Mantra in Waikato Menu

STARTERS STARTERS
  • Chicken / Lamb Naan Wraps $12
    • Most wholesome! Chicken or lamb cooked in our curry masala wrapped in a naan, with onion, tomatoes & coriander.
  • Vegetable Samosas - 2 pcs $8
    • Savoury pastry, with a filling of mashed vegetables & tempered with roasted cumin
  • Mixed Vegetable Pakoras - 6 pcs $9
    • Mixed chopped veges dipped in spicy chickpea flour batter & light fried
  • Onion Bhaji - 3 pcs $9
    • Sliced onions mixed with spices to create crispy fritters
  • Paneer Aloo Tikki - 5 pcs $9
    • Cottage cheese made in-house, mixed with potato, crushed cashews & made into patties and fried
  • Amritsari Fish Masala with potato wedges $13
    • Fish marinated in our tandoori masala & roasted spices. Served with ‘chaat masala’ potato wedges dipped in our gram flour batter. Our yummy fish & chips!
ENTREES FROM OUR TANDOOR ENTREES FROM OUR TANDOOR
  • Tandoori Mushrooms - 8 pcs $12
    • Mushrooms coated in garlic and butter then dipped in a spicy yoghurt marinade and baked in the tandoor
  • Masala Barra Kabab - 4 pcs $18
    • Lamb chops marinated with our ‘tandoori’ marinade of yoghurt & masalas
  • Kakori Seekh Kabab - 7 pcs $14
    • Marbled mince, ground with powdered cardamom, nutmeg & cloves. Served with cubed cumin potatoes
  • Tandoori Chicken Small $22
    • Marinated over 12 hours in yoghurt with fresh herbs & spices
  • Chicken Tikka - 6 pcs $15
    • Chicken in a marinade of finely crushed almonds, coriander, fresh ground spices & creamed yoghurt
  • Lamb Tikka - 6 pcs $15
    • Lamb in a marinade of ginger & garlic paste mixed with yoghurt, herbs and spices
  • MANTRA Platter for 1 $18
    • Highly recommended - Taste different delights in this platter. Veg Samosa, Onion bhaji, Pakora, Seekh Kabab, Tandoori Chicken, Lamb Tikka, Lachha Naan & Mango Chutney
MAINS MAINS
  • Butter Chicken $18
    • A forever favourite! Chicken pieces first cooked in the tandoor and finished in a sauce of crushed cashews, cream & spices
  • Lamb / Chicken / Fish / Prawn Vindaloo $18
    • Usually eaten hot! This tangy dish originates from Goa. Cooked with vinegar, whole black peppers & capsicum
  • Lamb / Chicken Madras $18
    • A dish from the region of Chennai. Cooked in hot spices with predominant fenugreek flavours coming through
  • Chicken ‘do-pyaza’ $18
    • Cooked with ginger, garlic, sautéed browned onion rings and tomatoes & spices
  • Aloo Lamb Gosht $18
    • A popular dish from Kashmir. Cooked with lamb & potato in a thick gravy sauce with ginger, garlic, tomatoes & pomegranate
  • Kadhai Chicken / Kadhai Lamb / Kadhai Prawns $18
    • We always get asked for this recipe! Cooked in our special gravy sauce with fresh tomato, finely sliced onions, ginger, green chillies & fresh coriander
  • Nawabi Chicken Korma / Lamb Gosht Korma $18
    • A favourite during the British Raj! Sautéed with crushed almonds, then cooked with bay leaves in cream, delicate spices and raisins
  • Punjabi Fish Curry $18
    • Very popular in Amritsar! Fish marinated with our ‘masalas’, then cooked with ginger, garlic, onion & tomatoes in our ‘Mantra’ curry sauce
  • Lamb / Chicken Saag Mughlai $18
