The Kensington in Dunedin Menu

LUNCH LUNCH
  • Garlic Bread $9.00
    • Fresh baked Tui loaf with garlic butter
  • Cheesy Garlic Flatbread $10.00
    • Freshly baked flat bread with garlic & mozzarella
  • Soup of the Day $8.00
    • Today's flavours served with ciabatta & butter
  • Seafood Chowder $12.00
    • Thick, chunky, and creamy chowder served with toasted ciabatta & butter
  • Shrimp Cocktail $14.00
    • Crisp lettuce and juicy shrimps lavished with seafood sauce
  • Chicken Salad $16.00
    • The Kensington's cajun chicken with croutons, bacon, and Caesar dressing over crisp seasonal salad
  • Tui Beef Hot Pot $12.00
    • Rich winter style pot casserole with tender beef braised in Tui Dark and fresh herbs, topped with a crisp pastry lid & toasted ciabatta
  • Chilli Garlic Prawns $16.00
    • Pan-fried in garlic butter & tasty chilli sauce (also available hot), served on a crisp salad
  • Nachos $15.00
    • Your choice of beef or vegetarian nachos, with crisp corn chips, grilled cheese, fresh salsa, and sour cream
  • Open Sandwiches $18.00
    • Your choice of either Char-grilled Sirloin Steak, Cajun Chicken breast, or BLT. All served on toasted focaccia with lettuce, tomato, beer battered onion rings, BBQ sauce, aioli, and a side of chunky steak fries.
  • Kensi Burgers $16.50
    • Your choice of 180g beef patty OR cajun chicken breast with tomato, lettuce, cheese, homemade onion rings, and bacon - with chunky steak fries & aioli
  • All Day Breakfast $18.00
    • Streaky bacon, hash browns, free range eggs, lamb sausage, grilled tomato, mushrooms, and ciabatta
  • Corn Fritters $18.00
    • Stacked with streaky bacon and tomato relish, served with a fresh salad
  • Blue Cod $20.00
    • Beer battered Blue Cod fillets served with fresh salad, chunky steak fries, tartare sauce & lemon
  • Roast of the Day $10.00
    • Today's roast meat with a selection of roast vegetables, baby peas, mash potato, and gravy

