Drover’s Return Bar & Cafe in Manawatu-Wanganui Menu -

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THE DROVER $13.00
- toasted sesame bun mayo our tomato relish sweet pickles BBQ sauce lettuce tomato red onion cheddar & prime NZ mince patty
BBQ BEEF & BACON $15.00
- toasted sesame bun mayo sweet pickles BBQ sauce lettuce tomato onion cheddar bacon an Egg & prime NZ beef mince pattye
BIG DOUBLE BEEF & CHILLI $16.50
- toasted sesame bun chipotle mayo, sriracha mayo lettuce tomato red onion sweet pickles double cheddar prime NZ beef mince patty & slow cooked beef
BIG MEAT & CHEESE $16.50
- toasted sesame bun bacon mayo BBQ sauce relish sweet pickles streaky bacon slow cooked beef cheddar & tasty cheese either side of a prime NZ beef mince pattye
BEEF & BLUE $15.00
- toasted sesame bun smoked mayo sweet pickles lettuce tomato red onion prime NZ beef mince patty cheddar streaky bacon and blue cheese
THE DROVERS FISH $14.00
- toasted sesame bun panko crumbed Hoki pieces house tartare sweet pickles lemon dressing slaw cheddar
CHICKEN AND SWISS $14.00
- toasted focaccia bun chargrilled chicken roasted capsicum swiss cheese, lemon mayo rocket, tomato, and red onion
LOUISIANA BBQ CHICKEN $14.00
- toasted focaccia bun chargrilled chicken streaky bacon, Louisiana BBQ sauce smoked Mayo cheddar lemon dressed slaw
CHIPOTLE CHICKEN $14.00
- toasted focaccia bun chargrilled chicken chipotle mayo lettuce tomato red onion cheddar
DROVER STEAK SANDWICH $16.50
- toasted sesame bun lettuce tomato red onion beef chargrilled to just under medium and egg, onion rings, our tomato relish and smoked mayo
PULLED PORK PO BOY $15.00
- toasted sesame bun slow cooked shoulder pork with Lousiana BBQ sauce lemon dressing slaw cheddar red onion and a touch of chipotle mayo
POPCORN SHRIMP PO BOY $14.00
- toasted sesame bun bacon mayo lettuce red onion and crumbled Bubba Gump shrimp

Our Aioli $1.00
Bacon $4.00
Egg $1.00
Panko Hoki piece $2.20
Beef Patty $2.00
Sour Cream $1.00
Chili sauce $1.00

CHICKEN BACON RANCH $16.00
- chargrilled chicken breast maple roasted bacon pieces mesclun lettuce mix salad bits red onion honey mustard vinaigrette, camembert croutons and ur own ranch dressing GF
PULLED PORK HUARACHES $14.00
- pulled shoulder pork on a fried tortilla with melted cheese onions tomato capsicum strips chipotle mayo and topped with a rocket micro greens mix GF without tortilla
CORN FRITTERS $12.50
- corn fritters served with mesclun lettuce salad and our own chutney add bacon $4.00, also available as a burger with fries just ask the bar staff when you order, GF egg and dairy free

Kiwi blokes rump Egg & chips(with salad $27.00) $23.00
Ribeye Sauce Chips(with salad $33.00) $29.00
Sirloin Sauce Chips(with salad$33.00) $29.00

Garden Salad side $4.00
Our Aioli $1.00
Bacon $4.00
Eggs, onion each $2.00
Beer Battered Onion rings $5.00
Extra Mushrooms/garlic $2.00
Bowl of Bubba Gump Prawns $12.00

Bowl o'Fries $9.00
Waffle-cut Fries $10.50
Drover Cheesy Fries $12.50
- waffle out fries topped with melted herby cheese and finished with our aioli
Fish and Chips $10.00
- Japanese Panko crumbed Hoki on waffle cut fries with our chunky tartare sauce/make it a meal with salad $14.00
Beef Nachos GF $10.00
- corn chips melted cheese spicy chili mince with chili beans all put together in the traditional manner topped with sour cream
Pulled Beef & Cheese po Boy $6.00
- slow cooked beef in rich gravy on a sesame seed bun with cheese a touch of mayo & BBQ sauce with fries $10.00
Classic BLT $8.00
- streaky bacon lettuce tomato all piled on a sesame bun with lashings of our smoked mayo
JB(Just Bacon) $8.50
- toasted sesame bun Louisiana BBQ sauce house smoked mayo and loads of bacon
Grazing Drover Platter 6ppl $38.00
- a selection of nibbles bites rings rolls wontons etc on a pile of fries with 3 dipping sauces
Loaded Roasties GF 2+ppl $9.00
- roasties topped with melted cheese bacon and sour cream chili sauce sweet or hot optional
Roasties & Gravy 2+ppl $9.00
- roasties in our own house gravy chock full of hours worth of flavour

