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

Fresh Garden Salad $8.90
- Mixed lettuce, capsicum, olives, cucumber, red onion, carrot & cherry tomatoes
Double Breast Burger $15.90
- With two Peri-Peri chicken breast fillets it's a definite two-hander!
Veggie Wrap $9.90
- Veggie patty with iceberg lettuce, tomato & our light mayo wrapped up in a warm tortilla
1/2 Chicken $12.90
- Nothing half hearted here!
- Large $6.50
Family Feast $44.90
- Share a whole flame-grilled Peri-Peri Chicken, 2 large sides & 8 BBQ Ribs
Dessert $4.00
- Choose from Cheesecake or Choc Mousse!
8 Churrasco BBQ Ribs $11.90
- Comes with BBQ basting. Add some extra Peri-Peri basting of your choice if you wish!

Baby cos lettuce, sherry vinaigrette (GF) $8.00
Melanzane - baked eggplant with Napoli sauce, parmigiano reggiano, mozzarella, pangrattato and a green side salad (V) $26.00
House smoked salmon, fennel and orange salad, salsa verde (GF) $16.00
Starters
Roasted Duck leg, baby spinach, pecorino risotto, pinenut and current salsa (GF) $35.00
Affogato (GF) $10.00
- Allpress espresso over vanilla ice cream With a shot of Frangelico $16
Beef carpaccio, parmesan, lemon aioli, capers, white anchovies $16.00
Merino lamb shoulder Ragu, pappardelle, green olives, chilli, lemon, baby spinach $28.00

Vegetable noodle $11.00
Chicken with vegetables $18.00
Sweet & sour chicken $18.00
Si-chuan spicy fish $25.00
Roasted duck (half/whole) $23.00/$45.00
Chicken in black bean sauce $18.00
Stir fried green beans & beef in XO sauce $20.00
Deep fried mushroom balls $6.00

Satay vegetable on Rice $8.00
Sweet & Sour Chicken on Rice $9.00
Beef Curry vegetable on Rice $9.00
Garlic Beef vegetable on Rice $9.00
Chicken Fried Noodle $9.00
Garlic shrimp vegetable on Rice $10.00
Sweet & Sour Pork on Rice $9.00
Ginger Chicken vegetable on Rice $9.00

Pork belly $26.00
- Roasted in Speight’s Gold Medal, served with roast potato & steamed veg, gravy crackling & apple chutney
-300g Beef Rib eye $32.00
Sauces
- Add egg $1.50
Mango chicken burger (GFA) $21.50
- Spiced marinated grilled chicken thigh with mango salsa, cheese, tomato, lettuce, red onion, Marie Rose sauce in a toasted Brioche bun with beer batter fries
-Add bacon $1.50
Sides & Sauces
Thai beef salad (GF) $19.00
- Tender marinated beef strips with an Asian slaw coriander leaves, toasted peanuts, crispy fried shallots, sweet sour spicy Thai dressing

Coconut Rice or Ginger Rice $1.40 Bowl / $3 Packet
Rice Vermicelli Soup $10 Reg / $15 Lge
Bamboo Nest Veggy Soup $6 Single / $12 Double
Hotplate Tofu with Fresh Vegetables and Cashew Nuts $15 Reg / $22.50 Lge
Bean Paste Tofu with Baby Corn $10.50 Reg / $16 Lge
Satay Noodle on Hotplate
- Satay on fried Ramen noodle with peanut sauce served on sizzling hotplate
Seaweed Tofu Soup $4.50 Single / $9 Double
Herbal Ramen Soup $10 Reg / $15 Lge

Butter Paneer $18.00
- Cubes of cottage cheese cooked in tomato, ginger, spices and creamy gravy.
Half Chicken $18.00
Chicken Tikka $18.00
- Boneless lean pieces of chicken marinated overnight in yoghurt & spices, cooked in a tandoor
Chicken Naan $6.00
- Stuffed naan with chciken mince and spices cooked in tandoor.
Pickle $1.00
Lamb Nawabi $19.00
- Marinated diced lamb cooked with capsicum, cashew nut and onion gravy.
Palak Paneer / Palak Aloo $18.00
- Fresh leaves of spinach (paste) and cottage cheese / potato cooked in a mild creamy gravy.
Shahi Paneer $18.00
- Cottage cheese cubes cooked with special blend of spices with cashews, almond paste and butter.

