Tuatara Backpackers in Invercargill City Menu

TUATARA MUNCH MENU TUATARA MUNCH MENU
  • Muesli (v) $10.00
    • Toasted muesli served with a fresh fruit and yoghurt
  • English Muffin with Jam $4.00
  • Eggs on Toast (g.f) $8.50
    • Eggs on toast cooked to your liking (poached, scrambled or fried) served on toasted ciabatta bread(add bacon or salmon $4.00)
  • Eggs Benedict (g,f) $17.50
    • Two poached eggs on an English muffin with homemade hollandaise and your choice of salmon, spinach, ham or bacon
  • Tuatara Ultimate Breakfast (GF,v) $19.00
    • Farmer bacon, eggs, roasted tomato, portobello mushroom, sausage, hash browns served on toasted ciabatta bread (half $13.00)
  • Uncle Sam's Pancake Stack (v) $16.00
    • Fluffy goodness drowned in maple syrup with your choice of; bacon & banana, fresh fruit & ice cream, or berries & cream (half $10.50)
  • Corn Fritters (v) $12.00
    • Served with fresh salad goodness and topped with homemade aioli dressing (add salmon $4.00 add bacon $4.00 add portabello mushrooms $3.00)
  • Classic B.L.T (g.f) $16.00
    • Toasted Foccacia bread packed full of bacon, lettuce, tomato & relish
  • Open Steak Sandwich (g.f) $18.00
    • Juicy rib eye steak served with an egg, fresh salad and smoky bbq sauce
  • Chicken Sandwich (g.f) $17.00
    • Toasted focaccia with grilled smoked chicken, fresh salad and brie cheese finished with Tuatara-made aioli dressing
  • Tuatara Wilderness Salad (v) (g.f) $17.00
    • Salads made with generous helpings of leafy salad greens with your choice of; marinated beef, chicken and bacon, or grilled tofu
  • Blue Cod $18.00
    • Straight from the southern waters fresh to your plate. Beer battered blue cod served with salad greens and beer battered fries
  • Cheese & Bacon Wedges $15.00
    • Double helping of seasoned wedges with lashings of melted cheese, crispy bacon pieces, crispy bacon pieces & topped with sour cream and sweet chilli sauce
  • Chefs Special
    • Please check with our friendly staff for today's chefs' special
EXTRAS EXTRAS
  • Bowl of beer battered fries $7.00
  • Wedges $9.00
  • Hash Browns $4.00
  • Roasted Tomatoes $3.00
  • Bowl of Salad Greens $6.50
  • Extra Egg $1.50
  • Jug of Gravy $2.50
  • Aioli $2.50
  • Bacon $4.00
  • Mushrooms $3.00
  • Side of Salad Greens $4.00
  • Extra Cheese $2.00

