Address
502 Karamu Road North, Hastings, Hastings, Hawke's Bay, 4122, New Zealand
The Cat in Hawkes Bay Menu
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TO BEGIN....- Selection of Homemade Bread and Dips $8.5 For 2 / $13 For 4
- Garlic and Herb Bread $7 For 2 / $12 For 4
SMALLER OFFERINGS....-
Shrimp Cocktail $13.90
- Shrimps bound in a rose sauce above shredded lettuce finished with pan fried prawns
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Paua Fritters $16.90
- NZ Paua fritters served above a mesclun salad finished with streaky bacon and aioli
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Seafood Chowder $16.90
- Chefs creamy and rich seafood chowder, served with toasted bread
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Seared Scallops $17.90
- Resting on herb crushed gourmet potatoes and wilted greens topped with hollandaise and a basil pesto
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Salt 'n' Pepper Squid $15.90 E / $29.90 M
- Served on a salad of mesclun, coriander, shallots and crispy garlic tossed with a Vietnamese dressing
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Chefs Signature Seafood $19.90
- Scallops on black pudding, prawns on mango and pineapple salsa and salt and pepper squid
- - 2 legs, main size $31.90
- - 1 leg $19.90
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Confit of Duck
- Served on roasted vegetables with wilted spinach finished with a merlot jus
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''The Cat'' Guinness Pie $15.90
- A homemade beef and Guinness Pie served with roasted root vegetables and a garden salad
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Caesar Salad $16.90
- Cos lettuce, bacon, and parmesan bound in a Caesar dressing finished with croutons and a poached egg
OPEN SANDWICHES....- - Or as a bowl $6.50
- - On side $3.00
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Optional Extras
- French Fries / Gourmet Potatoes / Roasted Vegetables
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Lamb Rump Sandwich $21.90
- Seared lamb rump on toasted brioche with mesclun, caramelised onion jam, tomato, streaky bacon & aged cheddar topped with basil pesto
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White Bait Fritter Sandwich $21.00
- Served on toasted brioche with mesclun finished with hollandaise (Please enquire with staff as to availability of whitebait)
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Paua Fritter Sandwich $19.90
- Served on toasted bread topped with mesclun, streaky bacon and aioli
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Scotch Fillet Sandwich $21.90
- Served on toasted bread and a mesclun salad
LARGER OFFERINGS....- On herbed crushed gourmet potatoes, wilted spinach, roasted Portobello mushroom topped with air dried tomatoes and merlot jus (Beef dishes can be served with fries and salad option if desired)
- 300g Porterhouse $26.90
- 200g Scotch Fillet $25.90
- 300g Scotch Fillet $29.90
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Chatham Island Blue Cod Fish and Chips $19.90 / $24.90
- Freshly beer battered fish served with fries and a mesclun salad with tomato and tartare sauces. Available as a 150g or 200g portion of fish
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Fish of the Day $29.90
- Sourced fresh from the local market served on a mixed seafood risotto
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Portobello Stack $24.90
- Portobello mushrooms infused with blue cheese, basil pesto and sweet chilli above spinach and roasted vegetables
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Seared Scallops $31.90
- Resting on herb crushed gourmet potatoes and wilted greens topped with hollandaise and a basil pesto
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Chefs Signature Seafood $34.90
- A trio of scallops served above black pudding, prawns on mango and pineapple salsa and salt and pepper squid
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Braised Hawke's Bay Lamb Shank $28.90
- Resting on parsnip and potato mash and wilted spinach with bacon and a mushroom jus
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Confit of Pork Belly $25.90
- Twice cooked Pork Belly above colcannon potato with spinach finished with a pineapple, mango, and chive salsa
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Pork Spare Ribs $25.90
- Served with fries and salad
DESSERT....-
Cheese Board $27.50
- Selection of Whitestone Brie, Whitestone Blue and Kapiti Aged Waxed Cheddar served with onion jam, roasted pear, homemade chutney and grapes with water cracker
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Creme Brulee $12.90
- Chef's Brûlée served with seasonal fruit salad and short bread
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Death by Chocolate Mudcake $14.90
- Chocolate mud cake, chocolate ice-cream and topped with chocolate sauce
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Sticky Date Pudding $11.90
- Served warm with homemade toffee sauce and vanilla ice cream
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Affogato $13.90
- Vanilla bean ice cream served with a double espresso and your choice of liqueur
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Individual Baked Cheesecake $12.90
- Served with berry coulis and ice cream
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Trio of Rush Munro Ice Cream $13.90
- Served with berry coulis above a seasonal fruit salad
Nearby Sample Menus
- (df) citrus sorbet $10
- Items are Subject to Change
- Salad $6
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*classic sundae $10.00
- Vanilla ice cream & cream with chocolate, caramel or berry sauce
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Beef, bbq & egg burger $15
- Beef patty, brie, tomato, lettuce, bbq sauce & an egg in a bun – w’ fries.
