The Pig and Whistle in Rotorua Menu

SNACKING SNACKING
  • Garlic Bread $5.70
    • Four slices.
  • Bread & Dips $16.70
    • Assorted toasted bread accompanied with dips.
  • Snack Pizza $15.70
    • Please ask for today's flavour
  • Today's Soup $13.70
    • With freshly baked bread & butter.
  • Seafood Chowder $15.70
    • With freshly baked butter & butter.
  • BBQ Chilli Chicken Wings $18.70
    • With BBQ sauce.
  • Lemon Pepper Calamari $16.70
    • With aioli & sweet chilli
  • Shared Seafood Platter $42.70
    • Chilli & garlic tiger prawns, smoked salmon, seafood salad, smoked garlic mussels & beer battered fish with tartare sauce & fresh lemon.
  • Large $21.70
  • Medium $16.70
  • Small $11.70
  • Beef Nachos
    • With sour cream
  • Large $21.70
  • Medium $16.70
  • Small $11.70
  • Vegetarian Nachos
    • With guacamole
  • Large $16.70
  • Medium $12.70
  • Small $8.70
  • Pigtail Fries or Steak Cut Fries
    • With tomato sauce & aioli
SALADS SALADS
  • Caesar Salad $18.70
    • Cos lettuce, bacon, hard boiled egg, parmesan, croutons & caesar dressing. Add anchovies - no extra charge. Add Chicken or Prawns $4.70
  • New Zealand Lamb Salad $21.70
    • Mint & garlic marinated lamb rump slices set on spinach leaves, green beans, capsicum, cherry tomatoes, red onion, kalamata olives & feta cheese. Topped with hummus & tzatziki.
  • Thai Prawn & Calamari Salad $21.70
    • Lemon pepper seasoned squid rings & prawns served on Asian salad of carrots, mung beans, pea shoots & cucumber with a coriander, mint, hoi sin & sesame dressing. Topped with sweet chilli, aioli & fresh lemon.
  • Harissa Chicken Salad $21.70
    • Grilled chicken tenders rubbed with African spices set on lettuce leaves, Asian slaw, avocado & cashews. Topped with sweet chilli, aioli & crispy noodles.
BURGERS & SANDWICHES BURGERS & SANDWICHES
  • All burgers are built with lettuce, tomato, red onion & aioli on a freshly baked bread bun, burgers & sandwiches are served with pigtail fries & tomato sauce.
  • Options - Change fries to salad for no extra charge.
  • Chicken Satay Burger $21.70
    • Grilled marinated chicken fillets with spicy satay sauce.
  • Veggie Burger $21.70
    • Spinach & pumpkin pattie & water chestnut & mushroom pattie with a portobello mushroom, blue cheese & chargrilled vegetable chutney.
  • New Zealand Lamb Burger $21.70
    • Prime lamb pattie with beetroot & tomato relish.
  • Beef, Bacon & Mushroom Burger $21.70
    • Prime New Zealand beef pattie with grilled streaky bacon, Kapiti smoked cheddar cheese, grilled field mushroom, tomato relish & BBQ sauce.
  • Open Steak Sandwich $22.70
    • Seared 180g sirloin steak on toasted herb, onion & cheese kaiser roll with aioli, onion jam, lettuce, tomato relish, cheddar cheese and a fried egg.
  • Moroccan Lamb Sandwich $22.70
    • Lamb rump slices marinated in Moroccan spices with hummus, feta, spinach leaves, red onion, tomato relish & tzatziki in toasted Turkish bread.
  • BBQ Pulled Pork Roll $24.70
    • Slow cooked pork in beer, chilli & hickory smoked BBQ sauce served on toasted kaiser roll with ranch slaw, topped with aioli & sweet chilli.
