Riverstone Kitchen - Waitaki Bridge

Beautiful food in a gorgeous setting, with impeccable service. We did a day trip from Christchurch hoping for something special, and it was exactly that. Lovely wander around the garden and gift shop after lunch. Thank you for the fabulous destination it was worth it (yes, even with ridiculous fuel costs these days)!

Unfortunately they google review have 5 stars. I would give 10

Came at 2:59pm (kitchen closes at 3pm , we were greatly surprised when our waitress insisted the kitchen remain open for our last order of lunch before closing for dinner. What a nice gesture! The food which was served tastes fresh and delicious. A lot of the ingredients are produced locally on the premises with a lot of care also going into each dish. We ordered the foccacia for 2, roasted vegetables, soup of the day and chips. The soup and roasted veggies were absolutely amazing. The crunchy bread and the soup paired perfectly. None of the veggies were over done on the roasted vegetable dish (could tell it was all just thrown into the over together at the same time. Great portion sizes as well as flavour. The bread was slightly disappointing compared to the other dishes but the humus and dukkah dip was more than tasted and went well with the bread. Would definitely recommend for a lunch/dinner stop on the way down the coast of NZ! We ordered the sour plum and the sour chocolate cake take away- we were a bit surprised they gave us cream when it was advertised to have ice cream (understand you can take away ice cream... however it was a little disappointing to not see either a larger slice or slightly cheaper pricing to account for this. That being said, could not fault the flavour of the cake at all

Lives up to reputation. The food was very, very good, the service was awesome. The squid dish was amazing, the pumpkin and parmesan soup was the best ever. The empty plate in the photo was apple fritters. They were too delicious to photograph first. We spent time in the vege garden and admired the quantity and quality of the produce, especially the silver beet.

The garden at this restaurant is charming, the food is delicious, and the setting is beautiful. The staff were friendly and the food was served promptly. It's definitely worth stopping by if you're in the area! The Havoc Pork dish was outstanding!