    • A classic from North India! Meat sautéed with onion, tomatoes, garlic, ginger, then folded in spinach
  • Chicken Tikka Masala $18
    • Popularised in the U.K & now on the menu at the ‘House of Lords’- so we hear! Chicken cooked in our tandoor, then cooked in our home gravy sauce with an interesting blend of spices and almonds
  • Roghan Josh $18
    • This is a must have in India! Lamb cooked in a rich gravy sauce of yoghurt, cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, onion, tomatoes & ginger
  • Goan Prawn Curry $18
    • The pride of Portuguese Goa! Shrimps cooked in coconut milk and turmeric, grated fresh ginger, paprika & pepper corns
  • Coconut Chicken / Lamb $18
    • One of my favourites from the State of Kerala! Cooked with curry leaves, mustard seeds, whole black pepper, cinnamon and coconut milk
  • Add prawn/fish $2
VEGETARIAN VEGETARIAN
  • Dal Tarka $17
    • Yellow split lentils cooked with turmeric, ginger, garlic, tomatoes & a sprinkle of lemon juice. Served with a Papadom
  • Dal Makhani $17
    • Black lentils cooked over slow fire with our aromatic ‘garam masala’
  • Kabuli Chana Masala $17
    • Chickpeas cooked soft in a thick gravy with tamarind, crushed tomato, ginger & coriander
  • Punjabi Jeera Aloo $17
    • Diced potatoes cooked with cumin seed, turmeric, chopped ginger & spices
  • Gobi Aloo Matar $17
    • Cauliflower, potato and peas cooked dry with roasted cumin, sautéed browned onion & chopped tomatoes
  • Paalak Paneer $17
    • Our home made cottage cheese, gently cooked in a creamed spinach base
  • Malai Kofta $17
    • A mix of our paneer, potatoes, crushed cashew and spices, light fried and immersed in our rich sauce of crushed tomatoes & cream
  • Mughlai Subz Shahjahani $17
    • Fresh vegetables cooked in an aromatic base of spices mixed in creamed yoghurt with a subtle flavour of coconut
  • Mushroom Masala $17
    • Mushrooms sautéed with a blend of spices, ginger, garlic, onion and wedges of tomatoes
  • Paneer Tikka Masala $17
    • Our very own vegetarian version of Tikka Masala with our home made cottage cheese, tomatoes and almonds
  • Kadhai Paneer $17
    • Home made cottage cheese cooked with capsicum, onions, tomatoes & spices
  • Vegetable Korma $17
    • Fresh vegetables cooked in our aromatic base of herbs, spices, almonds and mixed in with milk and creamed yoghurt
  • Saag Aloo $17
    • Spinach well sautéed with herbs and spices and then with tempered cumin potatoes
INDIAN BREADS INDIAN BREADS
  • Naan / Tandoori Roti $3.50
  • Garlic Naan / Tandoori Paratha $4
  • Keema Naan $6
    • spiced lamb mince filling
  • Chicken Naan $6
    • spiced chicken filling
  • Sheermal Kulcha $6
    • mixed veg & nuts filling
  • Paneer Kulcha $6
    • home-made cottage cheese filling
  • Onion Kulcha $6
    • spiced onion filling
RICE RICE
  • Plain Rice $4
  • Kashmiri Pulao $8
    • with nuts, raisins & dessicated coconut
  • Jeera Peas Pulao $6
    • with roasted cumin seed, sauteed onion & turmeric
  • Mixed Vegetable Pulao $7
    • with fresh vegetables & spices
  • Chicken / Lamb Pulao Rice $10
    • with potato and peas
SIDES SIDES
  • Papadum $1
  • Raita $4
  • Mint Chutney $4
  • Kechumber $4
  • Mixed Hot Pickle $4
  • Mango Chutney $4

