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.
View our menu below.
Dinner
Available from 5:50pm to 8pm daily
Entrées
SOUP OF THE DAY
Served with a bread roll. Please
ask one of our team for today's
soup
$11.00
GARLIC BREAD
$9.00
Vegetarian
3 CHEESE GARLIC BREAD
Parmesan, fetta & Mozzarella
$13.00
Vegetarian
Add Bacon +2
STICKY RED DEVIL WINGS
Crispy fried chicken wings, coated in a House made hot sauce
$13.00
CRUNCHY PORK TWISTERS (3)
Crunchy pork twisters coated in a House made BBQ & honey sauce
$16.00
PARMESAN CARROT BITES
Roasted carrots with Parmesan & sweet chilli mayo
$9.00
Vegetarian
CRUMBED CAMEMBERT (5)
Served with a plum dipping sauce (V)
$19.00
Vegetarian
Salad
CAESAR SALAD
Cos lettuce, crunchy croutons, bacon, egg, Parmesan and a creamy gluten free Caesar dressing
$18.00
Vegetarian
Add Chicken +6
Gluten Free Optional
PUMPKIN SALAD
Mesculin, roasted pumpkin, spiced walnuts, baby beets, salad onion & lemon vinaigrette
$20.00
Vegetarian
Add Chicken +6
Gluten Free Optional
GREEK SALAD
Mesculin, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, olives, salad onion, fetta & honey balsamic dressing
$17.00
Vegetarian
Gluten Free Optional
Pasta
VEGETARIAN SPAGHETTI
Spaghetti tossed in a rich tomato, onion & herb sauce with seasonal vegetables, topped with freshly gratedParmesan
$22.00
Vegetarian
CARBONARA
Fettuccine pasta tossed in a creamy garlic sauce with bacon & mushroom, topped with Parmesan & spring onion
$26.00
Add Chicken +6
MARINARA SPAGHETTI
Baby octopus, prawn, mussels, calamari & white fish tossed in a rich Napoli sauce, topped with freshly grated Parmesan
$28.00
Pub Favourites
CHICKEN SCHNITZEL
Fresh panko crumbed Tasmanian chicken breast, served with your choice of vegetables & potato or chips & salad, and a lemon wedge
$25.00
TRADITIONAL PARMY
Fresh panko crumbed Tasmanian chicken breast, topped with Napoli sauce, ham & a duo of cheese, served with your choice of vegetables & potato or chips & salad
$30.00
HAWAIIAN SCHNITZEL
Fresh panko crumbed Tasmanian chicken breast, topped with Napoli sauce, ham, pineapple & a duo of cheese, served with your choice of vegetables &potato or chips & salad
$30.00
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 RUMP
$42.00
300G PORTERHOUSE
$41.00
CHARGRILLED PORK STRIPLOIN
250g Chargrilled Tasmanian pork striploin, with House made sweet BBQ sauce, served with your choice of vegetables & potato or chips & salad
$28.00
MIXED GRILL
100g Rump steak, chipolata sausages, bacon, 250g thick cut Tasmanian lamb chop, 2 fried eggs & a tomato, served with chips
$44.00
GREEK THICK CUT LAMB CHOP
Thick cut Tasmanian lamb chop marinated for 24 hours in House made garlic, oregano and lemon marinade, chargrilled & served with chips &salad
$25.00
Mains
BATTERED FLATHEAD
Battered flathead, served with tartare sauce, & your choice of vegetables & potato, or chips & salad
$26.00
CHILLI MUSSELS
1/2 Shell mussels cooked in a rich mild chilli tomato sauce, served with fettuccini
$44.00
Gluten Free Optional
LAMB SHANK
Slow cooked Tasmanian lamb shank in a rich red wine, tomato & herb sauce, served with creamy mashed potato & vegetables
$44.00
TASMANIAN SALMON
Tasmanian salmon pan seared in butter, served on rice, with a garlic bean salad
$43.00
GARLIC PRAWNS
12 Prawns in a creamy garlic sauce on a bed of
Jasmin rice, served with salad
$29.00
SWEET CHILLI OPTION AVAILABLE!
SEAFOOD CHOWDER
Mussels, prawn, calamari & white fish in a House made rich creamy soup, served with crusty sourdough
$29.00
EMPIRE NACHOS
Tortilla chips with a House made chilli beef sauce, topped with a duo of cheese & sour cream on the side
$29.00
Pizza
MARGHERITA
Tomato base, fresh sliced tomato, basil & a duo of cheese
$21.00
Vegetarian
HAWAIIAN
Tomato base, ham, pineapple & a duo of cheese
$22.00
PEPPERONI
Tomato base, pepperoni & a duo of cheese
$25.00
THE HERBIVORE
Napoli sauce, cherry tomatoes, mushroom, kalamata olives, baby spinach, capsicum & vegan cheese
$25.00
Vegan
Something to share
CHEESE PLATTER
A selection of 4 Tasmanian cheeses served with crackers and tomato relish. Made to share, for two!
$49.00
Sides
MASHED POTATO
$7.00
SIDE OF VEGETABLES
$8.00
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
$2.50