The Merchant in Auckland Menu

BREAD TO START BREAD TO START
  • Pizza Bread $9.5
    • with confit garlic, fresh rosemary, oregano, sea salt & extra virgin olive oil (GF base add $2)
  • Toasted Flat Bread $9.5
    • with roasted garlic, feta walnut dip & za’atar
  • Crostini De Focaccia $8.5
    • with eggplant caponata, whipped ricotta, prosciutto, fried basil & shaved parmigiana
SMALL PLATES AND PLATTERS - FARM SMALL PLATES AND PLATTERS - FARM
  • Hickory Smoked BBQ Pork Ribs $12.9
    • with creamy slaw
  • Tandoori Chicken $12.9
    • with lime coriander cream & garlic crisps
  • Prosciutto $12.9
    • with candied bambinella pear & gorgonzola blue
  • Malacca Fried Chicken Tenders $12.9
    • with pineapple & mango chilli sauce
  • Spiced Pork Belly $12.9
    • with pickled red onion & star anise jus
  • Butcher's Platter Half $34.9 Full $54.9
    • a selection from the farm
SMALL PLATES AND PLATTERS - OCEAN SMALL PLATES AND PLATTERS - OCEAN
  • Chermoula Spiced Tiger Prawns $14.9
    • with beet curd
  • Fried Soft Shell Crab $14.9
    • with scallion, lime leaf & sticky ginger sauce
  • Miso Cured King Salmon $14.9
    • with fried anchovy, cucumber ribbons & candied lemon
  • Green Lipped Mussels & Clams $14.9
    • with curry leaf, coconut & tamarind
  • Salt & Pepper Squid $14.9
    • with wasabi aioli
  • Fishmonger Platter Half $42.9 Full $65.9
    • a selection from the ocean
SMALL PLATES AND PLATTERS - GARDEN SMALL PLATES AND PLATTERS - GARDEN
  • Oven Dried Roma Tomatoes $18.5
    • with organic burrata & basil cream
  • Olive & Prosciutto Tapenade $18.5
    • with nodini mozzarella
  • Caramelised Pear & Toasted Walnut $14.9
    • with gorgonzola blue
  • Burnt Broccoli Spears $14.9
    • with puffed red quinoa & feta walnut dip
  • Charred Butternut $14.9
    • with rocket, preserved lemon medley, harissa dressing & za’atar
  • Artisan Platter $44.9
    • a selection from the garden
PIZZAS PIZZAS
  • Margherita (10" / 15") $21.9 / $29.9
    • vine tomato, fior di latte, fresh basil, mozzarella & chili flakes
  • Butcher (10" / 15") $21.9 / $29.9
    • chorizo, caramelised onion, salami, mozzarella & feta
  • Carne (10" / 15") $21.9 / $29.9
    • Debreceni sausage, cured bacon, salami, prosciutto & jalapeño
  • Four Cheeses (10" / 15") $21.9 / $29.9
    • fior di latte, gorgonzola blue, ricotta & parmesan
  • Mediterranean (10" / 15") $21.9 / $29.9
    • champagne ham, roasted wild mushrooms, artichokes, black olives, fior di latte & fresh basil
  • Peri Peri Chicken (10" / 15") $21.9 / $29.9
    • with capsicum, red onion, mozzarella, cucumber & peri peri aioli
  • Quattro (10" / 15") $21.9 / $29.9
    • Margherita, Butcher, Carne, Peri Peri Chicken all on one base (15” base only)
  • Extra Toppings $4.5
SALADS SALADS
  • Tandoori Chicken $20.9
    • with cashew nuts, red onion, tomato, cucumber, mesclun & cumin mint yoghurt dressing
  • Red Quinoa $20.9
