Mrs Slocombe's Kitchen & Catering is the food heart of Eastern Suburbs Tavern, a Glengarry local that has welcomed Invercargill drinkers and diners since 1963. The kitchen's home-style approach belongs naturally in this traditional pub setting, where bar meals share the building with pool, darts and the easy conversation of a neighbourhood gathering place. Its separate lunch and evening services make it more than a snack counter: guests can sit down for a full meal while the tavern provides the relaxed, unfussy backdrop.
Lunch is built around the kind of generous classics that suit that setting. In-house crumbed butterfish and blue cod come with salad and chips, while lamb shank, bangers and mash, lamb pot pie and the house roast lean firmly into comfort food. There are also ribeye with eggs and chips, chicken or beef schnitzel and a chicken-and-bacon burger for diners after something substantial. A warm grilled chicken salad and a vegetarian stuffed potato give the midday menu a little more range without straying from the kitchen's familiar style.
The evening menu keeps the pub favourites but opens up a broader dinner choice. Surf and turf combines ribeye with prawns and a scallop bite, maple-glazed hot-smoked salmon is paired with potato rosti and lemon hollandaise, and slow-cooked pork belly carries orange and soy alongside mash and vegetables. Ribs, seafood, pasta and steak round out the savoury side. Dessert stays equally recognisable, moving through pavlova, warm apple shortcake, chocolate brownie with berry sorbet, Eton mess and sticky date pudding.
Catering is the other half of Mrs Slocombe's identity. Eastern Suburbs Tavern's function room can accommodate gatherings of up to 200 people, with the kitchen preparing savoury bites and hearty platters designed for groups of eight to ten. Full bar service lets the same operation handle birthdays, reunions, work functions and community events without separating food from the venue around it. That combination of everyday meals and large-group catering explains the name: this is both a public tavern kitchen and a practical host for celebrations.
Address: Eastern Suburbs Tavern, 60 Glengarry Crescent, Glengarry, Invercargill 9810, New Zealand
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