The Arborist in Wellington Menu

DAY & NIGHT MENU DAY & NIGHT MENU
  • Market fish POA
  • Ceviche $13
    • lime, coconut, coriander, house made focaccia
  • Seared beef $14
    • rosemary, pine needle ash, candied beetroot, handpicked nasturtium
  • Lamb neck $14
    • moroccan spices, tzatziki, jus, wood sorrel flower
  • Wild venison backstrap $17
    • garlic, thyme, spiced kumara foam, kumara crisps
  • Crispy pork belly $15
    • celeriac purée, japanese honey suckle
  • Crispy tofu $10
    • sticky ginger soy glaze
  • Jerk chicken $13
    • jamaican marinated boneless thigh
  • Salt & pepper squid $12
    • wasabi kewpie & coconut
GREENS GREENS
  • New Season Asparagus POA
  • Superslaw $8
    • kale, carrot, red onion, corn, nuts, cabbage, fix n fog peanut butter, nuts, seeds.
  • Roasted root vege $8
    • love honey, thyme, dandelion leaves
  • Ancient grain salad $9
    • quinoa, buckwheat, amaranth, pomegranate, nuts, mint
  • Grilled broccolini $8
    • toasted almonds, wild turnip, lemon, basil
  • Watermelon $9
    • feta, strawberry, mint, onion, nuts, seeds
  • Stuffed mushrooms $11
    • confit portabella, chickpea, broccoli, zucchini, parmesan
  • all salads can be made vegan N/A
TUMMY FILLERS TUMMY FILLERS
  • Grilled flat bread $7
    • poppy seed, bull kelp & kawakawa powder, hummus
  • Foraged gnocchi- $9
    • potato, onion weed, lemon wood, sundried tomato
  • Polenta chips $9
    • rosemary, thyme, garlic, shallots, tomato relish
  • Bone marrow $8
    • pomegranate, parsley, onion salad, focaccia
  • Parmesan frieskewpie mayo $8
  • Fried potato & gravy $7
BURGERS BURGERS
  • Lumberjack burger $14
    • Double beef, cheese, house pickles, special sauce
  • Hot bird burger $14
    • Fried chicken, jalapenos, cheese, hot sauce, milk bun
  • Tree lover $14
    • chickpea, broccoli, zucchini patty, relish, aioli, milk bun
  • Chefs burger POA
    • changes weekly
  • Side of parmesan fries small $4
  • All burgers can be served on lettuce bun N/A
BAR BITES BAR BITES
  • Parmesan fries $8
    • with kewpie mayo
  • Crispy chilli chicken $7
    • steamed bun with pickled veges
  • Southern fried chicken (or Korean chicken) with hot sauce and blue cheese dip or Smokey maple $15
  • Tamari and sweet chilli Nuts and seeds $6
  • Salt and pepper squid $ $12
    • wasabi kewpie & coconut
  • Southern fried halloumi chips $11
  • Popcorn cauliflower $8
    • with garlic yoghurt
  • Crispy Tofu $10
    • sticky ginger soy glaze
  • House made onion rings $7.5
  • Flat bread $7
    • with garlic herb butter
  • Bone Marrow $12
  • Polenta chips $9
  • Vege burger balls $10
  • Prawns $15
    • cream, garlic, coriander, chilli served with grilled sourdough
BREAKFAST BREAKFAST
  • Fully Loaded BLOODY MARY $20
    • With Streaky bacon, slider, cheese, fried gherkin
  • Toast & Spreads $7
    • grainy or sourdough with your choice spreads, fix & fogg peanut butter or house preserves
  • Turkish Eggs $14
    • soft poached, savoury Greek yoghurt, chilli nut butter, toasted coriander seeds and grainy toast
  • Scrambled Eggs 2.0 $12
    • wood sorrel, chives, basil oil, grainy toast
  • Poached Eggs $10
    • served on foccacia
  • Add new season asparagus and hollandaise $5
  • Fruit Salad $10
    • honey, yoghurt, freeze dried berries, nuts & seeds
  • Muesli Bowl $12
    • toasted muesli, honey, yoghurt, berry compote, freeze dried berries, nuts, seeds
  • House Made Crumpets $16
    • lemon curd, strawberries, mascarpone, freeze dried berries
  • Lumberjack Breakfast $22
    • eggs, bacon, chorizo, beans, slow roasted tomato, kumara hash, sourdough
  • Vege Lover $22
    • eggs, stuffed mushroom, halloumi, beans, slow roasted tomato, kumara hash, avocado, grainy bread
  • Lamb & Kumara Hash $18
    • fried egg, edamame beans, spinach, jus
  • Mushroom Ragout $18
    • exotic wild mushrooms, panko crumbed poached egg, chives, grainy bread
  • Smashed Avo $15
    • avocado, spring onion, coriander, blistered cherry tomatoes, goats feta, grainy bread
  • Scrambled Tofu $14
    • orange, sesame, wilted nasturtium leaf, coriander, avocado grainy bread
ADD ON ADD ON
  • Slow roasted tomato $4
  • Guacamole $4
  • Chorizo $4
  • Mushroom Ragout $5
  • Garden salad $4
  • Bacon $5
  • Hash brown $4
  • Prosciutto $4
  • Burger + Parmesan fries +Monteiths pale ale $25
BURGERS BURGERS
  • Lumberjack burger $14
    • Double beef, cheese, house pickles, special sauce
  • Hot bird burger $14
    • Fried chicken, jalapenos, cheese, hot sauce, milk bun
  • Tree lover $14
    • chickpea, broccoli, zucchini patty, relish, aioli, milk bun
  • Chefs burger POA
    • changes weekly
  • Side of parmesan fries $4
  • All burgers can be served on lettuce bun N/A

