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Breakfast

Wake your taste-buds with a selection of fruits, cereals, yoghurts, jams and fresh bread,
followed by a full, cooked, English breakfast.

Breakfast is included in your stay and served until late morning.

Breakfast Menu

Breads, toast & jams
Fresh fruits & yoghurts
Selection of fruit juice
A selection of bacon, eggs, mushrooms & tomatoes
Espresso coffee or a selection of teas

Note:

We use only fresh locally sourced ingredients, the selections may change from time to time depending on availability.
If you have and special dietary needs  please let us know when you book, gluten free , vegetarian etc and we will try to accommodate your needs and see you still leave without needing lunch!

Dinner

We have been offering three course silver service Dinners to guests for $125.00 per person since we took over in May 2022.

Unfortunately very few guests have taken up the offer and while everyone that has experienced our dinners say it’s one of the best dinner experiences they have ever had, they have been few and far between.

We spent considerable effort sourcing fresh local ingredients and prepared the meals from scratch, the ingredients have almost doubled in price.

Further we found not many people could eat a full three course dinner, most preferring lighter meals

We thought about increasing the price however even with the doubling of the price its simply not viable to prepare, cook serve and clean up a three course dinner for two people at random times.

There are many great restaurants in the area, in Cambridge and Matamata which is only 15 minutes car ride away, the following are some suggestions below. The most popular with our guests is Alpino’s in Cambridge which is always booked out in advance, they are all busy so please review them and book well in advance.

For special Celebrations for a minimum number of 8 dinners we will still offer the formal silver service dinners at the lodge however everyone will need to eat from the same menu’s and it would need to be booked with plenty of notice. The Lamb Shanks are twice slow cooked so that at least two days to prepare. We will advise the price per person at the time.

Dinner Menu

Dinner Menu A

Entre’
Cheese Souffle with pear and Blue Cheese dressing

Main
Lamb Shank with Mashed Kumara, coconut cream and vanilla.
Served with Broccolini with Garlic and Butter

Dessert
Sticky Date pudding with caramel cream and vanilla ice cream.

Dinner Menu B

Entre’
Spicy Salmon Tartare served on crusty bread

Main
Farm Duck Oven Roasted with Mashed Kumara, coconut cream and vanilla,
 and Orange Sauce
Served with Broccolini with Garlic and Butter

Dessert
Mini Pavlova’s with Passionfruit and Raspberries

Please be very careful when entering or leaving our driveway onto State Highway 1
Please feel free to ring Colin or Jan if you need any directions.
Colin: 021-997-107
Jan: 021-997-105

Local Restaurants & Cafes

Should you wish to dine out, there are a number of local restaurants and cafes to choose from.

We can recommend the following establishments:

Alpino
(The most popular Restaurant in Cambridge, a broad Italian menu, Clients rate this experience).
https://www.alpino.co.nz
P: 07-827-5595

Alpha Street Bar and Restaurant
(Located in a hotel, nice menu and satisfactory food, a little pricey)
https://www.alphast.co.nz/page
P: 07-827-5596

Onyx
European style food, tasty and nice decor)
https://www.onyxcambridge.co.nz/
P: 07-827-7740

Hanoi Boy
(Vietnamese Street Food, tasty, limited menu, they do take-aways from the back door)
https://www.hanoiboy.co.nz/
07 823-4568

Sila Thai
( Good Thai food at reasonable prices)
https://silathairestaurant.co.nz/
07-823-02280

Tuckers Bar & Eatery
(locate in Tirau about 12 km South of the Lodge (turn left out of gate). Very Small with erratic opening hours. Nice but a bit pricy, limited Menu
https://www.tuckerbarandeatery.co.nz/
P: 07-212-0028

Saint Kilda & Cafe’ & Bistro
(locates a few minutes outside Cambridge Town in St Kilda, nice menu, Sunday roast Dinner
https://www.stkildabistro.co.nz/
P:-  07-827-3993

Osteria Restaurant
( More Casual than Alpino with more casual prices, nice food easy parking, recommended).
https://osteria.co.nz/
P:-07-888-5652

Guests’ Comments

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“Thank-you for a lovely lunch at your wonderful lodge, and that lovely view has to be seen to be believed. We all came away saying what a wonderful place you have.”

Busy Bee Garden Group