Thief in Wellington Menu

BAR SNACKS BAR SNACKS
  • Chickpea Fries $9.00
    • with semolina & garlic custard
  • Arancini $10.00
    • filled with blue cheese & caramelised onion
  • Olive Bruschetta $7.00
    • with capers & anchovies
  • Antipasto Plate $23.00
    • an assortment of mortadella, sopressa, capacollo & prosciutto with cheese & fresh bread
  • Beef Arrabbiatta $13.00
    • in a rich tomato & chilli sauce
  • Tortellini of the Day POA
    • changes daily using seasonal ingredients
SHARING PLATES - MEAT SHARING PLATES - MEAT
  • Seared Beef $19.00
    • with caramelised onion gnocchi, horseradish, wilted greens & beetroot reduction
  • Milk Braised Pork Belly $16.00
    • with a parsnip & parmesan puree & red wine reduction
  • Lamb Shoulder Puttanesca $16.00
    • braised in red wine & tomatoes with a crispy caper & anchovy dressing
  • Beef Arrabbiatta $13.00
    • in a rich tomato & chilli sauce
  • Antipasto Plate $23.00
    • an assortment of mortadella, sopressa, capacollo & prosciutto with cheese & fresh bread
SHARING PLATES - FISH SHARING PLATES - FISH
  • Tuna Carpaccio 'Nicoise' $15.00
    • with a tapenade gel, potato & green bean salad, poached quail egg & dried tomato
  • Warehou Crudo $15.00
    • with a pea gel, prosciutto & sage foam
  • Market Fish POA
    • changes daily using seasonal ingredients
SHARING PLATES - GARDEN SHARING PLATES - GARDEN
  • Stuffed Cabbage $12.00
    • filled with white bean, ricotta and spiced pumpkin, served atop a warm pumpkin puree
  • Whipped Goat's Cheese $14.00
    • with picked beetroot & roast almond dressing
  • Smoked Scamorza Tart $14.00
    • with mushrooms, garlic & marjoram
  • Arancini $10.00
    • filled with blue cheese & caramelised onion
  • Olive Bruschetta $7.00
    • with capers & anchovies
  • Chicken Fries $9.00
    • with capers & anchovies
  • Tortellini of the Day POA
    • changes daily using seasonal ingredients
DESSERT DESSERT
  • Two $20.00
  • One $12.00
  • Tiramisu $12.00
    • with Lyttelton Coffee Company coffee & chestnut cream
  • Chocolate Semifreddo $12.00
    • with pear syrup
  • Three $28.00
  • Cheeseboard
    • gorgonzola / asiago / smoked scamorza - served with accompaniments