Nearby Sample Menus

  • HOUSE SALAD SMALL $3.90
  • WARM MIXED BERRIES $8.90
    • brandy snap
  • FISH N' FAT BIRD CHIPS $15.90
    • traditional English ale batter mushy peas & chunky tartare sauce
  • AFFOGATO $8.90
    • almond biscotti add something boozy
  • WARMED HOUSE OLIVES GF $7.90
    • olives in orange thyme & garlic
  • GINGER & APPLE CRUMBLE $9.90
    • cinnamon smoked ice cream
  • APPLE & SAGE PORK BELLY $24.90
    • braised red cabbage mash potato, crackling & cider mustard jus
  • BIRD ON BIRD $16.90
    • toasted English muffin one fat bird chicken liver & black pepper pate, poached egg & black pudding
  • Butter Chicken $10.50
    • Authentic everyone's favourite, Barbecued chicken cooked in special tomato and cashew gravy and cream. Every Curry is served with Basmati Rice and Plain Naan, Whereas you can always upgrade the Plain Naan to Garlic or Butter naan by adding $1.
  • Mango Chicken $15.50
    • Chicken pieces cooked in mango sauce with a hint of spices.
  • Tamarind Chutney $3.00
  • Aloo Gobi Lunch $9.90
  • Seekh Kebab, Green Masala $16.50
    • Lamb seekh kebab cooked with a spinach and onion gravy.
  • Lamb Boti Masala $16.50
    • Lamb backstraps cooked half way in tandoor and half way in curry style.
  • Kadai Lamb Lunch $10.90
    • Cooked with the base gravy of onion, tomato, capsicum and cream. Every Curry is served with Basmati Rice and Plain Naan, Whereas you can always upgrade the Plain Naan to Garlic or Butter naan by adding $1.
  • Achaari
    • Cooked with onion seed, ginger and garlic with the achaari flavour spices.
  • Szechuan Style Spicy Chicken / Gong-Bo Spicy Chicken with Peanuts / Chicken Cashew Nuts / Black Bean Sauce Chicken $15.00
  • Marinated Minced Pork on Rice $9.50
  • $2 surcharge for additional bowl of rice / $2 surcharge for extra vegetable / $3 surcharge for fried rice or noodles instead of steamed rice
  • Mixed Seasonal Vegetables with Mushrooms & Bean Curd $14.00
  • Combination Meats (beef,pork & chicken) / Salted Fish, Minced Pork with Eggplant Rice Vermicelli $12.90
  • Garlic Salt & Pepper Crispy Bean Curd / Braised Various Mushrooms & Bean Curd / Deep Fried Bean Curd in Sweet & Sour Sauce $14.00
  • Scallops/Prawns with Seasonal Vegetable / Scallops/Prawns in Black Bean Sauce $23.00
  • Choose your favorite vegetable to be; steamed / fried with garlic / fried with ginger / fried with oyster sauce
  • Spicy Chicken Ramen $16
    • dry ramen noodles, spicy minced chicken, vegetables
  • Avocado Roll 6pcs $14
    • teriyaki chicken, avocado
  • Gyoza / 5pcs $11.50
    • pan fried vegetable dumplings, vinaigrette sauce
  • Grilled Beef with Ginger Sauce $18.50
    • marinated beef, homemade ginger sauce, green salad, bokchoi
  • Prawns Tempura / 4pcs $12.50
    • battered prawns with tempura sauce
  • Curry Udon $16
    • udon noodles in mild Japanese curry with beef
  • Bento Set A $23.50
    • pork cutlet, fried shrimp, salad, salmon roll, takoyaki
  • Takoyaki / 6pcs $9
    • deep fried octopus filled dough ball
  • Potato Fritter $0.90
  • Meat Patty $2.90
  • Mini hot dog chips & mini drink $6.00
  • Roti $2.80
  • Meal 4 $9.90
    • sweet chicken fillet burger 1/2 chips can drink
  • Sambal Chicken Chow Mein $11.90
