The Block Cafe in Auckland Menu

SMALL PLATES SMALL PLATES
  • LOTUS LEAF BUNS $13.50
    • lemongrass pork, pickled cucumber, peanut
  • PLATTER FOR 2 $24.00
    • selection of small plates & chef's specials
  • GRILLED ARABIC BREAD $9.50
    • garlic oil Jalapeno & Chickpea Dip
  • AMITS TANDOORI CHICKEN $13.50
    • saffron rice poppadum, raw mango chutney
  • JALAPENO ZINGERS $12.50
    • cream cheese spiced apricot coulis
  • KINGFISH CEVICHE $13.50
    • coconut chili lime Lebanese cucumber
  • SICHUAN PORK DUMPLINGS $12.50
    • coriander spicy sauce garlic shoots
  • RAS EL HANOUT LAMB MEATBALLS $12.50
    • pomegranata, slaw
  • VANILLA POACHED PEAR $13.50
    • blue cheese mousse, pecan, balsamic grapes crackers
  • CRISPY PRAWN TACOS $13.50
    • corn, chili coriander shredded greens
  • PIZZA $14.50
    • see wait staff for this weeks pizza
  • BURGER $14.00
    • southern fried chicken capsicum chili jam smoked cheese Jalapenos
MAINS MAINS
  • TOMAHAWK PORK CHOP $28.50
    • crispy pig ear, white bean puree black pudding croquette cider jus
  • GRILLED HAPUKA $28.50
    • orzo salad, chardonnay vinegar, hazelnut, citrus creme fraiche
  • MASSAMAN BEEF CURRY $26.50
    • coconut rice cashew, shichimi tapioca cracker
  • WAIRARAPA LAMB BACK STRAP $32.50
    • cumin rub, pressed Agria, eggplant puree, feta, pomegranate
  • ROASTED PUMPKIN RIGATONI $21.50
    • ricotta, sizzling sage, tomato petals, Waldorf salad
THE BLOCK GRILL THE BLOCK GRILL
  • (all grill items served with wasabi onion rings, iceberg wedge & your choice of sauce)
  • Flatiron Steak 200g $19.50
  • Scotch 250g $27.50
  • Eye Fillet 200g $29.50
  • Scallops 1/2 Doz $24.50
  • lemon & thyme Chicken Supreme $25.00
SAUCES SAUCES
  • PEPPERCORN & BRANDY
  • RED WINE JUS
  • MUSHROOM CREAM
  • CAPSICUM BUTTER
  • TRUFFLE BEARNAISE
  • SPICED APRICOT
SIDES SIDES
  • Hand-Cut Chips $8.50
  • String Fries $7.50
  • Wild Mushroom Saute, wilted spinach $7.50
  • Spicy Potato Skins Sour cream $6.50
  • Black Pudding Croquette $6.50
  • ice Berg Wedge bacon bites ranch Parsley $6.50
  • Spiced Chickpea Kale Feta tomato salad $7.50
ADD-ONS ADD-ONS
  • FRIED EGGS X2 $4.00
  • HAND-CUT CHIPS $4.00
  • BACON $4.00
  • GRILLED VINE TOMATOES $4.00

