Top 50 New Zealand Gastropubs
Will your pub make the list?
Be in it to win it!
Enter your Gastropub for the Top 50
The search is on for New Zealand’s best gastropubs of 2025.
The Estrella Damm Top 50 New Zealand Gastropubs celebrates and showcases the very best of the premium food-led pubs in the country.
Entries for this hotly anticipated competition are open now until December 1st, 2024. If you think your gastropub is cutting edge, has an exquisite menu, the very best staff, an outstanding venue, or all of the above, then enter your gastropub for a chance to be crowned the very best in New Zealand.
Hosted by Hospitality New Zealand, and sponsored by Estrella Damm, The Top 50 list will act as a dining out guide for locals and visitors to enjoy again and again, and will spotlight the nation’s thriving gastropub scene.
Simply nominate your venue by December 1st, 2024. Consumer voting to finalise the Top 50 will start on December 2nd, 2024, and close on January 31st, 2025. Esteemed hospitality judges will then select regional winners, a sustainability champion, a provider of the best Estrella Damm paired meal, and crown a supreme champion at an awards ceremony on March 26th, 2025.
This culinary celebration is one not to be missed, so get ready for a feast of excellence and enter your gastropub for Top 50 New Zealand Gastropubs 2025!
The Top 50 gastropubs in NZ
What’s involved
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Enter your gastropub
Is your gastropub a cut above the rest? Enter for your chance to be named one of the country’s Top 50.
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Vote for your favourite
We have an array of top-notch gastropubs in New Zealand. What’s your favourite?
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Awards
The Estrella Damm Top 50 Gastropub Awards ceremony is back for 2025!
Join us on 26 March 2025 at Fantail & Turtle in Auckland. -
Sponsor the awards
Become a sponsor of these prestigious awards for a raft of benefits that’ll amplify your brand.
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Stories
Our hoppy places are also our happy places - full of stories and memories they've gathered on their way to the Top 50.
View the gastropubs of 2024
Where high quality food and a relaxed atmosphere intertwine
Looking for a relaxed but lively spot where you can enjoy some of New Zealand’s finest grub? Aotearoa is blessed with an array of gastropubs that serve up delicious dishes using fresh, locally-sourced ingredients. Get ready to tanatlise the tastebuds and visit the gastropubs from the Cape to the Bluff and everywhere in between.
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