The Bower & Urban Corner Cafe in Christchurch Menu

BRUNCH (available till 2pm) BRUNCH (available till 2pm)
  • Fish of the Day $19.00
    • Market fresh fish in a tempura batter or pan fried served with seasonal salad & fries
  • Open Focaccia Sandwich $18.50
    • Tender pieces of chicken breast in a creamy mushroom & tamagan sauce, served on toasted focaccia
  • Steak Sandwich $20.00
    • cooked just the way you like it, served with Aioli, mustard lettuce, tomato, red onion on warm focaccia bread with fries
  • Thai Beef Salad $21.00
    • Tender marinated beef, pickled mango, crispy noodles, cucumber, tomato, toasted sesame seeds, cashews, fresh coriander, house made Nam Jim dressing
  • Chicken Filo $18.50
    • changes weekly, please check the specials board for the weeks flavor, served with seasonal salad & fries
  • Caesar Salad
    • Crispy cos lettuce drizzled in a Caesar dressing, topped with croutons & a poached egg
  • Vegetarian $15.00
  • Chicken & Bacon $20.00
  • BLAT $18.50
    • bacon, lettuce, avocado & tomato on gorgeous Turkish bread served with fries
BURGERS BURGERS
  • All burgers served with fries
  • Bower Burger $22.00
    • 180g, Angus Meat Pattie, streaky bacon, hash-brown, egg, cheddar cheese, lettuce, red onion, tomato, with house made Aioli & smoky BBQ sauce stacked in a warm toasted bun
  • Beef Bruger $20.00
    • 180g. Angus Meat Pattie, crispy bacon, lettuce, red onion, tomato & mustard, house made aioli stacked is a warm toasted bun
  • Chicken Burger $20.00
    • Crumbed chicken breast, cheese, lettuce, red onion, tomato, streaky bacon, house mayo & aioli stacked in a warm toasted bun
  • Kiwi Burger $22.00
    • 180g. Angus meat pattie, egg, beetroot, cheddar cheese, tomato, lettuce, onion, mustard & house mayo stacked in a warm toasted bun
  • Fish Burger $20.00
    • Battered fresh market fish of the day, lashings of home made tartare sauce, gherkin, red onion, cheese, lettuce stacked in a warm toasted bun
  • Garden Burger $20.00
    • Falafel pattie, mushroom, feta, lettuce, tomato, red onion, mayo & aioli, in a warm toasted bun
  • Extras $2.00 each
    • bacon, egg, mushroom, hash brown, onion rings
PIZZAS PIZZAS
  • Meat Lovers $24.00
    • A meat lovers mix of Verkerks pepperoni, chorizo, ham of salami with mozzarella cheese & topped with a smoky BBQ sauce
  • Apricot Chicken $24.00
    • Smoked chicken, cashew nuts, cream cheese or mozzarella cheese, drizzled with a tangy apricot sauce
  • Chicken, Cranberry & Brie $24.00
    • Creamy brie cheese, smoked chicken & mozzarella, drizzled with a delicious cranberry sauce
  • Chicken & Shrimp $26.00
    • Smoked chicken, shrimps, baby spinach, cream cheese, mozzarella, topped with sweet chilli sauce
  • Hawaiian $20.00
    • Classic Hawaiian pizza, tropical delight of ham & pineapple with mozzarella cheese
  • Cheese $18.00
    • cheese, cheese or more cheese
  • Vegetarian $20.00
    • Seasonal roasted veg, baby spinach, mushrooms, feta, mozzarella, drizzled with aioli
  • Motto Carne
    • see over page
  • All our pizzas are hand stretched, with our own homemade pizza sauce, and meats are sourced from Verkerks Butchery
DINNER MENU (available from 4.30) DINNER MENU (available from 4.30)
