The Serious Sandwich in Christchurch Menu

BREAKFAST (Served between 9-11am daily) BREAKFAST (Served between 9-11am daily)
  • The breakfast bap $9.00
    • A farm fresh egg, crispy bacon & sambal
SANDWICHES (Served on fresh ciabatta bread) SANDWICHES (Served on fresh ciabatta bread)
  • Porchetta salsa verde $12.00
    • Tender roast pork with a parsley & garlic salsa
  • Meatball & parmesan $11.00
    • Spiced meet balls with parmesan
  • Poached chicken & peanut slaw $12.00
    • Tender sliced chicken with peanut slaw & mayo
  • Grilled aged cheddar $9.00
    • Served with onion jam
  • The special $13.00
    • Changes daily and made fresh- see our specials
  • Extra's $2.00
    • Of fresh salad, serious slaw or sauce
SIDES (Made fresh each day) SIDES (Made fresh each day)
  • Salad-see todays special $8.00
  • Serious slaw $8.00
    • A mix of carrot, cabbage & peanuts finished in our mayo
  • Soup & bread (Seasonal-winter) $8.00
    • Changes daily & made fresh

Nearby Sample Menus

  • Lemon Grass & Chilli Beef $15 Med/$27 Lg
  • Sate Chicken & Vege on Rice $12.00
  • Chicken, Pork or Beef Fried Egg Noodle $12.00
  • Stir-fried Garlic Sprouts with Bacon $10 Med/$18 Lg
  • Stir-Fried Lemongrass & Chilli Chicken on Rice $12.00
  • Chicken Salad $14.00
  • Roast Duck $20 Half/$40 Whole
  • Lemongrass & Chilli Tofu $12 Med/$20 Lg
  • Garden Salad $8
    • Seasonally fresh green salad
  • Eggs Benny $20 / $21.5 / $20
    • Herb potato hash, poached free range eggs, spinach and hollandaise sauce. Served with bacon OR Smoked Salmon OR Smoked mushrooms.
  • Eggs your way $12
    • Choice of free range poached, scrambled or fried on toasted sourdough, multigrain or G.F bread.
  • Sides - eggs (2), roasted mushrooms, avocado $4
  • Savoury Crumpets $22
    • Served with prosciutto ham, fried egg, vine tomatoes, manchego cheese and smoked garlic emulsion.
  • Sides - smoked salmon, bacon, chorizo $5
  • Toast n’ Spreads $10
    • Toasted sourdough, multigrain, or G.F bread. Served with house made jam, cream cheese, peanut butter or honey.
  • Granola $16
    • Served with yoghurt gel, chai seeds, sago, mascarpone foam and fruit textures.
  • Boiled Egg
  • Onion Rings x 6 $ 4
    • homemade old school style
  • Pick 5 of the following
  • Roasted Carrot
  • Biggie Salad
    • We can also provide salads for large group ask about our catering options
  • Caramelized onion
  • Sweet chilli
    • Tomato, bbq
  • Sweet Bae
    • NZ pork, grilled pineapple, jalapenos, coleslaw, tomato, aioli & blay sauce
  • Garlic bread (gf) $10.00
    • Warm mini loaf served with garlic butter
  • Mini cheeseburger $14.50
    • Mini Cheeseburger, prime beef pattie with lettuce, tomato and cheese served with chunky fries & tomato sauce
  • Macs beer battered fish & chips $26.50
    • Please check with your waitress for today's fish of the day. Served with rustic tartare sauce salad & beer battered steak fries.
  • Sticky texas cola ribs $22.50
    • Rubbed with a special dry marinade slowly cooked & double glazed in our very own cola inspired bbq sauce served with seasoned wedges & Brickworks crunchy apple slaw.
  • Free range chicken sandwich $20.00
    • with melted double brie & cranberry compote served on toasted ciabatta with lettuce & tomato.
  • Available from 11am daily
  • Open steak sandwich $20.00
    • Cooked to your liking served on rustic ciabatta with lettuce, tomato. onion jam finished with a fried egg drizzled with bearnaise & smokey bbq sauce.
  • Vege burger $20.00
    • Two Hash browns, sauteed mushrooms, coleslaw, cheese, lettuce & tomato finished with beer battered onion rings.
  • Garlic Bread $7.50