PUB CLASSICS PUB CLASSICS
  • Full Size $25.70
  • 1/2 Size $20.70
  • Fish & Chips
    • Beer Battered or Pan-fried fish of the day. Served with Pigtail fries, tartare sauce & salad.
  • Full Size $26.70
  • 1/2 Size $20.70
  • Pork Spare Ribs
    • Pork spare ribs (& only ribs) roasted in a plum, orange & BBQ glaze & oven baked until sticky.
  • Scotch Fillet Steak $33.70
    • Prime New Zealand 290g scotch fillet cooked to your liking. Served with potato & kumara mash & seasonal vegetables OR steak cut fries & salad. Accompanied with mushroom & bacon sauce, garlic sauce OR pepper sauce.
  • New Zealand Lamb Steaks $31.70
    • Marinated lamb steak set upon roasted golden kumara & gourmet potatoes, green beans, rocket & mint.
  • Pesto Chicken $29.70
    • Basil pesto marinated chicken stacked with bacon, cheese and pineapple. Served with garlic turkish bread, cos lettuce & avocado.
  • Twice Cooked Bourbon Pork Belly $30.70
    • Pork belly strips marinated in Kentucky bourbon, mustard, ginger & soy. Served with steak cut fries, salad & homemade bourbon, plum & BBQ dipping sauce.
  • Seared Venison Steak $33.70
    • Venison medallions served with summer greens, polenta chips, infused red cabbage & cranberry & port jus.
  • South Indian Salmon $30.70
    • Crusted salmon fillet with sesame seed, poppy seed & lemon pepper set on Asian slaw with orange & fennel salad & celeriac remoulade.
  • Beef Schnitzel $26.70
    • Crumbed beef schnitzel served with potato & kumara mash OR Pigtail fries & salad.
  • Steak, Ale & Mushroom Pot Pie $26.70
    • Beef steak in ale gravy topped with a butter puff pastry top served with potato & kumara mash & seasonal vegetables OR Pigtail fries & salad.
  • Cajun Spiced Chicken Linguine $25.70
    • Chicken, mushrooms, capsicum, sun-dried tomato & linguine bound in cajun & parmesan cream sauce, topped with parmesan, parsley & cashew nuts.
  • Roast Vegetable Lasagne $25.70
    • Roasted vegetables layered with fresh spinach lasagne, tomato concasse & cheese. Served with a Passata sauce.
CHILDREN'S MENU CHILDREN'S MENU
  • Ham & Pineappple Pizza $13.70
    • With Pigtail fries
  • Fresh Fish Bites $13.70
    • With Pigtail fries
  • Crumbed Chicken Tenders $13.70
    • With Pigtail fries OR Mash & seasonal vegetables. Accompanied with gravy.
  • Cheeseburger $13.70
    • With Pigtail fries.
DESSERTS DESSERTS
  • Banoffee Pie $13.70
    • Served with vanilla ice cream
  • Apple Hot Cakes $13.70
    • Hot cakes served with stewed apple, custard & cream
  • Jelly Tip Sundae $13.70
    • Served with chocolate sauce & cream.
SIDES & EXTRAS SIDES & EXTRAS
  • Mustard $1.70
  • Steak Cut Fries, Pigtail Fries, Garden Salad, Seasonal Vegetables, Potato & Kumara Mash $6.70
  • Fried Egg $1.70
  • Tomato $1.70
  • Sour Cream $1.70
  • Plum $1.70
  • Sweet Chilli $1.70
  • Satay $1.70
  • Aioli $1.70
  • Mayonnaise $1.70
  • Guacamole $1.70
  • Hummus $1.70
  • Hot Chilli $1.70
  • Beetroot Relish $1.70
  • Onion Jam $1.70
  • BBQ $1.70
  • Mint Sauce $1.70
  • Tartare $1.70
  • Sauces