    • with charred butternut, cranberries, red onion, pumpkin seeds, balsamic & sherry dressing
  • Caesar $20.9
    • with baby cos, anchovy, bacon, croutons, parmesan & Caesar dressing. Add free range chicken $6.00. Add salt & pepper squid $5.00
  • Israeli Cous Cous $20.9
    • with wild roasted mushrooms, charred butternut, baby turnips, red onion, cucumber, preserved lemon, vine tomatoes, olives & harissa dressing
MAINS MAINS
  • Seafood Tagliatelle $22.5
    • with clams, mussels, garlic, shallots, chilli, rocket, parmesan in a white wine & lemon nage
  • Monteith's Beer Battered Market Fish $24.9
    • with chunky fries, salad & tartare sauce
  • Rocket & Sweet Chilli Glazed NZ King Salmon $30.9
    • with candied mandarin & fennel
  • Fish of the Day $32.9
    • with braised saffron fennel, beet curd, diamond shell clams & red Pernod cream
  • Angus Beef Burger $21.9
    • with lettuce, chilli mustard corn relish, Swiss cheese, pickles, chipotle aioli & fries. Add bacon & egg $5.00. Add GF bun $3.00
  • Tomatillo Bacon Steak Sandwich $22.9
    • with lettuce, pickles, brie, chimichurri mayo & fries
  • Free Range Chicken Burger $21.9
    • with lettuce, Swiss cheese, pineapple mango chilli, green harissa aioli & fries. Add GF bun $3.00
  • Sambal Charred Chicken Breast $26.9
    • with burnt broccoli, pickled onion & mint yoghurt
  • Wild Roasted Mushroom Tagliatelle $22.5
    • with eggplant, butternut, artichoke, parmesan & red pesto cream sauce. Add free range chicken $6.00
  • Hickory Smoked BBQ Pork Ribs $31.9
    • with slaw & wedges
  • Hoisin Braised Pork Belly $28.9
    • with bacon crisps, savoy cabbage, roasted pommes & star anise glaze
  • Harissa Lamb Ribs $31.9
    • with pan roasted loin, orange carrot crème & lemon olive tapenade
  • Savannah 90 day aged Sirloin 300gm $36.9
    • with duck fat potatoes, wilted greens, braised bone marrow & horseradish jus
  • Savannah Angus Eye Fillet 180gm $34.9
    • with duck fat potatoes, wilted greens, braised bone marrow & horseradish jus
A LITTLE ON THE SIDE A LITTLE ON THE SIDE
  • Grilled Butternut Squash $6.5
    • za’atar & tomato confit
  • Pan Roasted Baby Turnips $6.5
    • with greens & chimichurri
  • Burnt Broccoli $6.5
    • with prosciutto & gorgonzola blue
  • Sticky Parmesan House Cut Chips $6.5
  • Fresh Nodini Mozzarella $6.5
    • with rocket, figs & sherry
DESSERTS DESSERTS
  • White Chocolate Cream Tart $13.9
    • with hazelnut praline & chocolate foam
  • Mango Parfait $11.9
    • with coconut ginger sorbet & seasonal fruit medley
  • Elderflower Creme Brulee $13.9
    • with fresh raspberries
  • Citrus Cheesecake $13.9
    • with lemon curd, mandarin jelly, candied orange & biscuit crumbs
  • Rum Charred Pineapple $13.9
    • with mint fruit salsa, raisin gelato & pineapple crisps
CHEESE PLATTER CHEESE PLATTER
  • Aorangi Brie/ Gorgonzola Blue (1 cheese / 2 cheeses) $9.9 / $19.9
    • selection of cheese with crackers, crostini sticks, quince paste, walnuts & fruit

