Quarter Acre Cafe Bistro in Manawatu-Wanganui Menu

DINNER   - TO START DINNER - TO START
  • QA Breads & Spreads $10.00
    • A selection of in-house baked Quarter Acre breads and homemade spreads.
  • Quarter Acre Wings $12.00
    • Chicken wings in homemade spicy adobo sauce. With blue cheese dressing and celery sticks. GF
  • Tropical Prawn Skewer $14.00
    • Skewered prawns and grilled pineapple, tropical pico de gallo salsa. GF
  • Summer Dip(Small/Large) $8.00 / $14.00
    • Chunky salsa dip of beans, corn, sweet potato, coriander, with crispy tortillas.*GF option
  • Pork Belly $14.00
    • Slow roasted and pressed pork belly, crackling, soy orange reduction sauce. GF option available
  • Calamari $12.00
    • Salt & pepper crusted calamari, honey soy dipping sauce, salad garnish. GF
MAINS MAINS
  • Quarter Acre After Dark Burger $25.00
    • QA specialty burger, – ask your server about tonight’s offering. Hand cut double fried Agria chips.
  • Aoraki Salmon in Brodetto $34.00
    • Baked Aoraki Salmon, carrot, parsnip, green beans, potato rosti, lemon Brodetto sauce. GF
  • Eye Fillet Steak $38.00
    • Char grilled eye fillet steak, garlic smashed potatoes, wilted spinach, seasonal vegetables, beef reduction gravy. GF
  • Grilled Vegetable Stack $25.00
    • Char grilled seasonal vegetables on potato rosti, salad, roast capsicum salsa, garlic butter, kumara crisps.
  • Country Pork Pie & Fried Chicken $29.00
    • Pulled pork open pie with smokey Quarter Acre BBQ sauce and house southern fried chicken. With hand cut chips and country apple slaw.
SIDES SIDES
  • Organic Salad $5.00
  • Seasonal Vegetables $6.00
  • Hand Cut Chips (Small/Large) $6.00/$10
  • Garlic Bread $6.00
DESSERTS DESSERTS
  • Quarter Acre Pavlova $10.00
    • Our home made individual Pavlova. Topped with fresh seasonal fruit, fresh cream, and mixed berry coulis.
  • Apple & Pear Crumble $10.00
    • Apple, pear & cinnamon crumble. With whisky caramel sauce and vanilla ice cream.GF
  • Popcorn Caramel Sundae $10.00
    • Vanilla ice cream, caramel sauce, caramel popcorn, salted caramel popcorn 'bark'.
  • Beignets $12.00
    • Quarter Acre specialty - New Orleans style doughnuts, served with vanilla cream, berry jam and chocolate sauce.
  • Panna Cotta Latte $12
    • Coffee lovers' treat. Smooth, rich coffee mousse topped with vanilla panna cotta. GF
  • Caramel Drops Chocolate Tart $12.00
    • Sweet pastry base coated with white chocolate, filled with dark chocolate ganache and topped with caramel droplets. Served with fresh cream.
LUNCH  - STARTERS LUNCH - STARTERS
  • Chicken Wings $12.00
    • Choose either traditional New York spicy buffalo wings (GF), or teriyaki. With celery sticks, blue cheese dressing.
  • Summer Dip (Small/Large) $8.00/ $14.00
    • Chunky salsa dip of beans, corn, avocado, sweet potato, coriander, with crispy tortillas. *GF option available
  • Garlic Bread $6.00
    • Toasted Artisan ciabatta breads smothered with garlic butter.
  • Tropical Prawn Skewers $14.00
    • Skewered prawns and grilled pineapple, tropical pico de gallo salsa, QA secret dressing. *Gluten-free.
  • Calamari $12.00
    • Salt and pepper crusted calamari, honey soy dipping sauce, salad garnish.
  • Pork Sliders $10.00
    • Braised Quarter Acre BBQ shredded pork on soft slider buns, with creamy country slaw.
SALADS SALADS
  • Summer Salmon Salad $18.00
    • Baked Aoraki salmon, avocado, cucumber, mixed salad greens, kumara crisps, lifestyle dressing. GF *Gluten-free.
