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Top 9 New Zealand food in Franz Josef, South Island, New Zealand
Reviews on New Zealand food in Franz Josef, South Island, New Zealand. The quaint West Coast, South Island town of Franz Josef is named after the Franz Josef Glacier. Which in turn, legend has it, is named for a girl whose lover died in a fatal fall. She cried so much that her tears pooled, eventually freezing into a block of ice. The magic of this fable isn’t lost on the town or the tourists who flock to the tragically romantic site.
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9. Lot 64 Eatery - Franz Josef Glacier
New Zealand street food at its best!
Reviewed By andreazE5067NA
I have tried prawn, vegas, chicken and veggie burritos and they were all DELICIOUS! Service is great and burritos take about 5-10 min, depending on how busy they are. Lots of options for meat eaters, vegetarians and vegans! They have a variety of hot sauces as well that make the burrito even better...definitely a must while in Franz Josef.
8. The Glasshouse Restaurant
Overall Ratings
4 based on 36 reviews
With stunning glacier views the Glasshouse Restaurant provides casual ala carte dining designed for families and leisure guests. Open for buffet ora la carte breakfast from 6.30am to 10.00am as well as a la carte dinner(plus salad bar) from 5.00pm to 9.30
Reviewed By arby235
One of the 2 restaurants in this lovely hotel serving yummy food by courteous Staff. A reservation in advance will certainly help to get you a table with a gr8 view in this relatively little place.Overall--7/10Dear Arby,Thank you for taking the time to review us on TripAdvisor.I am glad that you have enjoyed our food and service in the restaurant. Glasshouse restaurant has the best view in town featuring all snow mountains in the surrounding area and you are absolutely right an early reservation will help to ensure one of our best window tables and a breath-taken view before sunset.Thank you again and hope you have a safe trip back home.Best regards,Mick Yuan
7. Canavan's Restaurant
Overall Ratings
4 based on 21 reviews
Reviewed By rachelmgsy
We chose this restaurant to celebrate my birthday as well as my father's and couldn't fault the service and the food. The duck was excellent as was the pavlova for dessert. One of our favourite meals during our stay in New Zealand!Dear Rachel,Thank you very much for taking the time to review us on TripAdisor.Thank you for your kind words and I am glad that we can be part of your memory on this special day!I trust you have made it safely home and I wish your parents all the best for the rest of their journey.Best regards,Mick
6. Full Of Beans
Overall Ratings
4 based on 925 reviews
Recently refurbished and re-named
Reviewed By Jan Willem t
We came here for lunch, the room is cosy and the athmosphere is good. So we ordered Red Velvet cake, Chicken mushroom pie and cappuccino. The red velvet cake didn't have a flavour and the pie was prepared with pulled meat and missed flavour too. The cappuccino was tasty. Not a visit to remember long time but just better than average.
5. The Landing
Overall Ratings
4 based on 1751 reviews
Reviewed By nicholaswillmott
Stopped in for dinner on a night the All Blacks were in action, but before the game started and it got crazy busy. We managed to get a table without a reservation (in hindsight probably telling). We ordered food and a beer, the beer took forever to come and I had to chase it, not a good look for a pub. The food when it came was okay, pretty much average bar food.
