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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San Quentin Squid $17.00
- Crispy salt and pepper calamari, served with a citrus aioli... a Lone Star fave!
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Cadillac Platter $140.00
- Serves 8-10 people - Tiger Prawn Cutlets - Sauteed prawns in chilli garlic butter. / Roast Pork Ribs - Served with apple sauce. / Memphis Mussels - Grilled with bacon and parmesan cheese, topped with berry vinaigrette. / San Quentin Squid - Crunchy salt and pepper squid with citrus aioli. / Chief's Chicken Nibbles - Served with orange, hoisin and sesame sauce. / Beef Sirloin Skewers - Tender sirloin cubes skewered and drizzled with our Jack Daniel's cracked pepper sauce.
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Road Runner Special $12.50
- Tender strips of chicken breast coated in seasoned breadcrumbs, cooked golden brown. Beep-beep, be in quick before they run out.
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Hero Burger $13.50
- A beef pattie with lettuce and tomato served in a toasted burger bun with grilled cheese. If you want any other salad greens on your burger, just let us know! - Also available as a vegetarian option with a lentil, pea and kumara pattie
- Seasonal Vegetables $6.00
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Rockin' Ribeye $38.00
- 300gram premium-aged ribeye, cooked how you like it. Served with sauteed onions, buffalo chips, Lone Star coleslaw and your choice of steak sauce. - Kiwi Joker - Add mushroom and free range eggs $5.00
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Kiwi Pavlova $12.00
- Mini pavs filled with whipped cream. Served with vanilla bean ice cream, fresh fruit and berry coulis.
- We're proud to serve our guests only 100% free range chicken. Medium meals are served with one chicken breast, classic meals with two.
- Pan seared sesame crusted trevally with squid mince & greenlip mussel sago Bilancia Pinot Gris $11.00
- Asparagus tortellinis, sauteed oyster mushrooms, shaved parmesan cheese Clos Marguerite Sauvignon Blan $11.00
- Chicken ballotine with prawn mousse honey & soy braised pork belly, sous vide egg. Elephant Hill Chardonnay $11.00
- $50 per person seafood option
- Hoki ceviche marinated in coconut cream & fresh lime, spiced with tabasco Seresin ‘Memento’ Riesling $12.00
- Kapiti Brie with apricot & fig bread ocal honey & mixed nuts. Clearview Mar Rojo, Lustau Pedro Ximénez, Rutherglen Muscat $14.00
- Tempura battered prawn, crayfish & prawn mayonnaise, creamy parmesan polenta Elephant Hill Chardonnay $11.00
- Kapiti Brie with apricot & fig bread, local honey & mixed nuts Clearview Sea Red/ Lustau Pedro Ximenez Sherry/ Rutherglen Musca $14.00
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CHEESE PLATE $18.00
- 2 Cheeses, crackers, & chutney *Blue cheese, camembert, or gouda
- SIDE OF ONION RINGS $4.00
- WEDGES & SOUR CREAM $10.00
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BREADS & DIPS $16.00
- Ciabatta Bread & dips
- BEER BATTERED DEEP FRIED GHERKINS $14.00
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EGGS BENEDICT $18.00
- Poached eggs on herb potato cakes with bacon, spinach and our freshly made hollandaise sauce (VEGETARIAN $16.00)
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CHICKEN WEDGES & FRIES $14.00
- With sweet & sour & tomato sauce(KIDS 1/2 SIZE $9.00)
- SIDE OF FRIES $5.00
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Risotto $15.00
- Flavour Changes Weekly
- Quinoa Porridge with Pached Fruit and Yogurt $10.50
- Tempeh/Tofu Burger with Polenta Chips $15.00
- Sweet Corn Filled French Toast Served with Capsicu Relish $13.50
- Vegan Pancakes with Apples, Almond, Raisins and Coconut Syrup $13.50
- Soup (Changes Daily) with Sourdough or Ciabatta Toast $8.50
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Breakfast Burrito $15.00
- Beans, scrambled, eggs, cheese and tomato salsa
- Gluten Free Muesli with Yogurt and Fresh Fruit $10.50
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C.B.A $13.90
- Grilled chicken, crispy bacon, avocado, lettuce, tomato & red onion with herbed mayo
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Bacon & Avocado $13.90
- Beef pattie, avocado, bacon, lettuce, tomato & red onion
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Leche Flan $9.90
- This is a delicious Filipino version of a creme caramel.
