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

Kale salad, Apple, sultanas, walnuts, Parmesan and pangrattato (V) $12.00
House smoked salmon, fennel and orange salad, salsa verde (GF) $16.00
Salumi plate, pickles, mustard fruits $16.00
Beef carpaccio, parmesan, lemon aioli, capers, white anchovies $16.00
Prawn linguine, rocket, sundried tomato, lemon $26.00
Handmade Beetroot agnolotti with nut brown butter, poppy seeds and sage (V) $18.00
Potato skins with truffle oil, porcini salt, pecorino (GF) ( V) $9.00
Parma $24.00
- Parma ham, mozzarella, tomato, grilled peppers, vincotto

Harira (Hearty Soup: Lamb, chickpeas and vegetable) $12.00
Large $10.00
Garlic king prawns $19.50
Medium $7.50
Moroccan Tagine slow cooked lamb and quince $12.50
Sautéed Calamari with 'anon, olives and fresh herbs $12.00
Andalausian $15.00 per person
- Dolmades, falafel, North African roll, vegetables crudités, quince paste, roasted capsicum, olives, extra Virgin Olive Oil and pomegranate
The famed Moroccan casserole, with Simo's spices and served with your choice of Arabic rice, couscous or smoked barley and fresh salad

Seafood Platter $14.50
Chicken and Bacon Burger $6.50
Large Chips $6.50
Ham Steak, Pineapple, Chips and a Garden Salad $13.50
Macaroni and Cheese, Chips and a Salad $10
Steak, Eggs, Chips and a Garden Salad topped with Mushroom Sauce $18.50
Beef Schnitzel, Mushroom Sauce, Chips and a Garden Salad $16.50
Roast of the Day $13.00

Paleo Salad $14.00
- Chargrilled chicken with fajita veggies and guacamole with cumin lime vinaigrette on the side (No dairy or carbs, it’s Paleo, yo!)
Double Decker Mince Taco $13.50
- Soft flour tortilla layered with traditional pinto beans then wrapped around a crispy shell. Filled with our famous seasoned mince and topped with guacamole
Pulled Pork Carnitas $14.10
Slow Roasted Beef Barbacoa $11.90
Chargrilled Chicken A La Brasa $14.60
Burrito
Chicken Fajita Burrito $16.50
- Fresh garlic & lime chargrilled chicken with fajita veggies, seasoned black beans and guacamole {Mini $12.50}
Nachos

We have a good selection of sweet items and savoury items available in our chilled cabinet. Please see counter staff to make your choice.
MONK’S BACON AND EGGS $21.00
- Bacon, free range eggs, tomato, mushrooms, oven roasted potatoes, toasted ciabatta with house made hollandaise sauce
BACON & EGGS $16.00
- Two poached free range eggs & streaky bacon on toasted ciabatta (DF)
MARINATED CHICKEN BURGER $21.50
- Marinated Asian style chicken thigh with streaky bacon, coriander, mint, sprouts, chilli and salad, served in a ciabatta bun with a lime & sweet chilli aioli (DF)
SOUP OF THE DAY $12.00
- Freshly made soup of the day, served with toasted ciabatta. Please check our specials board.
OVEN BAKED FRITTATA $17.50
- Chorizos, free range eggs, potato, tomato, capsicum, feta, red onion, Italian parsley (GF)
EGGS ON TOAST $13.00
- Two poached free range eggs on toasted ciabatta. Side extra’s available (DF)
BOWL OF FRENCH FRIES $7.00
- With home made aioli (V), (GF), (DF)

Vege Lasagne $19.00
- A selection of fresh vegetables layered between pasta sheets, served with Napoletana sauce and a sprinkle of cheese. A delicious vegetarian option.
BBQ Chicken S$12.00/M$17.50/L$29.00
- Chicken, bacon, capsicum, onions, topped with Spag's special BBQ sauce.
Milano S $11.50/ M $17.00/ L $28.50
- Garlic salami, fresh sliced tomatoes, capsicum, herbs - delicious!
Asparago S$12.00/M$17.50/L $29.50
- Asparagus served with red onion and crumbled feta cheese.
Mediterranean Lamb S $12.50 /M $18.00 /L $29.50
- Lemon and herb marinated lamb on a chutney base, topped with feta and red onions.
Original Vegetarian S $11.00/ M $16.50 /L $28.00
- Onion, mushroom, fresh sliced tomato and capsicum. Every bit as good as it sounds!
Chilli Pesto Bread $13.50
- Fresh pizza bread with pesto and sweet Thai chilli sauce.
Little Italy $29.50
- Chopped spinach, sliced tomatoes, sun-dried tomatoes, topped with red onion and feta cheese.

