The Verandah Cafe in Hamilton Menu

BREAKFAST BREAKFAST
  • Multigrain, white or gluten free toast (V) $9.00
    • With selection of preserves
  • Granola yoghurt tart (V)(GF) $12.50
    • With seasonal fruit
  • Freshly baked croissant $17.50
    • With champagne ham, brie & scorched tomato. Petit breakfast salad
  • Toasted banana bread (V) $19.00
    • With maple mascarpone, fresh banana, berries & pistachio praline
  • Bacon & eggs $19.50
    • Your style on multigrain
  • Mushroom & feta bruschetta (V) $21.00
    • With poached egg
  • Grilled lamb’s fry & bacon $20.00
    • With black pudding, tomato & red wine onion puree
  • The verandah big breakfast $22.50
    • Eggs your way over chipolata hash, streaky bacon curls, mushroom & onion sauté w/ grilled tomato. Whole grain toast.
  • Eggs benedict (GF)
    • On potato roesti with citrus hollandaise
  • -With bacon $20.00
  • -With house smoked salmon $22.00
  • Kids breakfast (V) $11.50
    • Pikelet kebabs with fresh fruit, nutella & honey yoghurt, scattered scroggin
  • One egg your way $11.50
    • With bacon, cheese kransky & hash brown on toast
ALL DAY MENU ALL DAY MENU
  • Fries $8.00
  • Wedges $11.50
  • -Wedges with bacon, cheese & spring onions $15.50
  • Homemade soup $14.50
    • Of the day with crusty bread
  • Grilled vegetable pastry (V) $21.00
    • With grilled haloumi
  • Spiced puy lentil salad (V)(GF) $21.00
    • Baby beetroot, goat’s cheese, dried cranberries, honey mustard dressing
  • Pasta of the day $22.00
  • Seared miso salmon (GF) $24.00
    • On herb polenta cake, dill mascarpone with rocket salad
  • Beef & mushroom burger $23.00
    • With onion confit & peppered egg. Served with fries & aioli
  • Marinated lamb salad (GF) $24.00
    • With kumara, pumpkin, cherry tomatoes & feta - mint dressing
  • Fresh market fish of the day $24.00
  • Twice cooked pork belly (GF) $24.00
    • Celeriac & hazelnut salad
  • Chicken nachos (GF) $18.00
    • With sour cream and guacamole
KIDS MENU KIDS MENU
  • Kid’s tasting plate (GF/DF/V on request) $11.50
    • See today’s list
  • Chicken & bacon burger $11.50
    • With fries & mini salad
  • Hawaiian pizza $11.50
    • With wedges & salad
  • Pirate’s catch $11.50
    • Battered fish and chips with salad & tomato mayo
  • Kids ice cream sundae $7.50
    • With berry, chocolate or caramel sauce
  • Please order at the counter gluten free & dairy free options available – please consult our staff
DESSERTS DESSERTS
  • Chocolate swirl tiramisu $11.50
    • With sponge fingers & hazelnut praline crumb
  • Waffles $11.50
    • With grilled pineapple, ice cream & butterscotch sauce
  • The verandah cheesecake $11.50
    • Of the day with ice cream
  • Knickerbocker glory $11.50
    • Layered fruit salad, jelly & ice cream – chocolate sauce & berry coulis

