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.
Sobar & Cafe
Restaurants
Chill out with your family and friends. Enjoy the live music and tasty food in the middle of Eat Streat.
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.
Good Eastern Taphouse
Restaurants, East
If you’re hitting the trails, staying at one of the local lakes, or exploring the Redwoods Forest, Good Eastern Taphouse is the perfect place to refuel. With a huge range of Good George beers and ciders on tap and a mouth-watering menu, there’s something to tempt everyone.
Sabroso Restaurant
Restaurants
Serving authentic home-style food from throughout Latin America in a welcoming, casual setting.
Ambrosia Restaurant & Bar
Restaurants
Ambrosia, with its beautiful traditional interior, was the first licensed restaurant in Rotorua in 1954.
CBK Craft Bar & Kitchen
Restaurants
New Zealanders have always been great hosts, and it’s a tradition Craft Bar & Kitchen (CBK) is determined to keep alive.
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.
Number 8 Wire
Restaurants
Number 8 Wire is all about bringing the fresh New Zealand ingredients to your plate.
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.
Mac's Steakhouse
Restaurants
Welcome to Mac’s Steakhouse, proudly serving fresh New Zealand beef and lamb.
The Regent Room
Restaurants
The Regent Room invites you to experience a superb selection of contemporary award winning New Zealand cuisine, elegant cocktails and a sensational boutique wine list.