  • Grilled Haloumi & Peach Green Salad $18.00
    • Grilled haloumi, grilled fresh peaches, green beans, spinach and salad leaves, slivered almonds, orange vinaigrette. *Gluten-free.
  • Add chicken $4.00
  • Add bacon bits $2.00
  • Chef's Salad
    • Ask your server about today's salad special incorporating our favourite ingredients and seasonal produce.
MAINS MAINS
  • Quarter Acre Burger $18.00
    • QA Beef patty, smoked streaky bacon, fried egg, onion marmalade, relish, mixed leaf lettuce, tomato, QA hollandaise, artisan bun, hand cut chips. Can be cooked well done on request. *Gluten-free option available, please ask.
  • New York Strip Steak $27.00
    • New York Strip steak (200gm), double fried hand cut chips, sauteed mushroom, grilled tomato, salad, garlic butter. *Gluten-free.
  • Quarter Acre Brunch Stack $16.00
    • Potato rosti, spinach cream cheese and tomato, streaky bacon, fried egg, hollandaise sauce. Gluten-free option available.
  • Chicken and Brie Open Sandwich $19.00
    • Grilled mild curried chicken on artisan 7 grain bread, salad, topped with Puhoi Valley Brie and homemade hollandaise. *Gluten free option please ask.
  • Vegetable Stack $19.00
    • Char grilled seasonal vegetables on potato rosti, with petit salad, roast capsicum salsa, garlic butter, kumara crisps.
  • Fish of the Day $23.00
    • Pan fried white fish (ask your server)with creamy lemon & caper sauce. With salad and hand cut chips.*Gluten-free.
  • Pork & Chorizo Hash $18.00
    • Pork and chorizo hash, spicy smokey adobo sauce, mixed capsicums and red onion, house potatoes, fried egg.
  • Southern Fried Chicken Burger $18.00
    • Juicy fried chicken breast, seasoned shredded lettuce, tomato, gherkins, Quarter Acre secret dressing, on artisan bun. Hand cut chips.
SIDES SIDES
  • Hand Cut Chips (Small/Large) $5.00/$9.00
    • Our hand cut double fried Agria chips. With tomato sauce or aioli. *Gluten-free.
  • Garlic Bread $6.00
    • Toasted artisan ciabatta breads smothered with garlic butter.
  • QA Chips $10.50
    • With melted mozzarella, chopped crispy streaky bacon. *Gluten-free.
  • Poutine Chips $10.50
    • With melted mozzarella and our beef reduction gravy.
  • Garlic Butter Chips $10.50
    • Hand cut double fried chips in garlic butter and seasoning. GF.
SWEETS SWEETS
  • Beignets $9.00
    • Homemade French doughnuts served with lots ‘n lots of icing sugar along with a mixed berry jam and vanilla bean marscarpone
  • Panna Cotta Latte $10.00
    • Coffee lovers' treat. Smooth, rich coffee mousse topped with vanilla panna cotta. *Gluten Free
  • QA Pavlova $9.00
    • Homemade and served with seasonal fresh fruit, a drizzle of mixed berry coulis and a dollop of fresh cream. *Gluten Free.
  • Triple Chocolate Cake $6.50
    • Four layers of chocolate cake with 3 layers of mocha crème filling and iced with rich silky chocolate ganache. With cream or yoghurt.
  • Triple Layer Carrot Cake $5.50
    • Three layers of moist carrot cake, layered and iced with homemade cream cheese icing, decorated with walnuts and apricots. Served with cream or yoghurt.
  • Popcorn Caramel Sundae $10.00
    • Vanilla ice cream, caramel sauce, caramel popcorn, salted caramel 'bark'.
  • Cheesecake of the week $6.00
    • Served with cream or yoghurt.
  • Front Counter and Cabinet Selection $4-$6.50
    • All cakes and slices served with your choice of cream or yoghurt.
  • See our front counter and cabinet for today's selection of baked goodies, including gluten free options, all made here at Quarter Acre.