Nearby Sample Menus

  • Camembert wheel roasted with chardonnay, thyme and crostini $20.00
  • Homemade ravioli with roasted beetroot, walnut, gorgonzola, ricotta, beurre blanc sauce $29.00
  • Grass fed eye fillet of beef, shitake puree, polenta broccoli, sesame soy $39.00
  • Pot de crème au chocolate, almond coco spoon $16.00
  • Fresh Garden Salad $7.00
  • Thyme Roasted Gourmet Potatoes $7.00
  • Potato Gratin $7.00
  • Trio of ice cream and fresh fruits $14.00
  • Ossobuco alla Milanese – Milan’s Style Veal Ossobuco $33.50
    • It is a Milanese speciality of cross-cut Veal shank braised with vegetables, wine and Broth. Served on a bed of saffron risotto
  • Pesce del Giorno – Fish of the day, please see the specials for tonight n/a
  • Tiramisù $12.50
    • Doesn’t get any more traditional than this
  • Panna cotta $12.50
    • Served with vanilla and raspberry compote
  • Limoncello tart $17.50
    • Nonna’s traditional recipe, served with limoncello shot
  • Filled pasta of the day – please see the specials for tonight n/a
  • Gnocchi alla Sorrentina – Gnocchi Sorrento’s Style $23.50
    • Gnocchi alla Sorrentina is a pasta dish made in the Sorrento style, with a tomato base, onion garlic, fresh mozzarella and fresh basil, garnished with homemade pesto
  • Cheese selection $15.00/$23.50
    • Today’s choice of gourmet cheese ( 1 serving/2 servings)
  • Burger & Chips $13.00
  • Cookies & Cream ice cream with hot melted chocolate sauce $7.00
  • VEGETARIAN $13.00
    • Char grilled capsicum, olives, onion, hummus, feta, baby spinach
  • Salt & pepper squid, lemon & pepper served with sweet aioli $8.00
  • BBQ PLUM CHICKEN $13.00
    • Plum sauce, sliced chicken breast, onion, camembert cheese, capsicum, tomato
  • MINT AS BURGER
    • Slow cooked hand pulled NZ Lamb, caramelized onion, lettuce, tomato, red onion, feta, drizzled in mint as sauce & aioli in a brioche bun.
  • Popcorn shrimp, lemon & pepper served with sweet chilli sauce $6.00
  • CHUR BURGER
    • Homemade NZ beef seasoned patty drizzled with grilled cheese, bacon, beer battered onion rings, caramelized onion, tomato, lettuce, gherkins & mustard mayo in a brioche bun.
  • Sweet Crêpes - Le Quatre Heure (Jam or Honey) $8.50
  • Chocolate Cake $4.00
  • Thickshake $5.50
  • Sweet Crêpes - La Sucree (Sugar & butter) $8.50
  • Sweet Crêpes - La Grand Marnier (Grand Marnier, lemon & sugar) $10.90
  • Extra Filling (cheese, tomato, onion, mushroom, ham, pineapple, bacon, avacado, asparagus, etc) $0.80
  • Croque Monsieur (white sauce, ham, cheese) with Salad $11.90
  • Savouries Crêpes - La Marine (Salmon And Sour Cream) $11.90
  • Honey Duck $25.50
    • Roasted duck breast on Bok choy with honey sauce.
  • Goong Pad Kra Praow $21.50
    • Stir fried tiger prawns cooked with chilli, basil and vegetables.
  • Amazing Gai Yang $23.50
    • Barbecue marinated chicken breast in coconut milk with steamed vegetables and topped with Thai sweet chilli sauce.
  • Spicy Noodles $13.50
    • Stir fried spicy noodles with chicken and vegetables.
  • Pla Sam Rod $30.50
    • Deep fried whole fish with tamarind sauce and vegetables.
  • Choo Chee Goong $21.50
    • Tiger prawns cooked in coconut cream, curry paste and vegetables.
  • Volcano Chicken $27.50
    • Marinated roasted chicken with tamarind sauce and steamed vegetables, served on a sizzling hot plate flamed with brandy.
  • Thai Fried Rice $13.50
    • Fried rice, egg and vegetables with your choice of chicken, pork or beef. (cook with Prawns $16.50)
  • Lassoo of Hog $38.00
    • 450grams of rolled pork loin with a prune, carrot and seeded mustard stuffing. Oven-roasted with crackling and finished with a fresh apple and ginger sauce. Served with buffalo chips and Lone Star coleslaw...a fair dinkum Lone Star legend!
  • Rockin' Ribeye $38.00
    • 300gram premium-aged ribeye, cooked how you like it. Served with sauteed onions, buffalo chips, Lone Star coleslaw and your choice of steak sauce.
  • Banoffee Pie $12.00
    • Homemade sweet pastry, layered with caramel, banana, sweet coffee cream and chocolate.
  • Stir Crazy Sirloin $34.00
