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

  • Greek Salad $9.00
    • Tomato, feta, cucumber, olive, red onion, mint and parsley
  • Tomato $1.50
  • Akaroa Salmon $11.00
    • Firm pink fish with a high fat content. Grilled only and cooked slightly under for besr flavour and texture
  • Beer Battered $6.00
  • Vegetable Spring Roll $6.00
    • Hand-made vegetable and rice noodle spring rolls with sesame seeds, with dipping sauce
  • Skate $6.50
    • Good flavour and wonderful gelatinous texture
  • Ribaldo $6.90
    • White fillets, soft flakes, meaty flavour and mistakenly under rate in NZ
  • Blue Nose $12.40
    • Similar to Groper/Hapuka. Big meaty white fillets with a high oil content due to depth these tasty fish live in.
  • ANTIPASTO PLATTER $16.00 per person
    • Italian cured meats, cheeses and other delicacies
  • Fish & Chips $10.00
    • Battered fillet with Chips and Tomato sauce
  • GARLIC BREAD $10.00
    • Pizza Bread, Garlic infused olive oil, oregano, touch of sea salt – baked in wood fired oven
  • Ham Pizza $10.00
  • POLPETTE $12.00
    • Organic lamb and beef meatballs seasoned with Italian herbs
  • CONCHIGLIONI PORK AND FENNEL $26.50
    • Pasta shells filled with free range pork, fragrant fresh fennel and mozzarella cooked in chef’s special Neapolitan sauce
  • Affogato $9.00/$12.00
    • a scoop of vanilla bean gelato, espresso, and an optional shot of Amaretto
  • CONCHIGLIONI SPINACI $25.50
    • Pasta shells filled with spinach, Zany Zeus ricotta, mozzarella and hint of nutmeg cooked in chef’s special Neapolitan sauce
  • eggs midnight $15.00
    • Black-bean mushroom olive patty with poached egg, hollandaise and tangy salsa. Made vegan- patty, spinach avocado and vegan mayo
  • pasta of the day $13.00
    • Smoked chicken. Vegan - tofu and zucchini
  • Spud chunks $8.50
    • Served with vegan garlic mayo and sweet chilli
  • Omelette $15.00
    • With your choice of three fillings
  • Cinnamon sugar french toast (GFA)
    • Banana yoghurt and honey. Made vegan - banana berry and maple
  • Toasted sammy $7.50
    • Choice 3 $3.00 Fillings - extra $1.00 For $4.50 Side
  • Egg benedict, florentine or montreal $15.00
  • Gangsta burger $13.00
    • Choice of smoked chicken, bacon or marinated tofu
  • S=Small / M=Medium / L=Large
  • Steamed Chicken with Special Sauce W $48 / H $24.80
  • Steamed Oysters in Garlic Sauce / Deep Fried Oysters $28.00
  • Squid with Seasonal Vegetables / Szechuan Squid / Squid in Hot Pepper Sauce $18.80
  • Fried Tofu with Seafood / Steamed Tofu with Assorted Meat $22.00
  • Oyster Egg Fu Yong $26.80
  • Pork Steamed with Salted Dried Mustard Cabbage / Duck with Chun Zhou Brown Sauce $24.80
  • Double Boiled Pork with Cordyceps Flower $168.00
  • Chilly Chutney $3.00
  • Prawn Saagwala $17.50
    • Cooked with spinach in special ginger, garlic sauteed gravy.
  • Lamb Pasanda $16.50
    • Diced lamb pieces cooked in tomato, cream and onion gravy.
  • Lamb Biryani $17.00
    • Basmati rice cooked with vegetables infused with fresh spices and served with raita, mixed pickle and papadom.
  • Aloo Paneer Tikki (6 pieces) $8.00
    • Crisp spiced mint potato and paneer patties laced with yoghurt, tamarind and mint toppings.
