Tatler Restaurant

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5 The Mall
Queenstown
Region: Otago
Licence: Fully Licensed
Cuisine: New Zealand
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Phone: 03 442 8372
Fax: 03 442 6820
Website: www.tatler.co.nz
Email: dine@tatler.co.nz

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Open from 10am for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

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Tatler is a stylish restaurant in the heart of town, ideally situated for people watching in The Mall, Queenstown's pedestrian street. The historic Tatler was built in 1863 and has recently been refurbished to provide a warm and welcoming bistro atmosphere.

Upstairs is The Spectator Room. Available for private functions and fine dining, the Spectator Room has its own bar and an open fire as well as its own private balcony with lake views. There's a private bathroom upstairs too.

Come in for breakfast, lunch, dinner or just coffee or drinks and bring your laptop to use our free wifi broadband.


POPULAR DISHES ON THE MENU INCLUDE:

Entree:

Duck and Pork Rillettes served warm with a plum and Manuka honey compote and toasted dipping bread. $16.50

Crisp Filo Basket Filled with garlic and chilli- marinated Mediterranean vegetables, kalamata olives, cherry tomatoes, homemade hummus and topped with grilled haloumi cheese, presented on leafy greens. $15.00

Smoked Fiordland Venison With a pinot poached pear and blue cheese, with a petite salad garnish. $17.00

Grilled lamb cutlets Served with zucchini croquettes, minted yoghurt dip and a salad garnish. $16.50

Pan-seared King Prawns On an Asian salad with a sticky sweet soy-wasabi dressing and seafood gyoza. $18.00

New Zealand Green Lipped Mussels Freshly steamed in a rich tomato, white wine, garlic and coriander broth. Served with garlic bread. $17.00

Tatler Chicken and Duck Liver Parfait Homemade pâté with spiced pear chutney, mesclun lettuce, balsamic reduction and toasted dipping bread. $16.50

Cold-smoked Sea-run Salmon salad Salmon cold-smoked with Central Otago dried fruits and Manuka honey, served with fresh strawberries, mint and fig vincotto. $18.00

Main Course

Grilled Beef fillet Cooked to your liking. Presented on confit garlic and kumara mash with green beans and crispy bacon, finished with a classic sauce Béarnaise and pinot noir jus. $34.50

Crisp and Tender Duck Breast Accompanied by homemade herbed potato gnocchi, buttered broccolini, toasted almonds and a blueberry compote. $33.50

Walnut-crusted Fiordland Venison Presented on baked polenta and baby rocquette and finished with a boysenberry coulis. $33.50

Southland Lamb Rack With truffled potato purée, Savoy cabbage, sautéed Portobello mushrooms and drizzled with a rich rosemary jus. $34.00

Twice-cooked Pork Belly On a sweet potato fondant with wilted bok choy, drizzled with a sticky soy and orange reduction, garnished with a prawn gyoza $28.50

Seared Sea-run Salmon and Lemon-scented Prawns Served with a mild laksa, hokkien noodles, Asian greens and a wonton sesame wafer $30.50

Creamy Saffron Risotto With roasted red bell peppers, fresh basil, cherry tomatoes, broad beans, baby spinach and feta cheese. $24.50

Dessert:

Mango and Lemongrass Panna Cotta With a pineapple & strawberry salsa $13.50. Available at lunch and dinner.

Trio of Crème brûlée: Dark chocolate, Espresso and French vanilla bean and raspberry, accompanied by a toasted nut biscotti. $13.50. Available at lunch and dinner.

Homemade Manuka Honey and Toasted Almond Cheesecake with berry coulis. $13.50. Available at lunch and dinner.

Sticky date pudding with a rich toffee sauce & vanilla bean ice cream. $13.50. Available at lunch and dinner.

Warm Chocolate and Pistachio Nut Brownie
With chocolate ganache and white chocolate and raspberry ice cream. $13.50. Available at lunch and dinner.