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Raspberry & white chocolate cheesecake $12
- With vanilla ice cream & cream
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* vege $22.00
- A range of Vegetables with a yogurt dressing
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*margherita $16.00
- Just pizza sauce & cheese
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STEAMED DIMSIM $6.50
- Thai style served with soy and crispy garlic
- -Prawns $16.50
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PADTHAI
- Rice noodles with bean sprout, tamarind sauce, spring onion and crushed peanuts
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GREEN CURRY
- Green curry with chicken, bamboo shoots, capsicum, and green beans served with Thai Jasmine Rice
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TOM YUM
- Thai's favourite hot & sour soup herbs and mushrooms
- -Prawns $16.50
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E-SARN CLASSIC
- Marinated beef skewers with sticky rice and accompaniment with peanut sauce
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CASHEW NUTS
- Sauteed with homemade sauce, cashew nuts, vegetables. Served with Thai Jasmine Rice
- BOWL OF ROASTED POTATOES $5.00
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HALLOUMI PAPPADELLE $22.00
- cucumber pappardelle served with grilled halloumi & avocado, finished with miso dressing
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CAJUN CHICKEN
- roasted chicken, bacon, mushroom, peppers, onion & cajun seasoning
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NACHO BITES (recommend salsa)
- 250g nacho bites
- DISH SOUR CREAM $2.00
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MINI SAMOSAS (recommend chilli)
- a dozen curry samosas
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RISOTTO BALLS (perfect as they are)
- 250g risotto balls with walnuts & blue cheese, made fresh in-house
- JUG OF BLUE CHEESE SAUCE $4.00
- Kapiti Brie with apricot & fig bread, local honey & mixed nuts Clearview Sea Red/ Lustau Pedro Ximenez Sherry/ Rutherglen Musca $14.00
- Pan seared sesame crusted trevally with squid mince & greenlip mussel sago Bilancia Pinot Gris $11.00
- Hoki ceviche marinated in coconut cream & fresh lime, spiced with tabasco. Seresin 'Memento' Riesling $12.00
- $50 per person seafood option
- Tempura battered prawn, crayfish & prawn mayonnaise, creamy parmesan polenta Elephant Hill Chardonnay $11.00
- Hoki ceviche marinated in coconut cream & fresh lime, spiced with tabasco Seresin ‘Memento’ Riesling $12.00
- Panko crumbed leg of lamb with creamed red lentils & cucumber. Bilancia Pinot Gris $11.00
- Chicken ballotine with prawn mousse honey & soy braised pork belly, sous vide egg. Elephant Hill Chardonnay $11.00
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Pancakes $21.0
- with streaky bacon, banana, maple syrup & cream –
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East Pier Eggs Benedict $19.0
- served on an English muffin with your choice of – Vegetarian -
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Fish of the Day $34.0
- Please ask wait staff for today’s special –
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Premium Angus Scotch fillet $33.5
- served with salad, chunky steak fries & a rich red wine jus (GF with no jus) –
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Open steak sandwich $24.0
- with tempura battered onion rings & a chilli onion jam with a side of chunky steak fries –
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Hot smoked salmon $25.0
- & dill fritters on a fresh baby spinach & citrus salad with feta and cherry tomatoes topped with a homemade dill dressing –
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Harissa lamb $19.5
- wrap with garlic hummus, lettuce, red onion & a tzatziki sauce served with chunky steak fries –
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New seasons $17.0
- avocado smash and tomato on whole grain toast with fresh basil –
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Beef sagwala $16.00
- Diced beef cooked in spinach, onion tomato gravy and spices.
