Rakinui Restaurant & Bar in South Island Menu

APPETIZERS ALL $9 APPETIZERS ALL $9
  • •Pulled pork tacos w/ tomato salsa
  • •Sweet & sour glazed buffalo wings
  • •Slow braised lamb spring rolls w/ Asian dipping sauce
  • •Risotto balls w/ wasabi mayo (v)
  • •Chicken dumplings w/ chili, coriander & peanut salad
  • •Aubergine fritters w/ fennel yoghurt (v)
  • •‘Ika mata’ (south pacific style marinated raw fish salad)
  • •Fish cakes w/ dipping sauce
  • •Pork wontons w/ dipping sauce
  • •Salt & pepper squid w/ sweet soy
  • •Green pea & potato samosa w/ tamarind sauce (v)
    • (v) vegetarian
    • Prices include GST – 15% Public Holiday Surcharge Applies
TO START TO START
  • Bread & Dips $10
    • Fresh homemade bread w/ dips
  • Soup of the day $10
    • Served w/ homemade bread
  • Regional tasting platter 1$23 / 2$35
    • A selection of antipasto from the Mackenzie District
SALADS AND SANDWICHES SALADS AND SANDWICHES
  • Roasted pumpkin and Quinoa salad $16
    • Smoked haloumi, baby spinach, citrus dressing
  • Tangy cheese salad $17
    • Mesclun lettuce, prosciutto, watermelon, honey walnuts, raspberry dressing
  • Smoked salmon Caesar $18
    • Hot smoked salmon, crispy bacon, shaved cheddar, croutons, soft boiled egg
  • Steak Sandwich $20
    • Minute steak, fried egg, lettuce, tomato relish served w/ fries
  • Chicken club sandwich $20
    • Grilled chicken, bacon, cheese, tomato & lettuce w/ fries
  • Pulled Pork Sandwich w/ fries $20
PIZZA MENU All $18 PIZZA MENU All $18
  • •BBQ Chicken, red onion & Capsicum
  • •Roasted pumpkin, spinach & brie
  • •Cheese & tomatoes
  • •Venison salami, chorizo & smoked garlic
  • •Pulled pork & pineapple
DESSERT DESSERT
  • Molten chocolate & peanut fondant $18
    • Whisky & chocolate cremeux, caramel tuile, mascarpone & date ice cream
  • Green tea and Kaffir lime Pannacotta $17
    • Black sesame paste, berry sorbet & white almond chocolate
  • Baked marble Cheese Cake $16
    • Ginger poached rhubarb, chocolate mousse & white almond chocolate
  • Mulled wine poached pear crumble $16
    • Salted caramel, oatmeal crumb, cardamom parfait & vanilla cream
  • Cheese Platter for 1 $18/ for 2 $23
    • Talbot Forest & Ben Ohau Road Cheeses w. grape chutney, nuts & homemade lavosh