Nearby Sample Menus

  • Famous ‘Cock’ Burger $17.95
    • crispy southern fried chicken, bacon, cheese, tomato, red onion, lettuce, blue cheese sauce & spicy buffalo sauce & steakhouse fries
  • + paratha (gfo, v) $2.50
  • Orange Brulee $12.50
    • with passion fruit cream & fresh fruit
  • Mean & Green $17.95
    • mushrooms, roasted bell pepper, red onion, fresh basil, avocado & walnuts (gfo, v)
  • Warm Chocolate Fudge & Walnut Brownie $12.50
    • with a scoop of vanilla bean ice cream, chocolate sauce and whipped cream
  • Seafood Chowder $12.95
    • with toasted garlic bread
  • Lemon Pepper or Cajun Spiced Calamari $19.95
    • with citrus aioli (gfo)
  • Scotch $28.95
  • Ham, Cheese and Pineapple $5.00
  • Fresh Snapper Burger (Small/Large) $9.50/$12.50
    • Fresh crumbed snapper, lettuce, carrot, pickles with tartare sauce
  • Deep Fried Moo/Milky Bar $3.50
  • Fish Burger (Small/Large) $6.80/$9.80
  • Banana Fritter $3.00
  • Hotdog $2.30
  • Hot Chips (1/2 scoop/1 scoop) $3.00
  • Combo include chips and drink
  • Hamburger and Fries $10.00
  • Ham Meal $19.50
    • Ham off the bone, croquettes, vegetables or salad plus tea or coffee
  • Mushroom and Toast Meal $7.00
  • Corn Nuggets $6.50
    • Bacon and Sour Cream
  • Ham $7.50
    • Your choice of roll or sandwich. Ham off the bone, gravy and salad
  • Fries (large) $5.00
  • Macaroni and Bacon $10.00
  • Bacon and Egg Toasted Sandwich $8.50
  • Polenta chips $7
  • Bacon and Eggs
    • Bacon and eggs served on warm toast
  • Mashed Potato $7
  • Pork Ribs $27.00
    • L&P bourbon BBQ slow cooked pork ribs with apple and orange salw with fries
  • Works Wedges $15.00
    • The works wedgs with bacon and cheese topped with sour cream and sweet chilli
  • Garlic Cobb $9.50
    • L&P flavoured garlic cobb loaf
  • Cheesecake $13
    • House made cheesecake ask your wait staff for the chef's creation
  • Half size Eggs Benedict
    • With bacon, poached egg, spinach and hollandaise
  • Portuguese Veggie Paella $13.90
    • Grilled home-style veggie patty combined with veggie strips, tossed over our spicy rice.
  • 3 BBQ Wings & Regular side $9.90
  • Corn on the Cob (Large) $6.50
  • 3 BBQ Thigh Fillets & Regular Side $9.90
  • Corn on the Cob (Regular) $4.50
  • Portuguese Rolls (Large) $6.50
  • Supremo Veggie Burger $12.90
    • Combining a freshly baked Portuguese roll, scrumptious home-style veggie patty, gourmet lettuce, tomato, light mayo & PERi-PERi chutney.
  • 5 Grilled Tenderloins $11.90
    • So tender you'll feel it in your loins.
  • Toasted Breads with a Trio of Dips $10.00
    • Toasted bread served with homemade hummus, dukkah oil and basil pesto. Try making a platter of this for sharing. Select your favourites to accompany your breads, add marinated feta, mixed olives, stuffed sweet peppadews, blue cheese andor chorizo to your breads.
  • Rasher of Streaky Bacon $2.00
  • Iced T Leaf T $4.50
    • Brewed aromatic bodaciouos berry tea.
  • Seafood Marinara Shrimps, Squid and Mussels. $19.00
  • Rocket, Roasted Pear, Walnut and Blue Cheese or Grilled Haloumi. $15.00
  • Pasta and Homemade Meatballs $8.50
    • served in a creamy tomato sauce
  • Battered Onion Rings $5.00
  • Banoffee Tart $10.00
    • Banana and toffee served with vanilla ice cream.
  • Sauces & dips $3
    • Sour cream, mexican salsa, satay sauce, aioli sauce, sweet thai sauce, BBQ sauce, tomato sauce, plum sauce, 100ml container
  • Pizza bases: original, deep pan, thin & crispy or gluten free cooked or freshly prepared by us for you to cook at your leisure N/A
  • Seasoned wedges $7
  • Porky primo $14 / $17
    • Salami, ham, bacon, capsicum, pineapple
  • B&T $11 / $14
    • Bacon & tomato
  • Chicken & apricot $13 / $16
    • Roast chicken, apricots, BBQ swirl
  • Seafood $13 / $16
    • Shrimb, crab, anchovies
  • 4c's $16 / $19
    • Roast chicken, cranberry sauce, cashews, camembert cheese
  • Seared Merino lamb rump, pea purée corn and capsicum succotash, marinated tomatoes, olive jus $28.50
  • Confit duck salad, spinach and rocket, goats cheese, candied cashews, cranberry vinaigrette $20.50
  • Crispy spiced chicken, avocado, lime and chili mayo $15.50
  • Polenta chips, roasted garlic, parmesan mayo $11
  • Spicy Kim Chi and pork dumplings, Octovin, peanuts, spring onions, coriander $19.50
  • Thai prawn and market fish cakes, chili and lime mayo, fresh chili and coriander $18
  • Skagen röra, Swedish classic mix of prawn, dill, lemon and mayo, grilled ciabatta $18
  • Slow braised pork belly, pickled beetroot puree, wilted greens, jus $21
  • Pasta $30