Nearby Sample Menus

  • Onions $3.50
  • High Country Hog $27.90/ $32.90
    • Two giant bacon-cured chops, served on potato, red onion and cabbage hash, topped with apple and pear chutney, finished with lashings of Ale House Gravy and seasonal vegetables. Beer Match: This is great with a glass of Speight's Gold Medal Ale.
  • Musterer's Roast Lamb Cutlets $00.00
    • Thyme infused lamb cutlets accompanied with kumara, parsnip and ginger hash, roasted vine ripened tomatoes, green beans then drizzled with our chefs special onion sauce and a rich jus. Beer Match: A pint of Speight's Distinction Ale will go great with this.
  • Moeraki Mussels $17.50
    • Green lipped mussels simmered to perfection in our homemade green curry sauce.
  • Banana Cigars $13.00
    • Deep fried until golden brown served with French vanilla bean ice cream, topped with a sensational thick coconut palm sugar sauce.
  • Mushrooms $6.00
  • Mushroom Sauce $2.50
  • Southern Man's "All Day" Breakfast $22.80
    • A breakfast feast available all day. Fried eggs, corn fritter, bacon, sausage, mushrooms, grilled tomato and Speight's Ale House hash browns. Served with toasted Ale House bread. Beer Match: OK – if you have to have a beer with breakfast, it has to be Gold Medal Ale.
  • PANCAKE STACK $7.50
    • Three pancakes with maple syrup and butter with bacon
  • MEMPHIS CHICKEN BURGER $9.90
    • Pulled pork with two breaded chicken fillets, crispy onion straws, melting cheese and bbq sauce on a seeded bun.
  • BACON 3-WAYS BURGER $12.90/$14.90
    • Bacon it up, with our Bacon 3-Ways Burger. Featuring a chargrilled beef patty topped with crispy bacon strips, bacon jam, bacon crumble, lettuce, tomato and cheese.
  • JIM BEAM BOURBON BURGER $12.50/$14.50
    • Unwind with the Jim Beam® Bourbon Burger. Featuring a chargrilled beef patty topped with bacon, crispy onion, swiss cheese, fresh lettuce and tomato — slathered in a rich and tangy sauce flavoured with Jim Beam bourbon.
  • JR. DBL CHEESEBURGER $5.00/$7.50
    • Two chargrilled beef patties with pickles, onion, American Cheese, mustard and ketchup.
  • CHILI CHEESE FRIES $5.50
    • Natural-cut french fries smothered in chilli beef and shredded, melted cheese.
  • JR. FISH 'N CHIPS $6.50
    • 2 pieces of fish with small fries and drink/COMBO
  • CROSSCUT FRIES $4.00
    • Crunchy bites of crosscut potatoes.
  • Curry Laksa $13.00
    • Chicken
  • Oyako Don $15.00
    • Tofu Don
  • Stone Bowl Garlic Pepper Chicken with Rice $13.00
  • Korean Chicken Hotplate with Rice
  • Omelette Rice $13.00
  • Sweet and Sour Pork Hotplate with Rice
  • Stir Fried Vegetables $12.00
  • BBQ Pork Rice $12.00
  • Vindaloo Chicken/Lamb/Beef $9.50 Half / $14 Full
    • Boneless pieces of meat cooked with onion, tomato gravy in a vindaloo sauce, specially from Goa.
  • Keema Naan $5.00
    • Naan bread stuff with lamb mince.
  • Fish Masala $10 Half / $15.50 Full
    • Pieces of fish cooked in an onion tomato gravy and thick sauce.
  • Kumb Pasanda $10.00
    • Chicken breast pieces stuffed With cheese and spices, barbecued in the tandoori oven, served with green chutney.
  • Anari Ghost Masala $9.50 Half / $15 Full
    • Sweet and sour tangy cashew nut and pomergranate flavoured lamb.
  • Goan Fish Curry $10 Half / $15.50 Full
    • Pieces of fish cooked In a fine onion tomato coconut gravy finish with lemon.
  • Lamb Seekh Kebab $9.00
    • Minced lamb flavoured with exotic spices and herbs, pressed on skewer then cooked in the tandoori oven.
  • Cheese Naan $5.00
    • Naan bread stuffed wfth cheese and baked in the tandoori oven.
  • The braised lamb shoulder rack $17.00
    • New cut of lamb. Braised slowly in jus and served with herbed polenta fingers, eggplant relish and minted yoghurt. (NF & GF)