Nearby Sample Menus

  • A slice of dark chocolate fruit cake & a glass of el candado, pedro ximenez sherry $16
  • A bowl of shoestring fries & aioli $8
  • Soup, sourdough bread & Westgold butter $14
  • ‘Bostock’ chicken, cucumber, white beetroot, broccolini salad & avocado dressing $21
  • “Cloudy Bay” tuatuas, white wine & flat leaf parsley, linguine $22 or $29
  • Pear, flax seed & almond milk Bircher muesli with coconut cream, chia seeds rhubarb & orange $14
  • Porridge $14
    • with elderflower strawberries, blueberries & oat crumble
  • 5 Grain toast $14
    • avocado & tomato
  • Chicken and Prawn Lotus Salad $18.5
    • Chicken, king prawns, lotus root, daikon, capsicum, carrot and herbs
  • Deep-fried Calamari $10.5
    • Served with Vietnamese Ginger sauce
  • Vietnamese Beed Salad $18.5
    • Stir-fried sliced marinated medium rare beef sirloin with fresh apple salad and lime dressing
  • Stir fried Garlic Bok-Choy $5
  • Roasted Duck in Steamed "Bao" Bun $10.5
    • Vietnamese roasted duck wrapped with cucumber, herbs and chef's special sauce
  • Vegetarian Pancake $18.5
    • Stuffed with tofu, bean sprouts, cabbage, carrot and white button mushrooms
  • Crystal Dumpling $10.5
    • Homemade tapioca dumplings stuffed with pork, prawn and mushroom
  • Vietnamese Braised Beef $18.5
    • Slow-cooked beef brisket with rice noodles, kumara, carrot, potato and herbs
  • THE FAT BIRD $23.90
    • 200g beef patty, streaky bacon, black pudding, braised red cabbage, red wine onions, cheddar & one fat Bird special sauce
  • ONE FAT BIRD CHICKEN LIVER & BLACK PEPPER PATE $12.90
    • red wine onions crostini & gherkins
  • AFFOGATO $8.90
    • almond biscotti add something boozy
  • MINI YORKSHIRE PUDDINGS $12.90
    • mash potato roast meat of the day & gravy
  • THE MAC BIRD BURGER $19.90
    • 200g beef patty cos lettuce diced gherkins, cheddar & one fat bird special sauce
  • SAUSAGE & MASH $19.90
    • onion gravy
  • 2X FRIED EGGS $2.90
  • EGGS FLORENTINE $15.90
    • toasted English muffin streaky bacon, hollandaise & basil pesto (add salmon $4.00)
  • Roast cauliflower, garlic & sumac $8.50
  • Seared rare beef salad, ginger & soy $28.00
  • Lemon meringue tart & lemon verbena syrup $14.50
  • Chips, sauce, mayo $7.00
  • Goan raw fish curry $14.50
  • Thai yellow chicken curry, jasmine rice & fried egg $26.00
  • Beef shoulder fillet, chimichurri rojo, quinoa & roast parsnips $28.00
  • Market fish w/ tamarind, coconut rice, mint & cucmber salad $27.00
  • PORK RIBS 9.50
    • SLOW BAKED UNTIL TENDER & SMOTHERED IN OUR OWN JACK DANIELS “FIRE” BBQ SAUCE
  • JALAPENO POPPERS (HOT) 10.50
    • STUFFED W CREAMED CHEESE & BACON THEN CRUMBED & FLASH FRIED
  • VEGETARIAN BURGER 19.50
    • GRILLED BEETROOT PATTY, SALAD GREENS, SERVED W CARAMELISED ONIONS, WHOLE GRAIN AIOLI ON A CIABATTA BUN & BASKET OF BASKET OF FRIES
  • PAUA WONTONS 9.50
    • CHATHAM ISLAND CREAMED PAUA WONTONS & ASIAN STYLE DIPPING SAUCE
  • CHICKEN NIBBLES 7.50
    • SPICY COATED CHICKEN NIBBLES W JIM BEAM DIPPING SAUCE
  • CREAMY SEAFOOD CHOWDER 12.50
    • SERVED IN A FRESH BAKED BUN
  • STEAK, EGGS & CHIPS 25.90
    • SIRLOIN GRILLED TO YOUR LIKING, FRIED EGGS & STEAK FRIES
  • PORK, CHICKEN & PISTACHIO TERRINE 10.50
    • W CRANBERRY JELLY CROSTINI
  • Cheese, pineapple & egg $1.00
  • Frankfurter $2.00
  • Combination $12.00
  • BBQ Pork and vegetables $12.00
  • Egg Burger $7.50
  • 1/2 doz squid rings & chips $7.80
  • Fish fillet dinner $15.00
    • Crumbed fillet, chips, coleslaw, tomato sauce, tartare sauce and lemon
  • Shanghai Style $12.00
  • GREEN EGGS $15+ bacon$18
    • 2 fried eggs, chervil, dill, French tarragon
  • WET RISOTTO $23.00
    • Globe artichoke, roasted garlic lemon, parmesan
  • BLACK QUINOA + RICE BERRY $ 20.50
    • Choc-tail tomatoes, tatsoi, snowpeas, red cabbage, purple carrot, rosemary + cabernet dressing.
  • Red cabbage, almond, yoghurt dressing + herb slaw $12.00
  • Salad leaves $7.50
  • CROQUE MADAME $19.50
    • Ham + gruyere toastie with a fried egg.
  • Smoked Mackeral pate $13.50
  • Seed bread $4.00
