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

Salmon pastrami, blood orange, fennel, burrata $19
Celeriac, nashi pear, rocket, watercress, truffle $10
Figs, pecans, gorgonzola, curd, truffle, honey, pollen $18
Beef or tomato tartare, truffle, fermented hot sauce, egg $18
Confit chicken maryland, israeli couscous, boudin blanc, jus gras $33
Seasonal Vegetables $8
Porcini gnocchi, fungi ragu, oats cheese shanklish, sunchoke $32
Charred octopus, sofrito, pickled radish, black garlic $18

Grilled Ginger Squid $6
Cajun Spiced Garlic Tuna $8
Salmon $6
Sweet Miso Glazed Eggplant & Cheese Gratin $16
Chawan Mushi $6
- steamed prawn in egg & dashi stock
Tempura Combination $20
- 2pcs Prawn, 3pcs Fish, 6pcs Veges
Flying Fish Roe (tobiko) $6
Matcha Affogato $8
- Vanilla Ice Cream w Matcha Green Tea Sauce

Massaman Curry
- A mild curry cooked in coconut cream, potatoes, ginger and peanuts.
Chicken, Beef, Pork or Vegetables & Tofu $21.00
Prawn $23.00
Nasi Goreng
- A traditional favourite cooked with quality jasmine rice and fresh seasonal vegetables.
Chicken, Beef, Pork or Vegetables & Tofu $19.90
Entree, Chicken or Vegetables & Tofu $12.00
Prawn $23.00
Cheesecake $10.00
- Flavour of the day with your choice of chocolate or raspberry sauce with fresh Thai lychee and mint garnish.

Spicy Seafood Soup $45.00
Vegetable Bi-bim-bap in Hot Stone Bowl $15.00
Shabu Shabu (More than 2 persons) $25.00 per person
Noodles with Sashimi and Spicy Cold Soup $15.00
Spicy Assorted Sausage Stew $30.00
Beef Tartare L $45.00/M $40.00
Korean Sausage Soup $15.00
Sigol Bapsang (more than 2 people) $20.00 pp
- Salad, Stir-fried Glass Noodles and Vegetables, Korean Savoury Pancake, Braised Fish, Spicy Stir Fried Pork or Bulgogi, Korean Soybean Paste Soup, Two kinds of Cooked Vegetables, Kim-chi, Two kinds of Side Dishes, Steamed Rice, Dessert (Coffee or Tea)

Vege Burger $5.50
- Crumbed vege pattie, lettuce, onion & tomato sauce. Really yummy...really filling!!
Our Regular Fish Hoki $2.70
Crinkle Cut Chips $2.50
Chunky Chips / Seasoned Wedges $3.00
Bacon Fritters $2.50
- Chunky bacon, onion, mustard, and herbs in a batter mix. Hearty bacon flavour!
Corn & Bacon Patties $2.50
- Combination of mince bacon, corn, potato and herbs. So tasty.........
Seafood Fritters $2.50
- Hoki fish, crabsticks, fresh herbs, spring onion and smoked fish. Yummy mix of seafood!
Hawaiian Burger (cheese & pineapple) $5.00

South american fries $17.90
- Crispy hand cut potatoes, with bacon, mozzarella cheese and sour cream
Pico de gallo $6.00
Crispy pork belly $19.90
- Delicious pork belly with lemon infusion (best seller)
Lamb kebab
- Lamb kebab skewers cooked on charcoal BBQ served with greek salad, home made sauces, fries and pita bread
French fries $8.90
Falafel entree (V) $9.50
- Home made vegetarian patties served with tazitzki sauce
Stuffed potato (beef, chicken, vegetarian or shrimp) $15.90
- Two half potato stuffed, mozzarella cheese with your own chose of filling
Fried cassasva (madioca frita) $10.90

Chocolate $2.00
Chicken $3.80
ROAST PORK FRIED RICE $10.00
Pineapple Rings $1.80
PRAWN FOO YOUNG $11.50
Donuts $1.80
Crumbed Fish Filet $5.00
CASHEW NUTS $3.80

Add on: Bacon, Avocado, Tomato $4.00 each
Eggs on toast $10.00
Caesar salad - add chicken $4.00 $10.00
Mince on toast w a poached egg $16.00
French toasted banana bread with maple mousse and berries $15.00
Toast w selection of jams $5.80
Bacon sandwich on sour dough with tomato jam $10.00
Soup of the day $15.00

