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

  • Chiplotle Scrambled Eggs $21
    • Served with roast mushrooms, chorizo, manchego cheese on toasted multigrain (V Optional).
  • Eggs Benny $20 / $21.5 / $20
    • Herb potato hash, poached free range eggs, spinach and hollandaise sauce. Served with bacon OR Smoked Salmon OR Smoked mushrooms.
  • Shakshuka $22
    • Turkish style baked eggs w/ feta, herbs and Turkish bread.
  • Eggs your way $12
    • Choice of free range poached, scrambled or fried on toasted sourdough, multigrain or G.F bread.
  • Sides - smoked salmon, bacon, chorizo $5
  • Sides - eggs (2), roasted mushrooms, avocado $4
  • Garden Salad $8
    • Seasonally fresh green salad
  • Toast n’ Spreads $10
    • Toasted sourdough, multigrain, or G.F bread. Served with house made jam, cream cheese, peanut butter or honey.
  • Garlic bread (gf) $10.00
    • Warm mini loaf served with garlic butter
  • Macs beer battered fish & chips $26.50
    • Please check with your waitress for today's fish of the day. Served with rustic tartare sauce salad & beer battered steak fries.
  • -Add Fries $3.00
  • Jack daniels ribeye $38.00
    • 48 hours marinated in Jack Daniels smokey whiskey, cooked to your liking. Served on a medley of gourmet potatoes, streaky bacon, shallots, garlic cloves and button mushrooms topped with wilted greens finished with a red wine reduction.
  • -Add Fries $3.00
  • Sticky texas cola bbq ribs $28.50
    • Rubbed with a special dry marinade slowly cooked & double glazed in our own cola inspired BBQ sauce, served with wedges and Brickworks rustic crunchy apple slaw.
  • Brickworks beef burger $25.00
    • Homemade beef pattie, bacon, onion jam, cheese served in a bap and finished with onion rings.
  • Onion rings $4.50
  • Vege Falafel $11.90
  • Shredded Beef $13.40
  • Chips $4.50
  • Lemon Chicken $12.90
  • Lemon Chicken $11.90
  • Extra Meat $3.50
  • Let your children take charge of their meal. They get to build it how they like. We'll compartmentalise the food for them because let's face it, that's how they like it. see below
    • Served with: Small Tortilla / Kids Chips or Carrot Sticks
  • Grilled Vege $11.90
  • Steak Tomato Fried Rice $11.00
    • Sliced steak with seasonal vegetables and tomatoes in gravy on fried rice
  • Sweet and Sour Wontons $9.50
    • (12 deep fried wontons) onions, pineapple, peppers, carrots in sweet and sour sauce
  • Chicken Fried Rice $9.50
    • Sliced chicken, onions, peas, egg and fried rice
  • New Town Fried Rice (Combination) $11.50
    • Sliced steak, chicken, Roast pork. prawns, onions, peas and egg with rice
  • Prawn with Cashew Nuts $13.00
    • Prawns, mushrooms with seasonal vegetables and cashew nuts in gravy
  • Pork Curry Fried Rice $10.00
    • Curried sliced pork with seasonal vegetables in gravy on fried rice
  • Nasi Goring $11.50
    • Curried sliced steak, chicken, roast pork shredded cabbage etc with fried rice
  • Steak Fried Rice $9.50
    • Sliced steak, onions, peas, egg and fried rice
  • Pad Met Mamuang $18.50
    • Stir fried chicken with cashew nuts, dried toasted chilli, onion and pineapple
  • Vegetarian Green Curry $16.50
    • Fresh seasonal vegetables with green curry soup
  • Sweet and Sour Fish (Thai Most Popular Dish) $20.50
    • Deep fried fillets of fish with chef's special sweet and sour sauce
  • Pad Peanut Sauce $18.50
    • Your choice of tender pieces of Chicken, Beef or Pork stir fried with vegetables and chef's special peanut sauce
  • Thai Spring Rolls $7.00
    • Homemade vegetarian roll served with sweet chilli sauce
  • Fried Rice $16.50
    • Fried rice with vegetable and eggs prepared in Thai chef's style
  • Garlic and Pepper Fish $20.50
    • Deep fried fillets of fish stir fried with garlic and pepper topped with fresh coriander
  • Vegetarian Peanut Sauce $16.50
    • Stir fried vegetables with chef's special peanut sauce
  • Stir Fried King Prawns with Tomato Sauce $24.00/$44.00
  • Stir Fried Venison with Spring Onion & Ginger $25.00/$34.00
  • Prawns with Cashew Nuts $24.00/$44.00
  • Stir Fried Fish Fillet with Vegetable $22.00/$42.00
  • Sesame King Prawn $8.00
  • Chinese Style Fillet Steak $18.00/$34.00
  • Fried Noodles/HoFun/Rice/Rice Noodles with Soy Sauce $10.00
  • Sizzling ToFu $16.00/$30.00
  • Corn Spinch (Med Curry) $12.90
  • Lamb Samosa $2.50
  • Lamb Korma (Mild) $13.90
  • Vegetable Kadhai (Med) $12.90
  • Lacha Parantha $4.50
  • Lamb Mumtaz Curry (Mild) $14.90
  • Rogan josh (Med) $13.90
  • Lamb Shahjahan Curry (Med) $14.90
  • GARLIC NAAN $2.50
  • Pakora $2.50
  • Seek Kebab $6.00
  • Green Pea & Paneer Curry $8.00
  • Samosa Chat $6.00
  • Small $77.50
  • VEG. PAKORA (3 pieces) $ 2.50
  • ALOO GOBI $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
  • For two $51.00
    • A selection of different meat cuts:Beef, chorizo, and chicken accompanied byyour choice of 2 sides and 2 sauces
  • For one $28.00
    • A selection of different meat cuts: Beef, chorizo and chicken accompanied by your choice of 1 side and 1 sauce
  • Arepas Fritas $5.00
    • Deep fried cornmeal bread typically from Venezuela and Colombia
  • Chori Pan $9.00
    • House made chorizo and arepas
  • Guaro $2.00
    • Medium Spicy Yoghurt sauce
  • Calamar $12.00
    • Salt and pepper tender squid served with tartare sauce
  • Tomato Chicken Spaghetti $18.20
    • Chicken, onion, mushroom, capsicum, tomato and cream
  • Margarita Pizza $19.80
    • Tomato paste base with mozzarella cheese, fresh tomato slice and fresh basil and oregano
  • Leek and Potato Soup VG $12.00
    • With two toast and butter/can be gluten free bread
  • -2 Mushroom & Bacon $21.00
  • -1. Seafood & Cream $17.50
  • Whitebait Sandwich $18.00
    • White side of green salad +Sliced lemon
  • -2. Mushroom $20.00
  • -1. Bacon, Cheese and Tomato
  • -reg: $10.5
  • - snack: $9.00
  • -Medium $9
  • Buta Don (Spicy pork) $10.50
    • Sliced and seasoned pork & vegetables roasted with sweet & hot sauce served on rice
  • UDON (Soup Noodles) $9.00
    • Japanese Noodles (UDON) in light soy flavoured soup with seaweed & spring onion
  • Kebab Meat on Chips
    • Choice of Chicken, lamb or mix meat
  • Katsu Don
    • Japanese Style chicken cutlet cooked in light soy flavoured soup & egg, served on Rice
  • -Add an egg $0.50
  • *Ask about our special of the day for $10.00
  • - With spinach, salmon $ 19.50
  • French Toast $14.00
    • Cinnamon egg dipped bread with your choice of grilled banana, crispy bacon and maple syrup or berry compote and cream
  • Eggs Benedict
    • Two poached eggs on Vienna toasted bread, spinach, bacon or smoked salmon, homemade hollandaise
  • Pancakes $9.50
    • Stack of 3 pancakes served with maple syrup. You choose your sides!
  • - Large $8.00
  • Eggs any style $9.50
    • Served on toasted ciabatta bread
  • Nachos $14.00
    • Served with house made salsa and sour cream and sweet chilli
  • Plain Naan $2.00
  • Chicken Tikka Masala (Medium) $11.00
  • Beef Biryani $12.50
    • Served with yogurt or rogan josh sauce
  • Aloo Paratha $4.00
    • Served with yogurt
  • Chicken Vindaloo $11.00
  • Chicken Tikka
  • Butter Chicken (Mild) $11.00
  • Mango Sweet Chutney $1.00
  • Old English N/A
  • Egg and Cheese N/A
  • Olives N/A
  • Subway Club N/A
  • Meatball N/A
  • Pickles N/A
  • Tuna N/A
  • Double Choc Chip N/A
  • BEEF AND BACON BURGER $17.50
    • a premium beef burger served on toasted freshly baked bread with bacon, cheese, tomato, lettuce and relish, served with fries
  • VEGETARIAN SALAD $14.50
    • reek style with cucumber, tomato, red onion, olives, feta and our homemade balsamic dressing
  • WEDGES $8.50
    • served with sour cream and sweet chilli sauce
  • BAGEL $5.50
    • served with cream cheese and jam
  • RAISIN BREAD TOASTED $6.50
    • served with jam
  • HOMEMADE MUESLI $8.50
    • served with fresh fruit and yoghurt
  • FRIES $8.50
    • served with aioli and sauce
  • BIG BREAKFAST $17.50
    • bacon, bratwurst breakfast sausages, two eggs, mushrooms, slow roasted tomato and roti, served with toast
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