Melbourne Central Lion Hotel in Melbourne Menu

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Onion rings (V) $9.00
- Served with a side of chilli jam
Garlic bread (V) $8.00
- Housemade herbed butter on fresh ciabatta served with or without cheese
Crumbed halloumi (V) $13.00
- Panko crumbed deep fried halloumi served with lemon & aioli
Calamari $16.00
- Salt & pepper calamari served with aioli, lemon & a sun dried tomato red onion salad
Bruschetta (V) $11.00
- Fresh tomato, red onion & basil on toasted ciabatta with drizzle of olive oil & balsamic glaze
Nachos (V) (GF) $18.00
- Corn chips, melted mozzarella, salsa, guacamole, sour cream & jalapenos
Sliders $20.00
- a trio of mini chicken, beef & falafel sliders served with tomato relish, aioli & lettuce
Chicken ribs $20.00
- 10 chicken ribs tossed through your choice of sriracha mild chilli & spring onion or garlic & oregano sauce
Steak chips (V) $10.00
- Golden Thick cut chips served with BBQ aioli
-Add bacon & cheese $6.00
Wedges (V) $12.00
- Crisp wedges with a side of sour cream & sweet chilli sauce
-Add bacon & cheese $6.00

The Lion´s parma $23.00
- Panko crumbed chicken breast topped with shaved ham, housemade napoli & melted mozzarella. Served with crunchy chips & salad. Vegetarian option: eggplant parma
Chicken schnitzel $23.00
- Panko crumbed chicken breast served with chips, salad & your choice of sauce. Sauce options (all GF): Gravy, creamy, mushroom, pepper, mustard
Fish and chips $24.00
- Deep fried in our house batter or lightly grilled fish served with tartare sauce lemon chips & salad GF option: available on request
Steak sandwich $23.00
- Tender 150g scotch fillet cooked medium with tomato, caramelised onion, cheese, tomato relish & mayo served in a turkish roll
Bangers & mash $25.00
- Traditional beef nagers served on soft mash topped with bacon, rich gravy & peas
Crispy skin salmon (GF) $30.00
- Pan-fried crispy skin salmon with a ginger soy dressing served with jasmine rice & sesame greens
Lamb shank (GF) $29
- Guinness braised lamb shank served on mashed potato mash & housemade tomato & vegetable stew
Open souvlaki
- Your choice of lamb or chicken served with marinated vegetables, fresh tomato, feta, tzatziki, chips & pita bread GF & V option: Available on request
-Lamb $27.00
-Chicken $25.00
Pork belly (GF) $32.00
- Twice cooked pork belly served with mash tomato, seasonal greens & apple cider gravy

Served with steak chips
Cheeseburger $20.00
- Beef patty served with onion, tomato relish, dijon mustard & cheese
A lot of burger $20.00
- Beef patty served with bacon, egg, beetroot, pineapple, tomato, lettuce, tomato relish & aioli topped with cheese
Southern fried chicken burger $20.00
- Tender chicken fillet crumbed in house seasoning served with jalapeno coleslaw, a touch of sriracha mayo, bacon & cheese
Falafel burger (V) $20.00
- Falafel patty served with tzatziki, lettuce, tomato, cucumber & pickles
Fish burger $20.00
- Crumbed fish of the day served with lettuce, dill caper mayo, cheese & onion rings
R&R $28.00
- Your choice of burger with a side of chips & BBQ pork ribs

Sauce options
- Gravy, creamy mushroom, pepper, mustard
Steak special
- Please refer to the specials board
300g scotch fillet $38.00
300g Porterhouse $37.00
500g BBQ pork ribs $34.00
- Oven baked pork ribs in a rich sticky, spicy sauce served with chips
Replace salad with vegetables $2.00
GF option
- Available on request
All of our cuts are MSA graded & cooked to your liking served with chips, your choice of sauce & salad

