Excellent food, service and prices for what you get on a lake with a beautiful view. I had the…read moreduck, two glasses of Pinot Noir and the snowman for my dessert with a glass of port wine. Superb! I highly recommend this restaurant when at the Hilton or the Doubletree right across the street. Very relaxing ambiance looking at the lake with a fire pit outside.

One of my worst restaurant experiences ever. It took us an…read morehour to be served a bread appetizer. The majority of the food was well below average. Our waiter didn't seem to understand us (we speak English, English is clearly not their native language) so we had to repeat ourselves again and again and after 20 some minutes they would get our drinks wrong again and again, all night, including things like juice. Throughout the night some other wait staff would notice our drinks and plates empty for long periods of time and would help out because our waiter was nowhere to be found. The 'snowman' dessert was just like eating chalk. The gnocci dish literally had 5 pieces of gnocci laid on top of soggy eggplant. Then the last shock was the bill. We ordered a custom item which had been pre-arranged with the kitchen and when the bill came it was $200 for just the one item, not including any sides. We were told it was going to be 'market price' but I nearly fell out of my chair when the bill came. At that point in the evening we were hungry and tired and just had to get out there ASAP. Highly recommend against going here, I know there are limited options in the area but it's worth a uber to go somewhere else.

Family and I decided to add on the dinner to our trip up with the gondola - a bit on the pricey…read moreside but if the weather is good, you've got a solid dinner with a beautiful view. We had not paid extra for the guaranteed window tables, but we're still one table away from the views. The food is buffet-style so you can really just pick and choose what you like. Start small and move your way through, but keep in mind that they are pretty strict to the 90 min time limit - we got a reservation for around 5:45pm and they were letting us know that the restaurant was closing (I think they probably do a full clean and changeover before the next seating) around 7/7:15. It was plenty of time to eat. I liked the salads (they had a really good salmon and apple cold salad), the green-lipped mussels and venison. Desserts were decent - although the person serving the ice cream gives a pretty small scoop of one of two options (cookies & cream, and a berry one). Post-dinner coffee was limited to instant coffee. Sister is a little bit more picky and didn't like the food as much, but I was able to find enough to eat. I think it's definitely worth a visit, but would consider options in future visit.

Quite high priced for just an OK food buffet with a great view. Roast beef was good, but the pork…read morebellies were somewhat tough. And they flunked Fish Preparation 101 by not taking the scales off the salmon before cooking it.

This is an interesting place in Arrowtown. While most of the cuisine there caters to tourists…read moretastes. From the bars to the hamburgers, Fan-tan tries to take Asian food and put a modern spin on things and they mostly succeed. We started with the oysters on a half shell. We love New Zealand oysters and these were no exception. In this case though the addition of cilantro and other spices did seem to take away from the natural flavor. Sometimes simple things are best left alone. The tempura mussels with hot Chile peppers came off better. The kick really went well with the rich flavor of the green mussels. The crunch was a bit big and nice. Overall this is a nice spot but if you really love Asian cuisine just be aware it is fusion and be ready for some interesting takes on tradition dishes.

A boutique Asian flavoured restaurant in Arrowtown. The portions are generous. There were 10 tiger…read moreprawns in the Prawn & papaya salad and 1/2 a chicken in the curry which also came with a large bowl of rice. Both dishes tasted pretty good, not quite what I expected, but still very satisfying.