Roots Bar in Nelson Menu

BURGERS BURGERS
  • Bread options N/A
    • Ciabatta, sourdough, gluten free, naked. Served with Beer battered fries & house made coee porter BBQ sauce
  • Wild venison, mushroom paté, red wine reduction $20
  • Wild goat, jamaican jerk sauce $18
  • Free farmed crispy pork belly, slaw, fiejoa, chilli, preserved lemon $18
  • Beef, jalepeno relish, slaw, cheddar $18
  • Beef, bacon, gruyere, spanish onion, pickle $18
  • Organic southern style free fried chicken, lemon mayo, crispy onions, hot sauce $19
  • Haloumi, portobello mushroom, caramelised onion jam $19
NOT BURGERS NOT BURGERS
  • Edamamae, soy miri $7
  • Cajun fried chicken wings, chilli $16
  • Smoked eel bruscetta, slow roasted tomatoes, red wine vinagrette $14.5
  • Mussel, scallop, smoked eel filo $16.5
  • House cut chunky chips, paprika salt, BBQ sauc $7
  • Maketu pie, Beef and blue cheese, Seafood Mornay, Vegetaria $8
  • Wild goat balls, spicy napoli sauce, ciabatta $12.5
  • Seasoned wedges, sour cream, sweet chill $9
  • Cajun spiced shoestring fries, aiol $8
  • ‘Poutine’ Beer battered chips, cheese, red wine gravy $13
  • Side salad N/A
MAINS MAINS
  • Goat ball linguine, napoli, spinach, mountian gouda $22
  • Red wine braised lamb shank/s, mash, seasonal greens, jus $22 / $30
  • Organic chicken madras, jasmine rice, chutney $20
  • Grain fed angus ribeye steak, hand cut potatoes, salad, red wine jus $30
  • House Salad, local leaves, slow roasted tomatoes, quinoa, portobello mushroom, haloumi $18