Nearby Sample Menus

  • Sweet chilli pork salad (GF ) $12.50
    • meat slices covered with a seasoning of sweet chilli sauce, garlic, lemon slices and fresh coriander. Pork
  • Cashew nut stir fry ( V ) * $12.50
    • an abundance of fresh vegetables and cashew nuts – very popular. Chicken, beef, pork or vegetables & tofu
  • Squid, mussel, prawn, fish, organic tofu, cashew nuts, roti, kumara crisps $3.50
  • -Two shanks $22.00
  • Roti & peanut sauce $6.50
  • Panang curry (GF ) ( V ) $12.50
    • a spicy curry cooked with creamy coconut cream, kaffir lime leave and vegetables. A popular curry with a slight lime tang. Chicken, beef, pork or vegetables & tofu
  • Chilli stir fry ( V ) $12.50
    • stir fried fresh seasonal vegetables with our own hot chilli paste sauce. Chicken, beef, pork or vegetables & tofu
  • Lamb shanks in massaman curry (GF )
    • quality lamb shanks slow cooked in a massaman curry paste and coconut cream, with chunky potatoes, pickled onion and peanuts.
  • Burrito Ranchero $24.00
    • Chicken thigh mixed with jalapeños, fresh herbs and sundried tomatoes. Topped with grilled cheese, BBQ sauce, salsa and sour cream. Served with chilli rice and Lone Star coleslaw.
  • Comanche Chicken Salad $26.00
    • Oven-baked chicken breast, cos lettuce, parmesan cheese, garlic croutons and streaky bacon, tossed in Lone Star Caesar-style dressing. Topped with a free range poached egg (anchovies optional).
  • Lone Star Artisan Loaf $10.00
    • A traditional seeded Ciabatta loaf, handcrafted exclusively for Lone Star. Served warm with butter.
  • Buffalo Chips $5.00
  • We’re proud to serve our guests only 100% free range chicken. Medium meals are served with one chicken breast, classic meals with two.
  • Mushrooms $3.00
  • - Also available as a vegetarian option with a lentil, pea and kumara pattie
  • The Wagon Wheel $40.00
    • Redneck Ribs™, Chief's Chicken Nibbles, Chicken Roadrunners and Battered Fish Fillets. Served on a platter with straight-cut chips, coriander aioli and tomato sauce. - serves 3-4
  • Beer-battered Sweet Breads $14.90
    • Lamb sweet breads seasoned with a mild spice rub and then coated with our beer batter and served with a sweet plum and berry dipping sauce.
  • Warm Chicken Salad $22.90
    • Seasoned chicken breast dusted with polenta served on salad greens with sliced avocado, fresh vine tomato, brie, roasted cashews, crispy bacon and finished with a raspberry vinaigrette.
  • 4-Cutlet Rack of Lamb $33.50
    • New Zealand rack of lamb, sliced into cutlets, each coated in herb crumb, oven baked and served on parsnip and swede mash, courgette ribbons and red wine jus.
  • Pork Cutlet $29.50
    • Succulent and tender pork cutlet seasoned and oven baked resting on a red wine jus, gourmet potatoes and a braised cabbage parcel. Topped with our own homemade cider chutney.
  • Vegetable Stack $22.50
    • For the vegetarian, a stuffed capsicum with brown rice, butterbeans, corn and cashew nuts resting on Portobello mushroom and kumara cake topped with wilted spinach and tangy tomato sauce.
  • Duck Two Ways $38.50
    • A confit of duck leg rubbed with a five spice mix, cooked in seasoned duck fat and served on a parmesan style mash, beetroot confit and a seared oven baked duck breast. Served with a medley of seasonal vegetables and a sweet plum jus.
  • Soup of the day $12.90
    • Something special made daily to capture your interest and tempt your adventurous spirit. Served with warm buttered toast.
  • Eton Mess $11.50
    • This English dessert is a scrumptious, indulgent, sticky mess of crunchy meringue, tart berries, zingy lemon and rich sweet cream served over vanilla bean ice cream and garnished with homemade biscotti.
  • Makikihi fries $7.00
  • Large potato skins with aioli $12.00
  • Roast lamb and gravy sliders $15.00
  • Panko onion rings $7.00
  • Slow roasted honey duck served over potato gnocchi with spinach and game jus $28.00
  • Slow roasted pork hock with parsnip puree, salsa verde and apple slaw. $27.00
  • Potato skins with aioli $7.00
  • Crumbed chicken and chips with salad $12.00
  • Breads and Spreads $12
    • Roast garlic whipped butter, with in house spreads.
  • Salad $8.50
  • Egg $1.50
  • -Main $25.00
  • Steak & Tuscan Fried Potatoes (GF) $23.00
