Grahamstown Bar & Diner in Lower Hutt Menu

TAPAS - $5 TAPAS - $5
  • Salt & peppered squid with aioli and capers
  • Crumbed garlic mushrooms with aioli
  • Panfried chorizo sausage
  • Vegetable wontons with sweet chilli sauce
  • Marinated kalamata olives with fresh herbs and citrus
  • Crumbed Kapiti brie wedges with plum sauce
  • Marinated fresh mussels and lemon wedges
  • Pork wontons with teriyaki sauce
  • Crumbed prawn cutlets with tartare sauce
PLATTERS PLATTERS
  • Seafood
    • Crumbed scallops, peppered calamari, crumbed prawn cutlets. With panfried fish, smoked salmon wings, marinated fresh mussels. Toasted bread, fries, salad and dipping sauces. >>
  • 1/2 $40.00
  • Full $70.00
  • Savoury
    • Potato croquettes, mini com fritters, Angel Bay meat balls and sauce, assorted pastries, mini nachos and spicy wedges, with dipping sauces and sour cream.
  • 1/2 $30.00
  • Full $55.00
  • Oriental Selection
    • Mini samosa, spring rolls, pork wontons, chicken dim sim, vegetarian wontons and prawn puckers. Served on a board with crispy noodles and stick cut vegetables, with teriyaki and sweet chilli.
  • 1/2 $30.00
  • Full $55.00
PIZZAS PIZZAS
  • Made with an Italian style pizza base with a rich tomato sauce and grated mozzarella cheese
  • Margarita $15.50
    • Fresh sliced tomato, ripped balls of boccocini and dashes of tabasco sauce finished with fresh basil leaves.
  • Meateor $21.00
    • A selection of sliced cured and fresh meats - chorizo, cabanossy, pepperoni, Italian salami, pork belly, beef meat balls. With sliced red onion and kalamata olives, drizzled with B.B.Q sauce and roquette leaves.
  • Mediterranean $18.50
    • Made fresh to order with excellent product - red onion, artichoke hearts, sundried tomato, confit garlic cloves, kalamata olives, sliced red capsicum, capers and sliced mushrooms, finished with kapiti feta cheese and fresh herbs.
BAR SNACKS/STARTERS BAR SNACKS/STARTERS
  • Bread Selection $12.50
    • Toasted variety of breads, with a smokey paprika feta and roasted almond bread dip.
  • Cobb Loaf $10.50
    • Oven toasted till crunchy, served with GBD garlic butter.
  • Beer battered fries Small $5.50 Large $7.00
    • Crunchy thick cut fries, served with tomato sauce and aioli.
  • Wedges Small $6.50 Large $8.50
    • Deep fried and served plain with sour cream and sweet chilli sauce.
  • Add cheese and bacon $4.50
  • Nachos $15.00
    • Warm com chips oven baked with cheese, topped with our savoury beef and beans. With capsicum and roquette leaves and served With sour cream, sweet chilli and avocado pulp.
  • Seafood Selection $12.50
    • Crumbed mussels, scallops and prawn cutlets, served with beer battered fries and crab stick. With lemon wedges, tartare sauce and sweet chilli.
  • Vegetarian Selection $12.50
    • Wonton wrapped spring rolls, samosa and vegetable wontons. Served with beer battered fries and teriyaki and chilli sauce.
LIGHT MEALS LIGHT MEALS
  • Seafood Chowder $15.00
    • Fresh fish and mussels with shrimp, cockles. squid and pipis, in potato base creamy chowder, served with crusty bread and butter.
  • Thai Beef Wrap $19.50
