Taksim in Auckland Menu

STARTERS/MEZZE STARTERS/MEZZE
  • A selection of house made dips $20.00
    • Humus, carrot, beetroot, chilli crushed roasted eggplant with olives, feta and house baked pita bread
  • Mixed olives with sun dried tomato $10.00
    • With citrus dressing and olive oil
  • Cigar borek (V) $12.00
    • Filo pastry stuffed with feta, parsley and onion, deep fried and served with pomegranate & grape molasses
  • Dolma (V) $10.00
    • Stuffed vine leaf with rice, pinenuts and currants, served with sun dried tomato pesto
  • Kofte $12.00
    • Turkish lamb meatballs in homemade tomato sauce
  • Karadez $14.00
    • Marinated prawns with ginger, garlic and citrus, pan fried and served with rocket and aioli
  • Falafel (V) $10.00
    • Chickpea, onionn, garlic, parsley, deep fried and served with roasted vege dip
  • Sarma $14.00
    • Cabbage rolls stuffed with lamb, pinenuts, currants, mint, parsley, rice with yoghurt sauce
  • Grilled haloumi $14.00
    • Pan fried goat and sheep cheese, with walnut and rocket salad served with pomegranate dressing
  • Calamri $16.00/ $25.00
    • Pan fried with olive oil, served with rocket aioli & lemon
  • Salmon $15.00
    • Sesame crusted salmon pan seared served with avocado & honey mustard dressing
  • Iskender $15.00/ $25.00
    • Grilled marinated lamb or chicken slices on a bed of chopped peta, topped with yoghurt and spicy tomato sauce, drizzled with hot garlic
PIZZAS PIZZAS
  • Middle eastern $16.00
    • Marinated lamb, fresh tomatoes, herb, sumak, hummus & drizzled tahini
  • Mediterranean $16.00
    • Prawns, calamari, feta, olive, capers and capsicum with goats cheese
  • Turkish vegetarian (V) $16.00
    • Spinach, roasted eggplant, tomato, feta, olives, mozzarella, cashew nuts & tahini sauce
  • Tavuklu $16.00
    • Spiced chicken with mushrooms, capsicum, courgette, olives and mozzarella
MAINS MAINS
  • Doner shawarma $24.00
    • Grilled marinated lamb or chicken slices on a bed of rice topped with yoghurt, hummus and spicy chilli sauce
  • Mousakka $24.00
    • Layers of fried eggplant, tomatoes, potatoes, spinach with lamb mince, topped with bechamel cheese sauce oven baked, served with rice- Vegetarian option available
  • Falafel stack (V) $24.00
    • Falafel patties stacked with hummus, tabouleh, roasted vegetables, served with grilled bread
  • Imam bayildi $25.00
    • Eggplants stuffed with sauteed onion, capsicum, tomato, herb and spices served with tzatziki, rice and salad
  • Et salata $24.00
    • Chicken or lamb sauteed with capsicum, mushroom & red onion, served on a bed of green salad, roasted tomato with spiced honey mustard dressing, yoghurt & garlic sauce
  • Taze balik $27.00
    • Pan fried market fish on avocado, broad bean, soya bean smash & turkish potato gratin, served with zucchini & feta salad
  • Shish tavuk $27.00
    • Marinated chicken chargrilled on iron skewer, served with garlic yoghurt dip, mild chilli sauce, tomato & cucumber salad with turkish pide bread
  • Balik tava $29.00
    • Turkish chorizo, prawns, salmon, chickpeas, capsicum, red onion sauteed with tomato puree, oven baked served with rice & turkish pide
  • Adana $29.00
    • Hand minced lamb mixed with capsicum, paprika & chilli molded on a skewer, chargrilled served with eggplant tzatziki & onion sumac salad, roasted tomato & lavash bread
  • Kuzu et $30.00
    • Marinated lamb fillet rubbed in dukkah & chilli flakes, chargrilled, served with pumpkin hummus & parsley salad with homemade mint sauce
  • Begendi $32.00
    • Chargrilled scotch fillet with turkish potato gratin, served with creamy mushroom puree, spiced jus & served with salad
  • Tavuk dolma $30.00
    • Tenderised chicken escalope, stuffed with apricot, feta and prawns. Pan seared to perfection, covered in a creamy mushroom sauce and served with salad and eggplant tzatziki
SIDES SIDES
  • Fried, aioli and ketchup $6.00
  • Kumara fries, aioli and ketchup $6.00
  • Garden salad with lemon honey dressing $6.00
  • Rice $5.00
DESSERTS DESSERTS
  • Baklava $14.00
    • Most popular turkish dessert. Layers of filo pastry, filled with walnuts, with sweet syrup and served with cream
  • Cikolata $14.00
    • Turkish rich chocolate brownie slice served with pistachio ice cream
  • Turkish delight $10.00
    • A selection of different flavours
  • Rose water creme brulee $14.00
    • Served with ice cream
  • Turkish ice cream $14.00
    • Pistachio, molasses, tahini and turkish delight flavours
  • Helva $14.00
    • Helva, honey, tahini dessert served with ice cream

