Farrington Tavern in Christchurch Menu

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Available – Mon to Fri 10am – 4pm Saturday, Sunday & Public Holidays 9am – 4pm
All Items $15 Unless Stated
$6 Eggs on toast
- 2 eggs the way you like poached, scrambled or fried. Served on toasted Turkish bread.
Add: Bacon $4.00, Sausage $2.50, Tomato, Avocado or Potato Hash $2.00
Eggs Benedict
- 2 poached eggs, served on toasted ciabatta bread smothered in hollandaise sauce. With a choice of either: Bacon, Smoked Salmon or Wilted Spinach
Hot Cakes
- Served with mixed berry compote, freshly whipped cream & lashing of icing sugar.
Mussel Chowder
- Creamy traditional chowder with NZ green lipped mussels, potatoes and bacon. Served with toasted bread.
Smoked Chicken Salad
- With crispy streaky bacon, fresh salad greens, tomato wedges, garnish. Mixed in homemade honey mustard dressing.
Vietnamese Beef Salad
- Marinated beef strips, soft vermicelli noodles, spring onion, diced tomatoes and salad garnish. Tossed through a sweet chilli, mirin dressing.
Camembert & Chicken Melt
- Chargrilled chicken thigh & baked camembert cheese. Served on crisp toasted ciabatta bread topped with cranberry jelly.
Bishops Fish n Chips.
- A twist on an old classic, Panko crumbed Orange Roughy, served with steak fries and homemade tartare sauce.
Beef, Bacon & BBQ Burger
- Fresh Vienna bun, 200gm Beef Pattie, streaky bacon, lettuce, tomato and red onion. Served with chunky fries and chipotle aioli.
Philly Steak Roll
- Angus Rump Steak, Philly style. Topped with Swiss cheese finished under the grill. Accompanied with southern seasoned crispy fries.
Mushroom and Almond Risotto
- Finished with parmesan cheese and baby spinach.
Roast of the Day $12.95
- Your waiter will advise you on the day’s selection.

Classic Bread ‘N’ Butter Pudding
- Served hot with Irish crème ice cream & blueberry compote.
Available from 5pm
STARTERS
Garlic Loaf $9.50
- Served with homemade garlic & herb butter.
Cheesy Pesto Sticks $12.00
- Baked Turkish bread topped with lashings of basil pesto and cheddar cheese.
Seafood Chowder $14.80
- Creamy thick traditional chowder with bacon, mussels, cuttlefish and prawns. Served with grilled bread.
Chicken Pate $14.00
- Kath’s secret recipe with chicken livers, bacon and lager. Served with onion relish, pickles and balsamic sticks.
Garlic Chilli Prawns $16.00
- Served with a rocket salad with spring onion and cherry tomatoes. Accompanied with charred lime and sour cream.
SALADS
Smoked Chicken Salad $16.50
- With crispy streaky bacon, fresh salad greens, tomato wedges, garnish. Mixed in homemade honey mustard dressing.
Vietnamese Beef Salad $15.50
- Marinated beef rump strips, soft vermicelli noodles, spring onion, diced tomatoes and salad garnish. Tossed through a sweet chilli, mirin dressing.
PIZZA & PASTA
ALL PIZZAS – $20.00
Double Bacon Cheeseburger Pizza
- Minced beef, rashers of bacon, mozzarella cheese on a bbq sauce base finished with garlic aioli.
Thai Mushroom & Roasted Capsicum
- Sliced mushrooms, roasted peppers, feta cheese on a sweet thai chilli base topped with basil pesto.
Ultimate Pizza Lovers
- Salami, ground beef, tender chick pieces with grated cheese on a Italian sauced base topped with whiskey BBQ.
Chicken & Pistachio Penne $19.80
- Tender chicken thigh, roasted pistachio bits, feta cheese, fresh basil & penne pasta. Tossed with cream and basil pesto.
Bacon & Pea Alfredo Fettucine $18.50
- Crispy bacon bits, baby peas & tri colour fettuccine, mixed in traditional Alfredo sauce.
FROM THE SEA
Teriyaki Salmon Fillet $27.50
- Grilled Succulent Salmon brushed with teriyaki sauce. Served on Asian chilli soft vermicelli noodles with sauteed bok choy green beans and peanuts. Accompanied with sesame soy sauce.
Fresh Fish $27.00
- Served on creamy Agria puree. With roasted cajun capsicum slithers, green beans. Topped with herb sour cream. *Please ask our friendly wait staff for the chef’s choice of Fish this evening.
FROM THE LAND
Supreme Chicken $25.50
- Char-grilled bacon wrapped chicken breast, served on potato gratin with garlic sautéed baby carrots, finished with creamy basil pesto sauce.
Confit Pork Belly $24.50
- Belly of the Pig slowly roasted in seasoned spiced oil. Served on a curry kumara and carrot salad with pan seared Asian greens. Topped with plum & tamarillo chutney.
“Shank Heaps” $24.00
- Herbed tomato braised Lamb Shank, served on potato smash with blanched broccoli, garlic con fit. Finished with its own braising liquid, topped with carrot chips.
*Extra charge of $8 for an extra shank.
Charred Vegetable Skewers $23.00
- Button mushrooms, capsicum, red onion, polenta chips and sun dried tomato skewers, brushed with chilli oil then char-grilled. Served with buttery new potatoes, sautéed spinach finished with coriander lime sauce.
FROM THE GRILL
Chargrilled Steaks $32.00
- Choose your steak, from one of the following, cooked to your liking: Rump 400 GM, Angus T Bone 350 GM, Porterhouse 300 GM, Rib Eye 250 GM.
All steaks served on a potato and herb rosti, with bacon wrapped green beans, and sauteed field mushrooms.
Add a sauce of your choice for $2.00
- Creamy Mushroom, Basil Pesto, Green Peppercorn, Roasted Capsicum, Diane Sauce
BITS ‘N’ PIECES
Fries / Salad / Slaw / Sauteed Seasonal Vegetables $4.00
- Garlic butter, Aioli, BBQ sauce, Sweet Thai chilli, Chipotle aioli, Hollandaise (Complimentary)
SWEET ENDINGS
ALL DESSERTS $12.50
Banoffee Pie
- Buttery malt biscuit base with succulent banana caramel finished with fresh Chantilly cream.
Chocolate Brownie Cup
- Served hot with vanilla ice cream & lashings of chocolate ganache.
Berry Mousse
- Homemade with white chocolate shards & whipped cream.
Ice Cream Trilogy
- Caramel Cookie, Mochaccino & Peaches n Cream. With a selection of sweet sauces.
Assortment of Tea’s & Coffees $4.50 small $5.00 large

