Monteiths Avonhead in Christchurch Menu

BREADS BREADS
  • Flat breads $8.50
  • -Sweet chilli and parmesan
  • -Basil and cashew pesto and cream cheese
  • Garlic bread $7.90
    • Cobb style loaf, baked and served with butter
  • Breads and dips $15.50
    • Selection of locally made breads and dips
ENTREES AND STARTERS ENTREES AND STARTERS
  • Seafood chowder $19.90
    • Thick and creamy chowder - full of seafood, with toasted grain loaf
  • Prawns $17.90
    • Tiger prawns sauteed in sesame and ginger sauce
  • Soup of the day $11.90
    • Created fresh and served with warm toast
  • Crispy pork belly $14.90
    • Twice roasted and served with our asian inspired dipping sauce
  • Beef nachos $16.90
    • Our own special recipe over corn chips and topped with cheese, sour cream and guacamole
  • Southern fried chicken tenders $14.90
    • Chicken tenders, marinated in spices and fried until golden, drizzled with maple syrup and served with garlic mayo and ruano hot sauce
  • Skins $13.90
    • Fried potato skins, bacon, sweet chilli sauce, melted cheese and sour cream
  • Salt & pepper calamari rings $15.90
    • Crusted in salt / pepper, lemon zest, coriander with aioli dipping sauce
MAIN FARE MAIN FARE
  • Pulled pork sandwich $20.90
    • Brioche roll filled with spiced BBQ pulled pork, coleslaw and jalapenos. served with fries
  • Beef, beer and mash $19.90
    • Slow cooked beef in monteith's black beer, served with creamy mash potato, green peas and crispy pastry
  • Lamb's fry & bacon stack $17.90
    • Pan seared lamb's liver stacked with bacon on a rich mushroom sauce, served with creamy mash
  • West coast ribs $16.90
    • Tender pork ribs lightly smoked and smothered with our west coast style BBQ sauce, served with fresh coleslaw and fries
  • Curry and a pint $25.00
    • Chef's latest creation served on rice with poppadom, cucumber and yoghurt raita
  • -Without pint $20.00
  • Prime angus beef fillet $37.50
    • Cooked to your liking, over sweet potato puree, roasted baby beets, creme fraiche, red wine jus and parmesan crisps
  • Flintstone ribeye $37.00
    • Ribeye on the bone grilled to perfection, resting over dauphinoise potatoes, creamed spinach, jus and pommes gaufrette. Also available: with salad and fries OR vegetables and potato. Mushroom sauce, red wine sauce or garlic butter
  • South island salmon fillet $30.50
    • Pan seared over potato gratin, creamed spinach, parmesan crisps and hollandaise
  • Canterbury lamb rack $35.90
    • Pan roasted to medium rare, kumara mash, beans, roasted onions and mint gel
  • Fish of the day $POA
    • Market fresh fish, specially prepared each day
  • Merrin St chicken $29.50
  • Pork belly $28.90
    • Twice roasted belly of pork, served with gourmet potatoes, portobello mushroom, slow cooked balsamic, onions and jus
SIDES SIDES
  • Fries
  • -Small $5.00
  • -Large $8.00
    • With aioli and tomato sauce
  • Two fried eggs $5.00
  • Grilled tomato $4.00
  • Mushrooms $5.00
  • Side salad $6.00
  • Side of seasonal vegetables $6.00
  • Steamed rice $5.00
DESSERTS DESSERTS
  • Homemade traditional cheesecake $11.90
    • Ask for details of our chef's latest creation
  • Ice cream sundae $11.90
    • Served with real caramel, chocolate or berries
  • Homemade apple pie $11.90
    • Spiced apples in a buttery pastry pie crust with vanilla ice cream
  • Bailey's chocolate cake $11.90
    • Served with chocolate sauce and ice cream
  • Creme brulee $11.90
    • A classic favourite, light creamy egg custard topped with crunchy golden toffee and served with berries
  • Affogato $14.90
    • Vanilla ice cream espresso shot and liqueur of your choice

