Zest in Canterbury Menu

PIZZAS Regular $20.00/Large $27.00 PIZZAS Regular $20.00/Large $27.00
  • Aoraki Smoke
    • Lightly smoked salmon partnered with fried capers, spinach, parsley and dill finished with cream cheese and mozzarella.
  • Apricot Chicken
    • Tender chicken, sun dried apricots, roasted capsicums and onions topped with a spiced apricot sauce and cream cheese
  • Broccoli & Blue Cheese
    • Sweet onion relish base, caramelised onion, broccoli, spinach, mozzarella and blue cheese.
  • Farmyard
    • Seasoned chicken, bacon, fried egg, sweet corn and diced white onion topped with BBQ sauce.
  • Greek
    • A tomato base with fresh roasted garlic, feta cheese, olives, chunky tomatoes, red onions and spinach topped with sour cream and a sprinkling of parmesan.
  • Hawaiian Zest
    • Ham, pineapple, onions and capsicums with a Hawaiian chutney base and mozzarella cheese.
  • Little Italy
    • A tomato base layered with pepperoni, salami, tomatoes, mushrooms, red onions, capsicums topped with a basil pesto swirl and a sprinkle of parmesan.
  • Seafood Mornay
    • Selection of mixed seafood, fresh herbs and onions topped with mozzarella and a rich mornay sauce.
  • Summer BBQ
    • Prime beef, smoky bacon, tomatoes, onions and mushrooms on a sweet onion relish base topped with BBQ sauce.
  • Sweet Chilli Chicken
    • Chicken, ham, capsicum, red onion, mozzarella and cream cheese with a sweet chilli swirl.
  • The Mongrel
    • Sweet onion relish base with salami, chicken, white onion, spinach, sun-dried tomatoes, feta and mozzarella topped with a BBQ sauce swirl.
  • The Roast
    • Roast chicken, pumpkin, kumara and caramelised onions topped with Brie cheese and plum sauce.
  • Vegetarian Delight
    • Pesto base covered with roast capsicums, sundried tomatoes, red onions, mushrooms and mozzarella finished with a parmesan sprinkle and an aioli swirl.
  • Zest Favourite
    • Tender chicken pieces alongside red onions, capsicums, cranberry sauce and Brie cheese.
LUNCH MEALS LUNCH MEALS
  • Soup of the Day $11.50
    • Made with our ever changing fresh market produce.
  • Seafood Chowder $13.50
    • A selection of seafood in a delicious cream-based chowder.
  • Chicken Nachos $16.50
    • Spicy corn chips topped with seasoned chicken tossed through a tomato and coriander salsa with melted cheese and finished with sour cream on top
  • Wedges with Bacon and Cheese $16.50
    • Seasoned wedges tossed through sweet chilli, partnered with bacon and melted cheese, topped with sour cream.
  • BLT $17.50
    • Bacon, lettuce, tomato and mayonnaise in lightly toasted bread served with fries.
  • Moroccan Chicken Salad $19.00
    • $19.00Grilled chicken pieces dusted with Moroccan spices tossed through a market salad, served with a fresh herb yoghurt dressing and finished with triangles of flatbread.
  • Smoked Salmon & Spinach Omelette $18.20
    • Smoked salmon mixed with spinach and fresh herbs in a 3 egg omelette served with salad.
  • Vegetarian Tartlet $18.50
    • Roasted pumpkin, red onion, spinach, courgettes with cream cheese and basil pesto alongside a garden salad.
  • Smoked Chicken Salad $19.00
    • Smoked chicken, snow peas and cherry tomatoes tossed through a garden salad, dressed with a strawberry vinaigrette and partnered with rosemary potatoes.
  • Zest Vegetarian Salad $17.80
    • $17.80A mixed salad of lettuce, capsicum, carrot, cucumber, red onion, pumpkin seeds, tomato, sprouts, spring onion, roast pumpkin, Swiss cheese, partnered with toasted garlic bread.
  • Pan-fried Fish $19.00
    • Pan fried fish topped with a lemon hollandaise served with salad and your choice of steamed potatoes or creamy kumara mash.
  • Prawns Wrapped in Bacon $19.50
    • Succulent prawns wrapped in prime bacon and pan-fried with lemon, sweet chilli and garlic served over rice with salad.
  • Chicken & Bacon Pasta $19.20
    • Sauteed chicken, bacon and onions in a creamy herb sauce tossed through penne pasta topped with parmesan cheese.
  • Chicken & Banana Curry $19.50
    • Chicken, onions and capsicums in a mild green curry finished with banana slices and toasted cashew nuts served on jasmine rice.
  • Stir fry Choice $19.00
    • Your choice of Chicken or Beef or Pork with stir fried seasonal vegetables served on jasmine rice.
  • Tortilla Stack $19.50
    • Battered Cajun chicken on guacamole and salad, sitting in a tortilla stack topped with melted cheese and sour cream.
  • Beer Battered Blue Cod $19.50
    • Everybody’s favourite Blue Cod encased in a fine ale batter served with fries and salad.
  • Lunch Rib Eye $19.90
    • 200gram Rib Eye steak grilled the way you like it, served with fries and salad.
  • Sauces
    • mushroom, pepper, garlic butter
BREADS AND SOUPS BREADS AND SOUPS
  • Garlic Bread $7.50
    • Slices of ciabatta bread covered with garlic butter
  • Cheese & Herb Ciabatta $8.50
    • Toasted ciabatta topped with Italian herb butter and melted cheese.
  • Sundried Tomato Flatbread $11.50
    • Sundried tomato pesto, onions, herbs and mozzarella cheese.
  • Pesto Flatbread $11.50
    • Basil pesto, parmesan, mozzarella and cream cheese.
  • ½ and½ Flatbread $12.50
    • Basil pesto and Sun-dried tomato.
  • Caramelized Onion & Blue Cheese Flatbread $11.50
    • Sweet onion relish, caramelised onions, mozzarella and creamy blue cheese.
  • Bread Selection $14.80
    • >A variety of breads and dips.
EXTRAS EXTRAS
  • Steamed Vegetables $8.00
  • Greek Salad $8.00
  • Garden Salad $7.00
  • Seasoned Wedges served with sour cream $6.80
    • To.Share
  • Seasoned Wedges served with sour cream $4.40
    • Small Bowl
  • Fries $5.50
    • To Share
  • Fries $3.00
    • Small Bowl
DESSERTS DESSERTS
  • Cheesecake $11.00
    • Our waiting staff will let you know today’s yummy flavour served with cream and ice cream
  • Mud Cake $11.00
    • A rich and decadent mud cake served warm with ice cream and cream.
  • Ice Cream Sundae $10.00
    • Your choice of strawberry, caramel or chocolate sauce on a sundae topped with cream and mixed nuts.
  • Apple Crumble $11.00
    • Traditional style crumble partnered with warm custard, cream and ice cream
  • Pavlova $11.00
    • $11.00Home-made individual Pavlova topped with cream and fruit served with ice cream
  • Warm Caramel Crepes $11.00
    • Fresh crepes drizzled with warm caramel sauce accompanied with ice cream and cream.
  • Boysenberry Parfait $11.00
    • Layers of sweetened boysenberries, meringue and ice-cream topped with cream

Nearby Sample Menus

  • Curry Chicken On Fried Rice $10.50
  • Prawn With Mushroom Chow Mein $13.50
  • Sweet & Sour Chicken (S) $ 12.00 (L) $ 14.00
  • Fillet Steak Nice Cook Style $15.00
  • ●Steak
  • ●Extras
  • Satay Chicken $12.00
  • Spring Roll $2.50
  • Spring asparagus, miso butter & poached egg. $16
  • Herb crushed potatoes $9
  • House marinated olives $8
  • House smoked fish w/ pickled shallots, capers & Rachel Scott seaweed bread. $18
  • House-made papardelle w/ olives, capers, sauteed greens & Athena olive oil. $29
  • Local & wild organic leafy greens $9
  • Charcuterie of cured meats w/ Rachel Scott ciabatta. $18
  • Pickled & roasted seasonal vegetable w/ smoked egg, white bean puree & tomato kasundi. $18
  • Ten27 Bread Board $18.00
    • Selection of fresh & toasted breads with flavoured butter & daily dip selection
  • Spiced Lamb Kofta Skewers $14.00
    • Salsa verde
  • Hand Cut Pasta $21.50
    • Courgettes, bacon, greenshell mussels, karengo butter
  • Buttermilk Fried Chicken Bites $14.00
    • Paprika aioli
  • Marinated Strawberries $16.00
    • Coconut & lime foam, Brazil nut crumble
  • Canterbury Lamb Rump $31.00
    • Crispy potatoes, peas, smoked tomato, green beans, goats cheese puree, mint jus
  • Roasted Carrot Cannelloni $24.00
    • Braised fennel, sweet & sour raisins, salt baked carrots
  • Pork Sausage $3.50
  • Ribeye $15.0
    • 200gm with mushrooms and onions, chunky chips and salad
  • Bunratty Burger $16.0
    • Big beef pattie stacked with bacon, lettuce, cheese and tomato between crusty burger buns. Served with chunky chips.
  • 2 on Toast $7.0
    • Two eggs, fried or scrambled, and your choice of 2 sausages or 2 rashers of bacon. Served with toast.
  • Egg on burger or steak $1.5 each
  • St Paddy’s Steak $22.0
    • 200gm Ribeye cooked the way you like it with mushrooms and onions alongside, chunky chips and salad. The Craic favourite.
  • Blarney BLT $13.0
    • Classic bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich with fries.
  • The Craic Platter sml $18.0 lge $28.0
    • An assortment of fried finger food and chunky wedges.
  • Craic Chunky Chips $7.0
    • Large basket
  • Chicken $8.00/$11.00/$14.00
  • Barbosa $3.50
  • Egyptian Kebab Special $18.00
    • Crispy veggies (capsicum, onion, mushroom & cheese) mixed with our marinated meat and griLLed together then placed in a hot pita bread and finished with sauce. Served in a pizza box
  • Egyptian Smoked chicken $16.00
    • Served with our special smoked chicken, B8Q sauce, green salad and our dressing in a pizza box
  • Your choIce of the main served with pita bread, rice or couscous on our crisp salads and finished with our homemade sauce to take away
  • Chicken Kebab $15.50
  • Egyptian Koshary $11.00
    • Koshary Is a traditionaL Egyptian meat that consists of a macaroni, spaghetti, rice, black lentiLs, chick peas, garlic sauce and a spicy tomato chilli sauce, all topped with fried onions
  • Lamb Kebab $16.00
  • 2 Frankfurter with Berliner Potato Salad N/A
  • Prosciutto Platter – Dried, cured, smoked hams from all over Europe, served with breads, pickles and olives N/A
  • Bulette/Meatball N/A
    • with bread roll, mustard and pickles / with Berliner Potato Salad
  • Berliner Currywurst with home made curry sauce and bread N/A
  • Leberwurst/Liver Pate – Different pates served with bread and pickles N/A
  • Fleischsalat/Meatsalad served with bread N/A
  • Leberkäse/Meatloaf N/A
    • with bread roll, sauerkraut and mustard / with Berliner Potato Salad
  • Rote Grütze with Vanilla Ice Cream N/A
  • Quesadilla $8.00
    • Abode chicken with smoky salsa, chipotle mayo and cheddar cheese
  • Jacket potatoes (GF) $8.00
    • With sour cream, tomato relish and chilli salt
  • Ground Beef Burger $15.50
    • House made beef pattie with gruyere cheese, pickles and aioli, served with fries
  • Roast of the Day (GF available) $15.00
    • Ask your server about today’s roast
  • 200gm Sirloin Steak (GF) $15.50
    • Cooked to your liking and served with fries, salad and aioli
  • Steak Sandwich $17.50
    • 200gm sirloin with salad greens, beetroot relish and crispy onion rings in artisan bread, served with fries
  • Abode Chicken Burrito $15.50
    • With guacamole, smoked tomato salsa, cheddar cheese and fennel slaw, served with fries
  • Soup of the Day $10.00
    • With artisan soup roll
  • stir fried drunken noodles $10.00
  • -seafood $5.00
  • -seafood $5.00
  • Served between 11:30AM and 2:30 PM
  • -seafood $5.00
  • -chicken / pork / beef / lamb $3.00
  • -seafood $5.00
  • -seafood $5.00
  • Chicken Don
    • Tender chicken bites, deep fried & coated with lightly flavoured soy sauce served on rice
  • -Large $10.00
  • Curry Rice
    • Beef & vegetables in a Japanese style curry sauce served on Rice. Not too spicy
  • -2 Burger deal only $9.00
  • Cutlet Lunch Box $11.00
    • Chicken cutlet with potato salad and vegetables in a Lunch box
  • -Add an egg $0.50
  • -Small $7.50
  • -reg: $10
  • Manuka house-smoked Marlborough salmon $18.00
    • with aioli, toasted bread and watercress
  • Creamy in white wine, potatoes and leeks $22.50 / $16.50
    • 1 kilo / 500g
  • Garden green salad $7.00
    • green salad leaves with house vinaigrette
  • Mussel fritter (x3) $18.00
    • with lemon aioli and lettuce
  • Panko crumbed fish & mussel cake $19.00
    • with poached egg, lemon and aioli
  • Add fresh bread $3.00
  • Shoe-string fries $7.00
    • with ketchup
  • Lemon cheesecake $13.50
    • with whipped cream
  • - With spinach, bacon $16.00
  • Thai Green Curry $14.00
    • Chicken and vegetables cooked in a medium spiced curry sauce and served with rice and papadams
  • Creamy Risotto $12.00
    • With your choice of bacon or chicken
  • - Add grilled cheese and bacon $12.00
  • Pancakes $9.50
    • Stack of 3 pancakes served with maple syrup. You choose your sides!
  • French Toast $14.00
    • Cinnamon egg dipped bread with your choice of grilled banana, crispy bacon and maple syrup or berry compote and cream
  • *Ask about our special of the day for $10.00
  • Big breakfast $19.50
    • Eggs any style, toasted Ciabatta Bread, grilled tomato, braised mushrooms, crispy bacon, sausages and hash browns
  • Mussels steamed with Cassels Lager, crème fraîche & bread $16.00
  • Soup of the day with fresh bread & butter $15.50
  • Steak & Fries $32.00
    • 250g sirloin & fries, with peppercorn sauce & garlic green beans
  • Sumner $24.00
    • Tomato base, mozzarella, ham & pineapple
  • Port Levy $24.00
    • Shredded braised spiced lamb with mint, mozzarella, currants and a yoghurt swirl
  • Horotane $24.00
    • Olive oil base, pear, blue cheese, bacon & thyme
  • Rakaia $24.00
    • Smoked salmon, cream cheese, capers & rocket
  • Matched with a 12 oz Cassels Best Bitter $25.00
  • Mango Chicken $19.00
    • Chicken prepared in a mild mango pulp based gravy.
  • Lamb Biryani $19.00
    • Rice cooked with lamb in masala and various flavoursome spices
  • Plain Naan $3.00
    • Leavened bread cooked in tandoor.
  • Aloo Paneer Tikki $ 8.00
    • Boiled potatoes mashed & mixed with cottage cheese, then cooked in fry pan
  • Chicken-Garlic-Kebab $ 11.00
    • Chicken pieces marinated and cooked in special garlic paste 4 pcs
  • Chicken Madras $19.00
    • A coconut based gravy. A curry full of flavorsome spices from South East coastal city of India-Madras.
  • Aloo Gobhi $17.00
    • Potatoes & Cauliflower curry flavoured with spicies. North Indian delicacy.
  • Beef Saag $19.00
    • Beef cooked with chopped spinach with a flavor of garlic and cream.
  • Mince & Cheese
  • Steak & Onion
  • Steak & Mushroom
  • Lamb & Pepper Pie
  • Savouries $1.60
  • Chicken Pie
  • Steak & Tomato
  • Lamb Pie
  • Moroccan Lamb Burger $13.50
    • Moroccan spiced lamb burger on a toasted bun with lettuce, tomato and home-made tzatziki
  • Baked Omelette $10.00
    • Large, fluffy omelette with three fillings - your choice; bacon, tomato, mushroom, spinach, red onion, cheese
  • Eggs Benedict Full $13.50 Half $8.00
    • Poached free-range eggs with tasty bacon, English breakfast muffin and home-made hollandaise
  • Portobello Mushrooms $12.00
    • Creamy portobello mushrooms on toasted bread with garlic butter, spring onions, chorizo and tasty bacon
  • Open Chicken Sandwich $13.50
    • Pan seared chicken and tasty bacon on toasted bread with lettuce, tomato and home-made tangy cucumber salsa
  • Lamb Kofta Salad $13.50
    • Moroccan spiced lamb koftas with a fresh mixed salad and home-made tzatziki
  • Venison Salad $15.00
    • Wild fiorland venison with a fresh mixed salad and home-made capsicum and red onion relish
  • Bacon Buttie $8.00
    • Two tasty pieces of bacon in a toasted sandwich
Zest

Zest

location

Address

4A Elizabeth Place, Timaru Central, Timaru, NZ, 7910, New Zealand

phone

Phone

036888313

clock

Opened hours

Monday: 10:00 AM – 8:30 PM, Tuesday: 10:00 AM – 8:30 PM, Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 8:30 PM, Thursday: 10:00 AM – 8:30 PM, Friday: 10:00 AM – 9:00 PM, Saturday: 10:00 AM – 9:00 PM, Sunday: 10:30 AM – 8:30 PM
price range

Price

$10 - $20

type

Type

None

service level

Service

Table Service

cuisine

Cuisine

Gluten Free , New Zealand , Pizza , Pizza & Pasta , Vegan , Vegetarian

features

Features

Dine in ,  EFTPOS ,  Mastercard ,  Takeaway ,  Visa ,  Wheelchair accessible ,  Business meetings ,  Reservations ,  Breakfast ,  Waitstaff ,  Takeout ,  Cash ,  Groups ,  Bankcard ,  Lunch ,  Seating ,  Highchairs Available ,  Street Parking ,  Local cuisine ,  Special Occasion Dining ,  Serves Alcohol ,  Dinner ,  Child-friendly ,  Outdoor Seating ,  Full Bar

Location
4A Elizabeth Place, Timaru Central, Timaru, NZ, 7910, New Zealand