Hippopotamus Restaurant

Hippopotamus Restaurant .

Relax in the glamorous ambience and savour the French-influenced cuisine by award-winning chef Laurent Loudéac.

Lunch Offer

Choose any two courses plus a glass of regional Wellington wine for $35

Starter

Parkvale mushroom soup with porcini oil

or
Harrington's chorizo and Kapiti Kikorangi blue cheese risotto

Main

Bongusto radiatori pasta with braised beef cheek ragout and Kapiti Pamaro parmesan

or
Seared salmon with wilted spinach and cauliflower purée

Dessert

Carrello del Gelato selection

or
Kiwifruit bavarois with meringue and raspberry coulis

Lunch wine:

Archer McRae Riesling or Pinot Noir

Dinner Offer

Four-course degustation with matched regional Wellington wines for $90

Starter

Ōtaki cauliflower panna cotta with beetroot marinated salmon and Greytown saffron dressing

Main

Yellow Brick Road snapper on lamb sweetbread with Parkvale mushroom and broad bean fricassée; followed by lamb cutlet with braised lentils, gypsy bacon pea purée and port wine jus

Dessert

Whittaker Dark Ghana and caramel mi-cuit with Carrello del Gelato caramel

Dinner wine:

Archer McRae Riesling or Pinot Noir


Please note:
Offer valid 10-26 August
Sample menu only. Bookings are strongly recommended.
Offer not valid in conjunction with any other discount/value add offer.