The Front Room in Wellington Menu

BREAKFAST BREAKFAST
  • Buttermilk & banana pancakes $14
    • smoked blueberry butter, maple syrup
  • Front Room granola $11
    • fresh berries, greek yoghurt , honey
  • Coconut chia seed parfait $13
    • watermelon, berries, passionfruit, nuts, local honey
  • Avocado $14
    • tomato, fried halloumi and lemon & oregano oil on grain toast
  • Cured Mt Cook salmon $14
    • horseradish creme fraiche & dill on  toasted brioche
  • Front Room works $19
    • 2 poached eggs, grilled bacon, sausages, bubble & squeak, grilled tomatoes, mushrooms, tomato chilli jam & ciabatta
SIDES SIDES
  • Bacon, eggs, black pudding, sausages $5
  • Grilled flat mushrooms, grilled tomatoes, grilled ciabatta $4
  • Bubble & squeak $5
  • Maple syrup $1
KIDS MENU KIDS MENU
  • Boiled eggs & soldiers/Sausage wrap $7
  • Kids pack $5
  • Milk & cookies $6
  • Fruit kebabs $5
LUNCH LUNCH
  • Bread & dukkuh w Kapiti Olive oil $7
  • Salt & Szechwan pepper squid $20
    • pickled watermelon, peanut & corriander salad, lime chilli dressing
  • Poached chicken salad $22
    • grilled corn, smashed avocado, maple lime dressing
  • Spanish tasting plate $22
    • croquettes,chorizo,marcona almonds,piquillo peppers,jamon,manchego cheese
  • Turkish eggs $16
    • tomato & red capsicum ragout, yoghurt, chilli, sumac, brown butter, grilled flat bread
  • Pan fried fish $24
    • saffron, lemon & confit tomato risotto
  • Pork sandwich $21
    • w melted sweberg cheese, beetroot chutney & hand cut chips
SIDES SIDES
  • Hand cut chips w aioli $6
  • Sauteed broccoli, garlic, chilli & ricotta salata $7
DESSERT DESSERT
  • Hot chocolate pudding $14
    • w almond heart & vanilla ice cream (allow 15 min)
  • Steamed ginger pudding $12
    • poached tamarillo & butterscotch cream
  • Affogato $13
    • served w fruit & nut biscotti & a single shot of amaretto
  • Spanish manchego cheese $19
    • fig & pistachio nut bread, Pedro Ximenez, falwasser wafers & quince paste

