Excellent beer and great food! This brew pub located on the…read morewaterfront is a great spot for a beer and a bite to eat. The beer is excellent and the food is good too. We tried the pizza, mussels and ribs and it was all very delicious and reasonably priced.

Okay the beer IS good but the ribs...oh the ribs!!! I was raised in Kansas City - home of world…read morefamous BBQ. This is by far the BEST BBQ I've had outside of KC in 35 years! Living in Dunedin I'm so excited to know I have good BBQ when I get a real hankering now.

It's been around a long time doing the same thing so what they do is pretty well practiced. Food is…read moreokay, nothing special but comes out quickly, the restaurant is big enough to take big groups and you can often get a table without a booking. Restaurant can be very noisy however. Unfortunately it's the only Italian style restaurant we have at the moment.

Homey cozy Italian restaurant in this old Dunedin city center. What a spot to hide away from the…read morecrowded. Easily walk in and take a seat by the window, enjoy the colorful glasses of the time reflections, breathe in, prepare a few minutes for your order. Try the Italian soup with nice simple Cibatta bread, following beautiful bolognese pasta, then comes the amazing authentic Italian style pizza. Crispy, tomato base and full of all sorts topping. Mushroom, salami, peppers, chili, and the simple smell of the wheat. Mingling with the fire, the genuine human wisdom and intelligence. Key factor to form a good Italian meal. Perfect ambience for a nice night dinner with family friends or even first date. A must-try.

Beautiful family, delicious pizzas, funky facility and great vibe. Relaxing atmosphere, great…read moreservice and friendly staff. If you're looking for a place to eat out then this place is worth it. The price is fare for gourmet pizza's, large servings, tasty recipes and you can mix it up, half and half. Pizza Hut and Domino's is obsolete in my opinion, no comparison!! No way are they anywhere near comparable to Filadelfio's Restaurant. I highly recommend this locally owned, family business. Try it if you haven't already, I promise you will not be disappointed

Hands down the best gluten free pizza I had while living in Dunedin for university. I always order…read morethe weirdest pizza with no cheese and extra tomatoes-- the staff was SO friendly and accommodating. Every time I came in to order, they remembered my request before I even asked!! The sauce is so fresh and delicious. Even the non GF pizzas are awesome-- Whenever my dad visited, he absolutely loved the meat lovers pizza. This place truly cares about the customer and makes you feel like family. Can't recommend it enough!

Located attached to an old church and settled inside an old meeting hall/reception venue/sunday…read moreschool classroom, Zest offers a modern spot to enjoy a classic pizza. The wall decor features local artists with paintings of local Timaru vistas and all are for sale. The paint color is a relaxing purple-grey hue with feature walls of lime green which really brightens the large room, but the space is so vast the setting is more casual than intimate; perfect for brunch with the family or lunch with friends. The outdoor patio area was bustling with cyclists taking a break for a caffeine pick-me-up. Zest is a pizza restaurant and cafe so you can enjoy quick cafe sandwiches and coffee or sit down for an extended meal from their restaurant menu. They are most known for their pizzas, which are more of a thin crust style and come loaded with the toppings you select. They will gladly do a half and half pizza for $2 extra. One regular pizza is definitely enough slices for sharing. Mark and I split the Greek and Zest Favourite. The Greek (tomato base) has fresh roasted garlic, feta cheese, olives, chunky tomatoes, red onions and spinach and is topped with sour cream and parmesan. It is AMAZING and refreshing. The Zest Favourite has chicken, red onions, capsicums, cranberry sauce and Brie. Yum, yum, yum! but is a little more savoury than the Greek. The cranberry sauce is not overpowering as I was expecting, but is delicate and hardly noticeable. This pizza is also tomato-based. Not in the mood for pizza? Zest also has pastas or other mains to consider. Not to mention entrees or their desserts (unfortunately we were coming straight from the Cadbury Factory so we just stuck to the proteins). Zest has an extensive wine list and a moderate beer selection. The wines are mostly local NZ with some Australian selections and the beer is all NZ local. If you're in Timaru, or just passing through, I recommend stopping here for a quick bite for lunch or dinner.

Delicious salad and pizza! We got the vegetarian pizza and veggie salad and both were fantastic!…read moreThe only reason one star short is for desserts. They were good, but not nearly as good as the main dishes we got. We ordered carrot cake and the Neapolitan cheesecake. The staff was so kind and helped me choose a sweet Riesling wine which I would recommend! Definitely worth it to try for lunch or dinner, as we really loved our time here :)

Excellent service with really good food! We recommend the Maple Ribs...they were sooo good!…read more The buffalo wings were just OK and the pizza was really good! The potatoes that came with the ribs were also excellent and highly recommended! It was a great take with a slightly different taste on "American( USA)" food.

Went here for a beer. Great place to sit down and watch the activity going on within the octagon…read moreplaza. It appears that at night this place becomes a dance club. Wish that I had enough energy at that time to go back out and dance the night away. However I was fighting a cold during that time. If any of you people out there want to boogie, I think this should be the place you check out.

Excellent restaurant only a block from our hotel. They don't take reservations so we headed over…read morethere around 6:30pm on a Friday night and ended up waiting only 20 minutes for a table. I thought that was pretty good. The views of the ocean from the restaurant are lovely. They do have a few sidewalk tables but it was chilly and only one couple dared to try that. I chose the ravioli which was a meatless option. It was so good. We split the focaccia bread, served with olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Service was fantastic. A lovely server from Italy waited on our table. She was so fun to talk to. The place was hopping. Definitely a local fav. Great experience.

Great atmosphere and good food. I went for dinner with a group of four and we were seated after…read morewaiting a little less than 10 minutes. We each ordered a pizza. I ordered the lavender virgin martini and the zucca pizza. The drinks came quickly and the pizza was good. Would return to try some of their lunch items.

Food was delicious. No wifi. Coffee was delicious we got a mocha, a flat white, and full breakfast,…read moreand a vegitarian one, overall everything was delicious. We have been van lifting it for the last month and it's always a welcome surprise to find a delicious breakfast when we decide to treat ourselves!

Great restaurant. Friendly staff and nice environment. Lamb rack, slow cooked lamb shoulder in…read moreMassaman curry sauce, and beef 2 ways were all very delicious. Smoked salmon chowder was also good.

Had lunch here with my wife and we both loved it…read more Service. Service was very good. Very quick, kind and responsive. Food. I had the curry chicken and it was fall off the bone. My wife had the prawn balls and noodle salad. She loved. Vibe. Vibe was very casual with both indoor and outdoor seating. Beer. Had 2 of the Whole Lotta Lettuce. It was the best IPA I have had in New Zealand. Very crisp and hoppy.

I've quickly learned that in the smaller towns in South Island that if you want to eat dinner, eat…read moreearly. Thankfully, we got into town at a decent hour and Ministry had open seats. I opted for the fusion fish and chips, as I've been eating a ton of red meat lately and needed to give the underwater food chain their time to shine. What made this dish fusion was the fish was battered in sake. Honestly, I couldn't taste the difference but the portions they give you are huge! I was starving when I arrived but when I saw how gigantic the dish was, I did a double take and had to prepare my stomach for the impending battle. Overall, a good dinner and it satisfied me wholly. But it's definitely a big dish restaurant in a small pond.