  • Pumpkin and spinach gnocchi $16.00
    • Homemade pumpkin and spinach gnocchi in white wine sauce with rocket pesto and grated Parmesan cheese
  • Grilled Angus sirloin $18.00
    • 250gm of Angus sirloin grilled to your liking serves with sautéed potato, béarnaise sauce and green beans. (GF)
  • Dark chocolate brownie $6.50
  • Curry of the day $15.50
    • Changes daily please ask staff (GF, DF)
  • Braised 1st class lamb shanks $17.50
    • Tender lamb foreshank on kumara and cumin mash, green beans and port jus (GF)
  • French omelette $15.50
    • Filled with creamy mushroom, diced tomato, and cheese, finished off with a green salad and balsamic reduction. (GF)(vegetarian)
  • Caramel slice $6.50
  • BACON BURGER $6.50
  • HOT DOGS $2.20
  • LASAGNE SQUARE $3.00
  • BEEF BURGER $5.00
  • CHICKEN TENDERS $1.50
  • BACON & EGGS $9.00
  • CORN NUGGETS 2 for $0.50
  • CURRY ROLL $2.70
  • SQUID RINGS SALAD & CHIPS $18.40
  • SQUID RINGS $6.20
  • OMELETTE WITH SALAD $15.80
  • LAMB SHANKS $21.30 / $28.00
    • SINGLE OR DOUBLE SERVED ON A KUMARA MASH WITH A MINT GRAVY
  • STEAK SANDWICH & CHIPS $14.00
  • STUFFED MUSHROOMS $8.20
  • SCOTCH FILLET $27.00
    • SERVED WITH STUFFED POTATO OR CHIPS
  • BANGERS & MASH $18.20
  • Soup of the Day $9.50
    • served with hot soup roll
  • Thai Beef Salad $16.50 $13.50 1/2portion
    • served with chilli dressing & crispy noodles
  • Pasta of the Day $16.00 $12.00 1/2portion
  • Wedges $11.00$8.50 1/2 portion
    • served with bacon, cheese and sour cream
  • Parnell's Caesar Salad $15.50 $12.50 1/2portion
    • with crispy bacon, parmesan, croutons, soft boiled egg & Parnell dressing
  • Nacho's $11.50
    • served with sour cream & salsa
  • Open Chicken Burger $16.50
    • served with avocado, salad greens & garlic aioli
  • Parnell's Warm Chicken Salad $16.50$13.50 1/2portion
    • served with bacon, camembert, avocado & pesto dressing
  • - Beef Lasagne Slice & Salad
  • Beef & Reef $33.00
    • (GF) 300g Scotch Fillet Steak Medallion cooked to your liking, topped with Garlic King Prawns served with garden salad & beer battered fries
  • Tattie Treat $14.00
    • Potato wedges & kumara fries topped with bacon & grilled cheese served with sour cream on the side
  • - Spanish Omelette & Salad GF (V option), Chorizo potato tomato red onion filling
  • - Raspberry & White Chocolate Cheesecake with Berry Couli
  • Pork Belly Black Pudding & Bacon $26.00
    • Twice cooked pork belly with black pudding & grilled bacon served with seasonal greens roasted potatoes & jus
  • double $28.00
  • - Baked Jacket Potato & Salad GF (V available), Cheese Bacon & Spring Onion filling
  • Garlic Chilli (Chicken, Lamb or Beef) $16.90
    • Your choice of meat pieces cooked with fresh garlic, capsicum, onion & spices
  • Cheese Naan $4
  • Garlic Naan $3.5
  • Aloogobhi $14.90
    • Potato & cauliflower cooked with onion, tomato & ground spices
  • Plain Naan $3
  • Paneer Tikka Masala $14.90
    • Fresh cottage cheese cubes cooked in thick masala gravy with fresh cream
  • Raita $4
  • Fish or Prawn Malabari $17.90
    • South Indian style curry, Prawn meat cooked with coconut cream and ground spices
  • Garlic chicken $16.90
    • Boneless chicken pieces cooked with crushed garlic
  • Vegetable biryani $15.90
    • Basmati rice cooked with seasonal vegetable
  • Chicken korma $16.90
    • Boneless pieces of chicken cooked in cashew nut and yoghurt sauce then garnished with cream (chef special)
  • Pulaw rice $8.00
    • Yellow fried rice cooked with cashew and fried onion
  • Mixed platter for two $16.00
    • A selection of various entrees for two (samosa, pakora, chicken tikka and seekh kabab)
  • Aloo gobhi $13.90