Nearby Sample Menus

  • Chai Siu Cheong Fun $4.50
  • Taro Buns $3.50
  • Wonton Noodle Soup $10.00
  • Pheng Jau $4.50
  • Law Buck Go $4.50
  • Chinese Chives Dumplings $4.50
  • Young Tofu $5.00
  • Glutinous Coconut Balls $4.50
  • Prawn Twisters $12.00
    • Sweet chilli sauce.
  • Cheerios & Chips $12.00
  • Prawns $15.00
    • Sauteed in garlic butter and chorizo with toast.
  • Breakfast Enchilada $18.00
    • Fresh tomato, scrambled egg, coriander, chipotle cheese crust, black bean salsa and guacamole.
  • Fettucini $12.00
    • Chicken, peas and a creamy sauce
  • Pan Fried Fish of the Day $12.00
    • Served with steamed vegetables and mashed potato
  • Fish & Chips $23.00
    • Tempura battered market fish with fries, garden salad and homemade tartare sauce.
  • Mushrooms on Toast $17.00
    • Sautéed mushrooms with parmesan and rocket served on multigrain toast with truffle oil.
  • RIBEYE 350G STEAK $32.00
    • Ribeye steak served with creamy garlic mash, onion rings, sauteed spinach and red wine jus
  • STICKY TOFFEE PUDDING $9.00
    • With vanilla bean ice cream
  • TRIO OF ICE CREAMS $12.00
    • Today's flavours on chocolate soil with fresh fruit
  • CHICKEN FILO BITES $8.00
    • Chicken, bacon and basil filo bites
  • MALIBU PANNA COTTA $9.50
    • With berry sorbet
  • FISH + CHIPS $18/$24
    • Beer battered Tarakihi With fries. fresh salad and tartar sauce
  • GREEK SALAD $17.00
    • Greek salad With grilled chicken, cheery tomatoes, feta red onions and olives
  • CRANFORD CHICKEN BREAST $29.00
    • Poached chicken breast stuffed with basil served with gourmet potatoes baby carrots and roast capsicum sauce
  • Butter Vegetables $12.00
    • Vegetables cooked in a tangy tomato and butter sauce
  • Chutney/pickles $2.50
    • Mango chutney, Mango pickle, Lime pickle, Mixed pickle
  • Chicken/Lamb/Beef Madras $14.90
    • Diced chicken or lamb or beef cooked in exotic spices, coconut milk, mustard seeds, curry leaves and tomato gravy
  • Aloo Paratha $4.00
    • Naan bread stuffed with spicy mashed potatoes
  • Paneer Pasanda $13.90
    • Homemade Indian cottage cheese with mint and dried fruits in a creamy cashew and onion gravy
  • Potato Pakoras $5.00
    • Potato slices battered in mildly spiced chickpea flour & deep fried
  • Saag Aloo $12.00
    • Spinach leaves cooked in Indian spices, garlic and herbs with potatoes
  • Fish / Prawn Korma $16.50
    • Fish or Prawn cooked in a cream and cashew based gravy
  • Butter Naan $3.50
  • Chicken/Lamb Achari $14.99
    • Chicken or lamb cooked in mustard oil, ginger and garlic, Indian pickle, onion seeds and spices
  • Chicken/Lamb Tikka Masala $15.50
    • Chicken/lamb pieces cooked with tomato, onion, capsicum and youghurt and spices
  • Bombay Chicken $14.99
    • Diced chicken fillet cooked with freshly ground spices and herbs
  • Vegetable Korma/Curry $12.99
    • Seasonal vegetable cooked in creamy sauce, herbs and spices
  • Butter Chicken $14.99
    • Chicken cooked the Tandoor way finished the curry way, with cream, cashews and spices
  • Lamb Madras $15.50
    • Diced lamb in a spicy masala sauce with coconut and seasoned with mustard seeds and curry leaves
  • Rajma Curry $12.00
    • Rajma and potatoes cooked together and lightly cream and herbs and spices
  • Pancakes
    • served with fruit or bacon, maple syrup or yogurt or cream
  • Eggs Benedict $18.50
    • either ham, bacon, smoked salmon or spinach & feta served with hollandaise
  • Egg, Mushrooms, Tomato $2.00
  • Toasted Muesli $13.00
    • served with fresh fruit & yogurt
  • x3 $17.50
  • Soup of the Day $10.50
    • served with a mini Bagel or Toast
  • Homemade Hash Brown $18.50
    • served with spinach & smoked salmon then topped with 2 poached eggs & hollandaise
