Bench Cafe in Christchurch Menu

Bench Cafe in Christchurch has no menu available, but can choose from many other options such as Breads and Dips or Makikihi Fries from South Bar & Cafe. Hells Pizza offers many options including The Kraken and Lust. MacKenzies Hotel and Backpackers includes a wide range like HOT CHIPS or WEDGES. Chips and Wedges from . Chamois Bar & Grill offers Typhoon Thai Takeaways and Poh Pia (Spring Roll) - 7 pieces.

Nearby Sample Menus

  • Italiano $8.90
    • Spicy pepperoni, cabanossi, mushroom, capsicum, olives and melting mozzarella with garlic & oregano seasoning
  • Trio of cheese $8.50
    • Melting mozzarella & swiss cheese with a parmesan sprinkle
  • Hash bites $3.50
  • Meat lovers $9.00
    • Spicy pepperoni, beef, ham, cabanossi, bacon & melting mozzarella
  • Lemon pepper chicken $10.50
    • Succulent chicken, onion, fresh tomato, melting mozzarella & lemon pepper
  • BBQ Hawaiian $8.50
    • Tasty ham, bacon, pineapple, onion & mozzarella with a tangy BBQ swirl
  • Beef and onion $5.00
    • Beef & onion topped with mozzarella
  • Choose from: Hash bites/ Large fries/ Garlic bread/ Onion rings/ Soft drinks 1.5L $6.00
  • Seaweed, pork pieces and egg drop soup (Small/Medium/Large) $6.00/$18.00/$25.00
  • Sliced beef ribs sauteed with ginger and onions $20.00
  • Spicy chicken gizzards $4.00
  • Sichuan style fried tofu, spicy $18.00
  • Beef with black bean sauce $18.00
  • Chicken fillets served with ginger infused sweet and sour sauce $20.00
  • Salt and pepper chicken fillets $20.00
  • Pork steaks with garlic sauce $20.00
  • Honey Lemon Chicken $22.00
    • Crispy chicken pieces stir fried with a tangy lemon sauce and sweet honey sauce. Served with thin slices of crispy kumara, fresh salad and a bowl of jasmine rice.
  • Prawn $22.00
  • Entree, Chicken or Vegetables & Tofu $12.00
  • Black Pepper Hot Plate
    • Fried potatoes and fresh vegetables stir fried with cracked black pepper and garlic sauce.
  • Chilli Stir Fry
    • Stir fried fresh seasonal vegetables with our own HOT chilli paste sauce.
  • Main, Seafood $20.50
  • Prawn $23.00
  • Coconut Cream Soup
    • Spicy yet smooth and tantalising to the taste buds - similar to Tom Yum but with added coconut cream, distinct flavours of lime and coriander.
  • Giant (biggest) $7.00
  • Beef fried rice / Beef fried noodles $10.50
  • Vegetarian egg foo young / Mixed vegetables $9.50
  • Fish Bite $5.90dozen
  • Plain $3.50
  • Curry roll / Spring roll $2.60
  • Combination fried rice / Combination fried noodles / Combination chow mein(gravy) $12.00
  • Beef tomato on fried rice $13.00
  • Soft shell crab in garlic chili sauce $19.50
  • Oyako(chicken & egg) don $16
    • Comes with miso soup .
  • Chicken platter large $50
    • Karaage, spicy, sweet and sour wings .
  • Yakisoba(fried noodle) seafood $20
  • Prawn $5
  • Wakame salad $6.80
    • Marinated seaweed .
  • Tonkotsu ramen $13
    • Japanese noodle with pork bone based soup .
  • Grilled whole squid(2p) $18
    • Spicy or teriyaki sauce
  • Grilled herb & cheese bread $7
  • Red-wine braised canterbury lamb shanks (GF) $25
    • On creamy mash, with roast vegetables.
  • Billy bush surf & turf (GF) $35
    • Ribeye steak grilled to your liking,
topped with a garlic scallop, mussel and prawn
  • - or double serve available for $30
  • Flamed garlic and peri peri prawns (GF) $16
  • Beef wellington $25
    • With red wine jus, creamy mash, 
sautéed spinach and roasted carrots.