Assiette of dessert for two. A selection of our desserts to share. $18.00

Locally-sourced cheeses with grapes, honeycomb and crackers. For one $15.50 or for two $26.50

Menus

3423_brunch.pdf
3423_tatler_dinner.pdf
3423_tatler_winelist.pdf
3423_dessert.pdf

Overall DineOut Score based on 19 reviews

Total		6.4
Food		6.4
Dessert		7.1
Presentation		6.4
Service		6.1
Environment		6.6
Toilets		5.0
Child Friendly	Yes

Review by: daisychain (3) on 2nd September 2010

Total		7.2
Food		7
Dessert		N/A
Presentation		7
Service		8
Environment		7
Toilets		N/A

Tatler was just right for a light lunch on a winter's day and we enjoyed the ambience that accompanied the $10 lunches and $5 wines. I enjoyed the Seafood Chowder - and if it's not right - I certainly will know shortly after - but no side effects there. He enjoyed the Chicken Wrap and we both enjoyed a good local wine at just $5.00 a glass. It was certainly nice to enjoy a light lunch for $15 each at Tatler rather than spend the same at that Scottish Restaurant down the road.

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Review by: Chantelle Smythe (6) on 1st September 2010

Total		8.9
Food		10
Dessert		8
Presentation		8
Service		8
Environment		10
Toilets		N/A

We reserved a table by the fire and it was a really romantic setting with personal service by a waiter who was obviously a professional. He really knew his wines, not just local but the French ones too, talking us into a French rose that we really enjoyed.
Food was really great, well lamb racks and beef fillet always tempt us but the preparation and presentation were top notch.
Really had a great time and look forward to visiting again.

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Review by: Casey_Mummer (6) on 3rd May 2010

Total		7.6
Food		8
Dessert		N/A
Presentation		8
Service		7
Environment		7
Toilets		N/A

Met friends here for lunch - can't deny it was the $10 special that brought us in. There were a few different options for $10 and I chose the chicken wrap which I was happy with. My friends liked their salmon salad and seafood chowder.
For $10 you wouldn't really expect much but we were pleasantly surprised. Good atmosphere, lots of happy locals enjoying lunch away from their desks at a nice restaurant without having to remortgage their houses to afford it. Although, looking at the main menu there were definitely pricey options there for those who wanted them.
If you order the $10 special you also get a wine for $5 so for $15 each, we were pretty pleased with our girls' lunch out.

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Review by: Dano (5) on 13th April 2010

Total		4.7
Food		5
Dessert		N/A
Presentation		4
Service		3
Environment		8
Toilets		3

Having read the responses to the previous two reviews, I am concerned that any negative comments I make will be fired back in my face. I was of the belief that dineout was about letting other people know about their own personal experiences. I've dined at Tatler on quite a few occasions, and have never found anything that really 'wowed' me. The food isn't great, but neither is it bad, their lunch special is hit and miss, sometimes great and sometimes not so great, (well based upon my two experiences). But having read Tatlers comments below I won't be coming back, if that's how they treat people who have done what dineout is supposed to do, and that's the reaction, imagine if I had actually complained about the length of time my meal took, or the fact that my meal was over-cooked, or that it took their staff about 15 minutes to clear obviously finished plates. Think I will give this one a miss from now on.

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Review by: 19231923 (3) on 8th February 2010

Total		2.3
Food		2
Dessert		N/A
Presentation		2
Service		3
Environment		2
Toilets		4
Child Friendly	Kind of

went there for a christmas lunch with a large group. Their upstairs room is terrible for this type of function. Everyone was shouting to be heard accross the tables and no one could hear anyone. The food description sounded great but a steak & cashew salad should have more than 3 cashews (my friend had 2) and the miniscule 2 pieces of steak had fat on them (also my friends). It was on a bed of lettuce (just like in the bags at the supermarket) and vey little dressing so was tasteless. Everyone I spoke to was so disappointed and vowed never to go back as we all felt ripped off. Has to be one of the worst meals I have had and I have travelled all over the world. Funnnily we had been there for dinner a couple of weeks before and the meal was quite good. The lunch experience negated everything else though.