Nearby Sample Menus

  • Dry red curry of duck 36.00
    • stir-fried with wild ginger, snake beans, chilli & cashews
  • Green apple ricotta doughnuts, miso butterscotch caramel 15.00
  • Woodpecker Hill BBQ thick sauce - mild or hot 2.00
  • Squid & duck salad 26.00
    • with nashi pear, lemongrass, rocket & cashew
  • Freshly shucked oyster, Market price
    • smoked chilli, ginger, coriander
  • Kingfish, pomelo, lemongrass, chilli jam & lime 20.00
  • Aromatic BBQ lamb curry 36.00
    • smoked potatoes, pickled garlic, cashews & charred shallots
  • Crispy eggplant 16.00
    • tamarind, coriander chilli, sesame
  • Extra Avocado $1.50
  • Steak & Egg / Chicken & Egg $5.00
  • Chicken / Steak / Bacon & Cheese $4,20
  • Fish (Tarakihi) $2.70
  • Chips (scoop) $2.50
  • Sausage $1.40
  • Chicken $4.50
  • Squid ring / Potato fritter / Chicken nugget $0.80
  • Available from 5:30pm
  • We only use free-range eggs and bacon/ham and locally sourced produce where possible
  • Coconut craisin granola $14
    • Served with natural yogurt
  • Charlie’s antipasto for 2 $30
  • Bacon jam and egg Bap $10
    • Ringawera BAP, tamarillo chutney
  • Falafel burger
    • With tofu cream and red capsicum jam
  • All $12
    • with fries and salad
  • Battered fish and chips
  • Chicken Chettinadu $15.00
    • Chicken sautéed in shallots and spices a muched loved chettinad speciality
  • Malai Kofta $13.50
    • Cottage cheese and vegetable dumplings in rich creamy cashew based sauce finished with nuts
  • Onion/Chili/Tomato Uthappam $12
    • Uthappam topped with onions, grebisess & tomatoes served with chutney & sambar
  • Sambar Vada $6.50
    • Lentil fried doughnut immersed in delicious regional lentil gravy garnished with onion & coriander
  • Idly (2 pc) $5.50
    • Rice & lentil patties served with varieties of chutney sambar & chili powder
  • Butter Chicken $15
    • Boneless grilled chicken cooked in a delicious tomato and butter sauce
  • Ghee Roast $12
    • Ghee spread in thin rice & lentil crepe
  • Lamb/Goat Pepper Fry $17.00
    • Boneless Lamb/Goat pieces marinated in crushed pepper corns fried with chopped onions and curry leaves
  • CHICKEN $7.30
  • KUMARA FRITTER $1.50
  • BBQ PORK $13.00
  • POTATO FRITTER $1.00
  • EGG $1.00
  • MUSSEL FRITTER $4.00
  • WONTON $11.00
  • BACON $6.00
  • Hummus for Syria $19.00
    • Hummus, pulled lamb, tomato mint salsa, toasted almonds, crisp flatbread
  • Cauli Fritters $15.00
    • Dipped in egg and fried til golden, chilli & toasted almond salsa, yoghurt aioli
  • Olives / Nuts $5.00
  • Kofte Burger $17.00
    • Deconstructed burger, chargrilled spicy beef patty, smoky eggplant, tomato, red onion, parsley, garlic labneh, flatbread
  • Chicken Schnitzel $29.00
    • On lemon pappardelle pasta with wilted greens & parmesan cheese
  • Escalivada Platter $25.00
    • Chargrilled mediterranean vegetables on fava bean puree, with carrot & fennel salad, smoky eggplant dip, labneh, hazelnut dukkah and crisp flatbread
  • Pearly Rice Pudding $13.00
    • Black doris, star anise, pistachios, cream
  • Stuffed Vegetable $16.00
    • Cabbage roll or stuffed pepper, rice, onion, dill, homemade tomato sauce, tzatziki
  • Curly fries $9.00
  • HONEY CHICKEN
    • red onion pine nuts and baby spinach topped with mozzarella cheese
  • Fries $8.00
  • JALAPENO & CHORIZO
    • with mozzarella cheese & wild roquette
  • FISH & CHIPS $17.50
    • beer battered catch of the day with chips with a small garden salad & tamarind tartare sauce
  • Wedges with Bacon & Cheese $14.50
  • SMASHED AVOCADO $17.50
    • on toasted multigrain with grilled vine tomato with a roquette & feta salad
  • MIKO'S CREAMY MUSHROOMS $17.00
    • Sauteed mushrooms with baby spinach sundried tomatoes feta & basil pesto Finished with white wine & cream served with toasted flat bread
  • Pad Pak $14.50
    • Seasonal vegetables with cashew nuts and tofu
  • Tom Yum Tofu Spicy $14.50
    • tofu and vegetable soup. Medium: $14.50 / Large: $19.50 (medium hot)
  • Larb Ped $16.50
    • Spicy minced duck (medium hot)