  • Bhindi Masala (Seasonal)Okra cooked with onion and tomato based gravy. $14.50
  • Fish Goan Curry $17.50
    • Dish originally from Goa. Cooked with ginger, garlic, tomato, tamarind, coconut and spices.
  • Chettinad
    • The spicy flavored thick gravy is real tempting which will definitely make you yearn for more.
  • Gelato $8.50
    • hazelnut & chocolate, candied hazelnuts
  • Risotto verde $23.00
    • pancetta, pea pesto, egg yolk, parmesan
  • Pork & fennel sausage $6.00
  • Papperdelle $14.00/ $24.00
    • pork and pancetta ragu, parmesan, grilled garlic focaccia
  • Granola $9.50
    • stone fruit compote, honey, yogurt
  • Scopa Carne $21.00
    • two eggs, sausage, bacon, mushrooms, roasted potatoes
  • Affogato $8.00
    • shot of espresso OR hot chocolate, vanilla gelato
  • Casareccia $15.00/ $25.00
    • prawns, scallops, chilli, garlic, bottarga
  • - with chicken $18.90
  • Open Steak Sandwich $19.80
    • scotch fillet with onion jam, rocket & mushrooms served with fries
  • Angus Eye Fillet $29.50
    • Served on pumpkin mash, roasted parkvale mushroom, sauteed spinach & red onion jam with port jus
  • Roast Pumpkin & Spinach Penne $18.90
    • with sundried tomato, feta & pine nuts
  • Salt & Pepper Calamari $16.90
    • with fresh rocket & lemon aioli
  • Thai Green chicken Curry $18.90
    • with vegetables & turmeric rice
  • Crispy Skin South Island King Salmon $24.50
    • Pan fried salmon fillet on pesto risotto with wild rocket
  • Risotto of the Day $18.90
  • Crumbed Veggie Pattie $2.50
  • Batter Or Crumb Mussel $1.10
  • Bacon (Without Extra Filling) $4.00
  • Smoked Fish Fritter $3.20
  • Hamburger $3.50
  • Mini Roll (Home Made) $1.20
  • Mini Fish $1.60
  • Dim Sim (Homemade) $1.60
  • V=Vegetarian / GF= Gluten Free / DO= Dairy Free Option / GO or GFO= Gluten Free Option / DF= Dairy Free
  • V=Vegetarian / GF= Gluten Free / DO= Dairy Free Option / GO or GFO= Gluten Free Option / DF= Dairy Free
  • ●Sauteed Mushrooms on five grain toast (V) (GFO) (DFO) $9.00
  • Salt and pepper squid with wasabi garlic aioli (DF) $13.00
  • ● Forest Feast for Two $98.00
    • A decadent three-course indulgence to share and delight in
  • Cheese and tomato pizza (V) / Crumbed fish and chips / Chicken tikka taco $8.50
  • -Dessert Platter
    • Sweet treats to finish
  • -Add Poached Eggs $4.00
  • Kind of Blue $19 / $4
    • white Sauce - Caramalised - Blue Cheese - Bacon - Rosemary - Beetroot/Add Chicken
  • Ah Um $15
    • Prosciutto
  • Aotearoa $22
    • Bacon- Egg - Beetroot Relish - Cos - Aioli - Pineapple Salsa - Pickles - Red Onion
  • Bitches Brew $22
    • Red Onion - Capsicum - Pineapple - Roast Pork - BBQ - Sauce
  • Purple Rain $19
    • Onion - Pumpkin - Chorizo - Capsicum - Wild Rocket - Beetroot - Relish
  • Rogue Revolutionary Cubano Brick $18
    • Roast Pork - Ham - Colby - Pickles - Dijon Mustard
  • BBQ Bacon Cheeseburger $20
    • Bacon - BBQ Sauce - Onion Rings - Aioli - Pickles
  • Pork Po' Boy $16
    • Pulled Pork - Slaw - Mustard Mayo - Pickled Red Onions - Pickles
  • Salmon Fillet served with fresh dill, salad & wedges $25.00 DF
