The Grill House is a Riccarton dining room built around Mediterranean charcoal cooking and generous, casual meals. Its Riccarton Road menu can suit a quick lunch, a family dinner or a group ready to share, with service extending from wraps and bowls to mixed grills and plated mains. Fresh bread, mezze and salads soften the emphasis on meat, while online ordering makes the same menu practical at home. The overall style is direct and abundant: seasoned food from the grill, colourful accompaniments and several ways to assemble a meal.
Charcoal skewers are the clearest expression of the restaurant's name. Chicken, lamb, beef and lamb kofta can be ordered in mixed combinations, with grilled onion, tomato, salad, tzatziki, fries and bread turning the barbecue into a complete spread. A mixed grill for two encourages comparison across the different meats, while chicken from the charcoal can be paired with rice or fries. This is food designed to arrive in volume, making the grill platters particularly effective when the table prefers to share rather than order isolated mains.
Souvlaki and shawarma give those flavours more portable and flexible forms. Diners can choose a wrap for a compact meal, a bowl when they want more salad and accompaniments, or a plated shawarma meal. Meat on fries and loaded wedges lean further into comfort food, with chicken, lamb, beef steak or mixed meat spread across crisp potatoes. Rice plates offer a less indulgent base, so the same appetite for seasoned grilled meat can be answered with a handheld lunch, a loaded snack or a full dinner plate.
The supporting dishes stop the menu from becoming a procession of meat and chips. Mediterranean mezze gathers several small tastes, hummus can be topped with meat, and lahmajun appears both as an entree and a platter. Salads include beef-steak and fresher vegetable-led choices, while bread and dips are natural partners for the grill. These elements give vegetarian diners and lighter appetites useful ways into the menu, and they provide contrast when a group orders one of the larger charcoal platters as its centrepiece.
Address: 86B Riccarton Road, Riccarton, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand
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