  • Bacon & Eggs, Potato cake, mini sausages, tomato, mushroom & toast $19.50
  • Ribeye Steak - 200gms of Ribeye Steak, cooked to your liking and served with crisp fries, a horseradish & beetroot pesto and battered onion rings. $24.50
  • Crispy Chicken - Crispy, tasty chicken pieces marinated overnight in chef's special sauce with golden fries, petit salad and sweet chilli sauce. $16.50
  • Chilli Lime Open Chicken Sammi - Lemon scented chicken on toasted garlic foccacia with charred courgettes, flame roasted capsicum and aioli. With Brie cheese & Streaky Bacon and Sweet Corn Sour Cream. $20.50
  • Chicken Salad - Ripped lettuce with roasted cashews, ripe avocado salsa, crotons, and other goodies, bound with Italian vinaigrette and finished with tender grilled chicken and bacon. $19.50
  • Cheeky Tortilla - Trio of wraps with ripped lettuce, creamy avocado and chunky tomato salsa and pickles. Along with Smoked salmon and citrus aioli. $16.50
  • Beer Battered Fish n Chips - Crispy fish n chips with gourmet salad and homemade tartare sauce. $19.50
  • Cajun Prawn & Fish Salad - Grilled and arranged on a salad of snow pea shoots, cucumber, red onion, mandarins and feta bound with vinaigrette, finished with a roast garlic aioli. $23.50
  • Nachos - Cheesy corn chips elegantly piled and enveloped with a chilli bean, tomato and Capsicum mix baked in the oven with cheese and finished with lashings of Avocado salsa and sour cream. $16.50
  • Vege Nachos $15.50
    • Fresh tomatoes with chilli beans on crispy corn chips, grilled with cheese & topped with salsa and sour cream.
  • Kumara Wedges $10.90
    • Served with sweet chili sauce, sour cream and aioli sauce.
  • Golden Fries $8.90
    • Served with aioli and tomato sauce.
  • Caesar Salad $18.90
    • Salad of Cos lettuces and croutons dressed with Parmesan cheese Milieu special Caesar dressing serves with grilled chicken, streaky bacon, fried egg and anchovies.
  • Chicken Tarragon $19.90
    • Chicken tenders with white button mushrooms and courgette in a creamy tarragon sauce with mixed green salad and golden fries
  • Salmon Nicoise Salad $22.50
    • Grilled salmon fillet on top of baby potatoes, green beans, red onions, cherry tomatoes, black olives, baby spinach and boiled egg mixed with mayonnaise.
  • Seafood Chowder $15.50
    • A creamy chunky chowder - a Milieu Specialty
  • Open Steak Sandwich $20.90
    • 180gms of sirloin, with mushrooms, onion rings, tomato, smoky BBQ sauce, aioli sauce and salad greens on toasted Focaccia served with a side of golden fries.
  • Atlantic Caviar Tivoli $21.50
    • Egg, Caviar, Grilled Ciabatta
  • Charcouterie w. Cured Meats, Terrine, Pate & Pickles $36.50
    • Cured Meats, Terrine, Pate, Pickles, Grilled Ciabatta, Mustard
  • Maroccan Spiced Lamb $18.50
    • Spiced Lamb, Courgette, Rocket, Harrissa
  • Add Dukkha $5.50
  • Chargrilled Mushrooms $18.50
    • Balsamic Mushrooms, Buffalo Feta, Courgette, Aioli
  • Roast Salmon Bruschettini $18.50
    • Roast Salmon, Peppers, Tapenade, Aioli, Basil
  • Add Artichokes $5.50
  • Shellfish & Prawn Zarzuela al Andalus $23.50
    • Shellfish, Tiger Prawn, Garlic Butter, Grilld Ciabatta
  • Fried green potatoes (paleo) $19.50
    • twice cooked sweet potatoes pan-fried in our house made (vegan) basil & spinach pesto with red onion, tomatoes & (optional bacon) topped with a poached egg
  • Fritters $23.50
    • corns, coriander & zucchini fritters, served with fresh garden salad, pico de gallo topped with sour cream and house made tomato & capsicum coulis
  • Creamy garlic mushrooms $21.00
    • mushrooms cooked in a creamy garlic & pesto butter sauce served on toasted ciabatta
  • Eggs & hollandaise - Montreal $19.50
    • smoked salmon with 2 free range poached eggs, toasted ciabatta & hollandaise
  • Eggs & hollandaise - Florentine $17.50
