Address
17 Tamamutu St, Taupo, Waikato, 3330, New Zealand
The Bistro in Taupo Menu
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BEGIN- Chilled cucumber & yellow tomato soup, almonds, cumin, green grapes, watermelon guacamole $12.00
- Tempura summer beans, seaweed, sweet chilli aioli $10.00
- Imported buffalo mozzarella, prosciutto, grilled peach, basil, balsamic reduction $19.00
- Olive oil poached prawn tails, baby gem lettuce, croutons, streaky bacon, plum tomatoes, avocado, grana padano $18.00
- Calamari cooked sous vide, handmade lemon gnocchi, fried capers, champagne veloute $16 E / $30 M
- Queen scallops, pork & ginger dumplings, summer pods, coriander, fermented black bean dressing $18.00
- The Bistro wild rabbit & chicken liver terrine, salsa verde, house pickles, pistachio nuts, crème fraiche, sherry syrup $18.00
SIDES- Marinated Olives $5.00
- Garden leaves, pear, lemon miso dressing $7.00
- Bag of chippies, herbs, black truffle $7.00
- Chunky fries, roasted aioli $8.00
- Mashed potato & gravy, salsa verde $8.00
THEN- Pasta Mia pumpkin ravioli, exotic mushrooms, coriander, popped squash seeds, shiitake cream $26.00
- Daily changing fresh Hawkes Bay fish, from the ocean to the plate $32.00
- Golden crackled pork belly, kumara, orange, walnuts, pineapple, granny smith apple, pickled red cabbage, grain mustard dressing $29.00
- Confit leg of Cambridge duck, spiced bell pepper jus, pickled mushrooms, baby root vegetables, potato gnocchi $34.00
- Strip loin of Wharekauhau lamb, braised Belgian endive, truffled fennel cream, pecan nuts, ruby grapefruit, sherry gastrique $39.00
- Grilled eye of scotch fillet, braised short rib tortelloni, sweet corn, hazelnuts, stone fruit panzanella, black pepper dressing $36.00
FINALLY - All cheese is served with handmade crackers and preserves- The whole lot $40.00
- Grinning Gecko brie - Whangarei, NZ $15.00
- Talbot Forest Geraldine vintage cheddar - Sth Canterbury, NZ $15.00
- Kapiti Kahurangi creamy blue - Kapiti Coast, NZ $15.00
- Blue River Curio Bay pecorino - Southland, NZ $15.00
- Grana Padano - Piedmont, Italy $15.00
SWEETS- Tahitian vanilla creme brulee cooked sous vide $12.00
- White chocolate & vanilla panna cotta, hazelnut wafer, raspberry caramel $12.00
- Rhubarb & brown butter cake, rose water, almond cracker, vanilla bean ice cream $12.00
- Baked Belgian chocolate mousse, passion fruit, chocolate brittle, triple chocolate ice cream $12.00
- The Bistro handmade sweet treats $10.00
Nearby Sample Menus
- Scotch 300g $35.90
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Pumpkin & Spinach Lasagne $24.50
- Layers of roasted pumpkin, ricotta cheese, pasta, spinach and Napolitana sauce, topped with grilled cheese. Served with a baked potato and garden salad.
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Seafood Basket $33.90
- Fish, prawns, scallops and squid. All golden fried and crispy. Served with fries and salad.
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Garlic Baguette $6.50
- Hot and crispy with garlic butter and herbs.
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Soup of the Day $8.90
- Freshly made by our Chef and topped with croutons.
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Freeman’s Lamb Shank GF $29.50
- A slow cooked, tender shank of lamb, creamy mashed potatoes and steamed seasonal vegetables with lashings of mint and rosemary jus.
- Sirloin 250g $32.50
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Seafood Chowder $14.50
- Mussels, prawns and fish simmered gently in a creamy seafood soup - topped with homemade croutons.
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Pad Plik Gaeng $12.50
- Stir fried chicken or pork with chili paste, bamboo shoots and mushrooms served with rice
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Cashew nut paste $14.50
- Italian pasta stir fried Thai style in sweet chili sauce and cashew nuts.Prawns
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Tom Kha soup $14.50
- Medium hot and spicy soup cooked in coconut milk with chicken or prawns in Thai herb served with rice. prawns
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Pad Thai Noodle prawns14.50/chicken$11.50
- The most popular Thai fried noodles of all time. Stir fried rice noodles with peanuts, bean sprouts, onions and spring onions in tamarind sauce
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Gai Ping $8.50
- Grilled marinated chicken with Thai herbs on skewers served with Thai chili sauce
- Fried banana with ice-cream $7.50
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Mee Grob $14.50
- Traditional Thai sweet and sour crispy noodles with prawns and chicken served with roti
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Money bag $7.50
- Deep fried delicious golden parcel filled with chicken and prawns served with sweet chili sauce
- BBQ pulled pork, charred peppers, onions, slaw, salsa, BBQ sauce $22.00
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Ice cream sundae $12.00
- Chocolate, vanilla or passionfruit
- -Vanilla bean ice cream
- All served with pit fries
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Jalapeno & cheddar skillet cornbread $12.00
- Honey butter, coriander
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Flamed flat bread with grilled chorizo $16.00
- S.M.K salsa
- -Vanilla bean ice cream
- -1/2lb $8.00
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Battered Fish burger $8.00
- Battered Fish, Coleslaw and Wasabi Mayo
- Wasabi Mayo $2.90
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Banana Fritter with Cinnamon Sugar $2.00
- Whole battered banana with cinnamon or lemon sugar. Its awesome.