Nearby Sample Menus

  • T-Bone Steak $29.0
    • served with beer battered fries & salad or seasonal veges with your choice of mushroom sauce or garlic butter, cafe paris butter or plain
  • Sticky Date Pudding $8.5
    • served with butterscotch sauce & vanilla ice-cream
  • Large $18.0
    • your choice of carvery, vegetables & salads from our brasserie
  • BBQ Pork Ribs $10.0
    • oven baked with a rich bbq sauce
  • Apple & Rhubarb Crumble $8.5
    • served with custard & vanilla ice-cream
  • Chicken Breast $25.0
    • wrapped in bacon & stuffed with feta, spinach, sundried tomatoes & pine nuts drizzled with a zesty roasted red pepper sauce & accompanied with a lettuce & warm mixed rice cake finished with a home made dressing
  • Steak, Mushroom & Red Wine Pie $19.5
    • served with creamy mash potato and seasonal veges
  • Vegetarian Fettuccine $17.5
    • served with pan fried seasonal veges in a mushroom or portugese sauce
  • Dark chocolate terrine w/ orange maramalade & praline $14.50
  • Beef shoulder fillet, chimichurri rojo, quinoa & roast parsnips $28.00
  • Seared rare beef salad, ginger & soy $28.00
  • Roast cauliflower, garlic & sumac $8.50
  • Chips, sauce, mayo $7.00
  • Papaya salad w/ crispy vermicilli, pork floss & thai fried eggs $24.50
  • Iced rice noodles, ginger & soy $8.00
  • Lemon meringue tart & lemon verbena syrup $14.50
  • YORKSHIRE PUDDINGS $13.50
    • roast rump steak, peas, mash & gravy
  • All three for 15
  • BAY ZUCHINNI FRITTERS $11.00
    • with chilli–pickled cucumber
  • LUNCH STEAK & FRIES $19.90
    • 200gm rump, onion rings & garlic butter
  • CEASAR $17.50
    • 63° egg, cos lettuce, bacon & brioche croutons
  • 250G PRIMESTAR RIB-EYE STEAK $29.50
    • garlic mushroom, parmesan tomato & steak fries
  • Glazed carrots & Savoy cabbage– aniseed butter $6.00
  • POTTED CHICKEN LIVER PATE $11.50
    • onion marmalade & toasts
  • Dave $10.00
    • Bacon, Black Pudding, Fried Egg, Hash Brown, Onion Jam, Ekim Sauce.
  • Guacamole, Hash Brown, Refried Beans $2.00
  • John $13.00
    • Bacon Beetroot Relish
  • Kapene $15.00
    • Corn Fritter, Sour Cream, Jalapeño Salsa
  • Pearce $11.00
    • Corn Fritter, Cheese, Refried Beans, Guacamole, Jalapeño Salsa
  • Alex $9.00
    • Bacon, Fried Egg, Hash Brown, Baked Beans, Cheese Aioli
  • Doug $8.00
    • Corn Fritter, Fried Egg, Onion Jam, Tomato, Cheese
  • Stemps $11.50
    • Hash Brown, Bacon, Beetroot relish
  • Served with rice N/A
  • Mee Goreng $12.00
  • Fish burger $6.50
    • (battered fish & tartare sauce)
  • Kumara chips (1 scoop) $5.50
  • Ham burger $6.50
    • (120g beef pattie)
  • Vegetable $10.00
  • Family 9 packs $36.00
    • 9 Fish & 3 1/2 chips
  • Shanghai Style $12.00
  • Chicken in Satay Sauce $23.00
  • Chicken Fillet stuffed with Prawns Paste $32.00
  • Dessert
    • Mango Pudding, Coconut Jelly
  • Chicken Fried Rice $16.00
  • Chinese Monk Style Vegetarian Hot Pot $20.00
  • Bean Sprouts Chow Mein with Regal Sauce $12.00
  • Chicken braised with Seasonal Vegetables $27/53
  • Braised Tofu with Chinese Mushrooms Hot Pot $20.00
  • 15 Chicken Piece Pack $39.90
  • Snack 1 Chicken Piece & Chips $5.50
  • Spring Roll $2.70
  • Venison $9.90
    • (120gm prime venison patty, bacon, cheese, salad, tomatoes, onions & BBQ sauce)
  • Crumbed Fish $4.00
  • Leg $2.60
  • Vege Roll $2.70
  • Hake $8.00
  • Savoury mince on toast $11.90
    • with two poached eggs
  • Toasted muesli $11.90
    • with berry compote, yoghurt and sliced banana
  • Full breakfast $20.90
    • eggs, kransky, hash brown, bacon, tomato, mushroom and toast
  • Bacon beef burger $19.90
    • beef pattie, smoked cheese, chilli apricot jam, fries and salad
  • Herb and cheese scrambled eggs $13.90
    • with toast and jalapeno
  • Wedges with the works $12.50
    • with sour cream, jalapeno and guacamole
  • French Toast: gluten free $16.90
    • fruit bread with cinnamon dusted banana and passionfruit yoghurt
  • Pork belly salad $16.90
    • spiced pork belly, plum sauce with orange and sesame salad
  • All Day Breakfast
    • bacon, egg, sausage, tomato and hash brown
  • Chicken Curry
    • homemade curry served with rice.
  • Tomato, Bacon, Side of Salad or Vegetables $3.00
  • Beef Burger
    • beef pattie, lettuce, tomato and cheese served with chips
  • All $10
  • Sausage Classic
    • three sausages served with twoeggs, coleslaw and chips
  • Fish & Chips
    • served with fresh garden salad and chips
  • Mushrooms $4.00
  • Seafood stew, saffron braised fennel, crusty baguette, bone marrow rouille (GO) $30.00