Nearby Sample Menus

  • Sriracha Mayo $2.50
  • Half $20.00
  • Kimchi $6.00
  • Straight Cut Fries $15.00
  • Quarter $10.00
  • Bone Broth $15.00
    • with turmeric, ginger, apple cider, vinegar & nutritional yeast
  • Gravy $2.50
  • Poutine + Chicken $13.00
  • Speight's Classic Sundae $11.5
    • Fice scoops of vanilla ice cream, chocolate brownie pieces, chopped nuts, chocolate chips, a pink wafer and whipped cream with your choice of Hershey's chocolate, Raspberry or Toffee sauce. Finished with a cherry on top
  • Salt and Pepper Squid $17.5
    • Served on our Speight's garden salad. Beer Match: Speight's Triple Hops Pilsner
  • Kune Kune Burger $23.0
    • 200gm of prime New Zealand beef patty, bacon, pork belly strips, lettuce, tomato, cheese, apple syrup, bbq sauce and aioli served with steak fries. Beer Match: Speight's Cider
  • Soup of the Day $11.5
    • Ask your wait staff for our chef's latest creation. Served with toasted ciabatta
  • Goat Curry $20.5
    • Served on steamed rice with a poppadum, cucumber and yoghurt raita and our own "spicy southern kick"
  • The'Roccan Beef Salad $21.0
    • Pan seared beef on a crisp green salad bed made up of tomato, red onion, cucmber, capsicum and mango cheek. Served with Jasmine rice and Moroccan aioli
  • The Flintstone $35.0
    • 350gm of New Zealand, T-Bone steak chargrilled to your liking. Served with home-style fries, tomato and mushroom. Add a sauce of your choice: mushroom sauce, garlic jus or peppercorn jus. Extra sauce $3.00.
  • Pork Terrine (Chilled) $15.5
    • Slow cooked pork, infused with fresh herbs, garlic and chilli which is lightly seasoned and pressed. Served with toasted ciabatta and fruit relish
  • Florence $21.00
    • chicken, mushroom, aioli
  • Entrees $50.00pp
    • Choose one of the following as your entree: Wood-fired pizza bread, garlic butter / Seared scallops, pork belly / Chicken liver brulee, dried figs, toasts / Spinach and ricotta filled pasta with tomato sauce / Flash fried calamari, lemon aioli
  • Gorgonzola dolce, honeycomb, biscuit $12.00
  • Option 2 $27pp
    • Popcorn chicken sliders, slaw / Sundried tomato and mozzarella risotto balls / Prawn lollipops with citrus, chilli dressing / Pizzatta, chicken, onion and satay sauce / Vietnamese duck spring rolls / Salt and pepper calamari with lemon aioli / Pork belly and apple slaw slider
  • Fish of the day, your server knows! $34.00
  • This buffet is served family-style because we, like Italians, believe food is best shared with family and friends.
  • Morccan lamb skewers, Popcorn chicken skewers $50.00
  • Margherita $18.00
    • tomato, mozzarella, basil
  • Butter chicken $11.99 ea
    • Chicken tikka cooked in cream and butter curry
  • Bombay aloo $9.99 ea
    • Potatoes deep fried and cooked in indian spices, this is a dry dish
  • Cheese naan $2.99 ea
    • Naan filled with spiced cheese mince and coated with butter
  • Kadhai chicken $11.99 ea
    • Chicken tikka cooked in capsicum, onion and tomato curry
  • Samosa $1.00 ea
    • Deep fried pastry filled with potatoes, peas, nuts and indian spices
  • Chicken korma $11.99 ea
    • Chicken cooked in almond and cashew nut sauce with cream
  • Vegetarian biryani $9.99 ea
    • Basmati rice cooked with mixed vegetables and flavoured with indian spices and garnished with coriander
  • Palak paneer $10.99 ea
    • Spinach cooked with cottage cheese and exotic spices
  • Crumbed Chicken Taco $9.00
    • lettuce - mayonnaise
  • Free Range Eggs Your Way $12.00
    • - 2 pieces of 5-grain toast - butter - tomato relish (GF/DF possible)
  • Mini Hotcakes $9.00
    • strawberry - maple syrup
  • Morrocan Chicken Salad $21.00
    • - Israeli couscous - apricots - red onion - spinach - almonds - avocado - yoghurt and pomegranate dressing - pistachio crumb
  • Creamy Mushrooms (GF) $4.00
  • Mushrooms $16.50
    • -creamy garlic mushrooms - herb butter - baby spinach - 5-grain toast (GF possible)
  • Build Your Own Salmon Bagel $17.00
    • - poppy seed bagel - cold Malborough salmon - cream cheese -pesto - capers - tomato - pickled red onion - spinach (GF bagel available)
  • Chicken Liver Pate $17.00
    • - daily toast selection - our own fruit jam
  • Fish Burger $ 6.9
  • Chicken on Salad or Rice (Small/Large) $9/$10
  • Chicken Burger $7.9
  • 9 Piece Pack $23
    • 3 Thighs + 6 other piece
  • Lunch Box $7.99
    • 1 Thigh + any other piece + chips
  • Meat Deluxe (L/XL) $9.9/$11.9
    • Lamb, Capsicum, Onion, Mushrooms, Mozzarella
  • Lamb on Chips $8.5
  • Lamb Kebab $8.5
  • Snapper Fillet $5.50
  • Battered Mussel $1.00
  • Steak $2.00