- KUMARA RIBBONS W/ CUMIN SEED SALT
- HERBALISCIOUS GARDEN SALAD
- SLOW BRAISED HERB & SPICED BEEF
- CRISPY FALAFEL W/ MINTED AIOLI
ANY SALAD $9.50
FISH GOUJON SANDWICH $10.00
ALL DRESSINGS & SAUCE ARE HOMEMADE & GF
- POLENTA & HERB CRUMBED FREE RANGE CHICKEN

Cassava with cream $7.00
1 Side and 1 Sauce of your choice
Anticuchos $19.00
- A selection of pork, house madechorizo, beef, capsicum and onion all skerwered and seared over the grill
Sirloin 300 gr $28.00
- A juicy prime cut of Angus Steakgrilled medium rare over the hot coals
Pico de Gallo $2.00
- Salsa fresca
Prime Rump 300 gr $21.00
- A lean cut that has lots of flavours, best served medium rare
Arepas Fritas $5.00
- Deep fried cornmeal bread typically from Venezuela and Colombia
For one $28.00
- A selection of different meat cuts: Beef, chorizo and chicken accompanied by your choice of 1 side and 1 sauce

Roast Pork Tomato on Rice $12.00
Chicken Cashew Nuts $108.00
- 8-10 servings
Pork Chilli on Rice $12.00
Steak & Black Bean Sauce $68.00
- 5-6 servings
Steak and Black Bean Sauce $108.00
- 8-10 servings
Chicken Cashew Nuts $68.00
- 5-6 servings
Seafood foo young $14.00
Fried noodles $8.50

Pan fried calamari with chorizo (DF)
CRAYFISH BISQUE (GFO) $13.00
- nelson crayfish roasted and reduced into a flavoursome liquor then blended with cream, served with toasted ciabatta
LEAK AND MUSHROOM ARANCINI $15.00
- cheese risotto balls in panko crumbs fried and served with a smoked paprika, tomato and roasted capsicum sauce
Truffle mash $7.00
Spicy wedges with sour cream $7.00
CHOCOLATE MUDCAKE(GF) $12.00
- served with berry coulis and vanilla bean cream
NZ GREEN LIPPED MUSSELS(GFO) $15.00
- mussels sourced from the Marlborough sounds, steamed in garlic, cream, white wine and our own garden herbs. Topped with toasted ciabatta
OMELLETE $16.50
- a three egg omelette with your choice of ham, onion, cheese, mushroom and tomato

Kebab Skewer $5.00
Mozzarella Cheese $2.00
-Combo: Souvlaki of your choice + fries + can of drink $13.00
Deluxe $17
- Deluxe served with Grilled capsicum, onion, mushroom, served on a flat pita bread with T-House's sauce and mozzarella cheese in a pizza
Large Souvlaki $10.90
- All large souvlaki served with hot pita bread and green salad with T house's signature sauce of hummus, tomato, onion sauce, garlic mayo, organic yoghurt and your choice of chilli sauce
Kebab Meal $15
- Kebab meal served with green salad and T-House's signature sauce of hummus, tomato onion sauce, garlic mayo, organic yoghurt and your choice of chilli sauce, rice or couscous on a plastic container
Open Souvlaki $15
- Open souvlaki served with hot pita bread and gree salad with T house's signature sauce of hummus, tomato, onion sauce, garlic mayo, organic yoghurt and your choice of chilli sauce in a pizza box
Turkish Delight $0.50

Lamb Baorrito $11.50
- A Chinese handmade crepe wrapped with: Slow cooked lamb, Lettuce, Mint yoghurt sauce, Cheddar cheese, Golden cracker
Bao Tasting Plate $28.00
Curry Baoce $13.50
- A plate of rice served with: Vegetarian Thai green curry with fried tofu and seasonal vegetables
Pork Baorrito $11.50
- A Chinese handmade crepe wrapped with: Cantonese style pulled pork, Coleslaw, Cheddar cheese, Chinese BBQ sauce, Golden cracker
Pork Baoce $13.50
- A plate of rice served with: Braised pork, Broccoli, Spiced corned egg
Chicken Baoger $7.50
- A steamed bun stuffed with: Southern style chicken, Shredded lettuce, Chutney, Chilli mayo
Chicken Baorrito $11.50
- A Chinese handmade crepe wrapped with: Southern style chicken, Coleslaw, Chilli mayo, Golden cracker
Kumara crisps, Cumin salt $6.50

Chicken Tikka Masala (Medium) $11.00
Mango Sweet Chutney $1.00
Pappadums $0.50
Cheese and Garlic Naan $3.00
Lamb Madras (Medium) $11.00
Dhal Makhini $9.00
Plain Naan $2.00
1 Pc $2.50

WHOLE CHICKEN $14.50
1/2 CHICKEN + FRIES $10.90
PLAIN BURGER (BEEF /CHICKEN) $3.00
- additionals egg, cheese, bacon, pineapple, hashbrown ($0.80 each)
BASIC CHICKEN $5.80
1/2 CHICKEN $12.40
SMALL $6.50
CHICKEN SATAY $6.30
HAWAIIAN $5.80

Fluffy Omelette $17.90
- A generous folded omelette full of cheese and mushrooms, topped with spring onions and served with a fresh salad and fries.
Whole Mushrooms $4.90
Onion Rings 200g $4.90
Ice Cream Sundae Small $6.90 Large $8.90
- Vanilla ice cream topped with your choice of raspberry, chocolate, strawberry, passionfruit or caramel sauce and served with whipped cream.
Gravy Boat $1.50
Homestyle Breakfast $16.90
- 2 eggs, hash browns, bacon and sausage, served with toasted bread.
Prime Ribeye or Surf & Turf $30.90
- A premium 250 gram ribeye steak accompanied with your selection of sauce, thick cut fries and salad. Add grilled prawns for Surf and Turf for $4.50 extra.
Roast of the Day $18.90
- A Robbie’s favourite! The chef’s choice of prime oven roasted meat, served with roasted seasonal vegetables and gravy.