Pioneer Tavern in Waikato Menu

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Shrimp cocktail (GF) $14.00
- Shrimps, lettuce & tasty seafood dressing
Soup of the day (GFO) $9.50
- Ask for today's flavour!
Bread and dips(GFO) (2 people) $12.50

Scotch $20.00
- 120gm scotch fillet, smoky bacon, onion, relish, salad & fries
Chicken $18.00
- Crumbed chicken breast, apricto sauce, camember cheese, salad & fries
Lamb $20.00
- Homemade lamb patty with mint and rosemary salad & fries

Mixed grill $25.00
- Sausage, bacon, chops, 120 gr steak, black pudding grilled tomato and 2 eggs and homemade potato rosti
Captain’s catch $24.00
- Tempura battered fish served with salad & fries
Scallops $28.50
- 1/2 dozen scallops tempura battered or pan-fried. Served with salad & fries
Surf ‘n’ turf (GF) $28.50
- Rump steak grilled with scallops & prawns in a garlic cream sauce. Salad & fries
Scotch (GF) $28.00
- Scotch fillet grilled to your liking, with a choice of mushroom or pepper sauce or garlic butter. Salad & fries
Chicken & cashew salad (GF) $20.00
- Hot marinated chicken, toasted cashews and salad homemade egg mayonnaise
Pioneer beef salad $20.00
- Hot grilled scotch, tomato's cucumber, red cabbage mint, carrot, lettuce, sesame seeds and noodles.
Add prawns to any meal $6.00

Sticky date pudding $11.00
- Warmed with toffe sauce and ice-cream
Ice-cream sundae $10.50
- Ice-cream with topping of your choice
Brandy snaps $10.00
- Served with liquor ice-cream
Chocolate eclairs $10.00

Pizza $10.00
- Choose 3 topping: cheese, ham, bacon, pineapple or BBQ sauce
Spaghetti and meatballs $10.00
Fish bites $10.00
- 4 fish bites, fries and can of drink
Nachos $10.00
- Corn chips, meat and sour cream
Check the specials board beer battered scallops, seafood sauce weekly delight’s.

Nearby Sample Menus

Zuchinni & Chickpea Fritters (GF) (V) (D) $24.0
- Served With A Tri-Colour Peperonata
Pan Seared Scallops $17.0
- With A Roasted Beetroot & Cauliflower Puree & Sprout Salad
Vegetable & Chickpea Curry (GF) (V) Dairy Free On Request) $24.0
- Seasonal Veges & Chickpeas In A Red Curry Coconut Sauce On Cous Cous
Venison Salad (GF) $19.5
- Smoked Venison & Roasted Vegetable Salad With Baby Spinach, Blue Cheese, Toasted Pine Nuts & Blackberry Dressing
Roast Vegetable & Grilled Haloumi Salad (GF) (V) $16.0
- Seasonal Roasted Vegetables Tossed In Salad Greens With A Coriander And Chilli Dressing Topped With Grilled Haloumi Cheese
Mushroom, Spinach & Spring Onion Arancini Balls $14.0
- Served With A Roquette & Cress Salad And Aioli
Squid Hotrod $15.0
- Panko Crumbed Salt & Pepper Squid With A Chipotle Chilli Mayo
Chicken & Duck Liver Pate $15.0
- Housemade Pate, With Port & Rosemary Served With Quince Paste & Toasted Ciabatta

Pan Seared Scallops $18.00
- Pan seared scallops on pepper dew coulis with salad salad greens and macadamia and lime crumbs
Mashed Potato $7
Ice Cream $13
- Trio of ice cream served in a chocolate nest with roasted macadamia praline
Parmesan Chicken Salad $17.00
- Dusted tenders with salad greens, croutons, preserved lemon and parmesan dressed with avocado oil
Fries and aioli $7
L&P Tarakihi Burger $17.00
- With gherkins, salad mix, red onion, tartare sauce and carrot
Beef and Cheese Burger
- With lettuce, tomato and fries
Works Wedges $15.00
- The works wedgs with bacon and cheese topped with sour cream and sweet chilli