  • Bower Salad $20.00
    • Our signature salad, Harrisa chicken thigh, tossed with slow roasted seasonal veges & chick peas drizzled with a deep roasted sesame dressing (vegetarian option available)
  • Fish of the Day $23.00
    • Market fresh fish, battered or pan fried served with seafood salad & fries
  • Mushroom Fettuccine $18.00
    • Fettuccine pasta tossed in a flavoursome creamy mushroom sauce
  • add chicken $22.00
  • Chicken Filo $20.00
    • changes weekly, please check the specials board, served with seasonal salad & fries
  • Thai Beef Salad $21.00
    • Tender marinated beef, pickled mango, crispy noodles, cucumber, tomato, sesame seeds, cashews, fresh coriander, house made Nam Jim dressing
  • Caesar Salad $20.00
    • Chicken, bacon, crispy cos lettuce drizzled in a Caesar dressing, topped with croutons & a poached egg
  • Creamy Chicken $23.00
    • Sliced breast of chicken, mushrooms, bacon, onion, in a creamy mushroom & white wine sauce, served with seasonal salad & fries
  • Rib-eye Steak $32.00
    • 200g. Angus rib-eye, with garlic shrimps, served with salad & fries, choice of mushroom, peppercorn sauce, gravy or garlic butter
  • Surf & Turf $32.00
    • 200g. Angus Rib-eye, with garlic shrimps, served with salad & fries, choice of mushroom, peppercorn sauce, gravy or garlic butter
  • Baby Back Ribs Small $28 Large $35
    • Fall off the bone baby back ribs with a kick ass hickory sauce, served with seasonal salad & fries
  • Extras $3.00
    • Onion rings, Eggs (2), Mushrooms, Tomato, Hash-browns (2)
KIDS $15 COMBO KIDS $15 COMBO
  • (Meal only, without combo $12.00)
  • Choose a meal, a drink (apple juice, orange juice, chocolate milk, or frizzy) and an ice cream
  • Pizza
    • Hawaiian or cheese
  • Fish Bites
    • served with fried & tomato sauce
  • Chicken Nuggets
    • 6 chicken nuggets, served in a basket with fries & tomato sauce
  • Popcorn Chicken
    • 8 pieces of popcorn chicken, served in a basket with fries
  • Mini Cheese Burger
    • 120g. Angus meat pattie, with lettuce, cheddar cheese & fries
  • Kids Platter
    • cocktail sausages, nuggets, popcorn chicken, seasonal fruit & salad
  • Kids Ice cream Sunday $6.00
  • Spider Drink (fizzy & ice cream) $6.00
KIDS PARTY MENU KIDS PARTY MENU
  • Option 3 $15.00
  • Fresh fruit
  • Option 1 $13.00
  • Fish bites
  • Chicken nuggets
  • Fries
  • Jelly
  • Drink
  • Option 2 $13.00
  • Hawaiian pizza
  • Fries
  • Jelly
  • Drink
  • Fairy Bread
  • Cheerios
  • Fries
  • Jelly
  • Drink
  • Kids party menu must be ordered minimum 3 days in advance, price is per child.
DESSERTS DESSERTS
  • Chocolate Mousse $12.50
    • A very delicately blended chocolate mousse, served with ice-cream, cream and berries
  • Sticky Date Pudding $12.50
    • Smothered with butterscotch sauce, ice-cream and berries
  • Creme Brulee $12.50
    • Served with ice-cream, cream and berry coulis
  • Chocolate Brownie $12.50
    • Warmed decadent chocolate brownie, served with ice-cream and cream
  • Daily Creation $10.00
    • Please check with our staff for today’s special dessert creation
  • Ice-cream Sundae $8.50
    • Your choice of chocolate, caramel or berry

