The Lotus Restaurant in Wellington Menu

ENTREE ENTREE
  • FRESH VIETNAMESE SUMMER ROLL $9.00
    • pork, prawn rice noodles and fresh herbs wrapped in rice pepper, served with spicy hoisin sauce
  • VIETNAMESE SPRING ROLLS $9.00
    • Pork, prawn, carrot, taro, glass noodles, coriander, spring onion in rice paper, deep-fried and served with spicy dipping sauce
  • VEGE SPRING ROLL $8.50
    • Cabbage, carrot, mung beans sprouts, spring onion. coriander, glass noodles. black fungus. wrapped in spring roll pastry, deep fried and served with sweet chili sauce
  • VIETNAMESE CLEAR DUMPLING WRAPPED IN BANANA LEAF (GF) $9.00
    • Tapioca dough filled with pork and shrimp, wrapped in banana leaf, served with spicy dipping sauce
  • GRILLED LEMONGRASS PRAWN $9.50
    • Grilled prawn meat wrapped around lemongrass stick, served with rice noodles and dipping sauce.GF
  • CHICKEN SKEWERS $11.00
    • Chicken thigh marinated with lemon grass. garlic. spring onion. grilled and served with peanut sauce GF
  • PYRAMID SHAPED RICE DUMPLING $6.00
    • Rice dough filled with pork. shallot, black fungus, boiled egg wrapped in banana leaf served with spicy dipping sauce.GF
  • STICKY RICE IN LOTUS LEAF $7.00
    • Steamed glutinous rice. pork mince. chicken, wrapped in lotus leaf
SALADS SALADS
  • CHICKEN SALAD $10.00
    • Steamed chicken with cabbage. coriander, Vietnamese mint. carrot. topped with roasted peanuts and fried shallots. served with spicy dressing GF
  • PORK & PRAWN SALAD $12.00
    • Pork belly. prawns, carrots, daikon, fresh herbs, spring onions, topped with roasted peanuts and fried shallots, served with spicy dressing GF
  • DUCK SALAD $14.00
    • roasted duck breast served with orange mung bean sprouts, fresh herbs, and spicy dipping sauce GF
  • ORANGE SALAD $8.50
    • orange, mung bean sprouts, carrots, carrot, daikon, cucumber, fresh herbs served with chili hoisin sauce GF
  • PUMPKIN SALAD $10.00
    • roasted pumpkin, cumin, salt, and pepper, served with herb with herbs, green beans, and chili hoisin sauce GF
MAIN MAIN
  • CARAMELISED SALMON SALMON IN CLAY POT $24.50
    • salmon fillet caramelized in clay pot with galanga, spring, onion, chili, and pepper, served with fresh herbs and steamed rice GF
  • KING PRAWNS AND PORK SAUSAGES $19.00
    • grilled king prawns, grilled pork sausages served with lettuce, pickles, steamed rice and dipping sauce GF
  • GRILLED PORK RIBEYE STEAK $16.50
    • pork marinated with lemongrass, shallot, black pepper, fish sauce, grilled and served with steamed rice, fried egg, pickles and spicy dressing GF
  • SAIGON CRISPY RICE CREPE $15.50
    • Crispy rice flour crepe stuffed with prawn, pork, mung beans sprouts, onion served with lettuce, fresh herbs, and spicy dipping sauce
