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

  • Grilled Haloumi $1.50
  • Corn on the Cob
  • - Large $6.50
  • - Regular $4.50
  • - Regular $4.50
  • 5 Churrasco BBQ Wings $11.90
    • Comes with BBQ basting. Add some extra Peri-Peri basting of your choice if you wish!
  • Feta $1.50
  • Chicken Liver Salad $15.50
    • Grilled Chicken livers served on a fresh garden salad
  • Walnut & date sourdough toast $17.90
    • with vanilla poached seasonal fruit, citrus, ricotta & honey
  • Wilted Spinach 4.00
  • Smoked salmon, cream cheese, capers, lemon & greens $13.90
  • Gluten-free Toast $5.00
  • Brown sugar Buttermilk waffles - with vanilla bean mascarpone, citrus rhubarb & toasted hazelnuts $18.50
  • Hot Smoked Salmon $6.00
  • Soup of the Day $12.90
    • served with ciabatta toast
  • Roast chicken with rocket & lemon herb mayo $13.90
  • Kashmiri Naan $6.00
    • Leavened bread stuffed with coconut, cashew and sultanas.
  • Tandoori Roti $4.00
    • Unleavened whole meal bread baked in tandoor oven
  • Mango Chicken $18.00
    • Chicken cooked in cashew, mango sauce, and Indian spices. Chicken or keema naan bread are the best accompaniment with this curry.
  • Mutter Mushroom or Aloo $16.50
    • Green peas cooked in potato/mushroom in thick gravy.
  • Butter Prawn $19.00
    • Prawns cooked in a cashew, cream and tomato sauce. Tastes even better with Garlic or Chicken Naan bread.
  • Kadai Paneer $16.50
    • Homemade cottage cheese cooked with crushed tomatoes, capsicum, and onion in thick masala gravy.
  • Mint Chutney $4.00
    • Yoghurt mixed with mint and spices
  • Chicken Naan $6.00
    • Leavened bread with stuffing of spices and chicken.
  • Vegetarian burger $24.00
    • tempura battered seasonal vegetables, mushroom, aioli & triple cooked fries
  • Affogato $15.00
    • vanilla bean ice cream, double espresso with a shot of liqueur
  • Fish & chips $27.00
    • served with crunchy slaw, aioli & triple cooked fries
  • Vegetarian $27.00
    • spinach, tomato, black olive, feta & chili
  • Penne noioso $27.00
    • roast chicken, bacon & mushroom in a chipotle cream sauce
  • Whole fish $29.00
    • gremolata, grilled lemon, with a dollop of aioli and polenta fries
  • Option 1 $45 per head
    • Breads & dips to start, choice of three main plates, dessert platters
  • Beetroot Waldorf $16.00
    • baby beetroot, celery, walnut and apple with a peppered aioli
  • El pollo chicken $27.00
  • Chicken ouesadilla $9.00
    • with salsa and cheese
  • Grilled corn caponata $20.00
  • Chipotle chicken(4 people) $60.00
  • Polenta fried chicken $9.00
    • with chipotle mayo
  • Pulled pork sliders $12.00
    • with crackle & cress
  • Chicken chipotle $14.00
  • Pulled pork(3 people) $48.00
  • Ham $7.9
    • with mustard and organic salad
  • Moroccan Chicken $16
    • with 3 organic salads
  • Vegetable Herbed Sausages $9.9
    • in a rye roll with mustard relish and organic salad
  • French Toasted Sandwich $16
    • with banana, pecans, bacon and maple sauce
  • Greek Salad Sandwich $7.9
    • with a hummus base olives tomato,cucumber, sundried sacmat and lettuce with a vinaigrette
  • 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
  • Made to order sandwiches
  • Organic Vegetable Frittata $14
    • with a polenta crust and 2 organic salads
  • Pastrami Beef & Caramelised Onion
  • Classic Pulled Pork Baguette $13.00
    • Grilled and topped with chef's caramelised onion relish, swiss cheese & coleslaw
  • Add roasted chicken to your BLT $15.00
  • Grilled Pesto Chicken & Roasted Red Pepper Panini $14.00
    • With tasty cheese and caramelised onions
  • Cableways Beef & Onion Schnitzel
    • Our own home crumbed favourite with gravy or mushroom sauce.