Nearby Sample Menus

  • Nutella & Pic's Peanut Butter $10.00
  • Pic's Peanut Butter & Jam $9.00
  • Caramel & Banana $9.00
  • As above but with salmon $17.00
  • Extra Egg $1.00
  • Caramelised Onions $2.00
  • Banana & Strawberry Jam $8.00
  • Chocolate $8.00
    • (Whitaker's 50% dark, white or milk)
  • Ciabatta $8.50
    • With Dukkah & Olive Oil Dip
  • E=Entrée / M=Main
  • Chicken Burger & Chips $12.50
  • Porterhouse or Chicken Sandwich $21.00
    • Served with bacon, eggs, and fries
  • Fries / Garden Salad / Market Fresh Steamed Veggies / Onion Rings / Mushrooms $4.00
  • Portobello Stack $25.00
    • Portobello mushrooms tossed with toasted pine nuts & halloumi cheese
  • Hot Dogs & Chips $12.50
  • Fish of the Day Priced daily
    • Pan fried with lemon & pastry risotto with wilted spinach & a white wine & garlic sauce - or beer battered with salad & fries
  • - Salmon & Spinach $21.00
  • - Hash Browns $4.00
  • Fresh Fruit Salad $14.00
    • Mixed seasonal fruit & natural yoghurt
  • Under 12 years old. Includes fluffy, apple, orange juice, hot chocolate or ribena
  • Chicken Kebab $12.00
    • Served with salad, fries & BBQ sauce
  • Pancakes $19.00
    • 3 fluffy pancakes - blueberry, caramelised banana & maple syrup
  • Avocado & Feta Smash $20.00
    • Combined with tomato salsa, served on Halo toast with 2 poached eggs & pinenuts
  • Hot Smoked Salmon $24.00
    • Wilted spinach, wasabi & quinoa potato cakes, avocado, chilli lime salsa
  • Olives $1.00
  • Cake of The Day (please ask staff) $6.00
  • Fries $5.00
  • Vegetarian Mixed Mezze $26.00
    • Fresh falafel, zucchini & carrot fritters, seasonal salad with a variety of dips, including eggplant dip, tarator (carrot dip), ezme (spicy dip), sigara borek, halloumi, tzatziki and Turkish bread - One size
  • Vegetarian Mixed Meze $26.00
  • Chicken Shish $22.00
  • Iskender Meal $12.00
    • Chicken, Lamb, Mixed or Vegetarian
  • Garlic Bread $5.00
  • Fish Cake Roll $10.00
    • Fish & prawn meat seasoned with curry paste, wrapped in nori & deep fried
  • Coconut Tempeh $8.00
    • Crispy tempeh nuggets tossed with cashew nuts, coconut & palm sugar
  • Sesame Prawn Toast $11.50
    • A Thai street food favourite
  • 2-Egg Thai Omelette N/A
    • Served plain, with minced pork or chicken, or with prawns
  • Venison Satay $14.00
    • Marinated venison & pickled vegetables nestled in lettuce cups, served with our homemade peanut sauce
  • Spring Rolls $8.50
    • Vietnamese-inspired fried rice paper rolls with chicken & glass noodles
  • My Thai Lamb Curry $24.50
    • Lamb slow cooked in our fresh herb curry paste. Served medium or hot only.
  • Summer Rolls $12.50
    • DIY rice paper rolls with Thai-tea infused chicken, crunchy vegetables & tasty sauces
  • Hot & Spicy Bamboo $13.00
    • Hot and spicy beef with carrots, onion served on steamed rice
  • Garlic Pepper Pork $13.00
    • Stir-fried pork with fresh garlic & pepper with spring onion & capsaicin
  • Chicken Noodle Soup $11.00
    • Rice noodles cooked with bean sprouts and chicken pieces served in Khmer-style Kua Teaw soup
  • Satay Burger $6.00
    • Grill marinated satay in a sesame bun with salad and peanut sauce
  • Beef with Pineapple $14.00
    • Beef with fresh vegetables, onions, pineapple served on rice
  • Garlic Pepper Prawns $15.80
    • Garlic prawns served with fresh vegetables, onions on rice
  • Fried Egg Noodle $13.00
    • Your choice of chicken, pork, beef or seafood with vegetables, onion, egg & bean sprouts
  • Beef Noodle Soup $12.00
    • Fresh sliced beef and beef balls served in Cambodian style soup with fat rice noodles and bean sprouts
  • Feta Cheese Salad
  • Combo
    • Souvlaki of your choice + fries + can of drink.
  • Triple $13.50
  • Small $8.00
  • Small $12.00
  • Fries $4.00
  • Kebab Meal $15.00
    • Your choice of meat or falafel served with salad, our signature sauce, and either pita bread, Egyptian rice or couscous on a plastic container.
  • Small $8.00
  • Wrap N/A
  • Oven Roasted Chicken N/A
  • Chicken & Bacon Ranch Melt N/A
  • White Bread N/A
  • Honey Oat N/A
  • Apple Slices N/A
  • Bacon, Egg and Cheese N/A
  • Thousand Island N/A
  • The bach venison burger $24.00
    • With smoked bacon, lettuce, tomato, gherkin, marmalade, swiss cheese, sour dough bun, peppered tobacco onions served with fries .
  • Wedges $9.50
    • With sour cream & sweet chilli sauce
  • Wedges $15.00
    • Served with bacon cheese, sour cream, & sweet chilli sauce .
  • Soup of the day $12.00
  • Garlic loaf $10.00
  • Bacon and cheese wedges $15.00
    • With sweet chilli, sour cream, salsa .
  • Butter southern flavoured chicken, bacon & pineapple burger $20.00