    • Workman's special cream y chicken pasta with mushroom stopped with parmesan cheese>>
  • Workman's famous fritters topped with sour cream, sweet chilli sauce and mixed greens $14
  • Eggs benny on ciabatta bread served with hashbrown. Bacon, Salmon or veggies? the best in town! $18
  • Dessert Available To All Guests With Clean Plates
  • Chef's Treat of the week $33
    • please ask your waiting staff for details >>
  • Workman's Herby Bread $5
  • Soup of the day served with toast (and again... ask our lovely staff!) $12
  • Bacon and eggs any style on ciabatta bread served w ith slow roasted tomato $15
  • BRAISED PORK BELLY RAMEN $14.00
    • Five spice braised pork belly, chilli & ginger broth, blanched bok choy, ramen noodles and toasted sesame seeds
  • VEGEPOT
    • Roasted root vegetables, kasandi, mozzarella, baby spinach, aioli swirl & topped with onion jam
  • MEATPOT
    • Chorizo, bacon champagne ham, manuka smoky BBQ sauce, mozzarella & kasandi
  • EGGS ON TOAST $10.00
    • Eggs poached, fried or scrambled. Served with grain toast & tomato relish
  • EGGS BENEDICT
    • Served on toasted ciabatta, baby spinach & house made hollandaise sauce
  • WARM QUINOA PORRIDGE $13.00
    • Served with boysenberries, apple, cinnamon & maple baked fruit, topped with natural yogurt
  • CHIMICHURRI LAMB RUMP $24.00
    • Seared lamb rump cooked to your liking, with roasted root vegetables, balsamic tomato, freekah tabbouleh & watercress
  • BREAKFAST WAFFLES $16.50
    • Potato waffles topped with Cold smoked salmon, watercress, red onion & caper berries, drizzled with buttermilk dressing OR Chorizo, spinach and grilled haloumi, topped with a fried egg
  • Pig out
    • Pulled pork, red onion & hoisin sauce
  • "Crateofries" $8.00
    • Chunky fries, aioli & tomato sauce
  • A bir of sunshine $10.00
    • Rush monroe vanilla bean ice cream with organic apple syrup & tuile biscuit
  • Organic free range chicken thigh (GF) (N) $28.00
    • Sauteed potatoes, charred broccoli, almonds & mustard dressing
  • Shore bird
    • Chicken, cranberry & brie
  • Beach blanket (V)
    • Mozzarella cheese, tomato & basil
  • Apple slaw $8.00
  • Additional sauces $1.00
  • Bacon and Eggs on Toast $11.90
    • However you like - 2 Bacon, 2 Eggs and 2 Toast
  • Eggs Benedict Vegetarian with Mushroom $14.90
  • French Toast $15.50
    • Banana, Bacon, Maple Syrup with Berries and Cream
  • Eggs Benedict With Bacon $14.90
  • Big All Day Breakfast $15.50
    • Bacon, Tomato, Toast, 2 Sausages, 2 Eggs, Hashbrown, Mushroom
  • Hot Cakes $13.50
    • Banana, Bacon, Maple Syrup with Berries and Cream
  • Fish, Chips and Salad $14.90
    • With Lemon Wedge and Battered Bread
  • Nachos $13.50
    • Beef and Tomato with Corn Chips and Sour Cream
  • -Lamb rogan josh $15.00
    • Boneless lamb cooked in tomato and onion gravy with flavoured spices
  • -Dhal malchni $13.00
    • Black lentils and kidney beans cooked with special species and butter
  • -Kadai paneer $13.00
    • Cubes of cottage cheese cooked with onion, capscium, spices and special sauce
  • Veg pakora $6.00
    • Deep fried vegetable dipped in chickpea flour
  • -Chicken korma $15.00
    • Chicken cooked with saffron flavoured and cashew gravy laced with cream
  • -Lamb vindaloo $15.00
    • Boneless lamb cooked in vindaloo pasta and consists of tomato and ground spices
  • -Lamb korma $15.00
    • Boneless lamb cooked with saffron flavoured and cashew gravy laced with cream
  • -Chilli chicken $15.00
    • Boneless chicken cooked with capsicum, onion and special sauces
  • -semidried tomato & feta $12
  • Pork slider + lettuce + curly fries $10.5
  • Fresh radler battered fish n chips
    • Monteiths radler beer battered fresh fish + hand cut chips + house caper & lemon mayo.Gf specify with server.
  • Kids fish n chips $10.5
  • - Doz $25
  • Mini hawaiian pizza $10.5
  • Crispy pork roulade $29
    • Crispy rolled pork stuffed an apple & raisin stuffing served w/ a fennel, orange and rocket salad and a roasted capsicum puree.
  • Gollum’s catch
    • Prawns + salmon + cream cheese + cherry tomato + pesto
  • Ham burger $10.50
  • Chicken Nuggets and Chips $9.00
  • Sirloin Steak, Chips & Eggs $17.00
  • The Fish Burger $17.00
    • Deep fried fresh fish, bacon and tartare sauce
  • The Rango Sub $15.00
    • Freshly baked bread filled with your choice of: Hot BBQ Pork and pineapple or Scallops and bacon
  • Steak burger $12.50
  • Wedges & Sour cream $10.00
  • The Salmon Stack $15.00
    • Stacked savoury pikelet - smoked king salmon, chilli, cucumber and yoghurt dressing, served with salad greens
Mantra