Available all day
Bishop’s Wicked Wings
- Your choice of 500gm OR 1kg with one of the following sauces: Whiskey BBQ, Honey Mustard, Teriyaki Orange, Jamaican Jerk
500gm – $15.00
1Kg – $22.50
Double Bacon Cheeseburger Pizza $20.00
- Ground beef, rashers of bacon, mozzarella cheese on a bbq sauce base finished with garlic aioli
Ultimate Pizza Lovers $20.00
- Salami, ground beef, tender chicken pieces with grated cheese on a Italian sauced base topped with whiskey BBQ
Bishop’s BBQ Ribs 350Gms $15.50
Cheese & Bacon Wedges $11.50
- Served with chimichurri sour cream and capsicum salsa.
Steak Fries $8.50
- Served with tomato sauce & garlic aioli
1K Mussel Pots $23.50
- Your choice of 2 flavours: Kath’s Famous Cream Curry Sauce OR Garlic Butter & Lager
Chef’s Platter $25.00
- Vege Samosas, Salami, Hoki Bites, Southern Chicken Sticks, Salt & pepper Squid, Battered Pineapple Rings
Tasting Plate $28.00
- Sticky chicken wings, Bbq Ribs, Prawn cutlets, BBQ pork steam bun, Broccoli & ricotta balls, Pesto sticks
Beef, Bacon & BBQ Burger $15.00
- Fresh Vienna bun, 200gm Beef Pattie, streaky bacon, lettuce, tomato and red onion. Served with chunky fries and chipotle aioli
Chargrilled Steak Sandwich $21.50
- 200Gm Ribeye steak, cooked the way you like. With garlic aioli, salad greens, sun dried tomatoes, and onion relish. Served in toasted ciabatta bread with steak fries and tomato sauce

All Meals $10
Hot Dog & Chips
Spaghetti Bolognese with salad OR fries
Chicken & Slaw Burger with crispy fries
Mini Bacon, Pineapple & Mozzarella
Pizza
All kid’s meals are served with an ice cream sundae. Choose from Chocolate, Caramel, Raspberry OR Strawberry. With hundreds n thousands, chocolate bites and a pink wafer.

