Desert Rose Cafe & Restaurant in Palmerston North Menu

STARTERS STARTERS
  • Samosa (lamb, chicken or vegetarian) $8.90
    • delicious pastry filled with potato, peas & seasoned with succulent spices, served with salad
  • Falafel $8.90
    • fried chick pea balls, seasoned & served with lebanese bread, pickles & tahini sauce
  • Grilled cheese $8.90
    • grilled halloumi cheese served with lebanese bread
  • Fattoush $8.90
    • a mix of stir fried lebanese bread with tomatoes, lettuce, cucumber & olive oil
  • Stuffed leaves - grape or cabbage $8.90
    • hand rolled vine leaves stuffed with steamed rice & spices, seasoned with garlic, onion & a hint of lemon
  • Taboulleh salad $9.90
    • a finely balanced salad consisting of a mix of coriander, cucumber, tomatoes, olive oil & a hint of lemon
  • Hummus $8.90
    • a well balanced delicious house speciality hummus served with olive oil & grilled lebanese bread
  • Baba ganoush $8.90
    • roasted eggplant dip with olive oil, various seasonings & served with grilled lebanese bread
  • Little monster (for kids) $9.90
    • delicious deep fried chicken nuggets served with potatoe wedges & dipping sauce
MAINS MAINS
  • Lamb kabsa $14.90
    • served hot on a bed of red rice with a homemade tomato base, seasoned with delicious spices & served with homemade sauces & salad
  • Chicken biryani $14.90
    • a traditional rice dish delicacy, flavoured with subtle hints of spices. served with homemade sauces & salad
  • Mandi - lamb or chicken $15.90
    • slowly cooked & then roasted, served with our specialty rice cooked in the stock of the meat. served with homemade sauces with a delicious seasonal salad
  • Musahab $14.90
    • boneless stone grilled chickeen served with specialty rice, homemade sauce & salad
  • Shiesh kebab - beef or chicken $14.90
    • marinated in our homemade sauce & cooked on a stone top, on a skewer with either a choice of beef or chicken & served with fried & salad
  • Bamya $14.90
    • okra stew with lamb in a homemade delicious tomato sauce served with our specialty house rice & salad
  • Mosgah $14.90
    • seasoned eggplant with baked lamb mince & served with specialty rice, salad & lebanese bread
  • Molokhya $14.90
    • a traditional north african cuisine consisting of a broth made from specialty leaves & served with lamb on our specialty house rice & salad
  • Vegetable safary $15.90
    • a mix of stuffed grape leaves, stuffed cabbage leaves, vegetable samosa, falafel, babaganoush, hummus & taboulleh salad
  • Desert safary $22.90
    • a delicious mixed platter of lamb, beef, chicken served with specialty rice & homemade sauces & pickles
LIGHT MEALS & SIDES LIGHT MEALS & SIDES
  • Meaty bread $9.90
    • seasoned lamb mince with tahini sauce on a lebanese bread, grill sealed
  • Kebab $9.90
    • cooked on a stove top with either a choice of beef, chicken, lamb, falafel. served in a wrapped bread with your choice of salads & sauces
  • Also available in prawn or mixed +$2.00
  • Up size to XL +$4.00
  • Arabian kebab $14.90
    • your choice of beef, chicken, lamb, falafel, cooked on a stone top & served with our specialty house rice & salad. with your choice of sauce
  • Lebanese bread $2.00
  • Specialty mandi rice $3.50
  • Fries or wedges $4.50
DESSERTS DESSERTS
  • Baklava $6.90
    • a rich sweet pastry filled with chopped nuts & sweetened with syrup
  • Basbousa $6.90
    • a sweet semolina cake soaked in a simple syrup with a touch of rose water
  • Konafa $6.90
    • a cheese pastry soaked in a sweet sugar based syrup & garnished with pistachio
  • Desert dessert $6.90
    • a light creamy caramel mousse, topped with a dusting of fine milk chocolate
  • Dessert safary $14.90
    • a delicious selection of baklava, basbousa & konafa, decadence on a plate
PIZZA PIZZA
  • Tandoori chicken $13.90
    • marinated chicken in tandoori sauce, cheese, capsicum, olives, tomato sauce & capers
  • Mediterranean $13.90
    • anchovies, feta cheese, sun-dried tomatoes, tomato sauce, olives, capsicum & capers
  • Vegetarian $13.90
    • cheese, capsicum, onion, tomatoes, tomato sauce & olives