Nearby Sample Menus

  • - add side of chip $3.50
  • Warm Thai Beef Salad $18.00
    • Mixed lettuce, cherry tomato, radish, crispy noodle and lime ginger coriander dressing
  • Streaky bacon / cabanossi sausage $4.00
  • - Champagne ham, cheese and sliced tomato $17.00
  • Pasta Pappardelle (options of )
  • Nachos Bowl $9.00
    • Corn chips served with chilli bean and beef mince, melted cheese with sour cream, tomato salsa and avocado mash
  • Toasted New York bagels
  • - Smoked salmon / Cream cheese / Cappers / Red onion $14.00
  • -Chicken, tuna, nitrate free ham $4.00
  • Extras
  • -Roast capsicum, carrot, hummus & pesto $11.50
  • Raw vegan caramel slice $5.90
  • Twix bites $3.80
  • -Organic cheddar cheese, caramelised onion & tomato $12.50
  • Vegan muffin $5.50
  • Raw goji & pepita slice $5.20
  • Chicken Pot (in miso soup) $10.00
  • Katsu Don (pork or chicken) $10.00
  • Chicken & Prawn BBQ $12.00
  • Teriyaki Chicken $8.50
  • Beef Sukiyaki Pot $10.00
  • Teriyaki Tofu Don $9.00
  • Tuna Sashimi $10.00
  • Tofu Don $9.00
  • Namaste express lamb $11.99
    • succulent lamb cooked with eggplant, okra and roasted spice. served with steamed basmati rice
  • Korma $10.99/$10.99/$11.99
    • boneless chicken/beef/lamb morsels cooked in rich nuts, gravy and yoghurt with traditional flower essence scented curry
  • Kadai panner $10.99
    • indian cottage cheese and capsicum seasoned with spices and cooked in an onion gravy
  • Mango chutney $3.50
  • Mixed pickles $3.50
  • Mango chicken $10.99
    • chicken tikka cooked in a delicious subtle mango sauce and lightly spiced
  • Popadom (3pcs) $2.50
  • Aloo gobhi $10.99
    • potatoes and cauliflower florets cooked with exotic spices, ginger & fresh coriander
  • BBQ Pork Noodles Soup / Roast Pork Noodles Soup $13.00
  • Chicken / Beef / BBQ Pork Fried Rice $16.00
  • Steamed Rice & Tea $1.50
    • Per person, dine - in only no packaging
  • Mix Vegetable with Beef /Chicken/BBQ Pork $25.00
  • Green Beans with Beef / Chicken/ BBQ Pork $25.00
  • Sizzle Beef with Hot Sichuan Sauce / Beef with Oyster Sauce $25.00
  • Deep Fried Crispy Roast Chicken H $18.00 / W $35.00
  • Deep Fried Tofu with Salt & Pepper / Deep Fried Tofu with Maggi Sauce $23.00
  • Noodles In Black Soybean Sauce $9
  • Cantonese-Style Sweet And Sour Beef $18/ $28/ $35
  • Sichuan-Style Noodle Soup With Seafood $13
  • Stir Fried Rice With Assorted Sefood $15
  • Stir- Fried Pork And In Hot Sauce $18/ $28/ $35
  • Potato Noodles With Sauteed Vegetables $23/ $18/ $28/ $35
  • Deep- Fried Prawn With Chilli Sauce $18/ $28 / $35
  • Stir-Fried Beef With Celery $35
    • $23/ $32/ $39 / $18 / $28/
  • Sweet Mango Chutney (Mild) $3
  • Butter Prawn $17.5
    • Marinated shells prawns cooked in exotic spices and tomato gravy.
  • Channa Masala / Bhatura $13.5
    • Chic peas cooked wth blended onions, ginnger and tomatoes
  • Butter Naan $3
  • Korma $14.9
    • Choice of chicken/lamb/beef cooked with a gravy of cashew nuts, almonds, sultanas & very mild spices.
  • Cheese Or Peshawari Or Vege Naan $4.5
  • Vindaloo $14.9
    • Red hot curry from Goa. choice of chicken/ lamb/ beef
  • Platter For Two $16
    • Selection of A entrees Samosa, Onion Bhaji, Chicken Tikka & Seekh Kebabs.
  • Takeaway Curly Fries (Full) $6
  • Pancakes or French Toast $16
    • Grilled bacon and banana with maple syrup
  • Prime Beef Patty
  • Mini Breakfast
  • Salad
  • Add Side Dips (Each) $0.80
    • Tomato, aioli, sweet chili, mayo tartare, BBQ, mustard
  • Comes with 2 full scoops chips, 1.5 soft drink
  • All made with Mackenzie toast bread
  • IS. Tom Yum Goong or Talay $8.00
    • Hot and sour spicy prawn or mixed seafood soup with mushroom and lemon grass
  • 24. Special Fried Rice $16.90
    • Combination seafood fried rice with curry powder and vegetables served with sliced cucumber
  • 28. Pad Med Mamuang
    • Stir-fried meat sauteed with cashew nuts and vegetables in oyster sauce
  • Steamed Jasmine Rice $2.00
  • 16. Wonton Soup $8.00
    • Minced prawn and chicken dumpling in clear soup
  • 11. Mixed Appetizers (5 Pieces) $8.50
    • An assortment of four different appetisers (Chef's selection)
  • Chicken / Beef / Tofu $13.90
  • 14. Tom Yum Gai $7.50
    • Hot and sour spicy chicken soup with mushroom and lemon grass
  • Free-range eggs with guacamole $14.00 / $19.00
    • poached eggs with guacamole, our wood fired chili sauce & toasted kumara sourdough bread (gf available) / with salmon
  • Wood-fired crispy pork belly $24.00
    • with plum, honey and ginger sauce on cous cous
  • Muesli $12.00
    • organic grains, nuts, seeds, dried fruits. seasonal fresh fruit, yoghurt & berry conserve served with organic milk or coconut water (gf available)
  • Anchovy fillets $24.00
    • capers, olives and red onion
  • Green smoothie $8.00