Nearby Sample Menus

AKoroa Cod $4.00
Chow $4.50
Fish
Corn Fritter
Gurnard $4.80
Donuts
Steak patty $1.20
Hoki $4.30

Cheese Dosa $10
- Dosa topped with grated cheese
Gobi Manchurian $15
- Marinated cauliflower deep fried & stir fried with fresh vegetables and finished on a soya based sauce
Potato Chips $5
- French fries with an Indian touch
Idli $9
- Steamed soft rice cake made from fermented rice and black lentil batter
Mixed Fried Rice $17
- Stir fried rice with fresh vegetables, egg, shrimps and chicken
Peas Pulao $8
- Basmati rice cooked with peas, seasoned with clarified butter and cumin seed. Served with pappadom and pickle
Steamed Basmati Rice $3
Two Kerala flaky parota with chilli chicken or chicken malabari $14

2 meat patties
6 corn nuggets $3.50
Fish $2.50
Hot dogs $2.50
Crab sticks $2.20
Potato fritters $1.00
-half scoop with order only $2.00
6 squid rings $5.50

Prawn with Cashew Nuts $13.00
- Prawns, mushrooms with seasonal vegetables and cashew nuts in gravy
Fish / Chips $2.20
Satay Prawns $13.00
- Prawns with seasonal vegetables, pineapple and tomato in satay peanut sauce
Set Menu for 6.8 people $67.00
- Chicken with cashew nuts, Steak black bean sauce, Sweet and sour pork, Roast pork fried rice, Bami Goring, Chicken Egg Foo Young
Roast Pork Mushrooms on Fried Rice $12.00
- Sliced roast pork with seasonal vegetables and mushrooms in gravy on fried rice
Set Menu for 8-10 people $90.00
- Chicken with cashew nuts, Steak black bean sauce, Satay steak, Lemon chicken, New Town fried rice, Vegetable Chow Mein, Bami Goring, 12 Wontons with sweet and sour sauce
Roast Pork Pineapple on Fried Rice $12.00
- Sliced roast pork with seasonal vegetables and pineapple in gravy on fried rice
Chicken Mushrooms on Fried Rice $11.00
- Sliced chicken with seasonal vegetables and mushrooms in gravy on fried rice

Mushrooms $5.00
Homemade apple pie $11.90
- Spiced apples in a buttery pastry pie crust with vanilla ice cream
Breads and dips $15.50
- Selection of locally made breads and dips
Merrin St chicken $29.50
Fries
Flat breads $8.50
Salt & pepper calamari rings $15.90
- Crusted in salt / pepper, lemon zest, coriander with aioli dipping sauce
Fish of the day $POA
- Market fresh fish, specially prepared each day

The dirty south $11.90
- Prime new zealand beef with melted cheddar, tangy mustard sauce, pickles, fried onion rings, salad greens, garlic mayo and house relish
-Add edam cheese, bacon and avocado $13.40
-Small $3.00
Little master $7.50
- 80gm beef patty / crumbed chicken, lettuce, tomato, cheddar & choice of sauces
Peanut piston $11.90
- House made satay chicken patty grilled with our signature peanut & coconut sauce, salad greens, tomato & aioli
Moroccan lover $12.50
- Prime nz lamb with moroccan spices, mint & cucumber yoghurt, hummus, fancy lettuce, tomato & red onion with drizzles of tangy balsamic reduction
-Add bacon & egg $19.50
Wedges

Sweet and sour pork with capsicum, greens with steamed rice (GF) $25.00
Bao bun $2.50
Smoked salmon salad with lemon vinaigrette dressing (GF) $18.00
Katsu chicken burger with Korean BBQ sauce served with French fries $21.00
Polenta fries with mayo $8.00
Steamed rice $4.00
Sago pudding with coconut cream, palm syrup, roast almonds (GF) $14.00
Crispy eggplant, fragrant Sichuan sticky sauce, pickled ginger (VG&GF) $16.00

Garlic and Parmesan Flat Bread $12.00
Choc-Berry Brownie $12.00
- Served warmed with vanilla bean gelato and berry coulis
Fish and Chips $12.00
- With salad
Pasta of the Day T.B.A
- Please see our blackboard for tonight's creation
Salad of the Day T.B.A
- Please see our blackboard for tonight's creation
Tandoori Chicken $24.00
- With roasted red capsicum, mozzarella, and mango chutney, topped with yoghurt swirl and Fresh coriander
Carnivore $24.00
- With spicy sausage, smoked bacon, salami, sirloin steak, mozzarella, and caramelised onion. Finished with BBQ sauce
Beer Battered Fish and Chips $22.00
- Today's catch served with salad and fries served with lemon caper mayonnaise

Club Sandwiches $1.9 / $22.8
- Assorted gourmet flavours
Steak $4.50
Meat Balls $1.70 / $20.4
- pork with an Asian styled dipping sauce
Mini Corn Fritters $2.20 / $26.4
- topped with relish and avocado
Asparagus Rolls $1.6 / $19.2
- (Seasonal)
Mini Fruit and Caramel Tarts $2 / $24
Vietnamese Rice Paper Rolls $2.5 / $30
- Asian styled rice paper rolls vegetarian, chicken or prawn
Asparagus Wrapped In Prosciutto $1.6 / $19.2
- (Seasonal)

