The Craic Irish Bar in Canterbury Menu

MENU MENU
  • 2 on Toast $7.0
    • Two eggs, fried or scrambled, and your choice of 2 sausages or 2 rashers of bacon. Served with toast.
  • Tipperary Toastie $10.0
    • Your choice of: Bacon / Cheese / Tomato / Onion. All with fries.
  • Blarney BLT $13.0
    • Classic bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich with fries.
  • Bunratty Burger $16.0
    • Big beef pattie stacked with bacon, lettuce, cheese and tomato between crusty burger buns. Served with chunky chips.
  • Belfast Bangers and Mash $19.0
    • Beef sausages served with mash, topped with onion gravy and peas.
  • Father Ted’s Fish N’ Chips $19.0
    • Beer battered fish of the day served with salad and chunky chips.
  • Limerick Lamb Shank $20.0
    • Lamb shank braised in a rich gravy served on a creamy mash.
  • St Paddy’s Steak $22.0
    • 200gm Ribeye cooked the way you like it with mushrooms and onions alongside, chunky chips and salad. The Craic favourite.
  • Beef & Guinness Hotpot $19.0
    • Braised beef, bacon and Guinness served in a hotpot, topped with mash and grilled cheese.
  • Irish Stew $19.0
    • A hearty lamb dish with veges. Served in a bowl with crusty bread.
SNACKS ON THE SIDE SNACKS ON THE SIDE
  • The Craic Platter sml $18.0 lge $28.0
    • An assortment of fried finger food and chunky wedges.
  • Fish Bowl $9.0
    • fish bites and chunky chips
  • Craic Chunky Chips $7.0
    • Large basket
  • Wedges $8.0
    • with sour cream, sweet chili sauce
  • House Salad $6.0
    • Garden salad (viniagrette or ranch dressing)
  • Egg on burger or steak $1.5 each
POPPA CHOP STEAK SPECIAL POPPA CHOP STEAK SPECIAL
  • Ribeye $15.0
    • 200gm with mushrooms and onions, chunky chips and salad