  • 3 fish, 3 crab stick, 2 battered oysters, chips, 4 battered mussels, 2 squid ring, 2 potato fritters
  • Chicken Nuggets $0.80
  • Bacon $5.50
  • Cheese n onion $3.50
  • Fish roll n chips $5.00
  • Ham $3.00
  • Tarakihi $4.00
  • Bacon Burger $4.50
  • Pork & Black Bean Sauce $11.00
  • Steak Mushroom $12.50
  • 6 for $2.00
  • Steak & Veges $12.50
  • Won Ton (6 for $3.60) $0.80
  • GF = Gluten Free / V = Vegetarian
  • -Golden Hashbrown / Breakfast Sausage / Toast
  • Three Egg Omelette $14.00
    • 2 Fillings of your choice, ham, tomato, onion, capsicum, mushrooms with toast & hashbrown
  • Vegetarian Tasting Platter (V) $22.00
    • Vegetables spring rolls, samosas, onion rings, tempura fried veggies with dipping sauce
  • Nachos (GF) $12.00
    • Corn chips with beef bolognese sauce topped with cheese, served with sour cream
  • New Zealand Lipped Mussels Hot Pot $18.00
  • Nacho Chips $10.00
    • With bolognaise & topped with cheese
  • Tiramisu Served $12.00
    • With strawberry & ice cream
  • Pear & Rocket Salad(GF,V) $ 10
    • Pear, candied nuts, rocket & blue cheese
  • Crispy bacon $ 3
  • Big Breakfast $ 20
    • Crispy bacon, free-range eggs your way, herbed beef sausages, house- made rosti, toasted ciabatta, smokey bourbon beans and fried tomato
  • - Substitute haloumi for tofu $ 19
  • Bruschetta (V) $ 15
    • Fresh tomato, feta, fresh basil, toasted pine nuts, reduced balsamic vinegar on ciabatta
  • Portobello mushroom $ 1
  • Tom. sauce
  • -Add bacon $ 19
  • - 6 for $4.00
  • - 6 for $4.20
  • Pork $10.30
  • Hawaiian $3.70
  • Won Ton $0.70
  • Steak $11.00
  • Vegetable (No Meat) $8.50
  • Prawn Twisters $1.30
  • Avocado & Béarnaise Chicken $25.90
    • Chicken breasts with avocado and béarnaise sauce.
  • Cheesy Nachos $10.90
    • Crisp corn chips, melted shredded cheddar cheese, Mexicana tomato salsa, guacamole and sour cream.
  • Lite Cut 200g $29.9
  • 3 Crumbed Calamari Rings $6.90
  • Crispy Crab Cakes $15.90
    • 2 Panko crumbed crab cakes with Hogslaw, wasabi aioli and a wedge of fresh lemon.
  • Apple Crumble Sundae $10.90
    • 3 scoops of vanilla ice cream, stewed apples, caramel sauce, vanilla custard, whipped cream and butternut crumble.
  • Pan-seared Garlic Mushrooms $5.90
  • Pan-seared Salmon $15.90
  • - Roll 22 pcs
  • Small $52
  • Fresh Salmon
  • Jumbo Egg
  • Green Tea
  • Creamed Cheese Avocado
  • Miso Soup
  • Vegetarian Roll
  • Pecan and Almond Granola $13.00
    • Earl grey yogurt, summer fruits and lemon curd
  • Lamb Shoulder $22.00
    • green lentils, sumac yogurt, poached egg and gremolata
  • add slow cooked tomato $4.00
  • avocado $4.00
  • Botannix Omelette $19.00
    • Aoraki salmon, heirloom tomatoes, ricotta and basil
  • Salt and Pepper Squid $19.00
    • crispy squid, fennel and mandarin salad with preserved lemon vinaigrette
  • add chicken $5.00
  • Medley of Mushrooms $18.00
    • garlic and thyme cream mushrooms on brioche with caramelised onions and goats cheese
  • Choc-choc cheesecake, coulis & cream $ 5.00
  • Harira - Middle Eastern lamb & chickpea soup $ 7.00
  • Avocado rolls, coriander dip, baby leaves $ 6.00
  • (GF) Gluten Free (V) Vegetarian
  • Salmon saltimbocca, sage, prosciutto (GF) $ 9.50
    • white wine reduction & salsa
  • Pretzel crusted chicken salad $10.50
    • Roasted veggies, baby spinach & honey cider dressing
  • Yang-yang crispy beef $13.00
    • Witloof, cucumber & papaya
  • Frozen mousse (GF) optional $ 4.50
    • Dark chocolate & Grand Marnier
The Verandah Cafe

The Verandah Cafe

location

Address

Off Ruakiwi Road, Hamilton Lake Domain, Hamilton Lake, Hamilton

phone

Phone

078380692

clock

Opened hours

Monday: 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM, Tuesday: 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM, Wednesday: 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM, Thursday: 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM, Friday: 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM, Saturday: 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM, Sunday: 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM
price range

Price

$10 - $20

type

Type

None

service level

Service

Table Service

cuisine

Cuisine

Cafe Food , Gluten Free , New Zealand , Vegetarian

features

Features

Mastercard ,  Visa ,  Wheelchair accessible ,  Breakfast ,  Waitstaff ,  Takeout ,  Groups ,  American Express ,  Seating ,  Highchairs Available ,  Street Parking ,  Free Off-Street Parking ,  Free Wifi ,  Digital Payments ,  Serves Alcohol ,  Child-friendly ,  Outdoor Seating ,  Full Bar

Location
Off Ruakiwi Road, Hamilton Lake Domain, Hamilton Lake, Hamilton