Good food, good ambience, not so good location and definitely not a good waiting time. First off, the onion rings were OH-MY-GOD so good. I'd have ordered another portion if I could finish it. Also ordered a half-half pizza and we weren't disappointed. The Hawaiian and BBQ Carnivore (I think?) tasted great, with thin crust. Toppings could have been more generous I feel.
The waiting time on a Tues night at 7pm was half an hour for a seating and one hour for the food to be served...
The idea was to go for a few drinks, we were taken care of by Franco, who was very friendly, cordial and super friendly, we ended up staying for dinner... excellent service, exquisite burgers and the drink up to expectations.! A beautiful experience with a good atmosphere, music, beautiful view of the lake and next to the fireplace.! Highly recommended 👏🏻
Meal type
Dinner
Food: 5
Service: 4
Atmosphere: 4
Great friendly service, standard pub fair. Generous ice cream serving!! I had the bbq ribs and husband and burger and chips. Both good, would go again and try the pizzas looked good, nice by the fireplace.
Had the garlic prawn pizza and it was really disappointing. Lacked both flavour and toppings and the cheese was barely melted. I've had way better frozen pizzas.
Service
Take out
Meal type
Dinner
Price per person
$30–40
Food: 1
Service: 4
Atmosphere: 3
Me and my husband came here a few times while we were staying at the Hilton and have nothing but great things to say! Their service is sensational and the food is fantastic. For the vegetarians, their veggie burger is delicious!! My husband also said their pizzas are great :) give them a try for sure. The price is also very reasonable and you get a lot of food!
As a restaurant in the Hilton Resort & Spa, I expected more. But the Margarita pizza tasted like frozen boxed pizza, and everything else we ordered was overpriced for what was served, or just meh.
If you're dragged here by lack of choice or a sports-obsessed member of your party, you'll notice one plus for health-conscious eaters: they offer a big bowl of steamed veggies as a side (ask to hold the cracked pepper if you're serving to a child). However, the Wakatipu Grill next door does far better veggie sides, and has more options.
I was glad to see they had a Beyond veggie burger on the menu but it was hard to understand why it was priced at $32...
Neighbourhood bar vibes, domestic beers, sports on the telly. Ok in a pinch or to placate anyone nostalgic for a touch of the old NZ norm, but I wouldn't recommend it.
Last note - Hope for Hilton that they choose to invest in improvements - this could be a sports bar taken to a level that matches the hotel's rating.
Mate.
Amazing ambience and really good hearty well priced meal. Staff were also very attentive. I would 100% eat here again.
I find a lot of restaurants in Queenstown are hit and miss. But this hits the mark ( see what I did there).
Pro tip. Get the lamb shank! I mean who comes to a cpu try of 50 million sheep and doesn't eat one of them?
