Guidebook for Nelson

Mike
Guidebook for Nelson

Food Scene

"Nelson is spoilt for choice" when it comes to restaurants. Check with your hosts re their many recommendations.
Fine dining, though dress is informal
66 locals recommend
Hopgoods Restaurant
284 Trafalgar St
66 locals recommend
Fine dining, though dress is informal
and cafe
8 locals recommend
The Swedish Bakery & Cafe
54 Bridge St
8 locals recommend
and cafe
Delicatessan, great coffee and lunch stop. Wood fired pizzas evenings
6 locals recommend
Prego Mediterranean Foods
90 Collingwood St
6 locals recommend
Delicatessan, great coffee and lunch stop. Wood fired pizzas evenings
Iconic waterfront restaurant. Specialises in fish and shell fish dishes. Watch the ships or yachts come in or go out the manmade "cut" through the boulder bank.
76 locals recommend
The Boat Shed Cafe
350 Wakefield Quay
76 locals recommend
Iconic waterfront restaurant. Specialises in fish and shell fish dishes. Watch the ships or yachts come in or go out the manmade "cut" through the boulder bank.
Not just fish on the menu! Eat central Nelson, (next to the Cathedral steps). Recommended: the view down Trafalgar street from the upper steps.
30 locals recommend
Cod & Lobster Brasserie
300 Trafalgar St
30 locals recommend
Not just fish on the menu! Eat central Nelson, (next to the Cathedral steps). Recommended: the view down Trafalgar street from the upper steps.

"Eclectic"

Antiques plus ! An amazing shop to visit. Historical NZ and global collectables.
60 locals recommend
Nelson Provincial Museum
Cnr Trafalgar St and Hardy Street
60 locals recommend
Local arts and crafts shop, great cafe with outlook to Queens gardens and adjacent Chinese garden.
105 locals recommend
The Suter Art Gallery Nelson
208 Bridge St
105 locals recommend
Local arts and crafts shop, great cafe with outlook to Queens gardens and adjacent Chinese garden.
It all started in Nelson ! It then got too big, so now has it's shows in Wellington and is taken overseas. It is a unique collection and we are lucky to be able to visit entries from all over the world here in Nelson.
74 locals recommend
World of WearableArt & Classic Cars Museum
1 Cadillac Way
74 locals recommend
It all started in Nelson ! It then got too big, so now has it's shows in Wellington and is taken overseas. It is a unique collection and we are lucky to be able to visit entries from all over the world here in Nelson.

Essentials

Bakery
57 locals recommend
New World Nelson
Gloucester Street
57 locals recommend
Bakery
Good selection of local wines and beers.
38 locals recommend
FreshChoice Nelson
69 Collingwood St
38 locals recommend
Good selection of local wines and beers.

Sightseeing

Bookings for tours, transport and activities available in the greater Nelson-Tasman region.
30 locals recommend
Nelson i-SITE Visitor Information Centre
110 Trafalgar St
30 locals recommend
Bookings for tours, transport and activities available in the greater Nelson-Tasman region.