Ilex in Christchurch Menu

SANDWICHES SANDWICHES
  • Th Ruben sous vide beef with gruyere, sauerkraut. whole grain mustard aioli, rye and soft greens $8.00
  • Chicken pretzel roll with garlic aioli, soft greens, cheese and cucumber $9.00
  • Triple smoked ham with cheddar. relish, whole grain dijon noise and lettuce $7.00
  • Quinoa Falafel wrap with hummus. smoked yoghurt, cucumber. Lettuce and tomato salsa $ 9.00
BREAKFAST BREAKFAST
  • Fresh fruit salad with granola $8.00
  • Toasted muesli. yoghurt and poached fruits $8.00
  • Chia seeds $9.00
    • with almond milk, coconut cranberries, granola rhubarb, pecans and almonds
  • Avocado with ricotta, mint, chilli, seeds, pistachio, black bean salsa and poached egg on rye $15.00
  • Cured local bacon $22.00
    • poached eggs. rosti. confit tomatoes, smoked Portobello, hollandaise and soft herbs (V) (GF)
  • Corn fritters with poached eggs avocado, tomato Kasumi, avocado creme. chilli and soft herbs(V)(GF) $19.00
  • Brioche burger $18.00
    • with fried free range egg, bacon, cheese, spinach, tomato and hollandaise served with hash browns and relish
  • Waffles with hazelnut caramel poached pears, berries, cream and toasted hazelnuts $19.00
PASTRY PASTRY
  • Local beef and Kapiti cheddar pie with tomato relish served with salad greens, hazelnuts, currants and radish $9.00
  • Free range chicken and almond pie $9.00
    • with tomato relish served with salad greens, hazelnuts. currants and radish
SMALL PLATES SMALL PLATES
  • French fries with garlic aioli(V)(GF) $7.00
  • Salad greens. hazelnuts, currants and radish side salad(V)(GF) $6.00
  • Seasonal soup of the day served with ciabatta $9.50
  • Green pea, feta and mint croquettes with roast hazelnuts, dehydrated olive, soft herbs and parmesan aioli(V) $11.00
  • Puhoi Old Barn Brie with lavish, dried pear. pickled red onion and olives(V) $14.00
  • Kids pack $9.00
    • with mini ham and cheese roll, biscuit dried fruit and juice
  • Kids ‘fish and chips’ with sustainable snapper, fries, salad and Watties sauce $9.00
MAINS MAINS
  • Hot smoked Akaroa salmon $22.00
    • with house pickled beets, horseradish crème Fraiche, avocado, chives. Croute and soft herbs
  • Sous vide local chicken breast $21.00
    • with harissa, Pearl cous cous salsa, lemon, pancetta and pickled red onion(GF)
  • Grilled Canterbury steak sandwich $19.00
    • with streaky bacon, onion, jam, chimichurri, soft leafs, French fries and aioli
CABINET SELECTION CABINET SELECTION
  • Please see counter staff to make your selection

