Overview
We have been tailoring and crafting exquisite dining experiences here at Fiordland Lodge for twenty years. Our talanted team of chefs incorporate the freshest local ingredients and prepare uniquely refined dishes to please all palates. For many guests, the meals at Fiordland Lodge are eagerly anticipated each evening after a day of adveturing and often a highlight of their visit with us. Our restaurant at Fiordland Lodge is open on a daily basis for both lunch and dinner to guests that are not staying at Fiordland Lodge upon pre-booked reservations only.
Culinary Team
Returning to the lodge for the 2023/2024 season is Head Chef Francisco Fioriti to lead our small culinary team, and alongside his sous chef meticulously creates all the menus at Fiordland Lodge. Francisco has an impressive resume and a diverse background within the culinary industry having experience over a range of dining operations. Francisco has served in a variety of positions in private restaurants and luxury lodges.
The dining concept that prevails through the Lodge is the familiar farm-to-table ideology that complements the lodge impeccably. Fran is dedicated to sourcing the freshest of ingredients, creating relationships with local suppliers and smaller producers and saturating the dishes he creates with local Fiordland and Southland ingredients. This resourcefulness is second nature and huge emphasis goes into making everything from scratch, using the food he sources from the onsite garden and the hills and rivers nearby. Fiordland Lodge operates a large onsite vegetable garden and guests will see our chefs picking and collecting everything from strawberries, black peaches, carrots, lettuce, tomatoes, rhubarb, raspberries on a daily basis. .
Restaurant & Casual Dining
Fancy relaxing with your friends over a delicious meal in the comfort of one of New Zealand's leading Luxury Lodges? from September 2021 Fiordland Lodge is offering the opportunity in and around business levels for both lunch and dinner dining for non-house guests.
Sample Menus
CANAPES
Pre-dinner canapes or H'ordeurves are served nightly in the Great Room from 6.30pm onwards with a welcome drink or cocktail. A great time to share your adventures and plan tomorrows with fellow guests.