  • V=Vegetarian / GF= Gluten Free / DO= Dairy Free Option / GO or GFO = Gluten Free Option / DF= Dairy Free
  • Baked ricotta and feta, roast balsamic tomato, with truffle honey and kumara crisps (V) (GF) $12.00
  • Mushroom and parmesan arancini (V) $10.50
  • Baked fish of the day with grilled autumn greens and kumara (GF) (DO) $21.00
  • Mushroom and parmesan arancini, flax seed aioli (V) $10.50
  • Chef's Garden salad with seeds and house vinaigrette (Vegan) (GF) (DF) $8.50
  • Black forest pudding, amaretto zabaglione, blackberries, thyme (GO) $12.00
  • Bread & Dips (V) $10
    • German rye, ciabatta & focaccia chargrilled with today’s selection of dips
  • Side dishes $8
    • Sojourn garden salad, french fries, potato wedges, steamed vegetables
  • Caesar Salad $15
    • Romaine lettuce, free range poached egg, anchovies, streaky bacon, croutons, shaved parmesan & creamy garlic dressing
  • Catch of the Day $18
    • Beer battered or pan-fried fish fillet with fries, garden salad and lemon
  • Asian Chicken Salad Bowl (GF) $15
    • Wai wai noodles, chicken, carrot, capsicum, baby corn, iceberg lettuce, red cabbage, fresh coriander, mung bean sprouts and ginger sesame dressing
  • Beef & Chorizo Burger $19
    • Chorizo & beef patty, onion jam, mixed greens, tomato, parmesan crisp in a focaccia bun with a side of tempura kumara
  • Ciabatta Garlic Bread (V) $8
    • Toasted with garlic & herbs
  • Curry of the Day (GF) $15
    • (Please ask for today’s special) Served with steamed rice, raita & papadum
  • Hot Chips $5.50
  • Lamb's fry & Bacon $15
    • on toasted Ciabatta with a mushroom & onion gravy
  • Toasted Sandwiches $5
    • your choice of filling
  • Spicy Wedges $6.50
    • with sour cream & Thai chilli sauce
  • Fish n Chips $15
    • served with salad
  • Pasta of the Day $15
    • MariaPia's famous homemade pasta . See "specials board " for todays
  • BBQ Beef & Bacon Burger $17
    • scrumptious beef pattie with salad & fries
  • The Works Wedges $10
    • spicy wedges topped w bacon, cheese a & sour cream
  • Salad $5
  • Bearnaise $1.50
  • Fries Gf* Df* $9
    • Tomato Sauce and aioli.
  • Pan Seared Scallops Gf* Df* $18.50
    • Served with apple and fennel salad and salted caramel.
  • Garlic Bread Gf* Df* $6
    • Toasted ciabatta with flat leaf parsley.
  • Icecream Sundae Gf* $12
    • Vanilla bean ice cream With passionfruit, berry or chocolate sauce.
  • Eggs Benedict Gf* $17.50
    • Two free range poached eggs on an English muffin topped with hollandaise and your choice of: Bacon -- Salmon -- Spinach
  • Bruchetta Gf* Df* $17
    • Served with halloumi, vine tomato, basil pesto and balsamic glaze.
  • • Mild English Mustard
  • • Sweet Chilli Sauce
  • Spicy Bratwurst $7.00
    • 150gms of spicy beef & pork manuka smoked
  • • Honey Mustard
  • • Dijon Mustard
  • • Tomato Sauce (Ketchup)
  • Extra Sausage $4.00
  • • Hot English Mustard
  • St Clair Calamari Salad $23.50
    • Salt and pepper calamari, miso dressing, crisp salad, tomato, spring onion, cucumber, radish.
  • Seasonal Vegetables $6.00
  • Blue and Gold Small $23.00 Lrg $28.50
    • Battered Blue Cod, hand cut fries, Ale House slaw, house made tartare sauce.
  • Farm House Cheesecake $12.00
    • Berry coulis and whipped cream.
  • Rocket, apple, walnut $6.00
  • Black Cherry Chicken $27.50
    • Chicken breast pocketed with crushed cashew nuts, herbs, cream cheese. Smoky bacon, kumara mash, black cherry sauce, kumara straws, garden salad.
  • Parmesan and Garlic Butter Fries $10.00
    • Chunky fries, parmesan, garlic butter.
  • Sundae Sundae $5.00
    • Vanilla ice cream topped chocolate or berry sauce and marshmallows.
The Front Room

The Front Room

location

Address

42 Tutere Street, Waikanae Beach, Waikanae Beach, NZ, 5036, New Zealand

phone

Phone

049054142

email

Email

None

clock

Opened hours

Monday: 8:30 AM – 10:00 PM, Tuesday: 8:30 AM – 10:00 PM, Wednesday: 8:30 AM – 10:00 PM, Thursday: 8:30 AM – 10:00 PM, Friday: 8:30 AM – 10:00 PM, Saturday: 8:30 AM – 10:00 PM, Sunday: 8:30 AM – 10:00 PM
price range

Price

$30 - $50

type

Type

None

service level

Service

Table Service

cuisine

Cuisine

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

features

Features

Wheelchair accessible ,  Reservations ,  After-hours ,  Breakfast ,  Waitstaff ,  Takeout ,  Groups ,  Lunch ,  Seating ,  Highchairs Available ,  Free Wifi ,  Special Occasion Dining ,  Serves Alcohol ,  Dinner ,  Child-friendly ,  Outdoor Seating ,  Full Bar

Location
42 Tutere Street, Waikanae Beach, Waikanae Beach, NZ, 5036, New Zealand