  • Salmon Fillet served with fresh dill, salad & wedges $25.00
  • Spicy Lamb Salad - Roasted Lamb cooked in our special nut / spice mix served with a lemon and black pepper yogurt sauce $25.00 DF
  • Soup of the Day served with our local baker's bread $15.00
  • Hightide Cafe Vegetarian Salad - Our signature salad served with avocado oil roasted seeds & dill mayo $15.00 DF
  • Hightide Cafe Vegetarian Salad - Our signature salad served with avocado oil roasted seeds & dill mayo $15.00
  • Streaky Bacon, Creamy Mushrooms, Garlic Creamy Mushrooms or Tomatoes $6.00
  • Streaky Bacon, Creamy Mushrooms, Garlic Creamy Mushrooms or Tomatoes $6.00
  • Angel Wings $10.00
    • Chicken wings stuffed with minced pork, vermicelli rice noodle and vegetables
  • Pad Khing $12.00
    • Stir-fried with ginger with choice of chicken, beef or pork
  • Pad Preow Wan $12.50
    • Stir-fried sweet and sour with choice of chicken, bee or pork
  • Rice $1.50
  • Larb Tod $8.00
    • Spicy chicken meat balls
  • Chicken Satay $7.50
  • Curry Puff $6.00
  • Roti + Curry / Peanut Sauce $5.00
    • Roti with choice of peanut or yellow curry sauce
  • Penang Curry (GF)
    • Please Select meat Vegetables cooked with spicy Panang curry paste in thick coconut cream.
  • Prawn, Or Seafood $25.90
  • Pad Thai (Very Popular)
    • Please Select meat Sir -fried thin flat rice noodles with egg, bean sprouts, carrot, cabbage, spring onion and crunchy peanut in tamarind sauce and topped with few cashew nuts.
  • Vegetable/ Entree $11.90
  • Steamed Rice Plate $3.00
  • Satay Sauce
    • Please Select meat Stir -fried vegetables in peanut sauce.
  • Pad See lew
    • Please Select meat Stir -fried wide flat rice noodles with egg and vegetables
  • Tom Yum
    • Please Select size and meat Popular Thai spicy soup with vegetable and Thai herb
  • Omelette & Toast $11.50
    • Your choice of three fillings
  • Hawaiian Burger $8.50
    • Streaky Bacon, Pineapple and a Beef Pattie on Lettuce, Tomato, Beetroot and Red Onion with Garlic Aioli & Tomato Relish
  • Bacon Burger $8.00
    • Streaky Bacon and a Beef Pattie on Lettuce, Tomato, Beetroot and Red Onion with Garlic Aioli & Tomato Relish.
  • Hawaiian Chicken $9.50
    • Crumbed Chicken Snitzel with Streaky Bacon & Pineapple on Lettuce, Tomato, Beetroot and Red Onion with Garlic Aioli & Tomato Relish
  • Wedges with Sour Cream & Chilli Sauce $5.00
  • Fish Burger $8.00
    • Crumbed Fish on Lettuce, Tomato, Beetroot and Red Onion, with Garlic Aioli & Home Made Tartare Sauce
  • Mexican Cheeseburger $6.50
    • Mexican Beef Pattie with Sliced Cheese on Lettuce, Tomato, Beetroot and Red Onion with Garlic Aioli & Tomato Relish.
  • Deluxe Cheeseburger $9.00
    • Just Like a Cheeseburger But with Two Home Made Beef Patties and More Salad.
  • Large $13.50
  • Any Curry, Rice and Naan +420 mL drink or 400 mL pump $13.50
  • Beef Vindaloo $10.00
  • Mango Chicken $10.00
  • Seek Kebab Wrap $6.00
  • Veg Cutlet $1.50
  • CHICKEN WINGS $1.50
  • ALOO MUTTER $7.00
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