  • GRILLED PORK LOIN CHOP $18.00
    • grilled pork loin chop served with Jasmine rice, fried egg, tomato, lettuce, and dipping sauce GF
  • VIETNAMESE ROASTED CHICKEN $15.50
    • chicken leg marinated in lemongrass, garlic, onion, roasted and served with steam rice, salads, and dressing GF
  • SLOW COOKED BEEF NOODLE $14.50
    • beef gravy marinated in five spices, fish sauce, pepper, cooked with carrot, served with rice noodle GF
  • PORK AND PRAWN NOODLE SOUP $15.50
    • sliced pork, prawn, and squid in pork broth, served with thin rice noodle, mung bean sprouts and chives GF
  • QUANG STYLE NOODLE $15.00
    • chicken prawn, rice noodle in broth, served with toasted peanut, rice crackers, fresh herbs and mung bean sprouts GF
  • VIETNAMESE BEEF NOODLE $16.50
    • beef sirloin on rice noodles, with beef broth, served with mung bean sprouts, fresh herbs, chili and hoisin sauce Gf
  • VIETNAMESE CHICKEN NOODLE $15.00
    • chicken on rice noodles, with broth, served with mung bean sprouts, fresh herbs, chili GF
  • CHARGRILLED PORK SKEWERS $15.00
    • grilled pork on rice noodles, served with lettuce, fresh herbs, and spicy dipping sauce Gf
  • CHARGRILLED PORK SKEWERS WITH SPRING ROLLS $15.00
    • grilled pork skewers, spring rolls served with rice noodles, fresh herbs, toasted peanuts, fried shallot and spicy dipping sauce
  • CHICKEN CURRY $15.00
    • chicken marinated with five spices, lemongrass, salt, pepper, kumara, potato, cherry tomatoes, and green beans cooked in coconut milk served with rice Gf
  • DUCK CURRY $19.00
    • roasted duck breast, bamboo shoot, cherry tomatoes, potato, green beans cooked in peanut butter curry sauce, served with rice GF
  • VEGE CURRY $13.00
    • fried Tofu, cherry tomatoes, kumara, potato, peas, baby corn and green beans cooked in curry sauce, served with rice
VEGETARIAN VEGETARIAN
  • VEGE SPRING ROLLS $8.50
    • cabbage carrot, mung beans sprouts, spring onion, coriander, glass noodles, black fungus, wrapped in spring roll pastry, deep fried and served with sweet sauce
  • FRESH VIETNAMESE SUMMER ROLL $8.00
    • lettuce, rice noodles and fresh herbs wrapped in rice paper, served with spicy hoisin sauce GF
  • ORANGE SALAD $8.50
    • orange mung bean sprouts, carrot, daikon, fresh herbs served with chili hoisin sauce
  • PUMPKIN SALAD $10.00
    • roasted pumpkin cumin salt and pepper served with herbs, green beans, and chili hoisin sauce
  • VEGE CURRY $13.00
    • fried tofu, cherry tomatoes, kumara, potato, peas, baby corn and green beans cooked in curry sauce served with rice
SIDES SIDES
  • JASMINE RICE $2.50
  • EXTRA BROTH $1.00
  • EXTRA FRESH VEGE / HERBS $1.50
  • STEAMED VEGETABLES $4.50
DESSERTS DESSERTS
  • VIETNAMESE CARAMEL CREAM $9.00

