Dine out at Black Dog, Dunedin’s iconic cafe, bar and restaurant. A wide selection of food and drinks, and a great central-city location.

Breakfast and Lunch Menu

Starters

Soup of the Day
$12.5
 
Please ask wait staff for today's option. Served with toasted ciabatta bread.
Sliced Pork
$13.9
 
Sliced pork belly served with homemade barbecue sauce
Onion Rings (V)
$9.9
 
Batter-fried onion rings served with sweet chilli sauce
Garlic Bread (V)
$9.9
 
Delicious homemade bread with butter and fresh garlic
Crumbed Mushrooms (V)
$9.9
 
Mushrooms stuffed with cream cheese and sweet chilli, crumbed and then deep fried
Crumbed Camembert (V)
$11.9
 
Wedges of locally made camembert, deep fried and served with spicy apricot sauce
Calamari Rings (DF)
$11.9
 
Crumbed calamari rings with tartare sauce
Garlic Prawns (GF)
$14.5
 
Prawns pan-fried in garlic butter
SIDES
 
Fries* with Aioli
$8.0
 
Avocado
$4.0
 
Smoked Salmon
$10.0
 
Green Salad
$4.0
 

Mains

Chefs Special
$32-36
 
Please ask the wait staff for today’s option
Seafood Chowder
$22.5
 
A delicious creamy combination of fresh seafood (prawns, scallops, fish), Served with toasted ciabatta bread
Ham Steak (GF, DF)
$28.9
 
250g grilled ham steak with spicy apricot sauce and topped with a fried egg, Served with salad and fries.
Pan Fried Salmon
$32.9
 
200g NZ salmon fillet on a green pea mash and other accompaniments
Blue Cod (DF)
$32.9
 
200g of fresh blue cod (beer battered or pan-fried). Served with salad a fried egg and fries
Chicken Filo
$29.9
 
Chicken fillets with camembert cheese, cranberry, pistachio nuts, bacon and oven-baked in a filo pastry. Served with salad.
Beef Schnitzel
36.9
 
Premium 200 gms Silver Fern ribeye steak, crumbed, fried and topped with a creamy mushroom sauce. Served with vegetables and fries
Garlic Ribeye (GF)
$33.9
 
250g premium Silver Fern ribeye grilled to your liking and served with homemade garlic brandy butter. Served with buttered vegetables and fries
Pepper Steak (GF)
$34.9
 
250g premium Silver Fern ribeye grilled to your liking and served with a brandy and peppercorn sauce. Served with buttered vegetables and fries
Mushroom Steak (GF)
$35.9
 
250g premium Silver Fern ribeye grilled to your liking and served with a creamy mushroom sauce. Served with vegetables and fries

Light

Lasagne
$24.9
 
Traditional beef lasagne served with salad and fries
Pasta of the Day
$22.9
 
Please ask the wait staff for today’s option. Mushroom carbonara with spaghetti, ham, bacon and parmesan cheese.
Corn Fritters (V, DF)
$22.9
 
Served with mushrooms, avocado and a green salad

Salads

Avocado and Chicken Salad (GF, DF)
$20.9
 
Chicken, avocado, cherry tomatoes and salad greens tossed in a light lemon and olive oil dressing. * Price may change depending on seasonal availability
Caesar Salad
$19.9
 
Chicken, bacon, croutons, salad greens in our special caesar dressing, topped with poached egg and shaved parmesan
Thai Beef Salad
$19.9
 
Warm beef ribeye strips with cherry tomatoes, red onion, crispy noodles and salad greens in a mild Thai dressing

Mains

Black Dog Burger
$20.9
 
Homemade beef patty, lettuce, carrot, cheese, tomato relish and caramelised onions. Served with fries and aioli.
Chicken Burger
$20.9
 
Crumbed Chicken fillet, with lettuce, tomato, cheese sauce and cranberry jelly. Served with fries and aioli.
Veggie Burger (V)
$17.9
 
Homemade corn fritters, mushrooms, lettuce, carrot, cheese, tomato relish and caramelised onions. Served with fries and aioli
Vegan Burger (V)(GF)(DF)
$18.9
 
Potato and rosemary patty, mushrooms, lettuce, tomato relish and caramelised onions. Served on gluten-free bread with fries*

Cakes

10" cakes - serves approximately 12-14
 
Basque Cheesecake
60
 
A crustless cheesecake with a caramelised, nearly burnt exterior and creamy, custard-like interior. Flavours on request- passion fruit, blueberry, mixed berries
Black Forest Cake
60
 
A layer cake made out of chocolate, cherries, and whipped cream, with dark chocolate.
Ferrero Rocher Cake
70
 
A fluffy, moist chocolate cake, layered with a hazelnut praline chocolate ganache and Nutella buttercream.
Pistachio Kunafa Cake
70
 
A moist, white chocolate cake frosted with a smooth pistachio buttercream, finished with toasted, golden kunafa pastry.
Pistachio Raspberry Cake
60
 
Layers of pistachio cake, with homemade raspberry jam and pistachio ganache filling, topped with pistachio buttercream.
Russian Honey Cake
60
 
This Medovik cake is layers of honey goodness with creamy filling in between and adorned with caramel flames.
Ube Cakes
60
 
A light and airy ube chiffon layered with silky white chocolate ganache infused with rich ube paste. Finished with a delicate layer of glossy ube jelly.
Tarts
Chocolate Tart
10
 
A crisp butter tart shell layered with rich almond cream and baked to perfection, then topped with a silky dark chocolate ganache.
Lemon Tart
10
 
Delicate sweet pastry filled with tangy, velvety lemon curd and finished with a swirl of toasted Italian meringue.
Gluten Free option
5
 
Order Online Customer order

Online orders must be placed before 2.00 pm the day before.

Birthday Club

Kids Menu

I am available (available during AM only)
$10.00
 
Pancake with berry compote or banana
I don’t know
$12.50
 
Crumbed chicken tenders & chips
I don’t care
$12.50
 
Crumbed strips of fish & chips
I am not hungry
$12.50
 
Meat balls with bolognese sauce
I don’t want that
$12.50
 
Battered mini sausages & chips
I want this
$5.0
 
Choice of chocolate, vanilla, strawberry ice cream

Beers

  • Heineken
  • Emerson's 1812 IPA
  • Emerson's Pilsner
  • Steinlager Classic
  • Steinlager Pure
CRAFT BEERS
  • Come and try one of our guest craft beers

Smoothies

Mixed Berry.
$9.5
Tropical Revive
$9.5
Mango Smoothie
$9.5

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