At Lone Star Rolleston, every night is one to remember. Serving Rolleston locals since November 2022, this branch of the Lone Star Bar & Cafe family has quickly made a name for itself as one of the most popular restaurants in town — a top notch team cooking up a storm every night of the week and making sure the whole family is having fun.
The menu is built to suit your whole crew. There are ol' reliables like burgers and nachos, plus Lone Star originals — most famously the legendary ribs, blanched in honey and spices, fire-blasted and smothered in a hoisin, orange and sesame seed sauce. Grass-fed steaks, seafood, chicken, salads and slow-roasted pork belly round out the mains, made from the tastiest ingredients around: grass-fed beef, free-range chicken and eggs, and always-fresh veggies. Lone Star slings vegetarian, gluten free and dairy free options alongside a kids' menu, and swapping your sides is on the house.
Open every day from 11:30AM until late at Unit 3, 4 Rohutu Way, Rolleston, Christchurch, Lone Star Rolleston is also a flexible function venue with facilities for up to 70 guests — weddings, birthdays, corporate events, family gatherings or seminars. Here, guests are family: tell the team what you need, book a table or order online, and kick back and relax.
Pull up a chair at Lone Star Rolleston and you'll quickly see why the team here says every night is one to remember. Serving the Rolleston community since November 2022, this branch of the much-loved Lone Star Bar & Cafe family brings big, American-inspired flavours, generous plates and a warm, family-friendly welcome to Unit 3, 4 Rohutu Way — open every day of the week from 11:30AM until late.
If Lone Star is famous for one thing, it's the ribs. The Redneck Ribs — full length spare ribs billed as "the ribs that made us famous" — lead a lineup that also includes the BB King Ribs, tender St Louis rib fingers, and The Cross Roads, a half-and-half of both. Every rib serving is blanched in honey and spices, fire-blasted, then smothered in the famous hoisin, orange and sesame seed sauce and served with buffalo chips. You choose the size: a Trail Serve as a starter, the Maverick Serve as the classic main, or the Outlaw Serve for two.
Steak lovers are well looked after too. The Prime Cuts run from the 220g Wrangler Sirloin to the 300g Stir Crazy Sirloin and the 300g Rockin' Ribeye, each with onion purée, buffalo chips, Lone Star coleslaw and a complimentary steak sauce of your choice — plus the option to add mushrooms and a free range egg, or upgrade to five Prawn Star prawns sautéed in garlic, chilli and coriander butter. The beef is grass fed, and if you'd rather leave the choosing to the kitchen, ask about From the Ranch, the chef's carefully selected local meat special of the day.
Chicken holds its own on the menu: the Cajun Chicken brings secret spices, spicy sauce, sour cream and jalapeños with chilli rice, the Dixie Chicken arrives in a creamy garlic and white wine sauce, and the Jonny Stash hides mushroom, spinach, cheese and sundried tomatoes under a herb crust. For pork fans, the New Porker pairs slow-roasted belly and crispy crackling with a cider jus.
Start the table with the Cowboy Bean Dip served hot with sour cream and oven-baked tortilla chips, Midnight Nachos piled with spicy beans, cheese, guacamole and jalapeños, crispy San Quentin Squid, or Mussel Mania — 500g of New Zealand green-lipped mussels steamed in lemon, white wine and garlic cream sauce with ciabatta.
From the sea comes the Blue Pacific fish 'n chips in a Steinlager beer batter, Rock the Boat grilled with fresh herbs and parmesan, and the Prawn Star with tiger prawn cutlets and rice. Burgers like the Glen Campbell Chicken Burger and the classic Gerhard Burger come stacked with bacon, Swiss cheese and aioli in sourdough buns — and on request the protein can be swapped for a vegetable pattie at no extra cost. The Comanche Salad covers the lighter end, with the option to swap grilled chicken for pan-seared beef strips.
Lone Star prides itself on a menu that suits the whole crew. Alongside vegetarian, gluten free and dairy free options there's a dedicated kids' menu, and the kitchen keeps standards high with grass-fed beef, free-range chicken and eggs and always-fresh veggies. Want different sides with your main? Just let your server know — swapping sides is on the house.
Save room for dessert if you can. Partner up — they'll bring two spoons — for the Saddle Up Sundae, or go legendary with the Longhorn Cheesecake, a Kahlua and Moro Bar creation with chocolate sauce and fresh Chantilly cream. Kiwi Pavlova, Crème Brûlée, Banoffee Pie, Cowboy Crumble and Italian-style oven-baked doughnuts round out the sweet finishes.
Beyond dinner, Lone Star Rolleston doubles as a flexible event venue with function facilities for up to 70 guests. Whether it's a wedding, birthday party, corporate event, family gathering or seminar setup, the idea is simple: tell the team what you need and they'll take care of everything.
You'll find the restaurant at Unit 3, 4 Rohutu Way, Rolleston, Christchurch, open seven days from 11:30AM until late. Book a table online through the Lone Star website or call 03 777 7152 — and if you become a regular, the Lone Star Loyal app is there for its loyals. As the menu itself puts it: leaving hungry's a crime.