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

  • Red Desiree potato, buffalo mozzarella, parmesan + rosemary $26.00
  • Rolled fennel seed pork, ricotta, almonds + rocket $16.00
  • BLACK QUINOA + RICE BERRY $ 20.50
    • Choc-tail tomatoes, tatsoi, snowpeas, red cabbage, purple carrot, rosemary + cabernet dressing.
  • FREEKEH $20.50
    • Salmon, pea sprouts, Savoy cabbage, chives, fennel tops + chardonnay dressing.
  • Smoked Mackeral pate $13.50
  • Broken chicken sausage, French tarragon, shaved fennel, parmesan + dill. $27.00
  • VEGETABLE $20.50
    • Roasted cauliflower, chargrilled broccoli, spinach, sunflower seeds + tahini dressing >>
  • PLOUGHMANS $18.50
    • Smoked salmon, popped capers, watercress + seed bread.
  • Casareccia $25.00
    • prawns, scallops, chilli, garlic, bottarga
  • Mushrooms $4.00
  • Scopa tiramisu $12.00
  • Sage fried eggs $12.00
    • focaccia bread
  • Buttermilk panna cotta $12.00
    • grapefruit, gingernut
  • Roasted Potatoes $8.00
    • herb salt, aioli
  • Rocket $10.00
    • parmesan, fresh herbs, red wine vinaigrette
  • Roast potatoes $4.00
  • Norma's delight $17.50
    • grilled portabello mushroom on a toasted bun w lettuce, tomato, red onion, guacamole & chipotle mayo
  • Blackbeans & rice $5.50
  • Buffalo wings $12.50
    • house smoked BBQ spiced chicken wings w blue cheese dressing
  • Free range eggs poached, fried or scrambled n/a
  • Taco plate - grilled chicken $17.50
    • two soft corn tortillas filled w your choice of meat, coleslaw & chipotle mayo w mexican rice & black beans
  • The big ed $20.00
  • Hodaddies $14.50
    • coconut, coriander & green onion battered fish bites w remoulade
  • Breakfast burrito $14.50
    • w scrambled eggs, blackbeans & cheese in a grilled flour tortilla
  • Steamed Fruit Pudding $12
  • Brussel Sprouts, Bacon $8
  • Free-range Eggs Tour Way on Sourdough $9
  • Black Angus Sirloin, Hasselback Potato, Pistou, Caramelised Onion $30
  • Duck Liver Pate, Pickles & Rye Bread $14
  • Confit Pork Belly, Crushed Kurama, Tamarillo Chutney, Watercress $30
  • Poached Eggs on Ciabatta with Hollandaise & Bacon/Spinach/Salmon $16
  • House-made Beans on Toast, melted Cheese & Eggs your way $12
  • Fish fingers(5) & hashbrown $6.50
  • DVDT(delicious vegetarian deluxe toastie) $15.00
    • sweet chilli sauce, a corn fritter, cheese and tomato, toasted and topped with hollandaise
  • Tuna salad $17.50
    • tuna in spring water, sundried tomatoes, sliced pear, sunflower seeds with a lemon juice and flaxseed oil dressing(GF, low GI)
  • Toast, hollandaise $2.00
  • Bacon and mushroom risotto cakes $18.00
    • with a creamy mushroom sauce(GF)
  • Eggs royale $17.00
    • smoked salmon & spinach with homemade hollandaise
  • Chocolate frog veggie breakfast $19.50
    • poached, scrambled or fried eggs with spinach, mushrooms, potato cake, tomato and toast
  • Toasted sandwiches $5.50/$6.00
    • ham, cheese, pineapple, corn, tomato, caramelised onion, 2 fillings/3 fillings
  • 18 Cucumber Salad $6.50
  • (Egg noodle or rice noodle or young chun noodle or rice vermicelli)
  • 6 Pork Tero Tero $7.50
  • 114 Brisket Noodle Soup $11.00
  • 109 Won Ton Noodle Soup $11.00
  • 10 Duck Wing & Feet $7.00
  • 95 Seasonal Vegetable Pork on Rice $10.50
  • Small $4.50
  • Open Style Salmon Sandwich (*) $21.00
    • Chargrilled minute steak, caramelised onion, Swiss cheese, mesclun, horseradish mayo on sourdough with fries
  • Spicy Pulled Pork (*) $18.00
    • With Swiss Cheese & slaw
  • Fish & Chips $19.00
    • Fresh fillets of fish in crispy batter, with fries & slaw
  • Salt & pepper squid Salad $21.00
  • Chicken Schnitzel $19.00
    • With Swiss cheese, slaw & chipotle sauce
  • Fries (V,GF) $9.00
    • With tomato sauce & aioli
  • Bacon & Egg Buttie (*) $12.50
    • Honey cured bacon, free range egg & mayo on Turkish flatbread
  • Grilled halloumi Salad (V,*) $21.00
  • Baked beans or spaghetti on toast $5.00
  • Manuka smoked Bacon and Avocado with fresh tomato and basil. $13.50
  • Or small greek $5.00
    • $11.00 add bacon for
  • Kidneys mushrooms and bacon $17.00
  • Eggs florentine $17.00