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Review by: Pretender (1) on 30th January 2010

Total		2.8
Food		3
Dessert		3
Presentation		3
Service		1
Environment		4
Toilets		3

Very disappointed with the dining experience at Tatler's.
We had seen that Tatler's offered an 'early bird' dining special of $19.50 for mains. We booked by phone and indicated we were interested in the 'early bird' special. At the restaurant we were given their full menu and ordered an entree and two mains. The garlic bread we felt was subtandard as the butter was foamy and was lacking in garlic. The mains, a rack of lamb and venison, we believe to be half the size of the last time we had dined at Tatler's. We figured this must have been because of the 'early bird' special and felt this to be an under-handed tactic.
At the completion of the meal we were shocked to discover that the mains we ordered were full price ($34.00 for the lamb and $32.00 for the venison) and that there was a specific alternative early bird menu!
We explained to the restaurant manager Piere that we were dining because of the 'early bird' special and that the waiter should have directed us to the alternative menu. Piere did not offer to reduce the cost of the mains or offer any consolation. We found his customer service to be very unsatisfactory and we left wishing we had never dined there.
We feel that we paid full price for half sized average meals and we will not be dining there again. Tatler's have lost the custom of some regular and local diners.

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Review by: Beatrice Goodfellow (3) on 19th January 2010

Total		9.3
Food		9
Dessert		10
Presentation		8
Service		10
Environment		9
Toilets		N/A

We were attracted by the magazines we saw outside, seems a cool way to present a restaurant menu and the photos of the dishes looked yum so we grabbed a table outside since it was a warm night. Watching the Earnslaw come through Queenstown Bay was a treat for our out of town friends.
We couldn't decide what to have for entrees so ended up sharing five different starters. My favourite was the chicken pate with the raw tuna ceviche a close second.
I would have ordered the tuna steak for a main but twice in one meal seemed a bit much so I settled for the beef fillet. This was interesting in that it was poached but what a surprise - really tender and also tasty, much easier to eat than a grilled steak. My parter raved about his twice-cooked pork belly but wouldn't share so I'll have to order that next time.
My frangelico tart was the perfect dessert - light and sublimely flavoured. The chocolate fondant (which I managed to get a taste of) was fabulous and I nearly had dessert envy - again, that's on my list next time.

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Review by: AnniePinot (64) on 11th December 2009

Total		7.0
Food		7
Dessert		N/A
Presentation		7
Service		7
Environment		7
Toilets		N/A

Choose both a chicken and a salmon main from the early bird menu, which at $22.50 each isn’t a whole lot cheaper than their full menu. Both dishes were nice, but someone needed to tell us we really needed to order extra vegetable or sides with these.
Left not wanting dessert, but still a little hungry.

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Review by: Mole (35) on 2nd June 2009

Total		7.0
Food		7
Dessert		N/A
Presentation		7
Service		7
Environment		7
Toilets		N/A

We had a late breakfast here on a Saturday morning. We both had a cooked breakfast which was well cooked and tasted good, was well presented and we were served by a pleasant waitress. The cafe is in a central location and had a good atmosphere. Couldn't ask for much more really!

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Review by: Mrs Pet (21) on 21st May 2009

Total		4.0
Food		4
Dessert		N/A
Presentation		4
Service		4
Environment		4
Toilets		N/A
Child Friendly	Kind of

Called in here for Brunch on Sunday morning. I think they must have gone to Invercargill for the sausages and bacon as it took 40 mins from the time we ordered till we got out meals and there wasn't even a dozen people in the whole place. We had well finished our coffee's by the time our brunch arrived. As for there "homemade hashbrowns" yuck I couldn't eat them I don't know what was in them but leave them alone, hashbrowns are just potato - don't spoil something that shouldn't be fancified. Price was reasonalble but serving wasn't that big for a brunch. We were asked what we thought as we walked out the door by people standing outside looking at the menu - I suggested they try the place down the road as this wasn't the best.

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