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Altitude Brewing in Frankton, Queenstown offers house-made craft beer with lake views, rotating food trucks, and a relaxed local vibe on the Kawarau River.
Set on Lake Hayes near Queenstown, Amisfield Restaurant offers hyper-local tasting menus and house wines in a glass-walled room overlooking Central Otago. Booking ahead is essential, especially for evenings.
Aosta in Arrowtown takes culinary cues from northern Italy, offering handmade pasta, wood-fired meats and Central Otago wines in a refined alpine-inspired setting.
Food‑and‑wine precinct in restored 160‑year‑old farm buildings: multiple restaurants, Ayrburn wine tastings and a central lawn hosting markets, music and picnics.
Lake Hayes, Queenstown
Nine private one‑bedroom villas with floor‑to‑ceiling windows and a bay‑window bathtub framing uninterrupted lake and mountain views; breakfast included.
Awarded One MICHELIN Key 2025, a lakeside boutique marrying Victorian heritage and The Grille’s seasonal cooking, with private-yacht charters and a vast penthouse terrace.
Awarded New Zealand’s Leading Lodge 2024 — a restored 1887 Victorian villa with the Firth Suite, evening canapés and fireside hospitality for intimate, heritage-led stays.
Highest‑situated hotel with panoramic Lake Wakatipu and Remarkables views; seasonal five‑course degustation, private soak tubs and a 140 m² al fresco sundeck.
Watershed Saunas in Queenstown combines authentic Finnish sauna rituals with cold plunges in Lake Whakatipu, creating one of New Zealand's most memorable wellness experiences.
From the waterfront restaurants of central Queenstown to the vineyards of Gibbston Valley, the historic streets of Arrowtown and the landscapes surrounding Lake Wakatipu, explore our favourite places across the region.
Altitude Brewing in Frankton, Queenstown offers house-made craft beer with lake views, rotating food trucks, and a relaxed local vibe on the Kawarau River.
Set on Lake Hayes near Queenstown, Amisfield Restaurant offers hyper-local tasting menus and house wines in a glass-walled room overlooking Central Otago. Booking ahead is essential, especially for evenings.
Aosta in Arrowtown takes culinary cues from northern Italy, offering handmade pasta, wood-fired meats and Central Otago wines in a refined alpine-inspired setting.
