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

  • Oysters / Clams / Fish MP
    • Fresh + local, Opened by hand + sliced to order, The freshest and best seafood in Wellington
  • Roast cauliflower, garlic & sumac $8.50
  • Goan raw fish curry $14.50
  • Kaffir lime squid w/ red chili $12.50
  • Lemon meringue tart & lemon verbena syrup $14.50
  • Mixed leaf salad $7.50
  • See the blackboard for our daily specials n/a
  • Market fish w/ tamarind, coconut rice, mint & cucmber salad $27.00
  • Snapper, tomato & chickpea ragout , cavolo nero, scampi emulsion $38.90
  • Roasted whole Sole, seaweed butter, stirfried greens & pickled ginger dressing $38.90
  • Kaikoura Scampi ceviche, avocado, Vietnamese mint, coriander, lemongrass, scampi oil $31.90
  • Beef Fillet, Café de Paris butter, fries $38.90
  • Mango & yogurt pudding, passionfruit granita, sago, pineapple, coconut $15.90
  • Organic mixed leaf salad & house dressing $8.90
  • Catalan Crêpes with orange caramel sauce, vanilla ice cream $16.90
  • Todays freshly churned sorbets & icecreams: Licorice icecream, Passionfruit icecream, coconut sorbet $14.90
  • Chips Only $ 3.50
  • Potato & Veg Roll $ 2.80
  • Salad (Standard) $ 3.70
  • Pineapple Fritter $ 2.10
  • Lasagna $ 2.60
  • Corn Fritter $ 2.60
  • 5 Fish, 2 Chips $ 18.10
  • Spring Roll $ 2.90
  • Curry roll $2.60
  • Pineapple fritter $1.90
  • Bluff oyster 1/2 doz n/a
  • Orange roughy $10.50
  • Bacon $1.25
  • Corn fritter $2.80
  • Paua fritter $5.90
  • Banana fritter $2.00
  • Shine’s Special Breakfast $21.50
    • eggs, bacon, hash browns, gourmet sausages, savoury tomato & grilled mushroom
  • Omelette $16.50
    • with toasted sourdough & up to three fillings: tomato, onion, ham, cheese, spinach, or mushrooms
  • Buckwheat Pancakes $16.50
    • with berries (& yoghurt)
  • Eggs $5.00
  • Bacon & Eggs $14.50
  • Kaitaia Fire $14.50
    • avocado, tomato, feta, red onion & chilli pepper sauce served on 5 grain
  • Avocados $5.00
  • Eggs Benedict (Bacon) $16.50
  • Petone $10 / $19
    • eggplant, roasted capsicum, olives, onion, parmesan, mozzarella, tomato base
  • Wooden spoon ice cream sandwich $6.95
  • Roseneath $10 / $18
    • Mushrooms, garlic, olive oil, parmesan, cheese, oregano, mozzarella, white base
  • Newtown $10 / $20
    • Salami, garlic, olive oil, spinach, parmesan cheese, mozzarella, tomato base
  • Brooklyn $20.50
    • Blue cheese, onion, rocket, wallnut, pear, honey drizzle, tomato base
  • All day large pizza, GF base $4.50, extra's $4, weekdays lunch time small pizza (limited), extra's $3
  • Courtney place $20.50
    • Chorizo, salami, roasted capsicum, chillies, mozzarella, olives, chilli oil, tomato base
  • Lyall bay $10 / $20
    • Smoked chicken, roasted capsicum, basil, mushroom, mozzarella, tomato base
  • Bacon N/A
  • Sweet chilli beef N/A
  • Falafel $1.50
  • The Greek $7.90/$8.90/$8.90/$7.90
    • olives, feta, cucumber, tomato, red onion, cos lettuce. Salad Reg/Lge/Puku/Wrap
  • Streaky bacon $3.00
  • BLAT $8.90/$9.90/$9.90/$8.90
    • bacon, avocado, tomato, cos lettuce. Salad Reg/Lge/Puku/Wrap
  • Sweet chilli beef & grilled capsicum $9.20/$10.20/$9.90/$9.20
    • field mushrooms, red onion, mesclum. Salad Reg/Lge/Puku/Wrap
  • Cajun chicken N/A
  • Mango Lassi $4.00
    • Mango and yoghurt smoothie.
  • Saag Aloo $12.50
    • Spiced spinach and potato cooked together, and finished with cream.
  • Chicken Korma $15,00
    • Tender boneless chicken simmered with ground spices and cashew nut paste, finished with cream.