- Pineapple Fritter $1.80
- omato relish, egg and cheese $6.50
- Bacon, Brie and Cranberry $6.50
- Bacon buttie $5.00
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The dog and nugget $8.00
- 2 x mini hotdogs, 2 x chicken nuggets, 1/2 scoop of chips and a 250ml carton of fresh up
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Market Fish
- Artichoke cream, tomato and roasted lemon salad, whipped feta
- Beef $35.00
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Coconut curry Prawns
- Watermelon curry, shaved cucumber, tahini yoghurt, crispy shallots
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-Market Fish
- Artichoke cream, tomato and roasted lemon salad, whipped feta
- Fries, aioli $7.00
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Chocolate salted caramel tart
- Chocolate sauce, hokey pokey, chocolate balls, vanilla mascarpone
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-Spiced apple cheesecake
- Sesame seed toffee snap, caramel sauce, apple crumble ice cream
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Slow cooked pulled Lamb
- Carrot puree, spinach gnocchi, cumin carrots, black garlic pannacotta, lemon crème fraiche
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Steak Diane $12.00
- 100g of sirloin in our chef's special diane sauce, served with crispy fries [Add fresh salad +$3]
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Eye Fillet Steak $39.00
- Cooked to your liking and partnered with our housemade potato gratin, mustard butter, pea mash and Waterside jus [Surf Upgrade: Add a king prawn and two scallops +$7]
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Waterside Fattoush Salad $18.00
- Fried haloumi cheese with fresh vine ripened tomato, cucumber, onion and crispy croutons immersed in our housemade sumac dressing [Add chicken, beef or salmon +$5]
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Almond Cake $15.00
- Warmed orange and almond cake with lemon curd and fresh vanilla bean yoghurt [Add a scoop of Kapiti ice cream +$2]
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Chicken Liver Pate $14.00
- Branded liver pate partnered with crostini, cherry compote and cashews
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Pavlova $15.00
- Our classic kiwi pavlova with feijoa sorbet, chantilly cream and berry compote [Add a scoop of Kapiti ice cream +$2]
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Fig & Blue Cheese Wontons $14.00
- Crispy wontons filled with puhoi blue cheese and peanuts, served with our housemade balsamic fig glaze
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Fush & Chups $28.00
- Beer battered market fish, served with fries, fresh lemon, salad and housemade tartare
- Lamb Rogan Josh, Naan, Rice $10.90
- Prawn Curry, Naan, Rice $12.90
- Vegetable Korma, Naan, Rice $9.90
- Curry, Naan, Rice (Chicken, Lamb or Beef) $10.90
- Balti Garlic Chicken, Naan, Rice (Also available in Lamb and Beef) $12.90
- Saagwala, Naan, Rice (Chicken, Lamb or Beef) $10.90
- Chicken Tikka Masala, Naan, Rice $10.90
- Fish & Chips $5.90
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Caesar Salad $23
- Crispy proscuitto ham & grilled chicken tenderloin,garlic croutons clodded egg, parmesan shavings, & anchovies on cos lettuce with caesar dressing
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Soft Shell Tacos $20
- Charred Lamb or Chicken, Salad Greens, Cucumber & Tomato, Topped with Raita
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Lakehouse Burger $22
- with a 200g prime beef pattie, caramelized onion, blue cheese, fried egg & golden fries
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Bailey’s Tiramisu $14
- Traditional tiramisu made with baileys, served with fresh fruit garnish
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Bacon and Eggs $14
- Eggs any style with bacon & toast
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Lakehouse Cheesecake $14
- Ask our wait staff for today’s flavour
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Chicken Tenders $15
- with Curly Fries & Salad
- “Surf up your stone with a Prawns & Scallops Skewer” $7
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Smoked Salmon
- Salmon, Capers, Cream Cheese, Red Onion & Pesto
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B L T $17.00
- Bacon, Lettuce, Cheese Tomato & Aioli served on Ciabatta Pocket with Fries
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Wedges $12.00
- with Sour Cream, Bacon, Cheese & Sweet Chilli
- Hokey Pokey
- Vegetarian option available also
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Hawaiian
- Ham, Cheese & Pineapple
- All with vanilla ice cream & cream
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Supreme
- Beef, Ham, Pepperoni, Pineapple, Onion, Mushroom & Capsicum
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Volcano $22.00
