River Kitchen in Nelson Menu

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Fish & Chips $21
- Today’s beer battered fresh fish, rosemary & sea salt chips, tartar sauce & lemon
Fish Cakes $19
- Spinach, free-range poached eggs & hollandaise
Eggs Benedict $18
- Spinach, poached eggs, toast, hollandaise & Bacon
Eggs Benedict $22
- Spinach, poached eggs, toast, hollandaise & Hot smoked Ora King Salmon $22
Eggs Benedict $16.50
- Spinach, poached eggs, toast, hollandaise & Mushrooms
Thai Noodle Salad $23
- Vermicelli noodles, radish, sprouts, cabbage, chilli, sesame, coriander, chilli & capsicum dressing - Rib eye steak
Thai Noodle Salad $23
- Vermicelli noodles, radish, sprouts, cabbage, chilli, sesame, coriander, chilli & capsicum dressing - Grilled chicken
Thai Noodle Salad $19
- Vermicelli noodles, radish, sprouts, cabbage, chilli, sesame, coriander, chilli & capsicum dressing - Vegetarian
Hot Smoked Salmon Salad $22
- Ora King Salmon, radish, fennel, capers & lemon, mustard cream cheese
River Kitchen Squid Salad $19
- Asian slaw, coriander, chilli, citrus miso dressing, peanuts
Watermelon Salad $21
- Watermelon, cucumber & Halloumi cheese, caramelised fig balsamic

Chicken & Bacon Open Sandwich $22
- Our cranberry relish, brie, house baked bread, hand cut chips
Rib Eye Steak Open Sandwich $22
- Fried free range egg, caramelized onion, house baked bread, hand cut chips
Portobello & Halloumi Burger $19
- Portobello mushroom, grilled halloumi, aioli & salad with hand cut chips
Pulled Pork Burger $19
- BBQ sauce, apple & hazelnut slaw, hand cut chips
Beef Burger $22
- Caramelised onion, Swiss Cheese and bacon, hand cut chips
Seafood Chowder $19.50
- White fish, prawns, squid, bacon, corn, cream & salsa verde with toast
Today’s Soup $15
- & toast

Chips $7
- Rosemary & sea salt, aioli
Greek Salad $7
Garlic Bread $7
- RK garlic bread, oven roasted with parsley
Apple Slaw $7
- With hazelnuts
Green Salad $5

Nearby Sample Menus

Crumbed Camembert $15.90
- An 80's retro hit served with pear and fig chutney, green leaves and fresh bread
Salmon $28.90
- House smoked salmon fillet with orange, current and red onion couscous, tomato chili jam and lemon mayonnaise
Bacon X 2
Garlic & Rosemary Marinated Lamb Salad $22.90
- Served with green leaves, crunchy seasonal salad, beetroot chutney and aioli
Grilled Haloumi Salad $22.90
- Quinoa, toasted seeds, baby spinach and beetroot chutney served with grilled haloumi
Chocolate Guinness Cake
- Gooey warm chocolate fudge sauce and vanilla ice cream
Eggs x 2
Creamy Mashed Potato

