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

  • Crack-a-Jack $16.00
    • Eggs prepared to order with strips of bacon, sausages, hashbrown, grilled tomatoes, mushrooms and a choice of toast (white or wholegrain)
  • Junior Fish & Chips $7.00
    • Two Hoki fillets deep fried. Served with curly fries.
  • Fish & Chips $20.50
    • Fish cooked in a beer batter, served with French Fries, coleslaw and tartare sauce
  • Junior Bean Scramble $8.00
    • Baked beans served with scrambled eggs, bacon and toast
  • Potato & Gravy $4.50
  • Hearty Breakfast $15.50
    • A slice of French toast, eggs scrambled with grated cheese, spinach & mushrooms, a hearty breakfast sausage and hash brown
  • Ham & Cheese Omelette $11.50
    • Served with hashbrown and a choice of toast (white or wholegrain)
  • Bacon (3) $4.30
  • Sharing Menu 1 $30.00
    • Cost per person. - Combination Entrée / Stir Fried Noodles Beef / Chicken Cashew Nut / Massaman Curry Pork / Chicken Pad Thai / Prawn Garlic Hot Plate / Steamed Jasmine Rice
  • Cheesecake $10.00
    • Flavour of the day with your choice of chocolate or raspberry sauce with fresh Thai lychee and mint garnish.
  • Beef Salad $21.50
    • Beef or chicken slices grilled in the wok, then mixed with our special roasted rice powder, fresh coriander, lime juice, shallot and chilli powder. Chicken or Beef
  • Black Pepper Hot Plate
    • Fried potatoes and fresh vegetables stir fried with cracked black pepper and garlic sauce.
  • - Chicken, Beef, Pork or Vegetables & Tofu $19.90
  • Vietnamese Fried Fish Steak $24.50
    • Fresh fish fillets dipped in tempura batter and deep fried, placed on a hot plate with stir fried tomatoes, red onion, mushrooms and covered in a mild garlic, chilli and black pepper sauce.
  • Ginger Stir Fry
    • Fresh ginger root fried in the wok with fresh vegetables.
  • - Prawn $23.00
  • South Indian Spice Scented Lentil Curry $8.00
    • dahl & kidney beans in a spiced cream
  • Saffron Rice $5.00
  • Kung Pao Chicken Wings $15.00
    • sweet, spicy & sticky
  • Combo Platter $35.00
    • a selection of our popular entrees to share
  • Peking Duck Salad $23.00
    • house roasted 5 spice duck with mandarin, pine nuts, mesclun, spinach & a sesame lime dressing
  • 25 Herb & Spice Indian Lamb Curry $24.00
    • slow cooked diced lamb in a savoury spiced curry with our secret mix of spices; a Monsoon classic
  • Sichuan Style Clay Pot $19.00
    • seasonal vegetables, fresh chilli & tofu wok fried in a Chinese hot bean pasta
  • Stuffed Naan $7.00
    • with cream cheese, bacon & chilli jam
  • Seed bread $4.00
  • Egg, cottage cheese, almonds + celery leaves $12.50
  • Smoked Mackeral pate $13.50
  • BEEF $28.00
    • Peppered skirt steak, whitlof, landcress, radish, anchovy fillets, anchovy dressing, parsley.
  • MIXED GRAIN $20.50
    • Kiwi quinoa, puy lentil, Spanish green tomato, landcress, feta + french tarragon.
  • FREEKEH $20.50
    • Salmon, pea sprouts, Savoy cabbage, chives, fennel tops + chardonnay dressing.
  • PLOUGHMANS $18.50
    • Smoked salmon, popped capers, watercress + seed bread.
  • A PIE $ 26.00
    • Mushroon, kale, farro, feta + dill.
  • Mixed meat $15.00
  • -kebabs come with lettuce carrot, cabbage, onion and a choice of 2 sauces
  • Lamb $9.00
  • Combo $4.00
    • With fries and can of drink
  • Chicken $9.00
  • Chicken $10.00
  • Falafel $14.00
  • Chicken $15.00
  • Multigrain or Sourdough toast $4.50
    • w/ jam
  • Bagel $5.50
    • w/cream cheese and jam
  • Free range eggs on multigrain toast $9.00
    • extras/bacon sausages $4.50 each, hash brown, mushrooms $4.00 each
  • Eggs Benedict $15.00
    • w/ bacon and roasted tomatoes
  • Brioche French toast $15.50
    • w/berry, banana, maple syrup, and yogurt or bacon, banana, maple syrup
  • Crumbed kumara cakes and spicy beans $16.50
    • w/ fried egg on sourdough and roasted mushrooms
  • Avocado and tomato bagel $11.00
    • w/cream cheese, herb oil, sea salt flake and black pepper
  • Soy marinated chicken salad $13.50
    • w/ apple, avocado, cashew nuts on mesclun
  • Steak & Vegetable Pie $5.10
  • Potato Top Pie $4.90
  • Braised beef cheek pie $5.10
  • Mexican Savoury $2.50
  • Mince & Cheese Pie $4.90
  • Roast Chicken & Vegetable Pie $5.10
  • Mexican PIe $4.90
  • Potato Top Savoury $2.50
  • Fish $5.90
  • Fillings:
    • Ham, cheese, egg, corn, pineapple, bacon, onion, tomato, chicken, spaghetti, mushroom, baked beans
  • B.L.T $5.90
  • 5 Curry Chicken $12.90
    • with rice or roti
  • 6 Curry Laksa $11.50
  • Hawaiian $5.90
  • 7 Hamburger $4.90
  • Bacon and Egg $5.90
  • Lamb Rack $21.50
    • Lamb racks smothered in lemon grass herbs. Served with house salad.
