Jolly Seafood Restaurant's Wigram dining room sits between Wigram and Halswell, with off-street parking and table bookings available for an organised meal. Seafood gives the venue its name, while the broad Chinese menu is designed for shared tables, yum cha selections and substantial cooked dishes. The Unit 1 premises also offers lunch and dinner choices through delivery, making the same kitchen accessible beyond a booked table.

Dumplings and steamed bites are a strong place to begin. The selection includes siu mai and classic shrimp dumplings, alongside less familiar combinations such as cuttlefish-and-shrimp dumplings served in soup and coriander shrimp dumplings. Charcoal buns conceal a rich salted egg yolk cream, while baked and deep-fried items create contrast around the softer steamed pieces. Ordering several baskets lets a table move between delicate wrappers, savoury fillings and the sweeter finish of a custard-like bun.

Seafood receives a notably wide range of treatments. Whole blue cod can be steamed or deep fried, while fillets appear with sweet-and-sour, lemon, corn, soy, ginger and spring onion, or salt-and-pepper seasoning. Scallops, squid and prawns move through XO sauce, black bean, garlic, seasonal vegetables and Sichuan flavours; oysters can be steamed with garlic and glass noodles. Gluten-free options are identified across several fish, scallop, squid and prawn dishes, which helps diners navigate the breadth of the menu.

Seafood is only one route through a shared order. Roast duck and barbecue pork sit beside beef brisket with radish, crisp tofu with Thai sauce or spicy salt, and vegetables such as lotus root or pumpkin coated in salted egg yolk. Noodles and rice include black-pepper beef udon, seafood udon and salmon fried rice, while congee, baked dishes and desserts broaden the meal further. That variety makes Jolly suited to the communal style of choosing several dishes and passing them around the table.

Address: Unit 1, 187 Wigram Road, Halswell, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand

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Jolly Seafood Restaurant Menu Menu updated on 18 Sep 2026

Entrees

Deep fried oysters (6 pieces)

$18

Deep fried chicken wings (4 pieces)

$12

Deep fried wontons (1/2 dozen)

$12

Steamed Siu Mai (4 pieces)

$12

Deep fried spring rolls (4 pieces)

$12

OR Deep fried vegetable rolls (10 pieces)

Pan fried dumplings (1/2 dozen)

$12

Deep fried scallops (1/2 dozen)

$18

Deep fried prawn twisters (5 pieces)

$12

Deep fried squid

$12

Deep fried prawn cutlets (6 pieces)

$12

Assorted deep fried (chicken wings x2, wonton, spring roll)

$12

Prawn Crackers

Pickled duck wings & feet (cold dish)

Jelly fish in hot & spicy sauce (cold dish)

$28

Wonton Soup (pork)

small $10 / medium $25 / large $35

Chicken Cream Corn Soup

small $10 / medium $25 / large $35

Hot & Sour Soup (prawns, pork, tofu, black fungus, bamboo shoot)

small $12 / medium $25 / large $35

Mixed Seafood Soup

small $12 / medium $35 / large $45

Chicken & Fish Maw Soup

small $18 / medium $48 / large $58

Duck meat soup

small $10 / medium $28 / large $38

Lobster soup

small $18 / medium $45 / large $55

Seafood – Fish

Steamed fish – Blue Cod (whole)

Price: P.O.A.

Deep fried fish – Blue Cod (whole)

Price: P.O.A.

Sweet & sour fish – Blue Cod (whole)

Price: P.O.A.

Sweet & sour fish

$35

Lemon fish

$35

Fish with vegetables

$35

Gluten Free Option Available

Fish with corn sauce

$35

Salt & pepper fish

$35

Fish in soy sauce

$35

Fish with ginger and spring onion

$35

Gluten Free Option Available

Hot chillies boiled fish fillet

$42

Seafood – Scallop / Squid

Seafood Nest

$48

Gluten Free Option Available

Scallop with XO sauce

$40

Gluten Free Option Available

Scallop with ginger & spring onion

$40

Gluten Free Option Available

Scallop with black bean sauce

$40

Salt & pepper squid

$35

Gluten Free Option Available

Squid with XO sauce

$35

Gluten Free Option Available

Squid with vegetables

$35

Gluten Free Option Available

Whole squid with garlic and chillies

$35

Seafood – Prawn & Other

Prawn in salt & pepper

$40

Garlic prawns

$40

Option with shell or without shell.

