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

Noodles & Dumplings (sample menu)
  • Braised Pork with Pickled Mustard $11.90
  • Sweet and Sour Pork on Rice $11.90
  • Egg and Leak Pancakes $5.50
  • Pork Paste on Noodles (Warm) $9.90
  • Pork and Preserved Veges $9.90
  • BBQ Pork on Rice $11.90
  • Spring Onion Pancake $5.50
  • Beef Noodle Soup $9.90
Saigon Corner (sample menu)
  • Golden Fish Cake Bánh Mi $8.00
    • Served with Vietnamese mint and Vietnamese fish sauce
  • Five Spice Chicken on Sticky Rice $9.50
  • Pork, Prawn and Garlic Chives, Mint $8.00
  • Fish Cake and Vietnamese Mint $8.00
  • Stir-Fried Beef $11.50
  • Bánh Mi + Vietnamese Coffee $11.50
  • Pho Bo $12.00
    • Vietnamese beef broth laddled over rice noodle and rare beef slices served with beans sprouts, fresh herbs and condiments of taste
  • Golden Tofu Bánh Mi $8.00
    • Served with hoisin sauce
Mr Seafood (sample menu)
  • Oysters (Pacific) $1.90 / $11.00 / $21.00
    • Each / ½ Dozen / Dozen
  • Salmon $35.90 / kg
  • Fish Bites $0.80
  • Fish $3.00
  • Meat Patties $3.00
  • Selection from Cabinet $4.00
  • ½ Scoop Chips $1.70 / $1.70
    • Home Made / Straight Cut
  • Scoop Chips $4.00 / $3.00 / $4.80
    • Home Made / Straight Cut / Kumara Chips
Portofino (sample menu)
  • Minestrone $14.90
    • a roman style vegetable soup w. pastina, parmigiano & pizza pane
  • m. $28.90
  • m. $38.90
  • marinated olives $ 8.90
  • Capesante Inferno
    • gently pan fried scallops in olive oil, flamed w. napoleon brandy, bacon, tomato salsa, chilli, garlic, parsley & served w. arborio rice & rocket
  • e.$19.90
  • Gamberi Romani
    • prawn cutlets pan fried in olive oil & garlic, flamed w. brandy, parsley & crema sauce, arborio rice & rocket
  • Calamari In Crema
    • pan fried squid rings w. capers, lemon, garlic, olive oil & crema sauce, arborio rice & rocket
Pita Pit - Terrace End (sample menu)
  • Reg $10.90
  • Petita $9.90
  • Polenta and Super Grains
  • 4 for $4.90
  • Sausage Scramble
    • Cabanossi Sausage and Eggs
  • #1 The Main Meal Add $5.00
    • Phoenix Organic Drink or Coke + Pita Chips and Dip
  • Kids Combo Add $4.00
    • Pita + Snack + Small Drink
  • Petita $9.90
bombay masala indian takeaways (sample menu)
  • Curry Chicken/Lamb/Beef Wrap $8.99
  • Paneer Tikka Masala $11.99
    • Cottage cheese cooked in clay oven with capsicum and onion, finished with tikka masala sauce
  • Vindaloo Chicken / Lamb / Beef see above
    • A unique dish famous among the Portguese in Goa. Meat cooked in tomato sauce and strong aromatic spices
  • Prawn / Scallop Malabari $13.99/$14.49
    • Tiger Prawns/ Scallops cooked in ginger, garlic and tomato, finished with delicious coconut gravy
  • Goan Fish / Prawn / Scallop Curry $13.99/$14.49
    • Favourite of Goa. Fish fillet/Prawn/Scallops cooked in tangy tomato sauce fresh cilantro
  • Kolhapori Prawn /Scallop $13.99/$14.49
    • Prawn/Scallop cooked in kolhapuri sauce and garnished with red chilli
  • Vegetable Manchurian $8.99
    • Vegetable dumplings tossed with seasonal chopped vegetables, ginger and garlic, garnished with fresh coriander
  • Kadhai Paneer $11.99
    • Cottage cheese tossed with onion, capsicum & coriander seeds, finished with special kadhai gravy
Wabi Sabi (sample menu)
  • Unagi Roll / 6pcs $14
    • crabmeat, cucumber, grilled eel, teriyaki sauce
  • Udon Noodle Soup $15.50
    • beef
  • Salmon or Tuna Sashimi $11.50 / $22.50
    • Small 6pcs  / Large 12 pcs
  • Katsu Curry Rice $16.50
    • pork or chicken cutlet, mild japanese curry - contains beef  /
  • Egg Nigiri / 2pcs $4.80
    • tamago egg sushi
  • Spicy Chicken Ramen $15.50
    • dry ramen noodles, spicy minced chicken, vegetables  /
  • Oyakodon $16.50
    • steamed chicken thigh, egg, shitake mushroom, onion, scallions, home made sweet sauce, nori  /
  • Okonomiyaki $8.50
    • pan fried vegetable pancake, egg, bonito flakes
Cafe Royale (sample menu)
  • Pizza bread with feta and rosemary $15.00
  • HLT $9.50
    • halloumi, lettuce, tomato & mayo
  • Add cheddar, halloumi, tempeh or feta $3.50
  • Vege breakfast $20.50
    • of eggs, mushroom, tomato and vege sausage & potatoes with Royale toast
  • Pizza Bianca - potato, onion, garlic, rosemary & olive oil $16.50
  • Pizza Verde – broccoli and spinach with black olives, pesto and garlic $17.50
  • Pizza Margherita - tomato sauce, fresh tomato, basil leaves & mozzarella $16.50
  • NZ salmon fillet $29.00
    • grilled salmon on pan fried potatoes cherry tomatoes and green olives topped with a herb sauce and served with grilled vegetables
Indian Summer Restaurant (sample menu)
  • Paneer Tikka $6.50
    • Cottage cheese marinated with yoghurt, spices and then cooked in our tandoor
  • Saag Aloo $10.00
    • Potatoes cooked in creamy spinach gravy
  • LUNCH Combo $12.50/Takeaway$12.50
    • includes any curry from this lunch menu, rice, plain naan and your choice of Coke, Fanta or Sprite
  • FULL menu seafood curry $12.00/$12.00
  • MAIN combo $13.50/$13.50
    • Includes ‘Full Menu’ curry (excl. seafood), rice, plain naan and your choice of Coke, Fanta or Sprite
  • Chicken Wings $7.00
    • Chicken wings marinated in yoghurt and spices then cooked in our tandoor.