  • Chicken Saag $16.00
    • Boneless chicken pieces prepared in spinach, spices and herbs and finished with cream.
  • Mango Chicken $16.00
    • Boneless chicken pieces cooked in a spiced mango sauce flavoured with green cardomon.
  • Bavaldi Handi $16.00
    • Tender pieces of lamb cooked in red chillis, herbs, capsicum and vegetables with thick creamy onion gravy.
  • All mains served mild, medium or hot with free Basmati rice
  • Aloo Gobhi $12.50
    • Fresh cauliflower and potato cooked in tomato sauce with herbs and spices.
  • All day breakfast
    • bacon, eggs, sausage, toast, fries and tomato
  • Chicken Sweetcorn Soup $8.50
  • Combo Fried Rice $11.00
  • Noodle Soup $10.00
  • Chips $3.00
  • Dumplings (8) $5.99
  • -Small $7.50
  • -Large $14.00
  • Salmon parcels $17.00
    • with spinach & cashew pesto, pickled ginger & soy sauce
  • Salt & pepper squid $14.00
    • with wasabi mayo
  • Pekin duck lettuce cups $17.00
    • with shiitake mushroom, garlic, lemongrass & spring onion
  • Seven spice tofu $10.00
    • with sea salt, sesame & chili soy sauce
  • Free range pork & prawn cakes $17.00
    • served with red curry dipping sauce
  • Crispy fried chicken $15.00
    • with sweet chili sauce
  • Grilled tiger prawns $17.00
    • with lemongrass, garlic & wasabi mayo
  • Banana leaf wrapped tarakihi $16.00
    • with sweet & tangy coconut sauce
  • Tea Smoked Free Range Chicken (Bone In) (1/2 Chicken) $28.00
    • iron goddess of mercy tea leaves, Ancestral salt
  • Buddha's Hot Pot $19.00
    • red braised mushrooms, bamboo, tofu
  • Courgette 2 skewers $6.50
  • Wonton Chips $6.00
    • Ancestral Seaweed salt
  • Steamed Dim Sum Platter $19.00
    • chicken dumplings, dim sum, vegetarian dumplings
  • (2) Chicken Gyoza $16.00
    • chicken thigh, ginger, spring onion
  • Green Beans $10.00
    • preserved vegetables, ground pork, garlic
  • Crispy Squid $8.00
    • Tossed with Garlic, Red Chilli, Ancestral Salt
  • Chicken Fillet $3.00
  • Hot Dogs $2.20
  • Crumbed Fish $3.00
  • Lasagne Squares $2.60
  • No Meat Burger $5.00
  • Wontons (Homemade) $0.80
  • 2 Filling $3.50
  • Mini Samosas 10 for $3.50
  • Egg Plant in Garlic Sauce $15.90
  • Marinated Tofu Cakes (Spicy/non-spicy) $7.90
  • Sweet and Sour King Prawns $17.90
  • Salted Diced Chicken with Chilli $15.90
    • (with peanuts and sesame seeds)
  • Sliced Chicken Congee $10.90
  • Japanese Seaweed Salad (Goma Wakame) (Veg) $5.00
  • Marinated Mix Platter (Choose 3 of marinated items) $17.90
  • Banana Fritter with Ice Cream $9.00
  • Free range roasted chicken $20.00
  • Roasted duck $40.00
  • 1/4 chicken $7.00
  • Combo with potatoes and coleslaw $16.00
  • Roasted pork $40.00
  • Combo with potatoes and coleslaw $11.00
  • 1/2 chicken $12.00
  • 1/2 Roasted duck $22.00
  • Beef Vindaloo $16.50
    • Boneless beef pieces cooked with potatoes and vindaloo paste.
  • Chicken Manchurian $18.00
    • Boneless chicken pieces cooked with garlic, onion and celery.
  • Chef's Special $18.50
    • Boneless pieces of fish cooked with the chef's special gravy.
  • Chicken Dhansak $18.00
    • Chicken with lentils and spices with gravy.
  • Paneer Tikka $11.00
    • Cubes of fresh home made cottage cheese, capsicum, tomatoes and onion, cooked in a tandoor.
  • Palak Paneer $16.00
    • Cottage cheese pieces cooked with a spinach gravy.
  • Fish Tikka $9.50
    • Fish fillet marinated in yoghurt and spices cooked in a tandoor.
  • Baoli Handi $18.00
    • Boneless lamb pieces, cooked with seasonal vegetables, brown onion and garlic paste.
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