Governors Bay Hotel in Canterbury Menu

ALL DAY MENU - 11.00am - late ALL DAY MENU - 11.00am - late
  • Pizzas
  • Lamb sandwich with crisp lettuce, grilled mushrooms, tomato, mint yoghurt and pesto $25.00
  • Breakfast, eggs as you like on toast, bacon, sausage, tomato, mushrooms and hash brown $22.00
  • Two poached eggs on house baked beans with spicy chorizo $20.00
  • Waffles with Southern fried chicken strips and maple syrup $21.00
  • Soup of the day with grilled bread - see specials board $13.00
  • Garlic loaf $10.50
  • Grilled bread selection with a trio of dips $13.00
  • Vegetarian Frittata of spiced pumpkin, spinach and feta with a dressed mesclun salad $17.00
  • Open house beef burger with bacon, egg, cheddar, aioli, caramelized onion jam, salad and fat chips $22.00
  • Fish & Chips $24.00
    • beer battered market fresh fish with fat chips, garden salad and house tartare
  • Pork rilettes with apple brandy butter, house pickles and toasted bread $18.00
  • - Moroccan spiced lamb with feta, chickpeas, red onion and tzatziki $22.00
  • - Thai chicken, capsicum, red onion, baby corn and satay sauce $22.00
  • - American hot with spicy pepperoni and jalapeno peppers $22.00
  • Tasting plate for two or more $45.00
    • with cured meats, vintage cheddar, arancini pate, chicken wings, pickles and chutney
VEGAN OPTIONS VEGAN OPTIONS
  • Grilled vegetable stack with corncakes, potato rosti, Provencal sauce and truffle oil $22.00
  • Burrito with spiced rice, pumpkin, refried beans, guacamole, tomato salsa and garden salad $22.00
  • Mushrooms 4 ways $22.00
    • grilled, veloute, pickled and mousse with wilted spinach and herb potato cake
  • Jaffa cheesecake with peanut butter biscuit base, chocolate mousse, raspberry sorbet and spun sugar $13.00
  • Chocolate cup & sauces with chocolate mousse, coffee sorbet and peanut brittle $13.00
DINNER MENU - Entrees DINNER MENU - Entrees
  • Garlic loaf $10.50
  • Selection of toasted bread with a trio of dips $13.00
  • Pork rilettes with apple brandy butter, house pickles and toasted bread $18.00
  • Soup of the Day served with grilled bread $13.00
  • Citrus cured salmon with wasabi mousse, chilli, corn and coriander cakes and lemon dill vinaigrette $16.00
DINNER MENU - Main Courses DINNER MENU - Main Courses
  • Bacon wrapped chicken breast filled with spinach, pine nuts and feta with fondant potato, green beans, baby carrots and a chicken reduction $36.00
  • Fresh fish of the day Market Price
  • Herb crusted four point lamb rack on kumara dauphinoise with steamed vegetables, a lamb cigar, pea puree and mint jus $39.00
  • Grilled rib-eye steak on potato dauphinoise with spinach, mushrooms, parsnip crisps and jus $33.00
  • Beef Duo of a 200gm eye fillet and a beef cheek, mushroom and cheese pie with roast potatoes, vegetable chartreuse and cauliflower saffron puree $38.00
DINNER MENU - Desserts DINNER MENU - Desserts
  • Baked white chocolate and Cointreau cheesecake with berry compote and cream $13.00
  • Vanilla brulee with shortbread biscuit and mango sorbet $13.00
  • Churros with warm chocolate sauce and vanilla bean ice cream $13.00
  • Chocolate fondant with hazelnut brittle and salted caramel ice cream $13.00
  • - 1 cheese $13.00
  • - 2 cheeses $22.00
  • Cheese plate served with bread, crackers, onion jam and apple
DINNER MENU - Side Orders DINNER MENU - Side Orders
  • Shoestrings fries with aioli $8.50
  • Fat Chips with aioli $8.50
  • Wedges w/ mozzarella, bacon, spring onion and sour cream $12.50
  • Garden salad $8.50
  • Gluten free bread $2.50