Nearby Sample Menus

  • Sizzling chicken $22.80
    • marinated chicken breas grilled to perfection topped with sizzling sauce,grilled capsicum,onion and french fries on a hot plate.
  • Junior bangers and mash $9.00
    • sausages on mashed potato and surrounded by peas.Served with gravy and garlic roll.
  • SOUP COMBO $16.50
  • Chilli Fries $12.50
    • cant find the french fries ? They are buried under all that beef and grated cheese.
  • Buffalo Wingers $21.70
    • fried marinated chicken wings with sweet chilli souce and served with sour cream.
  • Bacon Benny $16.00
    • hashbrown,two poached eggs with bacon on top of grilled ciabatta bread and topped with hollandaise or cheese sauce.
  • SOUP OF THE DAY $7.50
  • Junior chicken pizza $6.50
  • KIMCHI STEW $15.00
    • kimchi pot stew in hot pot
  • SPICY STIR FRIED OCTOPUS $45.00
    • octopus, onion and carrot, strir fried in a red chilli sauce
  • VENSION CHOWDER $45.00
    • koreans style vension chowder
  • BEEF RIB SOUP $15.00
    • soup consisting of beef rib with eggs in hot pot
  • BEEF CHOWDER $45.00
    • korean style beef chowder with soy sauce
  • STEAMED CHICKEN $45.00
    • steamed chicken soup with noodles
  • BIBIMBAB IN HOT POT $15.00
    • consisting of rice, cooked vegetable and beef, mixed with red chilli paste in hot pot
  • SUNDAE SOUP $15.00
    • hot sundae soup with mixed pork meats in hot pot
  • Corn fritters $12.00
    • Stacked and layered with steaky bacon, avocado and tomato salsa
  • Creme brulee $12.00
    • Your wait staff will advise you of today's flavour
  • The combo $16.00
    • Cheesecake, apple pie and meringue roulade
  • Original ice cream sundae $12.00
    • Served with a choice of chocolate, caramel or raspberry topping with either nuts or hundreds and thousands
  • Eggs benedict $15.00
    • With a choice of bacon or salmon
  • Seafood chowder $10.00
    • A selection of seafood bound in a creamy soup
  • Lamb shank pie $23.00
    • Shank braised in a rich casserole, covered with puff pastry and served with creamy mash potato and minted peas
  • The combo $16.00
    • Cheesecake, apple pie and meringue roulade
  • Lamb Backstrap Salad $23
    • Marinated lamb backstrap served with a roasted vegetable, green bean, asparagus and feta salad and a red wine vinaigrette
  • Bacon & Egg $8
    • One free range egg, scrambled, poached or fried, served with streaky bacon and your choice of toasted sourdough or multigrain
  • Add smoked salmon $6
  • Breakfast Tostada $18
    • Crispy tortillas with avocado salsa verde, re-fried black beans, heirloom tomatoes, jalapeno, rocket and fried eggs, topped with melted cheese
  • Garlic Spinach $3
  • Pumpkin-Kumara Stack $18
    • Pumpkin and kumara cakes served with wilted garlic spinach, grilled broccolini, halloumi and our house made beetroot hummus and finished with toasted seeds and a balsamic reduction
  • Granola and Fruit Salad $14
    • Our house baked maple granola served with a fresh fruit salad and a berry reduction
  • Kids Pancakes $12
    • Blueberry pancakes with caramelised banana, maple syrup and whipped cream
  • Spinach & Mushroom $19.00
  • BREAKFAST TRIFLE $12.50
    • Our own honey, almond & chia toasted muesli, layered with banana, summer berry compote, lime infused coconut & served with almond milk on the side (DF)
  • PEACH & STRAWBERRY CREPES $17.00
