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Four Stars The results are in for Cuisine Magazine's Restaurant of the Year Competition and we are very pleased to announce that we have been awarded 4 stars and named the best restaurant in Central Otago. Check out our review: [LINK title='Cuisine Magazine Review'...

Media release for Wai Dining Group 11 July 2011 A new look for a Queenstown Dining Institution. After a month closed and a rapid and well co-ordinated knock down and re-build, Wai Restaurant on the Steamer Wharf is well positioned to launch itself into another decade as Queenstown’s best fine dining restaurant. A re-opening VIP party...

We are delighted to announce the recent completion of major renovations of our waterfront restaurant. Having survived here for round about a decade we thought it was time for a facelift and we are very happy with the results. We have expanded our front dining section so that now every table has a stunning view of the beautiful Lake Wakatipu. Our...

We are very proud to announce that Wai Waterfront Restaurant has been selected as a top 50 finalist in Cuisine Magazine's Restaurant of the Year Competition. Look for us in this month's issue of Cuisine on stands now. In honour of our nomination we are participating in their Star Grazing promotion which offers a special two course menu with wine...

2009/10 has been a busy year for the team at Wai. We are proud to announce that we have added a fourth cog to our wheel. As well as fine dining on the waterfront, seafood and grill at Finz, and authentic Italian cuisine at Bella Cucina, we now offer casual cafe style dining and drinking at Post Offce Cafe on the corner of Ballarat and Camp...

Wai Restaurant recently sent their first team ever to the NZ Culinary Fare. Wai enetered into the catagory Restaurnat of the Year under smart/casual. Team Martin James (Head Chef/Owner), Mark Southon and Georgie Baker did an outsatanding job in this very competitive environment winning a bronze medal for both the Kitchen and Restaurant.

In a review done by Cafe Magazine for the Winter 2008 season, Wai was cited as "exceptional" and "among the top 20 restaurants in New Zealand." We can now proudly add to our list of great reviews that "Wai has ambience, it oozes 'best food ever,' the service is superb...[and]a great wine list helps too!" This...

Wai recently featured in Michael Guys Eating Out Guide 2008 as Queenstown's finest Restaurant and runner up for the Central Otago region. Congratulations to all the staff on this fantastic achievement.