Quinoa (V) $15.00
- Quinoa, roasted pumpkin & crispy chickpeas tossed with slivered almonds, pumpkin seeds, kale, dried cranberries, parsley & coriander in a balsamic dressing
Falafe (V) $15.00
- Tomato, cucumber, lettuce, red onion, sumac, parsley & mint with falafel, flatbread & yoghurt dressing
Caesar $16.00
- Cos lettuce tossed with our house caesar dressing, topped with croutons, bacon, hard-boiled egg & anchovies
Jerk chicken $17.00
- Jerk chicken, avocado & mango with citrus olive oil dressing, mixed lettuce, olives, red onion, cucumber & tomato
Add chicken $5.00
Add smoked salmon $5.00

Margherita $15.00
- Fresh tomato, basil & mozzarella
Garlic & cheese $10.00
- Garlic, mozzarella & sea salt
Pumpkin $17.00
- Pumpkin, spinach & feta with mozzarella & dressed rocket
Sausage $18.00
- Sliced sausage with BBQ, mozzarella, caramelised onion
BBQ chicken $22.00
- Marinated chicken, red onion, bacon & pineapple with BBQ sauce & mozzarella
Hawaiian $18.00
- Pineapple, ham, mozzarella & napoli sauce
Capricciosa $21.00
- Olives, ham, mozzarella, mushroom & napoli sauce
Sriracha chicken $21.00
- Chicken, roasted capsicum, spring onion & sriracha sauce

Coffee panna cotta $14.00
- Panna cotta served with a rich chocolate topping & whipped cream
The lion´s sundae $18.00
- Banana & nutella topped with whipped cream, ice cream & powdered pistachio
Apple pie $16.00
- Warm apple pie served with ice cream, cream & apple cinnamon sauce

All kids meals served with a mini chocolate sundae
Spaghetti napoli $10.00
Chicken nuggets & chips $10.00
Bangers & mash $10.00
Fish and chips $10.00

Parma
Monday - friday 12pm to 3pm. Served with chips & salad
Beef burger
Steak sandwich
Fish and chips
Vegetable option: available on request

Served with chips on toasted turkish pide. 12pm to 3pm. all available GF on request
Waldorf $14.00
- Chicken, celery & walnuts tossed through pesto mayo with swiss cheese
Pub classic $14.00
- Chicken, avocado, bacon, egg, cheese & lettuce with tomato relish & mayo
Falafel (V) $13.00
- Falafel, sliced tomato, hummus, red onion, cucumber & pickles
Schnitzel $14.00
- Chicken schnitzel, sambal, red onion, lettuce, cheese & pesto with a touch of mayo
BLT $13.00
- Bacon, lettuce, cheese, tomato & mayo
Afternoon avocado $16.00
- Avocado hummus on toasted ciabatta with a hint of lemon, feta, tomato & cucumber drizzled with pomegranate molasses, dusted with dukkah

Nearby Sample Menus

S32. Shanghai Style Home Braised Pork Belly Noodle Soup $8.50
8pcs $4.00
S30. Spicy Chicken Noodle Soup $7.50
P16. Sweet & Sour Pork $17.80
V9. Fried Green Bean with Minced Pork (Optional) $11.80
SE3. Prawn with Satay Sauce $19.80
S17. Yang Chow Special Fried (with Chicken and Prawn) $7.50
B7. Beef with Ginger and Spring Onion Sauce $17.80

DODGER
- with Cheese & Onion. Born to be Together Forever! Caramelized Onions with Melted Cheese, slathered with Tomato Ketchup and Yellow Ballpark Mustard
BIG FAT GERMAN DOG
- Onions, Cheese, Sauerkraut, Seeded Mustard, Egg Mayo, Pickles, Das ist Good, Ja?
FANCY DECORATED 3.20 EA
DOUBLE BACON BIG BOY
- Double Bacon! Double Cheese! Double Onion! OH BOY! DOUBLE EVERYTHING
RED-DEVIL DOG
- Hot Jalapenos, Hot Chilli Sauce, Cheese, Onions, Ketchup, Chives, Fried Shallots HOT! HOT! HOT!
CLASSIC GLAZED 2.95 EA
TEXAS TONY DOG
- Caramelized Onions, Mild Shredded Cheese, Mexican Jalapenos, Chilli Mayo and a dollop of Tex Max Tomato Relish with Chive Sprinkles
JAM FILLED 3.20 EA