    • Grilled steak, bacon, buffalo cheese,tomato, thyme and cardamom onion jam, Tuscan fried potatoes. With a light salad.
  • Bacon $7.00
  • Hot Smoked Salmon (GF) $19.00
    • Infused with Maple, sweet paprika and rosemary. Smoked on site and rested over coconut steamed rice, capsicum and apricot marmalade, and salad and garlic aioli.
  • Popcorn Squid Salad (GF) $20.00
    • Crunchy salt and peppered squid, golden grilled manuka smoked bacon over crisp salad of lettuce & rocket leaves, toasted sesame,cucumber, tomato, mango salsa and aioli.
  • Sweet & Sour Cod $34.90
    • Fillets of blue cod, battered and coated in a sweet and sour sauce, served with steamed vegetables and a bowl of steamed rice.
  • Roast Lamb $29.50
    • Slices of lamb, served on potato mash, roast vegetables and peas topped with homemade gravy.
  • Fried Egg (1) $2.50
  • Chicken Kiev $35.90
    • Chicken breast filled with brie, bacon and apricot served on gourmet potatoes and steamed vegetables. Accompanied with hollandaise sauce with a garlic & white wine sauce and a side salad.
  • The Kiwi Steak $38.90
    • Grilled steak served with battered onion rings, eggs, beer battered fries, salad greens and tomato relish.
  • Chicken Schnitzel “Kiwi Favourite” $34.90
    • Plain crumbed chicken breast, served with salad, steamed vegetables and beer battered fries and a side of gravy.
  • Rolled Pork Loin & Belly $38.50
    • Stuffed with apricots, roasted garlic, and fresh sage, served on potato mash, with apple sauce, red cabbage, salad greens, and steamed vegetables.
  • Fillet Mignon $44.90
    • Grilled fillet steak, stacked with bacon and flat mushrooms on potato mash, topped with mushroom sauce, with vegetables and salad greens.
  • Parma Ham Courgette $5.90
    • Fresh Courgette wrapped in Italian Prosciutto Di Parma Ham & oven baked.
  • Chicken Breast $34.80
    • Chicken Breast coated in Bread Crumbs topped with Tomato, Herb & Garlic Purée, fresh Tomato Slices, Streaky Bacon & Edam Cheese. Served on silky smooth Mashed Potato surrounded by the ultimate refreshing Salad of Chickpeas, Cherry Tomatoes, Cucumber, Red Onion, Fresh Herbs & mixed baby Lettuce Leaves tossed in Olive Oil, Lime Juice & Fresh Herb Vinaigrette.
  • Garlic Bread $10.50
    • Freshly Baked Bread spread with creamy Garlic Butter then toasted under a hot grill. A Southland tradition.
  • Golden Fries or Potato Mash $5.90
    • Makikihi Fries sprinkled with Sea Salt or Buttery Potato Mash, creamy smooth.
  • Seafood Chowder $14.90
    • Thick & delicious with loads of Seafood. Served with warm Bread for dipping. Entrée
  • Ice Cream Sundae $9.90
    • Vanilla Ice Cream with a choice of topping; Caramel, Chocolate, Raspberry or Strawberry.
  • Fiordland Venison $22.90
    • Wild Fiordland Peppered Venison served Rare to Medium-Rare drizzled with Cranberry, Port & Orange Jelly presented on butter wilted Seasonal Greens.
  • Scallops $19.90
    • Large Scallops with their Roe on are flash pan-seared & drizzled with Lemon, Lime & Saffron Butter. Served on Potato Pom-Poms accompanied by a Leafy Green Side Salad. Entrée
  • Sweet Onion N/A
  • Tomato N/A
  • Old English N/A
  • Double Choc Chip N/A
  • Roasted Garlic N/A
  • White Chip Macadamia N/A
  • Thinly Cut Sour Cream & Chives N/A
  • Honey Mustard N/A
  • Rich Chocolate Torte with Berry Compote, Raspberry Sauce, Chocolate Ice Cream and Pistachio Nut Cream GF $13.00
  • Grilled 250g Hereford Beef Ribeye on Lemon Pepper Potato Wedges topped with Battered Onion Rings and your choice of Mushroom or BBQ Bourbon Sauce $35.00
  • Grilled Halloumi on Crisp Polenta Strips Beetroot Puree & Pistachio Crush GF $15.00
  • Basil & Pistachio Crusted Lamb Rumb on Mustard Mash, Baby Carrots, crumbled sweetbreads, Port Jus & Pea Crush $34.00
  • Butter Chicken with Steamed Rice, Naan Bread & Minted Yoghurt $28.00
  • Sweet Chilli Lime Prawns & Scallops, served on Vermicelli Noodles In a Crispy Wonton Cup $18.00
  • Raspberry Brule with Sugared Shortbread Sticks $13.00
  • Southern Blue Cod Served Beer Battered or Pan Fried, Accompanied with a Green Leaf Salad and Fries $32.00
  • First's Famous Seafood Chowder $15.50 / $21.00
    • First's own famous chowder served with warm bread and garlic butter.
  • Warm Salmon Filo Parcels $20.00