  • Lamb Seekh Kebab $8.00
    • Tender lamb mixed with spices, herbs and cooked in our tandoor.
  • Lamb Roganjosh $10.00
    • A deliciously spiced slow cooked lamb in a rich onion gravy with a special mix of spices giving this dish its brilliant colour.
Spice Kitchen (sample menu)
  • Plain Rice $3.00
  • Chicken Kulcha $4.00
  • Mixed Platter $15.00
  • Garlic Chilli Chicken $13.50
  • Lamb / Beef Vindaloo $13.50
  • Papadom ( 2 Pieces) $1.00
  • Jeera / Peas Pulao $6.00
  • Malai Kofta $15.00
La Patio Cafe & Bar (sample menu)
  • smoked BBQ sauce. Served with hand cut chips and jalapeno aioli sauce $25.00
  • Lamb Rack with a Harissa & Herb Crust (Gluten Free) $35.00
    • Served with minted pea puree, baby carrots, baby beets, turnips and a horseradish cream
  • Crispy Pulled Pork Spring Rolls (Gluten Free) $17.00
    • Served with an Asian slaw and dipping sauce
  • Crumbed Onion Rings $6.00
  • Sticky Date Crème Brulee $15.00
    • Served with homemade butter shortbread
  • coriander salsa with crispy salmon skin $35.00
  • Two Fried Eggs $6.00
  • and raisin chutney $35.00
The Bee's Knees Cafe (sample menu)
  • Salad - extra $3.00
  • Sausage Rolls $5.50
  • Flans $7.50
  • Biscuits $3.50
  • Sweet and Savoury $4.50
  • Muesli & Berries $8.00
    • served with yoghurt, honey & milk
  • Salad of the Day $12.50
  • Wraps $7.50
Cloverlea Tavern (sample menu)
  • 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
  • Curley French Fries $7
    • Peeled & curied by a potato farmer whom we have chained in the back room.
  • Vegas Chicken $20
    • Tender thigh meat with grilled mushrooms, cripsy bacon and cheddar cheese all covered in honey mustard sauce served with baby carrots, green beans & German fried potatoes
  • Bread Platter $10
    • Toasted selection of breads & our own yummy dipping sauces to smooth the hunger
  • Deluxe Seafood Platter $20
    • Loaded with deep fried battered fish, Tempura prawns, fresh battered scallops & mussels our special sauce with fries and salad
  • Antonios Chicken Caesar $18
    • Traditional with Romanian lettuce, crisp bacon, poached egg, smoked chicken, croutons & our own signature dressing.
  • Sirloin Steak $19
    • 300gms of prime steak choice of mushroom, pepper or garlic. Sauce, side of toss and salad. Extras optional $1 each.
  • Mussels in Garlic & sweet Chilli Sauce $20
    • Mussels in a shell cooked fresh in the chefs one of a kind sauce
O'Briens Sandwich Cafe (sample menu)
  • Killarney N/A
    • Chicken, cheese & avocado
  • Tuna & Cheese Melt Toastie N/A
    • Toasted with thousand island sauce, red onion, tomato & mixed leaves
  • 2 Slices of Thick Toast with choice of spread N/A
  • Bacon & Brie Melt Toastie N/A
    • Toasted with foccacia Shambo with cranberry, tomato & mixed leaves
  • Chicken & Avocado Wrappo N/A
    • With tomato, carrot, mixed leaves & ranch dressing
  • Bacon & Egg Turkish Bun N/A
    • With bacon, egg & BBQ sauce
  • Kerry N/A
    • Turkey, swiss, tomato, carrot, cucumber & honey mustard
  • Dubliner N/A
    • Leg ham, cheddar, tomato & ballymaloe relish
Masonic Hotel Restaurant (sample menu)
  • Kiwi Breakfast
    • Juice - Cereal & Fruit - Toast & Jam - "Cook Up" (below) - Tea or Coffee
  • Continental
    • Juice - Cereal & Fruit - Toast & Jam - Tea or Coffee
  • • Bacon & Eggs two fried eggs – two rashers bacon - hash brown - tomato – spaghetti
  • • Poached Eggs on toast – two rashers bacon - hash brown - tomato – spaghetti
  • • Mixed Grill one sausage – one rasher bacon - two fried eggs - hash brown - tomato - spaghetti
  • • Scrambled Eggs on toast – two rashers bacon - hash brown - tomato – spaghetti
  • • Sausages & Eggs two sausages - hash brown – two fried eggs - tomato –spaghetti
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
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