The Speight's Ale House

 
Lunch Menu

11.30am - 3.00pm

Here are some tasty snacks and delicious full lunches.  I have personally sampled each dish to ensure their quality and taste is the very best...

I have then put a few comments in to help you with your selection, and of course a recommendation as to what to drink. 

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Please notify our wait staff of any food allergies you may have.  Thank you. 

15% surcharge applies on all purchases on Public Holidays

Brunch Menu  

Ale House Loaf
Locally baked Speight’s loaf.  Garlic or Plain

half $6.50 whole $10.50
Soup of the day
Chefs choice of local produce, served with slices of ale house bread
$10.50
Ocean Chowder
A creamy bounty of seafood treats, served with slices of ale house bread
$13.50
Bacon buttie
Grilled bacon served on toasted sour dough, covered in our own hollandaise sauce
$14.00
Mixed wild mushrooms
Sautéed in garlic butter, served on grilled sour dough topped off with hollandaise sauce and a semi-dried tomato
$16.00
Eggs Benedict
Classic poached eggs served with bacon on toasted sour dough topped with hollandaise sauce
$16.90
Aoraki salmon & eggs
Grilled breakfast salmon fillet served with creamy scrambled eggs, wilted spinich, hollandaise sauce and grilled bread
$18.50
Breakfast Omelette
Grilled bacon, tomato and cheese wrapped in a 3 egg omelette served on grilled sour dough
$16.00
Southern mans starter
Grilled bacon, fried eggs, tomato, onions, breakfast sausages and mushrooms served with toasted sour dough
$19.00
Grandma’s Lamb’s fry
Thinly sliced lamb’s fry pan fried with bacon and mushrooms served in rich ale house gravy upon mash, served with bread to mop up the goodness
$16.00
   
Salads & Pasta
Ploughman’s
Mixed salad greens, platted with cold meats, pickled treats, cheese and egg. Served with grilled bread
 $21.00
St Kilda squid
Calamari pieces pan fried with spicy chorizo sausage, tomato and toasted pine nuts tossed with rocket salad greens
$17.00
Cajun Caesar
Classic Cos lettuce tossed with chilled Cajun chicken breast, bacon, croutons and parmesan cheese topped off with a soft-boiled egg and Caesar dressing
 $19.50
Thai beef
Spicy beef, tossed with crispy noodles mixed salad greens and toasted nuts
$18.00
Roasted vegetable salad
Roasted seasonal vegetables and marinated feta stacked high and glazed with balsamic reduction. Garnished with shaved parsnip chips
 $18.00
Plains pasta
Classic bacon and wild mushroom penne pasta bound in garlic and white wine cream sauce garnished with toasted pine nuts and parmesan shavings
 $16.50
Gardeners pasta bowl
Fresh spinach, red onion, tomato and courgette lightly sautéed in olive oil & sundried tomato pesto then genteelly tossed with marinated feta and penne pasta, topped with toasted pine nuts
 $16.50
   
Lunch
Esk valley banger and mash
Locally made sausage over ale house mash in a pea and onion gravy served with salad and bread
$19.00
Blue ‘n’ Gold
Beer battered blue cod fillets served with fries and salad
$18.50
Speight’s burger
Home made prime beef Pattie or butter milk soaked chicken fillet. Both burgers come with gourmet lettuce, beetroot relish, caramelized onion and tomato and garlic mayo, served with fries
$16.50
Poolburn Porterhouse
Prime New Zealand porterhouse steak grilled to your liking served with salad and fries. Either pepper, mushroom or garlic mayo sauces
$20.00
Chicken parcel
Ale house favorite, chicken, sundried tomato, apricot and soft cheeses, wrapped in golden filo pastry topped with guacamole on a bed of salad with crispy potato wedges
$20.00
3 star pie
Homemade pie, ever changing, served with kumara mash and peas
$16.50
Pacifically speaking
Only the freshest fish fillets, served on crispy potato wedges garnish with salad greens and lemon butter sauce
POA
Choppers sambo
180gm scotch fillet grilled until pink served on grilled sour dough with mixed salad greens, caramelized onions, tomato and garlic aioli. Served with fries
$18.50
Kakanui ribs
Rich sauce coated pork ribs and fries, finger licking
$15.00
Shearer’s shank
Tender braised hind shank, topped with mint glaze served over kumara mash with house salad
$20.00
Black cherry chicken
Tender breast of chicken pocketed with soft cheese and cashew nuts, wrapped in smokey bacon, over kumara mash, salad and black cherry sauce
$23.50
Aoraki salmon
Pan sealed, then oven baked salmon fillet served on a bed of kumara mash and wilted baby spinach. Topped with our own hollandaise sauce
$26.00
   
Selections From Dinner Menu Available
Southern duck
Cajun braised leg of duck served on ale house mash and rich Creole style sauce, garnished with a rocket salad
$24.00
High country venison
Denver Leg oven roasted until pink served on honey roasted kumara with roasted vegetables and star anise jus
$29.00
Hokonui Hog
Pork belly rolled with roasted pear and caramelized onion, served with ale house mash and wilted greens, washed over with a bourbon glaze
$24.00

 Extras

Breakfast sausages (two)
Toasted sour dough
Grilled bacon
Mushrooms
Eggs (two)
Salad
$3.00
$2.00
$5.00
$5.00
$3.00
$5.50
  Vegetables
Fries
Garlic aioli
Pepper sauce
Mushroom sauce
Onions
$5.50
$5.00
$1.00
$2.00
$3.00
$3.00

Bar Meals - Snacks

Available from 11am

Ale house loaf
Plain or garlic
$6.50
Seafood chowder
Creamy bounty of seafood
$13.50
Soup of the day
Chef’s choice served with ale house bread (ask at bar for today’s treat)
$10.50
Shoestring fries
Served with tomato and garlic aioli dipping sauces
$7.00
Seasoned wedges
Topped with bacon, cheese, sweet chili and sour cream
$10.00
Asian treats (vegetarian)
With dipping sauces
$10.00
Prawn twisters
Filo pastry wrapped prawn tails
$11.00
Grandma Mac’s cheese rolls
Little southern cheesy treats
$10.00
Blue bites
Southern blue cod pieces lightly battered and served with Fries and dipping sauces
$15.00
   
Meals
Chompers Sambo
180gm scotch fillet grilled until pink served on grilled sour dough with mixed salad greens, caramelized onions tomato and garlic aioli. Served with fries
$18.50
Blue ‘n’ Gold
Beer battered Blue Cod fillets served with salad and fries
$18.50
Kakanui ribs
Rich sauce coated pork ribs and fries, finger licking good
$15.00
High country beef
Prime porterhouse grilled to your liking served with salad and fries. Either mushroom, pepper or garlic aioli sauce

$20.00
   
Natter Platters
The great dairy board
Chef’s choice of two cheeses served with toasted crostini Garnished with fresh fruits
$18.00
Ploughman’s
Cold meats, cheese and pickled vegetables served with crusty bread and salad.
small $18.00
large $30.00
Grand stand
Sticky pork ribs, chicken nibbles and spiced wedges
$30.00
Carisbrook
Fries, wedges,Asian treats, battered blue cod and chicken nuggets
$30.00

 

 
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