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Chicken bangali $16.00
- Chef Special Chicken Curry with vegetables.
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Chicken biryani $16.00
- Basmati rice cooked with chicken, special spices and herbs, garnished with dry nuts & fruits.
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Beef curry $16.00
- Diced beef cooked in a fi ne onion tomato gravy with spices and herbs
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Butter paneer $15.00
- Cubes of cottage cheese cooked in rich creamy tomato gravy
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Lamb korma $16.00
- Diced lamb cooked in rich, creamy cashew nut gravy with mildly aromatic spices.
- Kids butter chicken $10.00
- -FULL $17.00
- Fish & chips with salad, tomato sauce
- Italian salami, fresh mozzarella, rocket, parmesan, baby tomatoes
- 125 gms steak with vegetables and fries
- Our famous “Mac’s Gold” battered dory, fries, tartare & green salad $17
- Sharing platter, ciabatta garlic bread, loaded wedges, prawn twisters & calamari $32
- Macaroni with cheese sauce and bacon
- Beer batter gurnard burger, iceberg, cucumber, tartare & shoestrings $19.5
- Loaded wedges, streaky bacon, cheese, chilli flakes, sour cream $12
- Cheese $7.10
- Frikandel DeLuxe (Speciaal) $4.90
- Hawaiian $8.90
- Potato Fritter / Hashbrown $1.60
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Mussel $1.90
- Price Each
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Tarakihi $4.50 / $5.50
- Battered / Crumbed
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Fish of the Day $3.60 / $4.60
- Battered / Crumbed
- Thick Chips $3.00 / $4.00
- Regular $15.50
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Seafood Chowder Regular $14.90
- Creamy seafood chowder with prawns, scallops, calamari & fresh fish served with toasted ciabatta
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Eggs Benedict
- Toasted English muffin with bacon, spinach or salmon topped with poached eggs & glazed with hollandaise
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Thai Salad - Beef or Prawn (Gluten Free)
- Chilli & lime marinated beef or prawns on salad greens with crispy noodles & cashews.
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Chicken Nuggets Small $5.00
- Served with chips & sauce
- Small $9.90
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Extras $2.00
- Sausage, bacon, egg, mushroom, toast, hashbrown, tomato, aioli, hollandaise
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Mini Hotdogs Regular $5.00
- Also dished up with chips and sauce, Yum!