Nearby Sample Menus

  • MALAI KOFTA $12.50
    • cottage cheese and potato dumplings in a creamy sauce
  • CHICKEN BIRIYANI $10.00/$13.50
    • spicy chicken with rice
  • ALOO GOBI MASALA $12.50
    • potatoes and cauliflower in spicy tomato sauce
  • BUTTER CHICKEN $14.00
    • chicken cooked in rich, tomato, butter and honey sauce
  • VEGETABLES BIRIYANI $9.50/$12.50
    • spicy vegetables with rice
  • SHAI PANEER $14.00
    • cottage cheese in tomato and cashew cream sauce
  • PRAWN MASALA $14.00
    • prawns simmered in onion, tomato and herb gravy
  • GARLIC NAAN $3.00
    • naan with crushed garlic on top
  • Cheesy garlic bread $10 / $16
    • for two / for four
  • Onion rings $5
  • Bread $14
    • three dips
  • Bone marrow $13
  • Scallops, black pudding, potato $15
  • Smoked pork, celeriac & chipotle slaw, fondant potato $34
  • Duck liver pate $14
  • Smoked chicken, caesar, quail egg $16
  • Apple & Rhubarb Crumble $8.5
    • served with custard & vanilla ice-cream
  • Steak, Mushroom & Red Wine Pie $19.5
    • served with creamy mash potato and seasonal veges
  • Tennessee BBQ Pork Belly $23.0
    • served with home made hash browns, crispy bacon & sweet corn
  • Spaghetti & Meatballs $9.5
    • served in a tomato sauce with parmesan cheese & a garlic bread
  • Cheesy Garlic Bread $4.4
  • Crispy Nacho Crumbed Chicken $13.0
    • with a mild chilli & roast garlic dip
  • Seasonal Vegetables $4.8
  • Beef Schnitzel $23.0
    • served with mushroom sauce, fries & salad or seasonal veges
  • Soup with grilled ciabatta $15.50
  • Crushed roast potatoes, garlic and rosemary $8.50
  • Seared scallops with radicchio, pear & toasted almonds $25.50
  • Soup or Beetroot bruschetta with goats’ cheese vinaigrette
  • Open steak, grilled pepper & melted cheese sandwich $24.50
  • Lemon garlic chicken with zucchini ribbons & white beans $24.50
  • Beetroot bruschetta with goats’ cheese vinaigrette $14.50
  • ENTREE
  • Nicoise Smoked Salmon Salad $17.50
    • Gourmet potatoes, cherry tomatoes, tender green beans, kalamata olives, soft boiled egg & baby lettuce drizzled with lemon verjuice dressing
  • Scotch Fillet Steak $26.50
    • Char grilled to your liking with mash & summer vegetables and your choice of creamy mushroom sauce or a port jus
  • New Orleans Best Jambalaya $20.00
    • Hot Rice dish loaded with scrumptious chicken & prawns, vegetables & fresh herbs
  • Fish & Chips $18.50
    • Fresh fish fillets in a Himalayan salt & Monteith’s Radler beer batter served with tart apple slaw, fries with caper & lemon mayo
  • Shoestring fries $7.50
  • Steamed vegetables $4.50
  • Parmesan Crumbed Pork Florentine $19.50
    • Rolled tender pork coated in parmesan & fresh herbs then pan fry until crisp. Served with baby spinach, fries & port jus
  • Succulent Lamb Rump $22.00
    • Served on sauteed baby potatoes, summer beans & jus
  • Combination Egg Fu Yung $18 / $27
  • Satay Chicken Noodles $17 / $23
  • Vegetarian Singaporean Vermicelli $11
  • Roast Duck w Bok Choy $14
  • Satay Hotplate $19 / $28
  • Steamed Prawn Cake $14
  • Tom Yum Clear Soup $9
  • Garlic Bread $7.50
  • Smoked chicken salad $17.50
    • with sliced fennel, blue cheese and lightly spiced cashews, dressed in a white balsamic vinaigrette(GF)
  • Vanilla risotto(GF) $12.50
    • with poached fruit and yoghurt
  • Eggs benny $17.00
    • ham off the bone with homemade hollandaise
  • Tuna salad $17.50
    • tuna in spring water, sundried tomatoes, sliced pear, sunflower seeds with a lemon juice and flaxseed oil dressing(GF, low GI)
  • Tomato, spinach, scrambled eggs, black pudding, hash brown, mushrooms, manuka smoked bacon, halloumi cheese, potato cake, sausage, avocado, smoked salmon, green side salad $5.00
  • Fresh fish $19.50
    • pan-fried fish of the day with wilted spinach, potato cake with homemade dill hollandaise
  • Big daddy $14.50
    • cheesy scrambled eggs, bacon, hollandaise in a bowl with toast
  • Bacon and mushroom risotto cakes $18.00
    • with a creamy mushroom sauce(GF)
  • Jalapeños rellenos de queso $15.00
    • Jalapeños stuffed with cheese
  • Tacos dorados $23.00
    • Vegetarian mix on crunchy tacos served with beans, salad, red sauce, sour cream and feta cheese
  • Tortas de elote $12.00
    • Corn fritters
  • Pozole verde $15.00
    • Traditional soup or stew from Mexico. It is made from hominy, with pork meat, seasoned and garnished with chile peppers, onion, garlic, radishes, avocado, salsa and limes.
  • Enfrijoladas de cordero $23.00
    • Folded tortilla filled with slow cooked lamb, topped with beans sauce, feta cheese, chorizo and rice