Nearby Sample Menus

  • SPICY SQUID & PORK $15.00
    • pan broiled squid and pork belly seasoned with red paper
  • SUNDAE SOUP $15.00
    • hot sundae soup with mixed pork meats in hot pot
  • DUCK JUMULUCK $45.00
    • duck strips cooked with fresh vegetables in spicy sauce
  • SPICY CRAB SPICY SAUCE $45.00
    • steamed crap smothered with vegetables in spicy sauce
  • STEAMED BEEF RIB $17.00
    • soup consisting of beef rib and vegetables in hot pot
  • SPICY FISH SOUP $15.00
    • hot blend soup consisting of cod fish with vegetables
  • BEEF CHOWDER $45.00
    • korean style beef chowder with soy sauce
  • SPICY PORK WITH SQUID $45.00
    • sauted squid and pork with hot paper sauce
  • Battered Market Fish $16.00
    • shredded iceberg, charred pepper, coriander + lime aioli
  • Prawn Wontons $16.00
    • with kewpie & chilli jam.
  • Pork Belly $16.00
    • with sake, sweet soy, and a sesame glaze
  • Lamb & Leek Cigars $18.00
    • with coriander & yoghurt dressing
  • Flat Breads $16.00
    • w dips, olives
  • Handcut Chips $10.00
    • with sour cream, tomato salsa
  • Smoked Chicken $19.00
    • avocado / pesto / tomatoes / mozzarella
  • Slow Roasted Lamb Salad $18.00
    • tomato, red onion, kalamata olives, seasonal leaves, feta, crispy tortilla, coriander & yoghurt dressing
  • Warm beef salad $16.00
    • sliced soy marinated beef on a tomato and cucumber salad with a mint and sesame dressing
  • West coast whitebait pan seared omelette served with salad and fries $23.00
  • Seafood chowder $10.00
    • A selection of seafood, bound in a rich creamy soup
  • Steak sandwich $12.00
    • 150g ribeye on focaccia with lettuce, onions, cheese, tomato and egg to top it off
  • Seafood chowder $10.00
    • A selection of seafood bound in a creamy soup
  • Caesar salad $16.00
    • Traditional caesar salad tossed with bacon, croutons, anchovies, parmesan and the Taverns own dressing, topped with an egg
  • Creme brulee $12.00
    • Your wait staff will advise you of today's flavour
  • Hokey pokey and chocolate cheesecake $12.00
    • Served with hokey pokey ice cream
  • Cheesy pizza bread $9.00
    • Pizza base loaded with mozzarella & feta cheese and topped with fresh herbs
  • Wedges $8.00
  • Butcher's block $POA
    • Direct from the butchers to your plate, check our specials board for todays carnivorous creation
  • Grilled chicken breast $4.00
  • -Add beef patty $3.00
  • Lamb shanks $23.00(1) / $29.50(2)
    • Slow cooked in a rich full bodied gravy, served with caramelized balsamic onion, mash & seasonal vegetables
  • Chicken madeira $23.50
    • Crumbed chicken breast topped with ham and tomato & mozzarella sauce, served with green salad & fries
  • Extra pizza toppings $5.00 each
    • Prawns / gluten free bases are also available on request
  • Blue/Brie Cheese $3
  • Manburger $22.90
    • Our biggest burger ever! Beef pattie, venison pattie, crumbed chicken breast, lamb pattie, streaky bacon, cheese, relish & aioli.
  • Big Bird $14.90
    • This one used to be made from Moa which was a big bird, but we ran out of them a few years back, so its been replaced with good Grilled Chicken Breast, Salad, Bacon, Brie Cheese with Aioli and your choice of Apricot or Cranberry sauce.
  • Hashies $5.5
  • Manburger $22.90
    • Our biggest burger ever! Beef pattie, venison pattie, crumbed chicken breast, lamb pattie, streaky bacon, cheese, relish & aioli.
  • Bacon $2.5
  • Mushroom or Egg $1.5
  • Aioli, Chilli Mayo, Sweet Chilli, Sour Cream $1
  • Large Hot Dog / Spring Rolls / Curry Rolls $2.90
  • Pineapple $4.50
  • Small Hot Dog / Jam Wrap / Plain Donut $2.40
  • Chocolate Donut / Meat Pattie / Chop Suey Pattie $2.40
  • Double Meat $4.50
  • Chicken Cordon-Bleu Pattie $3.50
  • Any 2 Filling $5.00
  • Mushroom $4.50
  • Home-Made Pasta $19.0
  • Kahlúa Iced Soufflé $16.0
    • stewed rambutan glaze & almond stock
  • Selection of two cheeses (100gm) $21.0
  • Mid Canterbury Angus Beef Sirloin $38.0
    • LUNCH - SIDES
  • Single serve cheese (50gm) $14.0
  • Chicken Parmigiana A La Moda $23.0
    • premium angus beef, manuka smoked dry cured bacon, cheddar cheese, free range egg, chip potatoes
  • Hotstuff hot chocolate, kids fluffy (hot milk & froth with chocolate dusting) N/A
  • 50 Sweet Set $12.0
    • LUNCH - CHEESE
  • Ploughman’s Platter $14.50
    • Pickles, Ham, Brie, Grapes, Warmed bread and Paris butter
  • Hash browns $4.00
