burgers
Over 30 burgers. One tasty region.
From classic smash patties to bold flavour bombs, explore the epic lineup of burgers sizzling across Nelson Tasman this winter. Try one (or try them all), then vote for your favourites and be in to win!
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Speight’s Ale House Nelson
Jerk’d by James Speight
Slow-cooked beef brisket drenched in BBQ jerk sauce, loaded with crunchy house-made slaw, zesty pineapple mandarin salsa, and creamy aioli, served with fries.
Urban Oyster Bar & Eatery
Dak Kimchi Burger
Korean fried chicken, brown butter brioche bun, kimchi slaw & amba, served with Sichuan dashi shoestring fries.
Sprig + Fern Upper Queen
K-Queen Burger
Two gochujang-marinated free-range chicken thighs, rice flour fried for extra crunch, topped with BBQ gochujang sauce and Kewpie mayo. Served with a sesame slaw of white and red cabbage, carrot, spring onion, mung bean sprouts, coriander and kimchi. Comes with fries and ketchup.
Sprig + Fern The Meadows
The Meadows Philly Melt
140g of sliced scotch fillet, housemade cheese sauce, caramelised onions and aioli in a brioche bun.
Sprig + Fern Milton Street
The Milton Smash Burger
Homemade smash burger mix with panfried onion, garlic and herbs, smashed on a hot plate for that crispy edge with melted cheddar cheese, stacked inside a bun with iceberg, beetroot, truss tomato, gherkins, housemade chutney, and our house burger sauce. Served with crispy fries and chipotle mayo.
Oceano Restaurant
Dubai Burger
2 x 100g flame-grilled beef smash patties, on toasted naan, shakshuka sauce, with Swiss cheese, pistachio-gherkin relish, onion jam and fresh rocket, served with shoestring fries on the side. Middle Eastern-inspired flavours — nutty, smoky, spiced and rich — layered into something genuinely different.
Nikau Cafe & Bar
Dirty Bird Deluxe
Spicy, crispy fried succulent chicken breast with bacon, cheese, greens, tomato, pickles, hot jalapeno infused honey and chipotle mayo.
Cantina Nicola
Taquero Smash
Beef & chorizo smash burger taco with chipotle mayo, grilled onions, jalapeños, cheddar, lettuce and salsa molcajete, served with papas bravas.
Tides Bar & Eatery
The Prawn Star
Fish & prawn pattie, Viavio cheddar cheese, lettuce, tomato, pickles and fried shallots in a brioche bun, topped with a battered prawn & charred lemon. Served with a medley of kumara & plank fries.
Alioke Eatery
Breakfast Burger
Beef and bacon with caramelised onions, egg and aioli, served with hash sticks.
Boat Shed Cafe
Fish Burger Deluxe
Housemade bun, battered fish, tartare sauce, cheddar, shredded cos, served with shoestring fries.
Sprig + Fern Marsden
Mac Daddy Clucker Burger
Crispy fried chicken stacked on a golden mac 'n' cheese croquette, with hot maple glazed bacon, fresh mesclun, caramelised onions and mustard relish, loaded with kimchi mayo, squeezed together in a toasted brioche bun.
Eddyline Brewery Taproom & Taqueria
El Camino
An open-faced NZ premium beef smash-style patty on a toasted brioche bun, smothered in a fire-roasted green chile enchilada sauce, a blend of cheeses melted to perfection and topped with an egg cooked to your liking, finished with crispy red chile chorizo crumbles, served with a side of our signature fries, lettuce, diced onion, green chile and tomato garnish, dill pickles and mustard-mayo sauce.
Little Nessie
Murder by Mushroom
Our take on a beef wellington - but don’t worry, there’s no death caps in sight. Toasted brioche bun layered with black garlic and Dijon mayonnaise, a 120g beef smash patty, melted Swiss cheese, and portobello mushrooms stuffed with rich mushroom duxelles. Finished with a golden puff pastry topper and served alongside a savoury au jus.
Brick Eatery
Brick Burger
Two 100g brisket/chuck mix patties, tallow fried onions, swiss cheese, truffle mayo and pickle in a potato bun served with agria fries.
Kismet Cocktail & Whisky Bar
Glazed and Confused
Louisiana style fried chicken, pimento pepper cheese sauce, gochujang & chipotle mayo, pickles, jalapeños and lettuce, packed into a maple-chipotle glazed sesame donut bun.
Sweet heat, filthy crunch.
Kiwi Kai
Kaimoana Sensory Tower
Creamed crayfish & paua topped with tempura snapper fillets pan-fried in Kanuka garlic oil, served inside a soft Pango bun with fresh lettuce, marinated red onion, and a hint of lemon zest. Paired perfectly with an Atutahi Kawakawa sorbet to cleanse the palate.

