The best Fish in Oamaru | Sluurpy updated in April

Tree Koko

Kennedy Dawson

"This is my local go to place for my breakfast! I absolutely love the friendly staff and upbeat atmosphere. The food is to die for and a full cooked..."

Karena Scott

"Excellent food and atmosphere, food didn't take to long. Dishes are huge and delicious. Hubby had the open steak sandwich, and I had the crispy..."

Starlite

"My partner and I came here with a couple friends who wanted to visit the Victorian Precinct, and it was "unequivocally bussin" if you will. The food..."

Alice Garraway

"Visited here on advice from a local. Despite being super busy due to a town market day, the staff were efficient with orders at the till. Our..."

Vicki Cloutman

"Excellent scones and coffee. Great location and view. Well worth the..."

Nathan lean

"Nice cafe with harbour views and a playground nearby. Great selection of cabinet foods and coffee, awesome service..."

Faye O

"Scrumdidilyyyumptious praise Jesus I had a good coffee and yum didly scrumptious. Came back for another coffee before I departed oamaru. Praise..."

G0Riller dude

"Excellent eatery with habour views centrally located by Holmes Wharf, and the marine parade. Good selection of cabinet food, and breakfast/lunch menu..."

Noel J

"This is a really lovely cafe in a big metal building by the coast (you can't miss it). The food was absolutely amazing and the view was beautiful...."

H awkins

"Went to the galley for morning tea the food and coffee were delicious and house staff super friendly and they had stunning views of the..."

Thomas Coulter

"Looking for a place to have breakfast today and came upon this lovely place, with a gorgeous view of the Harbour. The kai was absolutely delicious..."

Peter Armstrong

"Great place with the harbor view. Relaxing atmosphere and nice food. The big breakfast looks great and tastes great as..."

林倩如

"View is spectacular. Food and coffee was delicious. Come back here for..."

Murray Schofield

"Lovely food, great coffee, excellent staff and unbeatable views. We had a lovely relaxed breakfast here. Bacon and egg sandwich, veggie feast of..."

Richard Levy

"I don’t visit Oamaru often, but when I do, I’ll be sure to come here again! Beautiful ocean/harbour views, good coffee, exquisite food...."

Ben Harvey

Station Oamaru

"We had a wonderful meal there last week. We ordered separately but then combined our meals, the food was excellent! My partner lived in China for..."

Kathy O'Shea

"Great food, fantastic hosts, an their brew's are the to die..."

Viv Brown

"Nice food and..."

Richard Chen (Jia)

Mike Bailey

lorraine middlemiss (Rainez)

Solomon Li

Riverstone Kitchen

85/100 (2633 ratings)

Accepts American Express

Free off-street parking

Non-smoking restaurants

Wheelchair Accessible

"Beautiful food in a gorgeous setting, with impeccable service. We did a day trip from Christchurch hoping for something special, and it was exactly..."

Pynylopy

"Unfortunately they google review have 5 stars. I would give 10 🌟 🤩 stars to this place. I love their breakfast , so unique and so..."

Navjot Sidhu

"Came at 2:59pm (kitchen closes at 3pm), we were greatly surprised when our waitress insisted the kitchen remain open for our last order of lunch..."

Xiao Cui

"Lives up to reputation. The food was very, very good, the service was awesome. The squid dish was amazing, the pumpkin and parmesan soup was the..."

Sue Lind

"Lovely garden, delicious food, and in a beautiful setting. Staff were friendly and food came out rather timely. Definitely worth dropping by if..."

Benjamin T

"We had a brilliant lunch here. Every course of everyone’s meal was great! And because we were able to eat outside under cover it felt really..."

Jillian Crisp

"Great warm indoor dining with plenty of outdoor sitting options too. Had best lamb in last few years! Amazing in house baked bread and desert..."

Vasile Remus Coman

"Our tour stopped here for lunch (so can't speak to price or variety on the menu). We were running late for our arrival time but the staff were all..."