    • Soft strips of beef schnitzel marinated with Thai spices and onion. Served on a fresh garden mix salad and crispy noodles, inside a toasted tortilla with drizzles of sweet chilli and minted Greek yogurt
  • Roasted Vegetable Salad $18.50
    • Seasonal root and tuber vegetables, roasted with fresh herbs and maple syrup. Served on a garden salad and topped with roasted pine nuts and crumbled Kapiti feta cheese.
  • Scallops and Bacon $19.50
    • Juicy scallops wrapped in streaky bacon and griddled crispy. Served on a fresh garden salad mix, with kumara and caper crisps and drizzled with aioli.
  • Filo $18.50
    • Herb and honey roasted pumpkin, mixed with cream cheese, cashew nuts and spinach. Folded inside filo pastry and baked. Served with a light salad with cashew nuts and spiced apricot sauce.
  • Calamari $19.50
    • Salt and pepper coated, pineapple cut squid. Deep fried and served on a roquette, bacon and red onion salad mix with pistachio nut and drizzled with aioli.
MAINS MAINS
  • Sirloin Steak $29.50
    • Prime Hereford cut beef @ 250 grams, served on a potato gratin with cheese and herbs, with battered prawns, capsicum jam and red wine gravy.
  • Lamb Shank
    • Oven roasted with fresh rosemary and thyme, on creamy mash potato with olive oil and served in a deep dish with bacon wafers, peas and gravy.
  • 1 Shank $24.50
  • 2 Shanks $29.50
  • Risotto $21.00
    • Full vegetarian with fresh thyme, sundried tomatoes, artichoke hearts, red onion, marinated olives. Finished with peas, mint and shaved parmesan.
  • Chicken Breast $28.50
    • Filled with sundried tomato, basil leaves and olives, bound with cream cheese and oven baked. Served on roasted vegetables and bacon crisps, with roquette leaves and a thyme dressing.
  • Crumbed Fish ($POA - Refer to Black Board)
    • Coated in panko crumb and cracked pepper, deep fried and served on a winter ratatouille with potato croquettes and Moroccan preserved lemons.
  • Pork Belly $29.50
    • Garlic and herb roasted belly on a pan fried crumbed risotto cake. With a sweet onion jam and served with battered scallops and gravy
SIDES & SAUCES SIDES & SAUCES
  • Sides $5.50
    • Green Salad / Mushrooms / Vege / Mash Potatoes
  • Sauces $1.50
    • Aioli / Tartare / Gravy / Hollandaise / Sour Cream / Sweet Chilli
DESSERTS DESSERTS
  • Lemon and White Chocolate Steamed Pudding $10.50
    • With Lemon curd, vanilla ice cream and praline
  • Fruit crumble $10.50
    • A ramekin filled with stewed fruits, with a sweet oaty crumble topping, served with a jug of fresh cream, ice cream and anglaise sauce. (Refer Black board)
  • Chocolate Marquise $10.50
    • A rich chocolate mousse on a mud cake base, finished With a bitter sweet ganache and dark and white chocolate flakes, served with soft whipped cream and berry compote.
  • Cheesecake $10.50
    • Changing flavours, served With berry cornpote, soft whipped cream and ice cream. (Refer Blackboard)
  • Home Made Apple Pies $10.50
    • Served hot, an individual pie, With icing sugar, soft whipped cream and vanilla ice cream, then drizzled with apple syrup.
  • Sundaes $8.50
    • Scoops of vanilla ice cream, served in a glass bowl With soft whipped cream, chopped peanuts and pink wafers, served with berry or chocolate sauce.
  • Sides $1.50
    • Sauces, ice cream, cream

