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Gormanston Hill Queenstown Tasmania

Dine With Us

Our restaurant is set in a large traditional dining room with a sense of the grandeur of the past. Open daily for lunch and dinner, you can take a seat by the fire, enjoy some local cuisine, and sample some of Tasmania's finest wines. 

 

With a menu that celebrates the amazing Tasmanian ingredients that we are lucky enough to have at our doorstep. We have a range of delicious options available. From burgers, steaks, pasta, salad and soups, there is sure to be something you’ll enjoy.

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View our menu below.

Dinner

Available from 5:30pm to 8pm daily

Entrées

Soup of the day

Served with a bread roll. Please
ask one of our team for today's
soup

$12

Vegetarian Optional
Dairy Free Optional

Garlic bread

$10

Vegetarian

3 Cheese garlic bread

Parmesan, fetta & Mozzarella

$14

Add Bacon +2

Crispy fried tofu

Served with vegan aioli

$10

Vegan
Gluten free

Buffalo wings

Crispy buffalo wings drizzled with Housemade buffalo sauce, served with ranch

$13

Gluten free

Mozzarella sticks

Served with sweet chilli mayo

$13

Vegetarian

Salad

Caesar salad

Cos lettuce, crunchy croutons, bacon, egg, Parmesan and a creamy gluten free Caesar dressing

$20

Vegetarian
Add Chicken +6
Gluten Free Optional

Garden salad

Mesculin, cherry tomatoes, red onion, cucumber, carrot and a zesty lemon vinaigrette

$15

Add Chicken +6

Apple & toasted walnut

Spinach, apple and walnut, tossed in a zesty lemon vinaigrette

$15

Add Chicken +6

Pasta & Risotto

Carbonara

Fettuccine pasta tossed in a creamy garlic sauce with bacon & mushroom, topped with Parmesan & spring onion

$25

Add Chicken +6
Make it Gluten Free $3

Bolognese

Rich tomato beef bolognese, served with spaghetti, and topped with Parmesan cheese

$18

Make it Gluten Free $3

Pumpkin & spinach risotto

Creamy arborio rice, with pumpkin and spinach, tossed with butter, and finished with Parmesan cheese

$20

Vegetarian
Gluten free
Make it Gluten Free $3
Add Chicken +6

Schnitzels & Parmy's

All of our schnitzels and parmy’s are served with your choice of chips and salad, or vegetables and potato

Chicken schnitzel

Fresh panko crumbed Tasmanian chicken breast and a lemon wedge

$25.00

Traditional parmy

Fresh panko crumbed Tasmanian chicken breast, topped with Napoli sauce, ham and a duo of cheese

$30.00

BBQ Parmy

Fresh panko crumbed Tasmanian chicken breast, topped with BBQ sauce, ham and a duo of cheese

$30

Add Egg +2

Aussie parmy

Fresh panko crumbed Tasmanian chicken breast, topped with Napoli sauce, bacon, onion, cheese and an egg, sunny side up

$32

Chargrilled eggplant parmy

House made eggplant parmigiana, topped with Napoli sauce and a duo of cheese

$22

From the Grill

All of our steaks are cooked to your liking, served with your choice of chips & salad or vegetables & potato, & choice of gravy. All the steaks served at The Empire are sourced from Tasmania.

300G Yearling steak

$41

300G Porterhouse

$42

Mixed grill

100g Rump steak, 2 chipolata sausages, bacon, 2 pork skewers, 2 fried eggs and a tomato, served with chips

$44.00

Cider braised pork skewers

Bulmers braised pork belly skewers, served on a bed of creamy mash and seasonal vegetables

$32

Mains

Southern fried chicken

Southern-style fried chicken tenderloins, served with chips, garden-fresh salad, and our Housemade sweet chilli mayo with winter spices

$26

Empire chicken mignon

Tender chicken wrapped in bacon, chargrilled and oven-baked to perfection. Served with a garlic butter sauce and chips and salad

$26

Classic meatballs

Italian style meatballs, cooked in a rich Napoli sauce, served on a bed of creamy mashed potato with seasonal vegetables

$29

Beef stroganoff

Tender strips of beef, simmered in a rich creamy mushroom and onion sauce, served over a bed of creamy mashed potato

$26.00

Battered flathead

Battered flathead, served with tartare sauce, and your choice of vegetables and mash, or chips and salad

$28

Garlic or sweet chilli prawns

12 Prawns in a creamy garlic sauce or sweet chilli sauce, served on a bed of Jasmine rice with salad

Main

$30

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1/2 Serve

$20

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SWEET CHILLI OPTION AVAILABLE!

Pizza

Margherita

Tomato base, fresh sliced tomato, basil & a duo of cheese

$22

Vegetarian

Hawaiian

Tomato base, ham, pineapple & a duo of cheese

$22.00

Pepperoni

Tomato base, pepperoni & a duo of cheese

$25.00

Pumpkin

Napoli sauce, spinach, red onion, pumpkin, topped with a duo of cheese and a drizzle of balsamic

$25

Meatlovers

Napoli sauce, bacon, salami, onion, topped with a duo of cheese and a drizzle of BBQ sauce

$30

Sides

Seasonal vegetables

$8.00

Vegetarian

Mashed potato

$7.00

Vegetarian

Bowl of chips

Served with your choice of sauce

$12.00

Vegetarian

Toppers

Creamy garlic seafood

Prawns & calamari in a creamy garlic sauce

$9.00

Sauces

Sauces

Mushroom, pepper, traditional gravy, red wine jus, GF traditional gravy and creamy garlic

$3

Specials

MONDAY - KIDS EAT FREE

Every Monday! Purchase one full-priced main meal and receive one free kid's meal.

12 years and younger, dinner only.

$0.00

WEDNESDAY - PARMY & A POT

Purchase a parmy or schnitzel with chips, salad and your choice of gravy, plus a pot of beer.

*conditions apply / dinner only

$25

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