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
- Steak $1.50
- Chips $3.00
- Apple Turnover $2.80
- Bacon $5.50
- Mussel $1.20
- Scallop $1.50
- Ham & Cheese $5.50
- Sausage $2.50
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Pandemonium $18.50 / $9.00
- Chicken, Cranberry Sauce and Camembert. Made with 100% free range ingredients (Double / Snack)
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Mischief $18.50 / $9.00
- Chorizo, Chicken, Cajun Herbs, Onions, Garlic, Chilli, Tomatoes, and Capsicum. Optional Kalamata Olives. Made with 100% free range ingredients (Double / Snack)
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Greek Salad $7.00
- All the Essentials as well as Kalamata Olives & Feta
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Cheesecake $4.50
- Kahlua and White chocolate cheesecake with a gingernut base - a HELL classic
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Garlic Bread $4.50
- Ciabatta bread with Garlic butter and parsley
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Free Range Chicken Tenders $8.00
- 6 Crumbed and deep fried Chicken Tenders, served with your choice of dip
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Serpent $18.50 / $9.00
- Smoked Salmon, Spring Onion and Cream Cheese. Optional Capers, Avocado (Double / Snack)
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Mordor $18.50 / $9.00
- Smokey BBQ Sauce, Chicken, Pepperoni, Onions, Capsicum and Bacon. Made with 100% free range ingredients (Double / Snack)
- Ask Your Waiter For Today’S Flavours $N/A
- Green Beans, Tamari Almonds $7
- Buffalo Mozzarella, Tomatoes, Basil, Wasabi Furikake $16
- Panfried Fish, Chargrilled Courgette, Red Quinoa, Apple Macadamia Salad $24
- M & H House Made Toasted Muesli, Poached Fruit, Greek Yoghurt $10.5
- Roasted Tomato $3.5
- Two Eggs Poached / Scrambled / Fried $9.5
- Seared Wild Venison Fillet, Rosemary & Burnt Butter Kumara Mash, Apple Glazed Parsnips, Broccolini $33
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Loaded Meat pizza $19
- Crispy based pizza with our own pizza sauce topped with salami, bacon, beef and red onion finished with mozzarella cheese and our barbeque sauce
- Cheerios and chips $10.5
- Chicken nuggets and chips $10.5
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Steak Sammie $27
- Open steak sandwich served on toasted brioche with salad mix, relish, onion ring and garlic butter served with our own chunky fries and sauces
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Chicken $19
- Honey and whole seeded mustard infused chicken breast with aioli, streaky bacon and pineapple with mixed mesclun inside a toasted burger bun served with french fries and tomato sauce
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Beef $19
- Large house made beef patty with streaky bacon our onion jam and smoked havarti cheese with mixed mesclun and tomato relish inside a toasted burger bun served with french fries and tomato sauce
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Hops all day Breakfast $21
- Eggs poached, scrambled or fried with streaky bacon, creamy mushrooms, sausage, hash brown and grilled tomato with toasted brioche
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Chunky Fries * $10
- Homemade style twice cooked fries with sauces
- - Large $24.90
- - Small $16.90
- Banana or Pineapple Fritter $7.50
- Potato Fritter / Hash Brown $1.00
- Chicken Nuggets 1/2 doz (+sauce) $4.20
- Kiddy Star Meal $10.00
- Apple Pie $7.50
- - Standard $22.90
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Yum Goong $25.50
- King prawns, green salad with garlic, chilli, fish sauce, beef juice, tomatoes, red onion, coriander and spring onion
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Gaeng Keo Wamn $23.50
- Chicken green curry with bamboo shoots, green beans, capsicum and basil leaves in coconut oil
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Mog Pad Ka Tim $27.50
- Stir fried pork with crispy garlic, coriander and white pepper, on bed with seasonal vegetables, served on a sizzling hot plate
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Kimao Pad Tom Yum Goong $25.50
- Tom Yum fried rice with Thai herbs, king prawns, spring onions, coriander and mushrooms. The most amazing fried rice with noodle flavours that you can't skip eating
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Pad Khing $23.50
