Menu as shown on tanoshi.co.nz, read on 6 November 2026.
Tanoshi Cow Lane's lunch, dinner and drinks menus. Lunch 12pm to 3pm, dinner 5pm to 9:30pm.
Lunch: Don Buri
Lunch menu, 7 days a week. Traditional rice bowls served with miso. Keto your rice bowl: swap your rice for salad, $4.
- katsudon$24
pork cutlet and egg cooked in a sweet and savoury sauce
- salmon don$24
diced fresh ora king salmon with ginger, soy, lemon and sriracha mayo (gluten friendly)
- tori ten don$22
garlic soy marinated chicken tempura
Lunch: Ramen Noodles
- shoyu ramen$25
slow simmered pork belly and soy noodle soup served with an egg and nori sheets. Signature lunch dish
- spicy prawn ramen$25
crispy prawns served on a spicy broth with an egg and nori sheets
- spicy veggie ramen$25
spicy vegtable broth served with mung beans, bamboo shoots fried shallots, nori sheets & an egg
VG - ramen extras
- pork belly$4.50
- crispy prawn$4.50
- shredded chicken$4.50
- egg$3.50
- bamboo shoots$2
- nori sheets$2
- spice up your ramen$2
fresh chilli
Lunch: Bento Boxes
All bento boxes are served with miso.
- tanoshi bento$26
chicken tempura, veggie dumpling, crispy prawn, veggie croquette salad, rice & miso. Signature bento
- tofu bento$24
teriyaki tofu, veggie croquette, green salad, wakame salad and rice (gluten friendly option available)
VGO - keto bento$26
low carb, no rice. beef tataki, tuna sashimi, banbanji (shredded chicken, mung beans, sesame), mixed salad, edamame (gluten friendly option available)
Lunch: Tapas and Teppan
Add rice and miso, $6.
- sashimi mori$26
ora king salmon, tuna, scallop mixed sashimi (extra serving of each $9) (gluten friendly option available)
- gyu tataki$24
seared sirloin served rare with roasted garlic flakes (gluten friendly option available)
- salmon aburi$24
flame seared ora king salmon with buttered citrus soy (gluten friendly option available)
- banbanji$22
shredded chicken with mung beans and sesame dressing (gluten friendly)
- pork gyoza$22
our famous hand-rolled pork dumplings osaka style
- veggie gyoza$20
with tanoshi's gyoza sauce
VG - tonkatsu$22
crispy fried pork with house made miso sauce
- yasai-ten$19
vegetable tempura (baby corn, okra, lotus root)
VG
Lunch: Sides and Salads
- seasonal sarada$14
mixed leaves, edamame, cherry tomato, fried shallots (gluten friendly)
VG - crispy gobo chips$12
served with wasabi mayo and japanese seven spices
V - wakame sarada$9
seaweed salad
VG - edamame$9
green soy beans (gluten friendly)
VG - pirikara kyu-ri$11
chilli cucumber served with miso mayo (gluten friendly option available)
V - otsumami kyabetsu$9
cabbage salad (gluten friendly)
VG - gohan$4
steamed rice (gluten friendly)
VG - misoshiru$3
miso soup (gluten friendly)
Lunch: Extras
Extras $2 each
- pickled ginger$2VG
- wasabi mayo$2
- sriracha mayo$2
(gluten friendly)
VG - japanese mayo$2
Dinner: Japanese Tapas
- salmon aburi$24
flame seared salmon with buttered citrus soy sauce (gluten friendly option available)
- sashimi-mori$26
ora king salmon, tuna, scallop mixed sashimi (extra serving of each $9) (gluten friendly option available)
- gyu tataki$24
seared sirloin served rare with roasted garlic flakes (gluten friendly option available)
- banbanji$22
shredded chicken with mung beans & sesame dressing (gluten friendly)
- tonkatsu$22
crispy fried pork with smoked sauce
- takoyaki$16
4 octopus balls served with salad, okonomiyaki sauce, mayo, spring onion and bonito flakes
- tebasaki$20
pepper fried chicken wings with a sweet sauce (gluten friendly)
- tori ten$20
garlic soy marinated chicken tempura
- yasai-ten$19
vegetable tempura (baby corn, okra, lotus root)
VG
Dinner: Teppan Grill
- pork gyoza$22
our famous hand-rolled pork dumplings
- veggie gyoza$20
veggie dumplings served with tanoshi's gyoza sauce
VG - okonomiyaki (osaka style!)$19
japanese pancake (add: egg, prawns, pork or cheese $3.50)
- ebi-kushiyaki$22
prawn skewers with spicy bean sauce (extra skewer $7) (gluten friendly option available)
- gyu-kushiyaki$24
beef skewers with smokey yakiniku sauce (extra skewer $7.50) (gluten friendly)
- hotate bata-yaki$34
grilled hokkaido scallops with wasabi mayo (gluten friendly option available)
- ebi garlic bata yaki$20
panfried prawns served with garlic butter and wasabi mayo (extra piece $4.50) (gluten friendly option available)
- poteto chiizu$19
grilled potato cheese crepe with a touch of chilli
V - yaki soba$19
stir fried savory pork soba noodles
VGO - atsuage-tofu$19
ginger soy crispy tofu (served with bonito fish flakes unless vgno) (gluten friendly)
VGO
Dinner: Trust the Chef
Full table must dine, minimum two people. Add a sake tasting, $26 per person.