    • wilted baby spinach with 2 free range poached eggs, toasted ciabatta & hollandaise
  • Honey pot granola $13.00
    • honey toasted granola muesli served with fresh fruit salad, greel yoghurt & berry compote
  • Pancakes $17.50
    • or berry compote, yoghurt & maple syrup
  • The full pot $24.00
    • our famous big breakfast made with hash browns, streaky bacon, sausage, cowboy beans, slow roasted tomato, mushrooms & 2 free range eggs cooked "any style" served with toasted ciabatta
  • Quarter $ 7.50
  • All roast meat salad, gravy & apple and mint sauces available on request
  • Combo 3 $ 13.50
  • Gravy $ 2.50
  • All meals are served with potatoes kumara, pumpkin , carrots, peas, corn and gravy and apple and mint sauce available on request
  • Chicken Schnitzel $ 4.50
  • Beef(Sandwiches/Rolls) $ 7.50/$ 8.50
  • Whole $ 20.00
  • Turkish Delight $0.50
  • Wedge $4.50
  • Mozzarella Cheese $2.00
  • Feta Cheese $2.00
  • Large Souvlaki $10.90
    • All large souvlaki served with hot pita bread and green salad with T house's signature sauce of hummus, tomato, onion sauce, garlic mayo, organic yoghurt and your choice of chilli sauce
  • - Combo: Souvlaki of your choice + fries + can of drink $19.50
  • Small Souvlaki $8
    • All small souvlaki served with half size of hot pita bread and green salad with T house's signature sauce of hummus, tomato, onion sauce, garlic mayo, organic yoghurt and your choice of chilli sauce
  • Kebab Skewer $5.00
  • Curious George $22.50 / $32.50
    • Smoked chicken, bacon, banana, brie cheese.
  • Hawaiian $22.50 / $32.50
    • Ham, onions, pineapple.
  • Long Black $3.00
  • Frangelico Affogato $10.00
    • Vanilla ice cream, Frangelico liqueur, espresso coffee.
  • Latte-Bowl $5.50
  • Kings $22.50 / $32.50
    • Our own rich, meat and tomato Bologanise, with lashings of Parmesan cheese and fresh basil, yum yum.
  • Manhattan $22.50 / $32.50
    • Smoked chicken, apricots, cream cheese, rosemary.
  • Four Cheeses $22.50 / $32.50
    • Mozzarella, Feta, Blue, tasty cheese, capsicums, garlic, sun dried tomato.
  • -With Salad & Rice $12.00
  • - snack: $9.5
  • -Lamb $13.50
  • -Add slice of cheese $0.50
  • Obento $14.00
    • Teriyaki chicken, rice with cutlet, potato salad & vegetables served in a luxury container
  • -2 Shish kebabs with Rice $10.00
  • Teriyaki Chicken Set $12.50
    • Teriyaki Chicken, potato salad, vegetables, miso soup & green tea
  • Deal 2 $8.00
    • Burger with chips & pop tops drinks
  • Lamb Saag $19.50
    • Simmered spinach masala with tomato and garlic – stunning iron fix
  • Bhajee Narni $13.00
  • Paneer Makhani $19.50
    • Cottage cheese cooked in tomato and cream
  • Mix Pickel $3.50
    • Nice and spicey
  • Matar Paneer $18.50
    • Peas and cottage cheese (paneer) in a tomato based sauce, spiced with garam masala
  • Cottage Cheese Naan $5.50
    • Cottage cheese with delicate spices for flavour
  • Kashmiri Chicken (pot / box / reg) $10.00 / $10.00 / $18.50
    • Delicate creamy curry – subtle yet sophisticated
  • Vegetable Samosa $4.50
    • Mildly spiced garden vegetables in a crispy pastry, served with tamarind chutney
Monteiths Avonhead

Monteiths Avonhead

location

Address

55 Merrin St, Christchurch, New Zealand

phone

Phone

+64 3-358 8184

email

Email

None

clock

Opened hours

Saturday 9:30am–12am Sunday 9:30am–11pm Monday 9:30am–11pm Tuesday 9:30am–11pm Wednesday 9:30am–11pm Thursday 9:30am–11pm Friday 9:30am–12am
price range

Price

None

type

Type

None

service level

Service

Table Service

cuisine

Cuisine

Bar , New Zealand , Pub Food

features

Features

Wheelchair accessible ,  Reservations ,  Waitstaff ,  Groups ,  Bar Scene ,  Seating ,  Highchairs Available ,  Serves Alcohol ,  Child-friendly

Location
55 Merrin St, Christchurch, New Zealand