Mantra

location

Address

50 Buckingham Street Arrowtown, Arrowtown, Otago, 9302, New Zealand

phone

Phone

034420880

clock

Opened hours

Monday: 11:30 AM – 2:30 PM, 5:00 – 9:30 PM, Tuesday: 11:30 AM – 2:30 PM, 5:00 – 9:30 PM, Wednesday: 11:30 AM – 2:30 PM, 5:00 – 9:30 PM, Thursday: 11:30 AM – 2:30 PM, 5:00 – 9:30 PM, Friday: 11:30 AM – 2:30 PM, 5:00 – 9:30 PM, Saturday: 11:30 AM – 2:30 PM, 5:00 – 9:30 PM, Sunday: 11:30 AM – 2:30 PM, 5:00 – 9:30 PM
price range

Price

$30 - $50

type

Type

None

service level

Service

Table Service

cuisine

Cuisine

Gluten Free , Indian , North Indian , Vegan , Vegetarian

features

Features

Delivery ,  Mastercard ,  Takeaway ,  Visa ,  Romantic ,  Wheelchair accessible ,  Business meetings ,  Reservations ,  After-hours ,  BYO ,  Waitstaff ,  Takeout ,  Vegan Options ,  Wine and Beer ,  Cash ,  Serves Halal ,  Groups ,  American Express ,  Lunch ,  Group Meal ,  Seating ,  Highchairs Available ,  Cards accepted ,  Disabled Friendly ,  Special Occasion Dining ,  Serves Alcohol ,  Dinner ,  Child-friendly ,  Outdoor Seating ,  Full Bar

Location
50 Buckingham Street Arrowtown, Arrowtown, Otago, 9302, New Zealand