It is ideally located for visitors staying in the area to go whalewatching and dolphin swimming. We offer top quality rooms that represent good value and guarantee a friendly New Zealand welcome. The restaurant is situated in the old Bank of New Zealand Chambers. The strongroom or vault, is currently used as the bar, and the building has operated as a restaurant since 1991. The dining room overlooks the waterfront, provides seating for around 60 guests, and has a welcoming ambience.
Local art is displayed in the walls and provides a unique and interesting setting.
Usually we are only open in the evenings, but will cater for lunch bookings of 15 persons or more. Seafood, meat and vegetarian dishes are all prepared from fresh local produce, with light meal and main meal sizes being available for most dishes. Crayfish of course, is a specialty, being fished from the coastline around Kaikoura.