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LITTLE BLACK BIRD BAKED EGGS $18.00
- wilted greens, confit tomato, chili, yogurt, toasted focaccia
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STEAMED BBQ PORK BUNS $24.00
- plum sauce, pickled red cabbage, toasted sesame
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GRANOLA $10.50
- origin earth yogurt poached seasonal fruits
- BUCKWHEAT WAFFLES > hot smoked salmon, horseradish & sorrel $20.00
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HAND CUT FRIES $5.00
- aioli, ketchup, smoked paprika, salt
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SOUP
- see specials board
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MUSHROOM TARTINE $16.50
- chipotle ricotta, lemon & smoked sea salt
- 8am - 2pm - Sat
- Crepe served with Bacon, Banana and Maple Syrup $17.00
- Eggs on Toast your style $9.50
- Seasonal Fruit Salad $7.50
- Toast served with Preserves $5.00
- 3 Egg Omelette with your choice of filling’s $17.00
- Eggs Benedict served on a toasted muffin with Hollandaise sauce $17.00
- Big Breakfast – Bacon, Eggs, Sausages, Tomatoes $19.00
- Tomatoes, Sausages, Hash Browns, Mushrooms $3.50
- Spiders - Coke, Sprite, Fanta $5
- 3 Egg Omelette / bacon / onion / tomato . cheese / spinach / toast (V / no bacon) $15
- The Bach Fish Burger / coleslaw / tomato / lettuce / red onion / gherkin / fries $17
- Family Size $20
- Buttermilk Pancake stack / bacon / banana / berry compote / maple syrup $15
- Ham and pineapple pizza $8
- Gluten free toast (GF), Hollandaise, Tomato $1
- Chicken Cabonarra with linguine $16
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BLT $15.90
- With pesto on turkish bread served with fries & aioli
- Creamy seafood chowder $12.90
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Chicken or Bacon Caesar Salad $16.90
- Choose with or without anchovies
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Black pudding & paoched eggs $17.90
- Black pudding, two poached eggs on ciabatta, creamy mushrooms and oven roasted tomato
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Vege Power $21.90
- Spinach, eggs. Tomato, creamy mushrooms, hash brown & toast
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Power Breakfast $19.90
- Bacon, eggs, tomato, sausage, hash brown & ciabatta toast
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Smoked salmon eggs benedict $19.90
- On toasted ciabatta, homemade hollandaise
- Creamy Mushrooms / bacon / bacon / chorizo / tomatoes / eggs / toast $4.90 each
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Chargrilled 300g Wakanui Sirloin $45.00
- Cooked to your request. Choice of pepper sauce, béarnaise or garlic butter, fries, mushrooms & seasonal vegetables
- Fries $8.00
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Eggs Benedict N/A
- W/ home cured bacon or ham & Hollandaise sauce
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Freshly Toasted Bagel N/A
- Smoked salmon, capers, red onion & cream cheese OR Tomato, avocado, basil & cream cheese
- Amuse Bouche N/A
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Strawberry Tart N/A
- W/ balsamic ice-cream
- Flavours of Tiramisu $17.00
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Blackened Chicken Salad $28.00
- Fennel, orange, vanilla dressing, tzatziki & pickled red onion
- BAKED BEANS $3
- SCALLOP & CHORIZO PASTA Seared scallops & chorizo sausage Tossed through creamy pasta $22.50/$24.50
- * GARLIC & WHITE WINE GREEN LIP MUSSELS Green Lip Mussels In white wine & garlic sauce With warm bread $22.50 Approx 12 / $28.50 Approx 24 $22.50/$28.50
- BIG BARE BREAKIE Bacon, sausage, fried eggs, potato rosti & toast $19.50
- All Junior mains come with fries unless stated otherwise You can swap fries for vegetables Just ask! -
- LITTLE SCRAMBLER Bacon, 2 eggs scrambled & toast $15
- TOMATO $3
- NACHOS Savory mince, cheese, Chili sauce & sour cream $13.50
The Cat
Phone
8769848
Opened hours
Monday: Closed, Tuesday: 4:00 – 10:00 PM, Wednesday: 11:30 AM – 10:00 PM, Thursday: 11:30 AM – 10:00 PM, Friday: 11:30 AM – 10:00 PM, Saturday: 11:30 AM – 10:00 PM, Sunday: 11:30 AM – 10:00 PM
Price
$20 - $30
Type
None
Service
Table Service
Cuisine
Bar , Cafe Food , European , Gluten Free , New Zealand , Pub Food , Vegetarian
Features
Wheelchair accessible , Reservations , Waitstaff , Groups , Seating , Highchairs Available , Serves Alcohol , Child-friendly , Outdoor Seating