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
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Chips $9.00
- Buffalo Chips - Chunky potato chips, tossed in herb salt. Served with a side of salsa and sour cream. / Straight-Cut - Crunchy potato chips, tossed in herb salt. Served with a side of coriander aioli.
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Prawn Star $19.00
- Tiger prawn cutlets sauteed in garlic, chilli and coriander butter. Served with basmati rice...a Lone Star classic!
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Stir Crazy Sirloin $34.00
- 250gram premium-aged sirloin, cooked how you like it. Served with sauteed onions, buffalo chips, Lone Star coleslaw and your choice of steak sauce.
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Barney's Ribs $15.50
- Juicy pork ribs smothered in Barney's sweet Lone Star sauce...lip smacking, finger licking, all the good things.
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Shanks Peninsula
- Slow-braised lamb shank in a rich stock of mushroom, onion, fresh herbs and red wine. Served with mash potato, sauteed spinach and roasted cherry tomatoes.
- - Nine $28.00
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John Deer $36.00
- Medallions of venison Denver leg, served with a herbed potato bake, pea purée, sautéed spinach, house plum chutney and a red wine jus.
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Banoffee Pie $12.00
- Homemade sweet pastry, layered with caramel, banana, sweet coffee cream and chocolate.
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Wholegrain toast $8.5
- served with a selection of preserves (GF available $1 surcharge) –
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Lambs fry & bacon $23.0
- served with Parmentier potatoes & a cream marsala sauce garnished with fried onions –
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Traditional fettuccine $27.0
- with roasted chicken breast, streaky bacon, sundried tomatoes, red onion & finished with shaved parmesan cheese –
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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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Pancakes $21.0
- with streaky bacon, banana, maple syrup & cream –
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Lemon pepper calamari $23.0
- with an aioli dressed side salad & a Vietnamese dipping sauce (GF) –
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Kids Fettucine $15.0
- with chicken, streaky bacon, sundried tomatoes, red onion & finished with parmesan cheese –
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Big breakfast $24.0
- with sausage, hash brown, Portobello mushroom, roasted tomatoes, poached eggs, streaky bacon, tomato sauce & toast –
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Thali $22.50
- Dahl, swaji, coconut & mint pesto, beetroot raita, tamarind & puri
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Granola $10.50
- Origin Earth yoghurt, poached seasonal fruits
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Soup N/A
- See Specials Board
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Toasted Cheese Sandwich $10.00
- Fruit kebabs, homemade marshmallow
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Steamed BBQ Pork Buns $24.00
- Plum sauce, pickled red cabbage, toasted sesame
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Breakfast Tartine $21.00
- Poached eggs, black pudding, holly bacon & homemade baked beans
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Buckwheat Waffles $20.00
- Hot smoked salmon, horseradish & sorrel
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Mushroom Tartine $16.50
- Chipotle ricotta, lemon & smoked sea salt
- Mussel $1.50
- Chips Garlic $3.50
- Donut $1.60
- Crumbed Fish $3.50
- Potato Fritters $1.40
- Corn Fritters $3.00
- Pineapple Fritter $2.20
- Kumara Chips $4.00
- Garlic pizza bread with parmesan $9.90
- New Zealand White Bait Fritters - Served with toasted bread above a mesclum salad finished with hollandaise $19.90/34.90
- Paua fritters - Served above mesculin salad topped with streaky bacon and herb aioli $19.90/34.90
- Scotch Fillet - Char grilled scotch fillet, servered with herbed garlic butter, fries and salad $28.90
- Nachos - With spicy salsa, ground beef, chilli beans and sour cream $15.90
- The Whale Platter - Slection mussels, crumbed squid rings, fish bites, prawn twisters and fries finished with green salad $21.90
- Thai Chicken Curry - Served on basmati rice with toasted sesame seeds and fresh coriander $17.90
- Eggs Benedict - Poached eggs on a toasted English muffin with grilled bacon and hollandaise $15.90
- – extra( per person) $3.00
- DESSERT
- add (per person) $3.50
- Crumbed prawn tails with dipping sauce
- Jus
- Continental breakfast selection including cereals and fruit and yogurt
- Smoked salmon and caper filoettes
- Tomato, spinach, capsicum and chorizo pasta salad
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BJ'S Famous Big Brekkie
- Crispy bacon, hash browns, pork sausages, tomato, mushrooms & eggs (any style) on whole grain toast
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Thai Salad - Beef or Prawn (Gluten Free)
- Chilli & lime marinated beef or prawns on salad greens with crispy noodles & cashews.
- Regular $15.90
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Scotch Fillet Steak & Creamy Balsamic Mushrooms Regular $18.90
- served with salad & fries
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Breakfast Stack Regular $16.50
- Hashbrown, grilled tomato, crispy bacon, pork sausage & field mushroom set on whole grain toast, topped with a poached egg & glazed with hollandaise
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KIDS DINE FREE ON SATURDAYS
- Kids meal free with any meal from the menu priced $15.00 or more.
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Mini Hotdogs Regular $5.00
- Also dished up with chips and sauce, Yum!
- Small $13.50
- Shoestring fries $5.50
- Soup of the day $12.50
- Mixed greens, balsamic $6.50
- Grilled scallops, celeriac puree, citrus salad, pistachio crumb $21.50
- Pan fried fish fillets, Indian dhal fritters, raita, lime $19.50
- Lambs fry, bacon, mutard cream sauce on grilled sourdough $14.50
- Wild nettle risotto, chestnuts, pecorino cheese $16.50
- Venison burger, haloumi cheese, beetroot chutney, roasted parsnip chips $16.50
- Vidal seasonal garden vegetables $8.50
- Slow braised lamb belly, aubergine puree, mint yoghurt & roast shallots n/a
- Lemon and Herb salmon, Mediterranean rissoli & salsa verde n/a
- Moroccan chicken breast, Israeli cous cous, dried apricots & roast almonds n/a
- Rustic fries, aioli, tomato ketchup $8.00
- Cheese cake of the day n/a
- Green leaf salad with chardonnay dressing $8.50
- 2 courses / 3 courses $25.00 / $29.50
- bacon & tomato $14.00
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Warm Chicken Caesar Salad $15.00
- with croutons, egg, bacon, tomato
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Fries $4.00
- with aioli
- Bacon & Avocado Buttie $6.50
- Bubble & Squeak $2.00
- Mushrooms $3.00
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Banana Pancakes $9.00
- with maple syrup & cinnamon
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Spanish Omelette
- with onion, tomato, potato, spicy sausage & cheese
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Bay view garden breakfast bowl $19.50
- locally grown seasonal vegetables>>hummus, olives, halloumi, poached eggs, flat bread
- mushroom $4.00
- wilted greens $4.00
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Buddha bowl $19.50
- jungle curry, quinoa, dulse, pickle, mint Coyo, black pepper tofu GF DF V
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Shakshuka $17.50
- baked eggs in a spiced tomato, bean and vegetable ragout, crusty bread DF
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Tostadas $15.00
- fried corn tortillas, refried beans, salsa, cashew cheese GF v
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Poorman's potatoes $17.50
- with fried eggs, wild greens DF GF
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Quesadilla $13.00
- corn tortilla, cheese, salsa, zucchini, rock melon seeds GF
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Margherita (V) 9"$13/12"$16/16"$20
- Mozzarella, basil
- Fish bites (6) $5.00
- Gluten free $2.00
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V6 (V) $15.00
- Spinach, onion, mushroom, tomato, garlic, black olives, parmesan
- -12 $20.00
- Extra meat $2/ $3/ $4
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Hamtramck $15.00
- Pulled pork, caramelized onion, capsicum, BBQ sauce
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Cheese mania(V) 9"$13/12"$16/16"$20
- Feta, cheddar, mozzarella, camembert
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Grilled Fish of the Day $27.00
- topped with herb cheese crust, black rice risotto, beurre blanc
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Special Liqueur Coffee (double) $10.50
- served with your favourite liqueur
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Angus Beef Scotch Fillet $29.00
- 300g scotch fillet with steak fries & red wine jus
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Blue Cheese Tart $10.00
- beetroot chutney
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Seafood Risotto $25.00
- a selection of prawns, scallops & salmon poached with tomato beurre blanc
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Calamari, NZ Paua & Scallops $26.00
- tender squid stuffed with minced paua, poached with cheese risotto, pan fried scallops with a seafood glaze
- Short Black & Long Black $4.00
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Steamed Green Lip Mussels $25.00
- poached prawn cutlets, spicy laksa, toasted garlic bread
- Local Cheese $15.00
- Slow Cooked Brisket / Smokey Glaze / Roasted Baby Turnips and Radish / 1024 Japanese Sauce $32.00
- Smoked Pork Cheek / Chopped Squid / Spiced Peach / Raw Carrot / Coconut Powder $10.00
- Black Garlic Roasted Green Beans / Bayleaf Strawberries / East Friesian Sheep Feta $15.00
- Bostock Chicken / Eggplant Meatball / Sourdough Bread Sauce / Duck Fat Brioche Crumb $32.00
- Raspberries / Toasted Almond / Dissaronno $15.00
- Spuds / Olive Earth / Green Oil $6.00
- HChepa Organic Coastal Cumin Gouda $15.00
- Crispy bacon x2 $4.50
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Salmon Benne (One salmon cake / Two salmon cakes) $10.50 / $17.50
- Poached eggs with smoked salmon and poached spinach served on GK potato cakes, with hollandaise and pesto.
- GK toast x2 $3.50
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Feta Scramble $15.50
- Scrambled eggs and feta with roast portabello mushrooms on toast with crispy bacon
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Bacon Benne (½ benne / Full benne) $10.50 / $17.50
- Poached eggs with bacon, served on GK hash cakes, with hollandaise and pesto.
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Sensibly Cereal $11.50
- Moorish muesli, poached fruit and berries, yoghurt and with a piccalo bottle of cold milk
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3 Egg Omelette (With Cheese) $14.50
- Choose up to 3 of the following fillings: Bacon, feta, salmon, mushroom, ham, tomato, onion, spinach
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Flapjacks (½ stack (3) / Full stack (5)) $8.50 / $12.50
- Pancakes stacked and served with maple syrup and butter on the side
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