Prawn & vegetables in XO sauce

$40

Gluten Free Option Available

Prawn with ginger & spring onions

$40

Gluten Free Option Available

Prawn with season vegetables

$40

Gluten Free Option Available

Prawn with cashew nuts

$42

Gluten Free Option Available

Si Chuan prawns

$40

Golden prawns

$45

Satay prawns

$40

Gluten Free Option Available

Curry prawns

$40

Gluten Free Option Available

Prawn with tomato sauce

$40

Gluten Free Option Available

Honey prawn

$40

Prawn in maggi sauce

$40

Prawn hot pot (with shell)

$40

Steamed shrimps with garlic on glass noodle

$40

Gluten Free Option Available

Steamed oysters with garlic and glass noodle

Hot Pot

126. Chicken in Three Cups Sauce in Hot Pot (bones in)

$30

127. Special chicken Hot Pot

$30

128. Chinese style chicken Hot Pot

$30

129. Chicken & taro Hot Pot

$35

Gluten Free Option Available

130. Chicken with salted fish tofu Hot Pot

$30

131. Seafood tofu Hot Pot

$38

132. Roast pork & tofu Hot Pot

$30

133. Beef brisket & radish Hot Pot

$30

134. Eight Treasures Tofu Hot Pot

$30

135. Fish & Tofu Hot Pot

$32

136. Curry prawn with glass noodle Hot Pot

$40

137. Fish Maw & sea cucumber Hot Pot

$138

138. Sea cucumber & duck feet Hot Pot

$98

139. Roast pork & lotus root Hot Pot

$32

140. Pork belly & taro Hot Pot

$38

142. Beef brisket & dried tofu Hot Pot

$30

143. Beef brisket & lotus root Hot Pot

$32

144. Beef with glass noodle Hot Pot

$30

145. Beef with glass noodle and XO sauce in Hot Pot

$30

146. Prawns with glass noodle and Sacha sauce in Hot Pot

$40

147. Prawns with glass noodle and XO sauce in Hot Pot

$40

Chicken

50. Gangnan-style chicken 2 ways

$98

Shredded chicken salt baked – OR – Steamed chicken with chinese sausage & mushroom

51. Steamed free-range chicken

$68

52. Deep fried crispy skin chicken – Whole (bones in)

$38

Gluten Free Option Available

53. Chicken with ginger & spring onion – Whole (bones in)

$38

55. Lemon Chicken

$30

56. Honey chicken

$30

57. Curry chicken

$30

Gluten Free Option Available

58. Satay chicken

$30

Gluten Free Option Available

59. Black pepper chicken

$30

Gluten Free Option Available

60. Chicken with pineapple

$30

Gluten Free Option Available

61. Chicken with cashew nuts

$35

Gluten Free Option Available

62. Chicken with teriyaki sauce

$30

63. Chicken with chilli

$30

Gluten Free Option Available

64. Chicken with salt & pepper

$30

65. Spicy chicken

$38

Beef

103. Black pepper eye fillet beef

$38

Gluten Free Option Available

104. Pan fried Japanese style eye fillet beef

$38

Gluten Free Option Available

105. Teriyaki eye fillet beef

$38

106. Beef in black bean sauce

$32

107. Beef satay

$32

Gluten Free Option Available

108. Beef with ginger & spring onion with vegetables

$32

Gluten Free Option Available

109. Beef with vegetable

$32

Gluten Free Option Available

110. Beef with bamboo shoots

$32

Gluten Free Option Available

111. Sizzling eye fillet steak Chinese style

$38

Gluten Free Option Available

112. Sizzling eye fillet steak in black pepper

$38

Gluten Free Option Available

113. Sizzling steak with ginger & spring onion

$38

Gluten Free Option Available

115. Beef with mixed mushrooms

$35

Gluten Free Option Available

116. Hot chillies boiled beef

$38

Roast

Braised whole duck (Advance Order)

$98

Braised imperial duck (Advance Order)

$98

Roast duck (Half)

$33

Roast duck (Whole)

$65

Peking duck (Half)

$43

1/2 Duck with pancakes and side vegetables.

