Eat & drink · Fine dining
The Bunker
Opening hours
- Monday: 5:00 – 10:00 PM
- Tuesday: 5:00 – 10:00 PM
- Wednesday: 5:00 – 10:00 PM
- Thursday: 5:00 – 10:00 PM
- Friday: 5:00 – 10:00 PM
- Saturday: 5:00 – 10:00 PM
- Sunday: 5:00 – 10:00 PM
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Dark, intimate haunt with fireside seating featuring inventive NZ dishes, craft cocktails & wine.via Google
Tucked down a dark alleyway behind a rustic wooden door, this intimate, firelit room feels like a private alpine club.
- Signature
- Pan-roasted Fiordland wild venison loin.
Reviews from Google
Great wee find in Queenstown. I used First Table for the first time and managed to get a 6pm booking. Its a super popular restaurant so pays to book early and so glad we did. The restaurant is located downstairs under the cocktail bar Cow Lane. Its a nice and quiet place even had a real fire! Only First Table option was the 5 course degustation menu and it didnt disappoint. Service was great, waitresses really knew about the food and explained every dish. Taste was as good as the presentation, my fave was the blue cod cooked in such a different way. Definitely one to add to the list in Queenstown.
NOTE: The first photos are from the old menu, which unfortunately no longer exists — what a terrible idea! The last five photos are from my bad experience; you can clearly see the huge difference in the preparation and presentation of the dishes. In February, I had my first dining experience at Bunker. We paid for the full experience — there was a wonderful menu from which you could choose different dishes. Everything was amazing; every plate that arrived was beautiful and delicious. We left with a lovely memory and had a great time celebrating our anniversary with my husband. With such an incredible experience, I really wanted to go back — this time with my mother. She invited me for my birthday (October 6th) after I kept telling her it was the best dinner I’d ever had in Queenstown. But honestly, it went from heaven to hell. The first thing the waitress told me was that they had changed the menu — and wow, they really had. You can see in the photos what a huge mistake it was to change it; the new menu has absolutely nothing to do with the quality I experienced in the summer. The starter came with the smallest churro in the world — and the only thing you could taste was oil. The burrata looked and tasted awful, completely unappetizing. The lamb was extremely undercooked, and the dessert was a disaster: strange pumpkin jellies with an unpleasant flavor and a cookie that tasted very strong — to me, it honestly tasted like animal interiors. And to make it worse, there was no other dessert option! Both of us had to eat the same awful dessert, while in my first visit, I had two glamorous and delicious ones. From 1 to 10, I’d give the new menu a zero. I will never go back.
The location itself is amazing. Service is nice, but has little to no knowledge about the food and wine, they bring to your table. We had the 8 course Menu. The food was well presented. The first two dishes were completely bland (except a piece of beetroot in the second course). The third course was killed by an hollandaise, that just tasted like lemon an eliminated any taste of the rest of the dish. The paua filling of the tortellini was nice if you left out the hollandaise. The lamb had all the salt, and some more, that the first two courses were missing. The deserts were ok, but nothing special. When I critizied the food, the feedback was completely ignored.
Cosy vibes, incredible service, and food that honestly blew us away. The venison was next-level and the duck was melt-in-your-mouth perfection 🦆🍷 Every course felt thoughtful and full of flavour. Easily one of the best meals we’ve had in Queenstown — such a gem! 🌟
Great service, food comparable to Michelin star restaurants. Venison as part of the amuse bouche was great, I loved the kingfish with pear. The palate cleanser sorbet was good. The lamb was perfectly cooked and tasty.