  • WHITEBAIT FRITTERS $2.50
  • CHICKEN $12.50
  • CRUMBED FILLET & CHIPS $8.00
    • served with crumbed fillet only
  • STEAK $11.50
  • PORK $10.00
  • PINEAPPLE, EGG, TOMATO $1.00
  • CHEESE $4.20
  • SAUSAGES $2.30
  • ADD curry sauce (V,GF) $10.00
  • Chicken BLT (*) $15.00
    • Free range chicken, honey cured bacon, mesclun, tomato & mayo on Turkish flatbread
  • Veggie (V,*) $17.00
    • With halloumi & chargrilled vegetables
  • Antipasto platter (*) $55.00
    • A selection of classic Mediterranean fare (3 - 5 persons)
  • Chicken Schnitzel $19.00
    • With Swiss cheese, slaw & chipotle sauce
  • Please no variations on meals. Match your meal with a beer using the coloured shields next to items.
  • Spicy Pulled Pork (*) $18.00
    • With Swiss Cheese & slaw
  • Chef’s Salad (V,*) $17.00
  • Shoestring fries, ketchup, mayonnaise. Sweet chilli fries available (V) (GF) (DF) $6.00
  • ●Doughnuts with malted cream (V) $10.00
  • Mushroom and parmesan arancini, flax seed aioli (V) $10.50
  • ● Forest Feast for Two $98.00
    • A decadent three-course indulgence to share and delight in
  • Roast Brussel sprouts, parsnip, creme fraiche, dukkah (V) (GF) $10.50
  • ● Grilled broccolini and smashed avocado on five grain toast (GFO) (V) $12.00
  • V=Vegetarian / GF= Gluten Free / DO= Dairy Free Option / GO or GFO= Gluten Free Option / DF= Dairy Free
  • Venison Wellington, prosciutto, mushroom duxelle, creamed spinach (DO) $35.00
  • Handmade Beef Burger With Smoked Cheese, Bacon, Bbq Sauce & Hand Cut Fries (Cooked Medium) $20
  • Portabello Mushrooms $5
  • Smashed Avocado + Sweet Peas, Beetroot Relish And Toasted Walnuts $14
  • Quinoa + Halloumi Super Salad, Fried Cauliflower, Pumpkin, Baby Kale, Cranberries, Wild Honey + Lime Vinaigrette $20
  • Hollandaise Sauce $2
  • Beef Burger With Smoked Cheese, Bacon, Nnq Sauce, Beetroot Milk Bun & Chips (Medium) $20
  • Falafel And Roasted Mushroom Burger With Whipped Feta, Cos Lettuce, Fresh Herbs And Handcut Fries $20
  • Eggs Montréal With Hot Smoked Marlborough Salmon And Hollandaise Sauce $19
  • Butter "Chicken" Fries
    • Crinkle cut fries with paneer, garlic salt and creamy butter chicken sauce
  • Yoga Pants[v] $13
    • zucchini and tofu patty, roasted beetroot relish, crispy fried shallots, shredded iceberg and aioli [v,*gf*,df*]
  • -fried egg $2
  • -buttermilk onion strings $2
  • Señor Bean[V] $13
    • three bean patty, charred corn salsa, smashed, avocado, shredded iceberg and lime mayo(VG)*(GF)*(DF)*
  • (V)- vegetariana, (VG) -Vegan, (GF)-Gluten Free, (DF)-dairy free. *-on request.
  • Pimp your greens $5
    • and grilled chicken or fish to your salad
  • Not Kale (V)
    • short-cut risoni, asparagus, cherry tomatoes, feta, grapes, salsa verde
  • Ham $4.00
  • Chicken salad croissant $5.20
  • Chicken salad $4.60
  • Ham & egg $4.00
  • Vegetarian $3.70
  • Bacon & egg $4.10
  • Egg $3.60
  • Bacon spicy beef $4.80
  • Apple or Apricot Turnover $2.20
  • Potato Fritters $1.00
  • Prawn Twister $1.20 ea
  • Bacon Burger $5.00
  • Bluff Oysters Seasonal
  • Wontons (Homemade) $0.80
  • Fish Dinner: $11.00
    • Fillet, chips, 2 eggs, salad, lemon & sauce
  • Hamburger $4.00
  • CHICKEN KORMA Small $9.00 Large $14.00
  • PAUA FRITTER $2.00
  • HAM, CHEESE, ONION, PINEAPPLE, ORN, TOMATO $0.50ea
  • LAMB LAVABDAR Small $9.00 Large $14.00
  • MINT CHUTNEY $2.50
  • POTATO FRITTER $0.80
  • MEAT PATTIE $2.00
  • LAMB KORMA Small $9.00 Large $14.00
Thief

Thief

location

Address

19 Edward Street, Te Aro, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand

phone

Phone

43846400

clock

Opened hours

Mon 3 PM to 12 Midnight Tue 3 PM to 12 Midnight Wed 3 PM to 12 Midnight Thu 3 PM to 1 AM Fri 3 PM to 3 AM Sat 3 PM to 3 AM Sun 3 PM to 12 Midnight
price range

Price

$10 - $20

type

Type

None

service level

Service

Table Service

cuisine

Cuisine

Wine Bar

features

Features

Waitstaff ,  Bar Scene ,  Seating ,  Dinner

Location
19 Edward Street, Te Aro, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand
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