Guidebook for Nelson

Rylee & Chris
Rylee & Chris
Guidebook for Nelson

Food Scene

A authentic pastry cafe owned by Hungarians. Only open Monday-Friday
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The Baker's Coffee Shop
105 Collingwood St
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A authentic pastry cafe owned by Hungarians. Only open Monday-Friday
Great bar and restaurant with awesome food! Matt Bouterey (the owner and Chef) is often around to chat to guests
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Urban Oyster Bar & Eatery
278 Hardy St
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Great bar and restaurant with awesome food! Matt Bouterey (the owner and Chef) is often around to chat to guests
Great little French restaurant with awesome galettes and crepes. Fast service, good prices and yum!
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La Gourmandise
276 Hardy St
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Great little French restaurant with awesome galettes and crepes. Fast service, good prices and yum!
GREAT food! For a special occasion as it's a little pricey but worth it if you're a foodie. They also have a nice bar.
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Hopgoods Restaurant
284 Trafalgar St
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GREAT food! For a special occasion as it's a little pricey but worth it if you're a foodie. They also have a nice bar.
On the banks of the Maitai River - a good place to stop in as you're strolling or biking past. Good breakfasts and counter food. Nice outdoor seating overlooking the river.
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River Kitchen Nelson
81 Trafalgar St
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On the banks of the Maitai River - a good place to stop in as you're strolling or biking past. Good breakfasts and counter food. Nice outdoor seating overlooking the river.
Awesome Mexican restaurant run by Nicola and her partner. Great ambience, food and good drinks!
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Nicola's Cantina
6 Church St
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Awesome Mexican restaurant run by Nicola and her partner. Great ambience, food and good drinks!
An excellent, family friendly cafe set in gardens. If you're game, you can also feed the eels (when they're not hibernating in the winter!)
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Jester House Café
320 Aporo Rd
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An excellent, family friendly cafe set in gardens. If you're game, you can also feed the eels (when they're not hibernating in the winter!)
A great, family-run vineyard. You can take a picnic and relax in their grounds, while sampling a bottle of their wine with lunch.
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Neudorf
138 Neudorf Rd
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A great, family-run vineyard. You can take a picnic and relax in their grounds, while sampling a bottle of their wine with lunch.
Good selection of gluten free, refined sugar free, dairy free goods
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The Kitchen
111 Bridge St
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Good selection of gluten free, refined sugar free, dairy free goods
The best coffee out - run by a cool dude Dylan. There's also very cool bikes and bike accessories here. In the weekend you can relax in their comfy bean bags.
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Alton Street Cycles
28 Alton St
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The best coffee out - run by a cool dude Dylan. There's also very cool bikes and bike accessories here. In the weekend you can relax in their comfy bean bags.
Tucked away in New St in the CBD this cafe/restaurant has a great lunch menu. Awesome mexican-inspired food. They are licensed and often have live music in the weekends. It's got a great outdoor area.
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DeVille
22 New St
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Tucked away in New St in the CBD this cafe/restaurant has a great lunch menu. Awesome mexican-inspired food. They are licensed and often have live music in the weekends. It's got a great outdoor area.
This cool little bakery is authentically Swedish and has great, reasonable breads and sweet treats. If you time it right, they have awesome filled rolls for lunches.
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The Swedish Bakery & Cafe
54 Bridge St
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This cool little bakery is authentically Swedish and has great, reasonable breads and sweet treats. If you time it right, they have awesome filled rolls for lunches.
Excellent sushi and Japanese food - only open Monday-Friday
Ikko Sushi
167 Hardy St
Excellent sushi and Japanese food - only open Monday-Friday
Great gourmet burgers in an American Diner theme, Gluten free options too.
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Burger Culture
279 Trafalgar St
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Great gourmet burgers in an American Diner theme, Gluten free options too.
Set in a historic house and gardens where you can have high noon tea with fancy china on Sundays
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Melrose House Cafe
26 Brougham St
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Set in a historic house and gardens where you can have high noon tea with fancy china on Sundays
When in Marahau call in for Happy Hour and sample great craft beer as well as a great dinner menu while looking out to the golden sands of the Abel Tasman .
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Hooked on Marahau
229 Sandy Bay-Marahau Rd
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When in Marahau call in for Happy Hour and sample great craft beer as well as a great dinner menu while looking out to the golden sands of the Abel Tasman .
If you love a great Gourmet Burger that you can hardly get your mouth around, this is the place for you! Open nights only
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The Fat Tui
219 Trafalgar Street
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If you love a great Gourmet Burger that you can hardly get your mouth around, this is the place for you! Open nights only
A great stopping point when on route to Golden Bay or Abel Tasman. Award winning Craft Beer Brewery
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Hop Federation Brewery
627 Main Road
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A great stopping point when on route to Golden Bay or Abel Tasman. Award winning Craft Beer Brewery
Yummy felafels made by an Israeli family
Falafel Gourmet
195 Hardy St
Yummy felafels made by an Israeli family
A great place to eat, have a freshly made juice or real fruit ice cream. There's heaps of outdoor seating in a nice garden area. A brewery has also just opened next door so the options just got even better! Try their wood fired pizza's during the summer. Sometimes they have live music too.
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Toad Hall
502 High St S
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A great place to eat, have a freshly made juice or real fruit ice cream. There's heaps of outdoor seating in a nice garden area. A brewery has also just opened next door so the options just got even better! Try their wood fired pizza's during the summer. Sometimes they have live music too.