  • -Add egg $2.00 (each)
  • Classic Lemon Pepper Chicken & Falafel
  • Mediterranean vegetable & salsa (v)
  • Salt and pepper squid salad w mango, crispy noodles, mandarin, coriander, chilli, lemon aioli, caramelised lime $14.90
  • Sirloin steak w greens, onion rings, tomato, aioli, chimichurri $16.90
  • -Add a taco $5.90
  • Local fish, crumbed with greens, tomato, tartare $16.90
  • Snickers, cheesecake w couli, creme fraiche $13.90
  • Blackened fish & chorizo w guacamole, corn salsa, chilli, lime $19.90
  • -Add a taco $5.90
  • Slider Platters (up to flavour below) $34.90
  • Garlic King Prawn $8.00
  • Rice
  • Sweet and Sour Pork
  • Sweet Corn Soup or Spicy Soup
  • Griddle Beef $19.00
  • Braised Meat Balls $18.00
  • Spicy and Sour Jelly Fish $9.00
  • Chickem with Cashew Nuts
  • Beer Battered Blue Cod $32.00
    • Speight’s beer-battered blue cod served with a green salad, fries and tartare sauce
  • Open Chicken $17.00
    • Grilled chicken thigh, camembert, lettuce and chilli lime jam layered on toasted focaccia drizzled with cranberry sauce and served with fries and aioli
  • DC Burger $22.00
    • Your choice of an Angus beef patty or crumbed chicken breast served with bacon, tomato, cheese, lettuce and house made chilli lime jam and beer battered onion rings on a toasted bun, served with fries and aioli
  • Lemon and Coriander Calamari (GF) $12.00
    • Calamari seasoned with lemon and coriander served with a petit salad and aioli
  • Shrimp Cocktail (GF) $12.50
    • Traditional shrimp cocktail bound together with Thousand Island dressing served over shredded iceberg lettuce
  • Caesar Salad $17.00
    • Bacon, cos lettuce, parmesan and croutons bound together with a traditional caesar dressing served with a deep fried egg yolk *Add Chicken for $5.00*
  • Seafood Laksa $20.00
    • A spicy soup filled with a selection of fish and shellfish, served over Hokkien noodles and a side of lightly toasted bread
  • Greek Salad (V) (GF) $16.00
    • Feta, olives, cucumber, cherry tomatoes, red onion and masculine drizzled lightly with a balsamic reduction *Add Calamari for $5.00*
  • 5. Agedashi tofu $5.00
    • deep fried tofu -4 pcs
  • 6. Seaweed salad $3.00
  • 35. Salmon don $12.50
    • fresh salmon on sushi rice
  • 29. Salmon avocado mango sushi
  • 26. Salmon sushi
  • 19. Curry on rice $12.00
  • 10. Mushroom. Salmon tempura - 4 pcs $9.00
  • 15. Teriyaki salmon $15.50
  • Chicken liver brandy $12
    • in-house pate with german toasted rye bread
  • Coconut battered scallops served $14,5
    • with a sweet chilli mango tartare
  • Filo Tart of roasted baby beets, red onion, cherry tomatoes and goats cheese drizzled $16
    • with a beetroot balsamic glaze served with wispy beet leaves
  • Crumbed wedge of smoke brie cheese $12,9
    • with apricot brandy sauce
  • Vietnamese prawn spring roll shallow fried in peanut oil served $13,5
    • with a sweet ‘n sour mirin sauce
  • Greek Salad $7,5
  • Deconstructed steak and kidney pie $17,5
    • with black pudding, creamed potato, a puff pastry hat and poached Hokonui egg
  • pide $6
    • with a garlic cheese butter
  • Fried Tofu with black pepper sauce on hot plate
  • Udon/ noodle soup with beef brisket $10 / $14
  • Please Let us know if you have any dietary requirement
  • Whole Prawns in garlic sauce on hot plate $25
  • Pepper and lettuce with Chinese cheese sauce $13
  • Chicken and Corn Soup (Large)
  • Griddle Cooked dried bean curd and beef brisket $20
  • Stir fried ho fan with chicken/beef/ pork $10 / $13
  • prawn twisters $10.00
  • fish of the day $24.00
  • -beer battered $26.00
  • bowl of wedges $8.00
  • All burgers served with chips and sauce
  • all day breakfast $17.00
  • with bacon & cheese $11.50
  • steak burger $18.00
  • Char Siu BBQ Pork Ribs $20
    • twice cooked, shao xing, hoisin & sesame seeds
  • Steamed White Pak Choy $12
    • confit garlic
  • Chinese Mushroom Spring Rolls $9
  • Market Fish Curry/ Assam Pedas M/P
    • Tamarind, lemongrass & Chilli
  • Soy, Sesame eggplant $14
    • red chilli dressing
  • Portuguese Custard Tarts $7
  • Pork & Lup Cheong Wonton (4 pieces) $10
  • Kum Heong Style Soft Shell Crab $26
    • crispy curry leaves, dried shrimp, ginger & onion
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