    • 250gram premium-aged sirloin, cooked how you like it. Served with sauteed onions, buffalo chips, Lone Star coleslaw and your choice of steak sauce.
  • nine $28.00
  • - KIWI JOKER - add mushroom and free range eggs +5
  • Cajun Chicken medium $30 / classic $35
    • Chicken breast dusted in our secret mix of Cajun spices. Pan-seared and finished in the oven. Topped with a spicy BBQ sauce, sour cream and jalapeños. Served with chilli rice and Lone Star coleslaw.
  • Mushrooms $3.00
  • Hawaiian Burger $ 16.00
    • Home made Beef Patiie with Bacon, Pineapple, Lettuce, Beetroot, Cucumber 8. Cheddar
  • Chicken & Mushroom Fettuccine $ 20.00
    • Rich creamy white wine sauce with chunks of chicken & mushrooms
  • Calamari Chips $ 12.00
    • Served with Tartare or Sweet Thai Chili
  • Fish Burger $ 15.00
    • Crumbed fish with Lettuce,Tomato , Beetroot, Cucumber & Tartare sauce
  • Big Breakfast $ 15.00
    • Sausages, Hash Brown, Poached or Fried Eggs, Bacon, Roast Tomato with toast
  • Lasagne $ 20.00
    • Lasagna served with salad & mushrooms
  • Garden Salad $ 9.00
    • Lettuce, Tomato, Cucumber, Red Onion, beetroot.
  • The Works Burger $ 17.00
    • Homemade Beef Pattie with Bacon, Onion rings, Egg, Lettuce, Beetroot, Cucumber 8. Cheddar cheese
  • Meats $16.9
    • Italian meats including chicken
  • Venison osso buco $29.9
    • served on buttered swede w/ red cabbage
  • Steamed mussels $16.9
    • served in the shell, chopped italiano sausage and pernod sauce to add flavour
  • Fettuccine tuscany $21.9
    • chicken and mushroom in a marsala cream sauce served with tri colour fettuccine
  • Spaghetti marco polo $18.5
    • bacon onion in a garlic cream sauce
  • Musso $19.9
    • Italian cured meats
  • Garlic and rock salt Italiano bread $4.9
  • Le Classic basic $8.5
    • Poutine is a common Canadian dish, made with french fries, topped with a light brown gravy-like sauce and cheese curds. Our fries, gravy and cheese curd
  • Hoover Hog $29.5
    • 400g Prime roasted pork loin complemented with a creamy mash, seasonal vegetables, Cobb's rich gravy, apple sauce and crackling! A big meal - not for the faint-hearted!
  • Teas (A pot for one) $4.0
    • A selection of specialist Herbal teas available, please ask your waitstaff.
  • Junior 200g Rump $25.5
  • Crispy Onion Rings $5.9
  • Baked Jacket Potato with Sour Cream $3.5
  • The Coach Burger $20.9
    • A big hearty Beef Burger with bacon, crispy onion rings, grilled cheese, fresh tomato and lettuce. Finished with aioli and relish, served with fries. Double up the beef & bacon for an extra $8.0
  • Pan Fried Scallops $34.9
    • Sautéed scallops with crispy bacon, served on a bed of steamed rice with lemon, garlic aioli, and a salad alongside.
  • Big Boy 400g Rump $34.5
  • Caramelised Banana Pancake $13.50
    • Pancake with bacon & caramelised banana
  • Salmon Benedict $13.80
    • French toast, salmon, egg & maple syrup
  • Big Breakfast $11.50
    • Bacon, egg, sausage, hashbrown, tomato & toast
  • Basic Breakfast $9.50
    • your choice of bacon or sausage, egg, tomato & toast
  • Bacon Benedict $13.50
    • French toast, bacon, egg & maple syrup
  • Ala-Tunisia $16.00
    • A mouth-watering mixture of bearnaise pesto blended with homemade spices and your choice of lamb, chicken, or falafel. Served with fresh salad
  • Chicken $10.00
  • Lamb $ 9.50
  • Najem $18.00
    • Garlic chili pickle, mushrooms, onions, marinated capsicum, capers, olives, cream cheese, chicken, topped with sweet chili
  • Kashrut $16.00
    • Your choice of lamb, chicken, or Falafel cooked with tomatoes, herbs, spinach, mushrooms, onions, Berber spices, wrapped in the thin Kebab bread with olives, mozzarella, and cream cheeses and baked in Ali Baba’s oven. Topped with garlic mayonnaise and sweet chili sauces and served with a fresh side salad
  • SAUCES
    • Mayonnaise, Spicy Lemon, Garlic Yoghurt, Tomato Relish, Hot Chilli, Mint, BBQ Sauce, Hummus, Sweet Chilli, Tahini, Garlic Mayo, Apricot, Satay, Plum
  • Garlic cheese bread $4.50
  • Salad $16.00