Double Cheeseburger Combo N/A
- The double banger of your favourite burger. A Double Cheeseburger served alongside a chilled medium soft drink, and medium fries. You’ll be telling your grandkids about this one in years to come.
Grilled Chicken & Aioli McWrap® N/A
- The new delicious Chicken & Aioli McWrap®, with ingredients like 100% NZ grilled chicken, juicy tomatoes, all wrapped up in a warmed tortilla.
Georgie Pie® Hunger Buster N/A
- Pinch yourself, this is really happening. A Georgie Pie, Quarter Pounder®, medium fries, medium soft drink, and a small sundae.
McChicken® N/A
- Made with New Zealand chicken breast sourced from Ingham®, in a seasoned tempura coating. Topped with locally grown crunchy iceberg lettuce and our exceptional McChicken® sauce, between a sesame seed bun. It's difficult to beat a classic.
$30 Legends Sharebox® $30
- Included in the $30 Legends ShareBox®: 2 x Big Mac®, 1x McChicken®, 1x Filet-o-Fish®, 1 x 6pk Chicken McNuggets®, 2 x Medium Fries, 2 x Small Fries, 4 x Medium Soft Drinks
Chicken Bacon Deluxe N/A
- It’s deluxe, and it’s back. Crispy coated chicken dressed with rasher bacon, fresh tomato, cheese with a Swiss accent and topped off with creamy mayo.
The Clubhouse Chicken - Crispy N/A
- Turn your attention to The Clubhouse Chicken - Crispy. With a crispy chicken patty, crispy bacon, grilled onion, Swiss Cheese, tomato, lettuce, and Big Mac® sauce in a brioche style bun; this burger tastes as good as it looks.
Small Fries N/A
- Get them while they're hot. Our legendary super-tasty French fries are the perfect side to any meal. We only use the highest quality potatoes to create those delicious strands of crispy fluffy fries you love.

Massive McMuffin® Hunger Buster N/A
- For a day full of massive missions, there’s no better start than a Massive McMuffin, a Bacon & Egg McMuffin®, a hash brown and a small hot chocolate.
Crispy Chicken & Aioli McWrap® N/A
- Introducing the new Real Choices delicious Chicken & Aioli McWrap®, with 100% NZ crispy chicken, juicy tomatoes, crisp cos and iceberg lettuce drizzled with creamy garlic Aioli all wrapped up in a warmed tortilla and ready to eat on the go.
Grilled Chicken & Aioli McWrap® N/A
- The new delicious Chicken & Aioli McWrap®, with ingredients like 100% NZ grilled chicken, juicy tomatoes, all wrapped up in a warmed tortilla.
Grilled Chicken Snack Wrap® N/A
- It may be little, but there's a lot to love. 100% chicken breast fillet marinated with spices and grilled to perfection. With fresh iceberg lettuce and creamy mayonnaise.
The Boss® N/A
- Eat like a boss with this Kiwi favourite. With two juicy beef patties, two cheeses, lettuce, onion, tomato and sauce all on a sesame seed bun. The Boss is back.
Chicken McWrap® Aioli - Crispy N/A
- Introducing the new delicious Chicken & Aioli McWrap®, with crispy 100% NZ chicken, juicy tomatoes, crisp iceberg lettuce drizzled with creamy garlic Aioli all wrapped up in a warmed tortilla and ready to eat on the go.
Caramel Sundae N/A
- It's a delicious delight. Soft, creamy waves of soft serve made with fresh milk, doused in a sticky, sweet warm caramel sauce.
Strawberries & Cream Flavour Frappé N/A
- A delicious Starwberries & Cream flavour Frappé, topped with irresistible whipped cream and a yummy strawberry drizzle.

Miso Soup $7.50
- with tofu & shitake mushroom
Grilled Spiced Ciabatta with tomato chilli jam $5.90
Jungle Curry (hot) with white fish, greens, potato & jasmine rice $28.80
Crispy Fried Duck Leg with stir fried vegetables, orange sauce and steamed red rice $28.90
Pad Thai with Prawns $28.70
Steamed Dumplings $12.00
- (6) Pork, prawn and garlic chives with soy, lemon and chilli dipping sauce
Thai Seared Beef Salad $18.90
- with iceberg, mint, coriander, shallots, sprouts & chilli
Chicken Stir Fry with bacon, sweetcorn, miso butter, lettuce & jasmine rice $28.70

‘Poutine’ Beer battered chips, cheese, red wine gravy $13
Wild goat balls, spicy napoli sauce, ciabatta $12.5
Mussel, scallop, smoked eel filo $16.5
House cut chunky chips, paprika salt, BBQ sauc $7
Seasoned wedges, sour cream, sweet chill $9
Cajun spiced shoestring fries, aiol $8
Red wine braised lamb shank/s, mash, seasonal greens, jus $22 / $30
Side salad N/A