Nearby Sample Menus

  • BBQ'd free range belly pork, cider-braised onion, crushed peas jus $37.00
  • Gluten Free Bread $2.00
  • Eggplant Rollatini $29.00
    • Woodgrilled filled with basil cashew cheese & red capsicum sauce, confit cherry tomato
  • Fish & chips, fresh fish crumbed, hand-cut chips, tartare sauce $21.00
  • Wood-grilled chicken, seasonal veges $13.00
  • - House Cured Salmon + $7.00
  • Kirsch spiced cherry & mascarpone meringue roulade, white chocolate honeycomb crumb $15.90
  • - Add chips + $3.50
  • Panko crumbed calamari $14.00
    • with lemon aioli - or as main with salad and fries $22.00
  • - Gluten free bread $2.00
  • - Spinach $3.00
  • Chicken, cranberry & brie $18.50
  • Up of the day $10.50
    • with lightly toasted ciabatta
  • Crumble of the day $10.00
  • Clay Pot Bake $18.50
    • chilli beans, spinach, spicy sausage, free range eggs & cheese
  • Fresh warmed bread with dips $14.00
  • Serpent $18.50 / $9.00
    • Smoked Salmon, Spring Onion and Cream Cheese. Optional Capers, Avocado (Double / Snack)
  • Greek Salad $7.00
    • All the Essentials as well as Kalamata Olives & Feta
  • 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)
  • Licorice Gelato $5.00
    • 2015 Silver Award winning Gelato from Gellicious Gelato. If you are Hell bent on Licorice - this is for you. Contains Gluten and Dairy. 180ml tub - share it or smash it yourself
  • Temptation Dessert Pizza $6.00
    • Apple, Apricot, Berries, Crumble and Custard on an original snack base
  • Kali $9.50
    • Tender Marinated Tandoori Chicken Pieces served in a medium spiced Creamy Tomato Sauce, finished with Butter. Served on Spinach Fettuccine
  • Chicken Demon $9.50
    • Creamy Basil Sauce with Roasted Garlic, Chicken, Mushrooms and Parmesan. Served on Spinach Fettuccine
  • Gluttony $16.00 / $8.00
    • Onion, Garlic, Salami, Ham, Mushroom, Pineapple, Capsicum, Tomato, Bacon, Black Pepper. Made with 100% free range ingredients (Double / Snack)
  • Saddle Hill $13.90
    • Roast chicken with rocket, mozzarella & parmesan on a thyme, lemon & olive oil base
  • Cast iron omelette $20.50
    • potato, herbs, mozzarella & seasonal house relish with mushrooms or chorizo
  • Roast Tomatoes $4.00
  • Soup of the Day $12.90
    • served with ciabatta toast
  • Hearth Ciabatta Toast $4.00
  • Pulled Beef Brisket $24.50
    • on house focaccia with beef reduction, ginger pickled onions, greens & hand cut area fries
  • Gluten-free Toast $5.00
  • Roast chicken with rocket & lemon herb mayo $13.90
  • Yaprak Dolma $14.00
    • Vine leaves stuffed with rice & spices, served with pita bread, salad garnish & a minted yoghurt sauce.
  • Side Salad $9.00
  • Tatli Mezze $17.00
    • Sweet Plate — serves two people. A selection of imported & in-house Turkish sweets served with fresh seasonal fruits.
  • Mixed Salad Plate $12.00
    • Pasha's salad selection served with hummus, cacik, olives, dolma & pita bread.
  • Courgette fritters (each) $3.00
  • Combination Shish Large$19.00
    • A combination of two shish, selected from lamb, chicken or kofta, plated & served with pita bread, sauce & salad.
  • Lamb Shish Small$13.00/Large$19.00
    • Cubes of marinated lamb chargrilled, plated & served with pita bread, sauce & salad.
  • Turkish Chilli Sauce
    • Fresh seasonal vegetables pureed & mixed with Turkish tomato paste, oil & hot chillies.
  • Royale with Cheese $21.50
    • Soft ciabatta bun filled with a beef patty, house-smoked cheddar cheese, roasted garlic aioli, shredded lettuce, gherkin, red onion and bourbon-bacon jam, one tasty burger. Served with fries.
  • Breakfast Bagel $9.50
    • Toasted bagel with raspberry jam & butter
  • Local streaky bacon $5.00
  • Buttermilk Pancakes FtufIy pancakes served with $18.50
    • grilled banana, local streaky bacon and maple syrup
  • Gourmet Chicken Nachos $19.50
    • Ironic’s own mild-spiced tomato chilli with cajun chicken on corn chips. Topped with grilled cheese, fresh tomato salsa and sour cream (GF)(v)