Smoked pork belly $16
- peach puree, pickled celery, purple walnut, apple & cress salad
Fish & chips $10
- fish, fries, salad & tomato sauce
Salted caramel & ginger cheesecake $13
- macadamia & popcorn praline
Pie floater $18
- home made pie, mash, mushy peas, jus
BBQ lamb $15
- chipotle mayo, corn, parmesan, lime, soft herbs & tortilla crisps
Harvard burger POA
- changes weekly, jacket potato wedges, tomato relish
Cheese $25
- 3 varieties of imported & local cheeses changing regularly, served with figs, pear, quince paste & crackers
Coconut oil seared chicken supreme $25
- toasted coconut crumb, lime & chilli bavarios, coriander, mint, green onion mayo & kumara crisps

Tofu Teriyaki Don $11.50
Chicken Karaage Curry Don $12.50
Prawn Gyoza $6
Pork & Chive Gyoza $7.00
Udon $10.00
Salmon Sashimi $8
Salmon Shasimi Don $13.50
Chicken Katsu Curry $12.50

Stir Fried with the meat of your choice
Fish, Prawns OR Squid $13.00
Rice Noodles (Pad Thai)
Cashew Nuts (Pad Med Ma Muang)
Thai Bamboo shoot Salad (Soop No Mai) $10.00
- (Shredded bamboo shoot in wild Thai leaves, hot lime sauce, onions, fish sauce and chilis)
Prawns $13.00
Mince pork omelette with rice $15.00
Chicken Noodle Soup $9.00

Beer Buttered
Spanish skewers $ 34.00
- A selection of meats and seafood
Mushroom
Canterbury Rack of Lamb $ 33.50
- Oven roasted with a rosemary and mint pistachio crust, sweet potato gnocchi (Choice of one side & sauce)
Chicken Liver Pate $ 14.00
- Crispbread, beetroot puree
Crispy Pork Belly $ 28.00
- Slow roasted pork belly, carrot and cumin purée and mustard potatoes (Choice of one side)
Gourmet Fries
Happening Frenchsingha $ 34.50
- Inspiration of a traditional Portuguese Dish, side of gourmet fries

- Large $8.00
Corn fritters $12.00
- 3 corn fritters with streaky bacon, relish and dressed with sour cream and salad greens
*Ask about our special of the day for $10.00
Steak, Eggs and Chips $16.50
- A 200g ribeye served on a side of fries and with a fresh green salad and 2 fried eggs
- Add grilled cheese and bacon $12.00
Seasoned Wedges $8.00
- Served with sweet chilli sauce and sour cream
Eggs Benedict
- Two poached eggs on Vienna toasted bread, spinach, bacon or smoked salmon, homemade hollandaise
Fries $6.00
- Served with tomato and aioli sauce

Horotane $24.00
- Olive oil base, pear, blue cheese, bacon & thyme
Fries & aioli $10.00
Garden Salad > A selection of fresh seasonal ingredients from Peter Rabit’s patch $16.00
Add chicken $6.50
Brewer’s Platter: Hummus, calamari, pakoras, sausage, olives, smoked cheese, crackers & flatbread Small (serves 2) / Large (serves 4) $30.00/ $55.00
Deluxe Veg Burger $26.50
- Pakora, halloumi, slaw & mango chutney
Add x 2 eggs $3.00
Port Levy $24.00
- Shredded braised spiced lamb with mint, mozzarella, currants and a yoghurt swirl

All of our eggs are free range and laid in Springfield Canterbury
Banana split with vanilla bean ice cream, cherries. passion fruit. banana. meringues. caramel sauce and macadamia praline $10.00
Steak sandwich with onion jam, crispy bacon wild roquette, hollandaise and fries $17.00
Soft salad leaves with pickled radish cucumber, red onion sprouts toasted pumpkin seeds $5.00
Caesar salad with bacon, shaved pecorino, cos, soft poached egg and Caesar dressing with chicken $13.50
Grilled mushrooms on toast with poached egg, truffle oil, mascarpone and soft herbs $15.00
Eggs Benedict with English muffin, triple smoked ham, poached egg, hollandaise and wild watercress $15.00
Fresh fruit salad with toasted granola and yogurt $5.50