Nearby Sample Menus

  • Beef & Lamb Kebab Salad
    • Beef & Lamb doner served on fresh garden salad with hummus and jack dip
  • Vege Falafel Meal (Large size only)
    • Falafel with tabouleh, eggplant, hummus and jack dip served on salad
  • Chicken or Beef & Lamb Burger $6.00
  • Mild Chili
  • Baklava $4.00
    • A classic Turkish sweet with walnuts and honey
  • Garlic Yogurt
  • Grilled Halloumi Cheese $11.00
    • with hummus dip, falafel and Turkish bread
  • Adana Iskender (Large size only)
    • Traditional hot and spicy minced lamb and toast
  • Sour Cream $2.00
  • Egg $2.50
  • Moeraki Mussels $17.50
    • Green lipped mussels simmered to perfection in our homemade green curry sauce.
  • Grandma's Lambs Fry $23.50
    • Thinly sliced lamb's liver, fried with bacon and caramelised onions, bound in a rich Speight's Old Dark gravy, served on potato mash, with toasted Ale House bread. Beer Match: Just has to be Speight's Porter with this one.
  • Chicken Parcels $25.00/ $29.20
    • Chicken breast, bacon, Turkish apricots, cream cheese and smoked paprika wrapped in golden filo pastry, topped with plum sauce and toasted almond shavings. Served with green salad and crispy potatoes. Beer Match: Enjoy with a glass of distinctively hoppy Speight's Summit.
  • Garlic Sauce $2.50
  • Caesar Salad $19.80
    • The Ale House's spin on the traditional classic that has almost ingrained itself as a key part of the Kiwi dining scene. Cos lettuce, croutons, bacon, parmesan, anchovies, poached egg and our own caesar dressing. Add chicken: $23.60 Beer Match: The full flavours of Speight's Distinction Ale goes perfectly here.
  • Sticky Date and Ginger Steamed Pudding $13.00
    • Grandma's favourite recipe this one, topped with butterscotch sauce,ice cream and whipped cream.
  • Salad bowl $6.50
  • Fish of The Day $33.00
    • Please refer to specials board (changes daily).
  • Eggs on Toast $12.50
    • Two eggs on ciabatta or vogel’s with your choice of – poached, scrambled or fried. Add bacon $3.00
  • Toasted Muesli $12.00
    • With banana and natural yoghurt.
  • Garlic Bread $12.50
    • Toasted and garlic buttered baguette slices served on a bed of rocket, basil pesto and sundried  tomato pesto. Drizzled with balsamic glaze.
  • Creamy Mushrooms $16.50
    • Sautéed mushrooms and baby spinach in a creamy garlic sauce on toasted Vienna. Add bacon $3.00. Add lambs fry $3.00
  • Aqaba Big Brekkie $20.00
    • Bacon, kransky sausages, chunky creamy mushroom sauce, hash browns, grilled tomato, fried eggs and toasted Vienna. Add black pudding $3.50
  • Burger of the Day $20.00
    • Please refer to our specials board (changes daily).
  • The Clubhouse Chicken - Grilled N/A
    • A tender, grilled chicken patty, crispy bacon, grilled onion, Swiss cheese, tomato, lettuce and Big Mac® sauce in a brioche style bun. Feast your eyes, and your mouth, on the Clubhouse Chicken – Grilled.
  • McChicken® Hunger Buster N/A
    • A crunchy McChicken burger, with medium fries, medium drink and a small sundae to top it all off. Who knew you could buy so much satisfaction?
  • Warm Chicken Salad: Grilled or Crispy N/A
    • The new Warm Chicken Salad. With ingredients like crispy or grilled 100% NZ chicken, red cabbage & plump sliced tomatoes, it’s surprisingly delicious.
  • Double Cheeseburger Combo N/A
    • The double banger of your favourite burger. A Double Cheeseburger served alongside a chilled medium soft drink, and medium fries. You’ll be telling your grandkids about this one in years to come.
  • Chicken McNuggets® N/A
    • Everything's better when it's bite-sized. Like our nuggets made with tender juicy chicken breast in a crisp tempura coating. Start the fun with our delicious dipping sauces, in BBQ, Sweet 'n Sour or Mustard.
  • Soft Serve Cone with Cadbury Flake® N/A
    • Get your hands on our famous soft serve topped with a mouth-watering chocolate Cadbury Flake®.
  • Cheeseburger N/A
    • Our legendary cheeseburger is a combo of 100% beef, onions, pickle, ketchup, mustard and cheese, all in a soft burger bun.