Nearby Sample Menus

Steak Sandwich $24.00
- AngusPure on garlic ciabatta with mixed salad greens. Tomato, grilled flat brown mushroom, caramelised onions and béarnaise sauce. Served with shoestring fries
Seafood Chowder $17.00
- A selection of seafood in a creamy veloute. Served with toasted ciabatta
AngusPure Steaks
- Selection available on request
Pork Ribs $19.00
- Sticky smoked pork ribs with garden salad and house fries
Chicken Salad $24.00
- Moroccan spiced chicken with mixed green, avocado, feta, capsicum, roasted almonds, maple and seeded mustard dressing
Te Mata Fig and Chevre $22.00
- Chargrilled Sourdough topped with a goat cheese and fresh figs, shaved fennel, prosciutto, orange and raspberry gastrique
Mediterranean Crispy Prawns $18.00
- Pan fried salt and pepper prawns with honeydew melon, green olives, feta and green gazpacho dressing
Home Made Gnocchi $22.00
- Homemade potato and parmesan gnocchi with roasted vine tomato, capsicum, spinach, pine nuts and sage beurre noisettes

Steak Jumbo
Egg Fu Young
Steak
Pack $18
- 4 Fish, 1 Hot Dogs, 1 Crab Stick, 2 Spring Roll, 2 Chips
Chop Suey
Curry Roll $2.50
Super Burgers $5
- With extra meat pattie
Satay Dishes

Battered Scallops $2.00 / $10.00 / $20.00
- Each / ½ Dozen / Dozen
Bacon and Egg $6.50
Hotdog Chunks $0.80
Salmon $35.90 / kg
Lemon Fish $25.90 / kg
Fish $6.50
Sausages $3.00
Spring Rolls $2.50

Prawn Biryani $18.99
- Prawn pieces stir fried with Indian herbs and spices garnished with nuts, served with raita
Cheese Chilli $13.90
- Fried cottage cheese cooked with onion, capsicum, cabbage, soya sauce and sweet chilli sauce
H=Half / F=Full
Saag Beef $15.90
- Boneless beef pieces cooked in pureed spinach and Indian spices
Cheese Naan / Cheese & Garlic Naan / Chicken Naan $4.50
Paneer Paratha / Stuffed Onion Parantha $4.50
All mains served with basmati rice and to your taste ( Mild, Medium, Kiwi Hot and Indian Hot)
Basmati rice with cashewnuts / Cumin Rice / Peas Pulao $6.00

BBQ Pulled Pork $18.50
- Pulled pork, smokey BBQ sauce, honey mayo slaw.
Tempura Fish $17.50
- Tempura fish fillets, cos lettuce, red onion, tartare sauce.
Strawberries (seasonal) $3.90
Smoked Salmon $6.90
Chicken Parmigiana $21.50
- Crispy chicken schnitzel topped with bacon, napolitana sauce, melted cheese & served with honey mayo slaw & seasoned chips.
Lemon Pepper Calamari $6.40
All served with seasoned chips & tomato sauce
Side of Chips $3.70

Bacon & Eggs $15.50
- Free range eggs any style with bacon, served with toast
Pancakes with bacon and banana $15.50
- Served with grilled banana, bacon and maple syrup
Omelette $15.50
- Free range eggs, with you choice of three fillings: bacon, ham, cheese, tomato, mushroom, onion, pineapple, served with toast
Eggs Benedict
- Free range eggs, poached on toasted focaccia bread, served with hollandaise sauce
-With Bacon $15.50
B.L.T Sandwich $14.50
- Toasted focaccia bread with bacon, lettuce, tomato & aioli. Served as an open sandiwich
Breakfast Stack (Vegetarian) $16.00
Gourmet Toasted Sandwiches $10.50
- Bacon & Egg, Chicken & Mushroom, Chicken Schnitzel or Ham, Cheese & Tomato. Served on fresh toasted turkish bread

- Banoffee Pie with Banana & Toffee sauce
Pork Belly Black Pudding & Bacon $26.00
- Twice cooked pork belly with black pudding & grilled bacon served with seasonal greens roasted potatoes & jus
- with Cheese $8.00
- Herb Crusted Beef Schnitzel with Ranch Slaw & Fries
Beef or Bean Nachos $14.00
- (GF option available) Spicy Beef or Bean mix served on bed of corn chips topped with melted cheese served with sour cream
Braised Lamb shanks
- Tender basted lamb shanks slow cooked in red wine and herbs, served with winter vegetables on creamy garlic potato mash
Fresh Fish & Chips $10.00
- Fresh battered fish served with salad and chips
- Raspberry & White Chocolate Cheesecake with Berry Couli

Fully licensed and BYO wine – see our menu for wines, beers, spirits and drinks
Barista Breakfast $23.00
- Bacon, kransky sausage, hash browns, roasted tomatoes, Portobello mushroom, and poached eggs on white toast (GF $24)
Chicken Salad $24.00
- (GF DF) with greens, toasted spiced pumpkin seeds, cherry tomatoes, avocado, mangoes and a black vinegar, honey, ginger and sesame dressing
Salt & Pepper Prawns $22.00
- (GF & DF) – keep them to yourself, or share if you dare!
Soup of the Day $13.00
- with toasted white bread and butter (GF)$14
Hash browns, Portobello mushroom, or roasted tomato $4.00
- Roasted Tomato & Spinach $17.00
Vegetarian Breakfast $22.00
- Grilled haloumi, hash brown, poached eggs, avocado, tomato, field mushroom & our own tomato chutney, served with toast.(GF $23)

Mini Pavlova $13
- with berries, cream and shaved white chocolate
Salt and pepper calamari salad with a sweet chilli and coriander dressing $15.00
Chicken nuggets with #hashtag chips and tomato sauce $9
-All served on a toasted bun with fresh garden salad, #hashtag chips, aioli and tomato sauce.
BBQ pork ribs $13.00
Apple and rhubarb cake with berry and rhubarb compote (GF and DF) $12
Garden salad with balsamic dressing $3.50
Beef patty, bacon, BBQ sauce, cheese and crispy onion rings $15.00

Veg: mushrooms or spinach $4.00
Bacon $5.00
MISCHIEF WORKS $22.00
- herbed potato & garlic mash, grilled toms, streaky bacon, sausage, spinach & sauteed garlic mushrooms, toasted ciabatta & hollandaise with 2 eggs your way
EGGS ANYWAY $10.00
- 2 eggs your way w/ toasted ciabatta or grain
YOCKAMOROCCA(DF) $18.00
- moroccan buttered fried eggs, topped with spicy dukkah & lightly oven baked served with warmed pita bread, hummus & ayo
Eggs $4.00
BENE TRUE STORY(GF) $19.00
- 2 poached eggs on potato & roast garlic rosti with caramelised onions, hollandaise & pesto oil. Your choice of streaky bacon or salmon fillet or veggie option with spinach & mushroom or avo or asparagus(choose one)
Gluten free bread $2.00

Pork Belly Ribs $25
- Meaty, sweet sticky hickory smoked ribs with salad they come with sweet potatoes & loads of napkins.
Vegas Chicken $20
- Tender thigh meat with grilled mushrooms, cripsy bacon and cheddar cheese all covered in honey mustard sauce served with baby carrots, green beans & German fried potatoes
Garlic Bread $6
- Sliced baguette smothred in Garlic Butter & melted cheesy cheese
Mussels in Garlic & sweet Chilli Sauce $20
- Mussels in a shell cooked fresh in the chefs one of a kind sauce
Cripsy Onion Rings $9
- Share a platter of cloves on our butter milk battered Onion rings with horseradish sauce just don’t go proposing with them.
Bread Platter $10
- Toasted selection of breads & our own yummy dipping sauces to smooth the hunger
Spicy Beef Machos $13
- Yummy beef mince, salsa, molten cheese, jalapenos on fiery tortilla chips (veg option available)
Sirloin Steak $19
- 300gms of prime steak choice of mushroom, pepper or garlic. Sauce, side of toss and salad. Extras optional $1 each.

Chicken Teriyaki or Chilli Teriyaki
Curry Karaage or Curry Katsu
Rice
Salmon Sushi (5 pieces)
Kitsune Udon $15.00
- Pork and cabbage
Teriyaki Salmon $30.50
- Fresh king salmon fillet glazed with homemade teriyaki sauce and come with rice
Fish of the Day $13.50
- Today’s freshest selected fish with Japanese crumb, and served with our special sauce

Italian Herbs & Cheese N/A
Italian Dressing N/A
Thinly Cut Sour Cream & Chives N/A
Turkey N/A
Italian B.M.T N/A
Old English N/A
Oat & Raisin N/A
Tuna N/A

Chicken Salad $18
- Garden salad with cherry tomato, feta & chicken coated in sweet chilli & balsamic dressing, topped with crispy noodles
Hawaiian $18
- Ham, pineapple, cheese & tomato relish
Cheerios $8
- Just like a party. Cheerios & our very own Tuimato sauce
Chicken Tenders $10
- Strips of crumbed chicken breast served with fries
Kiddies Lunch Box $10
- Bag of chippies, fairy or ham sandwich, muesli bar & a juice box
Side Salad $8
- Mesclun salad, cherry tomatoes, capsicum & red onion with a vinaigrette. Add Chicken, Steak or Bacon $13
Bacon & Egg $18
- Streaky bacon, eggs & cheese with tomato relish
Hot Dogs $10
- Mini hot dogs with fries