Chutney - hollandaise $3.00
Lentil burger - beetroot chutney - salad - meyer gouda - fries - aioli $18.50
Marinated olives - chili - garlic - rosemary $8.00
Free range egg $2.00
Salted nuts -toasted cashews, brazil nuts and peanuts $9.00
Chicken liver parfait - onion jam - toasted sourdough $16.00
Honey roasted muesli - yoghurt $11.00
Tomato $3.00

-mushroom $5
-Add Salmon $6
Caesar salad (gf) $16
- Cos lettuce, parmesan, bacon, poached egg, Garlic croutons, anchovies & Caesar dressing
Pan fried fish (orange roughy) $22
- on a kumara puree w spring vegetables, watercress, chives & lemon oil
-large $8
Summer bruscetta $14
- pickled beetroot on thin toasted ciabatta with goat cheese, herb salad, candied walnuts and avocado oil
- Add Bacon $4
-small $4

Profiteroles $13.00
- With a coffe liqueuor cream
Mozzarella balls $10.00
- Served with garlic aioli
Apricot and hazelnut torte $15.00
- Served with fresh cream
Prawn twists $10.00
- Served with garlic aioli
Thai fish cakes $12.00
- Fish cakes served with a chilli dipping sauce
Platter for 2 $28.00
- A shared platter with thai fish cakes, mozzarella balls, bruschetta, thai beef kebabs, prawn twists and peruvian sticks
Pannacotta $14.00
- With cinnamon fruit
Chocolate mousse $14.00
- With orange and almond biscotti and vanilla bean cream

*Vegetarian Burger & Fries & Salsa Sauce
* Rib-Eye Steak (plain or garlic)
* Fisherman's Basket Selection
*BLT (Bacon, Lettuce, Tomato) & Fries
* Pan — Fried Fish of the Day
* Or
* Crumbed Fish (x1) Chips & Salad (or Eggs)
* The Big Apple Beef Burger & Fries

Chips $ 5.00
- cheese & mayo
Fish Cake $ 3.00
Pineapple Fritter $ 2.00
Banana Fritter $ 3.00
Prawns $ 2.00
Kid’s Burger $ 4.50
Donuts $ 2.00
Hamburger $ 6.00

Chicken Livers $20.00
- Cooked with bacon, mushrooms and green peppercorns with beef jus served over sour dough
Slow cooked Manuka Honey and Beer Glazed Pork Back Ribs $32.00
- Served with homemade potato chips and a fresh salad
Sweet Vanilla Mascarpone and Honey Comb $18.00
- Served with orange syrup, walnuts and tuile
Sides $4.00
- Tomatoes, mushrooms, baked beans, spinach, hash brown, avocado
Rabbit and Earth Roots $34.00
- Grilled loin, pesto stuffed belly and braised legs served with seasonal root vegetables
Apricot Panna Cotta $18.00
- Served with a shot of digestive apricot liquor and puff pastry cinnamon twist
Cooked Breakfast
- All options include the continental breakfast menu
Lamb and Mushrooms $37.00
- Grilled pistachio lamb rack served with a mushroom jus and wild roasted mushrooms

Freshly baked mini hot-dog buns, stuffed with Pulled Pork and GOOD George slow. $9.80
Arancini $8.00
- Mushroom & parmesan. Aioli.
Pork Belly $26.00
- Crispy skinned, braised in Good George cider. Pea puree, grilled pear, celeriac, apple slaw & apple jus.(GF)
Mixed Grill $52.00
- Beef. pork ribs, chicken skewers, potato salad. Good George slaw, riata, bearnaise, Jus.
Good George Platter $29.00
- Crumbed seafood, crumbed chicken, crumbed Brie, onion rings, fries, dipping sauces.
Steamed Mussels $15.00
- Cider butter sauce or tomato chilli sauce. Fresh bread.
Risotto $20.50
- Minted pea, parmesan, spinach.
Sweet Onion Pizza bread $12.00