  • LB 'Phat' Chips $7.00
  • Add Smoked Salmon $6.00
  • Check out our Cabinet for today’s Bakes $4.50
    • Slice
  • Eggs $4.00
  • Cookies ‘n’ Cream Hot Chocolate $6.50
    • Finished with whip cream and Oreo’s
  • Caesar Salad $18.50
    • Cos lettuce, parmesan, bacon and focaccia croutes tossed in Caesar dressing finished with poached egg
  • -Combo with 3 zucchini, chips & salad $9.00
  • -Small $7
  • -Combo $12.00
  • Baked Potato
    • Choice of Chicken, Lamb or Meat
  • -Mix $14.50
  • Kebab Combo Meals
    • Kebab with chips & can of drinks
  • - Medium $9
  • -pide $7.00
  • - Ham, Cheese & Tomato
  • - Ham, Cheese & Onion
  • Basket of Wedges $8.00
    • Served with sour cream
  • Snack Basket $8.00
    • Chicken Nuggets, Fish & Mini Hotdog, served with chips & tomato sauce
  • Vegetarian Snack $8.00
    • Spring rolls, Samosas, Onion Rings, served with chips & sweet chilli sauce
  • - Ham & Cheese
  • Sausage Rolls $3.50
  • Pies $4.00
    • Steak, Mince & Cheese
  • Supreme Burger Meal $12.90
  • -Fillet Burger
  • -Regular Chips
  • -2 Pieces of Chicken
  • Extra Piece Small $2.80
  • Supreme Burger Meal $12.90
  • -4 Regular Drinks
  • Chicken Nuggets 12 Piece $7.90
  • LARGE $9.50
  • QUARTER CHICKEN $4.80
  • SMALL $6.50
  • BBQ CHICKEN $6.80
  • 1/4 CHICKEN $9.30
  • PLAIN BURGER (BEEF /CHICKEN) $3.00
    • additionals egg, cheese, bacon, pineapple, hashbrown ($0.80 each)
  • 1 CHICKEN + 2x FRIES $19.50
  • 1/4 CHICKEN + FRIES $7.30
  • Donald trump $29.00/ $17.00
    • Italian fennel sausage, mushrooms, red onion, mozzarella cheese and pizza sauce ( 20" JUMBO/ 14" LARGE)
  • Bacon & cheese $4.30
  • Strawberry & chocolate $5.40
  • Ham $7.20
  • Bacon $7.20
  • Garlic bagel bites $3.50
    • Bagel pieces with garlic butter
  • Guacamole $5.40
  • Roast beef $7.20
  • Onion rings & aioli $5.50
  • Spirited Swine $18.00
    • Deliverance Burger with a Bourbon & Coke
  • Shagged Stag $13.50
    • venison pattie, plum chutney, lettuce, beetroot, mustard mayo.
  • Woolly Sahara Sand Hopper $13.50
    • Moroccan spiced sheep pattie, date chutney, char-grilled capsicum, lemon yoghurt, lettuce. >>
  • Billy Beef & Béarnaise $13.50
    • beef pattie, Béarnaise sauce, battered onion rings, mustard mix, roquette & lettuce.
  • Extra pattie, chicken, fish or falafel. $4.50
  • Wine & Dine Combined $18.00
    • Any 1 of our fresh phat burgers (excluding Super Bugger Burger) with a classy glass of vino - red or white (House wine only)
  • Crumbed & fried camembert $3.00
  • Fish $ Chips $16
    • Beer battered fish served with chips and tartar sauce
  • Big Breakfast $16
    • Eggs, bacon, hash brown, mushrooms, tomato, sausage, toasted bread
  • Moroccan Chicken Salad $12
    • Moroccan chicken, fresh salad, minted yoghurt dressing
  • Lamb Salad $16
    • Lamb, roast veg, salad leaves, tomato, asparagus, feta, cucumber, minted yoghurt dressing
  • Poached eggs $12
    • Poached eggs, asparagus, toasted bread, basil pesto sauce
  • Roast Vegetable Salad $12
    • Roasted vegetables, salad leaves, honey mustard dressing
  • Baked Ham Panini $12
    • Ham of the bone, cranberry sauce, brie cheese, side of chips
  • Open BLT Sandwich $12
    • Bacon, lettuce, tomato, aioli, side of chips
Ilex

Ilex

location

Address

5/887 New North Road, Christchurch Central, Christchurch, Canterbury, 8013, New Zealand

phone

Phone

039415556

clock

Opened hours

Monday: 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM, Tuesday: 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM, Wednesday: 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM, Thursday: 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM, Friday: 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM, Saturday: 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM, Sunday: 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM
price range

Price

$20 - $30

type

Type

None

service level

Service

Table Service

cuisine

Cuisine

Cafe Food , European , Gluten Free , New Zealand , Vegetarian

features

Features

Takeaway ,  Wheelchair accessible ,  Reservations ,  Breakfast ,  Waitstaff ,  Takeout ,  Wine and Beer ,  Cash ,  Groups ,  Lunch ,  Seating ,  View ,  Highchairs Available ,  Street Parking ,  Cards accepted ,  Serves Alcohol ,  Child-friendly ,  Outdoor Seating

Location
5/887 New North Road, Christchurch Central, Christchurch, Canterbury, 8013, New Zealand