  • Buckwheat waffles $16.00
    • apple mousse greek yoghurt, roasted almonds and rewarewa honey
  • Arepas $18.00
    • corn bread of Venezuela, your choice of 2 arepas filled with slow braised beef with chipotle mayo, lettuce & smoked cheddar / black beans, guacamole, smoked cheddar, chipotle / organic pork carnitas with smoked cheddar & pickles
  • Seasonal garden salad bowl $10.00
  • Free range egg $1.00
  • ketchup $1.50
  • For 3 person $ 4.00
  • Chicken burger $10.00
    • flame grilled corn fed chicken, lettuce, tomato, red onion, mayo
  • Vege burger $10.00
    • homemade falafel, youghurt, hummus, sweet chilli sauce, lettuce, tomato, red onion
  • Aioli, tartare / spicy relish $2.00
  • Bacon and egg stack $9.80
    • streaky bacon, free range egg, potato rosti, relish
  • Onion rings $4.80
  • Hamachi (kingfish)
  • Grilled Scallop
  • D Karaage Udon $9.00
  • Megane (frilled scallop)
  • Kakiage (assorted vegetables)
  • Spicy Tuna & Avocado Roll
  • Grilled Squid Leg
  • Akanishigai (eined rapa whelk)
  • A8. Mein Fun with Combination Meat $12
    • Fried thin rice noodles with Chinese sausages, ham, shrimps, meat & vegetables
  • A11. Prawns Fried Rice $13
    • Stir fried rice with prawns, egg and mixed vegetables
  • A7. Mein Fun Cashew Nuts $11
    • Fried thin rice noodles with special sauce, choice of meat vegetables and topped with cashew nuts
  • 20.Combination Seafood & Vermicelli $13
    • served with rice, soup
  • 21.LEMONGRASS CHICKEN $13
    • Marinated deep med chicken top with lemon glass
  • 32. Fried Mixed Kwai Teow Chicken $11
    • Choice of chicken, beef, pork served with soup
  • A2. Vietnamese Ham & Wonton Soup $10
    • Vietnamese style soup served with ham, wonton & chicken mince >>
  • A4. Steamed Chicken & Fried Noodles $12
    • Fried egg noodles with vegetables in black soy sauce topped with steamed chicken
  • Breakfast bagel $16.00
    • Lightly toasted bagel filled with your choice of : Smoked salmon, cream cheese, and charred lemon, streaky bacon, crream cheese, and fried tomato chilli jam, avpcado, crream,cheese and tomato
  • Potato quino hash $16.50
    • soft poached eggs and hollandise sauce with chorizo sausage and streaky bacon or soft poached eggs and hollandise sauce with fried tomatoes and portbello mushrooms
  • Margarita R$14.50/L$17.50
    • Tomato, basil and mozzarella cheese
  • Roasted tomato and basil soup $9.50
    • Served with herbed sour cream and lightly toasted focaccia bread
  • Caesar Salad $15.50 / $18.00
    • Crunchy cos lettuce tossed in our home made caesar dressing with shaved parmesan,crsipy bacon and garlic croutons. Toppesd with a soft poached egg with pan fried Chicken
  • Bacon R$14.50/L$17.50
    • crispy bacon, mushroom, red onions, and mozzarella cheese
  • French Toast $16.50
    • Sour Dough dipped in egg, cinnamon mix and fried .Served with maple syrup, streaky bacon and caramalised banana
  • Egg benedict $18.50
    • Soft Poached eggs set on toasted ciabetta bread with your choice of two of the folowing items: smoked salmon, tomato, spinach, avocado, mushrooms, or steaky bacon, .Topped with hollandise sauce
  • Seared scotch fillet on turkish flat bread $21.00
    • with dijon mustard and watercress
  • Beetroot + coconut milk bircher muesli $13.00
    • with clevedon buffalo yoghurt + palm sugar
  • Goats cheese and chive omelette $16.50
  • Preserves $8.50
    • blood orange + carmdamom marmaletta / labneh with pomegranate molasses / kumeu valley strawberry / hazelnut spread / rhubarb + vanilla bean / taranaki bush honey
  • Free range eggs scrambled or poached $12.00
  • Bacon $6.00
  • Poached egg with ortiz anchovy $4.50
  • Lamb mince on toast $16.50
The Block Cafe

The Block Cafe

location

Address

570 Blockhouse Bay Road, Blockhouse Bay, Auckland, Auckland, 0600, New Zealand

phone

Phone

096270325

email

Email

None

clock

Opened hours

Monday: 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM, Tuesday: 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM, Wednesday: 7:00 AM – 10:00 PM, Thursday: 7:00 AM – 10:00 PM, Friday: 7:00 AM – 10:00 PM, Saturday: 7:00 AM – 10:00 PM, Sunday: 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM
price range

Price

$20 - $30

type

Type

None

service level

Service

Table Service

cuisine

Cuisine

Cafe Food , European , Gluten Free , New Zealand , Vegetarian

features

Features

EFTPOS ,  Takeaway ,  Gluten Free Options ,  Wheelchair accessible ,  Business meetings ,  Reservations ,  Vegetarian Friendly ,  Breakfast ,  Live Music ,  Waitstaff ,  Cash ,  Groups ,  Lunch ,  Seating ,  Highchairs Available ,  Cards accepted ,  Serves Alcohol ,  Dinner ,  Child-friendly ,  Outdoor Seating ,  Full Bar

Location
570 Blockhouse Bay Road, Blockhouse Bay, Auckland, Auckland, 0600, New Zealand