Just like our café culture, our restaurant scene offers a never-ending choice of dining experiences and cuisines.
Options include everything from multi award-winning fish and chips to fine dining, and from locally brewed craft beer and wine, to steambox (meals cooked using natural sources of geothermal steam) or hāngī (a traditional Māori underground cooking method). Rotorua really will surprise you.
The bustling hub of Eat Streat boasts a dozen or so restaurants and bars in a thermally heated, covered avenue as long as a city block.
Here and throughout the city, food from every corner of the world is at your beck and call – a global smorgasbord of gastronomical delights.
Herbs & Spices Thai Restaurant
Restaurants
Herbs & Spices Thai Restaurant is the place to be. The menu includes all your Thai favourites like roasted duck curry, thick red curry, and pad Thai noodles. But that's not all. Check out the online menu for the works.
Oppies Fish & Chips
Restaurants
For more than 20 years, award-winning Oppie's Fish and Chips has been a favourite with locals and visitors alike.
Atticus Finch
Restaurants
Atticus Finch is a restaurant and bar offering contemporary New Zealand cuisine. Opening for a café-style lunch and shared plates for evening dining.
The Mains at On the Point
Restaurants, North
Locally sourced fresh cuisine with something to suit everyone.
Number 8 Wire
Restaurants
Number 8 Wire is all about bringing the fresh New Zealand ingredients to your plate.
Urbano Bistro
Restaurants
Urbano Bistro is a smart casual café by day and informal bistro restaurant by night.
Barrel & Co. Bar and Grill
Restaurants
At Barrel & Co. cooking centres around hearty grill favourites and a farm-to-table philosophy.
Hennessy's Irish Bar
Restaurants
Visit Hennessy’s Irish Bar right in the heart of Rotorua, an authentic Irish bar famous for serving Rotorua’s favourite pub food and New Zealand’s best Guinness.
El Mexicano Zapata Express
Restaurants, Central
El Mexicano Zapata Express is an award winning restaurant, takeaway and quality street food provider, popular with both locals and visitors to Rotorua.
Pig & Whistle Historic Pub
Restaurants, Central
Visit the Pig & Whistle Historic Pub and enjoy the warm historic atmosphere of one of the most popular bars in Rotorua.
Mac's Steakhouse
Restaurants
Welcome to Mac’s Steakhouse, proudly serving fresh New Zealand beef and lamb.
Chimney Indian Restaurant
Restaurants
Welcome to Chimney Indian Restaurant, one of Rotorua's most popular spots for delicious tandoori, Indo-Chinese dishes, and the curries of North and South India.