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

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    • Come’s with Fizzy or Juice and Ice Cream Sundae
  • Premium Bangers and Mash $16.00
  • Pepperoni $12.00
  • Beef & Onion $12.00
  • Battered Sausage & Chips $14.50
    • Come’s with Fizzy or Juice and Ice Cream Sundae
  • Ice Cream Sundae $9.50
  • Sticky Pork Ribs $9.50
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Portofino (sample menu)
  • m. $38.90
  • - roasted capsicum, garlic, e.v.o.o, feta, parsley & rocket $9.90 each
  • m. $28.90
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  • Minestrone $14.90
    • a roman style vegetable soup w. pastina, parmigiano & pizza pane
  • cheese pizza pane $ 7.90
  • Caprese $17.90
    • fresh tomato, mozzarella, basil, e.v.o.o, balsamico, rock salt & cracked pepper
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Cafe Brie (sample menu)
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    • With a prawn, pea and squid ink Risotto served on a roquette garnish salad finished with a lemon and caper sauce
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    • Sauteed potato chunks, tomato, mushroom, kale and herb salad, roasted chickpea served with wholegrain toast and tomato chilli jam
  • Toasted Banana and Almond Loaf $17
    • With crème fraiche, berry compote and drizzled with apple syrup
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    • Chicken breast stuffed with ham and cheese served on mash and finished with red wine jus
  • Orange Kumara, Feta and Herb Burger $21
    • Served on toasted focaccia with hummus, relish, battered onion rings and fries
  • Pain Perdu (French Toast) $18
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Moxies Cafe (sample menu)
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    • Served with Soy milk
  • Big Breakfast $19.50
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  • Creamy Garlic Mushrooms $12.50
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  • Fresh Fruit Salad $10.80
    • Served with Caramelised Nuts and Yoghurt
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Pita Pit - Terrace End (sample menu)
  • The Classic
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  • 4 for $4.90
  • Petita $9.90
  • Reg $10.90
  • Chicken Caesar
    • With Free Farmed Bacon
  • Petita $8.90
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    • Grilled Veggies and Eggs
  • Salad + $1.00
Wendy's (sample menu)
  • Low Carb Burger $8.90
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  • Guacamole Crunch Bowl $6.10
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  • J $1.50
  • Frosty Dairy Dessert
    • Creamy indulgent Frosty, in four sizes. Available in vanilla everywhere, and chocolate at selected outlets.
  • 5pcs $9.30
  • S $3.20
  • Kids Meal Nuggets $5.90
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Indian Indulgence (sample menu)
  • -Mango Chicken $14.50
    • Boneless chicken pieces cooked in a delicately mildly creamy mango sauce
  • -Bhuna Chicken $14.99
    • Boneless chicken pieces cooked in a thick onion, tomato and capsicum in cashewnut gravy
  • -Lamb Bhuna $15.50
    • Lamb pieces spiced and cooked with aromatic combination of ginger, garlic, coriander and spices
  • Fish Tikka $16.50
    • Tender pieces of fish marinated in spices and herbs then roasted in the charcoal oven
  • Onion Kulcha $5.00
    • Refined flour bread stuffed with onion mince
  • Half Sizes $8.50
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  • Half size $11
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The Cooperage (sample menu)
  • Beer Battered Fish and Chips $18.50
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  • Potato and Chorizo (GF) $17.50
    • Pan-fried seasoned potato with bacon, chorizo, wilted spinach,caramelised onions and cherry tomatoes, served with a free-range poached egg, house made hollandaise and basil pesto
  • Beef Burger $18.50
    • Prime beef pattie, fried egg, cheddar cheese, tomato, caramelised onions, beetroot, gherkin, BBQ sauce and mayo, served with fries and tomato sauce
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  • Cooperage Vegetarian Salad (GF V) $17.00
    • Fresh salad greens tossed with roasted kumara, courgettes, mushrooms,oven dried tomatoes, feta and topped with kumara chards and aioli (Dairy-free available)
  • Soup of the Day $12.00
    • Served with focaccia
  • Potato Dippers $12.00
    • Served with sour cream and sweet chilli or aioli(Add cheese and bacon $2.00)
  • Kumara Fries $9.00
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Rose and Crown (sample menu)
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  • BEEF ‘N’ GUINNESS STEW $18.60
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Bethanys Restaurant and Cafe (sample menu)
  • Fresh Garden Salad Dressed with honey, dill and mustard dressing $5
  • Thai Beef and Prawn Skewers Tender beef & prawns grilled, dusted with chilli lime dukkah. Served on an Asian salad with Thai dressing $21
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  • Sparkling Grape Juice white or red 750 ml $11
  • Station Road Chardonnay 6.00 / 25.00
  • Asti Riccadonna 750ml 37.00
  • Cheesecake of the Day Your waiter will let you know what today's special is. $14
Masonic Hotel Restaurant (sample menu)
  • Continental
    • Juice - Cereal & Fruit - Toast & Jam - Tea or Coffee
  • • Scrambled Eggs on toast – two rashers bacon - hash brown - tomato – spaghetti
  • • Sausages & Eggs two sausages - hash brown – two fried eggs - tomato –spaghetti
  • • Bacon & Eggs two fried eggs – two rashers bacon - hash brown - tomato – spaghetti
  • • Mixed Grill one sausage – one rasher bacon - two fried eggs - hash brown - tomato - spaghetti
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Bubbles champagne bar (sample menu)
  • Beet Salad $13
    • roasted beetroot, pecan nuts & goats cheese salad with lemon dressing
  • Cajun Chicken,
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    • salt & pepper squid, morrocan spiced fried penne, 3 mixed kebabs, marinated kalamata olives, 4 meatballs greek style, 3 sundried tomato and feta polenta wedges, garlic aioli dip, olive oil & balsamic, 6 assorted fresh baked pinwheels
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    • 300g Angus steak cooked to your liking with choice of sauce béarnaise ~ garlic ~ blue cheese ~ peppercorn ~ mushroom served with oven roasted sweet potato wedges & summer crunch slaw with toasted seeds & nuts
  • Roasted Aromatic Veg
    • red capsicum, red onion, aubergine & courgette with feta, olives & pine nuts (V)
  • Mushrooms & Toast $14
    • porcini mushroom & port pâté with cheesy garlic mushrooms served with our own made bread sliced and toasted
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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