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Most Popular Gastropub food in Nelson, South Island, New Zealand
Find out what Gastropub restaurants to try in Nelson. Nelson’s thriving arts and music scene has helped to establish it as a destination for free spirits and art-lovers. Festivals, studios, galleries, craft markets… Every cranny of this South Island city seems to buzz with artistic energy. Lord of the Rings fans will flip for the Jens Hansen workshop in Trafalgar Square—Hansen is the goldsmith who designed the “precious” guarded by Frodo in the LOTR films.
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1. Harry's Hawker House & Bar
Overall Ratings
5 based on 85 reviews
Inspired by the flavours and vibrancy of South East Asian street food and hawker markets, Harryâs is an expression of love in food form for a region and people weâve come to greatly admire and respect. Harryâs Hawker House is a place where fresh flavours
Reviewed By Kiwi2NZ
Top quality produce put together with imagination and a subtle blend of flavours - our three plate lunch was such a delight that we are going back tomorrow! The crispy Peking duck, Korean ribs and raw green fish curry were all superb - so it will be hard not to just repeat. But there is the tempting Szechuan venison, pork mono dumplingsand Thai salmon gravlax to also tempt us. That we had the place to ourselves was extraordinary! Nelsonians have a world class gem in their midst and they donât seem to know it. Harryâs would be booked out days in advance if it was in Auckland. It deserves every success.
2. Urban Oyster Bar and Eatery
Overall Ratings
4 based on 683 reviews
Urban Oyster Bar & Eatery is Nelson's newest and most innovative dining experience. Don't be afraid to put your elbows on the table and engage us and your fellow diners. Get to know us and what's inspiring us today. We'll be delivering the things we're cu
Reviewed By Robert S
We checked this place out before we came and had it on our list to try when we were in Nelson. We checked out the website before we walked over because it was a holiday and it said they were open so we went. When we got there it was closed.Hi Robert thank you for your review, we really appreciate you dropping our hard earned rating from 1st Place to 3rd place in order to inform people we were closed on a public holiday. You may appreciate that if you had of looked on our website it clearly states on our opening hours that we are closed on public holidays, so does our facebook page. Our staff work extremely hard for us and they really appreciate having an extra day off on a public holiday. So we are sorry that we weren't open for you when you wanted to come and dine. We feel your review is unfair and unjust and quite honestly it is reviews like this that make it very hard for the hospitality industry. We are more than happy to receive constructive criticism, but in this case you didn't experience Urban in any way and to post a one star review because we were closed is simply wrong.
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3. Speight's Ale House
Overall Ratings
4 based on 550 reviews
Situated on Quarantine Rd opposite Mitre 10 Mega and the WOW Museum we are proud to be the 17th Speight's Ale House across the country and the very first of the new look Ale House! Whether its good hearty portions of southern style food or Speight's exclu
Reviewed By silverhead2016
We have had many enjoyable lunches at SPEIGHT'S, however, when we went this week and had the BLUE COD it was just plain awful, not very fresh and over cooked. We should have sent it back but just wanted to get out quickly. Will not hurry to go back.
4. The Vic Brewbar
Overall Ratings
4 based on 498 reviews
The Vic Brewbar is the South Islandâs first fully-fledged Macâs Brewbar. Found in the historic Victorian Rose building on Trafalgar Street and known by locals as the âVic Roseâ, the Brewbar is a unique Nelson pub and restaurant that offers live entertainm
Reviewed By Amelia M
Friendly service, quick cooking, a piece of fish that was deep fried but not oily, the side of summer vegetables was huge, and the cider with syrup flavouring was so good I really should have had another.Will 100% be back the next time we're in Nelson.
5. McCashins Brewery Kitchen and Bar
Overall Ratings
4 based on 111 reviews
McCashins Brewery Kitchen and Bar has just undergone a fantastic full refurbishment and fit-out. The amazing new space is open with all new menus including a full a la carte lunch and evening menu. Serving great coffee, delicious food & crafted brews. We
Reviewed By no1pokachic
Well weâve eaten breakfast at probably most places in nelson, this was the worst sadly. We came here on recommendations weâve seen & because we live just around the corner. Talk about disappointing for such expensive breakfasts! Stone cold bacon & sausages & the poached eggs tasted of nothing but vinegar (ridiculously sour) -so did the hollandaise. Someone really needs to learn how to make hollandaise properly ( and please serve it HOT not cold - especially when charging people $2 extra for it on an already $22 breakfast) MIL had eggs bene .. with a mountain of raw spinach.. yuk. Along with sour eggs & sour hollandaise it was inedible. The boys picked at what they could stomach so it didnât go to waste . Bacon was cooked well and yum once the kitchen reheated it all, itâs good quality and the only saving grace. The mushrooms had a fab flavour too with the herbs but once again being cold makes it really unappealing! Chef couldnât even be bothered to apologise, so staff copped it when they shouldnât have, not hard to come out & say sorry I made a hash of it please come back & try us again another time, nope just ignored us with a surly face. Staff avoided us like the plague once they seen how bad our breakfasts were, no surprises, they were embarrassed. Young girl was rather rude but there was a young blonde guy who tried his best & certainly gave a lot better customer service than anyone else in there. There was only two other tables so not busy. We waited a good half hour if not longer just for breakfast, all eating the same thing bacon & eggs etc, so shouldnât have taken so long. We went on others recommendations but what an expensive lesson. Wouldnât return sadly and we only live around the corner so was so convenient for us .
Most Popular Brew Pub food in Nelson, South Island, New Zealand
