The restaurants below have been grouped into four different pricing categories:
$$$$ (over NZ$70)
$$$ (NZ$50 to NZ$70)
$$ (NZ$30 to NZ$50)
$ (up to NZ$30)
The prices given are for a three-course meal for one with a bottle of house wine or equivalent. They include tax but not tip.

Gantley's Restaurant
In a beautiful 19th-century stone building just 7km (4.5 miles) from Queenstown, Gantley's serves the region's finest wine and food.

Arthur's Point Road
Tel: (03) 442 8999.
Website: www.gantleys.co.nz
Price: $$$$

Tatler
This restaurant has a handsome decor and offers a sumptuous menu. Perfect for business lunches.

5 The Mall
Tel: (03) 442 8372.
Website: www.tatler.co.nz
Price: $$$

Prime
Prime makes the most of its stunning views with a glass wall overlooking Lake Wakatipu, and specialises in mouth-watering steaks.

Upstairs, 2 Rees Street
Tel: (03) 442 5288.
Price: $$

Dux de Lux
Diners at the award-winning Dux de Lux can enjoy fresh, imaginatively prepared New Zealand grown foods, as well as sampling the produce of the microbrewery.

14-16 Church Street
Tel: (03) 442 7745.
Website: www.thedux.co.nz
Price: $$

Fergburger
This fantastic little place hidden down a side road serves up a legendary range of delicious burgers and is open until the small hours.

Cow Lane
Tel: (03) 441 1232.
Website: www.fergburger.com
Price: $