    • Enjoy fresh salad vegetables served with your choice of lamb, chicken, or falafel and any 3 sauces. As well as Ali Baba’s warm garlic and olive oil dressing. You can also choose to have olives, capers, Jalapeños, and capsicum on top of your salad
  • Vegetariano $25.00
    • For our vegetarian friends, we have three pieces croquets made with chickpeas, Peruvian super grain quinoa, black beans, lentils, garlic, onions and herbs. Served with Pebre sauce and Chilean bread.
  • Peruvian Style Raw Fish $14.00
    • Fresh fish marinated in lemon, ginger, garlic, red onion and coriander. Served with roasted kumara, deep fried spiced corn and Chilean bread.
  • Torta de Mil Hojas (One Thousand Leaves Cake) $10.00
    • Layers of pastry with caramel puree and walnuts. Fresh cream on the side.
  • Flan de Leche (Creme Caramel) $10.00
    • Traditional Spanish and South American dessert, Decorated with fresh cream and caramelized sugar.
  • Camarones al Pil Pil $14.00
    • Sizzling prawns cooked in garlic served in hot oil with bread and Che's special sauce.
  • Pie de Limon (Lemon Merengue Pie) $10.00
    • Traditionally eaten all throughout South America. A lemony custard in a pastry shell topped with toasted meringue. Fresh cream on the side.
  • Squid $13.00
    • Baby squid tubed filled with chicken, topped with mango sauce and chilli flakes. Served on the side with Chilean bread and Che's special spicy sauce.
  • Molleja $27.00
    • Lamb sweetbread barbecued in our own home built grill. Spiced with merken and lemon juice. Served on a bed of pickled vegetables with chimichurri sauce, mesclun salad and Chilean bread.
  • Mixed Platter $16.00
    • Platter consist of samosa, chicken tikka, vegetable pakoda and seekh kebab served with mint and tamarind sauce
  • Butter Paneer $14.50
    • Cottage cheese cooked in butter sauce
  • Raita $3.50
    • Yogurt mix with cucumber, onion, carrots and cumin seeds
  • Papadum (2 pcs) $1.00
  • Paneer Kulcha $5.00
    • Naan bread stuffed with cottage cheese
  • Fish Vindaloo $18.50
    • fish pieces cooked with hot vindaloo paste
  • Saag Aloo $13.50
    • Potato and fresh blended spinach cooked with aromatic spices
  • Lamb Seekh Kebab (6 pcs) $10.50
    • Lamb mince lightly spiced and rolled on skewers and roasted in tandoor
  • Chicken Jalfrezi - Boneless chicken pieces cooked with diced onions, capsicum, tomato cubes in sweet and sour sauce, garnished with fresh herbs and cashew nuts $17.90
  • Olive & Garlic Naan - Plain flour bread stuffed with olive's and garlic $5.50
  • Lava Chicken - Diced chicken cooked in fine onion gravy and then garnished with fresh herbs $19.90
  • Lamb Do Piaza - Boneless lamb cooked with fried sliced onions and dry roasted spices, garnished with green herbs $17.90
  • Roti - Hand rolled bread made from wholemeal and white flour $3.50
  • Chilli Chicken - Fried chicken dish with slices of onions, tomatoes, capsicum and fresh coriander, cooked and garnished with fresh spices $18.90
  • Madras (Chicken, Lamb or Goat) - Delicious medium hot Chicken, Lamb or Goat curry, prepared and garnished with coconut gravy and cream, South Indian Style $17.90
  • Chicken Tikka - Tender morsels of boneless chicken marinated overnight and roasted in tandoor $20.00
  • Palak Paneer - Homemade cottage cheese tempered with cumin seed, then cooked with tomato and fresh creamy spinach $14.90
  • Lamb or Chicken Korma - A delicate creamy curry with coconut, sultanas and cashews $15.50, Lamb: $16.50
  • Seasonal Vegetables - Crispy fresh vegetables flash fried in the khadai $5.50
  • Chili Shrimp - A feisty seafood curry with green chilies – garnished with fresh coriander $15.50
  • Chicken Tikka Masala - Marinated pieces of chargrilled chicken breast with garlic, ginger and aromatic spices – ever popular $15.90
  • Vegetable Korma - A delicate creamy curry with coconut, sultanas and cashews $14.50
  • Prawn or Shrimp Malabari - Sautéed with onions and capsicum. Cooked in a cashew and coconut sauce $19.50, Shrimp: $15.90
  • Lamb Dhansak - Popular delicious Parsi lamb dish with lentils, soaked overnight and slow cooked, with a selection of spices. $16.50
The Pig and Whistle