  • Double Quarter Pounder® N/A
    • Satisfy your ultimate hunger. Take two quarter pounds* of 100% NZ beef, then complete the tasty picture with cheese, onions, tangy mustard and pickles. Bet your mouth is watering right now.
  • Royale breakfast of eggs $20.50
    • toast, mushroom, tomato, free range bacon & Woody’s Farm pork, apple & sage sausage
  • Smoked salmon with aioli, dill, olive oil & capers $17.50
  • Oatmeal pancakes $15.50
    • with cherry compote, yoghurt and apple syrup
  • Bean tacos $18.50
    • slow cooked beans, lightly spiced and served with finely sliced red onion, tomato, cheese and salad greens on soft corn tortillas
  • Pumpkin Royale $16.50
    • roast pumpkin patty with mesclun greens and homemade relish in a homemade bun
  • Vege breakfast $21.00
    • of eggs, mushroom, tomato and vege sausage & potatoes with GF toast
  • Jackfruit Royale $16.50
    • shredded and spiced jackfruit served on a homemade bun with greens & and apple & onion relish
  • Soup with home-made bread. $13.50
    • Today's tasty flavours are on the blackboard
  • Green salad $5.50
  • Basil pesto / hollandaise / sour cream/cream cheese / brie / aioli $2.00
  • Avocado / hash browns / portabella mushrooms $4.50
  • Bacon / sausages / smoked salmon / 2 x organic eggs / 2 x slices of toast $5.00
  • Thai Beef Salad (GF) $18.00
    • Prime beef slices marinated in Thai satay flavours served on mesclun salad with mangos, radish, tomato, cucumber and black sesame seeds. Topped with crispy kumara chards and nam jam dressing
  • Cooperage Chicken Salad (GF) $18.00
    • Cajun marinated chicken served on a fresh mesclun salad, creamy feta, apple slices, tomato and candied cashew nuts with a creamy honey mustard dressing
  • Chicken Linguine $18.50
    • Garlic and chilli marinated chicken tossed with linguine in a zesty basil lemon sauce, cherry tomatoes, baby spinach. Topped with fresh parmesan and toasted macadamia nuts and a lemon wedge
  • Kids Lunch Pack $10.00
    • Ham or Marmite sandwich Rice crackers, raisins and banana
  • CHICKEN & BACON SANDWICH $14.00
  • SAUSAGE CHUNKS & CHIPS $8.70/$13.40
    • small/large
  • OMELETTE WITH SALAD $15.80
  • SQUID RINGS SALAD & CHIPS $18.40
  • SOUP OF THE DAY $10.00
  • TOASTED SANDWICHES from $4.20
    • HAM, EGG, CHEESE, TOMATO, ONION, PINEAPPLE
  • THESE CHANGE DAILY ALL SERVED WITH CREAM & ICECREAM ALL $9.50
  • BUTTER CHICKEN WRAP WITH SALAD $18.20
  • NZ Mussels in Creamy Tom Yum Soup N/A
  • BLAT N/A
    • Streaky bacon, avocado, lettuce & tomato on gluten free bread
  • Smoked Salmon Salsa N/A
  • Streaky Bacon $2.50
  • Moroccan Chicken Salad $23.00
  • Thai Green Curry Linguini N/A
  • Teriyaki Chicken Salad N/A
  • Sticky Rice and Mango $13.00
    • seasonal availability
  • Deep Fried Spring Roll
  • ●Main
  • ●Appetizers
  • ●Appetizers
  • Lemon Fish/Sweet Sour Pork/Cumin Lamb/Combination Fried Rice/Noodle
  • ●Main
  • ●Soup
  • Chicken Sweet Corn Soup
  • Buffalo Chicken Wings $55
    • Fresh chicken wings glazed in our hot chilli sauce or try them galzed with honey and soy 5 Wings $8 / 10 Wings $10 / 12 Wings $15 / 21 Wings $26 / 50 Wings
  • Cripsy Onion Rings $9
    • Share a platter of cloves on our butter milk battered Onion rings with horseradish sauce just don’t go proposing with them.
  • Bread Platter $10
    • Toasted selection of breads & our own yummy dipping sauces to smooth the hunger
  • Curley French Fries $7
    • Peeled & curied by a potato farmer whom we have chained in the back room.
  • Mussels in Garlic & sweet Chilli Sauce $20
    • Mussels in a shell cooked fresh in the chefs one of a kind sauce
  • Deluxe Seafood Platter $20
    • Loaded with deep fried battered fish, Tempura prawns, fresh battered scallops & mussels our special sauce with fries and salad
  • Spicy Beef Machos $13
    • Yummy beef mince, salsa, molten cheese, jalapenos on fiery tortilla chips (veg option available)
  • BLT $9
    • Chefs special bacon, Lettuce, tomato & cloverlea chutney drizzled Aioli sauce served with fries
