Church Hill

Top-notch nosh is prepared at this friendly restaurant, making use of home-grown veggies, house-made pasta and Stewart Island/Rakiara seafood, such as mussels, crayfish and salmon. Dishes like paua ravioli, muttonbird and watercress dumplings and hāngi-baked kumara bring local flavours together in refined modern style. During summer the heritage villa's sunny deck provides hilltop views, in cooler months there's an open fire. Bookings advisable.