- Stir fried pork with ginger, garlic, mushrooms, mixed vegetables and oyster sauce
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Mog Mum Tok $21.50
- Thai salad grill pork,dry chilli, fish sauce, lime juice and red onion, coriander and spring onions
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Choo Chee Goong $27.50
- The traditional crunchy king prawns on bed with broccoli and carrots served with red curry creamy sauce
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Gaeng Dang Talay $27.50
- Red curry with mixed seafood, Bamboo Shoots, green beans, capsicum and basil leaves in coconut milk
- Mahagas chutney, coronation chicken, cured meats, Mediterranean style marinated vegetables, Kokoda (coconut marinated raw fish salad) , sundried tomato pesto, roasted capsicum and feta dip, olive selection, cumin gouda and brie served with crostini, crackers and bread. $53.95
- Steamed Asparagus with soft boiled egg and chive dressing, parmesan shaves $9.95
- Two cheeses $25.95
- One cheese $14.95
- Shoestring fries $6.95
- Chorizo polenta chips with beetroot aioli $8.95
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- Served with pepper crackers, croutes, caramelised apple relish, poached quince and candied walnuts
- Belgian Biscuits $4.95 per serving
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THALI $22.50
- dahl, swaji, coconut & mint pesto beetroot raita, tamarind & puri
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LITTLE BLACK BIRD BAKED EGGS $18.00
- wilted greens, confit tomato, chili, yogurt, toasted focaccia
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HAND CUT FRIES $5.00
- aioli, ketchup, smoked paprika, salt
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MEAT IN A BUN $25.00
- braised shortrib, smoked beetroot salsa melted onion with hand cut fries
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MUSHROOM TARTINE $16.50
- chipotle ricotta, lemon & smoked sea salt
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STEAMED BBQ PORK BUNS $24.00
- plum sauce, pickled red cabbage, toasted sesame
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TOASTED CHEESE SANDWICH
- fruit kebabs, homemade marshmallow
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TOASTED CRUMPETS $19.00
- with peanut butter & honey or jam & curd
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Fettuccine Pesto $13.50
- Fettuccini served with a classic pesto of basil and pine nut cream sauce with freshly shaved parmesan cheese
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Bevy Burger $13.00
- A 150g homemade patty of beef, pork and selected herbs and spices, built on a ciabatta roll with bacon, melted cheese spicy tomato relish and fresh lettuce served with fries
- - grilled steak, caramelised onion and tomato relish
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Fries $6.50
- Beer battered fries served with tomato sauce and our own garlic aioli
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Calamari $9.50
- Portions of squid, poached in milk, crumbed and deep fried, served with a light salad and our chef's own secret sauce
- - grilled chicken, avocado and mango chutney
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Open Sandwiches $14.50
- Ciabatta roll grilled with garlic butter and served with a light salad, side of fries with you choice of
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Smoked Chicken and Cashew Salad $13.00
- A tasty salad of colour and freshness with a smoky creamed dressing, roasted cashew, smoked chicken and finished with a crispy noodle
- Extras choose from bacon, sausage (price each) $3.00
- Porridge with cream and brown sugar and/or poached fruit $10
- Eggs Montreal / Eggs Florentine / Eggs Benedict poached eggs with hollandaise sauce and watercress, with smoked salmon (eggs Montreal) or mushrooms (eggs Florentine) or bacon (eggs Benedict) on rewan $15
- Free-Range Omelette with cheese, herbs and whole-grain toast $12
- Bacon and Eggs poached, scrambled or fried on ciabatta bread $12
- Half farmers $13.50
- Blueberry Pancakes stacked together with banana, bacon, blueberry berry sauce, served with maple syrup and yoghurt $16
- Farmers full breaky bacon, eggs, sausages, potato, mushrooms, tomatoes and toast $17
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Beer Battered Onion Rings $4.50
- 12 Beer Battered Onion Rings
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Gluttony $16.00 / $8.00
- Onion, Garlic, Salami, Ham, Mushroom, Pineapple, Capsicum, Tomato, Bacon, Black Pepper. Made with 100% free range ingredients (Double / Snack)
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Greek Salad $7.00
- All the Essentials as well as Kalamata Olives & Feta
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Cajun Wedges $5.00
- Deep fried Potato wedges seasoned with Cajun and served with a dip of your choice
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Corn Nuggets $4.50
- A dozen battered balls of sweet corn deep fried and served with a dip of your choice
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Mayhem $18.50 / $9.00
- Peanut Satay, Chicken, Sweet Chilli, Onions and Capsicum. Made with 100% free range ingredients (Double / Snack)
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Green Demon $9.50
- Creamy Basil Sauce with Roasted Garlic, Mushrooms and Parmesan. Served on Spinach Fettuccine. Optional Sundried Tomatoes and Blue Cheese
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Veggie Pandemonium $18.50 / $9.00
- Quorn, Cranberry Sauce and Camembert (Double / Snack)
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SWEET CORN FRITTERS $15.00
- sweet corn fritters served with bacon & salad, sour cream & sweet chilli sauce
- Spinach / hollandaise, sauce $2.00
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TE MATA $15.00
- creamy mushrooms & baby spinach served on toast (V)
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CHORIZO $17.00
- spinach, mushroom & cheese 3 egg omelette with salad
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TOAST $6.00
- with jam or 3 fruit marmalade
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SOURCE CLASSIC $18.00
- full breakfast with toast, eggs, bacon, beans, mushrooms & chorizo sausages
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SAVOURY MINCE $16.00
- on toast with two fried eggs
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SALMON BENE $18.00
- on toast with hollandaise sauce
- WEDGES+SOUR CREAM $7
- The Nibbler, spring rolls - prawn twisters - nuggets - fries+2 sauces $12
- JUG+PIZZA (Thursday-Saturday, 6pm-7pm) $10
- HOT CHIPS $5
- SALSA NACHOS $6
- NUGGETS+CHIPS $5/S $7/L
- HOKI BITES+CHIPS $5/S $7/L
- PIZZAS, Cru Meat Lovers & Hawaiian (Thursday-Saturday, until 10pm) $8.50
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OMELETTE $17.50
- Cheese and your favourite three ingredients bacon, salmon, onion, tomato, creamy mushrooms, feta or spinach
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All Day Menu add $2.00
- organic free range eggs, optional organic gluten & dairy free bread
- Crispy Bacon $4.00
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- Chicken Bagel
- Blackened pan fried chicken breast, sauteed kale, avocado, tomato & chipotle aioli
- Large $14.00
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- Salmon Bagel
- Smoked salmon, spinach, avocado, tomato & blue cheese dressing
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Kids Menu $8.00
- hotcakes, banana & ample syrup, chicken tenders & fries
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PANCAKES $17.50
- Served with bacon, almond mascarpone, butterscotch & maple syrup, banana and crunchy berries.
- Sorbet N/A
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Sauteed Lambs Kidneys N/A
- Whole grain mustard, parsley, cream w/ toast & poached egg
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Char Grilled Asparagus N/A
- W/ shitake mushrooms, home cured pancetta, slow cooked egg, nut butter, parmesan
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Mushroom Risotto $17 Entree / $26 Main
- Shitake, ceps & oyster mushrooms in a light butter sauce, truffle oil & parmigiano reggiano
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Slow Roasted Tomatoes N/A
- W/ herbs & olive oil served on toast
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Sir James' Club Sandwich $24.00
- Smoked bacon, avocado, chicken, tomato, mayonnaise & shoestring fries
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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
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Healthy Living N/A
- Choice of cereals, yoghurt, fresh seasonal fruit, compote & selection of fruit juices
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