  • Pulled Pork Sliders $18.50
    • Slow-roasted pork, shredded and marinated in a rich sauce. Served with creamy slaw and zesty apple relish
  • Chicken Fib $19.50
    • creamy chicken, bacon and mushroom in a crispy fab parcel. Served with green salad
  • Roast Vegetable Salad $13.50
    • pumpkin, kumara, carrot, beetroot, potato, spinach, teta, pine nut, balsamic sauce (GF)(V) >>
  • Gulab Jamun (3 pcs) $7.00
    • Milk dumplings served in sugar and syrup.
  • Garlic Naan $5.00
    • Leavened bread with sprinkled garlic and butter.
  • Vegetarian Platter (serves 2) $18.00
    • A platter of vegetable samosa, onion bhajee and vegetable pakora served with mint and tamarind sauce.
  • Plain Naan $4.00
    • Traditional Indian leavened bread made in tandoori oven.
  • Vindaloo Chicken or Lamb $18.00
    • Chicken or lamb cooked with onion, capsicum, and spices. Best enjoyed with garlic naan and raita.
  • Bombay Aloo $16.50
    • Potatoes cooked with cumin seeds, tomato and fenugreek.
  • Biryani Chicken or Lamb $18.00
    • Rice and chicken or lamb are cooked together with cashew and spices to a make a glorious one-pot meal. Served with Raita.
  • Korma Chicken or Lamb $18.00
    • Chicken or lamb cooked in a creamy sauce made of cashew gravy. Best accompanied with chicken or keema naan bread.
  • Cookie Fix $2.00
  • Garden Salad $8.9 Reg / $7.9 Petita
  • Steak Pita $11.5 Reg / $9.5 Petita
  • Chicken Caesar Salad $12.5 Reg / $10.5 Petita
  • Happy Ham $5.00
  • Chicken Breast Salad $11.9 Reg / $9.9 Petita
  • - 4 Pack $4.90
  • The Protein Pack $15.00
  • House smoked Brie and/or smoked $18.50 per person
  • Ribeye steak cooked to your liking, topped with crispy garlic rosemary ravioli, and served on creamy mustard mashed potatoes with a rich red wine jus. $34.00
  • Bubble and squeak $7.50
  • Salmon fillet marinated in soy, pan seared and served on steamed rice, sautéed greens and finished with a lemon butter. $34.00
  • Crispy bite-sized squid, finished with garlic and chilli and served with tangy citrus Outram slaw. $19.50
  • Free range omelette filled with tomato, mushroom, spinach, and smoked cheese. $22.50
  • Mushroom, confit garlic and lemon risotto finished with mascarpone and blue cheese. $18.50
  • Affogato with the extra zing of a nip of liqueur. $13.50
  • Salads
  • Sauces: tomato, tartare, sweet, chilli, aioli, plum, gravy $0.50
  • Vege stack S $12 / L $16
    • Homemade vegetable, pattie, with garlic portobello mushrooms, dressed with a herb oil- large comes with a garden salad & fries
  • Pavlova $7.50
    • With fruit salad and cream
  • Crumbeb chicken schitzel $17.00
    • With fries and garden salad or vegetables finished off with plum sauce or gravy
  • -large $8.00
  • Pasta $15.00
    • Ask your waltress
  • Loaded wedges $13.00
    • With bacon, cheese, sour cream & sweet chilli sauce
  • RiSOTTO $18.00
    • Entree size, mushroom and bacon risotto with lashings of parmesan cheese and rocket leaves.
  • Bangers n’ Mash $17.00
    • New Zealand pork sausages with potato mash and rosemary & apple gravy
  • Big BREKKIE $18.00
    • A Huge plate full of rashes of bacon, eggs, chorizo, slow roasted tomatoes, mushrooms, potato rosti and crusty bread to soak up all the juices. >>
  • SEAFOOD CHOWDER $18.00
    • Fresh chowder daily, filled with mussels, shrimp, calamari, Blue Cod and toasted garlic bread.
  • Soup of the Day $16.00
    • Ask the friendly staff for today's special.
  • STEAK $29.99
    • Steak cooked to your choice, with mashed potato and a choice of 3 sauces, and topped off with crispy onion rings. Garlic Butter, Creamy Mushroom, Peppercorn.
  • PLATES $10.00
    • Arancini Balls, Chicken Wings, Fresh Fish Bites, Baby Got Back Ribs, Mini Chicken Kebabs, Salt & Pepper Squid, Sliders
  • Pancakes $15.00
    • Giant stack of light and fluffy pancakes topped with fresh berry compote, greek style yoghurt and maple syrup.
  • Seasonal vegetables $7.00
  • Silver fern farms lamb rump, with sundried tomato crust on lentil, spinach and parsley tabbouleh, feta yoghurt mint dressing $32.50
  • Shoestring fries $7.00
  • Yellow fin tuna tartare, avocado, roast pepper, sesame soy (subject to availability) $21.50
  • Turkish bread with olive oil and dukkah $6.00
  • Pork belly slow cooked in star anise, garlic and hoisin on sticky rice and bok choy, tart apple dressing $24.50
  • Manuka house smoked salmon on salad greens and asparagus topped with a poached egg and hollandaise $26.50
  • Silver fern farms fillet steak, cooked to your liking, on mustard mash topped with salsa verde $32.50
  • Cheesecake $13.00
    • This homemade delight changes daily, ask your waitperson for today’s choice.
  • Traditional Irish Stew $21.50
    • Tender pieces of lamb, slow-braised in the traditional Irish way and served with a thick slice of toast.
  • Beef Schnitzel $20.00
    • Old school beef schnitzel with a crispy herb crust served with fries, salad and your choice of mushroom sauce or gravy.
  • Beef and Guinness Pie $21.50
    • Tender beef pieces cooked in a rich Guinness gravy, wrapped in puff pastry then oven roasted. Served with sourdough garlic bread, mashed potato, Guinness gravy and peas.
  • Crispy Chicken $18.00
    • Tender pieces of crumbed chicken served with fries, aioli and plum sauce.
  • Chicken Parcel $24.00
    • Tender pieces of chicken with cranberries bound together with cream cheese, wrapped in a filo pastry. Topped with plum sauce and served with salad.
  • Seafood Chowder $15.00
    • An age old recipe binding the bounties of the sea and land together in a rich, creamy seafood and vegetable broth. Served with toasted soda bread.
  • The Bog Garlic Loaf Vegetarian Single$8/Double$14
    • Freshly baked loaf with garlic sage butter.
  • Mix Platter For Two $15.00
    • Fine selection of a few of the above: samosa, vegetable pakora, seekh kebab and chicken tikka
  • Beef Madras $13.99
    • South Indian style hot curry cooked with coconut cream
  • Kashmiri Malai Kofta $12.00
    • Cottage cheese, mash potatoes, green chillies and nuts with curry sauce
  • Aloo Matar $12.00
    • Potatoes and green peas cooked in spiced gravy
  • Tomato and Onion Kachumber (Each) $2.00
  • Lamb Saagwala $13.99
    • Boneless pieces of lamb and spinach skilfully blended in exotic curry
  • Butter Prawn $14.99
    • Shelled prawn cooked in creamy tomatoes
  • Veg Samosa $4.00
    • Triangular pastry with spiced potatoes and peas filling and deep fried
  • Roast Seasonal Vegetables $8.00
  • Denver Venison Fillet $38.00
    • Accompanied by potato gratin, beetroot puree & pomegranate jus
  • Treacle Creme Brulee $13.00
    • Treacle infused baked custard with berry coulis
  • Soup of the Day $12.00
    • Served with house baked bread
  • Traditional Scottish Haggis $16.00
    • Served with oat cakes & peppercorn jus
  • Pan Seared Salmon $36.00
    • Complimented by green pea & dill risotto garnished with preserved lemon
  • Smoked Duck Salad $22.00
    • Roast walnuts, blue cheese & fresh orange vinaigrette
  • Pork Belly $36.00
    • Served on sage & chive mash with caramelized apple, cherry tomatoes, rocket & whisky cream sauce
The Kensington

The Kensington

location

Address

4 King Edward Street, Kensington, Dunedin, Otago, 9012, New Zealand

phone

Phone

034558001

clock

Opened hours

Monday: 11:00 AM – 11:00 PM, Tuesday: 11:00 AM – 11:00 PM, Wednesday: 11:00 AM – 11:00 PM, Thursday: 11:00 AM – 11:00 PM, Friday: 11:00 AM – 11:00 PM, Saturday: 11:00 AM – 11:00 PM, Sunday: 11:00 AM – 11:00 PM
price range

Price

$30 - $50

type

Type

None

service level

Service

Table Service

cuisine

Cuisine

Bar , European , New Zealand , Pub Food

features

Features

Wheelchair accessible ,  Reservations ,  Waitstaff ,  Groups ,  Quick Bites ,  Lunch ,  Seating ,  Highchairs Available ,  Dinner ,  Child-friendly

Location
4 King Edward Street, Kensington, Dunedin, Otago, 9012, New Zealand