Nearby Sample Menus

  • Grilled chicken breast $4.00
  • the T-bone steak $29.80
    • 350g T-bone steak cooked to perfection and served with any two sides and your choice of sauce
  • The prawn $17.50
    • Garlic prawn, pesto, pine nuts & mozzarella
  • Butcher's block $POA
    • Direct from the butchers to your plate, check our specials board for todays carnivorous creation
  • Creamy basil pesto fettucine $20.00
    • Fresh fettucine with basil pesto in a creamy mushroom and white wine sauce (add bacon for $3.00) (add chicken for $4.00)
  • Chicken madeira $23.50
    • Crumbed chicken breast topped with ham and tomato & mozzarella sauce, served with green salad & fries
  • Crispy chicken & brie $18.50
    • Southern style crispy chicken & brie with seasonal salad vegetables in a honey & mustard vinaigrette
  • Garlic chilli prawns $6.00
  • Puttu and Kadala (chickpea) curry or chicken malabari $14
  • Plain Yoghurt $2
  • Puttu - Gluten Free, Vegan $6
    • Steamed cylinder of ground rice layered with grated coconut
  • Raita $3
    • Yoghurt mixed with fresh seasonal vegetables
  • Plain Naan $2.50
    • Traditional leavened bread made of refined flour baked in the tandoor
  • Kerala Flaky Garlic Parota $3
    • Soft and flaky bread freshly cooked.
  • Chicken Manchurian $16
    • Marinated chicken deep fried & stir fried with fresh vegetables and finished on a soya based sauce
  • Kerala Chicken Roast $16
    • Deep fried chicken cooked in chicken stock and finished with herbs and spices
  • Double Meat $ 4.70
  • Whole chlcken N/A
  • Corn Nuggets 12 For $ 5.00
  • onion Rings 4 For $ 2.80
  • Giant $ 7.40
  • All dinners come with half scoop plain chips, salads(lettuce, tomato, and beetroot)sauce as base
  • Seafood Sticks $1.80
  • Bacon Pattie $ 2.00
  • Baked Onion Tart $23.00 V
    • Beetroot, goats cheese, candied walnuts, herb salad, balsamic glaze
  • Bangers 'n' Mash $22.00
    • Bubble and squeak, Italian sausage, ale and onion gravy
  • Aikmans Big Breakfast $24.00
    • Peter Timbs streaky bacon, slow roast tomatoes, Italian sausage, baked beans, mushrooms, Aikmans rosti, eggs any style, toasted ciabatta
  • Beef Sirloin $36.00
    • 300gm grass fed beef sirloin, triple cooked fries, onion rings, cafe de Paris butter, cress, shallot and caper salad, red wine jus cooked to your liking
  • Vanilla Bean Ice Cream Sundae $12.00
    • Hokey Pokey, fudge sauce, peanut brittle, rice bubble cake, vanilla cream
  • Aikmans Cheese Burger $23.00
    • Half pound grass fed beef, Barrys Bay cheddar, mayo, house pickles, fries
  • Braised Lamb Shank $31.00 Gf, V
    • Mashed potato, peas and bacon, red wine jus
  • Toasted garlic bread $13.00
    • Cornichons, poached pear, pickles, toasted ciabatta
  • French croissant $5.90
    • Drizzled in Belgian Milk Chocolate
  • Double Chocolate mousse $5.90
  • Gourmet sandwiches $7.90
    • Chicken Satay, Lettuce,Tomato and Cucumber / Chicken, Avocado and Tomato / Smoked Salmon, Lettuce,Red Onion and Cream Cheese
  • Warmed chocolate brownie $5.90
    • Drizzled in Belgian Milk chocolate
  • Slices from $5.40
    • Assorted Selection
  • Chicken Schnitzel burger $12.90
    • Lemon Crumbed Chicken Schnitzel with Lettuce and Tomato. Add Bacon (2 rashers) $2.00. Add Avocado $2.00
  • Soup $7.90 / $7.90
    • Served with lightly toasted Turkish bread. Pumpkin / Tomato
  • Cakes from $6.40
    • Assorted Selection
  • Cooked Breakfast $21.90
    • Bacon, fried eggs, hash browns, real angus sausage, mushrooms, toast.
  • Polly’s Pita Pockets $19.50
    • Pita bread with marinated chicken, lettuce, cucumber, tomato, capsicum and onion, sweet chilli sauce and O'Sheas aioli
  • Newcastle Nachos (GF) $19.50
    • Vegetarian or chili beef and bean mix over corn chips and topped with cheese and sour cream.
  • -Pasta
  • Serving of Fries $3.50
  • Banana Split $8.90
    • Caramel, strawberry or chocolate.
  • Soup of the Day $14.90
    • Hearty home-made soup served with garlic bread. (Please see special board for todays soup)
  • Childrens Combo
  • Battered Paua Fritters $2.70
  • Ham $2.50
  • Wonton or Squid Ring (Doz) $8.50
  • Bacon $2.50
  • Giant $6.50
  • Egg $2.50
  • Banana Fritter $2.00
  • Onion $2.50
  • Mild x; Medium XX; Kiwi Hot XXX; Thai Hot XXXX
  • Pad Prik Gang Paste
    • Stir fried meat with long bean, red capsicum, red curry paste and leech lime leaf.
  • Extra Meat $3.00
  • Vegetables $3.00
  • Please inform us of your preference of taste for degree of spicy.
  • Thai Spicy Salad with LIME $17.00
    • Steamed meat with hot and chilli sauce, garlic, lime juice, sugar and fish sauce.
  • Panang Curry
    • Meat cooked with coconut milk, long bean, capsicum and panang curry paste.
  • Noodle $3.00
  • Hunters Venison casserole $ 26.50
    • wild venison aged marinated in Red Wine, Casseroled with Venison Sausage & Bacon - served with Damper & Kumara Rosti topped with Beetroot & Apple Sauerkraut
  • Or topped with grilled salmon fillet with garlic aioli $24.50
  • Smoked Duck $27.50
    • Manuka Smoked Duck Breast Sliced on Char Grilled Vegetables with a Zesty Orange & Tarragon Glaze served with Salad Greens on Kumara Rosti
  • Prime Steak $15.50
    • Rib eye fillet medallions with fried egg, sauteed onions, mushrooms hashbrown potato & barbeque sauce
  • Hot Gourmet Sandwiches $14.50
    • Sour dough bread filled with either: Hot Smoked Salmon, antipasto veg, feta, beetroot & apple salad
  • Topped with spiced grilled Salmon Fillet $26.50
  • Prime Steak $16.50
    • rib eye fillet medallions with fried egg, sauteed onions, mushrooms hashbrown potato & barbeque sauce
  • Chicken breast $15.50
    • terryaki style, grilled pineapple, bacon, brie and cranberry sauce
  • Kaeng Ler-Un $12.00 / $14.00
    • Yellow curry paste with seasonal veg, a sweeter and milder curry. (Pork, Chicken Beef or Pawns) - Beef, Chicken or Pork / Prawn
  • Tua Pad Prik King $12.00 / $14.00
    • Red Curry paste with seasonal vegetables - Beef, Chicken or Pork / Prawn
  • Pad See-Euw $12.00 / $14.00
    • Stir fried rice noodles with chicken, pork or beef, vegetables in a soya sauce - Beef, Chicken or Pork / Prawn
  • Pad Prik Thai Dum $12.00 / $14.00
    • Stir fired black pepper beef with seasonal vegetables (Beef) - Beef, Chicken or Pork / Prawn
  • Pad Beo Wan $12.00 / $14.00
    • Stir fried sweet and sour sauce with seasonal vegetables (Chicken, Pork, Beef or Prawns) - Beef, Chicken or Pork / Prawn
  • Pad Satay Tua $12.00 / $14.00
    • Your choice of meat stir fried in a peanut satay sauce with vegetables - Beef, Chicken or Pork / Prawn
  • Tim Kah Gai $12.00 / $14.00
    • Tasty soup with coconut milk, chicken, galangal, mushroom and lime juice - Beef, Chicken or Pork / Prawn
  • Pad Gra-Teum Prik Thai $12.00 / $14.00
    • Stir fried pepper with garlic (Pork or Beef) - Beef, Chicken or Pork / Prawn
  • Squid with Ginger and Spring Onion $11.00
  • Satay Pork Kebabs - 4pcs $8.00
  • Chinese Vegetables $11.00
  • Chicken and Mushroom Soup $5.00
  • Chicken Tom Yum Soup $5.00
  • Chicken and Sweet Corn Soup $5.00
  • Chicken Egg Foo Young $10.00
  • Deep fried Pork with Spicy Szechuan Sauce $11.00
  • Change to gluten free toast add $1.0
  • Baked beans single $6.0 double $10.0
    • Homemade baked beans in a rich tomato sauce served on Turkish toast
  • Benger juices $4.8
    • Apple, Apricot, Nectarine, Raspberry, Boysenberry
  • Eggs Benedict $16.5
    • with spinach
  • Sparkling mineral water $4.0
  • Hot smoked salmon $6.5
  • Nested eggs $15.5
    • Two eggs nested amongst a potato, spring onion and smoky ham hash, baked and sprinkled with chilli flakes
  • Salmon rosti $15.5
    • Potato rosti with hot smoked salmon and dill mayo
  • 20.Crayfish with spring onion and ginger POA
  • 37.Sweet chilli prawn ball $22.00
  • 32.Hot and spicy whole prawn $22.00
  • 2.Rolled pork and cucumber with garlic dressing $6.00
  • 38.Prawn ball with celery and lily bulbs $20.00
  • 15.Chicken and corn soup $5.00
  • 13.Soup with tomato and egg $5.00
  • 28.Crab with tofu POA
  • Garlic Naan $4.50
    • Brushed with fresh crushed garlic butter
  • Chicken Tikka $15.00
    • Tender chicken chunks marinated in yoghurt and spices
  • Venison & Portobello Mushroom $21.50
    • Premium Denver leg pieces spice rubbed and marinated – fresh fried balti style with Portobello and capsicum – to die for!
  • Prawn & Kumra $21.50
    • East meets west in this sensational seafood creation
  • Biryani $19.50
    • Chicken/Lamb/Vegetarian
  • Chicken Makhani (pot / box / reg) $10.00 / $10.00 / $18.50
    • Tender marinated chicken, simmered in a sublime masala sauce – chefs rendition of the world famous butter chicken
  • Bhajee Narni $13.00
  • Vanta (vegetarian) $21.50
    • Aubergine and kumra – exotic dish from the terai region of Nepal
  • Christ church's Best Seafood Chowder $18.80
  • Swiss Bircher Muesli $12.50
  • Creme caramel $10.80
  • Ravioli $23.80
    • in a pesto cream sauce
  • Quiche with salad $16.50
    • Ham/ Tomato or Spinach/ Mushrooms
  • Langoustines a I'italienne $18.80 / $28.80
    • King Prawns cooked in a herb and garlic butter
  • Soup of the Day $9.80
  • Pasta $22.80
    • with smoked chicken in a cream and wine sauce
The Craic Irish Bar

The Craic Irish Bar

location

Address

84 Riccarton Road, Riccarton, Christchurch, Canterbury, 8011, New Zealand

phone

Phone

033434657

clock

Opened hours

Monday: 10:00 AM – 3:00 AM, Tuesday: 10:00 AM – 12:00 AM, Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 3:00 AM, Thursday: 10:00 AM – 3:00 AM, Friday: 10:00 AM – 3:00 AM, Saturday: 10:00 AM – 12:00 AM, Sunday: 10:00 AM – 3:00 AM
price range

Price

$20 - $30

type

Type

None

service level

Service

Table Service

cuisine

Cuisine

Bar , Irish , New Zealand , Pub Food

features

Features

Delivery ,  Mastercard ,  Visa ,  Wheelchair accessible ,  Reservations ,  Waitstaff ,  Takeout ,  Wine and Beer ,  Television ,  American Express ,  Lunch ,  Seating ,  Highchairs Available ,  Brunch ,  Street Parking ,  Free Off-Street Parking ,  Free Wifi ,  Digital Payments ,  Serves Alcohol ,  Dinner ,  Outdoor Seating ,  Full Bar ,  Cash only

Location
84 Riccarton Road, Riccarton, Christchurch, Canterbury, 8011, New Zealand