-Chicken madras $15.00
- Boneless chicken cooked with spices and coconut cream
-Butter prawn $16.00
- Indian style marinated prawns cooked in cashew and cream
Chicken tikka S $10 / L $18
- Piece of chicken marinated with species & cooked in tandoor
Onion bhaji $6.00
Plain naan $3.00
Crispy samosa (2 pcs) $6.00
- Served with tamarind sauce
-Lamb rogan josh $15.00
- Boneless lamb cooked in tomato and onion gravy with flavoured spices
-Mango chicken $15.00
- Boneless chicken cooked in mango, ginger, sauce and spices

-lunch 150Gm tarakihi $17
Canterbury free range scotch fillet…(gf) $35
- W/ smashed tarragon new potatoes, fresh asparagus, buttered carrot puree & charred capsicum w/ homemade jus.
Summer caesar
- W/ all the classic caesar goodies plus fresh tomato & spring onion – you choose plain, smoked chicken or house cured salmon. Ps. Our caesar dressing is homemade too!
-Dinner 225Gm tarakihi $24
Mini hawaiian pizza $10.5
-$½ doz $16
- creamy herbed polenta / summer slaw $6
-curly fries + aioli / hand cut fries +aioli

Roasted Pumpkin and Buffalo Ricotta Tortellini $21
- With cauliflower cream, cashew, leek, parmigiano reggiano
Salt Caramel ‘Opera’ Tiramisu $16
- Italian chocolate soil, honeycomb
-tempura with soy mirin and seaweed salad $24/48
Freshly Shucked Kaipara Oysters $24/48
- -natural with cabernet sauvignon vinegar and shallot
-per 60gm serving $16
Fresh Kaipara Oysters $24/48
- -natural with cabernet sauvignon vinegar and shallot
-Smoked potato mash $8
-tomato, garlic, chili and fresh herbs, goats cheese, reggiano parmesan and olive oil $19

Mini Hotdogs $1.00
Chicken $8.00
American Hot Dog $5.00
Mini hotdogs and chips with sauce
Fish Bites $1.00
Chicken Wedges and Chips, with tomato sauce
Fish $9.00
Salad $5.00

Zealong Sweets Platter $25.00
- Experience a tea infused culinary journey with a selection of tea-based petits fours: Zealong Green cake, Zealong Pure Tea Macaron, Zealong Aromatic Pannacotta, Zealong Dark Tea tart and Zealong Black tea chocolate, accompanied with fruit coulis and seasonal fruits
Semifreddo $16.00
- A dual-layered ice cream with a distinct Zealong tea-infused layer. Please ask your waitor for today's semifreddo flavour combination
Zealong Aromatic Pannacotta $13.00
- Zealong Aromatic tea and vanilla bean set cream topped with a passionfruit coulis
Baby Cos Salad $8.00
- With ranch dressing, radish, chives, and parmesan
Eye Fillet $39.00
- Hereford Prime eye fillet with truffle potato, mushroom gratin, and brocolini finished with jus
Hand Cut Chips $8.00
- With rosemeary, garlic aioli, and sea salt
Zealong Black Tea Chocolate $16.00
- Five roll refined chocolate infused with Zealong Black tea in a chocolate pastry shell finished with whipped Zealong Black tea cream and crispy raspberry
Fruit Fondue $14.00
- A selection of seasonal fruits accompanied with a Zealong Black tea-infused chocolate dipping sauce

Served with Chunky Blue Cheese or Creamy Ranch Sauce
Large 18" Meatball $ 31
- Thinly Sliced Meatball
Large 18" Chicken $ 35
- Breaded Cutlet & Fresh Tomato
6 Mozzarella Sticks $ 9
- Breaded Mozzarella cooked golden brown Served with a Marinara dipping sauce
Large 18" Sausage $ 31
- Italian Style Sausage
3 Garlic Knots $ 4
- Crushed Garlic, EVOO (1.50 each)
Little Neck Combo $ 15
- Any 2 slices, 3 knots, Sal's Legendary sauce. Can of Soda
New York's Finest $ 60
- 1 Pepperoni Pizza. 1 Cheese Pizza, 8 knots, 1.5 Soda