Ostro’s City Terrace Bar Releases Healthy Lunch Menu

City Terrace Bar, the more relaxed side of chef Josh Emett's downtown restaurant, Ostro, has reworked their new menu into an all-day affair of healthy options for the busy lifestyle, including chopped salads, sandwiches and three delicious fruit sodas.

Chopped salads, inspired by Emmet’s several journeys to the US, come in a range of four options including Niçoise and beetroot - with the option of taking the meal to a whole other level with the finishing touch of Akaroa Salmon, Tiger Prawns or Free Range Chicken for an extra $6.

Sandwiches, some not too dissimilar to a southern American Po-Boy, come in a variety of flavours and bread types, including: aged sirloin on stecca bread, battered gurnard on brioche roll, poached chicken on white and roast pork on Turkish bread, accompanied with a small side of fries and house ketchup ($20).

Starters include lamb cutlets with harissa, honey, mint, cucumber and yoghurt at $22 for four pieces, oysters – either natural or in tempura batter at $30 for six pieces, Empanadas with pockets of either beef short rib or pork belly ($12), Padron peppers sprinked with Marlborough sea salt ($9), and more.

Homemade non-alcoholic sodas designed by drink fanatics Paul Franich and Cam Timmins are low in sugar and use seasonal ingredients. They come in the interesting and refreshing combinations of beetroot, cherry and orange, passionfruit and apple, and poached peach with lemon at $6 a pop.

Three platters are also available including a bigger charcuterie meat platter (26), a seafood platter with mussels, prawns and fish mousse ($38) and a cheese platter ($22). Those wanting finish with something sweet have the choice of three desserts – brandy snaps, cinnamon doughnuts and daily petit fours ($9).

Offering quicker, less extravagant choices than its harbourside sibling, City Terrace will no doubt be a popular option with neighbouring businesses. The menu runs from 12 to 4 Monday to Friday and would lead well into an afternoon drinking session on the building's all weather balcony which overlooks Tyler St and the Britomart precinct.

View the full menu.