    • Served with fries .
  • 2 old english pork sausages $15.00
    • With mash, gravy, onion marmalade .
  • CHEESE & PINEAPPLE TOASTED SANDWICH $5.00
  • HOT DOG $3.60
  • CHICKEN NUGGETS 1 DOZ $11.90
  • CHIPS $4.00
    • Golden fried crinkle cut chips
  • TOMATO BURGER $5.80
    • Basic burger with a layer of freshly sourced tomato
  • CRAB STICK $3.60
    • A tasty seafood stick coated in light crispy batter
  • BEETROOT BURGER $5.80
    • Basic burger with a layer of sliced beetroot
  • CHEESEBURGER $5.80
    • Basic burger with a layer of melted cheese
  • Chocolate Sticky Date $10.00
    • Hot chocolate and date pudding with custard, vanilla ice cream.
  • Crayfish & Crab Bisque $18.00
    • Puree of Southern Crustaceans burnt with brandy and finished with cream.
  • Crepes a la Gas $14.00
    • Flambeed in Mandarin Napoleon & served with fresh and frozen creams.
  • Time Warp (v) $14.00
    • Braised beans with rice, cheese and fresh vegetables. Wrapped in a flatbread served with minted yoghurt.
  • Luna Roll $12.00
    • Smoked cod, onion and gruyere toastie.
  • Oxtail Ravioli $18.00
    • Braised oxtail pasta with lentils and sour cream.
  • 300gm Sirloin of Beef $45.00
    • Grill chips, roast mushrooms, green beans,onion rings, rocket, jus and bearnaise
  • • Hitchiker’s Guide...
  • Beef or Chicken Burger $17.50
    • served with bacon, lettuce and tomato in a toasted bun served with home-made relish and fries
  • BLT $17.50
    • bacon, lettuce, and tomato served on toasted ciabatta with aioli and fries
  • Steak Fries with Aioli $7.00
  • (A) Bacon $17.50
  • Eggs Benedict
    • 2 poached eggs served on a toasted ciabatta with either crispy bacon, or smoked salmon smothered in a rich hollandaise sauce
  • Two Eggs $8.50
    • any style served on toasted bread
  • Fruit Platter $8.50
  • Creamy Mushrooms $12.80
    • served on ciabatta
  • Smoked Chicken Salad $16.50
    • With crispy streaky bacon, fresh salad greens, tomato wedges, garnish. Mixed in homemade honey mustard dressing.
  • Double Bacon Cheeseburger Pizza
    • Minced beef, rashers of bacon, mozzarella cheese on a bbq sauce base finished with garlic aioli.
  • *Extra charge of $8 for an extra shank.
  • SWEET ENDINGS
  • Fresh Fish $27.00
    • Served on creamy Agria puree. With roasted cajun capsicum slithers, green beans. Topped with herb sour cream. *Please ask our friendly wait staff for the chef’s choice of Fish this evening.
  • Cheese & Bacon Wedges $11.50
    • Served with chimichurri sour cream and capsicum salsa.
  • Chef’s Platter $25.00
    • Vege Samosas, Salami, Hoki Bites, Southern Chicken Sticks, Salt & pepper Squid, Battered Pineapple Rings
  • Seafood Chowder $14.80
    • Creamy thick traditional chowder with bacon, mussels, cuttlefish and prawns. Served with grilled bread.
  • vine tomatoes pickled basil & olive oil (V, DF, GF)
  • rustic fries (V, DF)
  • Rustic Fries w/ tomato relish - (V,DF) $10.00
  • Continental Breakfast $21.00
  • Basil – smoked tomato, fresh basil & feta - (V) $20.00
  • Ice Cream / Sorbet $12.00
    • (a selection of house-made ice creams & sorbets) -
  • Grilled Halloumi (V, DF) $18.00
    • Shaved fennel, pomegranate seeds, orange, rocket & citrus dressing
  • The Foot Long Toastie $19.00
    • Ham, cheese, tomato, caramelised onion w/ fries
  • Extra special fillings each $1.50
    • avocado, chicken, bacon, egg, mushroom
  • Hot cakes $13.00
    • 3 hot cakes served with bacon, banana & maple syrup
  • Toasted Bagel $10.50
    • with salmon & cream cheese
  • Hot Chips & Chicken nuggets $8.00
  • Extras
    • Sausage(x1), Hash browns(x2), Mushrooms. Tomato, Eggs(x2), Bacon(x2)
  • Egg on toast $8.50
    • 2 eggs in any style & toast
  • Nachos $9.00
    • served with salsa, cheese, beans & sour cream
  • Toasted sandwich $5.00
    • two stands filling + extra standard fillings (tomato, onion, cheese, pineapple, sweet corn, ham each $0.80)
Rakinui Restaurant & Bar

Rakinui Restaurant & Bar

location

Address

State Highway 8, Lake Tekapo, Lake Tekapo, Canterbury, 7945, New Zealand

phone

Phone

036807000

clock

Opened hours

Breakfast: 6:30am - 10:30am Lunch: 12pm - 2pm Dinner: 6pm until late Bar: 5pm until late
price range

Price

None

type

Type

None

service level

Service

Table Service

cuisine

Cuisine

Breakfast , European , Gluten Free , New Zealand

features

Features

Wheelchair accessible ,  Business meetings ,  Reservations ,  Breakfast ,  Waitstaff ,  Groups ,  Seating ,  Special Occasion Dining ,  Serves Alcohol ,  Dinner ,  Child-friendly

Location
State Highway 8, Lake Tekapo, Lake Tekapo, Canterbury, 7945, New Zealand