  • Steamed Mussels $14.00
    • Steamed Mussels simmered with our homemade hot basil sauce with onions, spring onions and red capsicums.
  • Curry Saramon with Roti $26.00
    • Diced tender beef simmered with whole peanuts, coconut cream, lime leaves, galangal, coriander seeds and carrots.
  • Beef Brisket with Roti $26.00
    • Diced tender beef brisket simmered in tomato paste, lime leaves, galangal and star anise and carrots.
  • Nhorm Chicken Salad $13.00
    • Fresh salad mixed with sliced chicken, mint, coriander, and peanuts smothered with our sweet & sour lemon garlic dressing.
  • Red Curry $23.00
    • Your choice of meat prepared in our traditional spices, simmered in coconut cream with mixed vegetables. Meat: Chicken $23, King prawn $27
  • Green Curry Chicken & Prawn $18.00
    • Prepared in our traditional spices, simmered in coconut cream with mixed vegetables. Served with rice.
  • Skewered Squid $13.00
    • Flame grilled squid skewered with diced onions, served with lemon garlic sauce and house pickles.
  • Extra takeaway container
  • Hot & Spice Beef $12.50
  • Combination Noodle Soup $12.00
  • Sze Chuan Chicken with Rice $12.90
  • Thai style tofu with rice $10.50
  • Tai Chicken with Rice
  • Sliced Fish in Satay Sauce with Rice
  • Combination Noodle Laksa $12.00
  • 2 Fillings $5.00
  • 11:30 am- 2:30 pm
  • -Bacon & avocado
  • Takeaway available
  • French toast $13.50
    • Bacon, banana & maple syrup
  • Sautéed creamy mushrooms $9.50
    • Or Grainy toast
  • Chicken nuggets $8.50
    • With fries & BBQ sauce
  • Available til 11am
  • - Chicken $5.50
  • Tuna Rolls $1.70
  • Steak & Kidney $4.50
  • Bacon Lettuce & Tomato Croissant $5.50
  • Bacon & Egg Savouries $2.20
  • Custard Bun $3.00
  • Raspberry and White Chocolate Muffin $2.60
  • Small $5.50
  • TOASTED SOURDOUGH WITH CONDIMENTS $6.50
  • FETA AND SPINACH QUESADILLAS OR CHORIZO AND FETA, 2 XS PER SERVING $10.00
  • 3PM - LATE
  • TOASTED SANDWICH - CHOOSE 3 FILLINGS: $11.00
    • HAM, CHORIZO, TOMATO, RED ONION, RED PEPPER, SWISS CHEESE
  • AVOCADO & TOMATO ON SOURDOUGH TOAST $15.00
  • CREAMY PORRIDGE & COMPOTE $11.00
  • TOASTED SALMON & CREAM CHEESE BAGEL WITH CAPERS $12.00
  • MARINATED PERSIAN LAMB PITA POCKET SERVED WITH PICKLED GREEN SLAW AND SOFT FETA WHIP $11.00
  • CHICKEN TIKA MASALA $10.00
  • Large $13.50
  • Butter Chicken $10.00
  • Chicken Tikka $2.00
  • NAAN $1.50
  • ALOO MUTTER $7.00
  • Samosa $2.00
  • Small $77.50
  • Big Breakfast $14.00
    • Bacon, Eggs, Sausages, Hash Brown, Grilled Tomato & Mushrooms
  • Fillings $1.50
    • Baked Beans
  • Dinner Pack $10.50
    • 2 x Thigh, 1 x Wing & Chips
  • Chicken Thigh $3.50
  • Toasted Paninis $5.50
  • Hash Brown, Bacon & Eggs on Toast $10.50
  • Family Pack $14.00
    • 2 x Thigh, 2 x Drumstick, 1 x Wing & Chips
  • Hash Brown & Eggs on Toast $8.00
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