Jason Zahn

"Drove from Dunedin for afternoon tea at Riverstone kitchen and the service was great. Took a little to be seated (when heaps of empty tables) but..."

Lena K

"The food wasn't the best but we did not try much of it. The waiters and cooks were extremely fast and got our food relatively quickly(The place was..."

Daniel M

Criterion Hotel

"Awesome place to stay and the food was fantastic This place deserves all the praise it can get, the staff from owner Sue and everyone else thanks..."

Cheryl Gallagher

"Wow would highly recommend to anyone & everyone. Great atmosphere, awesome friendly staff & amazing meal, oh & I can not forget the pudding - YUM...."

Tammy Carter

"Thank you so much for the meal we won in your Valentine’s day completion, Lovely staff and fabulous meal, we will be..."

Missy Duncan

"Had a great day sampling interesting craft beer. Finished off with with a tasty chicken burger in the Snug at the..."

Graeme Simpson

"Excelente location with good access to public parking. Lovely staff. The best pork ribs I’ve ever had. The rooms are comfortable and many options..."

Emilia Samek Morrone

"Recently went to the Criterion on the Monday afternoon of the long weekend in NZ. A local put myself and 6 of my mates from Oz onto the pub.....what..."

Terry Blanch

"Great classic cocktails in a fabulous old building. Food was pretty good. We had the tapas, the chicken and salas was amazing but the vegetarian..."

Pippa Harding

"Absolutely amazing food and great atmosphere. The tapas menu is delicious with so many different options. Loved the black doris plum cider too. So..."

Chantelle Bradfield-Stanger

"A friend suggests trying dinner at Criterion as they used to live in Oamaru. It was a lovely night to have dinner at Criterion. The service and food..."

Brian Kwok

"Spent a few nights in Oamaru recently. Planned to visit a few restaurants but ended up back at the Criterion every night - the food is just that..."

Danielle T

"Change your plans to visit the Criterion. We arrived in town from Dunedin last night. Called in to the Criterion for a drink with no great..."

Ross Hicks

"Having dined here twice before I knew this would be the perfect venue to have our 100 Years North Otago District Council AA celebration. Katrina was..."

Karen Weir

"Served by an absolute customer service star - Jacob. It's always the people that make an establishment shine, and Jacob is clearly the Criterion's..."

Clayton Hill

"We share 10 tapes between 4 of us. Lots of lovely flavours, attentive friendly staff in the heart of the historical part of oamaru. I thought it was..."

Carl Hensley

"I missed the Vegans Welcome sign but they sure are. Enjoyed a glass of vegan friendly wine and my scrumptious vegan veggie stack. (They also cater..."

Colin Wolverson

"Stopped to listen to the Foxy Tones..at the criterion. They were fantastic so we had a few drinks and were lucky enough to get a table for 10 in a..."

Rangi Clark

Portside

"Wow!! What a dinner!! The food was amazing! We had the seafood chowder, blue cod and bacon and my favourite.. the best Polenta chips ever. I would..."

Karyn Coker

"Tried the new menu tonight. Was absolutely amazing...compliments to the chef and the staff were awesome..."

Kaye Murdoch

"Outstanding service, waitress was lovely even gave us some local tips and some of her knowledge on fishing in the area. We only had a small meal as..."

Adam Carr

"Great food. One of the best Seafood Chowder I have had. Would recommend this..."

Maree White

"Seafood platter in the sun with a rose -..."

Ruth Macindoe

"Had a great meal lunch with seven of our friends and my Mother to celebrate her 91 St Birthday. Nice tasty meal, wonderful service and very helpful...."

Max Muldrew

"New menu rocks. Pork was out of this world great service and beautiful..."

Jenna Wylie

"Great food, great staff and great..."

Dylan Winter

"Portside has the perfect setting right beside the sea with a menu for everyone, sophisticated and smart we dine there nearly every week! The best..."

Annabel Berry

"Yum yum amazing food amazing..."

