Food

Q is committed to ethical trading and all our egg and pork products are free range. Our innovative and organic menu has vegan and gluten-free options so everyone can enjoy the food.

Check out our full menu* here...

Q by day

Good Morning Citizen
Sample our brioche, both sweet and savoury, straight from the oven from 8am. Ever changing made-with-love muffins provide a fresh start to your day.

Desayunos - Breakfast
Our Brazilian and Mexican trained chefs Marcel and Kirk bring you authentic Mexican foods and eclectic healthy smoothies to start your day .
Huevos Mexicanos - Mexican scrambled eggs with tomato and onions served with sour cream, ham and frijoles (beans) with chipotle salsa and a tortilla on the side.
$15.00 / $20.00 with organic Harmony bacon
Huevos Rancheros con salsa verde - Eggs fried on top of corn tortillas smothered in mild salsa verde with frijoles and sour cream
$13.50 / $18.50 with organic harmony bacon
Enchiladas de pollo - Chicken and cheese enchiladas served in a tortilla with a mild salsa verde
$15.00
Gourmet toast - With home-made jam, cream cheese or butter
$6.50

The Artist’s Pot - Fine fare at a fair price, served with peasant breads
$10.00

Hot Pressed Sandwiches - available whenever we’re open
Tramezzino or Turkish style; eat in or take out. On the side, your choice of hot chipotle salsa roja or a mild salsa verde tomatillo (contains chicken stock)
$8.50
Chicken, apricot and brie
Aubergine, spinach, peppers, chutney and tasty cheese
Ham, pineapple and mozzarella
Bacon, feta and tomato

Salads
Rio salad - Mandarin chicken and toasted cashew and rocket salad with a nitro mandarin garnish
$15.00
Das Kraftwerk - German salad of sauerkraut mixed with fresh red cabbage, organic bacon, tomato and mesclun mix with apple sauce, nuts and a blue cheese dressing and nitro blackberry garnish.
$17.00
Waiheke Salad - Kumara, mesclun mix, potato, nuts, seasonal fruits, quinoa, pepitas, baby beetroot and pickled baby ginger. Dressed with a truffle oil sherry vinaigrette and nitro lychee garnish
$13.50

Bacon Butty - Harmony organic bacon served on ciabatta with aioli and side salad
$18.00

Q steak open sandwich - 150 grams of sirloin steak cooked to order served with rosemary gravy and caramelized onion garnish salad to the side.
$20.00

Arabic “Man Lunch” - 220 grams of sirloin steak cooked to order served on hash with a chickpea and red pepper puree, fried tomato and harissa and aubergine compote.
$25.00

Chica Caliente - Charred slices of chicken breast served with a fresh salsa on hash with a caper thyme chicken gravy and garlic wilted spinach. Served with Italian grissini bread sticks.
$19.00

Enchiladas de pollo - Chicken and cheese enchiladas served in a tortilla with a mild salsa verde.
$15.00

Q by Night

By the glass - Exotically presented, internationally flavoured small dishes
Camerones de la Rosa
King prawns in Brazilian breading on a mango puree sprinkled with roasted cashew pieces. Served in a hibiscus salt rimmed glass
$16.50
Salmon Gravlax
Scandinavian style, house cured salmon served on a potato disc with sour cream
$12.50
Pair this with a double nip of frozen Broken Shed Vodka “Lemon Drop”
$20.50
Chicken Peri-Peri Sausage
Served in a red pesto capsicum cream sauce with a parmesan rim and bread on the side
$14.50
Beef and Mushroom Sausage
Served in a rosemary au jus with pepper rim, bread on the side
$14.50
Ceviche
Fish marinated in lemon with a touch of chilli, soaked in creamy coconut milk, Polynesian style
$16.50
Empanadas de Hongos
Argentinean pastries stuffed with mushroom, spinach and feta. Served with tomatillo salsa
$15.00
Empanadas de Carne
Argentinean small pastries stuffed with beef and raisins. Served with chipotle salsa
$15.00

By the pan - Comfort food, served in a cast iron pan with bread on the side
Vegetarian Moussaka
Slow cooked aubergine casserole with ricotta and weeping mozzarella
$15.00
Italian Roast Vegetables
Served in a rich, pomodoro sauce, studded with kalamata olives and served with parmesan. Vegan on request
$13.50
Chicken Pot Pie
Spanish Farmhouse recipe of chicken, peas, potato, green olives, artichoke and sweet capsicum jam on top of a flaky pastry lid
$15.00

By the board - Available whenever we’re open
Cast of cheeses
A selection of New Zealand and European cheeses. Served with apple in honey liqueur, chutney and crostini
$19.00
Cast of meats
A selection of Italian, Spanish and NZ cured meats. Served with chutney and crostini
$22.00
Full cast
A serious selection of both meats and cheeses. Served with apple in honey liqueur, chutney and crostini
$25.00
Out cast
Corn chips served with hummus and a fresh fruit chipotle salsa. Vegan or not, hot or not, cheesy or not
$12.50 vegan
$13.50 hot and cheesy

*PLEASE NOTE: Q's menu and pricing is subject to change and variation.

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