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Cheap eats and quick bites in Queenstown

Photo: Erik’s Fish and Chips

Eating well can leave plenty in your pocket for the rest of your adventures.

If you’re looking for cheap food in Queenstown, start with a bakery counter, a busy burger grill or a pizza to share with friends. You’ll find takeaway lunches for sunny days and relaxed places to settle in when you fancy a seat indoors. This guide brings together quick bites, sit-down meals and MICHELIN Bib Gourmand restaurants recognised for good cooking at a fair price. Check the venue menus for current prices, and allow a little extra time at popular takeaways.

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Grab and go in central Queenstown

Wrap your hands around a burger, pick up a pie, or carry a parcel of fish and chips down to the lake. Central Queenstown’s takeaways put you a short walk from a picnic on the beach or grass. Add a doughnut for later, find your patch of sunshine and watch the boats come and go.

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Sit-down meals in Queenstown to suit your budget

Pull up a chair and give your legs a rest over a meal with friends. You can split a giant pizza, build a bowl of ramen with your choice of extras, or share plates while watching sport on the screens. Look out for specials and wing nights when you’re deciding where to eat.

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MICHELIN Bib Gourmand in Queenstown: good cooking at a fair price

The MICHELIN Guide gives its Bib Gourmand to restaurants that serve good cooking at a fair price. Here, that might mean handmade pasta in Arrowtown, wood-fired pizza in an old Frankton church, or pizza and spaghetti from a menu unchanged since 1977. Book ahead if you have your heart set on a weekend table.

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    Cheap eats in Frankton, Fernhill and Arrowtown

    Out exploring Frankton, Fernhill or Arrowtown? There's no need to head back into town for a cheap feed. These are quick, casual stops: fish & chips after the Fernhill Loop, free-range chicken burgers in Frankton to eat in or take away, and hot food and coffee from a butchery in Arrowtown. Easy to grab on the way to whatever's next.

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