Extras $4.00
- Sausages
Pescado $27.00
- Estrella beer battered fresh fish, salad, fries and tartare sauce
Greek $24.00
- add Lamb
Orange and Almond Gateaux $13.00
- Served warm with yoghurt
Make your Own $15.00
- Choice of three Extras below. Served with white or wholemeal toast
Salt & Pepper Calamari $18.00
- Lightly tossed in flour with salt and papper, deep fried.Served on a bed of tomato cucumber and red onion salad, with lemon wedge and aioli
Penne Alla Pollo $22.00
- Penne pasta with chicken, sundried tomatoes, onion, feta cheese in white cream sauce
For 2 to share $68.00
- Greek style slow cooked baby leg of lamb served with confit potatoes, roast carrots, gravy and mint jelly

West Coast Whitebait Omelette G $22.50
- The revered West Coast delicacy served in a light omelette with salad greens, lemon wedges and grain toast
Spiced Pork filled Conchiglioni Pasta Shells $27.50
- Spiced pulled pork baked in pasta sea shells and served with an arugula, mizuna and apple salad, sweet pork jus and finished with shaved parmesan
Akaroa Salmon Gravlax $22.50
- Our own salt & beetroot cured salmon served with a kumara & corn cake, avocado, cream fraiche & Mediterranean salsa
French Fries with garlic aioli $7.50
Fresh Tuna Loin Nicoise G $29.50
- Lightly seared tuna loin to rare served on a nicoise salad of green beans, baby potatoes, olives, capers and tomatoes with soft egg and olive tapenade
Vegetarian Linguine V $24.50
- Sautee courgettes, aubergine, garlic and olives tossed with linguine and finished with cherry tomatoes, fresh herbs, olive oil and butter topped with shaved parmesan
Homemade Baked Beans $4.50
With a Breast of house Smoked Chicken $9.50

Warm Blackberry Crumble Cake n/a
- w vanilla bean ice cream
Housemade Pappardelle n/a
- with slow roasted tomato, kalamata olives, fresh basil and chilli with parmesan
Liquorice Parfait n/a
- w fresh mint strawberries and lime syrup
Lemongrass and Chilli Spiked Calamari n/a
- on crispy wonton sheets
Eye fillet on Thyme Gratin n/a
- with prosciutto wrapped leeks and a mixed peppercorn sauce
Feta and herb Stuffed Field Mushrooms On Garlic Toast n/a
Slow Roasted Pork belly on Crispy Chats n/a
- with apple sauce and crackling with red wine jus
Herb Marinated Chicken Breast n/a
- on smashed potato and green beans with a creamy garlic thyme sauce

Combo#1 $3.80
tomato & capsicum $6.50
Combo#2 $5.90
ham & cheese $4.90
fluffy can be replaced with small orange juice
smoked salmon & cream cheese
served with toast $7.00
-small orange juice

Footpath Grilled Chicken Skewers (3) (GF) $10
- w/ Tuk Tuk Satay Sauce
GF Gluten Free
Spicy Beef $19
- w/ Lemongrass, Kaffir Lime, Crispy Basil
Tum Yum Prawn & Pork Wontons Noodles Soup (GF) $16
- w/ Chilli
Deep Fried Rice Balls (5) $8
- stuffed w/ marinated pork mince, kaffir lime, chilli
Chargrilled Chicken Sliders (2) $9
- w/ Tuk Tuk Satay Sauce
GR Gluten Free on Request
Khanom Thuai (GF) $10
- Thai Coconut Milk Pudding

Pegasus pub steak (GF option) $28.00
- 250g sirloin with fries and salad and your choice of sauce
Homemade samosas- entree (V) $9.00
- Harissa yoghurt sauce on a bed of mesclun
Cheesecake of the day $12.00
- Served with berry coulis compote and a tuile biscuit
Flat breads (V) $9.00
- Crispy, thin flatbread with fresh homemade hummus
Premium rib eye (GF option) $33.00
- 300g rib eye on creamy mash, with roasted, mushrooms, fresh salad and your choice of sauce
Creamy mushrooms on toast $13.50
- Garlic mushrooms on toasted french stick with bacon or spinach
Eggs benedict $16.50
- With bacon & hollandaise
Gourmet Veggie burger (V) $18.00
- Fresh and lightly spiced fresh homemade patty bursting with vegetables, topped with caramelized onions, garlic aioli and sprinkling of kumara chips