Belinda Spivey

"Second time we've been here so far, lovely spot, great food and service. Definitely will be back..."

Catherine Barr

"Lovely service and the menu with interesting choice, quite different from the usual stuff around. Two of us had the sea bass which we both found a..."

John Steel

"My partner and I came here on our way home from Christchurch on Sunday the 6th of April. From opening their really awesome door to getting back in..."

Jennifer Jury

"We had our wedding reception here in January. Originally we were going to be at Fleur's Place in Moeraki but after the most disgusting treatment we..."

Angelina Wood Marques

"Very pleasantly surprised by the great places to eat in Oamaru. Great food, awesome setting - I managed to get a table facing the ocean and away..."

Noms13 Noms

The Last Post Pub & Restaurant

84/100 (1617 ratings)

Wheelchair Accessible

"I highly recommend this restaurant - had a roast meal here yesterday for lunch & it was seriously one of the best I have ever eaten. The service was..."

Chris Allan

"Thankyou to the lovely service from all the girls especially Karen full of laughs and good spirits the whole service. Thankyou to the great food..."

Brittaney Payne

"loved the food an the service was so nice to meet all my brothers co workers :) would defiantly drive up again to eat there..."

Kimmy Casey

"Awesome food great friendly staff good..."

Andrew McDonald

"Lovely atmosphere...lovely fireplace! Warm and friendly staff food..."

Judith McLaughlin

"Always excellent customer service, great food. And wonderfull with my children. . .top marks team. We will always..."

Aleisha Maindonald

"if you want a very nice Guinness this is the place to go. Very friendly staff and a great..."

Mick Hall

"Excellent food,excellent service, would thoroughly..."

Steve Thorne

"Really nice place!! ☺️ Good atmosphere, lovely staff and delicious..."

Renee Papahadjis

"Best meal I’ve had in..."

Sarah Marchant

"went there for lunch today - great staff, great food and great service. Only problem is the covered in 'outdoor' space, it is too hot on a warm/hot..."

Helen

"Fantastic - had the bacon wrapped pork fillet followed by banoffee pie. To die for, and I probably will, eating too much! Took half of the dinner..."

Noms13 Noms

"Spent a couple of weeks dining here whilst away with work, highly recommend it, have pretty much done the whole menu with no flaws found. Awesome..."

Rob

"Great service, great food, great..."

Camille Strowger

"Randomly dropped by for dinner during our stay in Oamaru and was pleasantly surprised by the high standards of food served here. Do not miss out on..."

HL

"What a delicious meal, even the medium size,pork roast was huge, the blue cod dish was also very tasty.The garlic bread was so crunchy. The waitress..."

susan Hopkinson

"Fantastic meals, with very lovely service. Portions were very large, but taste was actually pretty good. I'm normally very critical as I run venues,..."

JC thebeerguy

"Had dinner with friends, great prompt service with excellent menu including my special meat... Just kidding, local Campbell's butchery meat, prices..."

Campbell Braddock

"Great little restaurant with excellent food! Friendly greeting as you walk in..."

Chrissy

"When I arrived(6 people) was nice , there was only 1 other table, but I can see why it started to full up. OMG food was absolutely amazing, decent..."

Elizabeth King

"Have always had great service here, meals are generally very..."

Remco Bol

"Wow! Outstanding food & very friendly & accommodating staff. Steak cooked perfectly & awesome bangers & mash. The special was “Kitchen Creation”..."

Mark Hope

"I had the roast of the day which was Pork! And husband had Ribeye Steak. Both lovely meals and great..."

Rosie Hale

"Cosy European pub feel, wonderful staff, big serving on..."

Mhyedaz

Midori

Accepts American Express

Wheelchair Accessible

Golden Island Chinese Restaurant

Wheelchair Accessible

"Was craving for Chinese food and we stumbled on this restaurant in town. It looked empty from outside, but don’t be put off by it. Their kitchen..."

Iriz York

"The flavor is so wonderful,it's the best dinner I get since I come to New Zealand.They are very traditional and suits for everyone.My friends like..."