Nearby Sample Menus

  • Hot Spicy Chicken and Cashew Nuts $12.00
  • Steak Meal $13.50
    • Grilled Steak, 2 Eggs, Chips & Salad
  • Chicken $5.00
  • Set Menu (B) $37.00
    • Sweet & Sour Won Ton, Pork with Oyster Sauce, Chicken Satay Sauce, Egg Fried RiceFor 2-4 People
  • Chicken Nugget $0.90
  • Set Menu (C) $62.00
    • Lemon Sauce Chicken, Pork Egg Fu Young, Chicken Cashew Nuts, Sweet and Sour Pork, Bami Goreng, 12 Won Tons, 6 Finger Spring Rolls, Large Soft Drink
  • Spring Roll (Homemade) $2.30
  • Chicken Meal $13.50
    • 1/2 Chicken, or 3 Pieces, Chicken Schnitzel, 2 Eggs, Chips & Salad
  • Chicken Satay on Hot Plate $15.00
  • Stuffed Chicken Wings (3) $5.50
  • Curry Laksa $11.00
    • noodles, chicken, shrimps, beansprouts in curry soup
  • King Prawn Fried Rice $20.00
  • Half for $20.00
  • Orange Chicken $15.00
  • Pad Thai $13.00
    • mixed meats, with rice noodles & homemade satay sauce
  • Mushrooms or Tomato or Pineapple $3.00
  • Ploughmans platter $18.50
    • Boiled egg, gherkins, breads, roasted red capsicums, Windsor ham, waxed port cheese, mango chutney, sundried tomato and kalamata olive chutney
  • Garlic bread $7.00
  • Wedge Melt $12.50
    • Seasoned wedges with bacon, cheese, sweet chilli sauce and sour cream
  • Breaded chicken tenders $13.50
    • served with curly fries, sweet chilli sauce and aioli
  • Breads and spreads $16.50
    • Hummus, tzatziki, sundried tomato and kalamata olive chutney. With selection of Turkish bread and focaccia
  • Curly fries $8.50
    • with aioli
  • Cheese board $22.50
    • Waxed port cheese, kapiti blue cheese, brie, apple, dried apricots, quince jelly and a selection of crackers
  • Chicken Classic $19.00
    • Chicken, brie, cranberry
  • CHEESE BURGER $4.00
  • SWEET & SOUR PORK $11.50
  • CHICKEN FRIED RICE $10.50
  • STEAK FOO YUNG $11.50
  • ROAST PORK SATAY $12.00
  • VEGETABLE FRIED RICE $9.90
  • HAM FRIED RICE $11.00
  • EGG BURGER $4.00
  • LAMB SAAG
    • tender lamb cooked with home ground spices and simmered in a rich spinach gravy
  • PESHWARI NAAN $4.50
    • naan stuffed with dried fruit and nuts
  • BUTTER NAAN $3.00
    • finished with a touch of butter
  • LAMB KADAI
    • lamb cooked with garlic, capsicum, diced onion, and tomato
  • CHICKEN SAAG
    • tender chicken pieces cooked with home ground spices simmered in a rich spinach gravy
  • PAPPADOM EACH $1.00
  • MUSHROOM MASALA
    • mushroom cooked with fresh tomatoes onions and green spices
  • PRAWN MAKHANI
    • prawns simmered in a creamy tomato gravy
  • Mediterranean
    • Tomato, mozzarella, kalamata olives, sundried tomatoes, roasted zucchini, roasted capsicum anchovies and basil
  • Calabrese
    • Tomato, mozzarella, hot salami, roasted peppers, chilli and kalamata olives
  • Chorizola
    • Chorizo sausage with Italian gorgonzola
  • Risotto del Giorno $15.50
    • Tender, creamy arborio rice finished with Italian parmesan cheese. Ask about todays flavour
  • Bolognese
    • Tomato, minced pork and beef, mozzarella, basil, parmesan and kalamata olives
  • Spinach Florentine
    • Sauteed spinach, provolone cheese and Italian sausage
  • Cheese Platter $16.90
    • A selection of our Italian cheeses served with fresh rosemary scented pizza bread - serves 2
  • Arancini $12.90
    • Crisp little balls of piping hot risotto stuffed with melting gorgonzola cheese, served with a cool rocket salad
  • Crumbed Tarakihi Filet $7.80
  • Scallop Dinner(4 scallops + 2 squid rings) $12.90
  • Roast pork $9.50
  • Deep Fried Drumstick $2.50
  • Chicken $9.50
  • Chicken $9.50
  • Pineapple Fritter $1.80
  • Chips One Scoop $2.80
  • Creme Brulee of the Day $12.00
    • Served with homemade biscotti and whipped cream (GF*)
  • Seafood Chowder $16.00
    • Our famous organic creamy chowder, the best in town
  • Dipping Sauces :
  • Grilled Halloumi Cheese (GF*) $16.00
    • With oven toasted tomatoes, herb infused portobello mushrooms and sauteed spinach on 5 grain toast drizzled with garlic avocado oil
  • Mashed Potatoes with rich beef jus $7.00
  • Egg on Toast $6.00
  • Gnocchi Marinara Prepared by Ourselves with Squid, Mussels, Fish, Baby Octopus, and Shrimp in a Rich Tomato Sauce $18.00
  • Seared Scallops with Lardons of Bacon Tossed with Baby Gem Lettuce and Finished with Sherry Vinegar and Honey Glaze (GF*) $16 Entree or $30 Main
