Jimmy's Smokehouse brings a meat-forward restaurant menu to Oxford Terrace, with reservations and daily service running from lunch into the evening. The central Christchurch position makes it a practical stop before a night in the city, but the cooking encourages diners to stay rather than treat it as a quick counter meal. Smoke, grill heat and barbecue sauces shape the food, and the menu is organised for several appetites: individual mains, smaller dishes, lunch plates, large combinations and boards for two all sit alongside one another.
Slow-smoked pork is the clearest signature. Spare ribs come with a choice of house barbecue or spicy barbecue sauce, while pork belly is paired with creamy romesco. Barbecue chicken joins thigh and wings with ranch, and steak eaters can choose sirloin or eye fillet with beef jus. The range is not confined to the paddock: smoked salmon carries chimichurri, and grilled prawn cutlets bring salsa and herb mayonnaise. Main plates arrive with fresh slaw, garlic bread and a side, giving each protein a complete smokehouse frame.
Sharing formats reveal the kitchen's sense of abundance. The Hog Plate gathers wings, ribs and pork belly, while the Paddock Plate swaps in sirloin beside belly and wings. Larger two-person boards range across steak, ribs, pork belly, sausages and croquettes; the surf-and-turf version adds prawns, mussels and squid. Smaller appetites can start with pulled-pork or smoked-salmon croquettes, chicken sausages, crispy chicken and potato salad. These overlapping formats let a table either compare several preparations or settle into one carefully chosen cut.
Lunch pares the idea back to burgers, steak and pork belly without abandoning the house's smoky personality. A beef fillet-patty burger carries house bacon, cheese and pickles, while the smoked-chicken burger uses ranch and aioli. Children have their own sausage or crispy-chicken meals, and takeaway is available throughout the menus, useful when a full board at the table is not the plan. Jimmy's works best for diners who enjoy barbecue flavour but still want seafood, salads and smaller plates to break up the richer meat dishes.
Address: 95 Oxford Terrace, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand
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