    • Crepes stuffed full with roasted peach, drizzled with a strawberry sauce then topped with a honeyed almond sprinkle. We put some maple syrup on the side for you to add (GF)
  • Plumlicious $9.50
    • a colour sensation Black Doris plums with blueberries, apple juice & soy milk. Great way to get your anti-oxidants & tick the fibre box at the same time
  • Oh Crumbs $12.00
    • seasonal fruit topped with crumble finished off with a scoop of Kapiti Vanilla Bean ice cream
  • Breakfast Sundae $7.00
    • a seasonal selection of fresh fruit, layered with yoghurt & topped with maple-toasted cornflakes
  • Pumpkin, Pear & Blue Cheese Salad $18.00
    • a heartwarming combination of a roasted winter salad of pumpkin, locally sourced pears, red onion & Whitestone blue cheese, topped with Tai Tapu grown hazelnuts & finished with a roasted red pepper vinaigrette
  • Eggs on Toast $4.50 / $2.50 / $2.00 / $2.00
    • 1 x poached egg on toast with your choice of extras: Regular / Bacon - add / Hashbrown - add / Mini Sausages (2) -add)
  • Hotplate Honey Lemon Rolls $16 Small / $24 Large
    • Crispy rolls with honey lemon and veggy on steamy hotplate
  • Tomyum Mushroom Soup $4.50 Single / $9 Double
  • Smoked Crispy Rolls with Veggy $12.50 Reg / $19 Lge
  • Ramen Soup with Fresh Veggy $10 Reg / $15 Lge
  • Fried Vegetarian Wontons $4.50
  • Something 'Fishy' on Hotplate
    • Slices of firm creamy soy protein with seaweed over fried Ramen noodle, fresh vegetable and cashew nuts serve on sizzling hotplate
  • Soysage and Crispy Nugget $12 Reg / $18 Lge
  • Coconut Veggy Curry on Rice $10.50 Reg / $16 Lge
  • Tarakihi $4.00
  • Double Meat $4.50
  • Hoki $3.00
  • Mushroom $4.00
  • Bacon and Egg $4.50
  • Vegetarian $5.00
  • Chicken $5.00
  • Fish $5.00
  • Yellow Curry (Gang Gari)
  • Pork Noodle Soup (dark, herbal soup) $10.00
  • Peanut Sauce (Pad Satay)
  • Mince pork omelette with rice $15.00
  • Rice Noodles (Pad Thai)
  • Prawns $13.00
  • Rard Naa
    • (Stir Fried rice noodle with creamy soup)
  • Jungle curry (Gang Bpa)
  • Smokey Chic $10.50
    • Smoked chicken, swiss cheese, lettuce tomato and aioli
  • Smashing $10.50
    • Smashed Avocado, Tomato, Swiss Cheese, Spinach
  • B.L.T $10.50
    • Streaky bacon, iceberg lettuce, tomato and aioli
  • Cream Cheese $6.50
  • Raspberry Jam $6.00
  • – Sundried Tomato & Cream Cheese
  • Fresh Banana $6.50
  • – Fresh Herb, Lemon & Cream Cheese
  • ROAST MEAT ROLLS (beef, pork, lamb or chicken) $10.00
    • with chips and salad
  • WEDGES WITH SOUR CREAM $6.50
  • ROAST SANDWICH COMBO $12.90
    • roast sandwich beef, pork, lamb or chicken with coleslaw & chips + 420 ml. Coca- Cola Range
  • ROAST SANDWICH (beef, pork, lamb or chicken) $7.90
    • with salad on top
  • Medium $13.00
  • LASAGNE $10.50
  • CHICKEN & CHIPS (2 pieces) $9.50
  • MACARONI CHEESE $13.50
    • with cheese or salad
  • Dal tadka $14.50
    • Lentils cooked in indian spices.
  • King prawn masala $17.99
    • A thick tomato curry cooked with capsicum, coriander, herbs and spices.
  • Seekh kebab (6 psc) $9.99
    • Minced lamb marinated in mint and spices grilled in tandoor and served with sauce.
  • Indian mixed salad $5.50
  • Mushroom chicken
    • Mushroom & chicken cooked with a gravy of cashew nut, almonds & very mild spices.
  • Madras chicken/lamb/fish/prawn
