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Traveller's Tales: Restaurants and eating places in Queenstown, New Zealand

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S Chan	26 May 2005
Stayed at Rydges Lakeland Resort Queenstown - Queenstown, New Zealand.
For a little action, I tried bungy jumping at the Kawarau Bridge, and the Shotover Jet boat ride. Both were excellent and tons of fun. Rather expensive, but worth the money. For scenery, I booked the Nomad Safari LOTR tour. There are 2 tours to choose from and both cover different locations. I asked the booking desk to recommend and the 2 people who worked there both recommended the Glenorchy area saying that they've been there and it's extremely beautiful. Since we were going on a 4W drive, we expected a bumpy ride. But the ride going away from town was about 45 minutes to an hour and was on curvy roads. So if you get car sick, don't do this tour!!! Anyway, we did stop at Glenorchy, but only because the driver needed to go to the bathroom. Was it as beautiful as the booking desk ladies said? I'll never know because I only saw a small town restaurant and a public bathroom next to it. The major sites we stopped at was Isengard and the site where Sam cooked rabbit stew. It's just some dried bits of land but its background sceneries of the mountains are nice. We drove by some wooded area (which may have been the forest of Lothlorien, part of the tour), but never went through it, and I don't believe it was even mentioned. We did drive by miles of sheep farms and that was different and nice. For the money, I thought this tour was not worth it...and a waste of time. There were nice background sceneries, but you get these beautiful sceneries anywhere your head turns in Queenstown, and it's free. Also, definitely take the gondola up to the peak for wonderful views and there's no rush to go down. Try the luge ride, great for adults as well as kids. Nice little cafe there too. Food prices are unexpectedly reasonable as I always expect to get "robbed" when I'm at these type of tourist places. As for food, I always like a good mix of higher end restaurants and affordable restaurants. One of my favorite "affordables" is the Express Diner. I believe it's on Shotover Street. Great wait staff, fair prices, and pretty good food. I went during low season and most of the restaurants are quite empty, except for the Express Diner. Don't let the name fool you. It's a few notches above the average diner in the United States.
M Minick	19 November 2004
Stayed at Scenic Circle A-Line Hotel - Queenstown, New Zealand.
Queenstown is a "must visit" if on the south island. One of the most beautiful locations on earth, rivaling Lucerne with a lake surrounded by mountains. It is the center for "adventure" travel. It is also an expensive town, owing to both it's desirablity and remote location. One dining surprise was Speight's, a brew-pub associated with Speight's ales. The beer was good (I particularly liked the Classic), and the food was both good and a bargain by local standards.