Song Chen

"First time visit. You can have yum char or other dishes on the menu. What I have ordered is tasty and good portion. Will come back to try other..."

Simon Tam

"Awesome restaurant! We ordered a family meal set, perfect for 4 pax. Sweet & sour pork and roasted chicken are the best dishes ever. Even better if..."

Chien Yee Puah

"This place is absolutely fire!! the food was also nice and hot totally..."

Ka ChingChing Adventures

"We encountered very pleasant and helpful staff, a good range of dishes, and the food was delicious. Golden Island is a sound dining out option in..."

Rebecca Anderson

"Really good food. Service is amazing. reading the reviews made me think that people come when the chefs are there alone and are going out back to..."

Briony Ella McGregor

"Our group of 10 all agreed the meal was excellent. Lovely dishes and about the right amount of food . We choose the menu for 7 plus and added 3 more..."

Lyn van leeuwen

"Amazing decor, very tidy. Could maybe do with a little bit more art on the walls, though I am not sure. Very very good black bean beef, satay is a..."

Mingus Casey

"The beautiful Chinese dishes with..."

Liam Wang

"They gave me the wrong order ... But I said don't worry it was a lovely meal after a very long day . Great service you knew it was good because all..."

Stephen John Vlasblom

"The food was amazing the service excellent. Definitely going again. Alarge group round onetable a great evening that all ages..."

Diana Taylor

"Must visit chinese restaurant, the chief is from Sichuan, so if you like spicy food, this is a must go! Amazing..."

Moyu Huang

Lagonda

Wheelchair Accessible

"Been here many times, it's a charming traditional Kiwi tearoom with honest food, value and service, all of which is hard to come by now. It takes me..."

Kyle Smith

"After traveling up and down this country. Lagonda has the best coffee and Chai. The steak and cheese pies are fantastic. Highly ..."

Alan Hall

"Best milkshake in town. Sandwiches, savouries and slices. Hotdogs, chips, toasted sandwiches and more. Well worth a..."

Nicky Cartwright

"Great breakfast and great..."

Fiona Lundberg

"The Lagonda staff are always friendly and I have been going there for years. The food is always delicious, and they are quite happy to tweak things..."

S G

"This milk bar and restaurant reminds me to a time when I was a young lad in Sydney and we had these restaurants. They are few and far between now. I..."

Troy G

"Old school goodness! Retro untouched, it’s just perfect. The layout, food, booth seats are all just like stepping back on time to early 80s Please..."

Rachael

"The egg and toast was delicious Thanks so..."

Dennis Rollings

"We were recently on holiday in the south and decided it was worth extending our trip to Oamaru. So very pleased we did as this was our stop for a..."

Karlene B

"Lovely staff! Very friendly and welcoming. Food is great and fairly priced. The kids absolutely loved their meals, one of them got an eggs on toast..."

Cara Jeths

"Had late lunch with the family last Sunday and the place is spotless. Food was served quickly and was tasty. So much variety my son actually ..."

terina geddes

"Lovely old style Cafe with the best..."

Catherine Dobson

"Good old school kiwi milkbar. We always stop..."

Bridget Tamepo

"Penny and Aaron taking a deserved break from preparations of their great range of fare including all our old favourites. I try stop here for a break..."

Chris Buchanan

"Great..."

ANNIE LIN

"We purchased lunch there. Toasted cheese and pineapple sandwich was excellent, fish and chips was cooked well and came with tartare sauce. The..."

M Felton

Del Mar

"Amazing! I loved it all. The in-house gelato really finished the meal off nicely. All the flavours worked really well together and it was all lovely..."

Kate Griffiths

"Beautiful smiling staff with wonderful conversation ❤️ The food was gorgeous and tasted even better. This is quickly becoming our favorite place..."

Rina Rodgers

"The lunch we had was excellent, beautifully cooked food and really friendly attentive staff. It was a pretty pleasant experience altogether, and the..."

