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

  • Fried Pork Balls (6) $7.50
    • Secret spices and premium lean pork mince, rolled into meat balls, threaded onto a skewer and served with a chilli, garlic and coriander sauce.
  • Chilli Stir Fry $18.00 / $18.50 / $19.50
    • Stir fried fresh seasonal vegetables with our own HOT chilli paste sauce. Chicken, Beef, Pork or Vegetables & Tofu / Seafood / Prawn
  • Guri Puffs (4) $6.00
    • Sweet potatoes and vegetables wrapped in fluffy pastry served with dipping sauces.
  • Panang Curry $18.00 / $18.50 / $19.50
    • A spicy curry cooked with creamy coconut cream, kaffir lime leave and vegetables. A popular curry with a slight lime tang. Chicken, Beef, Pork or Vegetables & Tofu / Seafood / Prawn
  • Seafood Salad $18.00 / $18.50 / $19.00
    • Cooked at a lower heat in stock, this very spicy seafood dish includes celery, shallots and tomato. Vegetables & Tofu / Seafood / Prawn
  • Spring Rolls (4) $6.00
    • Tasty sautéed vegetables, pork and chicken, mixed with vermicelli noodles, rolled in pastry then deep fried.
  • Red Curry $18.00 / $18.50 / $19.50
    • Succulent cuts of meat or seafood cooked in coconut cream and fresh vegetables. Chicken, Beef, Pork or Vegetables & Tofu / Seafood / Prawn
  • Oyster Sauce Stir Fry $18.00 / $18.50 / $19.50
    • Fresh vegetables stir fried with oyster sauce and mushrooms. Chicken, Beef, Pork or Vegetables & Tofu / Seafood / Prawn
  • Vegetarian burger $24.00
    • tempura battered seasonal vegetables, mushroom, aioli & triple cooked fries
  • Barbeque chicken $28.00
    • golden skin, HSG smoky barbeque sauce, polenta cake, wilted greens
  • Caesar salad $16.50
    • crispy cos lettuce, bacon, soft boiled egg, parmesan, croutons with HSG Caesar dressing
  • Beetroot Waldorf $16.00
    • baby beetroot, celery, walnut and apple with a peppered aioli
  • Fish & chips $27.00
    • served with crunchy slaw, aioli & triple cooked fries
  • Eggs benedict $20.00
    • hollandause & spinach on toasted ciabatta with your choice of bacon, smoked salmon or grilled mushroom
  • Dessert Options
    • Dessert platters / Plated desserts - Cheesecake, chocolate mud cake, creme brulee with rhubarb compote
  • Creamy field mushrooms $13.50
    • on toasted rye with wilted greens
  • Tonkatsu Don $13.50
    • deep fried, pork cutlet with onion and egg
  • - 6 Pieces $14.00
  • Teppan Beef $18.00
    • Grilled beef with teriyaki sauce.
  • Fresh Tuna
  • -12 Pieces $12.00
  • Tuna Sushi and Sashimi Platter $21.00
    • 4 sushi, 2 nigiri and 6 pcs. sashimi
  • Ika Rings $6.00
    • 5 deep fried breadcrumbed squid rings served with sauce
  • Tokoyaki $6.00
    • 4 deep fried, ball - shaped octopus dumplings served with the chef's sauce and katsuobushi
  • Pork Curry $12.50
  • Chicken Curry $12.50
  • Teriyaki salmon $17.00
  • Gyu(beef) Don $13.00
  • VegeCurry $11.00
  • Seafood Udon $11.00
  • Chicken katsu don $13.00
  • Chicken Katsu $13.50
    • w/curry
  • BARBEQUE SAUCE
  • BURGER COMBO $12.00
    • burger drink & fries choose from chicken lamb o falafel
  • Chicken Iskender $14.50
  • Lamb Wrap $11.00
  • Chicken Shish $16.00
  • GARLIC YOGURT SAUCE
    • yogurt blended with mint and garlic
  • SPECIAL MAYO SAUCE
    • mayonaise with our own blend of spices
  • (served with rice, mixed salad, pita bread and your choice of sauces)
  • Assorted Veg & Tofu with Chillies $18.00
    • Szechuan Style
  • Spicy Pork Belly Slices $22.00
  • Yang Chow Fried Rice $16.00
  • Deep Fried Prawns in Honey Sauce $30.00
  • Deep Fried Hot & Spicy Squid $24.00
  • Shredded Pork & Bamboo Shoot with Chilli Bean Sauce $22.00
  • Deep Fried Prawns in Sweet & Sour Sauce $30.00
  • Stir Fried Beans with Chillies $20.00
  • Free Range Eggs and Toast $9.00
    • poached, fried, scrambled - grain, sourdough, seed (+$2.00), gluten free (+$1.00)
  • Classic Eggs Benedict $18.80
    • poached free range eggs, english muffin, hollandaise sauce with fried potatoes - smoked salmon
  • Spinach $4.00
  • Spiced broad bean burger $17.80
    • with cos, tomato, relish and tzatziki
  • Sausages $4.50
  • Spanish beans $6.00
  • Toast and House Made Raspberry Jam $9.00
    • gluten free
  • Bruschetta $12.00
    • grilled focaccia bread with vine tomato, homemade hummus, dukkah and balsamic drizzle
  • Preserved and raw Tamarillo, dark & white chocolate, macaron, salted chocolate crumb $99