    • Potato and cauliflower florets cooked together, garnished with ginger and fresh coriander, goes well with raita (recommended by chefs)
  • Tandoori chicken
    • Chicken (with bone) marinated in yoghurt, spices and cooked in tandoor
  • Lamb masala $16.90
    • Cooked in a wok in a spicy blend on masala
  • Duck Two Ways $43
    • Five Spiced Crispy Skin Duck Breast, Confit Duck Leg, Courgette Puree Blood Orange Fluid Gel, Drunken Muscatels, Liquorice
  • Beef Duo $42
    • Manawatu Angus Pure Eye Fillet & Smoked Short Rib Parsnip Puree, Creamed Parsley, Caramelised Black Garlic, Porcini Wafer, Horseradish Espuma & Ruahine Boysenberry Port Jus
  • Trio of Kapiti Ice Cream $16
    • Served with Petite Cone, Jaffa Pearls, Persion Fairy Floss, Berry Dust
  • Fish & Chips $35
    • Market Fresh Fish, Tempura Batter, Chunky Fries, Salad, Homemade Tartare Tomato Sauce, Lemon Jelly
  • Market Fresh Garden Salad $5
  • Grilled Fish of the Day $34
    • Fresh NZ fish accompanied with lemon
  • Marama Camembert, Blue Rhapsody, Coppermine Washed Rind, Brined Feta see below
  • Seasoned Wedges with Tomato Sauce $5
  • Battered fish / side serving of fries $6.00
  • Fat chips (GF) $10.00
    • Hand cut seasoned fat chips served with tomato sauce and a choice home-made aioli or gravy (not GF)
  • Red wine jus garlic butter
  • Fried egg $2.00
  • Aioli
  • Chicken, brie, cranberry $17.00
    • Fresh grilled chicken served with lettuce, cranberry sauce, Kapiti brie, + with SR hand-cut fat chips
  • Bacon $3.00
  • Fish and chips $18.00
    • Lemon, herb, beer-battered terakihi served with SR hand cut fat chips, a side salad, lemon wedge and tartare
  • Fried dumpling 5p $5.00
  • Salad roll 5p $6.50
  • Cheese & salmon roll 5p $6.50
    • Cream cheese / Avocado / salmon
  • Chicken cutlet $13.50
  • Bulgogi hot pot $13.50
  • Udon Tempura $11.50
  • Chicken teriyaki stir-fry noodle $12.50
  • Raw salmon roll 5p $6.50
    • Salmon & Avocado
  • Bacon & Mushroom Crostini $15.50
    • Creamy mushrooms & bacon on toasted Turkish pida bread
  • Garlic $2.00
  • A hand picked selection of sides and sauces to compliment your meal.
  • Ciabata with Roasted Garlic, Balsamic & Olive Oil $11.50
  • Stuffed Roast Pork $30.00
    • Pork tenderloin with apple mustard & herb stuffing wrapped in streaky bacon on garlic mashed potatoes, drizzled with smoky bacon sauce ( Signature Dish)
  • Surf ‘n’ Turf $40.00
    • Prime Angus Scotch Fillet topped with mussels and prawns in a creamy garlic and brandy sauce.
  • Selection of steamed seasonal vegetables
  • Chicken $33.00
    • Boskock's Organic Chicken leg on creamy mash with peanut slaw & madeira gravy
Quarter Acre Cafe Bistro

Quarter Acre Cafe Bistro

location

Address

1164 Main Highway (SH1), Manakau, Manawatu-Wanganui, 5573, New Zealand

phone

Phone

063626348

clock

Opened hours

Monday: Closed, Tuesday: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM, Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM, Thursday: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM, Friday: 10:00 AM – 9:00 PM, Saturday: 9:00 AM – 9:00 PM, Sunday: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
price range

Price

$30 - $50

type

Type

None

service level

Service

Table Service

cuisine

Cuisine

American , Cafe Food , Gluten Free , International , New Zealand , Vegan , Vegetarian

features

Features

Mastercard ,  Visa ,  Wheelchair accessible ,  Reservations ,  Breakfast ,  Waitstaff ,  Wine and Beer ,  Groups ,  Lunch ,  Seating ,  Highchairs Available ,  Drinks ,  Brunch ,  Street Parking ,  Free Off-Street Parking ,  Free Wifi ,  Local cuisine ,  Special Occasion Dining ,  Serves Alcohol ,  Dinner ,  Child-friendly ,  Outdoor Seating ,  Full Bar

Location
1164 Main Highway (SH1), Manakau, Manawatu-Wanganui, 5573, New Zealand