Food

Here is a list of some of our favourite places to eat/drink etc in Queenstown to help you get started:

Best Eating / Fine dining

  • Rata at Te Nuku (entrance from Stanley or 43 Ballarat Street) or the
  • Botswana Butchery 17 Marine Parade, on the lakefront to the left of the town centre.
  • Out of town at Lake Hays is Amisfield Winery.
  • Toast & Oak – after a special dinner? we love the chefs tasting menu and the comprehensive wine list.

Best Pizza

  • In Cow Lane you’ll find The Cow, a pizzeria which was a cow byre in the stone building. No reservations. The menu never changes but it is a must do part of the Queenstown thing.

Best beer & steak / casual dining

Best Take-away

  • Pedro’s House of Lamb at the bottom of Hallenstein Street where it joins Gorge Road. Great slow cooked shoulders of lamb with scalloped potatoes.

Best Burger

  • Fergburger, Shotover Street. So popular that they, at their own expense, installed a new footpath to enable their patrons to queue without blocking pedestrian access.

Best Café – spoilt by choice!

  • Our favourite if you can get in is  Bespoke Kitchen which you can find en route to the Gondola.
  • Vudu accessed from the waterfront or 16 Rees Street.
  • Then there is McGibbons of Royalburn at The Junction, 53 Robins Road which is also the best deli-grocery venue for gourmet and specialty foods.
  • The Boatshed at the lake edge – entranceway on the Queenstown/Frankton highway opposite the “Z ” gas/service/petrol station.
  • And if you’re up at Coronet skiing try Heidis at the T-bar in Rocky Gully.
  • The Hayes in Lake Hayes estate is great with kids as they have an attached playground.

Best Ice Cream

locate all these food recommendations and much more on our maps page here

This is part of a guidebook for the guests of Central Queenstown Modern Townhouse with Lake Views on AirBNB.