  • Fish Cakes (4pcs) $7.00
    • Fish cakes with pickled cucumber relish (mild)
  • Larb Gai $14.50
    • Spicy minced chicken salad (medium hot)
  • Tom Po Tak $19.50
    • Seafood soup with prawns, mussels, fish, squid, lemongrass and kaffir lime leaves. Medium size: $19.50 / Large Size: $22.50. (hot)
  • Moo Phing (each) $2.50
    • BBQ pork skewer, pineapple and onions (mild)
  • Hot Pot $17.50
    • Slow cooked caramelised pork belly with sweet soy, star anise and cinnamon sticks (mild)
  • Platter for two $29.50
    • Prosciutto, marinated olives, blue & camembert cheese, dpiced fruit chutney, micro greenery, dukkah & man O War oil for dipping served with warm local pide bread & crackers
  • Cheese Board (serve 2 people) $25.50
    • A selection of 4 New Zealand cheese, apricots, dates served with local pide bread, crackers & spiced fruit chutney
  • Snacks $10
    • Gamembert, dates,apricots served with crackers
  • Snacks $10
    • Dukkah & Man O War oil with pide bread
  • - La Saucisse $17.00
    • Mushroom, spinach, egg, emmental
  • Pickled Carrots, Daikon and Coriander Salad $7.00
  • Avocado / Spinach / Provencal Tomato / Mushroom / Potato & Herb Hash $4.50
  • Le Grand $17.00 / $24.00
    • Eggs, potato & herb hash, mushroom, bacon, sausage, provencal tomato & sourdough
  • Le Vegan $19.00
    • Avocado, mushroom, Provencal tomato, spinach & toast
  • - La Complete $14.50
    • Ham, egg, emmental
  • Kapiti Ice-Cream: Add chocolate or salted butter caramel sauce $2.00
  • Poitrine de Porc $20.00
    • Pork Belly roulade s/w apple slaw, potato fondant and apple purée
  • Potato Gnocchi w/ roast butternut feta, sage & pinenuts S $18.50 L $26.50
  • Crumbed Calamari w/ Vietnamese salad, nam jim & coriander $18.00
  • Seasonal Oysters
    • Natural w/ white balsamic / tempura w/ mayo
  • Crispy Soft Shell Crab Steam Bun w/ radish pickle & coriander $5.50 each
  • Seafood Chowder $21.50
    • White fish, calamari, mussels, cuttlefish & prawns w/ house bread
  • Whole Tiger prawns $36.00
    • Chilli, garlic, lime & coriander w/ house bread
  • Bluff $5.00 each
  • Seafood Tagliatelle $21.00
    • Cooked in a white wine sauce & parsley
  • Cold rice noodles (V) $7.50
    • sweet and sour sauce with peanut butter.
  • -add extra peanut butter $1.00
  • Beef rice noodles (V) $10.00
    • stew beef noodle soup with vegetables
  • -add beef or pork $10.00
  • Dry rice noodles with pork $10.00
  • Dry rice noodles (V) $7.50
    • hand made sauce with peanut butter
  • Si chuan spice rice noodles (V) $6.50
    • special chinese pepper flavour soup noodles
  • -add pork $10.00
  • Cured or Smoked Salmon / Free Range Bacon $6
  • Classic Bacon and Blue Cheese Sandwich $20.5
    • With Aioli, Caramelised Onion, Tomato, Avocado and Fat Potato Chips
  • Pea & Halloumi Fritters $18.5
    • With Greens, Minted Yoghurt and Tomato Pepper Sauce. Add Free Range Bacon +$4/House Smoked King Salmon +$5
  • Mushroom on Toast $17.5
    • Choice of your Toast with Creamy Portobello Mushrooms, Blue Cheese Sauce and drizzled with Truffle Oil. Add Free Range Bacon +$4
  • Black Rice & Coconut $16.5
    • Lemon grass flavoured Black rice with Palm Sugar, Banana, Fresh Fruits and Coconut Cream
  • Thai Beef Salad $20.5
    • Scotch Fillet, Carrot, Mung Beans, Cucumber, Vine Tomato, Crispy noodles, Fresh Herbs, Peanuts and a Thai Dressing
  • Chorizo Sausages / Haloumi $5
  • Avo Smash $15
    • Choice of your Toast (GF, Sourdough, 5 grains, Ciabatta) with Smashed Avocado, Tomato, and Dukkah. Add Poached Eggs +$3/Free Range Bacon +$4/House Smoked King Salmon +$5/Cured Salmon +$5
  • Wat tan hor $11.50
  • Fish head curry on rice $14.00
  • Fish head vermicelli soup $14.00
  • Chicken curry laksa $11.50
  • Sambal egg plant on rice $13.00
  • Char kuey teow $11.50
  • Roti canai with malaysian curry chicken $12.00
  • Sambal chicken on rice $13.00
  • Chicken and tuna
  • Vegetarian
  • Chicken and salmon
  • Teriyaki chicken don
  • Fresh salmon
  • $50 PARTY PACK
  • Curry katsu don
  • Sauce katsu don
Taksim