Curry Laksa
Combination $12.00
- (Prawn, Chicken, Beef & BBQ Pork)
$3.00 (Small)
Satay Chicken
Vegetarian Mixed Vegetables
$7.50 (3 Rolls)
Sweet Chilli Chicken
Combination Bun $3.00each

Plain salad $5.90
Crackling pork $9.00
Pork meat ball salad $7.00
Las vega´s $4.80
- Frankfurter with mayonnaise
Coriander $0.50
Pork loaf $7.00
Gourmet rolls & sandwiches - roll spread with mango, butter
New york $5.10
- Frankfurter with cream cheese

9. Ten Don $9.90
- Tempura prawns and vegetables served on rice
6. Oyako Don $9.90
- Chicken cooked with egg on special sauce served on rice
14. Nabeyaki Udon $10.70
- One tempura prawn with assortment of vegetables and pork served with thick udon noodles soup
25. Curry Katsu Don $9.70
- Deep fried crumbed pork or chicken on Japanese curry on rice
7c. Teriyaki Chicken Don $9.70
- Chicken cooked with vegetables in teriyaki sauce served on rice
34. Ebi Ramen $11.50
- Fresh king prawn on special ramen noodles soup
18. Sapporo Ramen $10.90
- Pork and vegetables served with thin Japanese ramen soup
43. Takoyaki $8.50
- Octopus fritters topped with bonito flakes in special sauce (8 in 1 serve)

Green pea & avocado smash $18.50
- On rustica sour with meredith goat curd/poached egg/tsire spice
Cured salmon $17.00
- With baby capers/dill/shaved shallots/horseradish cream/toasted sourdough
Sauteed mushrooms $13.00
- With garlic/parsley/lemon/toasted sour dough/remoulade
Ice cream sundae $14.50
- Selection of ice-cream/maraschino cherries/macadamia nut praline/chantilly cream
Chorizo $17.00
- Smoked paprika/dry sherry/oregano/cherry tomatoes
Toast $7.50
- Rustica sourdough/seedy sourdough (gfo)/with st david´s butter / spreads
Mixed leaf salad $6.00
Croissant by rustica $7.00
- With spreads

Curryworst - A twist on the Berlin style sausage with saurkraut, mayonnaise & tomato sauce $8.50
Kaseplatte - Ash goat cheese, walnut cheese, parmesan cheese, gruyere & blue saint agur, served with crackers, bread, virgin olive oil, fig jam & dates $17.00
Charcuterie-Platte & Kaseplatte $29.00
Snack Bowl - A bowl of mixed nuts or gummi bears $5.00
Schnitzelburger - Deep fried schnitzel served in a bun with tasty cheese, sauerkraut & ''Maschinengewehr Sauce'' $8.50
Charcuterie-Platte & Kaseplatte + a Bottle of Wine of Your Choice Bottle Price + $10.00
Seasoned Pomme Frites - Fries with home-made ''Maschinegewehr Sauce'' $7.00
Charcuterie-Platte - 5 different types of meat served in a European style with freshly baked bread, sauerkraut, pickles & virgin Australian olive oil $17.00

Chicken Avocado - cheese, mayp, spinach $10.00
Creamy Chicken & Corn Soup $10.00
Calamari Salad n/a
Grilled Chicken Burger - served w chips & salad n/a
Tandoori Chicken - cheese, yoghurt, spinach $10.00
Envy - scrambled eggs with pesto, fetta cheese & grilled ham served with toast $12.00
Eggs on toast scrambled / poached / fried $6.00
Thai Beef Salad $13.00

Poached blue eye, smoked mussel & cabbage 36.00
Beef tartare, tarragon toast 5.00 ea
7 Hermanos belotta Iberico jamon (30g) 28.00
Prosciutto di San Daniele (30g) 14.00
Whole slow roast lamb shoulder to share 79.00
The Full English – smoked bacon, blood sausage on toast, fried eggs & smoked tomato 21.00
Baby octopus, oregano & orange 12.00
Bresaola (30g) 16.00

