New Zealand · FOOD
This is the shortlist to send a friend: 12 food experiences worth the money, each with its price, its traveller verdict and the one thing to know before you commit.
A 7-hour Waiheke Island food and wine day with return ferry tickets, 3 winery tastings, Allpress olive oil, and a 2-course lunch.
“The guide was lovely - the island beautiful and lunch was great - the wine tours nice in that the sites were beautiful but the wines chosen were just ok.”
Join a small-group Auckland food walk with artisan tastings, ice cream, and a wine or beer finish, plus easy city wandering.
“Great experience from Laura with the wealth of knowledge about Auckland. She picked really outstanding restaurants with great food.”
Central Otago wine cave tastings, 5-dish barrel lunch, and gold-rush history on a small-group Queenstown tour.
“This was a fantastic experience. The winemakers and vineyards we visited were amazing, wine delicious and food excellent. Our tour guide was so knowledgeable and created a fun environment. Highly recommended.”
Waiheke gourmet food and wine tour with olive oil tastings, oyster snacks, family-style lunch, and optional whisky.
“Had the best day tastiing great wine and food with our tour guide grant who was very knowledgeable and funny and made the day a great success”
Waiheke gourmet food and wine tour with lunch: fresh oysters, olive oil tastings, boutique vineyard stops, and craft whisky option.
“We had a very enjoyable day tasting the wines and eating the food pairings.”
Half-day Queenstown wine tour with hotel pickup, three hosted tastings, and a wine-paired a la carte lunch in Central Otago.
“The quality of the wines was outstanding, Andrew our host was so friendly and knowledgeable! My partner and I loved the whole experience, the food was also a 10/10! I would highly recommend this tour!”
A 3-hour walking food tour through downtown Auckland with local tastings, Kiwi classics, chocolate, and stories behind the city’s flavors.
“We have been on several food tours around the world and given this one 5 stars! Great guide and great selection of foods/drinks to try!”
Christchurch’s small-group inner-city food walk mixes historic sights, Māori-European stories, and tastings like lunch at Kaiser plus chocolate, honey, and ice cream.
“Riwai Grace did a great job providing a very good perspective on the Christchurch rebuild after the devastating 2011 earthquake. He also provided great insights into the local/New Zealand culture. All of this, plus a very good orientation to the downtown area sites, shops and eateries. We'll worth it!”
Auckland CBD food walk with a local guide, mobile ticket, at least four tastings, and water included. Small group, about 3 hours.
“We learned so much about Auckland's history & food culture on this tour! It was an excellent way to orient ourselves in the downtown / CBD area and our guide was AMAZING! I would do this tour again if I'm in Auckland.”
3.5-hour Wellington food walking tour on Cuba Street with coffee, scones, kombucha, pies, chocolate, and more. Small group up to 8.
“Very interesting. Lots of wonderful food! John was a knowledgeable and entertaining guide. Highly recommended”
Join a 3-hour Wellington walking food tour with Māori flavors, craft beer, cheese, chocolate, coffee, and local stories.
“Rebecca was phenomenal. She was not only knowledgeable about the food scene, but also the history, and culture of New Zealand and the Māori people. She truly went above and beyond, even letting us stop to buy gifts, and walking us to the trolley so we wouldn’t get lost. Our bellies were full with Māori cuisine, cheese scones with Pastrami and pickles, white fish and chips, Wellington chocolates, fantastic spicy Chinese dumplings cheese, dried lamb and delicious craft beer. 😋”
Small-group Martinborough wine, cheese, chocolate, craft beer and olive oil tour from Wellington, with winery lunch and Remutaka views.
“Phil was a great guide and this was a lovely day in the NZ countryside. We had not only a good tastings of local cheeses, wines, beers, olives and chocolates we had a bit of history of the area and the NZ countryside lifestyle. My favorite was visiting the olive farm and learning quite a bit about olive growing and production of olive oil. Well worth your time to enjoy this tour.”
From the fiords to the geothermal belt, sorted by what you want to do with the day.
