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Christmas Menu
We are very pleased to be able to offer our guests two delicious Christmas menus for Christmas parties. Lunchtime bookings are available Wednesday to Friday. Evening bookings are available Wednesday to Sunday from 7.30pm and include exclusive use of the café. Call now to avoid disappointment!
Christmas Set Menu
$49.50 pp
Available for lunch or dinner for groups of 8 or more
On Arrival
Served at your table to share
Breads & Dips (v)
A selection of freshly baked gourmet breads accompanied with
seasonal dips
Canapés
A bite sized taster selection for you to enjoy. Please choose 3 from the following:
Pork & Prawn Rice Paper Rolls
Mushroom Risotto
Caprese Bites- tomato, mozzarella and basil
Pear, Blue Cheese and Rocket Stacks
Smoked Salmon and Crème Fraiche Blinis
Thai Chicken Sliders
Lamb Kofte with Raita
Mini Steak Sandwich
Mains
All guests will enjoy one of three prime meats cooked to perfection served with condiments & sides to share. Please advise which meat your party desires.
Prime New Zealand Roast Beef
slowly cooked to medium
Tender Roasted Lemon Chicken
with sage & onion stuffing
Rubbed Pulled Pork
slowly cooked for at least 8 hours
Served at your table to share:
Thyme & Garlic Roasted Potatoes
Seasonal Buttered Vegetables
Tossed Green Garden Salad with a house made Balsamic & Olive Oil Vinaigrette
Hot Pot of Rich Jus
Dessert
Individual plated dessert for you to enjoy
House Made Salted Caramel Chocolate Tart
with clotted cream
All set menus are subject to seasonal change & product availability.
At least 48 hours minimum notice for individual diet requirements is necessary.
Children’s options available on request.
Christmas Platter Menu
$47.50 pp
Available for lunch or dinner for groups of 12 or more
On Arrival
Breads & Dips (v)
A selection of freshly baked gourmet breads accompanied with
seasonal dips
Main Mezze Platters
From the Butcher
Chorizo bites
Pulled pork
Pastrami
Salami
Prosciutto
- garnished with chutneys and salads
From the Sea
Salt & Pepper Squid
House crumbed fish bites
Hot smoked Salmon
Smoked mussels
Smoked warehou
- garnished with lemon, tartare and paprika aioli
From the Dairy
Grilled Halloumi
Breadcrumbed camembert
Wagapeka Cheese selection
- served with crackers
Salads
Apple slaw salad
Baby potato salad
Tabbouleh
Dessert
A bite sized taster selection for you to enjoy. Please choose 3 from the following:
Mini berry Pavlovas
Brownie Bites
Chocolate Mousse Cups
Lemon Possets
Key lime tarts
Eton Mess
Tiramisu
All set menus are subject to seasonal change & product availability.
At least 48 hours minimum notice for individual diet requirements is necessary.
Children’s options available on request.
Thank You For Your Enquiry
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History
A historic place for local Maori, Cable Bay has also featured highly in early European history of the area, being the site of the terminus of the trans-Tasman telegraph cable which came ashore here in the early part of the 20th century.
The Cable Bay Café premises was built as tearooms in the 1920s by the Wiffen Family for weekend visitors from Nelson, after the closure of the trans-Tasman Cable Station at the bay.
The couple, Ernest (nick-named Dandy) Wiffen and Violet Powell-Wiffen, were mostly self-sufficient, keeping cows and hens and also growing strawberries to serve with cream in the tearooms. There was no electricity in those days and the menu was limited. The milk and cream were kept cool during hot weather in a screened safe under the macrocarpa trees outside. Mrs Wiffen served teas with homemade lemonade and sandwiches, and pikelets and scones baked in a woodstove.
Now it is the site of one of Nelson’s best little cafes.
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About Us
The Cable Bay Café overlooks the Cable Bay estuary and Pepin Island, 20 minutes drive north of Nelson.
There is seating for up to 20 people inside the café but a further 60-70 can be seated outside on the terrace, the road frontage and in the garden.
Our car park is on the same level as the café, with a designated disabled space, so the café is easily accessible for guests with wheelchairs or walking frames. We also have a disabled toilet.
For our younger guests, we have a sandpit, kids picnic bench and toy box, and for our very small guests we have highchair and changing facilities. We also have a children’s menu to fill hungry tummies coming off of the beach.
Our menu will again be updated for the up coming 2017/18 season but will of course include our fish and chips and the success stories of 2016/17. We always have a fantastic selection of cakes, muffins, scones and biscuits on offer, which are all baked on the premises. We also cater for our vegetarian and gluten-free guests, ensuring there are always menu and cake options available.
For the new season we have again teamed up with Brightwater Vineyards and we have added Steinlager to our offering of local beer. As a summer special we will be introducing pitchers of Pimms to help you enjoy the afternoons and will be looking at other ways to add to the Cable Bay experience.
Our coffee is roasted by Sublime Coffee and really is sublime!