Black Dog Bar — Restaurant in Fiordland Community

We spontaneously decided to have dinner at this locality as the reviews looked quite good. The place was buzzing and almost fully booked. We were able to get a table at 8:30pm and had the honour to be served by Rose. This young lady really know what she is doing! Handling several tables by herself, always confident and with a smile! This stood out to me, as I have hospitality background myself (5* hotels & Michelin restaurants)

The drinks menu has a very nice choice of local wines and beer along with new cocktails and classics. Compliments to the chef and his/her team - the duck was juicy and the home made gnocchi right on point. We also had the venison which was cooked to perfection, as it was melting on the tongue. The whipped feta was something new and was a great taste and uplifted the dish as well.

The whole team was lovely and the ambiance is great - definitely...

The chef is on holiday for 2 months BUT they still have a few nibbles available and thankfully they had the gluten free fries available which is exactly what we were craving. The service is friendly and very helpful, the lady behind the bar saw my partner was struggling to get wifi and she offered the password. The taste of the fries was honestly so nice, with parmesan cheese on fries it tends to be too strong and overtake the potato flavour but these have the right balance to them. They also come with 2 sauces (aioli and tomato) which is great because we didn’t run out of sauce like you usually do when you order fries elsewhere. Would come back and would recommend. Also the taste in music was perfect for a nice chill...

This place and Eight Plates in Nelson tied for the best meals we had while living in NZ for 2 months. The portions here are large for sharing plates. Everything was amazing. And the staff were the best! One of the waitresses made a drink not on the menu that was awesome - something with elderflower syrup and lemon, an elderflower sour? We first had cocktails and then watched the documentary on the Fiordland which we highly recommend. Then after the film, we had an awesome dinner. The lemon curd cheesecake is so good. This place is better than Red Cliff even though the lead chef is the same for both. The atmosphere here was better...