Nearby Sample Menus

  • Vegetable $8
    • Baked pumpkin, black beans, feta, salsa fresca, salsa roja, crema
  • 6 Inch Flour Tortilla (Corn Add 50C)
  • Beetroot Sombrero Salad $18
    • Nut filled beetroot sombreros, ensalada del dia
  • Chicken $17
    • Braised chicken adobo, rice, black beans, cheese, salsa fresca, salsa roja
  • Vegetable $17
    • Baked pumpkin, black beans, cheese, red rice, avocado, slaw, salsa fresca, salsa roja
  • Elvego Brunch $17
    • Black beans, egg, potato, cheese, greens, salsa fresca, salsa roja
  • Vegetable $15
    • Mixed cheeses, seasonal greens, avocado salsa fresca, salsa roja
  • Pork $8
    • Tamarind pork, black beans, slaw, kiwi salsa fresca, chipotle tomatillo salsa, cilantro, crema
  • Plain $5.70
  • Spinach & Pumpkin $3.20
  • Steak & Onion $3.00
  • Paua $3.00
  • Battered Moro $3.70
  • Scallops $2.30
  • City Spud $6.00
    • Potato, Garlic Butter, Cheese, Coleslaw & Sour Cream.
  • Corn $3.00
  • Phad Puck Satay $19.00
    • Stir fried vegetables with home-made Thai peanut sauce with your choice of: Chicken, pork or beef $19.00 / Mixed seafood or squid $23.00 / Prawns $24.50 / Vegetarian with tofu
  • Kao Phad $19.00
    • Fried rice with vegetables and egg with your choice of: Chicken, pork or beef $19.00 / Mixed seafood or squid $23.00 / Prawns $24.50 / Vegetarian with tofu
  • Cashew nuts $4.00
  • Phad Nam Mun Hoy $24.00
    • Stir-fried vegetables and crispy pork belly with oyster sauce.
  • Vegetables in the meal $3.50
  • Choo Chee Goong [mild – med – hot - Thai hot] $29.00
    • King prawns cooked in rich red curry sauce combined with kaffir lime leaves, vegetables, coconut cream and sweet basil.
  • Tasty, spicy, cold salads served with Thai jasmine rice. N/A
  • Shrimp Toast $12.00
    • A delicious snack of mixed shrimp and garlic spread on bread, sprinkled with sesame seeds and deep fried to golden brown. Served with sweet chilli sauce.
  • Salt & Pepper Spiced Calamari Salad $15.50
    • salad mix and sweet chilli
  • Market Fish $32.00
    • with salsa verde and two sides
  • Chef Special $31.00
    • 400g sliced Flat Iron pure Angus beef served with garden salad sauteed potatoes and steak sauce. (recommended medium rare)
  • Choose any two sides & steak sauce
  • Waitoa ‘Popcorn Chicken’ $17.50
    • New York style crispy chicken with buffalo sauce
  • Cheeseboard $30.00
    • Whitestone blue, cheddar & Bries/Camembert, assorted crackers, chutney, fruit and nuts
  • 200G First Light Wagyu Sirloin $65.00
  • Waitoa Chicken Salad $16.50
    • house spiced chicken thigh, salad mix and crispy noodles
  • Cross cut Fries $9.50
    • Tasty wafflestyle fries served with spicy tomato salsa
  • Extras's N/A
    • Hash browns ,Sausages, Eggs, English muffin, Toast, Tomato for 3.50 each
  • Mini Hot Dogs $9.90
    • Tasty Mini hotdogs served with chunky fries and tomato sauce
  • Capriosca $19.90
    • Italian salami , meatballs, bacon, capsicum and olives finished with a capsicum pesto swirl
  • Chunky Fries $8.90
    • A big bowl seasoned chunky fries served with tomato sauce
  • Stuffed Chicken Breas $32.90
    • Panko Crumbed chicken breast filled with brie and sundried tomato. Served with cross cut fries and salad or fresh seasonal vegetables with your choice of sauce
  • Ricotta & Sweet corn Fritters $13.90
    • Three houuse made ricotta and sweetcorn fritters stacked with crunchy lettuce, tomato and topped with roasted tomato and aioli drizzle
  • Kids Fish 'N' Chips $9.90
    • Fresh fish battered and fried to perfection , Served with chunky fries and tomato Sauce
  • Salad $5.70
  • Vege pattie S $10.8 / L $12.8
  • Garlic yoghurt/honey mustard/mint/sour cream/bbq/mayo/tomato/satay/aioli/(chilli) sweet, mild, hot/butter chicken
  • ISKENDER rice dish/ KEBAB wrap/FRIES MEAL - have here or take away
  • Mixed S $8.8 / L $11.9
  • Lamb S $8.8 / L $11.8
  • Falafel S $10.8 / L $12.8
  • Lamb S $10.9 / L $12.9
  • Chawan-Mushi $9.00
    • Light and savory steamed egg custard with assorted seafood.
  • Ora King Salmon Sashimi $20.00
    • Premium Salmon from Marlborough Sound.
  • Nikau $72.00
    • Platter for three: 18pc nigiri, 18pc sashimi, + bonus
  • Kaisen Don $25.00
    • Assorted sashimi pieces on a bowl of steamed rice.
  • Fried Calamari $14.00
    • Panko-crumbed, deep fried calamari served with pickled mayo for dipping
  • Tempura Prawn $24.00
    • Tempura prawn, tobiko (roe), avocado, cucumber and topped with mayo and teriyaki sauce.
  • Teriyaki Chicken $20.00
    • Chicken thigh with teriyaki glaze and cucumber.
  • Assorted Sashimi $21.00
    • Tuna, Ora King salmon, white fish of the day.
  • Seafood or Prawns $13.50
  • Chicken, Pork, Beef or Tofu $11.00
  • Stir fried vegetables with Cashew Nuts GF / V
  • Kadook Moo Thod $9.50
    • Deep fried marinated spare ribs.
  • Tom Yum GF / V
    • Combination hot & spicy, sweet & sour, seasoned with Thai herbs.
  • Samosa V $8.50
    • Eight crisp spicy vegetarian pastries served with sweet chilli sauce.
  • -Seafood or Prawns $13.50
  • Stir fried vegetables in peanut sauce GF / V
  • King Prawns $13.50
  • S2. Tom Kar
    • A mildly spiced sour and aromatic traditional coconut soup seasoned with some of the best herbs East Asia has to offer
  • MIXED ENTREE - for two $15
  • King Prawns $19.00
  • M3. Pad Ped Nor Mai
    • Stir fried bamboo shoots with fresh sliced peppers in our red curry sauce with your choice of
  • T2. Yum Talay $17.50
    • A unique and traditional combination of prawns, squid, mussels and scallops lightly infused with lemon juice, onions, spring onions and fresh coriander leaves with a hint of spices from northern Thailand