Taksim

location

Address

373 Manukau Road, Epsom, Auckland, Auckland, 1023, New Zealand

phone

Phone

096309685

clock

Opened hours

Monday: Closed, Tuesday: 4:00 – 11:00 PM, Wednesday: 4:00 – 11:00 PM, Thursday: 4:00 – 11:00 PM, Friday: 12:00 – 11:00 PM, Saturday: 12:00 – 11:00 PM, Sunday: 12:00 – 11:00 PM
price range

Price

$30 - $50

type

Type

None

service level

Service

Table Service

cuisine

Cuisine

Halal , Mediterranean , Middle Eastern , Pizza , Turkish , Vegan , Vegetarian

features

Features

EFTPOS ,  Mastercard ,  Takeaway ,  Visa ,  Wheelchair accessible ,  Reservations ,  Waitstaff ,  Takeout ,  Wine and Beer ,  Cash ,  Television ,  Groups ,  Lunch ,  Seating ,  Buffet ,  Highchairs Available ,  Street Parking ,  Free Off-Street Parking ,  Free Wifi ,  Cards accepted ,  Serves Alcohol ,  Dinner ,  Child-friendly ,  Outdoor Seating ,  Full Bar ,  Cash only

Location
373 Manukau Road, Epsom, Auckland, Auckland, 1023, New Zealand