  • Fish $10.90
  • Chips (1/2 scoop) $2.00
  • Little Treats $4.00
    • Roasted Peanuts, Lollies
  • Fries $9.00
    • Aioli + 50c (Available until kitchen close)
  • Four Seasons $28.00
    • Mushrooms, ham, spicy Italian sausage sundried tomatoes & bacon (plus $2.00)
  • Peperoni $28.00
    • Spicy Italian sausage with garlic, chilli & capsicum.
  • Anti Pasto Platter $38.00
    • Wellington's famous antipasto platter consisting of a selection of cheese, meats and dips, served with pizza bread
  • Chicken $28.00
    • Fresh chicken, spinach, sundried tomatoes & mushrooms (plus $2.00)
  • Cheese $12.00
    • Choose between Whitestone Brie, Danish Blue or Port Salut. Served with crakers & quince paste.
  • Margherita $28.00
    • Classic Italian with mozzarella, bacconcini & fresh basil
  • LAMB PASANDA $16.00
    • fresh boneless lamb cooked with yoghurt gravy
  • PAPAD ROASTED $1.00
    • crispy lentil based pancake with taste of black pepper
  • BUTTER CHICKEN $15.00
    • boneless chicken cooked with traditional makhani gravy
  • ONION PARANTHA $4.00
    • variation of a naan bread, it has minced onion and spices, baked on a hot plate
  • LAMB VINDALOO $16.00
    • a hot dish, cooked with vinegar, capsicum, and whole spices and tender pieces of lamb
  • ACHAR(mixed pickles) $2.50
    • mixed vegetable pickle
  • FISH TIKA MASALA $16.00
    • fresh boneless fish infused with capsicum, onion and Indian gravy
  • CHAT PAPRI $6.00
    • a popular north Indian fast food that has crispy papris served with potatoes, chillies, yoghurt and sweet chutney
  • Black bean dip, yoghurt flat bread, harissa, pickled pimentos de padron 11
  • Witloof, goats cheese, squash, pear, walnut 14
  • Asparagus, taleggio, sage 13
  • Obatzda, radish, cumin lavosh, pickled onion 15
  • Simple green salad 9
  • Momma’s chicken, hot butter and sour cream 16
  • ‘Tiramisu Flavours’ 17
  • Warm olives 8
  • Homemade Pate $10.00
    • Brandy & apple pate served with pita bread
  • Wedges $9.00
    • With sour cream
  • Guinness Burger $13.00
    • Homemade pattie of beer, beef and bacon, with salad, tomato & cheese in a focaccia bun with fries and beer battered onion rings >>
  • Chicken Burger $15.00
    • Crumbed Schnitzel with salad greens, brie, and capsicum apricot relish, served on a focaccia bun with fries
  • Fish 'n' chips $19.50/$12.50
    • Pan-fried Smooth Dory fillets with tartar sauce, salad & fries.Main Size/1/2 Size
  • Baked Chicken Breast $20.00
    • Wrapped in bacon, filled with Brie and topped with cranberry sauce, with salad & fries
  • BLT $13.00
    • A bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich on Turkish bread with fries
  • Salt & Pepper Squid $11.00
    • With tartare sauce and salad gamnish
  • Mixed Pickles $3.50
    • Selection of hot & sour pickles
  • Chicken Tariwala $17.90
    • Boneless chicken curry cooked in mild spices and herbs
  • Fish Malabari $19.90
    • Boneless skinless fish fillets cooked in a creamy curry base with mild spices, capsicum, onions and tomatoes
  • Mint Chutney $3.00
    • Fresh mint leaves grounded into a sauce
  • Mysore Masala Dosa $14.00
    • Dosa stuffed with potatoes and masala
  • Onion Kulcha $4.50
    • Naan stuffed with chopped onion
