Balter Menus

Breads & dips
A selection of fresh gourmet breads w house made dips and sauces - VG V
14

Garlic bread
Ciabatta garlic & parsley bread w balsamic & port drizzle - V
10

Cracked New York pepper & chicken liver pate
w artisan breads
16

Cheese board
NZ cheese served with a variety of crackers, pitted olives & quince paste
Port Wine Cheddar, Soft Brie, Blue Vein - V GF option
1 cheese 15
2 cheese 20
3 cheese 26

Salt & pepper arrow squid strips
deep fried served w aoli - GF
13

4 Arancini balls
golden crumbed risotto w aioli - V
15

Grilled haloumi slices
braised fennel w orange segments & almonds on a mesclun leaf salad - V GF3
13

Braised beef cheeks
in a rich red wine jus on creamy potato mash GF
18

Slow baked pork belly pieces
served in a red wine & hoisin sauce w crispy salted crackling
17

Moroccan spiced lamb meatballs
w a spicy tomato sauce, topped with a mint tzatziki
17

Slow cooked Mexican beef tacos
w tomato & jalapeno salsa & mint tzatziki
3 tacos 16
4 tacos 19

8 Southern fried chicken nibbles
15

Grilled Parkvale mushrooms
on a warmed beetroot relish garnished w feta - GF
11

Garlic tiger prawns
on a bed of pickled cucumber served w balter tai sweet chilli sauce - GF
16

Mussel Bowl
 Fresh New Zealand mussels steamed in a white wine and garlic reduction
16

Pan fried scallops and black pudding
w pea puree
16

Balter beer batter fries
served w tomato sauce - V
Small 6
large 9

Balter flat fries
thinly sliced agria potatoes, twice fried served w house made aoli & tomato salsa - GF VG V
8

Mixed leaf side salad
w almonds, orange segments & a French style vinaigrette - GF VG V
6

Homemade Apple Pie
Served with vanilla ice-cream and pouring cream

Warm Chocolate Brownie GF
Served with vanilla ice-cream and warm chocolate sauce

Sticky Date Pudding
Served with butterscotch sauce ice-cream & pouring cream

Vanilla Bean Poached Pear
Served with warm caramel sauce and vanilla ice cream

12

Ice-cream Sundae
Chocolate, Caramel, Strawberry

8

Tap Beer

1 litre jug 16

Balter IPA 5.7%
Balter Pilsner 5%
Balter Lager 4% 
Balter APA 4%

200ml 4 425ml 8
Tasting Tray 14

Bottled Beer

Pilsner

Three Boys 5.5%  12  
Parrotdog 4.8%  11
Sunshine Brewery  5.1%  9
Garage Project Beer 4.8%  10

Indian Pale Ale

GP Garagista 5.8%  10
Three Boys 5.2%  12
Epic, Hop Zombie  8.5
Parrotdog 5.8%  9
Regent 58 500ml 6.3%  12
Garage Project Pericious Weed 8%  15

American Pale Ale

Parrotdog 5.4%  11
Panhead 5.7%  9

Pale Ale

GP Death from Above 7.5%  14
Epic 5.4%  10
Garage Project Hapi Daze 4.6%  10
Panhead XPA 4.6%  9

Lager

Epic 5%  10
Sunshine Brewery, Gold Lager 4%  9

Stout and Porter

3 Boys Oyster Stout 500ml  18
Parrot Dog Oat Stout 500ml  18
Garage Project Aro Noir Stout   11
Kereru Great Justice Coconut Porter   12
Black Mac Porter 4.8%  7
Regent 58 stout 500ml 6.3%  12
Guinness 440ml  14

Randoms, Light and Zero Alcohol

Three Boys Wheat beer 5%  12
8 wired Hippy Berliner 4%  11
Come by Shepard ale 2.5%  10
Birraz Moretti 0.05%  9
Bitburger 0%  9

Usual Suspects

Corona 4.5%  8
Heineken 5%  8
Heineken Light 2.5%  8
 6
Steinlager Pure 5%  7
DB Export Citrus  7

Bottled Cider

Forecast Cider 11

Peckham's Cider
Feijoa
Blackcurrant 
Boysenberry
10

Tap Cider

Kingston apple cider
425ml 9 200ml 4.5
Hawkes Bay

White

Omaka Springs Pinot Gris
Marlborough
G 9  ~  B 40

Thistle Ridge Pinot Gris
Waipara
G 9  ~  B 40

Gladstone Pinot Gris
Wairarapa
G 10  ~  B 45

Happy Wife Chardonnay
G 11  ~  B 50

Johner Chardonnay
Wairarapa
G 10  ~  B 45

Kumeu Village Chardonnay
Kumeu
G 9  ~  B 40

Greystone Sauvignon Blanc
Waipara
G 10  ~  B 45

Cottier Sauvignon Blanc
Wairarapa
G 9  ~  B 40

Seifried Riesling
Nelson
G 10  ~  B 45

White Haven Pinot Rose
Marlborough
G 11  ~  B 50

Johner Noble, dessert wine
Wairarapa
G 8  ~  B 45

Reds

Mt Monster Shiraz
South Australia
G 11  ~  B 50

Thistle Ridge Pinot Noir
Waipara
G 11  ~  B 50

Smoking Loon, Zinfandel
California
G 11  ~  B 45

Wild Rock Merlot Melbec
Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand
G 10  ~  B 40

Bubbles

Dunnes and Green
Australia
200ml 12  ~  750ml 45

Lindauer Pinot Gris & Brut
200ml 10

Chevalier Brut
750ml 40

Ripe Coffee

Black
3.5

Small w Milk
4

Medium
4.5

Large
5

Hot Chocolate

Medium
4

Large
5

Fine and Dandy Tea

Fairtrade Organic Loose Leaf Tea

Earl Grey

English Breakfast

Green

Green Tea w Rose Petals

Pepper Mint

Lemongrass, Ginger and Kawakawa

Pot 4.5