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Ji Pao $21.90
- Hot n spicy Chinese-inspired chicken stir-fry with scallions, dried chilli finished with a touch of rice wine. Includes rice.
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Kimchi Jgae (NZ Pork Fillet) $23.90
- Korean- style pork fillet, with twist bacon & tofu. Savoury, mildly sweet and salty, subtle spice kick.
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Vietnamese Rice Paper Rolls $4.50
- with vermicelli, mint & coriander
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House-Made Cheesecake $10.90
- Check with crew for latest flavour
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Sanny Spicy Tofu Wok $21.90
- Sichuan lightly crisped fried tofu, spicy coriander Asian vegetable and red dragon sauce
- •Seafood
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Chicken kadai $16.00
- Boneless chicken cooked in special spices and herbs with tomato, green peppers, onion and coriander
- -Main - Paneer Mutters, Dal Tadka, Seasonal Vegetables, Aloo Palak,Rice, Naan, Papadum and side dishes or dessert
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Aloo kulcha $4.00
- Naan bread stuffed with potatoes, mild spices and herbs.
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Aloo mutter $14.00
- vegetables and peas cooked kashmiri style.
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Vegetable biryani $14.00
- Basmati rice cooked with mixed vegetables, special spices and herbs.
- Jeera rice $6.00
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Bombay kebab $12.00
- Star of India special chicken kebab.
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Chicken Box. 5 Piece $11.60
- Delicious Box of Chicken
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Box Chips $5.40
- Delicious Box of Chips
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Dinner Box $9.60
- Chips with 3 Piece Chicken. Combo includes 1.5l Coke
- Chicken Box. 9 Piece $19.70
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Lamb Shank $5.50
- Delicious Lamb Shanks
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Meatball $2.60
- Delicious Meatballs
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Hot N Spicy Tenderloins $1.50
- Delicious Hot N Spicy Tenderloins
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The Special $3.80
- Chips with 1 Piece Drumstick
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Ham Cheese & Mushroom Omelette $19.50
- Three egg, free range omelette served with bacon, sourdough or multi grain toast or petite salad
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Power Breakfast $22.50
- Our big breakfast with eggs any style, free range streaky bacon, mushrooms, hash browns, sausage and grilled tomato on chunky toasted sourdough or multi grain
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Bacon & Eggs or Sausages & Eggs $14.50
- Poached, scrambled or fried on sourdough or multi grain toast
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Chicken Caesar salad $22.80
- Classic chicken breast salad prepared fresh to your table with Cos lettuce, home baked crouton, anchovy, parmigiano cheese tossed in a anchovy dressing and topped with a poached egg
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French Toast $19.90
- Eggy fried toast with caramelized banana or mixed berries. Includes bacon, maple syrup & whipped cream
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Caveman Paleo Power Breakfast $22.50
- Our gym junkie big breakfast with 3 eggs any style, free range streaky bacon, wilted spinach and balsamic marinated mushrooms, fresh avocado and fresh tomato
- Hot steamy porridge served with caramelized sugar banana, runny honey, fresh cream or Swiss yoghurt $9.80
- Our own blend of honey roasted muesli with mixed macadamia nuts, seeds, fresh fruit and Greek yoghurt $10.60
- Wild nettle risotto, chestnuts, pecorino cheese $16.50
- Grilled sourdough, olive oil $6.50
- Soup of the day $12.50
- Shoestring fries $5.50
- Mixed greens, balsamic $6.50
- Grilled scallops, celeriac puree, citrus salad, pistachio crumb $21.50
- Lambs fry, bacon, mutard cream sauce on grilled sourdough $14.50
- Venison burger, haloumi cheese, beetroot chutney, roasted parsnip chips $16.50
- Fries: $3.50
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MEAT LOVERS $12.40/$16.90/$20.90
- Ham, salami, beef, bacon (BBQ sauce optional)
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ZORBA’S CHOICE $17.40/$23.90/$28.50
- Cheese, spinach, tomato, red onion, feta, kalamata olives
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SATAY CHICKEN $14.40/$20.90/$25.50
- Chicken, satay, spring onion
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VEGETARIAN $14.40/$20.90/$25.50
- Tomato, mushroom, onion, pesto, olives
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PEAK 1 $17.40/$23.90/$28.50
- Chicken, cranberry, brie, spring onion
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BBQ BEEF OR CHICKEN $14.40/$20.90/$25.50
- Either chicken or beef with tomato, onion, bbq sauce
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THAI CHILLI CHICKEN $17.40/$23.90/$28.50
- Chicken, tomato, onion, pineapple, hot chilli sauce, coconut cream
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Cheese & Garlic Naan $4.00
- Naan stuffed with spiced cheddar cheese, garnished with roasted garlic and butter
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Shahi Korma $16.90
- Beef cooked in a rich cashew nut gravy
- Butter Chicken $9.90
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Chick-Pea Curry $13.90
- Chick – pea cooked in a subtle spices
- Daal Makhani $9.90
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Tandoori Roti $3.00
- Wholemeal bread buttered on top
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Keema Naan $4.00
- Naan stuffed with spiced lamb mince mixture
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Prawn Masala $19.90
- Prawn cooked in a pan fried onion gravy & whole spices garnished with coriander
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Beef with Pineapple $14.00
- Beef with fresh vegetables, onions, pineapple served on rice
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Satay Sauce on Rice or Noodles $7.00
- Choice of steamed rice or noodles topped with our special peanut sauce
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Hot & Spicy Fried Rice Noodle $13.00
- Fried rice noodle with the choice of chicken, beef, pork or seafood with fresh vegetables & bean sprouts
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Hot & Spicy Bamboo $13.00
- Hot and spicy beef with carrots, onion served on steamed rice
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Supreme Satay $12.00
- Grill marinated satay stir fried with vegetables on a bed of steamed rice and topped with our special peanut sauce
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Stir Fry Ginger & Spring Onion $13.00
- Choice of chicken, beef or pork stir-fried with ginger, spring onion & celery on top of rice
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Fresh Spring Rolls $8.00
- Your choice of chicken or vegetarian with carrot, egg, lettuce, bean sprouts, served with fish sauce
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Combination Satay $11.00
- Grill marinated beef or chicken satay on a bed of steamed rice, served with salad and topped with our special peanut sauce
- Small sausage roll $1.40
- NB: please supply a 24Hrs notice.
- Sweet slices & biscuit $2.50
- Cake $2.70
- Spring roll OR curry roll $2.50
- NB: please supply a 24Hrs notice.
- Chip box $5.00
- Mini wrap $3.00
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Fish & Chips $ 12.00
- 2 pieces of fish with fries & salad
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Landlubbers Platter $ 12.00
- With spring fries, spring rolls, mini samosas, vegie delights, chicken wedges
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Beef Burger $ 12.00
- With fries
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Kids Chicken Nuggets $ 5.00
- With fries
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Fries $ 5.00
- With cheese, bacon, sweet chilli sauce and sor cream
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Toasted Sandwich $ 8.00
- With your choice of cheese, onion, tomato, ham and bacon with fries
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Seafood Platter $ 12.00
- With fries, squid rings, fish bites, scallops, mussels
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Fish Burger $ 12.00
- With fries
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Banana turnover muscovado walnut caramel $14.00
- with Bacon extra $6.00
- Toasted Sourdough or whole grain bread, hash potatoes, Vine tomatoes, bacon, Eggs to your liking: Scrambled, Fried, Poached $22.00
- Caesar salad, Cos lettuce, Bacon, Chicken, Ciabatta croutons, and crack your egg $16.00
- Neighbourhood rhubarb poached in verjuice with Abbemary shortbread and white chocolate mousse $14.00
- Grilled Hapuka, bubble and squeak, black pudding $26.00
- Grilled skirt steak on beef tartare, pepper onion sauce, crispy parmesan bread $26.00
- Tonka bean creme brulee, iced pear ragout, almond crisps $14.00
- Black sesame brioche filled with smoked salmon, orange miso sauce $13.00
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