Drinks & Nightlife

Great spot at the top of Trafalgar St - you can sit outside or cosy up in the nice couches inside. They also have nice asian/fusion style food.
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Harrys Nelson Restaurant & Bar
296 Trafalgar St
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Great spot at the top of Trafalgar St - you can sit outside or cosy up in the nice couches inside. They also have nice asian/fusion style food.
Good bar - nice drinks list, tucked away from the main part of town.
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Rhythm and Brown
19 New St
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Good bar - nice drinks list, tucked away from the main part of town.
Great drinks list - the most incredible selection of gins! Awesome cocktails. And also it's an incredible restaurant.
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Cod & Lobster Brasserie
300 Trafalgar St
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Great drinks list - the most incredible selection of gins! Awesome cocktails. And also it's an incredible restaurant.
Awesome pub set in an old church and gardens. They serve a good selection of craft beer and you can order from nearby restaurants and bring your food there. Dog and mountain bike friendly!
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The Free House Pub
95 Collingwood St
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Awesome pub set in an old church and gardens. They serve a good selection of craft beer and you can order from nearby restaurants and bring your food there. Dog and mountain bike friendly!
A good place tucked away down an alley serving craft beer.
Craft Beer Depot
70 Achilles Ave
A good place tucked away down an alley serving craft beer.

