Looking over Taramea Bay, Beach House is a stylish, comfortable cafe famous for seafood, especially its creamy chowder studded with juicy mussels and hunks of salmon. On a sunny day with a warm breeze wafting off Foveaux Strait you can admire the distant snow-capped peaks from the outside tables. The other 90% of the time, retire inside to admire them through the windows.
Beach House
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