    • With house made confit garlic butter
  • Seafood Chowder $12.50
    • With artisan soup roll
  • Steak Sandwich $17.50
    • 200gm sirloin with salad greens, beetroot relish and crispy onion rings in artisan bread, served with fries
  • Abode Chicken Burrito $15.50
    • With guacamole, smoked tomato salsa, cheddar cheese and fennel slaw, served with fries
  • Soup of the Day $10.00
    • With artisan soup roll
  • Jacket potatoes (GF) $8.00
    • With sour cream, tomato relish and chilli salt
  • Beer Battered Fish of the Day $15.50
    • With fries, chop salad and house made tartare sauce
  • Ground Beef Burger $15.50
    • House made beef pattie with gruyere cheese, pickles and aioli, served with fries
  • Squid Ring/Chicken Nuggets/Wontons/Mussel/Fish Bites/Mushroom $0.70
  • Sausage / Hot Dog $2.20
  • Real Calamari Rings $0.70
  • Plain $3.20
  • Chicken $8.95
  • Steak Burguer $5.50
  • Oysters $2.6 each one
  • Works Burguer $6.50
  • Murg Malai Kebab $18.00
    • Tender melt in the mouth pieces of chicken marinated in yoghurt, herbs, spicesand cream and cooked to perfection.
  • Keema Naan $6.00
    • Stuffed naan breads with minced meat and spices cooked in tandoor
  • Aloo Matar $15.00
    • Fresh potatoes and peas cooked with onions and tomatoes in Indian style.
  • Plain Naan $3.00
    • Authentic indian soft bread made from refined flour cooked in tandoor.
  • Mushroom Madras $18.00
    • Mushrooms cooked in South Indian style with coconut cream and leaves.
  • Garlic Kebab $18.00
    • Chicken marinated in yoghurt, garlic, cheese, eggs and cashew paste baked in the tandoor
  • Vindaloo Chicken/Lamb/Beef $19.00
    • Famous dish from Goa specially cooked with onion, tomatoes, and hot ground spices.
  • Matar Panner $18.00
    • Cottage cheese cubes cooked with fresh peas in a tomato based sauce.
  • Marinated Olives (large) $6.50
  • Lountza (smoked pork) $6.50
    • Marinaded and smoked pork loin (100g)
  • Greek Salad (large) $9.00
    • A traditional Greek Salad with Feta and Olives
  • Kaulouri (mini bread sticks) $4.00
    • With Aniseed and Sesame Seeds (100g)
  • Souvlaki (regular) $11.00
    • Chicken, Lamb, Beef, or Falafel (vegetarian)
  • Soutzoukakia $10.00
    • Lightly spiced meat balls, in a Mediterranean tomato sauce (with Pita bread and salad)
  • Moussaka (vegetarian option) $10.00
    • Accompanied with salad and pita bread
  • Dolomades (vegetarian) $9.00
    • with Tzatziki and Spanakopita
  • Squid with Ginger and Spring Onion $11.00
  • Chicken Egg Foo Young $10.00
  • Beef with Black Pepper Sauce $10.00
  • Chicken with Chef's Special Sauce $10.00
  • Mini Spring Rolls - 6pcs $4.50
  • Chicken with Cashew Nuts $10.00
  • All served with a bowl of rice N/A
  • Beef with Chilli Szechuan Sauce $10.00
  • Turkish Gozleme $3.50
  • Jilabi 3 for $2.00
  • Pita Bread $1.50
  • - Chicken
  • Chapli Kebab & Salad $6.00
  • Rice or Salad
  • Large $13.00
  • - Lamb
  • House Made Focaccia Bread (*) $8.00
    • Our very own baked Focaccia with rosemary, olives and horopito served with Lepanto olive oil & Coriander Yogurt Dip
  • Sticky Fig Pudding with Butterscotch Sauce $13.00
    • Steamed pudding with Figs and butterscotch sauce, maple and walnut ice cream, Cinnamon creme fraiche & Almond brittle
  • Ibis Eton Mess $13.00
    • Our version of this old classic with Vanilla bean and white chocolate mousse, crisp dark chocolate pearls and topped with berry compote
  • Fish of the Day (GF) (HC) (*) $31.50
    • Market available fish, oven baked and served with Lemon polenta gnocchi, Israeli Cous Cous, Caponata finished with house made Gremolata
  • All Pasta topped with Parmesan / Gluten Free Penne Pasta available on request
  • Caponata with Three Cheese Ravioli (V) M $24.50 / L $27.00
    • Tomato, courgettes, eggplant and fresh herbs tossed through fresh pasta and finished with olive oil and basil pesto
  • Calamari $16.00
    • Tempura strips of calamari with a fresh melon and radish slaw, soba noodles with green tea and peanut vinaigrette and Wasabi mayo
  • Rhubarb and Ginger Cheesecake $13.50
    • Delicious rhubarb cheesecake on gingernut base with rhubarb curd and Tuille with Manuka Honey ice cream
  • Orange and Passionfruit Tart $9.00
    • Crisp pastry filled with citrus curd, served with raspberry sorbet and macerated oranges
  • Beef $8.00
    • Pastrami salad on shaved cucumber pickle with rye-crusted croutons
  • Pasta $8.00
    • Spaghetti Napolitano with a twist; Panko crumb and parmesan crusted pasta bricks with saffron garlic mayonnaise
  • Pork Belly $23.00
    • Twice-cooked crispy pork belly with bubble and squeak, onion, apple puree, green beans and a cider jus
  • Dark Chocolate and Hazelnut Mousse $9.00
    • Dark chocolate and a hazelnut mousse, chocolate soil, vanilla bean anglaise and caramelised pastry
  • Beef $24.00
    • Char-grilled ribeye of beef, Dauphinoise potatoes, honey glazed seasonal vegetables, green peppercorn sauce
  • Fish $22.00
    • Roast sumac crusted hoki fillet, served with warm toasted couscous, carrot and coriander pickle, chimichurri
  • Chicken $22.00
    • Prosciutto wrapped chicken breast, stuffed with rocket and pepperdews; warm broccoli, spinach, red onion salad
  • Robbie’s Ribs Small $22.90 Lrg $29.90
    • A generous plate of pork spare ribs covered in our own tangy BBQ sauce piled on top of potato wedges.
  • Extra Sour Cream $2.50
  • Homemade Chocolate Brownie $11.90
    • A rich chocolate brownie topped with a chocolate fudge sauce and served with whipped cream.
  • Celtic Pancakes $15.50
    • Delicious pancakes with maple syrup, bacon and fresh whipped cream.
  • Roast of the Day $18.90
    • A Robbie’s favourite! The chef’s choice of prime oven roasted meat, served with roasted seasonal vegetables and gravy.
  • Bacon 1 Rasher $1.80
  • Mushroom Sauce $3.50
  • Eggs Benedict $16.90
    • With bacon on an English muffin, smothered in a rich creamy hollandaise sauce.
  • BASIC CHICKEN $5.80
  • PLAIN BURGER (BEEF /CHICKEN) $3.00
    • additionals egg, cheese, bacon, pineapple, hashbrown ($0.80 each)
  • WHOLE CHICKEN $14.50
  • HAWAIIAN $5.80
  • 1/2 CHICKEN + FRIES $10.90
  • AMERICAN HOT DOG $3.00
  • CHICKEN SATAY $6.30
  • 1 CHICKEN + 2x FRIES $19.50
  • Chicken Nuggets $4.00
    • half dozen
  • Hot dog $3.00
  • Family Pack $18.00
    • Includes 2 bags of chips and 4 sides as per above
  • Very Vegetarian $15.50
    • Fresh tomatoes, field mushrooms, capsicum, red onion, garlic with a base of tomato and onion relish.
  • Italiano $15.50
    • Mozzarella cheese, pepperoni, capsicum, cabanossi infused in a creamy garlic sauce or bbq sauce.
  • Chips $4.50
    • per bag
  • The Stone and Bone $15.50
    • Roasted chicken breast, capsicum, creamy apricot sauce, compote with X-Brie cheese
  • Fish $3.50
    • per piece
The Serious Sandwich

The Serious Sandwich

location

Address

363 Colombo Street, Sydenham, Christchurch, Canterbury, 8023, New Zealand

phone

Phone

+64 3-371 9167

clock

Opened hours

9 AM to 5:30 PM (Mon-Sat), 10 AM to 5 PM (Sun)
price range

Price

$20 - $30

type

Type

None

service level

Service

None

cuisine

Cuisine

Cafe Food , Fast Food , Sandwiches

features

Features

Wheelchair accessible ,  Takeout ,  Cash ,  Quick Bites ,  Seating

Location
363 Colombo Street, Sydenham, Christchurch, Canterbury, 8023, New Zealand