Parks & Nature

Really close to town but within minutes you can be away from it all. It's a good slog up the hills but you're rewarded with fabulous views across the bay. There's a multitude of access points into the reserve, and lots of different trails to explore.
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Grampians Reserve
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Really close to town but within minutes you can be away from it all. It's a good slog up the hills but you're rewarded with fabulous views across the bay. There's a multitude of access points into the reserve, and lots of different trails to explore.
Another great trail with good views - and you can say you've been to the Centre of New Zealand! It's a lovely walk for late afternoon/evening as it gets great afternoon sun. For a longer walk hook into Sir Stanley Whitehead Park and cut across the hill, down the zig zag track. You'll then be opposite Founders Park which is a good place for a look. Walk back along Milton St (and stop in at Sprig & Fern for a beer or a wine on the way past!)
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Spomenik središtu Novog Zelanda
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Another great trail with good views - and you can say you've been to the Centre of New Zealand! It's a lovely walk for late afternoon/evening as it gets great afternoon sun. For a longer walk hook into Sir Stanley Whitehead Park and cut across the hill, down the zig zag track. You'll then be opposite Founders Park which is a good place for a look. Walk back along Milton St (and stop in at Sprig & Fern for a beer or a wine on the way past!)
You can walk from this trail in the city and follow it all the way up to the Waahi Taakaro Golf Course. Great for hiking, running and biking. It's mostly flat but you can really get away from it all in a relatively short time. In the summer there's great swimming spots all along the way.
Maitai Walkway
77 Trafalgar St
You can walk from this trail in the city and follow it all the way up to the Waahi Taakaro Golf Course. Great for hiking, running and biking. It's mostly flat but you can really get away from it all in a relatively short time. In the summer there's great swimming spots all along the way.
A great mountain bike park, 5 mins bike away from here! Also possible to go walking up here too.
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Codgers Trails
135 Brook St
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A great mountain bike park, 5 mins bike away from here! Also possible to go walking up here too.
Another great mountain bike park!
Silvan Forest Mountain Bike Park
216 Champion Rd
Another great mountain bike park!
An hours drive will take you to this great mountain bike park.
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Kaiteriteri Mountain Bike Park
37 Martin Farm Rd
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An hours drive will take you to this great mountain bike park.
Our local beach - about a 45 min walk from here, or a 20 min bike ride. You can paddle board, kite surf, walk, swim...
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Tāhunanui Beach
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Our local beach - about a 45 min walk from here, or a 20 min bike ride. You can paddle board, kite surf, walk, swim...
Great beach, with good walking and biking trails. you can also take the ferry over to Mapua from the end of the bike trail.
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Great Taste Trail
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Great beach, with good walking and biking trails. you can also take the ferry over to Mapua from the end of the bike trail.
A great day walk up to Mount Arthur with stunning views over Tasman Bay. 1hr drive west from Nelson.
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Mount Arthur
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A great day walk up to Mount Arthur with stunning views over Tasman Bay. 1hr drive west from Nelson.
A lovely horticultural park with an historic house on site. There's also a frisbee golf course and a cafe
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Isel Park
16 Hilliard St
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A lovely horticultural park with an historic house on site. There's also a frisbee golf course and a cafe

Arts & Culture

There are always new exhibits in this museum. It's small by international standards but has a good permanent exhibition on local maori and european history.
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Nelson Provincial Museum
Cnr Trafalgar St and Hardy Street
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There are always new exhibits in this museum. It's small by international standards but has a good permanent exhibition on local maori and european history.
The newly refurbished Suter Art Gallery is free to everyone and has great exhibitions. It's set in the Queens Gardens which is also a lovely place to visit. Also check out the Suter Cafe in the gallery.
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The Suter Art Gallery Nelson
208 Bridge St
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The newly refurbished Suter Art Gallery is free to everyone and has great exhibitions. It's set in the Queens Gardens which is also a lovely place to visit. Also check out the Suter Cafe in the gallery.
An iconic Nelson photographer
Craig Potton Gallery + Store
255 Hardy St
An iconic Nelson photographer
Great art - ever changing, and a great cafe!
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Red Art Gallery & Café
1 Bridge St
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Great art - ever changing, and a great cafe!
This is a heritage park with a mini town set up with heritage stores (many of them operating businesses). There's also installations and exhibitions explaining early Nelson life. There's a great craft beer brewery and restaurant on site too.
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Founders Heritage Park
87 Atawhai Drive
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This is a heritage park with a mini town set up with heritage stores (many of them operating businesses). There's also installations and exhibitions explaining early Nelson life. There's a great craft beer brewery and restaurant on site too.
The World of Wearable Arts started in Nelson years ago and has since moved to Wellington. At the museum you can see lots of past costumes and read about the history of the event. There's also a really cool classic cars museum and a cafe too
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World of WearableArt & Classic Cars Museum
1 Cadillac Way
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The World of Wearable Arts started in Nelson years ago and has since moved to Wellington. At the museum you can see lots of past costumes and read about the history of the event. There's also a really cool classic cars museum and a cafe too

