Ambrosia Restaurant - 3 Course Dinner - Rotorua

Just a short stroll from Lake Rotorua lies Ambrosia - A fine dining restaurant serving up an exquisite contemporary global menu.

A superb venue with vibrant and traditional décor, Ambrosia offers customers the option to dine either indoors or outdoors.

Choose a 3 - course dinner from our delicious modern menu below:

Entrée (choose one)

Grilled artisan bread with macadamia nut dukkah and garlic olive oil or with grilled cheese

Chef’s Soup of the Day - (Soup served with toasted roll and whipped butter.

Seared Scallop Grilled scallops, prosciutto, wakame, asian apple slaw, crisp noodle.

Lamb Kofta Spiced lamb kofta, tzatziki, pumpkin puree, beetroot, roquette cheese

Duck Liver Paté - Duck liver pâté, red onion jam, prosciutto, garlic olive oil, crostini, pickled grape

Steam Pot Mussels - Garlic and white wine, cream

Arancini - Saffron and blue cheese risotto, cardamom pear chutney, creamed Mushroom argula

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Mains: (choose one)

Prawn and Calamari * Whole king prawns, peppered calamari, dried mango, banana, coconut, Mint, coriander, roasted capsicum

Caesar Salad Cos lettuce, crisp bacon, garlic croutons, parmesan, poached egg, Anchovies optional

Mediterranean Falafel, olive, feta, dukkah, cherry tomato, cucumber, roquette, tzatziki Yoghurt, roasted red capsicum

Steak and Chips* Prime aged rib eye cooked your way, fries, side salad, red wine jus

Fish and Chips* House made beer batter, today's fresh fish, fries, side salad

Gourmet Beef Burger and Chips 250 gram house made beef burger, bacon, fresh salad, onion jam, Brie, Smoky Bourbon sauce, aioli, fries

Baked Parmesan gnocchi Grilled zucchini, cocktail tomato, parmesan, roasted cashews, mushroom sauce, salsa verde, flamed red capsicum.

Chicken, Mushroom and Bacon Pappardelle

Pappardelle, chicken pieces, mushroom, bacon, velvet cream sauce

Prime Scotch /Eye Fillet/ T-Bone - Aged beef honey cured bacon, braised flat mushroom, Gratin dauphinoise potatoes,salsa verde, slow roasted cherry tomatoes, red wine jus ($6 surcharge for T-Bone)

Lamb Rack - Herb crusted lamb rack, bacon wrapped lamb ballotine, roast red capsicum, baby vegetables, duck fat potato, red wine jus

Duck* - Vietnamese spiced duck breast, smoked pumpkin puree, radish and apple salad, confit duck roll, mandarin, egg noodle

Pork belly* - Pork belly creole spiced, prawn, asian apple slaw, shanghai cabbage, spiced rum and grilled pineapple salsa

Salmon - Pan roasted King Ora Salmon, macadamia dukkah crust, tzatziki, salad of baby root veg, cocktail tomato, toasted fennel, salsa verde, greek feta

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Dessert: (choose one or select a dessert cocktail instead)

Crêpes - Warm crepes, white chocolate meringue, strawberry compote, vanilla bean ice cream, chocolate syrup

Ambrosia* - Mini marshmallow, Greek yoghurt, vanilla infused cream, berry compote, woven sugar basket

Poached Pear red wine poached pear, ginger-nut ice cream, mascarpone, Coconut crumble, puff pastry crisp

Pistachio & Orange Cheese Cake Toasted pistachio, orange, mascarpone, praline, citrus puree, caramelized Biscuit base

Sticky Chocolate Pudding Hot chocolate pudding, double chocolate ice cream, whipped cream, chocolate soil, Cremovo Marsala

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Dessert Cocktails (can be selected instead of a dessert)

Scorched Almond Delightfully decadent, chocolate liqueur, Amaretto, Kahlua, splashed with Double cream

Espresso Martini When a British top model walked into a London bar in 1984 and asked for a Drink that could wake and "beeeep" her up (you know we would never Swear), the famous Espresso Martini was born. Sophisticated, edgy and Unexpectedly Strong

Jaffa Classical combination of chocolate and orange, chocolate liqueur, Cointreau, Chocolate syrup, double cream

Anzac Coconut Cookie Our take on the classic, world famous in New Zealand biscuit, invented during WW1, that we have tweaked into a delicious cocktail. Malibu, golden syrup, Vanilla vodka, coconut cream, chocolate soil

*gluten free