Dining Out Guide

Waimarino Bulletin, Volume 3, Issue 16, 10 September 1985, Page 10 (Supplement)

Dining Out Guide

- The Waimarino has many and varied restaurants to choose from during the ski season. Visitors staying for two weeks could try a different restaurant each night if they wanted to. Food varies from home cooking to haute cuisine, with exotic dishes from many countries available. Among the restaurants in the area are: Pipers Kings Court, Ohakune Junction, off Rimu Street. Phone 58-648. Seats 70, fully licensed. A la carte menu, speciality spatchcock (baby chicken). Victorian decor. Hosts: Louise and Dutchy Piper. Stutz Cafe, Clyde Street, Ohakune. Phone 58-563. Seats up to 60, BYO licence. Cobb and Co style meals, house pizza, cafe service. Cosmopolitan decor. Hosts: Chris Thrupp and Jake Bidwell. Oasis, Main Road, Waiouru. Phone Waiouru 56-779. Seats *5, fully licensed. A la carte menu with roasts and steaks. Hosts: Betty and Ron Biss. Ruapehu Hotel, cnr. Seddon Street and SH4, Raetihi. Phone 54-016. Seats up to 100, fully licensed. A la carte menu changes nightly. Hosts: Ray and Iris Parr. Ohakune Hotel, cnr. Clyde Street and Raetihi Road. Phone 58-268. Seats 75, fully licensed. Menu changes

most days — from roasts to sautees. Hosts: Bruce and Mary Leggatt. Owhango Hotel, State Highway Four. Phone Owhango 734. Seats 25, fully licensed. Bistro style meals. Recently redecorated in mauve and pink tones. Hosts: Mike and Pam Everton. Settlers Restaurant, Moore Street, Ohakune. Phone 58675. Seats up to 50, BYO licence. International cuisine, rustic atmosphere. Hosts: Jean and Vicki Higgins. Hobbit Restaurant, cnr. Goldfinch and Wye Streets, Ohakune. Phone 58-248. Seats 40, BYO licence, a la carte blackboard menu, often changes. Host: Phil Jackson. Aldos, Main Road, Waiouru. Phone Waiouru 56227. Seats 90, BYO licence, s Italian, French and general continental cuisine. Hosts: A1 and Christine Cesca. THC Chateau Ruapehu Room, Whakapapa Village. Phone Mt Ruapehu 809. Seating: banquet 140, a la carte 1 10, fully licensed, a la carte menu with French cuisine in an elegant setting. Chandeliers, full length windows, high stud. The Chateau's Carvery seats 45, fully licensed, bistro style, set price for threecourse meal, open kitchen. Splinters, Thames Street, Ohakune. Phone 58-819. Seats 70, BYO licence, steak

meals, kebabs, rustic atmosphere. Hosts: Benno Spilhofer and Paul Wilton. Turoa Lodge, Thames Street, Ohakune. Phone 58274. Two restaurants. Rumours seats 60, a la carte nouvelle cuisine, fully licensed. Gazebo seats 30, blackboard menu changes nightly, American hamburgers, lasagne, tacos. Both restaurants decorated in pastel shades in 1930s style. Open till late. Host: Tricia Cohen. Nobbys, Rimu Street, Ohakune Junction. Phone 58859. Seats 35, BYO licence, a la carte menu, vegetarian food, venison and rabbit. Host: Sharon Dillon. Parklands Restaurant, cnr. Clyde and Ayr Streets,

Ohakune. Phone 58-535. Seats 40, not licensed. Steaks, schnitzels, chicken and assortments — family style. Host: Franz Brandl. Lovin' Spoonful, cnr. Clyde and Rata Streets, Ohakune. Phone 58-622. Seats 32, BYO licence. Homecooking — garlic mussels, chicken casserole, home-made desserts in cosy surroundings with a log fire and fresh flowers. Hosts: Anthea Tidswell and Elena Wright. Discovery Lodge, State Highway 42, lkm from Chateau turn-off. Phone National Park 744. Seats up to 50, BYO licence, Mexican cuisine Tuesdays, fresh fish Wednesdays, Italian Thursdays. Other nights blackboard a la carte. Friendly

atmosphere, open kitchen. Hosts: Mel and Judy Lee and Graeme Horne. Wellington Cafe, Seddon Street, Raetihi. Phone 54426. Seats 24, not licensed. Family meals, grills, takeaways. Host: Stefan Ionannitis. Sunbeam Lodge, Foyle Street, Ohakune. Phone 58470. Seats up to 110, fully licensed. Extensive range of New Zealand dishes, warm, friendly, open log fire. Hosts: Mike and Bonnie Bramley. Cafe Stua, Clyde Street, Ohakune. Phone 58-215. Seats 42, BYO licence, home-style roasts, rabbit casserole, vegetarian dishes, avocado entrees. Cosy log fire.

Grischuna, Clyde and Miro Streets, Ohakune. Phone 58-760. Seats 38, fully licensed. Swiss specialties — cheese and meat fondues, international dishes such as white veal, snails, beef stroganoff. Swiss chalet decor, large fireplace, mezzanine bar. Host: Christian Mullegg. Ritz Tearooms, Seddon Street, Raetihi. Phone 54439. Not licensed, family meals, burgers, steaks, fish and chips. Host: Robyn McDougal. Dragon and Phoenix, Main Road, Waiouru. Phone Waiouru 56-746. Seats 36, BYO licence, Chinese cuisine. Host and chef: Kenny Lim.