  • Each choice includes an Ice-Cream Sundae for dessert
  • Traditional shrimp cocktail $13
  • Broccoli stir-fried garlic $13.00
  • Fish with special sweet sauce blue cod $30.00
  • Chicken with cashew nuts $16.00
  • Crab with chili sauce spicy $20.00
  • Baby octopus with chili sauce (spicy) $15.00
  • Beef fried rice $10.00
  • Squid with Ginger and spring onion $15.00
  • King prawn with lemon sauce $25.00
  • Quarter $6.00
  • -Roast potato $0.7 each
  • -Sandwiches $6.90
  • 1 Lamb Shank $13.50
  • -Rolls $7.90
  • served with potatoes, pumpkin, kumara, mixed vegetables and gravy
  • -Small $10.50
  • Combo 3 $12.50
    • Roast Roll, 3 roast potatoes, 420ml coke
  • Pumpkin, Pear & Blue Cheese Salad $18.00
    • a heartwarming combination of a roasted winter salad of pumpkin, locally sourced pears, red onion & Whitestone blue cheese, topped with Tai Tapu grown hazelnuts & finished with a roasted red pepper vinaigrette
  • MUSHROOM CREPES $19.50
    • Three warm crepes filled with our creamy mushrooms in a white wine sauce, topped with roasted mushrooms, breadcrumbs and a parmesan crisp, finished with melted garlic butter (GF)
  • Tai Tapu Thai Pie $17.00
    • a delicious creamy red curry of lemongrass, ginger, coriander & winter vegetables. Finished with a crispy crumble & served with a refreshing salad on the side
  • Spinach & Mushroom $19.00
  • Energize & Revitalize $9.50
    • an energy boosting combination of peaches, banana, pineapple, honey & spirulina. Fantastic taste & guaranteed to get you going for the day!
  • FRENCH TOAST $18.50
    • There's no better combination than french toast lightly flavoured with cinnamon, served with a summer berry compote, bacon, banana & maple syrup on the side
  • THE GRILL $22.00
    • A plate full of start up! Bacon, sausages & poached free range eggs, all served with toasted fresh bread, homemade hash cakes & our own homemade tomato sauce & basil pesto
  • Summer Blast $9.50
    • A blast of flavour with a refreshing combination of mango, passionfruit, orange juice, banana & yoghurt (GF)
  • MEAT PATTIES $2.40
  • POTATO FRITTERS $4.80 1/2 doz
  • TARAKIHI FILLETS $4.50
  • STEAK & ONION ROLLS $3.20
  • CHICKEN PATTIES $2.40
  • CHICKEN NIBBLES $6 1/2 doz
  • PINEAPPLE RINGS (2 for $3.80) $2.40
  • MUSSELS $4.80 1/2 doz
  • Tandoori Chicken (Half / Whole) $9.00 / $16.95
    • Whole chicken marinated in yoghurt and spices, baked to perfection in a tandoor and served with salad
  • Peshawari Naan $4.50
    • Naan bread stuffed with dry fruits, cashews and almonds
  • Special for$6.00
    • 3 Plain Naans
  • Lamb Rogan Josh $12.00
    • Lean Lamb cooked with roasted ground spices and onion, tomato gravy
  • Bombay Aloo $6.00
    • Diced potatoes cooked with cumin seeds and spices
  • Fried Rice (Chicken, Egg, Vegetable) $11.00
    • A stir fry with chicken/egg / mixed vegetables, rice, soy sauce and veggies (peas, corn, capsicum)
  • Kadhai Paneer $13.90
    • Homemade Indian cottage cheese, cooked with coriander, capsicum, sliced tomatoes, cumin seeds, in a thick onion and tomato gravy
  • Lamb Seekh Kebab (4 pieces) $10.00
    • Minced lamb blended with fresh herbs, onions and spices, skewered and cooked in a tandoor, served with mint sauce
  • Prawn Vindaloo $15.99
    • A powerful curry with onion, tomato, coconut vinegar and spices
  • Butter Chicken $14.99
    • Chicken cooked the Tandoor way finished the curry way, with cream, cashews and spices
  • Chicken/Lamb Achari $14.99