Nearby Sample Menus

  • White Chocolate Panna Cotta $12.00
    • Served with ice cream
  • Garlic Bread $4.00
  • Oysters, Pacific Rock $14.00 / $26.00
    • ½ Dozen / 1 Dozen
  • Fishbites & Fries $12.00
  • N.Z. Whitebait Fritters $29.00
    • Bound with Egg
  • Spicy Italian Meatballs N/A
    • Tender balls of ground prime beef served with tomato chutney & sour cream
  • Swashbucklers Famous Seafood Chowder $18.50
  • Caribbean Chicken $26.00
    • Hot Cajun Spices and Mild Peppers, Mushrooms, Served with Provencal Sauce
  • Half Rack (Approx 400g) $28.00
  • Sweet n' Smoky BBQ (GF) $3.00
    • Our tangy sweet and smoky sauce.
  • We make all our own sauces using only the best ingredients.
  • T-Bone $48.00
    • Best of both, sirloin on one side and tender eye fillet on the other.
  • -Quarter $22.00
  • Chicken Burger $20.00
    • Flame grilled chicken breast, basted with our amazing sauce served with chips.
  • Wild Wings and Chips $20.00
    • Crispy chicken wings served with chips.
  • Rump (600g) $44.00
    • Double the size for the very hungry.
  • Beef Mince With Cheese $5.50
  • Chicken With Mentaiko & Seaweed $5.80
  • Kumara $4.50
  • Tiger Prawns Wrapped In Pork $8.00
  • Squid $5.00
  • Matcha Green Tea Ice Cream $7.00
  • Edamame $4.00
  • Mushrooms $6.00
  • ●Fresh Salad $12.50
    • Mixed lettuce, cherry tomatoes, chia seeds & cucumber with a poached egg, topped with parmesan & olive oil balsamic dressing
  • -Add your choice of extras
  • -Hash Brown $2.00
  • ●Bagel $7.50
    • With cream cheese & jam
  • French Toast $18.50
    • Brioche french toast stacked with streaky bacon, cinnamon bananas & blueberries, drizzled with maple syrup
  • -Add chicken, bacon, salmon or tuna $16.50
  • Cabinet Food
    • Check out our cabin for freshly made sandwiches & rolls, baps, croissants & quiche, plus our delicious cakes, slices, muffins & scones
  • -Smoked salmon, capers & cream cheese $12.50
  • -Butter $0.50
  • -BBQ Pork / Spring Onion / Cheese / Pickled Bamboo Shoot $3.00
  • -Corn / Dried Seaweed / Boiled Egg / Bean Sprout / Seaweed $1.00
  • Oomort $3.00
    • Large portion, 1.5 times serving bowl
  • Miso Soup $3.00
  • -Pickled Seaweed / Kimchi $2.00
  • Extra Topping Mayonnaise $0.50
  • Shio Tonkotsu Chashu Ramen (Basic+BBQ Pork) $15.00
  • Onion kulcha on naan $4.50
    • Naan stuffed with onions
  • Lamb kadhai $16.00
    • A dish which is hot in flavour predominantly of fenugreek and coriander
  • Vegetable samosa (2 pcs) $5.00
    • Flakey pastry filled with diced potatoes, peas and cumin seeds them fried golden brown
  • Rogan josh $16.00
    • Tendered meat cooked with brown gravy and finished with great spice
  • Saag $16.00
    • Delicious meat cooked with light spiced herbs and fresh spinach puree
  • Chicken biryani $15.00
    • Rice cooked with chicken, herbs and spices
  • Chicken tikka masala $16.00
    • Succulent tandoori chicken cooked in medium spicy gravy finish with saute green capsicum, slice onion and fresh herbs
  • Keema naan $4.50
    • Naan filled with minced lamb
  • Cabbage with potato noodle $9.80
  • Pickled cabbage and pork belly $13.80
  • Sprouts with potato noodle $9.80
  • Cucumber with egg soup $6.00
  • Braised beef $15.80
  • Prawns fried rice $10.00
  • Braised beef & noodle soup $8.00
  • Tofu with spring onion $12.80
  • Bircher (GF)(DF)(V) $14.00
    • Compressed nectarines, toasted almonf flakes, chias seeds, french fruits
  • Duck salad (GF) $22.00
    • Confit ducks legs, romaine lettuce, radicchio, dukka, orange segments, burnt orange
  • Adds on
  • Eggs benedict(VO) $18.50
    • Nutmeg wilted spinach with / ham off the bone or mushroom or streaky bacon or asparagus / finished with a rich lemon hollandaise sauce, served on toasted organic soft bap
  • -Free range bacon / house smoked marlborough salmon / two organic beef sausage $6.00
