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Mokoia Restaurant is the dedicated dining room at Wai Ora Lakeside Spa Resort, looking across the water from Holdens Bay. It has a defined restaurant identity rather than functioning only as room service, with public reservations welcomed for breakfast and dinner from Tuesday through Sunday. The lakefront setting gives an evening meal a sense of escape from central Rotorua, while the adjoining resort makes it practical for celebrations, conferences and private gatherings.

The current menu begins with an unusually broad collection of small plates. Buttermilk chicken sits beside salmon and cream-cheese croquettes, and pan-fried dumplings can be filled with pork and prawn, chicken or vegetables. Bruschetta and Thai spring rolls provide contrasting sharing options, while Tom Yum and seafood chowder cover the soup course. Caesar, feta and Thai beef salads allow diners to start more lightly or build a meal around greens.

Main courses move freely between casual favourites and grill dishes. Tom Yum prawn spaghetti folds Thai herbs, chilli and Parmesan through pasta, while carbonara takes the creamier route. A beef burger and fish and chips suit a straightforward resort dinner; lamb ribs, sirloin, rib eye, chicken breast and salmon steak provide the larger plates. Grilled vegetables and mashed potato recur across the grill, with different sauces distinguishing each protein.

Thai curries and stir-fries form a separate path through the menu. Cashew and sweet-and-sour combinations, Pad Thai, yellow curry and green curry are available with a choice of vegetables, chicken, pork, beef, prawns or mixed seafood. Mango sticky rice gives that part of the menu a natural finish, alongside cheesecake, chocolate cake and ice cream. Gluten-free and vegetarian choices are identified, and a children's menu, bar snacks and function catering make the restaurant useful beyond a formal dinner.

Address: Wai Ora Lakeside Spa Resort, 77 Robinson Avenue, Holdens Bay, Rotorua 3010, New Zealand

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Mokoia Restaurant Menu

Entrée

Buttermilk Chicken
$20

Buttermilk fried chicken with salad greens and alioli

Bruschetta
$18

5 pieces of French bread with olive oil, garlic, tomato, balsamic vinegar and basil

Thai Spring Rolls
$18

5 Thai spring rolls filled with cabbage, carrots, celery, and onions served with Thai-style sweet chilli sauce

Dumplings
Pork and prawn $20 / Chicken $19 / Vegan $18

Pan-fried dumplings with soy sauce

Salmon & Cream Cheese Croquettes
$23

Mashed potatoes, salmon and cream cheese coated in a French-style breadcrumb, served with tartar sauce

Garlic bread
$18

5 baguette pieces with garlic butter and parsley

Salad

Caesar Salad
$26

Cos lettuce, chicken, and parmesan, coated in a Caesar dressing, served with garlic bread (GF)

Feta Salad
$24

Feta cheese, tomato, onion, capsicum, and shallot with an Italian dressing

Thai beef Salad
$26

Grilled beef, onion, carrot, tomato, spring onion, celery, and coriander served with a thai dressing. (GF)

Soup

Tom Yum Soup
Entrée: Chicken $12.50 / Entrée: Prawn / Seafood $15.50 / Main: Chicken $28 / Main: Prawn / Seafood $32

Thai hot soup with Thai herbs, red onion, mushroom, tomato, spring onion, and lemon

Seafood Chowder
Entrée $16 / Main $32

Mixed seafood in a creamy soup, drizzled with olive oil and served with garlic bread

Mains

Beef Burger
$30

A beef patty topped with cheddar cheese, onion, tomato, salad greens, pickles, cucumber, and mayonnaise in a soft bun served with chips

Fish and Chips
$31

Crispy fried fish served with chips, salad, wedge of lemon and tatar sauce

Pasta

Tom Yum Prawns
$30

Spaghetti with grilled prawns, Thai herbs, onion, mushroom, tomato, spring onion, parmesan and chilli paste served with Thai style garlic bread

Carbonara
$29

Fettuccine with bacon, egg yolk, parmesan, mushrooms, and onions in a white wine cream sauce served with garlic bread

Steak and Grills

Sirloin Beef
$46

Served with grilled tomato, mushroom, zucchini, onion, capsicum, mashed potato and mushroom sauce

Rib Eye Beef
$46

Served with grilled tomato, mushroom, zucchini, onion, capsicum, mashed potato and onion sauce

Lamb Ribs
$45

Served in breadcrumbs with grilled tomato, mushroom, zucchini, onion, capsicum, mashed potato and red wine sauce

Chicken Breast
$39

Served with grilled tomato, mushroom, zucchini, onion, capsicum, mashed potato and lime honey sauce

Salmon Steak
$45

Served with grilled tomato, mushroom, zucchini, onion, capsicum, mashed potato and tarragon white wine cream sauce

Thai Dishes

Choice of stir-fry or curry. Chicken, Pork or Vegetables $31; Beef, Prawns of Seafood $36.

