Empire Bar & Izakaya in Christchurch Menu

YAKITORI YAKITORI
  • Kawa Chicken skin $4.00
  • Momo Chicken thigh with Tare $7.00
  • Chicken thigh with scallion sauce $7.00
  • Chicken thigh with spicy tomato sauce $7.00
  • Reba Chicken liver with Tare $7.00
  • Hatsu Chicken heart with Tare $7.00
  • Tsukune Chicken mince balls with tare & egg yolk $7.00
  • Sasami Chicken fillet with plum sauce $7.00
  • Giumiku Ocean beef sirloin with smoked chilli kelp $12.00
  • Buta Wakame Pork belly with sweet miso $10.00
  • Lamb Rump with rosemary and red wine miso $12.00
  • Ebi Yuan prawn with chilli mayo $12.00
  • Hotate Scallop with wasabi mayo and tobiko $12.00
  • Shiojake Salted Ora king salmon with lemon $12.00
  • Nasu Eggplant with red miso and ginger $7.00
  • Yaki Onigiri Rice ball with miso $7.00
  • Kinoko Portobello mushroom with green onion sauce $7.00
  • Broccoli Served with sesame sauce $5.00
IZAKAYA IZAKAYA
  • Steamed rice $3.00
  • Miso soup $3.00
  • Edamame beans $7.00
  • Creamy sesame cabbage salad $7.00
  • Goma Wakame $7.00
    • Spicy seaweed salad
  • Tsukemono $7.00
    • Homemade pickles
  • Gyoza $12.00
    • Pork, garlic and chive with gyoza sauce
  • Agedashi $10.00
    • Crispy tofu with ginger, scallion and dashi shouyu
  • Takoyaki $12.00
    • Octopus balls with Empire sauce and mayo
  • Hiyayako $12.00
    • Tofu with broccoli, radish and wafu dressing
  • Okonomiyaki $12.00
    • Pancake with Empire sauce and mayo
  • Soba Noodle $14.00
    • Chilled with dashi shouyu and scallion
  • Karrage $16.00
    • Crispy chicken with yurinchi sauce and mayo
  • Chefs Special Sushi $14.00
    • 6 pieces
  • Tempura $18.00
    • Vegetables and seafood with tentsuyu
  • Fresh Sashimi Platter POA
    • The best from the market today
NEW STYLE NEW STYLE
  • Maple, sansho and black pepper chicken wings $14.00
  • Crispy wasabi squid with parmesan and Yuzu mayo $16.00
  • Ora king salmon with umeshu jelly, toasted rice, apple wasabi and shiso $18.00
  • Soft shell crab with Sakè, butter, soy, scallion and ginger $18.00
  • Ocean beef tataki with egg miso, garlic chips and crispy soba noodles $18.00
  • Steamed corn custard with roast eel and radish $18.00
DESSERTS DESSERTS
  • Soba and Miso Cookies $6.00
    • perfect with Sencha
  • Selection of homemade Ice Cream $10.00
    • Matcha, Adzuki and Yuzu
  • Black sesame panna cotta with pineapple granita and honey $12.00
  • Torched pear, almond meringue, shiso, tapioca and umeshu jelly $12.00

Nearby Sample Menus

  • Pork hock, new style salsa verde & corn crema $29
  • Fire grilled mushrooms, garlic, fried onion queso, fresh herbs $9
  • Popcorn sundae with organic banana & salted caramel ice cream, Mexican chocolate sauce & caramel popcorn $12
  • Fire grilled garlic flank steak, cigar onions, chimichurri salsa, anti-cucho $25
  • De la maquina de café (means “from the coffee machine”) $4
    • Short black, Long Black, Flat White, Latte, Cappuccino, Mochaccino, Macchiato, Hot Chocolate
  • Sautéed seasonal vegetables, black olive, toasted seeds & nuts, queso $8
  • Fire grilled flank steak, tomato, peppers, black olive salsa $8
  • ‘Street style’ fire grilled corn, queso, chipotle mayo & lime $5.50
  • STICKY DATE & CHOCOLATE PUDDING $12.00
    • salted caramel sauce / vanilla ice cream
  • PULLED PORK BURGER $24.00
    • jalapeño slaw / chipotle mayo / chilli BBQ / brioche bun
  • ROAST BONE MARROW $18.00
    • shallot salad / garlic sour dough toast
  • SLOW COOKED PORK BELLY $34.00
    • green apple / star anise carrots / golden kumara / cider / mustard leaf / crackling
  • CHOCOLATE BROWNIE SUNDAE $12.00
    • cookie crumble / raspberry sorbet / meringue / dark chocolate sauce
  • MARKET FISH pd
    • served with seasonal spring produce
  • PORK CROQUETTES $18.00
    • apple fennel salad / pickled mustard seeds / fire cracker mayo
  • LAMB SHOULDER & ALE PIE $34.00
    • skordallia / fennel / courgettes / harrissa
  • Portuguese Rolls (Regular) $4.50
  • Grilled Veggie Strips $14.90
    • A wholesome combination of chunky veggies and haloumi cheese grilled with Nando's PERi-PERi basting served with your choice of side.
  • Old-style chips (Regular) $4.50
  • 5 Grilled Tenderloins $11.90
    • So tender you'll feel it in your loins.
  • Chicken Liver Salad $15.50
    • Grilled chicken livers basted to your choice served on a fresh garden salad setting.
  • Quarter Chicken $8.90
    • Small fraction, big reaction.
  • Chicken Breast Pita $10.90
    • Portuguese passion in a pita with a succulent, skinless chicken breast, crisp iceberg lettuce, cucumber & juicy tomato, topped with our special light mayo.
  • Espetada (Portuguese Chicken Skewer) $15.90
    • Marinated thigh fillets skewered with fresh red capsicum and onion, flame-grilled to perfection, basted to your heart's desire, served over a regular side.
  • Chalaw Kabab Mixed, Salad, Drink S $10 / L $14
  • Chalaw Kabab Lamb, Salad, Drink S $10 / L $14
  • S= Small / L= Large
  • Chalaw Halve Chicken, Salad, Drink S $12 / L $16
  • Chalaw Halve Lamb, Salad, Drink S $11 / L $15
  • Pitza Makhsos Yoghurt, Salad, Drink S $9 / L $13
  • Nandagh Kabab Chicken, Salad, Drink S $9 / L $13
  • Bolang $5
  • served with potatoes, pumpkin, kumara, mixed vegetables and gravy
  • -Roast Pumpkin $0.8 each
  • 2 Lamb Shanks $17.50
  • half $10.00
  • -Large $17.50
  • Fried Chicken Pieces $3.00 each
  • -Gravy $2.00 each
  • Chicken
  • Double Chocolate Brownie $12.00
    • house-made chocolate brownie served with vanilla ice cream
  • Chocolate Sundae $6.00
    • with all the goodies
  • Pork Loin Chop $29.00
    • with white wine sauce, ginger and apple preserve. Served with caramelised red cabbage and smashed gourmet potatoes
  • Fish & Chips $24.00
    • tempura battered fresh market fish served with beer battered fries, spring leaf citrus salad and house-made tartare sauce
  • Chicken Wings $12.00
    • served with fries seasonal salad and house-made ketchup
  • Creme Brulee $12.00
    • smooth and creamy baked custard with a caramelised topping and served with speculaas cookies
  • Mediterranean Sharing Platter $30.00
    • venison salami, hot pork, locally cold smoked Akaroa salmon, pickled vegetables, crostini and coriander crema
  • Crispy Spiced Calamari $16.00
    • served with coriander crema
  • Talbot Stack $28.00
    • Juicy chicken breast served on a savoury mash with seasonal roast vegetables, topped with crispy bacon and drizzled with a creamy white wine sauce
  • Steak Sandwich $23.00
    • 100g ribeye, served on a Parisian loaf, seasonal salad, topped with caramelised onions and our homemade garlic dressing, finished off with fried egg and fries
  • Garlic Bread $7.90
    • Need we say any more?
  • Chocolate Mud Cake $11.90
    • Served with a raspberry coulis and whipped cream
  • Fried egg $1.20
  • Garden salad $5.00
  • Fish & Chips $15.00
    • Beer battered or lightly crumbed Hoki fillets served with fries and seasonal salad
  • Seasonal vegetables $5.00
  • @tony’s combo $39.00
    • white fish, salmon, mussels, 90g beef 100g chicken
  • Ebi tobiko $17.00
    • tempura prawn & flying fish roe
  • Tori $16.00
    • spicy chicken tempura roll
  • Torikatsu $19.00/ $32.00
    • crumbed chicken tenderloins (entrée/main)
  • Gyu $16.00
    • spicy beef tempura roll
  • Bejitarian $19.00/ $32.00
    • seasonal vegetarian tempura (entrée/main)
  • Sushi & sashimi moriawase $38.00
    • assorted 6 nigiri & 6 maki & 20 pcs sashimi
  • Tatsutage $19.00/ $32.00
    • marinated deep fried chicken with Japanese mayonnaise (entrée/main)
  • Sukiyaki (Hot Pot) $55.00
    • (Noodle soup dish made with vegetables, mung bean noodles, and the meat of your choice in a hot pot – for 4 people)
  • Fresh Ginger (Pad Khing)
  • Som Tam (Thai Salad) $10.00
    • (Spicy sweet carrot salad with chili, garlic, lemon and tomatoes)
  • Sticky rice & Fried Chicken $10.00
  • Stir Fried with the meat of your choice
  • Rice Noodles (Pad Thai)
  • Jungle curry (Gang Bpa)
  • Sukiyaki (Single serve) $12.00
    • (noodle soup dish made with vegetables, mung bean noodles, and the meat of your choice)
  • Eggs & hollandaise - Bacon benedict $18.50
    • streaky bacon with 2 free range poached eggs, toasted ciabatta & hollandaise
  • Wedges $14.50
    • with bacon, cheese, sour cream & sweet chilli
  • Chips & gravy $8.00
    • chunky fries served with our delicious gravy
  • Pancakes $18.00
    • light & fluffy pancakes served with grilled banana, bacon & maple syrup
  • Creamy garlic mushrooms $21.00
    • mushrooms cooked in a creamy garlic & pesto butter sauce served on toasted ciabatta
  • Eggs & hollandaise - Montreal $19.50
    • smoked salmon with 2 free range poached eggs, toasted ciabatta & hollandaise
  • Honey pot granola $13.00
    • honey toasted granola muesli served with fresh fruit salad, greel yoghurt & berry compote
  • Chicken tostado $22.50
    • cajun spiced chicken, fresh salad green, aioli and avocado served on pan-fried ciabatta, topped with pineapple, mango & chilli salsa, with fries on the side
  • Pepperoni (Sml / Med / Lge) $11 / $15 / $19.5
    • Pepperoni nestled between sliced onions and freshly sliced tomato
  • Margherita (Sml / Med / Lge) $10.5 / $14.5 / $19
    • Freshly sliced tomatoes, our own base sauce and cheese topped with basil and cracked pepper
  • Al Funghi (Sml / Med / Lge) $9.5 / $13.5 / $18
    • Mushrooms, mushrooms and mushrooms with cracked pepper to bring out the flavour. Magic
  • Vegetable Delights $7.5
    • Bite sized filo wraps filled with veges and a hint of peanut. Served with sweet Thai chilli sauce. 12 filo wraps per serve
  • BBQ Chicken (Sml / Med / Lge) $11.5 / $15.5 / $20
    • Chicken, bacon, capsicum, onions, topped with Spags special BBQ Sauce
  • Chicken and Bacon Carbonara $16.5
    • Served with fettuccine, Bacon and chicken breast tossed in a mild garlic cream sauce and garnished with parsley
  • Mexican (Sml / Med / Lge) $11 / $15 / $19.5
    • Spags own chilli sauce, seasoned topside, red kidney beans, capsicum, topped off with sour cream
  • Spagalimis Bolognaise $16.5
    • Served with spaghetti. A delicious bolognaise sauce served through seasoned topside beef and garnished with parsley
  • Black Bean $12.00
    • Black bean, corn, jalapeno, rocket & field mushroom
  • Big Foot $35.00
    • Wild venison strip loin Chilli chocolate sauce (mole)
  • Ape Chick $23.00
    • Cajun spiced grilled chicken, belly bacon, lettuce, crumbed brie, onion jam & guacamole finished with ranch
  • Pulled pork burger with cheese & shredded cabbage served with fries & aioli $25.00
  • Warm Sticky Date Pudding $12.50
    • Rich date pudding covered with butterscotch sauce & ice cream
  • Steak Odyssey $19.00
    • Open steak sandwich with lettuce, fried egg, roasted field mushrooms, mustard & battered onion rings served with fries
  • Hash browns $4.00
  • Chunky Monkey $34.00
    • Texan rubbed 300g sirloin Barbeque bacon sauce
  • Chicken on Rice with Mayo S $6.20 L $9.00
    • Teriyaki Chicken, Karaage Chicken
  • Crumbed Prawn Curry $13.50
  • Soup of the week L $6.50 S $4.80
  • Niku Udon $13.50
  • Teriyaki Chicken Box $16.00
  • Jumbo Teriyaki Chicken Roll 8P $12.00
    • Cabbage, Mayo, Teriyaki Chicken
  • Mix Fry Box $16.00
  • Avocado $0.80
  • Seafood basket $10.00
    • assortment of seafood snacks bites and chips
  • Beef nacho $10.00
    • Served with sour cream
  • Chips S$4/L$6
    • Served with sauce and aioli
  • Chicken nuggets and chips $8.00
    • 6 chicken nuggets with chips and tomato sauce
  • Spicy wedges supreme
    • Spicy wedges with grilles cheese and bacon served with sour créme and chilli sauce
  • Spicy wedges $8.00
    • Served with sour creme and chilli sauce
  • Pork Riblet N/A
  • Roasted Garlic N/A
  • Italian Herbs & Cheese N/A
  • Herb & Garlic Toasties N/A
  • Onion N/A
  • Olives N/A
  • Ranch N/A
  • Thinly Cut Sour Cream & Chives N/A
Empire Bar & Izakaya

Empire Bar & Izakaya

location

Address

172 Saint Asaph Street, Christchurch Central, Christchurch, Canterbury, 8011, New Zealand

phone

Phone

032602606

clock

Opened hours

Monday: Closed, Tuesday: Closed, Wednesday: 5:00 PM – 12:00 AM, Thursday: 5:00 PM – 12:00 AM, Friday: 5:00 PM – 12:00 AM, Saturday: 5:00 PM – 12:00 AM, Sunday: Closed
price range

Price

$0 - $10

type

Type

None

service level

Service

Table Service

cuisine

Cuisine

Asian , Bar , Bar Food , Japanese

features

Features

Mastercard ,  Visa ,  Wheelchair accessible ,  Reservations ,  Waitstaff ,  Cash ,  Groups ,  Seating ,  Serves Alcohol

Location
172 Saint Asaph Street, Christchurch Central, Christchurch, Canterbury, 8011, New Zealand