    • spinach with homemade hollandaise
  • Eggs welly $19.50
    • sirloin steak poached eggs, spinach, hollandaise on smashed potatoes
  • Fresh fish $19.50
    • pan-fried fish of the day, with wilted spinach, potato cake, with homemade dill hollandaise
  • Kids mince on toast $8.00
  • All day large pizza, GF base $4.50, extra's $4, weekdays lunch time small pizza (limited), extra's $3
  • Island bay $10 / $20
    • Prawn, garlic, zucchini, mozzarella, sundried tomato, anchovies, olive oil, tomato base
  • Karori $10 / $17
    • Sundried tomato, mozzarella, fresh basil, extra virgin olive oil, tomato base
  • Petone $10 / $19
    • eggplant, roasted capsicum, olives, onion, parmesan, mozzarella, tomato base
  • Lyall bay $10 / $20
    • Smoked chicken, roasted capsicum, basil, mushroom, mozzarella, tomato base
  • Courtney place $20.50
    • Chorizo, salami, roasted capsicum, chillies, mozzarella, olives, chilli oil, tomato base
  • Newtown $10 / $20
    • Salami, garlic, olive oil, spinach, parmesan cheese, mozzarella, tomato base
  • Miramar $23.50
    • Prosciutto, sundried tomato, olives, rocket, mozzarella, balsamic glaze, tomato base
  • Eggs Benedict $15.00
    • w/ bacon and roasted tomatoes
  • Teriyaki chicken burger $16.50
    • w/brie, mayo. red onion and hash brown
  • Smoked salmon bagel $14.00
    • with avocado, mesclun, cream cheese. caper raisin salsa and red onion
  • Multigrain or Sourdough toast $4.50
    • w/ jam
  • Bagel $5.50
    • w/cream cheese and jam
  • Halloumi sandwich $16.50
    • crumbed halloumi with sesame coleslaw, beetroot relish, and Turkish bread
  • Mushrooms on Sourdough $14.00
    • w/ garlic. spring onion. coriander and feta
  • Soy marinated chicken salad $13.50
    • w/ apple, avocado, cashew nuts on mesclun
  • Grilled haloumi with a fig, walnut and olive salad dressed with balsamic reduction $16.50 (gf)
  • House smoked salmon, cream cheese, tomato and caper on toasted bagel. $17.50
  • House smoked salmon and corn fritters with tomato and avocado herb salsa $16.50
  • Toasted ciabatta with salmon cream cheese dip $8.50
  • Seasonal soup with fresh bread $12.50
  • Balsamic lamb salad — seared lamb infused with balsamic vinegar served with avocado, feta and tomato salad $17.50(gf)
  • Crumbed salmon fish cakes with a caper and gherkin aioli
  • Toasted muesli with rhubarb compote and vanilla yogurt $13.50
  • Slow-roasted balsamic lamb filo parcels with baked red onion, preserved lemons and baba ganoush
  • Crispy fish tacos with pineapple corn and Tequila salsa and a chilli mayo
  • Coconut, kaffir lime and lemongrass poached chicken salad with wonton crisps and a chilli lime salt
  • Chicken shawarma skewers with jalapeno slaw, and mango sauce served with a flatbread $28.00
  • (These are designed to be a lunchtime-sized entree)
  • Skagen salmon, prawn and pinenut pithivier served with a rocket, horseradish and vodka sauce and potato salad $28.00
  • Za’atar lamb backstrap served on a cracked wheat, sumac and pomegranate salad with a mint and yogurt sauce and olive tapenade $29.00
  • Please see our blackboard.
  • Chicken & Avocado Sandwich $4.50
  • Vegetarian Sandwich $4.50
  • Ham & Egg Sandwich $5.50
  • French toast $9.80
    • Served with fruit and whipped cream.
  • Chicken Baguette $6.80
  • Eggs on Toast $8.90
    • Poached or scrambled, served with two slices of white or grain toast.
  • French toast $11.20
    • Served with sliced bananas and bacon. topped with maple syrup.
  • Eggs Benedict $ 9.80
    • Poached egg with Bacon, cheese and hollandaise all served on a toasted English muffin.
  • Chicken Wing $1.20
  • Fillings $1.50
    • Baked Beans
  • 2 Eggs on Toast $5.00
  • Bacon & Eggs on Toast $8.00
  • Toasted Paninis $5.50
  • Fillings $2.50
    • Mushrooms
  • Lunch Box $8.00
    • Drumstick, Thigh & Chips
  • Bacon, Egg & Cheese Croissant $8.00
  • All toasted $1.00
  • Dinner box $8.50
    • 1 thigh, 1 drum, 1 wing & chips
  • Omelet- mushroom $8.00
  • Any extra $1.00
  • Snack box $5.00
    • 1 thigh & chips
  • Steak, egg,sausage & chips $15.00
  • Chips $2.50
  • Chicken wing $1.50
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