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Links to cafes, restaurants, shops, tour operators, attractions, businesses, institutions, blogs and other useful resources in Dunedin and beyond!
Links to cafes, restaurants, shops, tour operators, attractions, businesses, institutions, blogs and other useful resources in Dunedin and beyond!
'Pride of the South'. Tours, merchandise - and country fare at the Ale House Restaurant.
Anglican.
Presbyterian. Don't miss their Heritage Centre (out back).
My alma mater. An architectural hotspot situated within a beautiful campus, North Dunedin.
Still my favourite restaurant. Italian. Great service. Beautiful space. Close to town.
Fine Edwardian home. Tours available.
Victorian mansion, Otago Peninsula. Romantic hilltop garden setting. Tours and accommodation available.
Lose yourself in this literal treasure trove. The Animal Attic and Maritime Gallery are my faves.
Charming wee brewery and taproom, down No Name Alley.
Check out this pedestrian safety guide, compliments of New York-based personal injury law specialists, Lever & Ecker. There are practical tips for all road users here - including those in NZ.
Quality fiction and non fiction. 378 Great King Street.
Craft chocolate factory, shop and tours. 10 Roberts Street.
Award-winning restaurant, and delightful Retro building, in Dunedin's Steamer Basin. Near OCHO.
Classy cafe in a sensitively redeveloped building, 201 Princes Street. We visit the building on our Old Town Walk. While coffee is not included on the tour, we may stop here by arrangement.
The lowdown on the phenomenon that is food tourism, compliments of World Explorer Stats. Features tips, insights, dishes and exciting food tourism destinations across the world - including our own Wellington (my second-favourite NZ city). Of course, those in the know realize Dunedin is also a food tourism destination: check out adjacent links to OCHO, Taste Nature, Dunedin Craft Distillers and Steamer Basin Brewery & Taproom, for starters! See also the September 2025 post Slow tourism, which appears on our News page.
Dunedin's original ghost walk.
20 Braemar Street. Open Sundays, noon - 4pm.
Good guys. Inventors of the Simple Content Manager and creators of this website.
Based in Dunedin, New Zealand, they offer solutions for most internet-based applications.
The NZ beef and lamb dishes are outstanding at this attractive small restaurant in a charming heritage building overlooking Dunedin’s Octagon.
Craft brewery. Established here in 1992.
Dunedin's other great museum. This one's about us.
Includes info about the Trust's popular walks - in Napier (another great small city but in New Zealand’s North Island).
Second-hand books, Princes Street. My favourite bookstore.
Cafe/ Restaurant. The start point of our Vogel Street Walk.
Cafe, Vogel Street. A cool space, featured on our Vogel Street Walk.
Good lunch option, close to Dunedin Railway Station. Indoor and outdoor spaces.
Cafe/bar, Lower Stuart Street. Aka 'Maggies'.
Est. 1977, and still a favourite haunt. George Street.
Old-school seafood restaurant and takeaway. A Dunedin institution, 30 Stuart Street.
Surf lifestyle etc. Photo-journalist Derek Morrison's weekly dose of stoke.
Natural medicinal formulations. Caring for your heath - and the community. Just along from Steamer Basin Brewery & Taproom, down No Name Alley.
Great thrift store, corner of Vogel and Gordon Streets.
Dealer gallery in the former Hallensteins Bros head office & factory building, Dowling Street.
Gin, vodka, spirits and liqueurs handcrafted from surplus bread - at 8 Roberts Street, Dunedin.
Tradition + innovation at 90 Bond Street, beside No Name Alley.