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 Seared scallops, salted cucumber, mandarin, shallot, fennel roquette, pickled ginger, mango

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 Zucchini, cherry tomato, toasted pine nuts, mozzarella, herbed cream Cheese, balsamic

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, creamed potato mash,salsa verde, slow roasted cherry tomatoes, red wine jus ($6 surcharge for T-Bone)

Lamb Rack - Herb crusted lamb rack, lamb ballotine, balsamic roast tomato, carrot ribbon, roast garlic, kumara and jus

Duck* - Creole roasted half duck, roasted garlic, shallot, Asian greens, grilledgrapefruit, flame roasted bell pepper, spiced kasundi, lime, tzatziki

Venison* - Maple and juniper scented venison, braised leek, kumara, baby carrot, mushroom, beetroot marmalade, sloe gin and blueberry jus ($6 surcharge for venison)

Pork belly* - Pork belly, squash pearls, Shang-hi cabbage, gingered apple Asian slaw, Grilled pineapple and spiced rum salsa

Salmon Three ways - Ora King Salmon fillet, salmon sashimi, cured salmon, salted cucumber, fennel and ginger salad, pickled grapes, nori, mango vinaigrette, cress

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

Crêpes - Warm crêpes, vanilla bean ice cream, orange and brandy sauce

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

Poached Pear Cardamom and saffron 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