Manta Restaurant

Oysters

All our oysters are freshly shucked to order, served with lemon, eschallot, spring onion, green apple, cracked pepper, white balsamic dressing

• Daily Selection

  Please ask for our daily selection

  • Minimum 6AUD 5.50

• Roasted Sydney Rock Oysters

  smoked tomato, chilli, Worcestershire, jamón, goats milk feta

  • Minimum 3AUD 6.50

Caviar

Brioche, crème fraîche, horseradish

• Trout Roe 'Pyrenees Mountains'

  • 30gAUD 35.00
  • 50gAUD 55.00

• Beluga – 25yr Iranian

  • 10gAUD 130.00
  • 30gAUD 298.00

• 'Black River' Oscetra – Farmed 18yr Uruguay

  • 20gAUD 120.00
  • 30gAUD 180.00

Raw + Cured + Smoked

• Hiramasa Kingfish Carpaccio, (Spencer Gulf, SA)AUD 24.00

  green apple, spring onion, black pepper vinaigrette, sorrel

• Albacore Tuna Tartare, (Mooloolaba, QLD)AUD 24.00

  Calabrian chilli, capers, soy, fried polenta

• Honey Bug Ceviche, (Shark Bay, WA)AUD 21.00

  chilli, garlic, finger lime, toasted sesame

• Scallops, (Abrolhos Island, WA)AUD 24.00

  fennel, wild oregano, pickled green olive

• Pickled Nardin Spanish White AnchoviesAUD 22.00

  smoked tomato, goats cheese, chives, brioche

• Jasmine Tea House Smoked Alpine Salmon, (MT. Cook, NZ)AUD 23.00

  yuzu aioli, baby herbs

Starters + Sharing #1

• Seared Scallops, (Abrolhos Island, WA)AUD 32.00

  foie gras, cauliflower, pickled beetroot, almond, orange

• Fried Southern Calamari, (SA)AUD 28.00

  yuzu aioli, spiced chilli salt, pickled fennel

• Reef Fish, Potato & Truffle CroquettesAUD 21.00

  parmesan, lemon & chive aioli

Starters + Sharing #2

• Hand Picked Blue Swimmer Crab, (Eyre Peninsula, S.A)AUD 34.00

  celeriac, capers, cornichons, preserved lemon aioli, baby gem lettuce

• Tropical Lobster Slider, (QLD)AUD 18.00

  milk bun, spanish onion, iceberg lettuce, chipotle mayo

• Char-Grilled Octopus, (Fremantle, WA)AUD 24.00

  kipfler potato, chilli, wild oregano, toasted focaccia

• Blue Swimmer Crab Lasagne, (Eyre Peninsula, S.A)AUD 34.00

  Moreton Bay bug & crab bisque

• Seafood Risotto, Aquarello Aged Organic Rice (Italy)AUD 34.00

  king prawn, fish, black mussels, crustacean stock, garlic, dried grape tomato, parsley

  • ChilliAUD 49.00

Crustaceans & Live

Sauces - Grape tomato, chilli, basil / Bottarga butter / Lemon, garlic, herb & black pepper

• Whole Split King Prawns, (Ballina, NSW)AUD 55.00

• Rilled Eastern Rock Lobster, (QLD)

  • 100gAUD 35.00

• Steamed Mud Crab, (NT)

  • 100gAUD 18.00

• Alaskan King Crab Claws 'Mid-Section', (Bering Sea, Alaska)

  • 100gAUD 25.00

Fish

Our daily sustainable market fish is line caught by Chris Bolton (@chrisboltonfishing) in the waters surrounding the Great Barrier Reef, QLD

• Sourdough Crumbed King George Whiting (Kangaroo Island, SA)AUD 29.00

  kipfler potatoes, preserved lemon, honey dill mustard dressing

• Pan Fried 'Petuna' Ocean Trout, (TAS)AUD 44.00

  House-made red curry & coconut sauce, roasted parsnips, pearl barley, kaffir lime

• Winter BouillabaisseAUD 55.00

  King prawn, King George Whiting, Abrolhos Island Scallops, southern Calamari, Goolwa Pipis, black Mussels, blue swimmer crab broth, fregola, char grilled home made focaccia

• Miso Glacier 51 Patagonian Toothfish (Heard Island, Southern Ocean)

  shaved savoy cabbage, coriander, palm sugar vinaigrette

  • 100gAUD 36.00

• Oven Roasted 'Cone Bay' Barramundi, (WA)AUD 42.00

  Yarra valley heirloom tomatoes, pickled spanish onion, caper berries, green olive, sourdough