Nearby Sample Menus

  • Specially Cuts-To Share
  • Freekah Wheat, Broccolini, Dates, Pine Nuts $13
  • Pork Jowl Croquettes $15
    • Brunt Apple, Radish
  • Firstlight Grass Fed Wagyu MarbleScore 7-9
  • Rump 350g $48
  • Cloudy Bay Clams $18
    • Seaweed Butter, Chilli, Parsley
  • Duck Fat Potatoes, Mushroom, Rosemary Salt $8
  • Eye Fillet 180g $37
  • Beef vindaloo
    • A typical Goanese style meal. Beef morsels cooked in chef’s
  • Maharaja Special Platter
    • For two people, Combination of few of the above entrees along with Vegetable Samosa. Served with homemade mint and tamarin...
  • Chilli chicken
    • Done the Indian way and is Vijay’s...
  • Beef madras
    • Beef morsels cooked in a hot and spicy coconut...
  • Roti
    • Traditional wholemeal bread cooked in the tandoor...
  • Chicken/Lamb or Beef Biryani
    • Rice cooked with morsels of your choice of meat and...
  • Lamb Samosa
    • Minced lamb, green peas, mint, fresh coriander and spices filled into a pyramid shaped dough. Crisp fried and served with homemade tamarind...
  • Chicken jalfrezi
    • Suculant chunks of chicken cooked to perfection with extra onion, tomatoes, capsicum and a wee touch of vinegar to produce a medium to hot...
  • Aloo Parantha - Unleavened wholemeal flour bread stuffed with potatoes, onions and spices. $4.00
  • Onion Kulcha - Naan with a stuffing of onions and spices. $4.00
  • Lacha Parantha - Unleavened wholemeal flour bread layered with lashings of ghee. Baked in the tandoor. $4.00
  • Little India Chilly Chutney - For the daring!!! $3.50
  • Biryani Chicken / Lamb / Vegetable - Basmati rice cooked with chicken, lamb or vegetables. Served with 2 poppadoms and raita. $16.00
  • Jeera Rice - Basmati rice cooked with cumin seeds. $6.50
  • Lamb Rogan Josh - Lean lamb cooked with roasted and crushed spices, served with a naan & basmati rice. $16.00
  • Basmati Rice - Plain, steamed Basmati rice. $4.00
  • Plain Sausages $2.60
  • Vegetarian $5.80
    • Egg, Cheese, Pineapple, Tomato, Beetroot
  • Steak Special $7.00
    • Egg, Onion, Steak or Chilli Sauce
  • Fish $4.80
  • Chips $3.00
  • Pineapple Rings $2.40
  • Spring Roll $3.20
  • Battered Mushroom - 6 for $7.20
  • Madras (Chicken or Lamb) $14.50
    • Meat cooked with coconut cream, mustard seeds and spices
  • Vegetable Samosa (2 pieces) $6.00
    • Triangular pastry stuffed with mashed potatoes, peas and cumin seeds, fried to a golden brown, served with tamarind chutney
  • Aloo Palak $15.00
    • Potatoes cooked with fresh spinach and spices
  • Butter Chicken $18.00
    • Everybody loves Butter Chicken. Chunky chicken pieces cooked in the tandoor, mixed in a creamy sauce, crushed cashew, butter and spices
  • Prawn Dopayaza $20.00
    • Prawn cooked with chunks of onion and mushroom , topped with ginger, garlic and spices
  • Garlic Naan $3.50
  • Raita $3.00
    • Cucumber in yoghurt
  • Shahi Paneer $8.50
    • Homemade cheese cooked in creamy cashew-nut based sauce with almond paste and spices
  • Toasted pumpkin seed Bagel with Schmear $9.50
    • Choose from Salmon cream cheese and capers OR Pine nut, basil pesto and cream cheese
  • Spanish Omelette $17.50
    • Potato confit, sauteed onion, streaky bacon, tomato and gruyere cheese
  • The Cup Soup of the Day $13.50
    • (Ask your wait person for the Chef’s flavour of the day) served with toasted ciabatta
  • Japanese Warm Chicken Salad $19.50
    • Grilled chicken, mesculin salad, red capsicum, cherry tomatoes, cucumber and crispy noodles with toasted sesame and lime dressing
  • Sides $8.50
    • Bowl of Fries (with aioli and tomato sauce) / Parmesan and Garlic Bread / Bowl of Crunchy Battered Wedges (with sour cream and sweet chilli sauce)
  • Sides $7.50
    • Chef’s Garden Salad with red wine vinaigrette
  • Caesar Salad $17.50
    • Cos lettuce, crispy bacon, croutons, parmesan and soft poached egg (Anchovies optional). Add grilled chicken $4.50 Add smoked salmon $5.00
  • Aristo Porridge $12.50
    • Rhubarb, apple and crumble OR Berry compote, creme fraiche and granola
  • Griddle-Cooked Shredded Chicken (Spicy) $18.00/$34.00
  • Pan Fried Dumplings ( 6 pieces) $8.00
  • Lamb Soup in a Pot $20.00
  • Deep Fried Squid Tentacles $18.00/$34.00
  • B.B.Q Chicken with Cashew Nuts(Teriyaki Chicken) $18.00/$34.00
  • Chicken & Sweet Corn Soup $6.00/$18.00
  • Fish Maw Soup $8.00/$30.00
  • Spiced Salt King Prawns $24.00/$44.00
  • Toasted Panini $9.00
  • Toastie $7.00
  • Porridge $10.00
  • Eggs on Toast $12.00
  • Toast $7.00
  • from 11am to 2pm
  • Bacon & Eggs $17.00
  • Chips $4.00
  • Pulled pork sandwich $22.50
    • Slow cooked Apple Tree Farm open range pork belly on toasted ciabatta with lemon aioli, cos lettuce, cucumber, apple chutney and fries.
  • Tomato bruschetta $13.50
    • Grilled ciabatta bread, rubbed with garlic and topped with a salsa of vine ripened tomato, red onion and fresh basil. Finished with extra virgin olive oil and aged balsamic.
  • San Marco $21.50
    • Manuka smoked speck bacon, garlic cloves, sliced vine ripened tomatoes, fresh basil, black olives, bocconcini cheese and a touch of chilli.
  • Lamb Piadina $21.50
    • Italian flatbread topped with sundried tomato pesto, feta, herb marinated lamb, rocket, minted yoghurt dressing. Served with hand cut kumara fries.
  • Canterbury 300g Angus rib eye $36.00
    • Grass-fed. Aged 21 days. Rosemary roasted potatoes, caramelised onion confit, chargrilled tomato and garlic brandy mustard butter.
  • Wood Fired Flatbreads (v) $11.00
    • Garlic, rosemary and rock salt finished with parmesan
  • Wood Fired Flatbreads (v) $13.50
    • Caramelised onion and feta
  • Caesar salad $19.50
    • Our version of this classic with romaine lettuce, grilled pancetta, sundried tomatoes, anchovies, shaved parmesan, soft boiled egg and red onion with garlic croutons and anchovy dressing. With chicken breast add 5.00
  • Spicy Lamp Cuny
    • Thai style slow cooked lamb curry with potatoes and fresh chilli garnish.
  • Spare Ribs
    • Bahn Thai marinated pork spare ribs, slow baked then grilled.
  • Gaeng Phed Crispy Pork
    • a Delicious red chilli paste curry, with coconut cream, bamboo shoots and fresh vegetables.
  • Prawn Crackers
  • Tom Kha
    • Spicy lemongrass soup with coconut cream, fresh mushrooms meat of your choice
  • Hormok
    • seafood special. Combination of mussels, squid, fish, and prawns steamed wife coconut cream and red curry paste, wrapped in tin foil parcel.
  • Phad Thai Vegetarian
    • Fresh seasonal vegetables in stir fried egg noodles with crushed peanuts, bean sprouts and coriander garnish.
  • Gai Tord Krob
    • Stir fried crispy chicken wife sweet chilli sauce and vegetables
  • Pasta of the day
    • Ask one of our friendly staff for our pasta of the day
  • T-Bone Steak $24.00
    • A 300gm T-bone steak with chips, Two Eggs and Garlic Butter
  • The Mega Mile Beef Burger $22.00
    • A Toasted Bun packed with a 180gm Angus Beef Patty, Streaky Bacon, Egg, Smoked Cheese, Onion, Lettuce, Tomato, Beetroot, Aioli & a Tangy Tomato Pickle served with Chips
  • Also check out our specials board for daily specials
  • Beef or Chicken Schnitzel $21.00
    • Your choice of Chicken with Apricot or Plum sauce or Beef with Mushroom Sauce served with Salad & Chips
  • Egg $1.50
  • Pork Spare Ribs(GF) $27.50
    • Melt in your mouth Pork Spare Ribs slow cooked in a Scrumptious BBQ, Honey & Sesame Sauce served with Salad & Chips
  • Wedges (V) $13.00
    • Seasoned Wedges served with Cheese, Sour Cream & Sweet Chilli Sauce topped with Crispy Bacon
  • Crumbed Hoki $5.00
  • Ginger Pork Box $16.00
  • Karaage Don $13.50
  • Chicken Lover Box $16.00
  • Jumbo Box $20.00
  • Seaweed Salad $3.00
  • Crumbed Hoki Curry $13.50
  • Prawn Katsu Curry $13.50
  • Lemon Chicken $12.50
  • Chicken Pattie $2.40
  • Fish $2.40
  • Plain Won Ton $5.00
  • Scallops (dozen) $16.00
  • Roast Pork Foo Young Egg $12.00
  • Nasi Goreng (rice) $11.50
  • Pineapple $3.00
  • Ham roll $5.60
  • Chicken & coleslaw roll $6.80
  • Family chicken, brie & spiced plum quiche $18.90
  • Egg sandwich $2.00
  • Spinach, feta & mushroom quiche (SM) $5.20
  • Family satay chicken pie $14.60
  • Steak & mushroom pie $5.30
  • Family mince pie $13.80
  • Chicken Shish $17 Single/$26 Double
    • P.K. cubed and marinated grilled chicken breast served on a bed of rice, seasonal salad and sauces
  • Bano Sultana Dip $9.50
    • Ground sultanas, mixed with sundried fruits, mixed nuts, mixed berries, mixed herbs and spices. Served with a side of pita bread.
  • Hummus Dip $9.00
    • Ground chickpeas mixed with lemon juice, tahini and garlic. Served with a side of pita bread.
  • Fries $9.50
    • Served with tomato sauce
  • Garlic Bread $8.00
    • Home-made garlic butter spread upon a large pita bread then sliced
  • Chicken Bursa $17 Single/$26 Double
    • P.K. diced and marinated chicken breast on top of a crispy garlic pita bread croutons, greek yoghurt and bursa sauce, accompanied by a seasonal salad
  • Traditional House Bite $22.00
    • Ground Chickpeas with cashew nuts, sultanas, mixed peas and corn, beans, carrot, garlic, herbs and spices, served on a bed of rice and trio of salads and sauces
  • Borani Spinach Dip $9.50
    • Ground spinach, mixed with feta cheese, mixed herbs and spices. Served with a side of pita bread.
Governors Bay Hotel

Governors Bay Hotel

location

Address

52 Main Road, Governors Bay, Governors Bay, Canterbury, 8971, New Zealand

phone

Phone

033299433

clock

Opened hours

11 AM to 11 PM
price range

Price

$30 - $50

type

Type

None

service level

Service

Table Service

cuisine

Cuisine

Bar , Contemporary , European , Gastropub , Gluten Free , International , Kiwi , New Zealand , Pub Food , Vegetarian

features

Features

Delivery ,  Takeaway ,  Wheelchair accessible ,  Reservations ,  After-hours ,  Breakfast ,  Waitstaff ,  Vegan Options ,  Private Dining ,  Cash ,  Groups ,  Lunch ,  Bar Scene ,  Group Meal ,  Seating ,  View ,  Highchairs Available ,  Street Parking ,  Free Wifi ,  Cards accepted ,  Local cuisine ,  Special Occasion Dining ,  Serves Alcohol ,  Dinner ,  Child-friendly ,  Outdoor Seating ,  Full Bar ,  Gastro Pub

Location
52 Main Road, Governors Bay, Governors Bay, Canterbury, 8971, New Zealand