Baka Ramen

"Dinner for 4. We all had something different. The food was so delicious! The staff are happy and very eager to please, great service! Highly..."

Glynis Ingram

"Our meal was meant to be a surprise and after reading recent reviews I was wondering just what sort of surprise it was to be. We ordered the platter..."

Raymond Francis

"Great Dinner, rib eye is fantastic. We ordered ice cream in the end, and just walked out then saw..."

Huiwen Yang

"A really beautiful restaurant with a stunning view! Despite not having a booking for dinner the staff were really friendly and fitted my sister and I..."

Brittany Johns

"AMAZING service by Stevie. Yummy food, seemed a touch expensive for us townies but so worth it, great food, good drinks, with outstanding service and..."

Caity Hobby

"Great food, friendly staff, really nice night. Only comment was that the staff took their time clearing tables and large amount of dirty glasses sat..."

Aidan Gutteridge

"What a delightful little find. OAMARU on a Sunday!!! Awesome vibe, awesome service, awesome beer on tap, (buzzing after the first pint of McLeod's..."

Taryn Robinson

"Food was very good and very generous! If your ever in Oamaru check out Del Mar for a feed and..."

Ashley Goldsworthy

"The outlook and atmosphere here was enough to balance out the average-ness of the pizza, which tasted strangely undercooked (not inedible) and chewy...."

Amy Crosby

"Went for lunch with a large group of people. Everyone absolutely loved there meals. Best seafood chowder in..."

Marci Walker

Del Mar

"Amazing! I loved it all. The in-house gelato really finished the meal off nicely. All the flavours worked really well together and it was all lovely..."

Kate Griffiths

"Beautiful smiling staff with wonderful conversation ❤️ The food was gorgeous and tasted even better. This is quickly becoming our favorite place..."

Rina Rodgers

"The lunch we had was excellent, beautifully cooked food and really friendly attentive staff. It was a pretty pleasant experience altogether, and the..."

Baka Ramen

"Dinner for 4. We all had something different. The food was so delicious! The staff are happy and very eager to please, great service! Highly..."

Glynis Ingram

"Our meal was meant to be a surprise and after reading recent reviews I was wondering just what sort of surprise it was to be. We ordered the platter..."

Raymond Francis

"Great Dinner, rib eye is fantastic. We ordered ice cream in the end, and just walked out then saw..."

Huiwen Yang

"A really beautiful restaurant with a stunning view! Despite not having a booking for dinner the staff were really friendly and fitted my sister and I..."

Brittany Johns

"AMAZING service by Stevie. Yummy food, seemed a touch expensive for us townies but so worth it, great food, good drinks, with outstanding service and..."

Caity Hobby

"Great food, friendly staff, really nice night. Only comment was that the staff took their time clearing tables and large amount of dirty glasses sat..."

Aidan Gutteridge

"What a delightful little find. OAMARU on a Sunday!!! Awesome vibe, awesome service, awesome beer on tap, (buzzing after the first pint of McLeod's..."

Taryn Robinson

"Food was very good and very generous! If your ever in Oamaru check out Del Mar for a feed and..."

Ashley Goldsworthy

"The outlook and atmosphere here was enough to balance out the average-ness of the pizza, which tasted strangely undercooked (not inedible) and chewy...."

Amy Crosby

"Went for lunch with a large group of people. Everyone absolutely loved there meals. Best seafood chowder in..."

Marci Walker

Eden Takeaways

"The dumplings are incredible! The burgers are not good if you like lots of veges in your burger. But omg the dumplings are..."

rowan Stringer

"Typical takeaway offering a limited selection of chinese food, and also typical fish n chip type fried foods. Has a mini pool table to pass the time..."

Noel J

"One of the young Chinese workers (Sunny, I think it was) was very polite and offered great service the fish and spring rolls was perfectly cooked and..."

quinn burge

"Like the food here, people are friendly, worth to stop and grab a quick..."