Peking duck (1 way)

$78

Duck with pancakes and side vegetables.

Peking duck (2 way)

$88

Duck with pancakes and side vegetables. Duck with bean sprouts.

Peking duck (3 way)

$98

Duck with pancakes and side vegetables. Duck with bean sprouts. Duck soup.

Crispy roast pork

$33

Honey BBQ pork

$33

Double mixed BBQ pork

$43

Triple mixed BBQ pork

$53

Choose 3 items from the following options: Crispy roast pork, BBQ pork, Roast duck, Jelly fish

Pork

Sweet & sour pork

$32

Gluten Free Option Available

Juice Pork

$32

Gluten Free Option Available

Salt & pepper pork ribs

$35

Gluten Free Option Available

Garlic pork ribs

$35

Gluten Free Option Available

Honey & vinegar pork ribs

$35

Gluten Free Option Available

Honey & Black pepper pork ribs

$35

Gluten Free Option Available

Sweet & sour pork ribs

$35

Gluten Free Option Available

Stir fried bean sprouts

$30

Gluten Free Option Available

Season’s vegetable with chinese sausage

$35

Gluten Free Option Available

Lamb

Black pepper lamb rack

½ Dozen $52 / 1 Dozen $98

Gluten Free Option Available

Ginger spring onion lamb rack (1 Dozen)

½ Dozen $52 / 1 Dozen $98

Gluten Free Option Available

Sizzling lamb in black pepper

$42

Gluten Free Option Available

Sizzling lamb with ginger & spring onion

$42

Gluten Free Option Available

Lamb Mongolian style

$42

Gluten Free Option Available

Lamb with XO sauce

$42

Gluten Free Option Available

Lamb with cumin

$42

Gluten Free Option Available

Venison

Sizzling venison with ginger & spring onion

$48

Gluten Free Option Available

Sizzling venison with black pepper

$48

Gluten Free Option Available

Seafood Sashimi

Double mixed sashimi (Advance order)

$22

Gluten Free Option Available

Scampi Sashimi (Advance order)

Gluten Free Option Available

Lobster on noodle

Gluten Free Option Available Price: 时价

Salmon Sashimi (Advance order)

Gluten Free Option Available

Ginger spring onion lobster

Gluten Free Option Available Price: 时价

Abalone vegetables

Gluten Free Option Available

XO sauce sea cucumber

$88

Gluten Free Option Available

Rice / Noodle

Special fried rice

$29

Gluten Free Option Available

FuJian fried rice

$29

Gluten Free Option Available

Salmon fried rice

$29

Gluten Free Option Available

Beef & ginger fried rice

$21

Gluten Free Option Available

Vegetable fried rice

$19

Gluten Free Option Available

Steamed rice

small $3.50 / medium $8 / large $16

Gluten Free Option Available

Egg fried rice

small $6 / large $16

Gluten Free Option Available

Combination egg fried rice

$21

Gluten Free Option Available

Nasi Goreng

$21

Gluten Free Option Available

Salted fish & chicken fried rice

$21

Gluten Free Option Available

Young Chow fried rice

$22

Gluten Free Option Available

Double mix pork on rice

$24

Seafood fried rice

$24

Gluten Free Option Available

Roast duck on rice

$22

Honey BBQ pork on rice

$21

Vegetable fried noodle

$16

Combination fried noodle

$21

Bami Goreng

$21

Seafood fried noodle

$24

Beef Ho Fun

$19

Singapore style fried vermicelli

$22

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