    • A traditional south indian style curry cooked with coconut and spices. Choice of your meat.
  • Veg manchurian $13.50
  • Cheese and garlic naan $5.00
    • Stuffed with grated cheese and garlic.
  • Lamb shoulder ragout, potato gnocchi, gremolta, silver beet, pecorino $28.00
  • House baked ciabatta, balsamic butter $7.00
  • Paranakan chicken curry, potatoes, herbs, steamed rice $22.00
  • Bacon, honey and truffle flavoured popcorn $7.00
  • Served with mustard relish, jus
  • Almonds roasted and spiced $7.00
  • Market inspired soup, ciabatta, butter $17.00
  • 200 gms Canterbury Angus grass fed fillet $36.00
  • Eggs on toast $9.00
    • Poached, scrambled or fried served on multigrain toast
  • Smoked salmon & cream cheese $8.50
  • Junior big breakfast $8.00
    • Bacon, egg, hash brown, toast with tomato sauce
  • Choose from $7.00
    • Ham, chicken, bacon or falafel
  • Fruit toast $8.00
    • Two thick slices with jam & cream cheese
  • Happy hotcakes $6.00
    • Two hotcakes with ice cream, cream & maple syrup
  • Muesli & fruit $10.00
    • Served with seasonal fruit & natural yoghurt
  • Eggs benedict $16.00
    • Salmon, bacon or mushrooms on toasted ciabatta with hollandaise sauce
  • Sour Cream $2.5
  • Savoury Mince $17
    • A good old fashioned kiwi classic ser ved in a rich sauce on toast with a fried egg & crumbed potato balls
  • Bacon and Eggs $13.5
    • Any style with crispy bacon on toasted french batard
  • Soup De Jour $12.5
    • Hearty soup made with fresh seasonal ingredients, served with bread of the day
  • Aioli $2.5
  • Hash Browns $4
  • Pulled Pork Soft Shell Taco $19
    • With peanut slaw, smokey mayo and curly fries
  • Ginger Crunch $4.2
  • Large Fries $8.00
  • Side of Yoghurt, Home-made tomato sauce, hollandaise, Jam, Aioli or tomato sauce all $2.00
  • Waffles $17.50
    • Belgian-style waffles with freshly cooked banana, bacon & maple syrup.
  • Salmon $6.90
  • -Hot smoked Salmon $22.00
  • Mushrooms / Bacon / Toast / Spinach /Eggs /Sausages / Home-made Hash $5.00
  • Crushed Avocado $18.00
    • Crushed Avocado on 5 grain multi toast w grilled tomatoes & chilli flakes.
  • Breakfast sharing platter for two $40.00
    • Eggs your way poached, Scrambled or fried, spinach, tomatoes, Streaky bacon, home- made hash browns, sausages, toast, and hollandaise & finished with home-home tomato sauce. Vegetarian option available
The Bower & Urban Corner Cafe

The Bower & Urban Corner Cafe

location

Address

487 New Brighton Road, New Brighton, Christchurch, Canterbury, 8083, New Zealand

phone

Phone

033889138

email

Email

None

clock

Opened hours

Monday: 9:00 AM – 10:00 PM, Tuesday: 9:00 AM – 10:00 PM, Wednesday: 9:00 AM – 10:00 PM, Thursday: 9:00 AM – 10:00 PM, Friday: 9:00 AM – 10:00 PM, Saturday: 9:00 AM – 10:00 PM, Sunday: 9:00 AM – 10:00 PM
price range

Price

$20 - $30

type

Type

None

service level

Service

Table Service

cuisine

Cuisine

Bar , Cafe Food , Italian , New Zealand , Pub Food

features

Features

Takeaway ,  Wheelchair accessible ,  Reservations ,  Breakfast ,  Waitstaff ,  Cash ,  Groups ,  Nightlife ,  Bar ,  Lunch ,  Seating ,  Highchairs Available ,  Free Wifi ,  Cards accepted ,  Disabled Friendly ,  Dinner ,  Child-friendly ,  Outdoor Seating ,  Full Bar

Location
487 New Brighton Road, New Brighton, Christchurch, Canterbury, 8083, New Zealand