  • Beef Curry $14.50
    • diced beef cooked in a fine onion tomato gravy with spices and herbs
  • Goat Sagwala $14.49
  • Fish Madras $15.00
    • pieces of fish cooked in fine onion tomato and coconut gravy finish with lemon
  • Naan $2.00
    • bread made with refined flour
  • Mixed Pakora $6.00
    • chopped mixed vegetables mildly spiced dipped in chickpea
  • Chicken Madras>boneless chicken cooked with coconut, onion tomato gravy tempered with curry leaves and mustard seed $14.00
  • Goat Bhona $14.49
  • Paratha $3.00
    • layered bread made with wholemeal flour
  • Kara-Age
    • Crispy deep fried and mildly spiced chicken meat
  • Tempura Sushi $16.00
  • Rock 'n' Roll with miso soup $18.00
    • Our original new style sushi with fresh salmon slices, tempura prawns and avocado and sweet chili sauce
  • Kara- Age
    • Crispy deep fried and mildly spiced chicken meat
  • Fillet with Prawns (Angus Pure) $29.50
    • Scotch fillet with 4 sizzling prawns served on a hot iron plate, served with homemade teriyaki sauce and come with rice
  • Stir Fried Udon $16.00
  • Chicken Teriyaki Sushi
  • Vegetarian Sushi $16.00
  • Grilled Garlic Bread $5.00
  • Fish & Chips $15.00
    • Golden fried dory with salad, chips and tartare sauce.
  • Chicken Satay Kebabs $19.90
    • Grilled chicken skewers on turmeric flavoured rice with salad and satay sauce.
  • Chicken Tenders $14.50
    • Chicken tenders coated in our special spice with sweet chilli dipping sauce.
  • Nachos $15.00
    • Your choice of beef, bean or a combination of both
  • Fried eggs (2) $3.00
  • Tortilla Wrap $14.00
    • choose from
  • Salt & Pepper Squid $14.00
    • Lightly fried salt & pepper squid with sweet chilli dipping sauce and salad
  • Fettuccine Carbonara $25.00
    • Leg Ham and Sauteed Mushroom. Though Garlic Cream, Fettuccine, Shaved Parmesan and Egg Yolk to Blend
  • Rewana Crumbed Mussels $12.50
    • with garlic butter farce with salad greens and Chilli Bacon Mayonnaise
  • Add Some Sides $5.00
    • Shoestring Fries & Garlic Aioli, Mixed Leaf Salad, Vegetables of the Season, Potato of the Day
  • Soup of the season $12.50
  • Fettuccine Pollo $25.00
    • Sweet Tomato Cream. Poached Chicken Breast with Fettuccini, Herb Greens and Shaved Parmesan
  • Char Grilled Beef $29.00
    • Roasted Tomato and Mushroom, Potato Rosti, Sauteed Spinach and Apple Onion-mm-laude with Hollandaise and Jus
  • Poached Eggs, Roasted Tomato, Toasted English Muffin and Hollandaise $16.50
    • In The Style of: Benedict-Leg Ham / Florentine - Spinach / Vancouver - Salmon
  • Condiments No Charge
    • Hollandaise, Bella's Apple & Onion Marmalade, Tomato Sauce
  • Toasted Granola $10.00
    • W/ Yoghurt, Milk & Seasonal Fruits
  • Eggs Benedict on Agria Hash $16.50
    • House Smoked Salmon
  • Eggs on Toast $4.00
    • Add Bacon
  • Omelette $14.90
    • W/ Feta, Mushroom, Tomato, Spinach & Toast
  • Breadworks Bagel $8.90
    • Cream Cheese and Preserves
  • French Toast $14.90
    • W/ Crispy Bacon, Grilled Banana & Maple Syrup
  • Hot Cakes $10.00
    • W/ Banana & Maple Syrup
  • Soup of the Day $9.90
    • Choice of Five Grain or White Toast
Desert Rose Cafe & Restaurant

Desert Rose Cafe & Restaurant

location

Address

Rangitikei Street and Cuba Street, Palmerston North, Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui, 4410, New Zealand

phone

Phone

063544654

clock

Opened hours

price range

Price

$20 - $30

type

Type

None

service level

Service

Table Service

cuisine

Cuisine

Halal , Mediterranean , Middle Eastern , Turkish , Vegetarian

features

Features

Takeaway ,  Wheelchair accessible ,  Waitstaff ,  Takeout ,  Vegan Options ,  Bar Not Available ,  Cash ,  Serves Halal ,  Lunch ,  Group Meal ,  Seating ,  Free Wifi ,  Cards accepted ,  Disabled Friendly ,  Dinner ,  Child-friendly ,  Outdoor Seating

Location
Rangitikei Street and Cuba Street, Palmerston North, Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui, 4410, New Zealand