It’s taken 23 years and we’ve done it!

This Wellington restaurant is opening its doors every Saturday and Sunday with Weekend Blackboard Lunches.

We’re keeping it simple with dishes that change weekly to offer choice of two and three course menus that reflect the best local and seasonal produce available.

We’ll be open from 11.30am and bookings are recommended, so contact us.

Menus start from $39 and with four choices per course, there’s a variety of dishes to please the most discerning diners!

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Sample Menu

Two courses: $39

Three courses: $49

Entrée

Citrus cured Ora King salmon with toasted rye crumb and crème fraiche

Niçoise salad with vincotto and lemon dressing

Calamari, chickpeas and chorizo sautéed with baby rocket

Roma tomato soup with basil cream

 Main

Thyme Roasted Chicken Supreme

Goat’s Cheese Souffle with watercress, walnut and fennel salad and pear gastrique

Grilled sirloin on creamy spinach with hand cut shoestring fries and Café du Paris butter

Grilled market fish, toasted buckwheat, bell pepper, preserved lemon and Italian parsley

 Dessert

Chocolate trifle with white, milk and dark chocolate

Apple and rhubarb crumble with cinnamon ice cream

French brie with toasted walnut bread and quince

*Please note that our Monday – Friday A la carte and Famous $20 Lunch are not available during weekend lunches.

Our Twenty Dollar lunch special for May is the iconic contential dish, Surf and Turf

The Bistro’s take on this culinary classic is a Silver Fern Farms Reserve sirloin steak with grilled king prawns, handcut fries and red wine jus.

This delicious dish is available every lunch, Monday to Friday for the month of May. Bookings are recommended.

Following popular demand this meaty favourite returns to the lunch menu for the month of April.

This juicy T-Bone steak is served with Café de Paris butter and watercress salad. There’s no bones about it, this is a great value, Autumn dish that’s perfect for a casual lunch.

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 Our Famous $20 Lunches change every month and are available lunch -times, Monday to Friday.  This offer is subject to availability and not available in conjunction with the Entertainment Card. Bookings can be made for lunch by calling us on 04 499 4199