• Baked Seafood PieAUD 45.00

  Pink snapper, king prawn, scallops, kipfler potatoes, green peas, tea smoked Alpine salmon, honey dill mustard, bechamel, puff pastry

• Whole Market Fish (On the Bone)

  Pantelleria capers, lemon, 'Frantoi Cutrera" Sicilian olive oil

  • MP

• 200g Grilled Market Fish (Off the Bone)

  roasted Jerusalem artichokes, sauce vierge

  • MP

Land

Meats cooked on our stone char-grill served with tableside condiments

• 12 Hour Slow Cooked 400g Lamb Shoulder (Riverina, NSW)AUD 49.00

  Jerusalem artichoke purée, preserved lemon & mint yoghurt, pantelleria wild oregano

• 200g Pinnacle Eye Fillet (Free range, Grass Fed, MBS 2+, North West corner, TAS)AUD 52.00

  roasted butternut pumpkin purée, pickled mushrooms, pink peppercorns f

• 300g Greenham Scotch Fillet (Grass Fed, MBS 2+, Smithton, TAS)AUD 56.00

  grilled oxheart tomato, parsley, garlic, 'Frantoi Cutrera' extra virgin olive oil

• 180gr '2gr' Full Blood Wagyu Rib Cap (2GR, Full Blood Wagyu, 600 Days Grain Fed, MBS 9+, NSW)AUD 49.00

  smoked celeriac purée, pickled cipollini onions

• 1kg+ Rib Eye on the Bone (Grass Fed, MSA Approved, Rubis Family Property, Texas, QLD)

  Ideal to share

  • 100gAUD 12.00

Sides

• Broccolini, Chilli, Garlic, Pine Nuts, Our Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Lemon, Ricotta SalataAUD 14.00

• Shaved Savoy Cabbage, Pomegranate, Currants, Pinenuts, Red Cow Parmesan, BalsamicAUD 15.00

• Iceberg, Cucumber, Spanish Onion, Dill, Mint, Marinated Goats Milk Fetta, Rosé VinegarAUD 14.00

• Large Leaf Rocket, Shaved Fennel, Green Apple, 24 Month Parmesan, White BalsamicAUD 14.00

• Sautéed Mushrooms, Piedmont Hazelnuts, Butter, ThymeAUD 15.00

• Hand Cut Chips, Murray River Sea Salt (Sebago, Qld)AUD 12.00

• Manta Hand Cut 'Angel' Chips, Truffle, ParmesanAUD 19.50

Tasting Banquet

$79 per person (min 2 people); supplement your tasting banquet with freshly shucked oysters, live lobster & mud crab. Tasting menu available Monday to Friday

• Organic sourdough & flat bread

  with black pepper, fennel seed, oregano, sea salt. served with Manta's extra virgin olive oil / white bean, paprika, roast garlic & walnut spread

• Raw tasting plate

  Supplement freshly shucked oysters ($4.5 each)

• Fried southern calamari

  black garlic aioli, pickled fennel, chilli salt, mâche (East coast, NSW)

• Green asparagus

  buffalo milk mozzarella, mint, preserved lemon, capers, extra virgin olive oil

• Baked half shell scallop

  Jerusalem artichoke & buttermilk cream, spring pea salad, crackling crumb (Hervey Bay, Qld)

• Char-grilled eye fillet

  grass fed, Cape Grim, Vic

• Split King Prawns

  Ballina, NSW

• Manta hand cut 'angel' chips, truffle, parmesan

• Pavlova

  lemon curd, passion fruit, mango purée, strawberry sorbet

Dessert

add your favourite liqueur

• Amedei chocolate mousseAUD 18.00

  dulce de leche caramel, raspberry sorbet

• Vanilla crème brûléeAUD 18.00

  roasted stone fruit compote

• Cherry bavaroisAUD 18.00

  caramelised white chocolate, pistachio, cherry gel, white chocolate icecream

• PavlovaAUD 18.00

  mango, lemon curd, passion fruit, chantilly cream, strawberry sorbet

• Dessert sharing plate

  • Suitable for 2AUD 39.00

• Little sweet bitesAUD 15.00

• House made icecream and sorbet selection

  • 3 ScoopsAUD 15.00

• AffogatoAUD 12.00

  vanilla bean icecream, espresso, handmade biscotti

Cheese

all cheese served with handmade lavosh, fig paste, fruit and muscatels

• Locheilan farmhouse triple ring

  cow's milk (Victoria)

  • 50gAUD 17.50

• Snow white goat cheddar

  goat's milk (Carr Valley, USA)

  • 50gAUD 17.50

• Saint Agur blue

  cow's milk (France)

  • 50gAUD 17.50

• Cheese tasting plateAUD 28.00