Stir-Fried Cashew Nuts

Mushrooms, onion, capsicum, celery, carrots, spring onion, broccoli, cauliflower, zucchini, and chili paste, served with rice

Stir-Fried Sweet and Sour

Onion, pineapple, tomato, spring onion, carrots, celery, cauliflower, broccoli, zucchini and capsicum, served with rice

Pad Thai Noodles

Thai rice noodles with egg, bean sprouts, spring onions, crushed peauts and Pad Thai sauce

Yellow Curry

Potatoes, carrots, and onions in a yellow curry coconut cream and served with rice (GF)

Green Curry

Broccoli, cauliflower, carrot, capsicum, beans in a green curry coconut cream and served with rice (GF)

Desserts

Mango Sticky Rice
$23

Mango, vanilla ice cream, and sticky rice topped with coconut milk (GF)

Cheesecake
$21

Cheesecake with berry compote and whipped cream

Chocolate Cake
$21

Served with your choice of vanilla, chocolate or strawberry ice cream

Ice Cream Sundae
$19

A choice of vanilla, chocolate or strawberry ice cream

Children's Menu

Chicken Bites
$12.50

Chicken bites served with chips and tomato sauce

Chicken Nuggets
$12.50

Chicken nuggets served with chips and tomato sauce

Fish and Chips
$14.50

Fish and chips served with tomato sauce

Chips
$10

Chips served with tomato sauce

Egg Fried Rice
$12

Thai style fried rice with egg

Pad Thai Chicken Noodles
$12.50

Rice noodles with chicken, egg, bean sprouts, and spring onions topped with crushed peanuts

Breakfast

Eggs on toast
$16

Your choice of poached (with hollandaise sauce), fried, or scrambled with 2 ciabatta

French Toast
$20

Ciabatta with banana, berry compote, whipped cream and maple syrup

Eggs benedict
$21 / Add: Mushrooms $26 / Add: Bacon $25 / Add: Pork Belly $26 / Add: Smoked Salmon $27

English muffin, spinach, poached eggs, potato rosti and hollandaise sauce

Veggie Stack
$20

Mushrooms, red onion, spinach, red capsicum, poached egg, two potato rostis and hollandaise sauce

Big Breakfast
$29

Two eggs, bacon, sausage, potato hash brown, mushrooms, tomoato relish and ciabatta

Breakfast Sides

Bacon
$6
Ciabatta
$3
Eggs
$4
Potato Rosti
$5
Mushrooms
$6
Smoked Salmon
$5
Fries
$11

Bar Snacks

Onion Rings
$10

Served with tomato sauce.

Bowl of Fries
$10

Served with tomato sauce.

Fish Bites
$10

Served with lemon aioli.

Buttermilk Chicken
$18

Served with lemon aioli.

Calamari
$15

Deep-fried squid served with tartare.

Prawn
$15

Deep-fried prawn served with tartare.

Wedges
$15

Served with sour cream & sweet thai chili.

Breakfast Drinks

Latte
$6
Flat White
$6
Espresso
$6
Cappuchino
$6

White Wine

Mt Difficulty (Central Otago)
Bottle $60 / Glass $16

Lime and quince notes intermingled with dried hay.

Squawking Magpie (Marlborough)
Bottle $50 / Glass $16

A powerful, mouthfilling wine with fresh acidity, ripe lemon and lime flavours.

Tohu Whenua (Marlborough)
Bottle $50 / Glass $14

Punchy aromatics, herbaceous, uniquely Awatere

Tohu Whenua (Gisborne)
Bottle $50 / Glass $14

Aromas of stonefruit and creamy butterscotch with plenty of juicy citrus fruit ond peach

Red Wine

Rabbit Ranch (Central Otago)
Bottle $60 / Glass $16

Very soft fruit, low tannin style, a wine to be savoured that support the palette

Squealing Pig (Marlborough)
Bottle $50 / Glass $16

A delicious palette of ripe grapes, maraschino cherry, blackcurrant and freshly picked strawberries.

The Ned (Marlborough)
Bottle $60 / Glass $16

A vivid bouquet of ripe berry fruits that deepens with the presence complex oak spice and toasty notes

Brookfields (Hawke's Bay)
Bottle $60 / Glass $15

Polished, aromatic with spice-edge plum and berry notes

Beers

Heineken
$9
Corona
$9
Asahi
$9
Amstel Light
$9

Spirits

Grey Goose
$16
Absolut Vodka
$14
Smirnoff
$14
Haku
$15

Cocktails

Pretty in Pink
$15

Pink gin, strawberries, marshmallows

Pina Colada
$15

White rum, pineapple

Mojito
$15

White rum, pineapple

Lake Rotorua
$15

Liquors

Baileys
$15
Kahlua
$15
Malibu
$15

Non-Alcoholic

Heineken Zero
$6
Coke (Diet, Zero, Classic)
$5
L&P
$5

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