  • Sopa de tortilla or Sopa Azteca $15.00
    • Aztec mexican traditional soup made of fried corn tortilla pieces, submerged into a broth of tomato, garlic, and onion. It is served with pieces of pasilla chilis, chicharrón, avocado, fresh cheese and sour cream.
  • Sarape mexicano $23.00
    • Slow cooked pork with green sauce served with beans, rice, sour cream and cheese.
  • Pastel de chocolate $8.00
    • Chocolate brownie
  • 23. CHICKEN MUSHROOM MASALA $14.50
    • Boneless chicken pieces cooked with onion, ginger, garlic and cashew gravy
  • 16. BHUNA CHICKEN $14.50
    • Boneless chicken pieces cooked with onion, ginger, garlic and cashew gravy.
  • 80. PAPPADOMS (4pcs) $2.00
  • 54. JEERA PULAO / PEAS PULAO $3.90
  • 30. LAMB JALFREZI $14.90
    • Lamb cooked in onion and tomato sauce with julienne of capsicum & carrot slightly sour
  • 43. KING PRAWN SAAGWALA $15.90
    • King prawns cooked with spinach and herbs, mildly spiced.
  • 11. GOLDEN FRIED KING PRAWNS $11.90
    • King prawn marinated with tempura batter and deep fried until crispy.
  • 63. CHEESE NAAN $4.00
    • Stuffed with cheese, finished with butter.
  • POPCORN CHICKEN $6.00
  • HIT THE MARK $10.00
    • 200g. beef patty, swiss cheddar, bacon, caramelised onions
  • CURLY FRIES $5.00
  • JERK PORK BELLY $10.00
    • ribs slow cooked, cheddar
  • CRISPY CHICKEN PO BOY $10.00
  • JERK CHICKEN BURGER $10.00
    • passion fruit, lime, jam, sauces, bacon
  • MONKFISH PO BOY $10.00
  • Please see our cabinet for other food items and ask one of our friendly staff for details on our pie, cheeses, meats and accompanying chutneys of the day.
  • Salt & pepper squid $12.00
    • withlime pickle
  • Charcuterie Board for two $23.00
    • selection of speciality deli meats, olives, house relish, cheese and fresh breads
  • Fat cut chips $7.00
    • with aioli
  • Potato & Herb Rosti $19.00
    • smoked salmon, potato & herb rosti, tomato and caper dressing
  • Chicken liver pate $13.00
    • withport jelly, toasted ciabatta
  • Eggs Benedict $17.00
    • maple cured ham, toasted muffin withhollandaise
  • Cheese board $18.00
    • selection of three cheeses, house chutney, jelly and crackers
  • Ebifurai (Crumbed Prawn) $1.90
  • Aburi (Seared) Scallop $2.50
  • Spicy Fresh Tuna Avocado (GF) $1.50
  • Seaweed Salad (V (GF)) $4.90
  • Korokke (Potato & Vegetable Croquette) (V) $1.50
  • Inari (Teriyaki Tofu) (V) $1.50
  • Teriyaki Beef $5.90
  • Teriyaki Chicken Avo (Brown Rice) $1.50
  • Market-Fresh Salad $6.00
    • Todays freshest greens, accompaniments, tossed in our own gusto dressing, superb with all main choices
  • Gusto 'BLT' $12.50
    • Crispy bacon, lettuce, tomato, on toasted wholemeal, aioli, chips, salad
  • Chicken Tenders and Chips $10.00
  • Gourmet Vegetarian Burger $12.75
    • Veggie patty, lettuce, tomato, mango relish, wedges
  • Mini Hot Dogs and Chips $8.00
  • Gourmet Lamb Burger $12.75
    • Melted cheddar, crispy bacon, caramelised onion relish, wedges
  • Gusto's Old Fashioned Fish Pie $5.50
  • Eggs Benedict $16.00
    • Your choice of ham or salmon, hash brown, and tomato
  • Mini Potato Pie $2.20
  • Chocolate Chip Muffin $2.50
  • Chicken Salad Sandwich $4.20
  • Mince Savoury Pie $2.00
  • Delux Caramel $2.20
  • Chicken Pie $4.00
  • Steak & Kidney Pie $4.00
  • Chicken Pie $4.00
  • Half Bowl $4.00
  • Gotham Salad $15.50
    • mesclun, tomato, red onion, cucumber & lemon vinaigrette, with grilled halloumi and chickpea GF
  • Tomato and red onion $3.50
  • Brioche French Toast $17.50
    • with berry compote and organic yogurt or bacon and banana
  • Soup of the Day $10.00
    • with toasted five grain or sourdough
  • Bacon $4.50
  • Just Eggs $11.00
    • poached scrambled or fried, on sourdough or five grain(add bacon $4.50)
  • Hot Chicks Burger $18.50
    • hot and spicy marinated chicken breast with bacon red cabbage slaw aioli and fries
The Lotus Restaurant

The Lotus Restaurant

location

Address

12 Majoribanks Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand

phone

Phone

048033386

clock

Opened hours

11:30 AM to 2:30 PM, 5 PM to 10:30 PM (Mon-Sat), 5 PM to 10:30 PM (Sun)
price range

Price

$20 - $30

type

Type

None

service level

Service

Table Service

cuisine

Cuisine

Asian , Vegetarian , Vietnamese

features

Features

Romantic ,  Wheelchair accessible ,  Reservations ,  Waitstaff ,  Takeout ,  Seating ,  Serves Alcohol ,  Dinner ,  Child-friendly

Location
12 Majoribanks Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand