Anchor Bar & Grill in Nelson Menu

LUNCH MENU LUNCH MENU
  • OVEN FRESH GARLIC & PARSLEY BREAD $6.90
    • Straight from the oven and oozing with flavour, heaps for two.
  • SWEET CHILLI, CHEESE & GARLIC BREAD $7.80
    • Very, very tasty- so good you will want more but plenty for two.
  • BREAD & DIPS $13.50
    • Selection of bread with our homemade dips and spreads.
  • CHICKEN LIVER AND PORT PÂTÉ $19.90
    • A thick slice of rich, smooth pâté, flavoured with herbs and a dash of port, wrapped in bacon and baked in a terrine. Served with roasted pears and toasted bread.
  • ANCHOR SEAFOOD CHOWDER $15.90
    • An Anchor favourite-our famous recipe, full of fish, scallops, mussels from The Sounds, fresh cream and a dash of local chardonnay, and served with warm garlic bread.
  • SOUP OF THE DAY $11.50
    • A fusion of flavours using our beautiful Nelson region’s fresh produce, combined with subtle herbs and spices - served with warm garlic bread.
  • CITRUS CURED SALMON $21.50
    • Traditionally cured salmon using vodka, dill salt and lemon, served with, leafy greens and herb salad, with glazed beetroot, lemon and dill crème fraîche.
  • CHICKEN SALAD $19.50
    • Tender confit chicken breast tossed through a fresh garden salad with ruby cranberries and soft brie cheese, dressed with honey mustard vinaigrette. >>
  • LAMB SALAD $21.50
    • Lemon, rosemary and garlic marinated lamb tenders served with leafy greens, spinach, cherry tomatoes, roasted pumpkin, sweet potato, capsicum and cucumber, dressed with creamy feta and honey mustard vinaigrette.
  • SHRIMP SALAD $18.50
    • Succulent shrimps wrapped in “Thousand Island” dressing served on lettuce with tomato concise finished with crispy sliced crouton.
  • SALT AND PEPPER SQUID $18.90
    • Crispy crusted salt and pepper calamari drizzled with a smoked paprika aïoli dipping sauce served with French fries and a garden fresh side salad.
  • CHICKEN AND CHEESE BLAT $19.50
    • Cheese topped grilled chicken breast, bacon, lettuce, tomato & cucumber, on bread, drizzled with roasted garlic aïoli dressing served with golden fries.
  • ANCHOR SEAFOOD MEDLEY A delicious combination of cooked battered seafood served with dipping sauce, seasonal salad & golden fries. $26.50
  • ALL DAY BREAKFAST $19.90
    • A real big breakfast – 110gms porterhouse steak, streaky bacon, sausages, eggs, French fries & roasted tomato, served with toasted bread.
  • PASTA OF THE DAY $18.50
    • See our friendly waiting staff for daily specials.
  • ANCHOR STEAK $29.90
    • An Anchor favourite, scotch fillet steak cooked to your liking on the char-grill, topped with bacon, onions & mushroom, served with seasonal salad & fries, finished with a beef jus.
  • CRUSTED MUSHROOMS $18.50
    • Panko crumb crusted portabella mushrooms topped stuffed with cream cheese, caramelised onion, and spinach, fresh garden salad.
  • GOURMET FISH & CHIPS $19.90
    • Two fillets of grouper fried in our Mac’s Gold batter served with a fresh seasonal salad, tartare sauce & golden fries.
  • ANCHOR CATCH OF THE DAY $19.90
    • Pan fried fish served with gourmet potatoes, seasonal salad & finished with a mushroom & mustard cream sauce. See our friendly waiting staff for today’s catch.
  • STEAK SANDWICH $19.50
    • 110g Porterhouse steak, honey streaky bacon, leafy greens and tomato, on ciabatta bread with garlic aïoli and onion marmalade served with golden fries.
  • WEST COAST WHITEBAIT $21.90
    • West Coast whitebait cooked in the traditional Anchor manner mixed with whisked eggs, salt & cracked pepper, cooked on the grill, served with fries, seasonal salad & tartare sauce.
  • BATTERED SCALLOPS $24.90
    • New Zealand scallops fried in our Mac’s Gold beer batter, served with fries, seasonal salad & tartare sauce.
  • RED CURRY GREEN LIPPED MARLBOROUGH MUSSELS $19.00
    • Marlborough mussels steamed open in a red Thai curry, lemon and coconut cream broth, served with toasted bread and seasonal salad.
  • TWICE COOKED ROASTED PORK BELLY $23.90
    • Pork belly rubbed in rosemary, lemon & garlic, slow roasted to perfection, served with lightly roasted baby potatoes seasonal vegetables, apple purée and crackling, and drizzled with a rich jus. >>
  • GREEN THAI CHICKEN CURRY $18.90
    • Sautéed chicken thigh, aromatic lemongrass in a Thai-inspired coconut cream sauce, garnished with peanuts, fried shallots and accompanied with fragrant jasmine rice.
  • ARANCINI $18.90
    • Delicious risotto balls, stuffed with mushroom, spinach, mozzarella, crumbed and fried, served with spiced plum chutney and a garden salad.
  • LIVER AND BACON $19.50
    • Caramelised lambs fry with bacon, mushroom tossed through a rich cream reduction served on mash potato, topped with summer greens.
EXTRAS EXTRAS
  • A skewer of four scallops $14.00
  • West Coast whitebait pattie $ 8.00
  • New Zealand battered scallops $3.50
  • Fried egg $1.20
  • Extra fillet of battered fish $6.70
  • Side of salad $ 5.00
  • Bowl of fries $6.50
  • Side of seasonal vegetables $6.00

Nearby Sample Menus

  • Tamales $9
    • Steamed sweetcorn on corn husk, feta, salsa roja
  • Elvego Brunch $17
    • Black beans, egg, potato, cheese, greens, salsa fresca, salsa roja
  • Side Salad $8
    • Mixed greens, pink onions, jalapenos, beetroot, toasted pumpkin seeds, salsa verde, crema
  • Vegetable $8
    • Baked pumpkin, black beans, feta, salsa fresca, salsa roja, crema
  • Huevos Rancheros $20
    • Braised pork, black beans, fried eggs, salsa fresca, salsa roja, on crisp corn tortillas
  • Guacamole $10
    • with corn chips
  • Quinoa Salad $18
    • Quinoa with rice, spinach, caramelised orange, avocado, beetroot, toasted pumpkin seeds, salsa verde, crema
  • Popcorn $8
    • Chilli & lime
  • Beetroot carpaccio marinated in balsamic and lemon, crumbed mussels stuffed with stracchino cheese, coriander and mint salad $21.00
  • Free-range pork belly roulade with mango and apple salad, relish, jus and fresh ciabatta $20.50
  • Chocolate truffle $4.50
  • Fresh ciabatta with flavoured butter $7.00
  • Smoked tomato soup with roasted garlic, cumin and grilled ciabatta bread $15.50
  • Hokey pokey semifreddo with hard shell dark chocolate melt and vanilla cone $14.00
  • Zeppole with salted caramel sauce and vanilla bean ice cream $14.00
  • Market fish with fennel risotto, pickled vegetables and grissini MP
  • Sesame Crusted Prawn Salad $19.00
    • Ginger & lime dressing (Aronui Pinot Gris)
  • Tomato, Pea and Artichoke Risotto Parmesan (GF) (Lawson's Dry Hill Chardonnay) $25.00
  • Honey Roasted Kumara (GF) $7.00
  • Passionfruit and Lime Tart $15.00
    • Raspberry coulis/ mango sorbet
  • Beef Cheek Croquette $19.00
    • House made Beetroot Chutney (Ropaura Springs Reserve Pinot Noir)
  • Rhubarb and Peach Crumble $15.00
    • Anglalse/ vanilla Ice cream
  • Seared Scallops $22.00
    • Pickled cucumber spaghetti/ orange segments/ mint infused Oil (GF) (Aronui Nelson Pinot Gris)
  • Duck and Mushroom Risotto $29.00
    • Rocket/ parmesan/ hoi sin jus (GF) (Mt Difficulty Roaring Meg Pinot Noir)
  • Miso Soup $7.50
    • with tofu & shitake mushroom
  • Coffee / Tea $4.00
  • Jungle Curry (hot) with white fish, greens, potato & jasmine rice $28.80
  • Salmon Wontons $17.50
    • (4) with sesame dressing and pickled cucumber
  • Grilled White Fish $28.90
    • with seasonal greens, green tea noodles, soy, ginger & lime
  • Pad Thai with Prawns $28.70
  • Extra Garlic Chappati $4.50
  • Chilli Plate - fresh, marinated & dry chillies $4.50
  • Rhubarb, Raspberry and Apple Crumble $14.00
    • Warm Winter Fruit with Spiced Nut Crumble Topping. Served with Wangapeka Clotted Cream and Vanilla Custard
  • Pork Belly – Flames on Forty Favourite $32.00
    • Honey Glazed Slow Cooked Pork Belly, Kumara Puree, Caramelised Apple, Quince Jus and Baby Cress (GF)
  • - Brie – Rich and Creamy
  • Flames on Forty Flaming 450g Flintstone on the Bone $39.00
  • 250g Aged Rib Eye $33.00
  • ideal for one – $20.00
  • Grilled to your liking
  • Beef Cheeseburger Sliders $13.50
    • With Swiss Cheese and Caramelised Onion Jam
  • Roast Pumpkin Filo $22.00
    • Roast pumpkin, brie, spinach and pine nuts wrapped in filo pastry, served on salad with marinated olives and basil pesto.
  • Wedges $13.00
    • Served with sour cream and sweet Thai chilli sauce.
  • Stables' Loaf $10.00
    • For those with a more hearty appetite try our oven baked mini loaf served with fresh garlic butter made from real New Zealand butter.
  • All of our children's meals include a drink. View our dessert menu for our kids' dessert option.
  • Char Grilled Chicken Burger $22.50
    • Char grilled chicken breast on an open burger bun with bacon & sweet chilli aioli served with thick cut fries.
  • Chicken Nachos $20.00
    • Crispy corn chips with melted mozzarella cheese, chicken and mild Mexican bean salsa, topped with sour cream.
  • Bread $3.00
  • Chicken Breast $30.00
    • Oven roasted and stuffed with feta and spinach, wrapped in honey cured bacon and served on rosemary and thyme potatoes and seasonal vegetables, topped with creamy marsala sauce.
  • Grain fed angus ribeye steak, hand cut potatoes, salad, red wine jus $30
  • Haloumi, portobello mushroom, caramelised onion jam $19
  • Beef, bacon, gruyere, spanish onion, pickle $18
  • House Salad, local leaves, slow roasted tomatoes, quinoa, portobello mushroom, haloumi $18
  • Bread options N/A
    • Ciabatta, sourdough, gluten free, naked. Served with Beer battered fries & house made coee porter BBQ sauce
  • Beef, jalepeno relish, slaw, cheddar $18
  • Side salad N/A
  • Organic chicken madras, jasmine rice, chutney $20
  • Large Mixed Platter $30.00
  • Mini Spring Rolls & Fries $9.00
  • Basket of Fries $5.00
  • Small Mixed Platter $16.00
  • Baby Sausages & Fries $9.00
  • Fish Bites & Fries $9.00
  • Samosas & Fries $9.00
  • Chicken Nuggets & Fries $9.00
  • Three course $75.00
    • Amuse Bouche: Scallops, Cauliflower, Green Apple & Caramel Salad, Bacon and Curry Oil OR Slow Roasted Beetroot Quark, Caraway and Truffle Honey. Intermezzo: Big Eye Tuna, Lemon Purée, Puffed Quinoa and Braised Lentils OR Veal Fillet Bone Marrow Crust, Roast Carrots, Shallots and Bordelaise Sauce. Peanut Mousse, Chocolate Crumbs and Apricot and Lavender OR Tasting of Jaffa, Crème Brulée, Macaroon, Bon Bon, Jaffa Soil and Cream. Coffee and Selection of Teas.
  • Baileys Brulée $15.00
    • With Anzac Finger
  • Fish & Chips $28.50
    • Hand Cut Chips, Lemon and Tartar Sauce
  • John Dory $39.00
    • Mutton Bird Cannelloni, Artichoke, Pickled Mustard Seeds and Fried Hens Yolk
  • Crisp Skin Snapper $35.00
    • Pork Belly, Parsley Purée and Brown Butter Crumbs
  • Slow Roasted Beetroot $15.00
    • Quark, Caraway and Truffle Honey
  • Fries $7.00
    • Sea Salt
  • Baked Mussels $15.50
    • With Parmesan, Verjus, Prosciutto and Parsley
  • Hotdog $3.80
    • on a stick-kiwi classic
  • Roots Shoots and Leaves $12.80
    • delectable veggie patty creation ‘du jour’ with chunks of marinated feta, loads of salads + lip-smackingly good sauces + avocado. Get it in ya!
  • Off the Hook $14.80
    • Fresh local fillet of fish of the day, battered and deep-fried, drizzled with homemade tartar and cheese, piled high with heaps of salad, aioli dressing relish and avocado to finish. >>
  • The Hau $14.50
    • The works! Homemade beef patty, grilled with cheese, mustard and tomato sauce, topped with an egg, grilled bacon, pineapple ring and beetroot. Aioli dressing, relish and salad complete this awesome feed!
  • MINI DOUGHNUTS $2.00
    • packet of three rolled in cinnamon sugar
  • Fish and Chip package for one $9.50
    • Classic and classy! Local fresh fillet of fish battered in our own crispy beer batter & deep fried served with golden chips & lemon
  • Seasoned crispy wedges $4.80
    • served with sweet chilli sauce and sour cream
  • Kumara chips $3.80
    • punnet size drizzled with sweet chilli mayo
  • Crispy Chicken Salad $18.90
    • Our famous crispy chicken, served on julienne vegetables, mesclun salad, rice noodles and roasted cashews with aioli
  • Cajun Spiced Wedges $10.90
    • Served with sour cream and sweet chilli sauce. Add Cheese and Bacon for $3.50
  • Iced Coffee $5.50
    • Milk, Ice, double espresso coffee, Coffee SHOTT and ice cream, blended and topped with cream
  • Steak, Eggs & Chips $15.90
    • 200g Rump Steak cooked to your liking served with fried eggs and chunky fries
  • Chicken Wings 3PCE: $9.90 6PCE: $17.90
    • Smokey Jack Daniels & BBQ sauce flavour or crispy and spicy flavour. Served with a garnish salad. Orders of six can be mixed flavours
  • Very Berry Smoothie $9.00
    • Berries, yoghurt, honey, passionfruit pulp orange juice and pineapple juice
  • Sticky Toffee Pudding $11.90
    • Served warm with sticky toffee sauce pecan praline and cream
  • Vegetable Fritter Stack $14.90
    • Carrot and zucchini fritters with seasonal greens and pomodoro sauce
  • Lahuh - Yemenite Flatbread $18.90
    • 2 Yemenite flatbread pan fried with our own clarified butter filled with 3 eggs, spinach & Housemade feta. Served with fresh tomato salsa
  • Breakfast Extras $5.00
    • 3 Hash browns
  • Breakfast Extras $2.00
    • Toast
  • Kumara fries $11.00/$6.00
    • Served with tomato sauce OR Housemade Aioli (Regular/Small)
  • Chrayme - Authentic Moroccan dish (HOT!) $22.80
    • Fish & broad beans cooked in spicy tomato & capsicum sauce. Served in a pan accompanied by a basket of bread
  • Pasta Carbonara Crusoeʼs Style $21.30 / $16.30
    • Tomatoes, sun-dried tomatoes, garlic confit, House Smoked Chicken, Pestellʼs bacon, spinach & onion in creamy white wine sauce with Fettuccine noodles. Served with parmesan cheese (Regular / Small)
  • Good Morning $13.00
    • Housemade Dried Fruit Compote topped with nuts & seeds on a bed of blossomed tapioca pearls. Served with seasonal fresh fruit. Add jug of yoghurt/soy milk/almond milk $2.00 >>
  • Eggs Benedict $19.50
    • 2 Poached eggs on toasted Housemade buns, baby spinach & Hollandaise sauce. With your choice of approx. 150gr Pestell’s bacon OR a generous serve of Crusoe’s “Magical Mushrooms” OR *150gr House hot smoked salmon *House Smoked Salmon - Extra $6.00
  • ROLLED EGG NIGIRI (3p) $7.00
  • LOTUS ROOT CHIPS $7.50
  • ASUKA ZEN $26.50
  • SPIDER ROLL (4p) $7.00
  • with rice $19.50
  • - Your choice of Main
  • GYOZA (10pc) $20.50
    • Pan fried pork dumpling with garlic, sour soy sauce
  • FIRE TUNA (3p) $7.00
  • SEASONAL VEGETABLES $6.00
  • PORTOBELLA BURGER $18.00
    • Portobello mushrooms in a bun. Balsamic onions, spinach, beetroot, goat’s cheese & aioli. (V)
  • STEAK,SALAD & FRIES $12.00
  • SPAGHETTI,BACON & CHEESE $12.00
  • MUSHROOM FRIES $6.00
    • w/- blue cheese aioli.
  • SEAFOOD RISOTTO $19.00
    • Lemon & saffron rice, fresh fish, prawns, mussels and squid. (GF)
  • SALT & PEPPER CALAMARI $19.00
    • Chargrilled baby vegetables, rocket, walnuts, polenta, sweet chilli aioli. (GF)(DF).
  • NEW YORKER $30.00
    • 250g 21 day dry aged, grain finished sirloin steak.
  • Charcutiere (2 people) A selection of cooked and cured meats, pickles, Olives, chutney, Baguette $26.0
  • Chocolate and Almond cake White chocolate mousse, Berry coulis, nut praline, candied orange zest (gf) $14.5
  • Cured Salmon Nicoise style potato salad, Black pudding $19.0
  • Sabayon ice-cream Brandy snap wafer, seasonal berries $14.5
  • Confit Duck Ravioli Nut brown butter, pine nuts, Oregano, chilli and lemon $18.0
  • Pappardelle Pasta Nut brown butter, cherry tomatoes, oyster mushrooms, pine nuts, rocket leaves, olives (vg) $28.5
  • Seasonal Vegetables of the day Our wait staff will advise $8.0
  • Beef Fillet Dijon and Village green Rosemary, Tempura shallot, roast kumara, oyster mushrooms, jus $34.5
Anchor Bar & Grill

Anchor Bar & Grill

location

Address

62 Vickerman Street, Port Nelson, Nelson, Nelson, 7010, New Zealand

phone

Phone

035466614

clock

Opened hours

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

Price

$10 - $20

type

Type

None

service level

Service

Table Service

cuisine

Cuisine

Bar , European , Fish & Chips , Gluten Free , New Zealand , Seafood , Steak , Vegan , Vegetarian

features

Features

Delivery ,  Mastercard ,  Visa ,  Wheelchair accessible ,  Business meetings ,  Reservations ,  After-hours ,  Breakfast ,  Waitstaff ,  Takeout ,  Groups ,  Quick Bites ,  American Express ,  Lunch ,  Bar Scene ,  Seating ,  View ,  Highchairs Available ,  Street Parking ,  Free Off-Street Parking ,  Local cuisine ,  Special Occasion Dining ,  Serves Alcohol ,  Dinner ,  Child-friendly ,  Outdoor Seating ,  Full Bar

Location
62 Vickerman Street, Port Nelson, Nelson, Nelson, 7010, New Zealand