SEASONAL VEGETABLES (v/gf) 6.00
- Sauteed in garlic & Extra Virgin olive oil.
MATADOR 14.00
- Chorizo sausage, roasted capsicum, tomato, Spanish onion, parmesan & wild roquette
PUMPKIN & MACADAMIA RISOTTO (v/gf) 16.90
- Roasted pumpkin, macadamia nuts & caramelised onion sauteed with Arborio & wild rice finished with hint of cream. Garnished with roquette & parmesan
MEXICAN CHICKEN WRAP 15.90
- Chilli marinated chicken tenderloins wrapped in a flour tortilla with lettuce, tomato, cheese, sour cream & guacamole. Served with chips.
FOCACCIA BREAD (v) 7.00
- Garlic & & cheese, or pesto & cheese
STEAK SANDWICH 19.90
- Grilled rump steak with lettuce, tomato, grilled onion & bacon with sage infused Horseradish aioli melted cheese served in a toasted ciabatta with chips.
FISH OF THE DAY Market Price
- See our Chef's Specials
CHILLI BEEF PIZZA 14.00
- Chilli con came, capsicum, Spanish onion, sour cream, guacamole & chilli dressing

Sangiovese slow braised beef cheek, parsnip puree, purple kale $33.00
Crispy skin Western Plains pork belly, cannellini beans, cavolo nero, Vincotto $34.00
Pasture-fed Hanger steak, char grilled medium-rare, baby leeks, red wine sauce $33.00
Pan seared Yellowfin tuna, caponata, sautéed green beans, black olive $38.00
Olive Cunzatti: lemon & fennel marinated olives $12.00
2 Courses $45.00/person
Fritto misto – crispy calamari, prawn, soft shell crab & zucchini, house made sweet chilli & lime mayonnaise $24.00
House made strozzapreti with clams, mussels, prawns & calamari $30.00

Baked Smoked Salmon with Pepper in Cream Sauce on Rice $13.50
Kimchi Fried Rice with Chicken & Fried Egg $11.50
-Black pepper
Lemongrass Pork Chop & Fried Egg on Rice $11.80
Choice Of
Sizzling Steak (Choice of sauces) $14.80
Lemongrass Chicken & Fried Egg on Rice $11.80
Hong Kong Style Satay Beef & Fried Egg Noodle Soup $11.00

6. Peking Duck (6 Pieces) $13.80
29. Satay Chicken with Rice $9.80
1. Duck Bone & Beancurd Soup $3.80
60. Singapore Noodles $9.50
50. Kim Chi Fried Rice $9.80
38. Fish Fillet in Sweet & Sour Sauce with Rice $9.80
5. Won Ton Soup $4.80
47. Special Fried Rice $9.80

Yosenabe $50.80 p/ person
- Steamboat with seafood, chicken and vegetables in light broth served w/ ponzu & sesame dipping sauce
Ebi Tempura Maki $18.80
- Nori rolled w/ tempura prawn
(stir-fried Japanese noodles)
Chirashi Sushi $28.80
- Traditional raw fish on rice
Assorted Seafood stir fried udon w/ vegetables $27.80
Sukiyaki
- Well-known worldwide dish.. beef cooked w/ variety of vegetable in sukiyaki sauce and dipped in raw egg before serving.
Sashimi
- slices of raw fish fillets served w/ soy sauce
Yasai Gyoza $12.80
- Vegetable dumplings w/ ponzu raiyu sauce

Crispy fried Mai soft shell crab salad with nam jim dressing $20
Todays selection of ice creams & sorbets $14
Grilled Smoked Bacon $4
Worm vanilla & rospbeny almondine, chiled custard, lemon balm & raspberry sauce $15
Spice crusted lamb brik with spinach, currants, pine nuts & carrot puree $21
Full hot buffet breakfast $24
Parmesan & herb crumbed veal cotoletta with lemon & calabrian fried potatoes $38
Roma tomato risotto with zucchini chili & basil $20/$27