Numban Chicken $17.00
- Tempura chicken with sweet ginger sauce & special tartare sauce
Pork Cutlet Katsu Don $13.90
- Deep-fried thick pork cutlet with onion & free-range egg simmered in sweet dashi sauce
Kakuni (Pork Belly) Don $15.90
- Pork Belly braised in sweet ginger sauce on rice
Grilled Chicken Slider with Kumara Crisps & Karaage Crispy Chicken $9.20
Salted Japanese Soy Beans (Edamame) $5.00
Numban Chicken, Sweet Vinegar Sauce and Special Tartare Sauce $10.00
Katsu Tama $17.00
- Deep-fried thick pork cutlet with onion & free-range egg simmered in sweet dashi sauce
Aburi Salmon Don $16.90
- Seared New Zealand salmon with traditional teriyaki sauce & Hachi Hachi mayo on rice

NY Cut Sirloin Steak $26.00
- With red wine jus, served with shoestring fries
Pan Seared Blue Cod $34.00
- Creole salsa, chat potatoes, parsley butter
Pulled Pork Shoulder $12.00
- BBQ sauce, jalapeño mustard, slaw, shallots
Slaw $8.00
- With toasted peanuts, pepitas & cumin lime mayo
Shoestring Fries $8.00
- With rosemary salt & truffle mayo
Fried Shrimp $15.00
- Lettuce, shallots, fresh herbs, Tabasco mayo
Black-Eyed Pea Falafel $10.00
- Grated beetroot, slaw, feta cheese, ranch
Strange's Poutine $12.00
- Potato skins, dirty gravy, parmesan cheese, shallots

Ora King salmon gravlax $26.5
- with pickled cucumber, warm baby potatoes, herb crème fraiche fennel & dates
House smoked salmon $15.5
- with horseradish cream, smoked beetroot puree & crispy capers
Pulled pork arancini balls & cider bbq sauce $15.5
Your choice of Crumbed fish, crispy chicken thigh or cheerio’s served with vege sticks & fries or a bread roll $10.5
Confit duck leg $26.5
- with fennel, orange, braised puy lentils, bacon, baby spinach & verjuice dressing
Fries & aioli $5.5
Beach breakfast $20.5
- Halswell butchery bacon & sausages, tomato, mushroom,2 eggs any style, toast, parmesan, chive & potato scone & tomato sauce
Egg on toast $6

CHICKEN BREAST FILLET $4.90
1/4 CHICKEN $9.30
1 CHICKEN + 2x FRIES $19.50
CHICKEN BREAST $6.80
PLAIN BURGER (BEEF /CHICKEN) $3.00
- additionals egg, cheese, bacon, pineapple, hashbrown ($0.80 each)
WHOLE CHICKEN $14.50
AMERICAN HOT DOG $3.00
BASIC CHICKEN $5.80

-Burger only $2.90
Hashrounds $2.50
- Crispy, poppable potato rounds.
Bacon, egg & cheese toasted sandwich $4.90
- A folded egg, slices of crispy bacon and cheese between two slices of toasted sourdough. Sausage, Egg & Cheese Sandwich option also available.
BBQ chicken sandwich $7.90
- Chargrilled chicken breast, lettuce, tomato and tangy BBQ sauce on a honey wheat bun.
Super star with cheese $9.50
- Two chargrilled beef patties, two slices of cheddar cheese, two slices of tomato, onions, dill pickles, lettuce, mayo and our special sauce on a seeded bun.
Honey mustard big chicken burger $8.90
- A crispy, lightly breaded chicken fillet, tomato, lettuce and honey mustard sauce on a seeded bun.
-1/2 lb. Angus $14.50
Alabama chicken $9.90
- A breaded chicken fillet topped with bacon, onion straws, cheese, fresh lettuce, tomato and slathered top and bottom with creamy aioli.

Chocolate Tan Slice $4.2
Green Thai Curry $19.5
- Chicken and prawn curry served with fragrant rice
Steve's Stack $16
- Potato cake with baby spinach, field mushrooms, hashbrown and poached egg with hollandaise. Add bacon / Ora king salmon: $4
Ginger Crunch $4.2
Housemade bratwurst $6
Garlic Bread $9
Smoked Salmon Hash $19
- Ora king salmon, Crushed potatoes, baby spinach served with poached eggs and hollandaise
French Toast $17
- Coated in vanilla sugar, with poached apple, lime mascarpone and salted caramel sauce. Add bacon: $4

Salad greens. hazelnuts, currants and radish side salad(V)(GF) $6.00
Green pea, feta and mint croquettes with roast hazelnuts, dehydrated olive, soft herbs and parmesan aioli(V) $11.00
Free range chicken and almond pie $9.00
- with tomato relish served with salad greens, hazelnuts. currants and radish
Please see counter staff to make your selection
Chicken pretzel roll with garlic aioli, soft greens, cheese and cucumber $9.00
Kids ‘fish and chips’ with sustainable snapper, fries, salad and Watties sauce $9.00
Kids pack $9.00
- with mini ham and cheese roll, biscuit dried fruit and juice
Avocado with ricotta, mint, chilli, seeds, pistachio, black bean salsa and poached egg on rye $15.00