- Tomato base, chilli, mozzarella, pepperoni, green pepper corns & fresh basil
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Lake Bed $18.00
- Basil pesto, mozzarella & fresh basil
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Omorish $20.00
- Tomato base, mozzarella, pepperoni, olives & fresh basil
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Hen house $24.00
- Tomato base, mozzarella, chicken, cranberry, red onion, brie & fresh basil
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Margherita $18.00
- Tomato base, mozzarella & fresh basil
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Kuratau Classic $20.00
- Tomato base, mozzarella, ham, capers & fresh basil
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Vego $20.00
- Tomato base, mozzarella, feta, caramelized onion, olives & fresh basil
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Steam mussel $12.00
- Mussel, lemon-grass, lemon and homemade sauce
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Vietnamese baguette $10.00
- You choose: pork / beef / meatball
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Caramelized pork and eggs $20.00
- Pork, egg, salad and rice
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Clay pot fish $20.00
- Fish, salad and rice
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Papaya salad $16.00
- Papaya, beef, carrot and herbs
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Chicken salad $16.00
- Cabbage, chicken, herbs and peanuts
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Lotus salad $16.00
- Lotus root, prawns, pork, salad, peanuts
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Beef noodle (PHO) $16.00
- Rice noodle, beef broth, beef and herbs
- Pumpkin + feta Wrap $6.00
- Hot Chips $4.00
- Ham + Swiss Chesese Sandwich $6.00
- Watermelon with Mint $6.00
- Pulled Pork Bun $10.00
- Sausage $3.00
- Salt & Pepper Squid (2) $1.50
- Chicken Nuggets $1.50
- Potato Fritter $1.50
- Vege Burger $6.50
- Chips $3.00
- Hot Dog $3.00
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Meal Deal (B) $10.00
- 2 Fish, 2 Hot Dogs, 2 Crab Sticks, 1 Chips
- Balsamic dressing
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Eggs omelette $15.00
- Eggs, bacon, spinach, capsicum, cheese, toast(Add other favorite fillings for extra charge)
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Dumpling
- 16 pieces pork and prawn dumplings, served with delicious chinese dipping sauce
- -With extra smoked salmon x2 $4.00
- Bagel $3.50
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-BLAT $3.00
- With lashings of bacon
- ●Bread:
- Sausage x 2 $4.50
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Eggs Benedict
- Free range eggs, poached on toasted focaccia bread, served with hollandaise sauce
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Fruit Pancake Stack $15.00
- Pancakes served with seasonal fresh fruit, yoghurt and wild berry coulis
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Chicken B.L.T Open Sandwich $15.50
- Toasted focaccia bread with chicken, bacon, lettuce, tomato, mango peach chutney & aioli. Served as an open sandwich
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Omelette $15.50
- Free range eggs, with you choice of three fillings: bacon, ham, cheese, tomato, mushroom, onion, pineapple, served with toast
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Robert Harris Big Breakfast $18.50
- Free range eggs any style served with bacon, breakfast sausages, hash browns, tomatoes, mushrooms and toast
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Gourmet Toasted Sandwiches $10.50
- Bacon & Egg, Chicken & Mushroom, Chicken Schnitzel or Ham, Cheese & Tomato. Served on fresh toasted turkish bread
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Crumbed Chicken Caesar Salad $16.50
- Made with crumbed chicken, cos lettuce, premium middle bacon, poached egg, focaccia croutons, parmesan & anchovies
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Bacon & Eggs $15.50
- Free range eggs any style with bacon, served with toast
The Bistro
Phone
073773111
Opened hours
Monday: 5:00 – 10:00 PM, Tuesday: 5:00 – 10:00 PM, Wednesday: 5:00 – 10:00 PM, Thursday: 5:00 – 10:00 PM, Friday: 5:00 – 10:00 PM, Saturday: 5:00 – 10:00 PM, Sunday: 5:00 – 10:00 PM
Price
$30 - $50
Type
None
Service
Table Service
Cuisine
European , Gluten Free , New Zealand , Vegan , Vegetarian
Features
Mastercard , Visa , Romantic , Wheelchair accessible , Business meetings , Reservations , Waitstaff , Wine and Beer , Quick Bites , American Express , Seating , Highchairs Available , Street Parking , Free Wifi , Local cuisine , Special Occasion Dining , Serves Alcohol , Dinner , Child-friendly , Outdoor Seating , Full Bar
17 Tamamutu St, Taupo, Waikato, 3330, New Zealand
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