-Grilled chicken rosemary dressing $15.00
Tagliata di pollo al rosmarino $15.00
Taglia telle alla carbonara $15.00
Ricotta marmellata di fichi $15.00
Insalata mista $8.00
- Mesculin tomato cucumber balsamic
-Handmade egg pasta, carbonara $15.00
-Tuna steaks $20.00
Bruschetta $15.00

Spanish style meatball $18
- tomato & onion sauce, sautéed potatoes, salad
Tiger prawn risotto $18
- tomato, onion sofrito
Home smoked salmon salad $18
- avocado, radish, wild rice, wasabi dressing
Crumbed chicken, Willow Creek fried egg sandwich $18
- home baked focaccia, tomato, coleslaw, onion French dressing & green salad
Rib eye steak $32
- sautéed potato, green beans, asparagus
Lamb rump $30
- green beans, Heck’s bacon, grilled tomato, green salad
Spanish potato omelette “Tortilla Española” $11
- green salad, mustard
Willow Creek Eggs as you like $17
- Heck’s bacon, toasted focaccia, green salad

Chocolate Cake $13.50
- on chocolate and caramel sauces served with freshly whipped cream
Bloke's Beef Salad $20.50
- Trust us on this one - it's good!
Fowl Play $19.50/$29.50
- Slices of wood-roasted chicken breast, red onion, pumpkin, red capsicum, topped with mild sweet chilli sauce
Bambino Pasta (Sorry, children only) $10.50
- Tri-colour pasta spirals in our Neapolitan tomato sauce with bacon
Banana Rumba $14.50
- Banana pan-fried in a hot caramel and rum sauce, served with vanilla ice cream
Thai Mussels $22.50
- A pot of green-lipped mussels from Tasman Bay steamed open in a Thai red curry, coconut milk and freshly-chopped corriander broth
Add house smoked South Island salmon $3
Italian $14.50/$21.50
- Italian salami from Blackball and sliced fresh mushroom

Roots Shoots and Leaves $12.80
- delectable veggie patty creation ‘du jour’ with chunks of marinated feta, loads of salads + lip-smackingly good sauces + avocado. Get it in ya!
Plucked $13.80
- Strips of tender grilled chicken with rich and delicious homemade satay (peanut) sauce topped off with all the usual suspects-salads and sauces & lashing of avocado!
The Muss $13.80
- A local fave, homemade mussel patty topped with cheese, drizzled with homemade tartar & sweet chilli sauce finished with loads of salady goodness, aioli, relish & avocado -yum!
Kumara chips $3.80
- punnet size drizzled with sweet chilli mayo
Fish of the day $6.80
- fillet of, battered & deep fried
MINI DOUGHNUTS $2.00
- packet of three rolled in cinnamon sugar
The Cow Pat $12.80
- Our own tasty homemade beef patty grilled with cheese, mustard and tomato sauce, topped with salads, aioli dressing & tangy homemade tomato relish.
Off the Hook $14.80
- Fresh local fillet of fish of the day, battered and deep-fried, drizzled with homemade tartar and cheese, piled high with heaps of salad, aioli dressing relish and avocado to finish. >>

Soup of the day $12.00
- Check out the black board for today's flavor served with a dinner roll
11am-10pm
Fish & chips $15.00
- Golden battered fish served with crispy fries & salad (gf pan-fried).
Onion rings $15.00
- Cooked in a light golden batter, and served with aioli & chilli dipping sauce
Sea run salmon steak (GF) $34.00
- 190 grm skin on boneless salmon steak served on a risotto with a in house tomato and corn salsa
Monteiths radler fish & chips (monteiths beer match - radler) $20.00
- Fish of the day lovingly coated in monteiths radler beer batter with crispy fries, garden fresh salad and tartare sauce (GF* - pan-fried option).
5pm - onwards
Open chicken sandwich $19.00
- Poached chicken breast in a creamy white wine sauce, placed on top of crisp salad greens with cherry tomatoes on toasted garlic ciabatta bread, with crispy fries