  • Goats Cheese, roast carrot, quince, carrot& honey gel, Bee pollen, wild rocket $120
  • Lemon Vacharin- Lemon Curd, parfait, crème fraiche, olive oil shortbread, sorbet and crisp meringue $79
  • Rack of Cardrona Lamb, Shoulder mince and Cheese, smoked celeriac and potato, beetroot puree, Cavelo nero $79
  • Fillet of Fish, purple sprouting broccoli, citrus & chervil cracked wheat, ice plant, seaweed miso butter $79
  • Slow cooked egg, puy lentils, butternut squash, puffed grains, shaved parmesan $99
  • Slow cooked egg, puy lentils, butternut squash, puffed grains, shaved parmesan $120
  • Fillet of Fish, purple sprouting broccoli, citrus & chervil cracked wheat, ice plant, seaweed miso butter $120
  • Risotto of the day $17.90
    • finished w shaved parmesan
  • Antipasto platter: cured meats, Mediterranean selection, dips & Evansdale cheese w toasted bread(for 2/for 4) $28.00/$42.00
  • Topiary soup of the day $ 9.90
    • w toasted bread
  • Risotto of the day $22.90
    • finished w meat
  • Asian style prawn & spring onion frittata $22.50
    • w miso dressed crispy noodle salad
  • Fish of the day POA
  • Crinkle cut fries $7.90
    • w tomato sauce & aioli
  • Chicken satay tenderloins $22.50
    • finished w coconut cream on nutty brown rice w bok choy, bean sprouts & bamboo shoots
  • Mixed Berry Parfait $9.95
    • Served with vanilla ice cream, marshmallows & whipped cream
  • Warm Vegetable Salad $16.95
    • Roasted seasonal vegetables with grated cheese, tossed through a fresh garden salad, drizzled with an aioli dressing
  • Sticky Date Cake $9.95
    • Topped with a butterscotch sauce, served warm with whipped cream & ice cream
  • Cheese Cake Of The Day (check specials board) $9.95
    • Served with vanilla ice cream & whipped cream
  • Chocolate Mud Cake $9.95
    • Delicious chocolate mud cake coated in ganache, served warm with ice cream and whipped cream
  • Steamed Blue Cod $20.95
    • Served with roast potatoes, finished with a tomato Napoli with your choice of salad or vegetables
  • Grilled Chicken Sandwich $19.95
    • Grilled chicken breast, bacon, brie cheese, lettuce, plum sauce & mayo in toasted brown bread, served with fries
  • Toast/Bread $2.00
  • Toasted sandwiches $4.10
    • Each fillin $0.9
  • Hot fish sandwich $8.00
  • Cakes+slices $3.60
  • Means on menu board
  • Omelette $10.50
    • Ham cheese, tomato with salad
  • Chips $5.90
    • Bowl
  • Nachos with salsa, guacamole and sour cream $9.00
  • Cheese cakes $5.80
  • Brandy snaps $30.50 doz
  • Chicken Satay $2.20
  • Mince $10.50 per doz
  • Mince Potato Top $7.50 per doz
  • Plain Eclairs (unfilled) $0.95
  • Cheese, Onion & Mushroom $10.50 per doz
  • Mince & Cheese $1.85
  • Sausage, Egg & Onion $7.50 per doz
  • Herb Loaf $9.50
  • -With ham $17.50
  • Mushroom Pate $13.50
  • -Add Traditional beef sausage $3.00
  • Seafood Chowder $14.00
  • Coast to Coast $28.50
  • Chocolate Brownie $12.00
    • A delicious homemade brownie with berry coulis vanilla ice cream, topped with walnuts & cream.
  • Chicken Quesadilla $17.50
    • Shredded chicken, red bean & vegetable mix wrapped in a tortilla topped with sour cream & jalapeno salsa.
  • Pork Wonton and Egg Noodle Soup $18
    • Asian greens, bean sprouts, shallot oil, coriander
  • Market Fish Curry/ Assam Pedas M/P
    • Tamarind, lemongrass & Chilli
  • Woo Roti Doughnut $12
    • gingernut ice cream, pandan
  • Shredded Duck & Cabbage Salad $19
    • spiced duck, cucumber, white cabbage, peanuts, chilli & lime dressing
  • Malaysian Spiced Chicken $17
  • Malaysian Dahl $8
    • tomato & sambal
  • Pork & Lup Cheong Wonton (4 pieces) $10
  • Kaffir Lime cream $12
    • crispy coconut, vanilla marinated pineapple
  • roasted vegetable salad $16.00
    • with balsamic dressing, feta & pine nuts
  • caesar salad $16.00
  • All mains served with salad and chips or optional seasonal vegetables
  • -beer battered $26.00
  • soup of the day $18.00
  • bowl of chips $7.00
  • -add onion or mushrooms for $2.00
  • fish burger $18.00
Governor's Cafe

Governor's Cafe

location

Address

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

phone

Phone

034776871

email

Email

None

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

Price

None

type

Type

None

service level

Service

None

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