Start planning your best-ever New Zealand culinary adventures and visit any one of our Cuisine Destinations for a deliciously good time. Our Cuisine Good Food Guide assessors have done the work for you so that you can explore and understand the unique flavours of Aotearoa.

Look for our Cuisine Destination category icons for a taste of what to expect.

A Cuisine Special Destination
The Cuisine Special Destination recognises terrific establishments, with friendly teams and talented chefs that are serving high-quality food.

A Cuisine Cool Destination
Interesting sips and luscious bites served within a casual, cool vibe

A Cuisine Hotel Destination
Restaurants situated within hotels that are well worth your visit.

A Cuisine Global Destination
Global tastes from casual to high-end, at the top of their game

A Cuisine Favourite Destination
Favourites that we return to again and again, friendly, comfortable and delicious

A Cuisine Winery Destination
Winery restaurants that pay special attention to delivering a great menu alongside their unique wine selections.

The Bathhouse

You’ll feel like royalty when you dine in this circular building built in 1911 to commemorate the coronation of King George V. Lovely on the lakeside, this iconic venue is open from sunrise to sunset so there’s all day to pop in and eat like an Edwardian, taking your pick from the Great British-inspired menu – bacon butty anyone?

38 Marine Parade, Queenstown /
03 442 5625 /
bathhouse.co.nz

The Cow

No visit to the adventure capital is complete without paying homage to its oldest continuously operating restaurant. The stone barn, which once housed cows, has an unmatched rustic ambience and a pizza and spaghetti menu that has kept the punters satisfied for almost 50 years. A slice of history.

Cow Lane, Queenstown
03 442 8588 /
thecowpizza.co.nz