Phenomenal food, exceptional service & great vibe! Highly recommend Big Fig to anyone looking for delicious healthy food. Thanks Big Fig - I’ll definitely be back ���
A place I keep going back to. If you are looking for a flavour bomb, Big Fig will serve it. The slow cooked meats melt in your mouth accompanied by scrumptious vegetable dishes and for a texture contrast you get delicious salads. It's hard for me to go past the cheesecake with figs.
Gut feeling brought me here but amazing this place is Crew is super cool and food is super good
This cafe was advertised as Mediterranean food, I would say it is however has a major European twist. Nonetheless the food is nice and an easy quick bite to grab. Portions are generous considering the small size of the bowls. Staff were really friendly!
Big Fig was like a gem we felt so lucky to find. My husband and I never eat at the same restaurant more than once when we travel—we simply want to try as many restaurants as possible. But Big Fig with their amazing, healthy, REAL food got us coming back! Can’t wait to return when we visit NZ again.
Best Wedding Dinner Ever! So my best friend got married today and got a few dishes and meats from Big Fig... Wow! Two chickens which were very tender and juicy. Lamb was melt in the mouth. Winter salad was by far my fav. Courgettes nice accompany to such savory food. Quinoa salad, chickpea salad and the kumara gratin was outstanding. Thank You!!
Pamela Nandi (Foodaholic)
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The Sumptuous platter - Slow Food Served Fast
New Zealand slow cooked roasted lamb -
A traditional Kiwi favourite. Heavenly lamb. Tender and juicy. Meat is simply falling off the bone. Perfectly seasoned keeping its glorious colour and crunchy bite of the skin intact.
MeatBalls -
A delight with its incredible sauce.
Oven roasted potatoes -
Amazing oven roasted potatoes oozing with the flavour of olive oil, garlic and rosemary.
Baked cheesy sweet potato -
Known as "kumara" in New Zealand. Rich sweet flavour baked generously with freshly shaved Parmigiano Reggiano cheese.
Shredded red cabbage salad -
Crunchy red cabbage and onion tossed in the dressing of delightful oil and vinaigrette. Wonderful combination of flavours.
Herbed Rice -
Yellow white rice pilafs tossed in parsley.
Wonderful experience, staff interaction, social talk, overall cleaniness, just amazing. Also the place is quite busy, and you're lucky if you manage to get a seat, which we did. Amazing scenery of central street and lake Wanaka, eating there was just a bit more than a pleasure. Medium spicy meatballs were fantastic in combination with roasted potato's with herb seasoning and a beetroot salad, which is a rare thing in NZ to find in restaurants by the way. My friend got slow cooked chopped lamb, I have never tried any better lamb in my life.
Definitely a place worth to come back
Big crowd and their slogan ''slow food served fast'' draw my attention and decided to give them a try. There were 3 plate/bowl sizes to choose from and you can choose your meat & salads, definately like this idea. The fact that they can make my meal vegetarian or vegan also added up my good impression on them. The bowl that they used reminds me of my childhood. Me and my best friend shared a medium bowl and was good enough for us. We had slow cooked lamb shawarma, braised courgette and two kinds of salads. Everything in the bowl were just perfect! Totally recommend to try this place if you are in Wanaka or Queenstown.
We came to have lunch here. We got roast chicken and slow cook lamb with rice and salads. For $18 you get a medium plate which is quite fulfilling. Small is $10 which is adequate. It was a rainy day so seat insides were limited. However the foods made up for it as we sat outside in the cold and wet hehe.
What a buffet breakfast with a choice of any 6 items. The taste was not bad for so many items. The toasted bread was tasty and the coffee with vanilla was so good. Good service and a nice atmosphere. The beautiful Lake Wanaka is just a minute away. Free 60P to 120P minutes car parking time. Enjoy! (2023-12)
What a fantastic place! I wasn't sure about the concept. I mean, as I understood it, it's premade slow cooker food? At a restaurant?
But yes, it works. Healthy tasty options, lots of them. And everything I had was great. Beef cheeks, lentil stew, rice with something, some kind of salad with fennel.. all great.
Many desserts and treats, but I was too full to try them.
Also nice is that they have both still and sparkling water free and on tap. Just nice!
What an amazing meal if you love healthy & organic food!!!! The lamb & beef meat ball & the beef cheeks were delicious. The vegetables were on rotation, by the time we got there, the broccoli only just sold out, so they ended up with carrots instead. All 4 salads we tried were amazing. Loved the mulled wine.
Seems a little crazy when you walk in, but promise it's worth the wait! We were worried about finding a place to sit to dine in, but it wasn't a problem. By the time we selected our food and paid, there were tables available. Everything was delicious and the location close to the lake made for a nice view sitting outside.
Highly recommended “slow food, served fast” place with middle eastern inspired flavours! We are on holiday in New Zealand and have been struggling to keep our diet relatively healthy, so it was true joy to find a place that allowed us to eat more nutritious food without sacrificing taste.
Here, you choose 1 meat dish and supplement it with a variety of sides / salads. The meatballs and beef cheek were delicious and perfectly cooked, and the selection of sides were all well-made and tasty. The pitta bread and hummus was also so good we ordered extra portions!
There’s also gluten free cake options available here. Really a great find for lunch and super worth it!
Wonderful healthy food. Tasty and friendly service. Spicy meatballs, chicken tagine, hippy salad are just a few of the so many healthy choices. You will not regret coming here.
The most flavourful and delicious whole food! Was very well priced as well. I’d recommend only getting the 4 or 5 options as it was a lot of food. Recommend it to everyone!
A truly remarkable restaurant in the area!
The restaurant is situated right by the lake, and the panoramic view there is simply breathtaking.
Their wide selection of diverse and unique salads undoubtedly adds a refreshing twist to New Zealand cuisine.
In addition to the delicious salads, they offer delectable seafood dishes with Mediterranean influences.
The service is self-service.
small is enough for 1 pax, quite filling as they are pretty generous with the protein portions :).
the beef cheeks were really tender & flavourful.. they melt in your mouth 🤤. the broccoli was rly good tooo.
Hearty meal in Wanaka :) Filling, fast and flavorful!! Beef cheeks is so tender and veggies are so flavorful. Their chili oil even makes everything much more yum!!
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