    • Smoked Salmon with spring onions and capers finished with cream cheese served with a fresh rocket salad drizzled with lemon and maple dressing
  • Seasoned Wedges $8.50
    • with sweet chilli and sour cream
  • Gourmet Potatoes $5.00
  • Omelette $13.90
    • Three egg omelette, with onions, mushrooms and cheese served with toast.
  • Warm Salmon Filo Parcels $20.00
    • Smoked Salmon with spring onions and capers finished with cream cheese served with a fresh rocket salad drizzled with lemon and maple dressing
  • Bowl of Chips $6.50
  • Summer Vegetable Medley $7.90
  • Risotto (GFA) (V) $20.90
    • Roast Pumpkin, Pinenut and spinach risotto garnished with crunchy parmesan and Basil Crumb.
  • Fish and Chips $26.90
    • Fresh southern fish beer battered served with thick cut fries, a fresh garden salad and homemade tartare sauce.
  • Seafood Chowder R $17.90 / L$21.90
    • Jagz own recipe of succulent seafood in a thick creamy chowder served with warm bread and garlic butte
  • Kumara and Bacon Salad $23.90
    • Grilled bacon with warm roasted kumara tossed through seasonal salad greens, pumpkinseeds and cashew nuts finished off with Jagz homemade aioli
  • Jagz Fried Chicken $26.90
    • Jagz special recipe fried chicken with homemade wedges and summer slaw served sweet chilli sauce and sour cream.
  • Bruschetta $11.90
    • Fresh cherry tomato, chorizo and herb ricotta on toasted sour dough.
  • Chicken Cannelloni $24.90
    • A Jagz speciality - A creamy mixture of chicken, Spanish onion, red pepper and a hint of chilli wrapped in fresh pasta and served with a mixed salad, drizzled with aioli.
  • Sweet Breads $24.90
    • Delectable sweetbreads, lightly battered and deep fried served with thick cut fries, salad, fresh lemon and aioli.
  • Wild Venison $38.90
    • Wild venison Denver leg from the heart of Fiordland, seared and rubbed in Horo pita, served medium rare on a pressed stack of buttery potato and kumara Accompanied by seasonal vegetables and a pomegranate molasses jus
  • Aioli $1.00
  • Rakiura Salmon $24.90
    • Local Rakiura salmon topped with a locally grown hazelnut crust & fresh salsa verde served on a bed of tasty Mediterranean Couscous
  • Prawns 3
  • Monteiths Golden Blue Cod $34.90
    • Monteiths Golden beer-battered blue cod, served with steak fries salad greens and our own tartare sauce
  • Lamb $18.90
    • Rosemary garlic marinated lamb medallions served medium rare with a salad of mesclun, baby beetroot, red onion, cherry tomato & feta. Dressed with a sweet mint vinaigrette
  • Free Range Eggs 2
  • Soup of the Day $13.90
    • Made from the freshest ingredients and served with a fresh baked batard
  • Tataki Beef Californian N/A
  • Prawn Nigiri N/A
  • Salmon and Cream Cheese Californian N/A
  • Vegetarian with Cream Cheese N/A
  • Teriyaki Chicken with Sweet Chilli Sauce N/A
  • Tuna Onigiri N/A
  • Smoked Chicken and Avocado Nigiri N/A
  • Smoked Chicken and Avocado Nigiri N/A
  • Chicken Classic N/A
  • Bacon, Egg and Cheese N/A
  • Natural Swiss N/A
  • Meatball N/A
  • Olives N/A
  • Double Choc Chip N/A
  • Subway Melt N/A
  • Lettuce N/A
  • BABY BACK RIBS OCF $27.00
    • served in cola BBQ sauce with fries & salad
  • Peaches and cream parfait $12.00
  • Chocolate, raspberry, caramel, strawberry, passion fruit sundaes $10.00
  • BLUE COD AND SCALLOPS OCF $25.00
    • served with fries & salad
  • Chicken Nuggets & curly fries
  • Vegetarian Fettuccine
  • CHICKEN SCHNITZEL OCF $27.00
    • served with a choice of mushroom garlic or pepper sauce served with fries & salad
  • Fruit Salad & ice cream $10.00
Tuatara Backpackers

Tuatara Backpackers

location

Address

30-32 Dee Street, Invercargill, Southland, 9810, New Zealand

phone

Phone

+64 3-214 0954

email

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clock

Opened hours

Monday: 7:00AM - 8:00PM Tuesday: 7:00AM - 8:00PM Wednesday: 7:00AM - 8:00PM Thursday: 7:00AM - 8:00PM Friday: 7:00AM - 8:00PM Saturday: 7:00AM - 8:00PM Sunday: 7:00AM - 8:00PM
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service level

Service

Table Service

cuisine

Cuisine

European

features

Features

Breakfast ,  Waitstaff ,  Takeout ,  Lunch ,  Seating

Location
30-32 Dee Street, Invercargill, Southland, 9810, New Zealand
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