

The Portsider
#308 Do - Head to the historic Portsider in Port Chalmers. Locally owned by Pip (a Dunedin girl) and Hanz (originally from Amsterdam),...


Rauchbier in Bamberg
#267 Eat/Drink - Local. Bamberg is famous for its many breweries and in particular for the Rauchbier, which is a smoked beer. It was...


Invercargill Brewery
#244 Buy - A 'boysenbeery' fruit beer by Invercargill Brewery. Fresh, fruity but not overly sweet, this berry beer was a perfect end to...


Eat Taste Central Otago
#219 Eat - the flavours of Central Otago. For the last month, there has been a fantastic 'Eat.Taste.Central' celebration of local produce...


Ombrellos Kitchen and Bar
#191 Eat - delicious salt and pepper squid from Ombrellos Kitchen and Bar. On a sunny, warm day, the courtyard was the perfect lunch...


Bannockburn Hotel
#134 Buy - a beer in the winter sun at the Bannockburn Hotel. Local husband and wife owners Andy and Anna bought this historic country...


Inch Bar
#125 Do - on a wet, windy Friday, best decision ever was to head to the cosy Inch Bar in the North East Valley. The Inch Bar (as it was a...


New New New Beer
#97 Drink - New New New beer! Locally brewed in Crawford St in the original stables for the horse-drawn trams of Dunedin, which was built...


The Captain Cook Hotel
#88 Drink - a beer from The Captain Cook Hotel aka 'The Cook'. It first opened in 1864 during the Otago gold rush. The original wooden...


Writers and Readers Festival
#57 Do - I love to read so it was fantastic to attend the Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival this weekend. The festival had over 80...