Shopping

Great NZ designer clothes store - but pretty reasonably priced.
KILT Clothing Nelson
227 Hardy St
Great NZ designer clothes store - but pretty reasonably priced.
Great jewellery and shoes, clothes
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Shine
253 Hardy St
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Great jewellery and shoes, clothes
Great bookstore, owned and run by the lovely Stella and Thomas. They have an incredible knowledge of books and can get in most things that you want if they don't stock them.
VOLUME
15 Church St
Great bookstore, owned and run by the lovely Stella and Thomas. They have an incredible knowledge of books and can get in most things that you want if they don't stock them.
Another great independently owned bookstore.
Page & Blackmore Booksellers
254 Trafalgar St
Another great independently owned bookstore.
An excellent, family-run soap store - just down the road!
Global Soap
117 Nile St
An excellent, family-run soap store - just down the road!
A very cool, quirky clothing store set in an old house.
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Tula & Niles - by Design
28 Nile St
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A very cool, quirky clothing store set in an old house.
A great little store - co-op, owned by local crafts people and artisans.
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Little Beehive Co-Op
123 Bridge St
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A great little store - co-op, owned by local crafts people and artisans.
Iconic Nelson Market has food, crafts, produce and music. A must do! when in Nelson.
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Nelson Saturday Market
23 Halifax St
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Iconic Nelson Market has food, crafts, produce and music. A must do! when in Nelson.
A great outdoor / bike / ski store with a bike mechanic in store too.
Torpedo7
Cnr Rutherford St
A great outdoor / bike / ski store with a bike mechanic in store too.
Small bike service store hidden down a little lane in the CBD.
B-Rad Cycle Service
106 Hardy Street
Small bike service store hidden down a little lane in the CBD.

Essentials

A great supermarket - they've got a great amount of local products and organics (as well as a huge amount of craft beer!)
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FreshChoice Nelson
69 Collingwood St
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A great supermarket - they've got a great amount of local products and organics (as well as a huge amount of craft beer!)
An excellent, family-run organic bulk-food store at really reasonable prices.
Organic Foods Nelson
93 Collingwood St
An excellent, family-run organic bulk-food store at really reasonable prices.
A cheaper and bigger supermarket than Fresh Choice
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Trafalgar Park Countdown
Halifax Street
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A cheaper and bigger supermarket than Fresh Choice
Good reasonable place to get a quick manicure or pedicure :)
Diamond Nails
253 Bridge St
Good reasonable place to get a quick manicure or pedicure :)
Great little cottage for all your beauty and spa needs. You can book appointments online too which is super convenient. https://www.elliottbeauty.co.nz/
Mabin House Body & Skin Sanctuary
98 Nile St
Great little cottage for all your beauty and spa needs. You can book appointments online too which is super convenient. https://www.elliottbeauty.co.nz/
A great place to go to find out more information about all the activities that the Nelson Tasman region has to offer. You can also book your activities and travel from here.
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Nelson i-SITE Visitor Information Centre
110 Trafalgar St
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A great place to go to find out more information about all the activities that the Nelson Tasman region has to offer. You can also book your activities and travel from here.

Entertainment & Activities

6 cinemas and cheap night Tuesday!
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State Cinemas Nelson
91 Trafalgar St
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6 cinemas and cheap night Tuesday!
A lovely little village with a cool pottery store, a gallery and the regions oldest pub and some interesting German history.
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Upper Moutere
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A lovely little village with a cool pottery store, a gallery and the regions oldest pub and some interesting German history.
If you're in to kite surfing and SUPing then these guys are great. They also do lessons. http://www.kitescool.co.nz/
Kitescool
13 Beachville Crescent
If you're in to kite surfing and SUPing then these guys are great. They also do lessons. http://www.kitescool.co.nz/