Rātā Restaurant

October 23, 2025

Loved dining here! The staff were friendly, helpful, and gave me plenty of time to make a choice on what to order. The ambiance was excellent and so was the food. The steak was my favourite as it was cooked to absolute perfection. I’m not normally a Jus type of girl (I prefer peppercorn) but the Jus on the steak was incredible! I’ve paired my steak with their Montepulciano and I highly recommend this pairing. 10/10 would dine again!

July 24, 2025

Food was impeccable at RATA! Every dish was done so well - cook, balance of flavor, presentation. My favourites were the donuts, perfectly cooked salmon with kelp risotto and the caramel miso sake ice cream sandwich. Service was attentive and approachable. The lemon meringue martini to wrap up our evening at RATA was a nice touch by the team (thank you! ) I would highly recommend checking RATA out when you’re in Queenstown.

August 1, 2025

👍 Our best dining experience in Queenstown! From the moment we arrived we were invited with warmth and the atmosphere was buzzing with a vibrant yet relaxed energy. Oysters were fresh, briny and an absolute divine- though we liked it without the vinaigrette it came with Each dish was incredibly delicious with the freshest local ingredients, especially the venison!!! Drinks were WOW! Their remake of bourbon and coke and their special Arrowtown cocktail was a standout! Loved everything so much that we came the second time in a week! Huge thanks to the team for making fantastic recommendations and for making our nights memorable Rata is a non negotiable stop! Freshest delicious food, impeccable drinks, and service that makes you feel like family. We’ll be back again:)

August 19, 2025

A beautiful and refined dining experience in the centre of Queenstown with a focus on locally sourced produce. We had a later sitting (8:30) which meant we were the only diners for most of our sitting. The menu is tight and considered and served on beautiful tableware that pays homage to the island. The food is familiar in concept but delivered in local flavour and incredibly tasty. The wine list is heavily local which is good. The only feedback was the bowl for the tartare (my favourite dish) was perhaps a bit too deep and made serving clumsy; but that’s the only concern I had and it’s pretty trivial. Thank you for a great dinner.

June 24, 2025

We walked in for our booking at 6pm, one of the first guests of the night. We were greeted and seated by Carolina, and her trainee, Aymara, who was shadowing on her first shift. Our first time at Rata, we were unsure what to order, and asked Carolina for her recommendations. I ordered a beautiful syrah. To start, we had the bluff oysters, amazingly fresh and sweet, with a honeyed foam; cheese donuts, covered in parmesan, which were creamy and melt in your mouth; potato rosti, incredibly crunchy, yet soft, topped with an onion dip every Kiwi will recognise. We followed this with the fresh goat cheese, which was like velvet, creamy and rich; butterfish crudo, beautifully fresh; venison tartare, tart with cherry, deliciously umami. For mains, we had the wagyu short rib, rich, tender and caramelised, with local fungus and a divine red wine jus (exceptional); soft, tender butterfish over a brilliant al dente risotto with a rich fish broth; and a side of honeyed carrots which were an absolute star. The entire experience was only made better by Carolina's fantastic, attentive service & knowledge.