River Restaurant - superb foods and wines in a vineyard setting.
River Restaurant is situated a short work to the fantastic fly-fishing of the Tongariro River and on the edge of New Zealand's oldest
7th April 2011 This is a wonderful restaurant. With it's relaxing atmosphere, pleasant surroundings, contemporary design and approach, this place is an absolute must.
Food: delicious
Wine: sensational
Staff: pleasant
Added bonus: you can buy their wine and it's worth every cent!
River Restaurant superb food and wines in a vineyard setting.
River Restaurant is situated a short work to the fantastic fly-fishing of the Tongariro River and on the edge of New Zealands oldest National Park.
River Restaurant with its great wine, food, expansive decking and warm welcome make it an ideal place for lunch, dinner or that special occasion or event.
Drop by and sample our great platters and River Wine, there is no better place to try these outstanding wines than where the grapes were grown on the stony flats of the old Tongariro riverbed. With the warm family welcome come and relax at River Restaurant, try our River Wine and depending on the time of year watch the vines soak up the beauty of the area as they prepare themselves for the next vintage.
Thinking of a location for a special occasion or event? Let us help you make it extra special by hosting it at River Restaurant.
We are situated on Mill Lane which is off Grace Rd, Turangi.
7th August 2013 Don't expect this restaurant to actually be open & you might be OK. Despite clearly stated opening hours on their own website (as well as here) we turn up only to find they've decided to shut Mon - Thu and only open Fri, Sat, Sun for all of August; only place it says this is on their gate! Even the road sign on the main highway still says open.
Highly unsatisfied and more than a bit irate!
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7th April 2011 This is a wonderful restaurant. With it's relaxing atmosphere, pleasant surroundings, contemporary design and approach, this place is an absolute must.
Food: delicious
Wine: sensational
Staff: pleasant
Added bonus: you can buy their wine and it's worth every cent!
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DebbieandSteve
14th January 2011 My new wife Debbie and I were in New Zealand for four weeks over December and January on Honeymoon and getting away from the cold in Europe. We were traveling around NZ and had a stop over in Turangi on our way down to the South Island. To be honest we were not expecting much when it came to restaurant options but how wrong we were! Our B&B hosts suggested River Restaurant as a number of the guests had dined there before with positive feedback. We consider ourselves 'foodies' and like to dine out as much as possible. At this point of our stay we have to admit we were disappointed in the food and restaurants we had tried so far in NZ, this all changed at River Restaurant. Our meals were well cooked, tasty, imaginative, seasoned just great and Debbie was very happy with her 'veggie' option. For dessert we had poached pears.....these were to die for! With our meal we had 2006 River Wine Pinot Gri, golden in colour which we found a little strange at first however the taste was great and even nicer as we sat looking at the vines the grapes had come from.
The food was so good we had brunch the next day and also called in as well at the end of our holiday as we headed back to Auckland.
Our only negative comment would be that the staff serving seemed to be having a tough time dealing with the numbers of guests however we still had lots of smiles and nothing seemed to much trouble.
Portion size could have been a little bigger
Cats Retreat (0.21 km)
Colostrum4Health.com (0.35 km)
Tongariro Lodge (0.54 km)
Fish Tongariro (0.88 km)
This is a wonderful restaurant. With it's relaxing atmosphere, pleasant surroundings, contemporary design and approach, this place is an absolute must.
Food: delicious
Wine: sensational
Staff: pleasant
Added bonus: you can buy their wine and it's worth every cent!