Eggs On Toast $19.50
- Your choice of fried, scrambled or poached eggs, served on garlic ciabatta with approx. 150gr Pestell’s bacon OR a generous serve of Crusoe’s “Magical Mushrooms”, hash browns & Housemade Aioli
The Chef ’s Muse n/a
- Ask us about our UNIQUE LIMITED EDITION desserts!
Breakfast Extras $5.00
- 3 Hash browns
Sorbet $10.00
- Sorbet served with spiced wine poached pear and Fairy Kisses
Housemade Grain Free Muesli +$3.00
Breakfast Extras $2.00
- Hollandaise sauce
Breakfast Extras $9.00
- House smoked salmon
Breakfast Extras $4.00
- 2 eggs

Roasted capsicum & polenta pattie, fried gherkin, beetroot, mint yoghurt, lettuce and house burger sauce $22.0
Homemade beef, American cheddar, bacon, gherkins, pickled red onion, caramelised onion & chilli jam, lettuce, tomato and house burger sauce $22.0
Beer battered fish and chips $22.9 / $27.9
- tartare, house salad and hand-cut chips - Monkfish / Blue cod
Southern fried chicken $12.0
- with fries and ranch sauce
Soup of the Day sml $8.9 lrg $12.9
Crispy pork belly salad $22.9
- spinach, cherry tomatoes, pumpkin, honey spiced nuts, mung beans, crispy noodles and house dressing
Kids Platter $12.0
- Cheese toastie, corn chips, berry yoghurt, grapes, raisins and marshmallows
Salmon Fillet $29.9
- chive & garlic crushed potatoes, seasonal greens, grilled lemon and beurre blanc

Garlic Bread $8
- sliced baguette generously spread with garlic and butter.
Arancini Risotto balls $12.50
- filled with camembert cheese and served with petite salad.
Salad Mediterranean $12.50
- Salad mixed lettuce tossed in balsamic vinaigrette with artichoke, olives, sundried tomato, and cucumber and feta cheese.
Thai Vegetable Curry $22 with Tofu $24
- seasonal vegetables cooked in mild coconut curry sauce served with jasmine rice.
Chocolate Mud Cake $12.50
- accompanied with ice cream, berry compote and chantily cream.
Fettuccine al Fungi $21
- fettuccine tossed in creamy mushroom sauce, sundried tomato, spinach and capsicum with a hint of chili.
Warm Poached Pear $12.50
- delicately poached in wine infused with ginger and spices, together with ice cream and crème anglaise.
Field Mushroom $12.50
- roasted Portobello mushroom with rosemary and fire roasted capsicum with crumbled feta cheese.

Wedges with Sour Cream $10.00
Charcuterie $20.00
- selection of terrines, cured meats, olives, cheese, & fig and walnut bread
Mushroom, Blue Cheese, Onion & Rosemary $24.00
Salt and Pepper Squid $9.00
- with nuoc cham
Pork Sausage, Roast Capsicum & Olives $24.00
All pizza bases are made here at the Inn
Garlic Bread $8.00
- add cheese & bacon $3.50

Strawberry cheesecake $3.50
Trio of cheese $8.50
- Melting mozzarella & swiss cheese with a parmesan sprinkle
Choose from: Hash bites/ Large fries/ Garlic bread/ Onion rings/ Soft drinks 1.5L $6.00
Ham and cheese $5.00
- Ham topped with mozzarella
Dipping sauces $0.50
- Choose from: tomato, BBQ, aioli, sweet chilli, american mustard
Chicken supreme $10.50
- Succulent chicken, onion, capsicum, mushroom and melting mozzarella with parmesan sprinkle & aioli swirl
Super supreme $9.00
- Spicy pepperoni, ham, cabanossi, mushroom, onion, capsicum, pineapple & mozzarella
Chocolate mousse $3.50