- tanoshi's famous... trust the chef$59
a selection of tanoshi classics and our most popular dishes, per person
- pescatarian$65
per person
- vegetarian$49
per person
Dinner: Sides and Salads
- tanoshi sarada$14
mixed leaves, edamame, cherry tomato, fried shallots (gluten friendly)
VG - edamame$9
green soy beans (gluten friendly)
VG - crispy gobo chips$12
served with wasabi mayo and japanese seven spices
V - pirikara kyu-ri$11
chilli cucumber served with miso mayo (gluten friendly option available)
V - wakame sarada$9
seaweed salad
VG - otsumami kyabetsu$9
cabbage salad (gluten friendly)
VG - gohan$4
steamed rice (gluten friendly)
VG - misoshiru$3
miso soup (gluten friendly)
Dinner: Extras
Extras $2 each
- pickled ginger$2VG
- wasabi mayo$2
- sriracha mayo$2
(gluten friendly)
VG - japanese mayo$2
Tanoshi Taps
- kirin$13
- sapporo$13
- zenraku junmai ginjo sake$16
- fortunate one hazy pale ale$13
tanoshi's own brew by canyon brewery
Osaka Sours
Hand crafted japanese cocktails made with our house-made yuzu syrup and soda.
- sake sour$18
zenraku sake (brewed exclusively for tanoshi by zenkuro)
- cloudy sake sour$18
zenkuro nigori sake
- shochu sour$18
nikaido japanese vodka
- gin sour$18
roku japanese gin
- whiskey sour$22
the chita japanese whiskey
- 0% gin sour$16
lyres, alcohol free gin (for the designated driver...)
Osaka Classics
- japanese umeshu (plum wine)$13
- ginkoubai spicy umeshu (plum wine)$18
- 0% umeshu (plum wine) w/ soda$12
- yuzu shu (citrus liquor on ice)$21
- roku gin & tonic$14
- yamamoto gin & tonic$16
Japanese Whiskey
- nikka all malt$16
Dark chocolate, candied orange peel, sweet spice and a mild peppery backnote
- the chita$18
Sherry, bourbon and wine casks produce a fruity, woody and spicy aroma
- nikka coffey$18
Melon and grapefruit are balanced by crunchy biscuits and fresh vanilla
- nikka from the barrel$21
Winter spice and toffee, a little caramel and vanilla and a good mouthful of fruit
- hakushu distillers reserve$39
Peppermint, pine and pleasant grassy notes. Cucumber and melon round out the nose
- hibiki japanese harmony$39
Honey, orange, a herbaceous touch and a light oak nose
- yamazaki distillers reserve$39
Red fruit with raspberries, strawberries and redcurrants come through
- nikka gold samurai$44
Toffee, vanilla and soft sweet spices with a hint of ginger
- hakushu 12 year old single malt$65
Rich, herbaceous and grassy, with a waft of smoke along the way
- yamazaki 12 year old single malt$75
Winter spice with sweetness. A lovely citrus note developes with tropical fruit and a little rum. Suntory's flagship whiskey.
