Restaurants in Taupo
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Plateau
One of a growing number of brewery-branded gastro-pubs, Plateau is a great place for a drink (Monteith’s beer being the main poison), but the food is the key. The menu is predominantly modern NZ (think lamb rump and rib-eye), with plenty of fancy fusion twists.
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Brantry
Chef Prue Campbell and sister Felicity continue to run the best and most consistent restaurant in the region at this 1950s town house, a few minutes from the town centre. Dine in intimate, unobtrusive surrounds, inside or out. The menu makes use of some of NZ’s finest ingredients, including top-quality cuts of beef and lamb. The set menu (two-/three-courses $40/50) is a gift.
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L’Arté
A 10-minute drive from town will reward you with a fantastically artful cafe in an ebullient sculpture garden with a gallery alongside. Lots of mouth-watering treats are made from scratch here, including the pesto that sits on the must-have antipasto platter. The home baking is a triumph.
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Replete
Widely regarded as one of Taupo’s best cafes, Replete’s counter is packed full of delicatessen delights – running the gamut from sandwiches and salads to sweets. Its pastry selection is particularly commendable. A blackboard menu offers inexpensive and interesting light meals.
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Pimentos
Such a local favourite that you may well need to book to enjoy some of the town’s best food in this convivial environment. Its lamb shanks and mash are legendary, but the relatively short menu offers plenty of well-considered experimentation.
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Fine Fettle
An airy cafe on a quieter edge of town, serving wholefood, organic, and GE- and gluten-free options. The healthy, satisfying offerings include quiches and fresh salads, plus juices, smoothies and iced chai.
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On Tap
This place packs a paunch with paté to start, steaks as big as your fist, cheese to round off and a beer bonanza throughout. Modern-man interior with beaut wooden bar and smokers' den out front.
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Eruption
Shelter behind one of the free newspapers while Eruption’s espresso machine steams and spurts out black rivers topped with creamy foam. The food selection’s limited but tasty.
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Stir Taupo
Despite operating out of a caravan by the marina, Stir managed to snaffle a 2009 cafe award. The formula’s simple: killer coffee and scrumptious sweet and savoury crepes.
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Classic Espresso Bakery
This is a budget diner's creamy dream, baking daily delights like pies and pastries, and old-school treats like lamingtons, Eccles cake and gingerbread people.
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Lotus Thai
A warm and inviting restaurant with Siamese trimmings throughout, offering standard Thai fare in plentiful portions.
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Hot Plate Korean & Japanese Restaurant
This place has authentic barbecue-style Korean dishes, along with Japanese specialities including tempura and sushi.
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