Best Cafe
30 Stuart Street
This Dunedin institution is well worth a visit and perhaps a return to your student days.
Restaurants
Just because they can be found in the Southernmost major city in New Zealand doesn’t mean Dunedin restaurants are content to sit in the culinary shadows. From Japanese to Italian, and everything in between, Dunedin restaurants don’t hold back when it comes to offering visitors a taste of cuisine from all over the world. A mixture of cultures calling this Southern city home means there’s plenty of choice when it comes to that evening time question ‘where should we eat?’. Similar to the humble people who live here, Dunedin restaurants are not ones to blow their own trumpets, so lucky we’re here to do it for them.
Whether you’re feeling like fish and chips down at the beach, a cheap and cheerful Asian meal in town, or it’s time to celebrate and go all out with a fine-dining option, restaurants in Dunedin meet all your eating and drinking requirements.
A harbourside city means there’s constant access to fresh kaimoana, and if seafood hasn’t made it onto your plate before, Dunedin is very much the place to try it. Get greasy with a piece of battered cod, or sip on an oyster straight from the shell - Dunedin restaurants aren’t ones to judge how you like your food, they’re just here to offer it up in the best way possible.
Carey's Bay Hotel
17 Macandrew Rd, Careys Bay
Dating back to 1874, Carey’s Bay Historical Hotel is one of the most popular pubs in Dunedin.
Good Good
22 Vogel Street
Amean spot for burgers, beers and vibey energy.
Jizo Japanese Café and Bar
56 Princes Street
The food covers all bases when it comes to Japanese cuisine at Jizo.
Mamma Mia Pizza
9010/292 Highgate, Roslyn
Serving up authentic Italian pizza from a traditional wood-fired oven, you can expect fresh, hot, traditional pizza ‘just like Mamma used to make.’
Moiety
42 Queens Gardens
Moiety wows with a tasting menu that is refined and approachable all at once.
No.7 Balmac
7 Balmacewen Road, Maori Hill
The kind of restaurant that every neighbourhood ought to be lucky enough to have.
Plato
2 Birch Street
Hidden under the Otago Peninsula Road overpass you will find Plato, an eatery that is retro both inside and out.
The Esplanade
250 Forbury Road, Saint Clair
Beachfront and Italian may not be the most common marriage on New Zealand shores, but it’s a marriage that works well at St Clair’s The Esplanade.
tītī
24 Esplanade, Saint Clair
Offering experiential dining in a way that is extremely high quality but also completely approachable.