Brown Rice) (GF) $1.50
  • Teriyaki Chicken & Avo $1.00
  • Avocado Nigiri (V) (GF) $1.90
  • Aburi (Seared) Tuna W Wasabi Mayo $2.90
  • Sweet Chilli N/A
  • Capsicum N/A
  • Tuna N/A
  • Roast Beef N/A
  • Pizza Sub with Cheese N/A
  • Wrap N/A
  • Hot Chilli N/A
  • Sweet Onion N/A
  • Aloo Gobi $14.50
    • Sautéed potatoes and fresh cauliflower cooked with spices.
  • Lamb Korma $16.50
    • Boneless pieces of lamb cooked with a cashew nut gravy.
  • Paratha $4.00
    • Wholemeal flaky bread finished with butter, cooked in a tandoor.
  • Murgh Saag $18.00
    • Chicken pieces cooked with spinach and ground spices.
  • Sesame Prawn $12.00
    • Prawn mixed with spices and coated with bread crumb and sesame seeds.
  • Seekh Kebab $9.50
    • Minced lamb rolls mixed with spices and cooked in a tandoor.
  • Chicken Lollypop (6 pcs) $12.00
    • Chicken wings marinated with spices, eggs and cornflour.
  • Paneer Manchurian $17.50
    • Paneer cooked with garlic, onion and celery.
Istanbul Cafe

Istanbul Cafe

location

Address

117 Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington City

phone

Phone

+64 4-381 3929

email

Email

None

clock

Opened hours

Monday: 11:00AM - 11:00PM Tuesday: 11:00AM - 11:00PM Wednesday: 11:00AM - 2:00AM Thursday: 11:00AM - 2:00AM Friday: 11:00AM - 4:00AM Saturday: 11:00AM - 4:00AM Sunday: 12:00PM - 11:00PM
price range

Price

None

type

Type

None

service level

Service

Table Service

cuisine

Cuisine

Mediterranean , Middle Eastern , Turkish

features

Features

Reservations ,  Waitstaff ,  Groups ,  Seating ,  Serves Alcohol ,  Child-friendly

Location
117 Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington City