Curators House

Enjoy delicious Spanish cuisine in the beautiful Christchurch Botanic Gardens or fireside in one of our charming dining rooms.

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Phone / Email

(03) 379-2252

info@curatorshouse.co.nz

Location

7 Rolleston Avenue, Botanic Gardens, Christchurch, NZ

Hours

Brunch

Saturdays & Sundays

9.00am - 11.30am

Lunch

Monday to Thursday

11:30am - 2:30pm

Friday to Sunday

11:30am - 3:00pm

(Tapas menu only available between 3.00 pm and 5.00 pm from Friday to Sunday)

Dinner

Monday to Saturday

From 5:00pm till 8.30pm

Closed on Sunday evenings

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Tapas Salads Mains Arroz - Rice Dish Desserts To Finish Digestifs Coffee & Tea Specials

Tapas

These little tastes of Spanish gastronomy are to share between friends, enjoy at any time & any occasion traditionally accompanied by a good wine or beer. Ideal to enjoy before your main course arrives.

$14.00

Aceitunas (GF DF V VV)

Marinated Spanish olives

$14.00

$7.00

Almendras fritas (GF DF V VV)

Deliciously moreish almonds with hints of garlic & pimenton

$7.00

$15.00

Pan con tomate & Jamon (DF) (GF on req)

Toasted sourdough with crush tomatoes & extra virgin olive oil drizzle & slice Spanish ham

$15.00

$(4 pieces)

Alcachofas Marinadas (GF DF V VV)

Artichokes hearts, marinated in fennel, garlic & lemon

$(4 pieces)

$12.00

$19.00

Fresh Chorizo a la parrilla (DF/GF)

Our own award winning Chorizo Garcia sliced & grilled in cider

$19.00

$17.00

Meatballs (GF)

Catalan style pork & beef meatballs roasted in a spiced tomato sauce

$17.00

$23.00

Gambas al ajillo (GF on request) (DF) (GF)

Banana prawns with garlic & olive oil, hint of chili

$23.00

$19.00

Calamares a la Andaluza (DF/GF)

Firm fleshed cold water calamari tentacle morsels dusted in pimenton, flash fried with alioli

$19.00

Croquetas de Setas y Parmesano

Mushroom & Parmesan cheese croquettes

$19.00

$14.50

Patatas Bravas (DF/GF)

Hand cut agria wedges with oven spicy roasted capsicum tomato dressing & alioli

$14.50

$22.00

Baked Fresh Goats Cheese (GF On request V)

Lemon oil, rosemary & crostini

$22.00

$26.50

Pato curado (GF DF)

Cured duck breast, atop a confit fennel & grapefruit salad

$26.50

One Cheese $19.00

Cheese Board

Served with seasonal garden chutney, crackers & treats

One Cheese $19.00

$32.00

Two Cheeses

$32.00

$40.00

Three cheeses

$40.00

Chorizo, calamares, mushroom Croquetas, beetroot & feta salad

Tapas Tasting Selection

A small taste of our favorited tapas, ideal for two to share as an entrée or add a few more tapas for a meal.

Chorizo, calamares, mushroom Croquetas, beetroot & feta salad

$36.00

Salads

Small $12.50 Large $18.00

Garden Salad (DF V VV)

Leafy greens with beetroot & seasonal treasures from our garden

Small $12.50 Large $18.00

$10.00 (GF DF)

Add Spanish cured slice jamon for

$10.00 (GF DF)

Mains

$75.00

Cordero Asado – Slow Roasted Lamb Shoulder for two (DF/GF)

Slow roasted Canterbury lamb shoulder served with freshly picked rosemary, red wine reduction & duck fat roasted potatoes

$75.00

$45.00

Suquet (GF DF)

Fish & prawns stew with sliced potatoes in a tomato based fish broth

$45.00

$39.00

Angus Flat-Iron Beef Steak 200g

Served to you liking with calendula butter, fries & salad (GF) (DF on request)

$39.00

$37.00

Pork Belly (GF)

Confit rolled pork belly, with a rich creamy sauce & fennel salad

$37.00

$26.00

Ensalada de melon (GF V) (DF on request) (VV on request)

Refreshing salad with melon, chervil, feta & olives

$26.00

$10.00 (GF DF)

Add Spanish cured slice jamon for

$10.00 (GF DF)

$82.00

Pato con Peras (GF DF)

Duck legs & wings stew to share. Slow cooked in a tomato based broth, with seasonal pears

$82.00

$75.00

Costilas de Venado (GF) (DF on request)

Canterbury free farmed venison ribs to share. Slow braised with warming aromatic spices with a beetroot & horseradish creme fraiche & an orange glaze

$75.00

Arroz - Rice Dish

Cooked & served in paella pan – allow minimum 30 minutes cooking time

$47.50pp (minimum order 2 people $95.00)

Paella de Marisco for two – House Speciality (L/GF)

Seafood including wild Australian banana prawn, clams, mussels & calamari cooked with, tomatoes, vegetables, saffron & calasparra rice

$47.50pp (minimum order 2 people $95.00)

$35.00

Vegetarian Paella (DF/GF/V)(vegan on rquest)

With seasonal vegetables

$35.00

Sauces

Pedro Ximenez – sherry & truffle reduction

$4.00

$3.00

Homemade Alli oli

$3.00

Sides

$12.50

Curator's Fries hand cut agria with tomato sauce (L/GF)

$12.50

$14.00

Duck fat Potatoes (GF/LF)

$14.00

$12.50

Fresh Garden Side Salad (GF/LF)

$12.50

Seasonal Vegetables (GF/LF)

$12.50

$2.00

Bread slice

$2.00

Desserts

$14.00

Affogato (GF on request)

Vanilla bean ice cream served with a shot of espresso

$14.00

$17.00

Tarta de Santiago – Almond Tarte (GF) (LF on request)

The famous Spanish Almond tarte from the Pilgrim's town of Santiago de Compostela dusted in icing sugar, with chocolate ice-cream

$17.00

Crema Catalana (GF on request)

Our house speciality. Reduce custard w hints of orange and lemon citrus, vanilla & cinnamon, topped with caramelised sugar & berry compot

$17.00

Chocolate Mousse (GF DF V VV)

Served with a raspberry & pistachio crumble & syrop-soaked apricots

$17.00

One Cheese $19.00

Cheese Board

Served with seasonal garden chutney, crackers & treats

One Cheese $19.00

$32.00

Two Cheeses

$32.00

$40.00

Three cheeses

$40.00

To Finish

$12.00

Gonzalez Byass Nectar PX Dulce Sherry

$12.00

Grant Burge 10 year Port

$12.00

Digestifs

$14.00

Spanish Lepanto Gran Reserva Brandy

$14.00

$19.00

Delamain Grande Champagne Cognac

$19.00

$13.00

Jameson Irish Whisky

$13.00

$15.00

Talisker Scotch Whisky

$15.00

$14

Johnny Walker Black Label

$14

$15.00

The Dalmore 12 year old single malt

$15.00

$12.00

Amaretto – Grand Marnier – Drambuie – Tia Maria

Baileys – Cointreau- Kahlua –

$12.00

Coffee & Tea

$18.00

Irish Coffee

A shot of Jamesons & thickened cream

$18.00

$6.00

Short black – Long black - Americano

$6.00

$7.00

Flat white – Latte – Cappuccino

$7.00

Mochaccino – Chai Latte – Hot Chocolate

$7.00

$0.50

Oat – decaf – large – extra milk

$0.50

$1.50

Fluffy

$1.50

$6.50

English Breakfast

$6.50

Earl Grey

$6.50

Mint & Fennel

$6.50

Chamomile

$6.50

Jasmine Green

$6.50

Organic Passion Plum

$6.50

Specials

(GF) = Gluten Free / (LF) = Lactose Free

(Veg) = Vegetarian / (Vegan) = Vegan

PRICES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE

A la carte menu

Sangria Cocktails Spanish Sherries Spanish Gin Cava, Methode Traditionelle & Champagne Whites Aromatics Rosés Reds Beer To Finish Digestifs Liqueur Coffee Non-Alcoholic

Sangria

Chilled Spanish wine fruit punch

$15.00 / $28.00

Traditional Red Sangria

$15.00 / $28.00

$16.00 / $29.00

Champagne Sangria

$16.00 / $29.00

$12.00

Non - Alcoholic Sangria (Singria)

$12.00

Cocktails

$18.00

Aperol Spritz

Aperol, prosecco & a splash of soda

$18.00

Pimm's Cup

Pimm's, ginger ale , lemonade & fresh fruit

$18.00

Hugo

Larios Dry Gin, prosecco, house made elderflower, fresh mint & soda

$18.00

$12.00

Mocktail

Elderflower syrup, fresh mint & soda

$12.00

Spanish Sherries

$12.00

Dry Sherry

Light & dry, apple, lemon, dried flowers, a touch of sea breeze and iodine

$12.00

Pedro Ximenez Dulce Sherry

Raisin and fig aromas. Feels rich with chocolate and cinnamon spice flavors.

$12.00

Spanish Gin

$14.00

Larios London Dry Gin

Reminisce about sun kissed beaches, warm breezes, evocative sunsets

$14.00

$15.00

Larios Rose Pink Gin

Intense strawberry aromas with soft fresh strawberry flavours

$15.00

Larios 12 Botanicals Blue Gin

Complex botanicals with a hint of sweet orange blossom

$15.00

$17.00

Hendrix Gin, Scotland

Succulent botanicals including juniper, coriander and citrus peel.

$17.00

Cava, Methode Traditionelle & Champagne

$14.50 /

Dibon Cava Brut Selection, Penedes, Spain

$14.50 /

58.00

$15.00 / $62.00

Vilarnau Cava Reserva, Spain, NV (organic)

$15.00 / $62.00

$85.00

Nautilus Estate Cuve, Malborough Brut

$85.00

$77.00

Terrace Edge Pet Nat,2025

$77.00

$155.00

Taittinger Cuvee Prestige, France, NV

$155.00

$169.00

Bollinger Special Cuvee Brut, France, NV

$169.00

Spanish Whites

$16.00 / $24.50 / $68.00

Alba Martin Albarino, Rias Baixas, 2022

$16.00 / $24.50 / $68.00

$14.50 / $21.00 / $60

Nivarius Palacios Vinos de Finca Tempranillo Blanco, Rioja, Spain, 2024

$14.50 / $21.00 / $60

$15.59 / $23.50 / $66

Telmo Rodriguez Basa Verdejo Viura, Rueda, Spain, 2024

$15.59 / $23.50 / $66

$16 / $24.50 / $68

Terrace Edge Albarino, Waipara, 2025

$16 / $24.50 / $68

$12.50 / $16 / $42

Casa Garcia Vinho Verde, Portugal, NV, 9.5% alcohol

$12.50 / $16 / $42

Sauvignon Blanc

Nautilus Estate Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough, 2025

$14.00 / $18.00 / $50.00

$13.00 / $17.50 / $47.00

Framingham Sauvgnon Blanc, Marlborough, 2025

$13.00 / $17.50 / $47.00

$15.5 / $23.5 / $66

Pegasus Bay Sauvignon Blanc, Waipara, 2025

$15.5 / $23.5 / $66

Chardonnay

Main Divide Chardonnay, Waipara, 2025

$13.00 / $17.5 / $48.00

$18.50 / $28.00 / $80.00

Cable Bay Pinot Chardonnay, Waiheke Island, 2022

$18.50 / $28.00 / $80.00

$18.00 / $27.00 / $78.00

Smith & Seth CRU Heretanga Chardonnay, waipara 2023

$18.00 / $27.00 / $78.00

Aromatics

$14.50 / $21.00 / $62.00

Mount Beautiful Riesling, Waipara, 2019

$14.50 / $21.00 / $62.00

$13.00 / $17.00 / $44.00

Summerhouse Pinot Gris, Marlborough, 2024

$13.00 / $17.00 / $44.00

$14 / $18.50 / $54

Terrace Edge Liquid Geography Riesling, North Canterbury. 2025

$14 / $18.50 / $54

$21.00 / $32.00 / $89.00

Pegaus Bay Aria Late picked Riesling, Waipara 2025

$21.00 / $32.00 / $89.00

Rosés

$12.50 / $16.50 / $44.00

Finca Constancia Altozano Tempranillo Shyrah Rosado, Castilla la Mancha, 2024

$12.50 / $16.50 / $44.00

$14.00 / $19.50 / $57.00

Main Divide Rose, Waipara, 2025

$14.00 / $19.50 / $57.00

$14.50 / $20.50 / $59

Cable Bay Pinot Rose, Awatere Valley 2025

$14.50 / $20.50 / $59

Spanish Reds

$18.50 / $28.00 / $80.00

Bodegas Ego 'El Goru' Mad Hairy Fella, Jumilla,2023

$18.50 / $28.00 / $80.00

$14.00 / $19.50 / $57.00

Bideona Tempranillo de las Laderas DOC, Rioja, 2022

$14.00 / $19.50 / $57.00

$16.50 / $25.00 / $73.00

Telmo Rodriguez Dehesa Gago, Toro, 2022

$16.50 / $25.00 / $73.00

$121

Beronia Reserva, Rioja, 2019

$121

Pinot Noir

$14.00 / $19.50 / $55.00

Opawa Pinot Noir, Marlborough, 2022

$14.00 / $19.50 / $55.00

$16.00 / $24.00 / $69.00

Mt Beautiful Estate, North Canterbury,2020

$16.00 / $24.00 / $69.00

$20.00 / $30.00 / $89.00

Picnic Two Paddocks, Central Otago,2024

$20.00 / $30.00 / $89.00

$71.00

Fromm Pinot Naturel, Marlborough, 2023

Served chilled

$71.00

$135.00

Felton Road Bannockburn Pinot Noir, Central Otago, 2024

$135.00

Cabernets, Merlots, Syrah & Shiraz

$18.50 / $28.00 / $79.00

Black Barn Merlot Cabernet, Hawkes Bay, 2023

$18.50 / $28.00 / $79.00

$21 / $31 / $82

Torbreck Woodcutters Shiraz, Barossa, 2024

$21 / $31 / $82

$79.00

Craggy Range Hawkes Bay Syrah, 2023

$79.00

$19.50 / $28.50 / $79.00

Pegasus Bay Merlot Cabernet, Waipara, 2023

$19.50 / $28.50 / $79.00

$135.00

Pegasus Bay Reserved maestro, Waiapara, 2020

$135.00

Tap Beer

$12.00 / $14.00

Three Boys Hikari Lager

330ml/400ml

$12.00 / $14.00

$12.50 / $14.50

Three Boys Easy Juice hazy

$12.50 / $14.50

Bottled Beer 330ml

Corona – Speights

$12

$11.00

Heinekin 0%

$11.00

$13

Three Boys Craft Bottle Beer

Lager/Pils/IPA 330 ml

$13

$12.00

Garage Proyect tiny Hazy IPA can 0.5%

$12.00

$11.00

Heineken 0.0

$11.00

Cider

$13

Three Boys Cider

330ml 4.5%

$13

To Finish

$13.00 / $63.00

Perrin Muscat Beaumes de Venise, France, 2019

Intense notes of muscat & mine with a rich sweet exotic honey palate

$13.00 / $63.00

$13.00

Gonzalez Byass Nectar PX Dulce Sherry

$13.00

Grant Burge Port Tawny 10 years

$13.00

Digestifs

$14.00

Spanish Lepanto Gran Reserva Brandy

$14.00

$19.00

Delamain Grande Champange

$19.00

$12.00

Jameson Irish Whisky

$12.00

$15.00

Johnny Walker Black Label

$15.00

$18.00

Talisker 10 old single malt

$18.00

$19.00

The Dalmore 12 year old single malt

$19.00

$12.00

Amaretto – Grand Marnier – Drambuie –Baileys – Cointreau- Kahlua – Tia Maria

$12.00

Liqueur Coffee

$18.00

Irish - Jamesons & thickened cream

$18.00

Non-Alcoholic

$7.00

Orange – Pineapple – Cranberry – Apple – Tomato Juice

$7.00

$6.50

Coca cola – Lemonade – Ginger ale – Diet Coke – Tonic – Soda

$6.50

$7.00

Ginger beer – Lemon lime & bitters

$7.00

$8.50

Kombucha Three Boys Apricot

Kombucha Three Boys Hoppy

$8.50

$7 / $12.00

Mineral Water

Still or Sparkling

$7 / $12.00

Coffee

$6.00

Short black – Long black - Americano

$6.00

$7.00

Flat white – Latte – Cappuccino

$7.00

Mochaccino – Chai Latte – Hot Chocolate

$7.00

$0.50

Soy – Oat – Vanilla Syrup - decaf – large – extra milk

$0.50

$1.50

Fluffy

$1.50

$8.00

Ice Coffee or Chocolate

$8.00

Tea

$6.50

English Breakfast

$6.50

Earl Grey

$6.50

Chamomile

$6.50

Jasmine Green

$6.50

Organic Passion Plum

$6.50

Garden teas

$6.50

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Find Us

7 Rolleston Avenue, Botanic Gardens, CHCH, NZ

Please note that we allow 1.5 hours for lunches and 2 hours for dinner, to book longer please let us know