  • N1. Moo Dang $16.00
    • Stir fried egg noodles with our home made honey pork and fresh seasonal vegetables >>
  • C2. Hor mok
    • Thailand’s most elegant seafood dish exploding with flavour and tradition infused tightly with fresh seasonal vegetables, garden fresh lime leaves with your choice of
  • Vegetarian $18.00
    • Served with salsa & sour cream
  • The sands supreme burgers $25.00
    • Your choice of beef, crispy chicken, vegetarian, beer battered fish, bacon or salmon. Served on a seeded rye bun filled with lettuce, tomato, camerbert cheese and beetroot chutney drizzled in bbq sauce.Served on crispy fries
  • Salt & pepper calamari $15.00
    • With sands greens tartare sauce and lemon
  • Spanish omelette $18.00
    • Red peppers, roasted potato, spring onion & chorizo sausage, served with toasted vienna bread
  • -Served with sour cream & chilli sauce $15.00
  • Onion rings $15.00
    • Cooked in a light golden batter, and served with aioli & chilli dipping sauce
  • Poached pears $15.00
    • Poached in a mixture of red wine, cinnamon, vanilla and star anise served with kapiti vanilla ice cream and a honey mascarpone
  • Open chicken sandwich $19.00
    • Poached chicken breast in a creamy white wine sauce, placed on top of crisp salad greens with cherry tomatoes on toasted garlic ciabatta bread, with crispy fries
  • Teriyaki Chicken Don $14.00
    • Teriyaki chicken on steamed rice, salad, mayo, sesame
  • Sweet'n Sour Pork $14.00
    • Tender pork scotch, onion, capsicum, bamboo shoots
  • Renkon Chips $5.00
    • Crispy lotus root slices
  • Spicy Bean Sprouts $6.00
    • Boiled bean sprouts, spicy dressing, shredded leek
  • Sweet'n Sour Omelette Don $13.00
    • Omelette on steamed rice, sweet'n sour sauce, shredded leak
  • Tuna Tataki $19.00
    • Delicately seared tuna with wasabi vinaigrette gelée, flying fish roe, shredded leek. Served chilled
  • Takana Fried Rice $14.00
    • Takana mustard leaves, chāshū pork, egg, spring onion
  • Karaage Chicken $13.00 / $19.50
    • Takara's famous fried chicken, salad, mayo, lemon (6pcs / 10pcs)
  • Lahuh - Yemenite Flatbread $18.90
    • 2 Yemenite flatbread pan fried with our own clarified butter filled with 3 eggs, spinach & Housemade feta. Served with fresh tomato salsa
  • Pork Panini $19.80/$15.80
    • Pork, cranberry sauce, apple & smoked cheese (Regular/Small)
  • Breakfast Extras $6.00
    • Generous serving of Crusoe’s “Magical Mushrooms”
  • Sorbet $10.00
    • Sorbet served with spiced wine poached pear and Fairy Kisses
  • Sin In A Glass $8.00
    • Ask us about our delicious Housemade Sin In A Glass desserts variety!
  • Ice Cream Sundae $10.00/$6.50
    • Vanilla Ice Cream served with Whipped Cream, Fairy Kisses, Chocolate Chunks & your choice of Chocolate OR Caramel OR Strawberry topping ( Regular/Small) >>
  • For almond OR soy milk +$0.70
  • Mediterranean Style Prawn Fettuccine $21.30 / $16.30
    • Zesty Mediterranean style prawns served on Fettuccine noodles with fresh herbs, sun-dried tomatoes, capsicum and onion. Served with grilled lemon (Regular / Small)
  • VEGETABLE SAMOSAS (2 pcs) - home-made pastry pockets stuffed with mildly spiced vegetables served with tamarind chutney. $4.98
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  • PESHAWARI NAAN - bread stuffed with dry fruits and cherries $ 3.98
  • TANDOORI PRAWNS Succulent prawns in their shells marinated in mild spices, skewered and cooked in the tandoor oven $ 13.98 (Mains $ 22.98)
  • (All tandoor oven cooked products come to your table on a sizzling platter) -
  • CHICKEN CHEESE PARATHA - A hearty filling of mildly spiced minced chicken and cheese stuffed in a naan dough and cooked in the tandoor oven coming to you served with a delicious raita. $5.98
  • CHEESE GARLIC NAAN - bread stuffed cheese & garlic. $3.48
  • DHINGRI PRAWNS Succulent shelled prawns cooked in a rich gravy with mushrooms, tomatoes garnished with coriander $ 18.98
  • Strawberry cheesecake $3.50
  • Onion rings $3.50
  • BBQ chicken & bacon $11.00
    • Succulent chicken, onion, bacon & melting mozzarella with a tangy BBQ swirl
  • Cheese stuffed crust $3.90
  • Tropical veg $5.00
    • Capsicum, onion, pineapple & mozzarella
  • Hawaiian $5.00
    • Ham, pineapple & mozzarella
  • Veg hot 'n' spicy $5.00
    • Capsicum, spicy jalapeno & mozzarella
  • Seafood deluxe $11.50
    • A delicious combination of shrimp, calamari, clams, mussels, surimi with melting mozzarella & lemon pepper sprinkle
  • Prawns $13.50
    • half dozen served with garlic aioli
  • Hummus $9.50
    • served with salsa, garlic yogurt sauce and Turkish Bread
  • Margarita $16.50
    • with fresh basil, fresh tomato
  • Salt and pepper squid $12.50
    • deep fried with sweet chilli sauce
  • Falafel $17.50
    • Chickpea patties, served with hummus, tabbouleh green salad and bread
  • Sigara Boregi $11.50
    • golden crisp pastry filled with feta cheese, served with, hummus and salsa
  • with chicken $19.50
  • Caesar Salad $16.50
    • cos lettuce, croutons, poached egg, bacon top with Caesar dressing
Roots Bar

Roots Bar

location

Address

1 Commercial Street, Takaka, Tasman, 7110, New Zealand

phone

Phone

035259592

clock

Opened hours

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

Price

None

type

Type

None

service level

Service

Table Service

cuisine

Cuisine

Bar , Bar Food , New Zealand , Pub Food , Tapas , Vegetarian

features

Features

Waitstaff ,  Cheap Eats ,  Quick Bites ,  Bar Scene ,  Seating ,  No Takeaway ,  Serves Alcohol ,  Dinner ,  Child-friendly ,  Outdoor Seating

Location
1 Commercial Street, Takaka, Tasman, 7110, New Zealand