4. Monsoon Bar & Restaurant
Overall Ratings
4 based on 593 reviews
Monsoon bar and restaurant will quite possibly be your favourite bar in NZ, with roaring fires & regular DJ's. We carry a large range of New Zealands finest beers and wines. The Monsoon restaurant will satisfy your hunger whatever your budget with all you
Reviewed By jamiea226
Venue appears cosy and well suited to its mountain range location. We were there on a Friday night off peak so wasnât overly busy. Staff were friendly enough. $6 house spirts were great and lots of other specials, loved the design your gin idea and that you can get Yorkshire Pudding on on menu item, please have these added to your extras list, I would have ordered one with a roast. For some reason despite lots of cozy spots we were seated near the kitchen and a back door which was constantly being left open by patrons and then had to be closed by staff, creating a wind and cold air tunnel. (perhaps this could be upgraded to self close), this and the constant passing of kitchen runners became annoying in the end and we moved tables outside. We had the burgers, which were huge and served on small wooden platters. Perhaps a bigger platter would be good, as my burger fell apart so much, I used a knife and fork, no issue with this but most of the filling was on the table more that then platter areas. The beef patty (homemade) was really good but I found the brioche bun to be overly dry despite the juiciness of the burger. The lettuce fresh and the back and onion rings good too. The fries in a basket were slightly undercooked so didnât enjoy them. Some were scorching hot others cold and almost frozen potato consistency. The homemade aioli dip was great though. Dessert was also great, good presentation and tasty. Coming into the peak season I assume they are training new staff, be patient with them, lovely girls but are not over the menu items yet and questions from ourselves or other close tables were met with âIâm not sureâ or âI think itâsâ, perhaps shadowing of staff initially would be good or getting them to ask the kitchen staff would reduce some of this occurring and prevent complaints from less patient patrons. Overall was a good night out but the dry bun and undercooked fries lowered my enjoyment. hello jamieSo happy to hear you liked our gin menu, we love our gin selection here. unfortunately, we are coming into our busy season and tend to have a lot of people wanting to dine and hence we run out of of the best tables, its our fault we are so popular.Glad to hear you loved our big burgers, we have never had an issue with the small wooden boards, we found it added a charm, we would have given you a plate if you had asked. We do love to pour homemade burgers here and everyone loves the brioche bun, they actually hold the burger better than the previous bun we used, and the issue with the fries if you had informed the waitress she would have got you fresh ones, but i will pass on the comments to chef so it doenst happen again.Yes, we are coming into peak season and do have alot of new staff that are personally being trained myself and other supervisors. We do shadow our staff to a certain point, but they also need to hold their own and gain the confidence for themselves without the manger hoovering over them, we do a lot of training with our staff and a manager oversees if they get difficulty. I do hope you visit again, and we can highen your enjoyment level.regardsAntonia
3. Snake Bite Brewery
Overall Ratings
4 based on 1255 reviews
Asian Street Food and Kiwi Favourites. Experience a variety of authentic dishes from Southeast Asia. Beer is what we unashamedly love. Some of NZ's best Craft Beers in stock. Start the day with a hearty breakfast. Served from 7:30am We bake our own pies,
Reviewed By beachbuddy10
We had done the Glacier Walk, so we felt we deserved a beer. They have a good selection of some NZâs best craft beers. The menu caught our interest so we returned in the evening. Jenny was amazing and gave us some recommendations. We ordered two variations on the Pad Thai noodles and a decent bottle of red. Warming and filling, we struggled to finish them. Worth visiting.
2. Blue Ice Cafe
Overall Ratings
4 based on 818 reviews
Reviewed By cherrybear001
Upon recommendation by the hotel staff, we walked-in during non peak hours and the restaurant was rather empty. We had their lamb shank and mushroom bacon tricolour fettuccine, one of the best we ever had! The food was really awesome and one of the bestmeal in our whole NZ trip. Thumbs up!
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1. Alice May
Overall Ratings
4 based on 1764 reviews
Take a step back in time and immerse yourself in the story of Alice May Parkinson along with some mouth-watering food and great ambience. Spectacular views of the Southern Alps can be appreciated from our courtyard. Alice May prides itself in serving trad
Reviewed By Ape_Bird
We cannot emphasise this enough: we loved everything to do with this venue. The service - perfect!The food - amazing! The venue and atmosphere - buzzing!Food wise we had arancini to share (tasted delicious, just the right amount of seasoning and cheese), then my wife had a prawn pasta with chilli and garlic while I had the monkfish. Every was cooked to perfect specially the sweetcorn cake.Try the Alice May draught beer if you're so inclined. It's worth every penny.
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