    • Chicken or lamb cooked in mustard oil, ginger and garlic, Indian pickle, onion seeds and spices
  • Pickle $2.50
  • Lamb Saag $15.50
    • Lamb cooked with abundance of spinach, tomatoes
  • Fish Molee $15.99
    • Fish tempered with curry leaves, mustard seeds, light coconut cream
  • Garlic Naan $3.50
  • Bombay Chicken $14.99
    • Diced chicken fillet cooked with freshly ground spices and herbs
  • Add Peppers $5.50
  • Charcouterie w. Cured Meats, Terrine, Pate & Pickles $36.50
    • Cured Meats, Terrine, Pate, Pickles, Grilled Ciabatta, Mustard
  • Albarino Scallops w. Pernod Gremolata $21.50
    • Scallops, Pernod Gremolata, Butter, Spice
  • Roast Salmon Bruschettini $18.50
    • Roast Salmon, Peppers, Tapenade, Aioli, Basil
  • Halloumi & Pancetta $17.50
    • Halloumi, Pancetta, Date, Plum Chutney
  • Shellfish & Prawn Zarzuela al Andalus $23.50
    • Shellfish, Tiger Prawn, Garlic Butter, Grilld Ciabatta
  • Dukkha, Lamb or Vegetarian $32.50
    • Marinated Olives, Artichokes, Tapenade, Roasted Red Peppers, Buffalo Feta, Grilled Ciabatta
  • Maroccan Spiced Lamb $18.50
    • Spiced Lamb, Courgette, Rocket, Harrissa
  • EGGS BENEDICT $17.50
    • toasted ciabatta topped with poached eggs, hollandaise and ham
  • LEAK AND MUSHROOM ARANCINI $15.00
    • cheese risotto balls in panko crumbs fried and served with a smoked paprika, tomato and roasted capsicum sauce
  • TUDORS BEEF BURGER $25.00
    • 180mg house made prime beef pattie layered on lettuce, tomato, cheese, bacon, red onion, beetroot chutney and a sourdough bun, served with onion rings, fries and coleslaw
  • DUCK LIVER PARFAIT(GFO) $15.00
    • canterbury raised duck livers prepared into a light as air parfait, served with petit salad, homemade quince paste and toasted baguette crisps
  • Polenta chips with chilli sauce $7.00
  • Rustic fries, aioli(GF)(DF)
  • SEAFOOD PLATTER TO SHARE $55.00
    • salmon, crumbed prawns, scallops, fried calamari, demitasse of crayfish bisque, mussels, ginger beer battered orange roughy, salad and toasted ciabatta
  • TEA OR COFEE AND TOAST $10.00
    • served with a selection of spreads
  • Italian Chipolata[2] $5.80
  • Side dish of garlic & chilli marinated kalamata olives $4.50
  • Crispy Skin Groper Fillet [G] $37.00
    • Pan seared groper served on a bed of ratatouille vegetables with smokey bacon, baby clams and a saffron cream sauce
  • Our Homemade Soup of the Day $11.80/ $15.50
    • Served with garlic olive & herb bread (Regular serve/ Large serve)
  • Bacon & Eggs $17.80
    • Poached eggs, crispy middle bacon & slow roasted tomato on toasted ciabatta
  • Gurnard Fillet [G] $34.00
    • Pan fried skin on gurnard fillets served on an Asian salad with nam jim dressing, fried chicken & prawn dumplings and finished with a Thai green salsa
  • With a Breast of house Smoked Chicken $9.50
  • Hash Browns[4] $5.00
Bench Cafe

Bench Cafe

location

Address

295 Durham Street, Christchurch City Centre, Christchurch, Canterbury, 8013, New Zealand

phone

Phone

033663852

clock

Opened hours

Mon7:00am – 3:00pm Tue7:00am – 3:00pm Wed7:00am – 3:00pm Thu7:00am – 3:00pm Fri7:00am – 3:00pm Sat Sun
price range

Price

$10 - $20

type

Type

None

service level

Service

Table Service

cuisine

Cuisine

Cafe Food

features

Features

Dine in ,  EFTPOS ,  Mastercard ,  Takeaway ,  Visa ,  Cash ,  Bankcard

Location
295 Durham Street, Christchurch City Centre, Christchurch, Canterbury, 8013, New Zealand
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