  • Toast $5.5
    • with preserves.
  • Extra egg(free range) $2.0
  • Pork belly Po boy $17
    • hoisin, garlic mayo, apple slaw, served with fries (DF)
  • Pineapple $2
  • Bacon $4.5
  • Traditional bacon and eggs(free range) $15.5
    • on toasted sourdough or five grain.
  • Florentine(spinach) $17
  • Folded omelette $17
    • with spinach, grilled capsicum and feta on sourdough or five grain.
  • -Ramen
    • (Egg Noodle)
  • Chicken $15,9
  • Teriyaki Beef $14,5
  • Chicken & prawns $19,9
    • with yum yum sauce
  • Chicken Katsu Curry $14,5
  • Edamame $6,9
  • ·Noodles
  • Unagi Don $15,9
  • Bacon & Eggs $7.50
    • Bacon, eggs (any style) & toast
  • Sweet & Sour Pork $15.00
    • Stir-fried sweet & sour pork ribs. Served with/without rice on the side
  • Chicken Mushroom Soup $10.00
    • Consisting or broth, shredded chicken, mushroom and eggs, spring onion
  • Muesli $6.00
    • Seasonal fruit or banana with yoghurt or milk
  • Shrimp Dumpling $8.00
    • Home made steamed shrimp dumpling with special home made soy sauce or chili sauce
  • Fried Dumpling $8.00
    • Fried homemade dumpling with soy/chilli sauce (chicken or pork)
  • Sauté Diced Beef $15.00
    • Cubed beef sautéed with cucumber, tomatoes, onion, pepper and soy sauce. Served with rice on the side
  • Fruity Stir-Fried Pork Ribs $15.00
    • Vietnamese special fruity stir-fried pork ribs (consisting of pineapple, apple, orange). Served with rice on the side
  • Large $14.00
  • Medium $12.00
  • Donkatsu $12.00
    • chicken
  • Choose 2 $10.50
    • medium
  • Regular Donburi $12.50
    • choose any 2 meats from hot selection on rice and salad
  • Taco Rice don $13.00
    • beef & tomato
  • Small $10.00
  • Choose 3 $12.50
    • large
  • Lemon cheesecake $14.90
    • shortbread biscuit, lemon curd and ice cream
  • Beef fillet $35.00
    • with sauce diane, crushed baby potatoes and herb butter
  • Hennessy Cognac $6.50
  • Raspberry and chocolate cake $14.90
    • with soya, coconut milk sauce, almond crumbs, and fruit
  • Selection of New Zealand cheeses $15.00 / $24.00
    • with quince jelly, grapes and crackers (1 person / 2 persons)
  • Braised pork belly $16.90
    • with hoisin ginger glaze, peanut chutney and pickled daikon radish
  • Creme brulee $14.90
    • with berry compote, ice cream, and biscotti
  • Garlic and herb bread $5.50
  • Fish & Chips $12
  • Cattle Burger $12
    • Beef Pattie, bacon, cheese & tomato sauce
  • Chicken Wings $12
    • Served with Fries
  • CJ's Big Breakfast $20
    • Sausage, Bacon, Hash brown, slow roasted tomato, mushroom and your choice of eggs
  • Spinach & Mushroom Omelette $12
  • Classic Chicken Toast $18
    • Grilled chicken served with lettuce, tomato sauce, mayonnaise, garnish with coriander served in toast bread with fries
  • Chicken & Bacon Fettuccine $20
    • Fettuccine served with pan fried chicken, bacon with mushroom cooked creamy wine sauce
  • Nachos $13
    • Beef or Vegetarian
  • Peanut Sauce Roti $8.00
  • Raita $3.00
  • Prawn Sambal (Hot) $21.00
    • Prawn deep fried and cooked in fresh red chillies and belachan (shrimp paste).
  • Mixed Spring Rolls $7.00
    • 9 pieces of deep fried spring rolls
  • Large $10.00
  • Pappadom 5 pieces $3.00
  • Baby Squid Sambal (Hot) $21.00
    • Baby Squid deep fried and cooked in fresh red chillies and belachan (shrimp paste)
  • Chicken $16.50
Grahamstown Bar & Diner

Grahamstown Bar & Diner

location

Address

700 Pollen, Thames, Thames, Waikato, 3500, New Zealand

phone

Phone

0078686008

clock

Opened hours

Monday: 11:00 AM – 9:00 PM, Tuesday: 11:00 AM – 9:00 PM, Wednesday: 11:00 AM – 9:00 PM, Thursday: 11:00 AM – 9:00 PM, Friday: 11:00 AM – 9:00 PM, Saturday: 8:30 AM – 9:00 PM, Sunday: 8:30 AM – 9:00 PM
price range

Price

$20 - $30

type

Type

None

service level

Service

Table Service

cuisine

Cuisine

Bar , European , Gluten Free , New Zealand , Others , Pub Food

features

Features

Wheelchair accessible ,  Reservations ,  After-hours ,  Breakfast ,  Waitstaff ,  Groups ,  Quick Bites ,  Lunch ,  Bar Scene ,  Seating ,  Serves Alcohol ,  Dinner ,  Child-friendly ,  Full Bar

Location
700 Pollen, Thames, Thames, Waikato, 3500, New Zealand