  • Free range eggs on toast $11.00
    • Poached / fried / scrambled +$1
  • Beef burger $21.50
    • Iceberg, tomatoes, pickled courgettes, emmental kumara chips, aioli
  • organic french toast (V) $18.00
    • Red wine poached pear, pomegranate anglaise, matcha crumble, pistachio and maple syrup
  • Brisket Burger $14
  • McClure Dill Pickles $5
  • Chipotle Mayo $1.50
  • Espresso BBQ $1.50
  • Green Beans Small $6 Large $10
  • Burnt End Beans Small $6 Large $10
  • Bourbon, banana & maple $8
  • Pulled Pork $9.5
    • per 100g
  • Mango kulfi $5.90
  • 65
    • Spicy hyderabadi style chicken/paneer cooked with fresh chillies and curry leaves, choice of chicken or paneer
  • Onion bhaji $6.90
    • Onion dipped in a spicy batter and deep fried to perfection
  • Seekh kebab $11.90
    • A mughlai delight! minced lamb skewers marinated with fresh chillies, ginger, garlic cooked in the tandoor
  • -Option of full chicken for extra $5.00
  • ●Vegetarian $11.90 / Chicken $12.90 / Seafood $14.90
  • Kebab sizzlers with roomali roti $17.90
    • A sizzling platter of nirvana special Murgh Tikka, lamb chop & garlic fish tikka. served with roomali roti salad, kashmiri pulao & salaan
  • Roomali roti $3.50
  • STEAK $4.80
  • STEAK $5.80
  • SAUSAGE $1.50
  • CRAB STICK $1.30
  • CHICKEN & SWEET CORN $9.00
  • FISH CAKE $2.00
  • CRUMBED EXTRA $1.00
  • BLUE COD $5.90
  • Sweet glutinous soup rice balls and egg $ 7
    • bowl
  • Spiced duck wings $12
  • Rice noodle $ 6.00
  • Sweet glutinous soup $ 3
    • Bowl
  • Hot and spicy shredded chicken $ 10
  • Glutinous rice ball with chicken slice $ 3.00
    • each
  • Pig ear in special sauce $ 10
    • Plate
  • Steamed pork with rice flavor $ 15
    • Plate
  • Wonton soup (chicken) $10.80
  • Steamed / Braised blue cod $28.00/kg
  • Kung pu chicken noodle soup $11.80
  • Crispy beef with chilli $16.00
  • Chicken gizzards kebabs $1.50
  • Chicken / chicken wings with chilli $16.00
  • Cold shredded potatoes $8.00
  • Lamb & Fennel dumplings $13.50
  • Salted caramel and vanilla struzel $8.90
  • Cinnamon apple and honey $7.90
  • CHICKEN $25.90
    • spring vegetables, chorizo, rhubarb
  • CUFF CAFE ASSIETTE FOR TWO $39.90
    • combination of seafood and meat morsels served with hummus and homemade bread oil
  • add mushroom $4.00
  • CURED DUCK BREAST $33.90
    • confit duck leg, smoked carrot puree, quinoa
  • GARLIC BUTTER BEANS $7.90
  • EGGS BENEDICT $18.90
    • toasted brioche, spinach, tomato, poached eggs, hollandaise sauce & choice of bacon or smoked salmon
  • Herbal jelly no 6 $8.00
    • crystal jelly + noodle jelly + boba
  • Mung bean cake $8.00
  • Taro ball no2 $8.00
    • sweet potato + barley + boba
  • Taro ball no6 $8.00
    • crystal jelly + noodle jelly + boba
  • Taro ball no5 $8.00
    • kidney bean + brown jelly + boba
  • Herbal jelly no 3 $8.00
    • red bean + peanuts + boba
  • Herbal jelly no 2 $8.00
    • sweet potato + barley + boba
  • Purple rice porridge w/taro ball $8.00
The Merchant

The Merchant

location

Address

219 Don Mckinnon Drive, Albany, Auckland, 0632, New Zealand

phone

Phone

094441076

clock

Opened hours

Mon 11 AM to 11 PM Tue 11 AM to 11 PM Wed 11 AM to 11 PM Thu 11 AM to 11 PM Fri 11 AM to 1 AM Sat 10 AM to 1 AM Sun 10 AM to 11 PM
price range

Price

$30 - $50

type

Type

None

service level

Service

Table Service

cuisine

Cuisine

European , Mexican , Pizza , Pub Food

features

Features

EFTPOS ,  Takeaway ,  Gluten Free Options ,  Reservations ,  After-hours ,  Vegetarian Friendly ,  Breakfast ,  Live Music ,  Waitstaff ,  Private Dining ,  Cash ,  Nightlife ,  Lunch ,  Bar Scene ,  Seating ,  Drinks ,  Free Wifi ,  Cards accepted ,  Pub Quiz ,  Live Sports Screening ,  Dinner ,  Child-friendly ,  Outdoor Seating ,  Full Bar ,  Gastro Pub

Location
219 Don Mckinnon Drive, Albany, Auckland, 0632, New Zealand