Beach Babylon
A retro-inspired beachside café and restaurant, serving fresh New Zealand cuisine. Dine inside or outside overlooking Oriental Bay.
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232 Oriental Pde, Oriental Bay This venue is NOT wheelchair accessible |
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Events
Back To Castaway
Great Scott, get ready for a trip back in time, as the team opens the doors to 232 Oriental Bay - circa 1983 when Beach Babylon was the iconic Castaway Restaurant & Coffee House.
Grab your leg warmers, loose linen, Bata Bullets, and hair gel - the Castaway's 1983 menu has been pulled from the archives and is back with a 2023 makeover.
Veganised weinerschnitzels, revived shrimp cocktails, remixed blue lagoons, the team are resurrecting all of Castaway's signature dishes and bringing the 80s back in all the best ways.
This waterfront spot is often fondly remembered as The Beachcomber and Castaway, a place where people had first dates or came back to after parties for desserts and coffee. Beach Babylon is paying homage to 80s cuisine in by using the plethora of ingredients, influences, and techniques available to us in 2023.
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Price: Free entry, pay on consumption
Event enquiries: info@beachbabylon.co.nz
Cocktails & Dreams
CGR Merchant & Co. and Beach Babylon are heading back to 1988 to create a dining and drinking experience inspired by Roger Donaldson's iconic film, Cocktail.
Immersed in 80s nostalgia, you’ll be treated to three retrospective food courses, and reinvented cocktails yanked into the modern day.
Come dressed to impress and watch CGR Merchant & Co. bartenders getting their shake on. When we pour, we reign!
Please note, this date differs to the printed programme
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Various times May 09, 7:00pm - 10:00pm |
Price: $96
Event enquiries: info@beachbabylon.co.nz
Dine
Castaway’s Cordon Bleu Revival
Dish Description: Crumbed Turk's free range chicken breast roulade stuffed with Remutaka Pass Creamery havarti, Woody's free-range prosciutto, Levin greens sauté, Wairarapa butternut squash purée, Cambridge Road Sauvignon Blanc lemon-herb beurre blanc, chicken skin crackling, 26 Seasons micro greens.
The iconic Castaway Restaurant and Coffee House occupied 232 Oriental Parade from 1979-1987. Cordon Bleu was their signature dish and it's been given a 2023 makeover with all the things available today that couldn't have been imagined in 1982.
Price: $30
Availability: Lunch & Dinner
*Booking required
Regional Beverages
Wine:
Matahiwi Estate, Chardonnay 2022: $13
Matahiwi Estate, Blanc de Blanc: $12
Margrain, River's Edge Pinot Noir: $13.5
Beer:
ParrotDog, Susan Hazy Pale Ale: $12
Non-Alcoholic:
Foxton Fizz Brown Cow, Cola spider: $9
Hardieboys, Original Ginger Beer: $7
Fixed Menu
Courses Outline:
French Onion ‘Soup’ - La Linda three cheese sorrentinos, charred baby onions, french onion consommé, parmesan crisp
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Pâté Maison - Parkvale mushroom-macadamia nut pâté, pickled blackberries, seed lavosh, micro cress
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Castaway’s Cordon Bleu Revival - Crumbed Turk’s free-range chicken breast stuffed with Remutaka Pass Creamery havarti, Woody's prosciutto, Levin greens sauté, butternut squash purée, Cambridge Road Sauvignon Blanc lemon-herb beurre blanc, chicken skin crackling, 26 Seasons micro greens
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Vegan Wienerschnitzel - Crumbed vegan seitan ‘veal’ schnitzel, red cabbage-caraway kraut, poached potato ‘salad’, mustard seed caviar, grilled lemon & Levin beetroot reduction
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‘Irish Coffee and Cheesecake’ - Jumping Goat Black Batch coffee-whiskey cheesecake, chocolate soil, People’s Coffee x Carrello del Gelato espresso gelato, whipped chocolate ganache
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Apple Streusel ‘Pie’ - stewed Kāpiti apples, apple wafer, streusel crumb, coconut custard, sweet pastry disc, Carrello del Gelato vanilla bean gelato
Price for two courses: $44
Price for three courses: $56
Cocktail
Return To The Kikorangi Lagoon
Southward Distilling butterfly pea flower infused curacao, coconut rum, pineapple juice and Carrello del Gelato coconut gelato, topped with Hardieboys lemonade. Served with a toasted coconut rim and topped with dehydrated pineapple and cherry. Accompanied by a miniature cinnamon sugar doughnut with pineapple jam, Whittaker's chocolate drizzle and toasted coconut.
Price: $19
Virgin Blue Lagoon Non-alcoholic version
Blue butterfly pea flower extract, homegrown pineapple juice, Carrello del Gelato coconut gelato, topped with Foxton Fizz creaming soda, garnished with dehydrated pineapple rings and cherry.
Price: $17
