Food & Wine

Rafters Restaurant offers delicious contemporary cuisine with a unique Kiwi flavour in a relaxed atmosphere with personal and friendly service.

We're confident you will enjoy some of the many seasonal dishes we offer to tempt your taste buds. For the little ones, there is also a children's menu available.

 

STARTERS

Garlic Bread For 2 - $8

Everyone’s favourite - A warm oven baked ciabatta, infused with freshly crushed garlic butter

 

Soup Of The Day $10

Created with fresh produce and accompanied by warm ciabbata

 

Seafood Chowder $14

Chock-full with mussels, calamari, shrimp & cod - Served with warm ciabatta. Rich & Creamy!!

 

Rafters Salad $10

Crisp garden salad with cucumber, tomato, red onion, capsicum and topped with a sage and thyme vinegarette

Add - Smoked Chicken $2

 Smoked Salmon $2

 Feta $1

 Olives $1

 

Rafters Burger $15

Your choice of chicken or beef with roast garlic aioli, caramelised onions, tomato, lettuce and a toasted bun. Served with shoestring fries

 

NZ Green Lipped Mussels

Your wait staff on the day will advise you of the style

1/2 Dozen $10

1 Dozen $16

 

MAINS

Chicken Thai Green Curry $18

Chicken pieces with seasonal vegetables in a thai green sauce. Served with rice and poppadom

 

Fish and Chips $18

Cardrona Gold beer battered fillet of fish served with shoestring fries, tartare sauce and lemon wedge

 

Marinated Pork Spare Ribs $25

The Locals Favourite!!! A rack of ribs slowly cooked in our homemade BBQ sauce resting on beer battered fries & served with a side salad

 

Rib Eye Steak $26

Grilled to your liking. Resting on a kumara & potato mash topped with your choice of a mild peppercorn sauce, mushroom and bacon sauce or red wine jus. Accompained by a side of roasted vegetables.

 

Central Otago Lamb Rump $29

Stuffed with mushroom and spinach duxelles then pan-seared and finished in the oven. Served on a golden potato rosti with a wild berry and lemon pepper sauce. Accompained by a side of roasted vegetables.

 

Venison and Mushroom Hotpot $25

Tender strips of otago venison slowly cooked in a Guinness and thyme jus, topped with flakey pastry. Accompained by a side of roasted vegetables

 

Vegetarian Nachos $25

A delicious hot ’n’ spicy meal!! Slowly cooked kidney beans, mushrooms, onions & tomatoes in our special spicy sauce. Piled on top crisp nachos and topped with cheese and sour cream.

 

Extras

Bowl Of Shoestring Fries $4.00

Medley Of Roasted Vegetables $5.50

Onion Rings $4.00

Mushrooms $6.00

 

 SWEETS

Chocolate and Pecan Brownie $10

A soft rich brownie served with vanilla bean ice cream and whipped cream.

 

Deep Fried Ice Cream $10

Vanilla ice cream lightly coated with coconut then fried until golden and served with a berry coulis

 

Cheesecake Of The Day $14

Made in-house by our Chefs, served with vanilla ice cream and whipped cream. The wait staff will advise you of the days flavour

 

Affogato $16

Enjoy while you look out at the view and watch the sun go down, a shot of coffee, two scoops of vanilla bean ice cream & a liqueur of your choice

 

Chocolate Fondue For 1 - $10, For 2 - $16

A warm chocolate & cointreau dip served with fresh seasonal fruit, marshmallows & a biscuit selection.

 

 

WINE LIST

Settlers Hill Range avaliable from $8.00 per glass and $36.00 per bottle

Sparkling Wine

Lindauer Brut Cuvee 200ml $12.00 750ml$40.00

Quartz Reef Central $75.00

 

Sauvignon Blanc

Montana Festival Block Marlborough $46.00

Boundary Vineyards Rapaura Road Marlborough $50.00

 

Chardonnay

Jacobs Creek $40.00

Olssen's Charcoal Joe $65.00

 

Aromatics

Montana South Island Riesling $48.00

Brancott Estate Pinot Gris $55.00

 

Merlot

Old Coach Road $48.00

 

Shiraz / Syrah

Wyndham Estate Bin 555 $48.00

 

Pinot Noir

Jacobs Creek $40.00

Olssen's Nipple Hill $46.00

Rippon Jeunesse Pinot Noir $71.00

 

Selection of local, national and international beers starting from just $6.50

Also a wide variety of spirits and non alcholic drinks avaliable