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Best International restaurants nearby. Discover the best International food in Franz Josef. View Menus, Photos and Reviews for International restaurants near you.. 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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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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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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3. Monsoon Bar & Restaurant
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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
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4. 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
5. The Gallery Restaurant
Reviewed By deskjet2
This place has a nice location and the restaurant and terrace are stylish.It also has a captive audience from the hotel, of which it is part and with visitors to the gallery during the day.However, you cannot serve steak as a main course with just a few sliced onions, with no sauce and not a single potato or vegetable for this price! If ever? Everything is extra!We also had the 'chicken stir fry' which was the strangest that I have ever had! It was a 'casserole' of overcooked chicken in a mess of soft onions, gravy, cabbage and broccoli. No capsicums, no Chinese veg or spices, or anything crispy and it had never been anywhere near a Wok.The service was excellent, but the food is a big letdown.