  • Roti $3.00
    • Whole meal flour bread
  • Rice: $3.00
    • Boiled Indian Basmati
  • Curried Sausages with Peas & Mashed Potato $10.00
  • Chocolate / Berry / Caramel $7.50
  • Vegetarian Fritters with Tomato Salsa, Wedges & Salad (DF)(GF) $10.00
  • Crumbed Chicken with Wedges $7.50
  • Flapjacks, Bacon & Banana with Maple Syrup $10.00
  • Winemakers Beef and Cheese Burger With Special Sauce, Salad & Wedges $10.00
  • Creamy Mushrooms & Herb Penne Pasta with Salad $10.00
  • Fish, Leek & Potato Hot Cakes with Wedges & Salad (DF)(GF) $10.00
  • Yache Mandu (Dumplings) $10.00
    • Pan fried vegetable dumplings
  • O-Daeng Tang / Fishcake Soup $30.00
    • Fried chicken with spice
  • Fried Chicken $18.00
    • Deep fried chicken
  • Yache Kim Bab (Sushi) $15.00
    • Korean style vegetable sushi with miso soup
  • Soondubu Chige $16.00
    • Spicy soup with watery bean curd steamed rice, side dishes
  • Bulgogi Stew $18.00
    • Korean style stew with broiled marinated beef, vegetable Korean noodles, rice cakes and eggs
  • Darkdori Tang (Chicken) $40.00
    • Spicy chicken & potatoes, vegetables casseroles in chicken stock
  • E-3 Korean Style Sushi
  • Eggs Benedict $16.00
    • Your choice of ham or salmon, hash brown, and tomato
  • Eggs Your Way and Crispy Bacon $10.50
    • On wholemeal toast
  • Gourmet Beef Burger $12.75
    • Melted cheddar, crispy bacon, spicy mayonnaise, wedges
  • Selection of Gluten Free Pies $6.50
  • French Toast $12.50
    • Crispy bacon, caramelised bananas, maple syrup
  • Gusto's Home-Baked Lasagne $5.50
  • Warm Chicken Salad $16.00
    • Pan-fried on salad greens, tomato, capsicum, red onion, cucumber
  • Chicken Tenders and Chips $10.00
  • Aioli $2.50
  • Two fillings $7.00
  • Thai Chicken Salad: Marinated Chicken and Salad with Thai Dressing $17.00
  • Half Portion $12.00
  • Kid’s Fish and Chips Battered Fish with Fries and Tomato Sauce $9.00
  • Crumbed Chicken Tender with Fries and Tomato Sauce $8.00
  • Full Portion $10.00
  • Half Portion $8.00
  • Mushroom and beansprouts $12.90
  • Steam rice pancake (Banh cuon) $12.90
  • Lamb with flat mushrooms $15.90
  • Grilled chicken salad $12.90
  • Deep fried fish soup $12.50
  • Grilled pork/chicken on rice $12.90
  • Beef/chicken/combination fried rice $12.90
  • Grilled pork/chicken on rice noodle $12.90
The Arborist

The Arborist

location

Address

166 Willis Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand

phone

Phone

049316161

clock

Opened hours

Monday: 7:00 AM – 12:00 AM, Tuesday: 7:00 AM – 12:00 AM, Wednesday: 7:00 AM – 12:00 AM, Thursday: 7:00 AM – 12:00 AM, Friday: 7:00 AM – 3:00 AM, Saturday: 8:00 AM – 12:00 AM, Sunday: 8:00 AM – 10:00 PM
price range

Price

$30 - $50

type

Type

None

service level

Service

Table Service

cuisine

Cuisine

Bar , Breakfast , Diner , European , Gluten Free , Kiwi , New Zealand , Pub Food , Vegan , Vegetarian

features

Features

Mastercard ,  Visa ,  Reservations ,  Breakfast ,  Waitstaff ,  Cash ,  Groups ,  Bar ,  Bar Scene ,  Seating ,  Special Occasion Dining ,  Serves Alcohol ,  Dinner ,  Child-friendly ,  Outdoor Seating ,  Full Bar

Location
166 Willis Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand