Governor's Cafe in Dunedin Menu

BREAKFAST BREAKFAST
  • EGGS ON TOAST (V) (GF) $9.50
    • Pretty simple: ciabatta toast with two eggs - fried, scrambled or poached.
  • BACON AND EGGS (GF) $15.50
    • Slightly more complicated: toast and eggs with bacon - fried, scrambled or poached.
  • MIXED GRILL (GF) $19.50
    • Sunday morning, coming down? Try this for what ails you: bacon, sausage, hash browns, handmade beef patty, eggs, and tomato, all fried and served with ciabatta toast.
  • ENGLISH BREAKFAST $19.50
    • Can’t leave old England behind? Bacon, sausage, black pudding, potatoes, fried eggs, and ciabatta toast.
  • BACON EGGS BENEDICT (GF) $18.50
    • Poached eggs served on ciabatta toast with wilted spinach, bacon, and Hollandaise sauce.
  • SALMON EGGS BENEDICT (GF) $19.00
    • Just like the last one, with cold-smoked salmon instead of bacon.
  • BREAKFAST BURRITO (V) $16.00
    • Something different: scrambled eggs, cheese, capsicums, onions, black beans, and fried potatoes wrapped in a tortilla and lightly grilled. Served with handmade salsa and sour cream.
  • VEGGIE GRILL (V) (VE) (GF) $17.50
    • Fried potatoes, spinach, grilled tomato, mushrooms, veggie croquette, poached eggs, and pesto.
  • MUESLI (V) $12.00
    • For healthy people: our house muesli served with bananas, berries, and unsweetened yoghurt.
  • PORRIDGE (V) (VE) $8.00
    • Served with brown sugar and berries.
  • PLAIN PANCAKES (V) $12.00
    • The best pancakes in town. Served with maple syrup and cream or yoghurt.
  • BERRY PANCAKES (V) $14.00
  • CHOCOLATE PANCAKES (V) $14.00
  • BACON & BANANA PANCAKES $18.00
BREAKFAST EXTRAS BREAKFAST EXTRAS
  • 2 Hash Browns $2.00
  • Toast & Spreads $5.00
  • 1 Egg $2.00
  • Mushrooms $2.00
  • Spinach $3.00
  • Grilled Tomatoes $2.00
  • Fried Potatoes $2.00
  • Bacon $3.00
  • Sausage $3.00
  • Salmon $3.00
  • Black Pudding $3.00
  • Hollandaise Sauce $1.00
LUNCH LUNCH
  • CHICKEN BURGER & CHIPS $18.00
    • Seasoned chicken breast fried and served with cranberry sauce, salad, aioli, melted Brie, and bacon. Served with chips.
  • BEEF BURGER & CHIPS $18.50
    • Homemade beef patty, bacon, and melted Brie on a bun, with gherkin, aioli, relish and BBQ sauce. Served with chips.
  • VEGGIE BURGER & CHIPS (V) (VE) $15.50
    • A home-made veggie and chickpea patty, served with hummus, salad, and tomato salsa. Just a wee bit exotic.
  • VICARIUS SALAD (V) (GF) $12.00
    • ADD GRILLED CHICKEN FOR $3.00, CHICKEN & BACON FOR $5.00.Almost a Ceasar salad. Fresh mesclun lettuce and seasonal veggies, parmesan cheese, a poached egg, and aioli dressings served with homemade croutons.
  • BLACK BEAN AND CORN QUESADILLA (V) (VE) $14.50
    • ADD GRILLED CHICKEN FOR $3.00. Vegetarian quesadilla made with homemade roasted corn salsa, black beans, and cheese. Served with a side salad.
  • CORN FRITTERS (V) $14.50
    • ADD SALMON OR BACON FOR $3.00.Handmade vegetarian corn fritters served with sweet chilli sauce, tomato salsa, and sour cream.
  • VEGAN WRAP (V) (VE) $14.00
    • Homemade vegan croquettes and roasted seasonal vegetables wrapped with hummus. Served with a side salad.
SNACKS SNACKS
  • SHOESTRING FRIES (V) (VE) — $6.00
    • ADD GARLIC BUTTER OR AIOLI FOR $1.00
  • WEDGES (V) (VE) $9.00
    • With sour cream and sweet chilli sauce.
  • NACHO WEDGES (V) $13.00
    • An uncouth combination of potato wedges, tomato salsa, and melted cheese. Like nachos, only better.
  • CHEESE ROLLS (V) 4 for $5.00
    • Comfort food at its finest. ($2.00 each)
  • TIM’S TOASTED SANDWICHES (V) (VE) (GF) $7.50
    • ADD CHICKEN, BACON, OR FRIED EGG FOR $2.50.Made with white or brown bread. Choose three of the following fillings: hummus, tomato relish, aioli, onion, ham, tomato, capsicum, cheese, Brie, mesclun salad, and pineapple.
DESSERTS DESSERTS
  • SLICES / CAKES / BROWNIES (V) from $3.00
    • Check the cabinet for delicious slices, cakes, and brownies, all made in-house. Selection changes daily.
  • ICE CREAM SUNDAE (V) $6.00/$8.00
    • Ice cream with cream, wafers and your choice of chocolate, caramel, or strawberry sauce. (S/L)
  • BANANA SPLIT (V) $10.00
    • A Governor’s tradition dating back decades; three scoops of ice cream, a banana, and other fattening things, all under your choice of chocolate, caramel, or strawberry sauce.

Nearby Sample Menus

  • Natto Salmon $9.00
    • salmon fermented soybean and raw egg yolk
  • Ebi Furai Curry $14.00
    • crumbed prawns with curry
  • Mixed tempura $12.50
    • prawn fish and vegetables in tempura batter
  • Vegetable Curry $9.00
    • curried potatoes carrots
  • Ika Squid $15.50
  • Squid Butteryaki $12.50
    • cooked with butter garlic and capsicum
  • Tendon $11.50
    • Tempura prawns and vegetables
  • Smoked Chicken and avocado $8.00
  • Panna cotta, warm dulce de leche, shortbread crumb, strawberry granita. $15.90
  • BBQ'd beef, dauphinoise potatoes, bordelaise 'wine merchant's' sauce
  • December 2016 - Please note - Groups of 15 or more will enjoy our set or reduced menu
  • Caprese salad, fresh mozzarella, tomato, basil $18.00
  • Whitestone Moeraki blue fig paste, walnut bread - To share $24.00 $16.00
  • Manuka smoked salmon, zucchini kusundi, dahl bhaji, coriander $19.00
  • Spiced Nuts $8.00
  • Garden pesto, hummus, spiced chickpeas, ciabatta $15.00
  • Taiwanese pork sausages (garlic/spicy/combination) on rice $12
  • Sizzling squid and celery with garlic sauce $20
  • Seafood with tofu $20
  • Black pepper tofu with pork/vegetables on rice M $12 L $14
  • Pork mince with marinated egg on rice Small $7 Large $12
  • Combination roasted pork belly and bbq pork on rice $12
  • Stir fried chicken with cashews $18
  • Sour and spicy red yam noodle soup with pork mince M $12 L $14
  • Sambal Fried Rice $11.50
    • Malaysian style fried rice with chicken, bean sprouts, onion, carrots, and peas in sambal sauce
  • Chicken Bites $9.90
    • comes in a box
  • Wanton Noodle Soup $10.50
    • Thin egg noodles, BBQ pork, and vegetables with wontons in a special Noodle Hut soup
  • Sambal Chicken $11.50
    • Thin rice noodles with chicken and fresh vegetables in a Malaysian seafood sambal sauce
  • Deep Fried King Prawn (each) $1.50
  • Nasi Goreng $11.50
    • Malaysian style fried rice with BBQ pork, bean sprouts, onions, carrots, and peas
  • Honey King Prawn Fried Rice $14.90
    • Battered king prawn cutlets tossed in a honey sauce on wok tossed fried rice and fresh vegetables
  • Wonton Soup $10.50
    • 12 Wantons, broccoli and BBQ pork in a special Noodle Hut soup
  • Free range omelette filled with tomato, mushroom, spinach, and smoked cheese. $22.50
  • Free range egg omelette filled with mushrooms, tomato, house smoked cheese and spinach served with green salad and fried potatoes. $22.50
  • All day English breakfast served traditional style with beef sausage, bacon, mushrooms, potatoes, two fried eggs, slow roast tomatoes and toasted ciabatta. $23.50
  • Plato’s Fish Pie: Hot smoked white fish baked in a leek, mustard and bacon sauce, topped with creamy mash, cold smoked cheese and finished under the grill. $24.00
  • Ciabatta bread french toast, served with maple syrup, berry compote, caramelised banana and whipped cream. $19.50
  • Ciabatta bread french toast, served with maple syrup, berry compote, caramelised banana and whipped cream With bacon. $21.50
  • Trio of ices – ask your wait staff for tonight’s selection. $13.50
  • Capsicum stuffed with pumpkin, sundried tomato, feta, almonds and baby spinach, topped with crispy tortilla chips and served with organic greens dressed with a tofu mayo. $28.50
  • Add Eggs $4
  • Add Bacon, Salmon, or Roast Mushrooms $3
  • Tomatoes, Mushrooms, Beans, Hollandaise $4
  • GF=Gluten Free
  • Bacon, Eggs, Sausage, Fries $5
  • The Dog’s Breakfast $24
    • Poached Eggs, Sourdough, Beans, Pork, Apple, & Herb Sausage, Streaky Bacon, Hash Brown & Roasted Tomato (G.F.o)
  • Everything made onsite
  • Toasted Muesli (V.) $9.5
    • with Maple, Walnut, Berry Compote & Coconut Yoghurt
  • Grilled organic Tempeh and Marinated Tofu Mixed Salad $14
    • with passionfruit dressing
  • Vegetarian $6.9
    • with cafe made hummus and organic salad
  • Organic Vegetable Hash $16
    • with 2 free-range eggs and bacon on toast
  • Porridge $10
    • millet and buckwheat with currants and sunflower seeds, topped with bananas honey and yoghurt .
  • Moroccan Chicken $16
    • with preserved lemon couscous and 2 organic salads
  • Porridge $10
    • with currants and dairy free coconut yogurt topped with agave maple syrup, banana and seeds served with apple juice soy er almond milk
  • Please ask for vegan cake if it is not in the cabinet $5.5/$6.5
  • Smoked Salmon on Toast $9.5
    • with lemon, capers and tomato
  • Doorstop Melt $21.00
    • Succulent slices of crumbed chicken, bacon and mushroom on a thick slice of toast with melted brie, topped with apricot chutney and served with salad and fries.
  • Calamari Gluten Free $15.00
    • Calamari lightly crumbed with herb and lemon pepper, deep fried and served with a delicious garlic aioli.
  • Whisky Wings $15.00
    • A handful of chicken wings coated in a spicy seasoning and drizzled with honey, served with a sweet chilli sauce.
  • Soup of The Day $10.00
    • Freshly made soup served with toasted soda bread. Changes daily.
  • Vegetarian Parcel Vegetarian $19.00
    • A mixture of roasted pumpkin, capsicum, red onion and spinach bound together in a blue cheese sauce with roasted pumpkin seeds. Wrapped in filo pastry and served with salad and roast garlic potatoes.
  • Chicken Parmigiana $25.00
    • Pan seared and marinated in citrus with a pumpkin seed and soy crumb served with gratin potato, green beans, pumpkin puree and a thyme red wine jus, with your choice of side salad, fries or vegetables.
  • Seafood Chowder $15.00
    • An age old recipe binding the bounties of the sea and land together in a rich, creamy seafood and vegetable broth. Served with toasted soda bread.
  • Pot of Mussels $18.00
    • Steaming fresh Green Lip Mussels served in a white wine garlic sauce with a side of toasted bread.
  • * Mixed seafood $19.90
    • (scallops, squid, mussels and prawns)
  • * Chicken, pork or beef $15.90
  • * Chicken, pork or beef $15.90
  • ●P5 Oyster Sauce (s)
    • Stir fried vegetables in oyster sauce with your choice of *
  • * Vegetables and Tofu $15.90
  • * Mixed seafood $19.90
    • (scallops, squid, mussels and prawns)
  • * Vegetables and Tofu $14.90
  • * Prawns $18.90
  • Luo Han Zhai $18.00
  • Chicken & Tofu $22.00
  • Deep Fried Boneless Blue Cod in Soya Sauce $30.00
  • Deep Fried Prawns in Garlic Sauce $30.00
  • Gong Bo Chicken $22.00
    • On Sweet Buns with Peanuts
  • Duck with Ginger & Spring Onion $26.00
  • Hot & Sour Shredded Potato $18.00
  • Honeycomb in Shacha Sauce $22.00
  • Buttermilk fried chicken $16.00
    • On waffles covered in syrup
  • for your little big mouth
  • Huevos rancheros $18.00
    • Served w tortillas(can be df/gf)
  • -mushrooms, tomato, hash browns & two eggs, served with texas toast $18.50
  • -bacon, tomato, hash browns & two eggs, served texas toast $20.50
  • Skillet breakfasts
    • Choose one
  • Toast or bagel $6.00
    • W american cream cheese, peanut butter, jam or nutella
  • Rack of Cardrona Lamb, Shoulder mince and Cheese, smoked celeriac and potato, beetroot puree, Cavelo nero $120
  • Slow cooked egg, puy lentils, butternut squash, puffed grains, shaved parmesan $99
  • Slow cooked egg, puy lentils, butternut squash, puffed grains, shaved parmesan $120
  • Havoc Ham Hock, leek and potato terrine, warm rye, apple gel, chardonnay pickled cauliflower, capers $120
  • Goats Cheese, roast carrot, quince, carrot& honey gel, Bee pollen, wild rocket $79
  • Slow cooked egg, puy lentils, butternut squash, puffed grains, shaved parmesan $79
  • Preserved and raw Tamarillo, dark & white chocolate, macaron, salted chocolate crumb $120
  • Goats Cheese, roast carrot, quince, carrot& honey gel, Bee pollen, wild rocket $99
  • Velvet Burger $10.90
    • It has Venison, Salad, Grilled Pineapple, with Chilli Mayonnaise and Velvet Relish. You definitely want to try this one with a bit of extra bacon.
  • Cheese $2
  • Soft Drinks $4.5
  • Mushroom or Egg $1.5
  • Squawk Dawg $8.90
    • This one is named after the guy who came up with most of these burgers. Its got a Beef Pattie, Salad, Aioli and Velvet Relish.
  • Velvet Lady $13.90
    • Everybody wants her but she keeps it classy just like your mum back in the day - Grilled Chicken Breast, Salad, Bacon, Avocado and Cheese with Aioli and Velvet Relish.
  • Goneburger $16.00
    • If you can eat this one someone will definitely give you a high five Goes down great with a cold beer. Beef Pattie, Crumbed Chicken Breast, Salad, Bacon with Aioli and Velvet Relish.
  • Native Kumara Chips $7.5
  • Greek Salad (V)(GF)(DF) $17.50
    • A fresh salad with roquette, Kalamata olives, feta, tomato & cucumber, dressed with an oregano vinaigrette.
  • Fiordland Venison $32.50
  • Craft Jumbo Breakfast $19.50
    • eggs (poached or fried), crispy bacon rashers, beef sausages, homemade hashbrowns & tomato on toasted bread
  • Avocado Breakfast Toast $18.00
    • Fresh avocado spread over toasted multigrain bread, topped with poached eggs & green salad
  • Chicken Filo $22.50
    • Chicken, spinach, bacon, cream cheese, brie, walnuts & apricot sauce bound in filo baked until golden, on a cabbage slaw.
  • Thai Beef Salad / Steak, Egg & Fries / Chicken Filo $22.50
  • -With ham $17.50
  • -Add Traditional beef sausage $3.00
  • Available All Day
  • -add extra slider $5.50
  • Platter (10) $49.90
  • Breads & dip $10.00
    • Artisan breads w pesto & balsamic olive oil
  • Chicken (for 3) $14.90
    • Panko crumbed with slaw, cheddar, smoked paprika aioli
  • Local fish
    • Crumbed with greens,tomato,tartare
  • Shoestring fries $8.00
    • With garlic aioli
  • The dilusso platter $49.90
    • Salt & pepper squid, chicken yakitori, beef skewers, sticky bbq chicken shanks, smoked fish cakes, kransky, hoprocker battered fish bites, onion rings, green lipped mussels, char sui pork belly, devils on horseback, artisan breads,local cheeses.
Governor's Cafe

Governor's Cafe

location

Address

438 George Street, North Dunedin, Dunedin, Otago, 9016, New Zealand

phone

Phone

034776871

email

Email

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clock

Opened hours

Monday: 7:00 AM – 4:00 PM, Tuesday: 7:00 AM – 4:00 PM, Wednesday: 7:00 AM – 4:00 PM, Thursday: 7:00 AM – 4:00 PM, Friday: 7:00 AM – 4:00 PM, Saturday: 7:00 AM – 4:00 PM, Sunday: 7:00 AM – 4:00 PM
price range

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type

Type

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service level

Service

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cuisine

Cuisine

Breakfast , Cafe Food , Gluten Free , New Zealand , Vegetarian

features

Features

Mastercard ,  Takeaway ,  Visa ,  Wheelchair accessible ,  Breakfast ,  Takeout ,  Vegan Options ,  Bar Not Available ,  Quick Bites ,  Group Meal ,  Seating ,  Highchairs Available ,  Free Wifi ,  Desserts and Bakes ,  Disabled Friendly ,  Dinner ,  Child-friendly ,  Outdoor Seating

Location
438 George Street, North Dunedin, Dunedin, Otago, 9016, New Zealand