Tzuching Lin

"Very yummy food and great service from an employee (I think his name was sunny) overall great service and..."

Toddツ

"Great burgers. Very friendly and quick..."

Travis Peters

"Since moving to oamaru we have tried most fish and chip shops. And all disappointed. Until we tried Eden street. Wow. Best in town by far. Burgers..."

Nicola Williams

"Awesome best fish n chips iv had in a long . definitely going..."

Raylene Cleghorn

"Been twice on the recommendation of locals. Very happy both times. Good selection of Chinese meals and burgers. The fish batter was nice and crispy,..."

Kevan Quinn

"Best fish n chips I have had n a long time,,,,, very..."

Jeffrey Vaile

"So far we have eaten here three times this month! Fish & chips are amazing!! Fish is crispy and chips are fresh! Also tried the “pottle” of..."

Josey F

"One of the bests burger 🍔 😋 had in years Kiwl burger Cheers ✔️..."

Jim Doolan

Galleon Complex

Wheelchair Accessible

"Most of the food was delicious, though the fries were barely edible. Ten pin bowling after was fun especially once the Black Light special came into..."

Amanda Corbett

"Stopped off on way to Timaru, wanted more than a takeaway eaten in the car. Ordered their fish ofnthe day in beer batter. Had never had white pearl..."

Lee-Anna Johnston

"Went for a meal then black light ten pin bowling. We enjoyed our meals and the staff was friendly. People that I spoke to were uncertain that it was..."

Cynthea Corbett

"Came here for a beer and wee feed, customer service was great, paid $12 for fish and chips 100% satisfied with the service. Worth spending money..."

Harkeet Wadhwa

"Everything was cool but they played Taylor swift. Toby was really..."

Sambhav Adhikari

"Stopped by to stretch our legs and have dinner with family. Waitress was very helpful and friendly. Offered a toy box and coloured pencils for the..."

Moisés Pires

"I have to share a genuinely fun night bowling and other fun games at Phoenix complex Oamaru. The atmosphere at this venue was comfortable and..."

Tina Farr

"Lovely place. Staff are always so friendly and helpful. We will be back..."

Case Hap

"Brillant yet again. The Mussels were amazing with the coconut sauce and salsa. Great..."

Angela Allen

"god i love this place!! it was my friends barmitsfa and the staff all came out and gave him sloop kisses!! my steak had no grissel on it at all!!!!!!..."

Josh Tebb

"Update: July 2022. Popped in hoping for a quick evening meal before the rugby! Staff were so accommodating and friendly! We had a very nice meal -..."

Debbie Selman

"Don't go if u can't take a joke from the staff I love the jokes they make starting to come here more..."

Austin Cowie

"Great meals and service fully recommend for family and freinds.Then go ten pin..."

Scott Ewing

Jumbo's Giant Burgers

"Fed my two autistic sons a great meal for $4, five..."

Grey

"I love the meals from this place. Highly..."

andrea palmer

"Had a very delicious chicken chow mein .May look low key but enjoyed my meal and good value for money. Will go again.well done to the friendly..."

Frances Cain

"Burger was Jumbo for sure but unfortunately the 1/2 scoop of chips was somewhat disappointing came in a small bag that I used to buy mixed lollies in..."

Shane Rea

"Ordered shrimp fried rice and chicken cashew. Both delicious. Veges still crisp, generous portions, friendly staff. Ignore the bad..."

Groovy Goddess

"Me and the family love stopping here on our road trips. We always get the jumbo cheeseburgers they very filling and super delicious they also have..."

Xander Gosling

"Ice poseidon was here. Cx..."

Kittu

"amazing, 10/10..."

ted c

"Good food and service great place..."

noel stackhouse

"Delicious food and very..."

Nah talia

"Yummy food...love the fish'n'chips also had the chinese sweet n sour pork & delicious combination fried rice ...thanks for cooking our..."

Sandra Wright

"Our favorite, friendly and helpful, stir fry is cooked in front of you so you know it's fresh as. Great little place for fast..."

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