Wine List: Sparkling
- lindauer brut 200ml
- Bottle$15
- quartz reef
- Bottle$89
- moet and chandon
- Bottle$159
Wine List: Sauvignon Blanc
- peregrine
- Glass$14
- Bottle$65
- amisfield
- Bottle$75
Wine List: Chardonnay
- abel tasman
- Glass$15
- Bottle$69
- moutere hills
- Glass$15
- Bottle$69
- man o war valhalla
- Bottle$119
Wine List: Aromatics
- saddleback rose
- Glass$14
- Bottle$65
- gibbston valley (collection) pinot gris
- Glass$14
- Bottle$65
- valli waitaki riesling
- Glass$16
- Bottle$79
- pegasus bay gewurtz
- Bottle$79
- wooing tree blondie
- Bottle$89
Wine List: Pinot Noir
- peregrine saddleback
- Glass$15
- Bottle$69
- peregrine
- Glass$22
- Bottle$105
- mount edward
- Bottle$110
Wine List: Other Reds
- dark side of the moon shiraz
- Glass$16
- Bottle$75
- pegasus bay cab merlot
- Bottle$85
Beers (Bottles and Cans)
- asahi superdry$12
- tokyo dry$10
- corona$10
- emersons pilsner$14
- panhead supercharger apa$14
- yona yona (japanese pale ale)$15
- epic blue pale ale (low carb)$13
- tussock basher pale ale (2.5%)$13
- emersons little bird ipa (0.5%)$12
- asahi superdry (0%)$12
Local Brews (Cans)
- altitude's powderday pilsner$13
- canyon's cardrona hazy ipa$14
- crimson badger's ginger bear$13
Cider / Other
- macs cloudy apple cider$11
- kirin hyoketsu (japanese alc lemonade)$12
Soft Drinks / Juices
- ramune (japanese lemonade)$7
- calpico or calpico grape$6
- lemmy lemonade$8
- gingerella$8
- still mineral water (500ml)$7
- sparkling mineral water (500ml)$7
- apple or orange juice$6
- coke / coke no sugar / lemonade$6
Japanese Green Tea
- sencha tea$4
per person
Local Sake
Small 140ml, regular 280ml. Local sake from Zenkuro, brewed in Queenstown at NZ's one and only sake brewery.
- zenraku
Tanoshi's own (brewed by Zenkuro) & poured fresh through the tap. A high quality junmai ginjo, unfiltered and pasteurized only once to retain freshness. Available by the glass.
- Glass$16
- Small (140ml)$29
- Regular (280ml)$49
- sleeping giant junmai
Medium dry with full body, balanced umami and gentle stone fruit aromas. Enjoy cold or heated.
- Small (140ml)$29
- Regular (280ml)$49
- nigori (white cloud) sake
Full bodied, dry, cloudy sake with a creamy texture and nutty aroma. Enjoy cold.
- Small (140ml)$29
- Regular (280ml)$49
- plum sake
Soft Junmai Ginjo sake infused with local plums and manuka honey. Crisp, light and fresh. Enjoy cold.
- Small (140ml)$29
- Regular (280ml)$49
- junmai daiginjo
Gold medal winning Super Premium Grade sake. Delicately layered flavours and fruity aromas, harmonised with gentle umami.
- Small (140ml)$38
- Regular (280ml)$69
Japanese Sake: Daiginjo
Using precise and labour intensive methods. Light, elegant, complex and fragrant.
- dassai 45 (yamaguchi)
rice polished to 45% of original grain
- Small (140ml)$36
- Regular (280ml)$65
- dassai 39 (yamaguchi)
rice polished to 39% of original grain
- Small (140ml)$49
- Regular (280ml)$89
Japanese Sake: Ginjo
Polished rice (to at least 60%), and fermented slowly at low temperatures. Light, smooth, and refined.
- kinpaku gold flakes (kyoto)
- Small (140ml)$24
- Regular (280ml)$42
- masumi (nagano)
- Small (140ml)$26
- Regular (280ml)$44
Japanese Sake: Junmai
Brewed with labour-intensive methods, using highly polished rice (to at least 70%), and fermented slowly at low temperatures. Light, smooth, fruity, and refined.
- harushika (nara)
- Small (140ml)$22
- Regular (280ml)$38
- otokoyama (hokkaido)
- Small (140ml)$20
- Regular (280ml)$37
Japanese Sake: Honjozo
Made with rice, water & koji. A very small amount of pure distilled alcohol has been added to help extract flavour and aroma. Light, dry and mildly fragrant (rice polished to at least 70%).
- gokai (kyoto)
- Small (140ml)$20
- Regular (280ml)$37
- kubota senju (niigata)
- Small (140ml)$24
- Regular (280ml)$39
Shochu (45ml)
Traditional japanese vodka.
- kurokirishima (potato)$12
- nikaido (barley)$13
- yokaichi (rice)$14
Shochikubai Mio
- sparkling sake$27
300 ml btl (perfect for sharing)
House Spirits
- house spirits with mixer (30ml)$12
- roku gin and tonic$14
- yamamoto gin and tonic$16
- lyres gin and tonic (0%)$12
Sake Tasting
- sake tasting$29
a selection of our best japanese and locally made sakes, perfectly matched with your tanoshi dishes. Per person
- Please let us know about any dietary requirements. Mixed use kitchen: items may contain, or come into contact with, wheat, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts and dairy products.
- 'Gluten friendly' does not mean that a dish is completely free of gluten, so it may not be suitable for celiacs. Please let us know if you are celiac.