The Pig and Whistle

location

Address

1182 Tutanekai Street, Rotorua, Bay Of Plenty, 3010, New Zealand

phone

Phone

073473025

clock

Opened hours

Monday: 11:30 AM – 10:00 PM, Tuesday: 11:30 AM – 10:30 PM, Wednesday: 11:30 AM – 11:00 PM, Thursday: 11:30 AM – 12:00 AM, Friday: 11:30 AM – 1:30 AM, Saturday: 11:30 AM – 1:30 AM, Sunday: 11:30 AM – 10:00 PM
price range

Price

$30 - $50

type

Type

None

service level

Service

Table Service

cuisine

Cuisine

American , Bar , British , European , Gastropub , Gluten Free , Kiwi , New Zealand , Pub Food , Vegetarian

features

Features

Mastercard ,  Visa ,  Wheelchair accessible ,  After-hours ,  Vegetarian Friendly ,  Cheap Eats ,  Pool Table ,  Private Dining ,  Wine and Beer ,  Cash ,  Television ,  Groups ,  American Express ,  Lunch ,  Bar Scene ,  Seating ,  Highchairs Available ,  Drinks ,  Brunch ,  Street Parking ,  No Takeaway ,  Free Wifi ,  Cards accepted ,  Local cuisine ,  Special Occasion Dining ,  Serves Alcohol ,  Dinner ,  Outdoor Seating ,  Full Bar ,  Gastro Pub

Location
1182 Tutanekai Street, Rotorua, Bay Of Plenty, 3010, New Zealand