Best places in Carterton
Discover the best places in Carterton, curated using our unique algorithm blending 'Top Rated' and 'Most Reviewed' establishments. Uncover the city's gems and must-visit locales for an unforgettable experience. Please note that certain places categories are intentionally excluded to ensure a refined selection. Ratings are based from 23 places in the city.
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The Clareville Bakery
Bakery
ππ This bakery is making an awesome bread/desserts. π everything is so yummy, its just you have to wait because of the long queue, but its worth it, we will come back again. Kids enjoyed a lot.
$$ $$
4.60 (1.2K reviews)
2
Aunt Gingers Kitchen
Cafe
π Bakery cafe located in a heritage building (possibly a chemist?).
Delicious cabinet food and good coffee. No breakfast menu for cooked foods but the frittata filled the gap. Coffee is good.
$$ $$
4.70 (213 reviews)
3
Balter Bar & Kitchen
Restaurant
ππ I'm sitting in front of Balter's comfortable fireplace while I write this.
It's easy to drive past Balter if you don't know it's here because it has a narrow frontage. Don't miss it! -- it's huge inside, with a fantastic menu.
The proprietors are really friendly, and the food is delicious. I can r...
$$ $$
4.50 (447 reviews)
4
Carterton Holiday Park
RV park
ππ Stayed here earlier in the month on a powered site. Lovely, well presented camp with great hosts. Facilities were very clean and well organized. Carterton being the centre of the Wairarapa meant it was an ideal stop to get out and visit places. Was even entertained on the Saturday night with a grea...
4.60 (238 reviews)
5
Kainga Eatery
Family restaurant
π Absolutely loved our Kai. Polenta chip with dukkah on point. Kainga breakfast was beautiful and the beans were bangin! Eggs bene was delish however eggs needed to be runny. We will definitely be back as many more dishes to try. Nice and clean and the staff were great π
4.70 (156 reviews)
6
Buckhorn Bar & Grill
Bar & grill
ππ Great place. Set up as a cowboy and American Indian style restaurant. Very comfortable and excellent service. Wait staff very friendly.
$ $$$
4.40 (406 reviews)
7
Wild Oats Bakery/Deli/Cafe
Cafe
π I just happened to visit the cafe, Very unfriendly person at the front counter and not good service, If she is a staff she is a liability to the business. I would not support such local business in future. Very much disappointed would not recommend this cafe to anyone. I run a retail store in the sa...
$$ $$
4.30 (866 reviews)
9
Indian Taj
Restaurant
ππ Indian Taj is living upto its name- delicious, mouth watering food, a pleasant environment and great customer service from the wait staff and the Manager- The manager goes above and beyond to cater for your specific needs, good conversationalist tooπ
To the guys in the kitchen- the food was absolut...
4.50 (174 reviews)
10
Carrington Park
Park
ππ Cool park with safe kids area next to a big dog friendly field that has an obstacle course.
4.50 (119 reviews)
11
Fensham Reserve
Park
ππ Lovely bush, huge miro and totara. Lots of tui, fantails and waxeyes. Interesting fungi. Nice 1hr circuit walk. Well worth a visit.
4.60 (97 reviews)
12
The Olive Branch Carterton
Restaurant
ππ New owners are definitely doing something right, this place was fantastic, such friendly staff. Food was great, good flavours that mix well.
Will certainly be coming back again sometime soon.
Below is my old review for reference. Prev was 2 star.
Changed my star ratings as well to suite.
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$$ $$
4.40 (153 reviews)
13
Lavender Abbey
Farm shop
ππ Plenty of parking, well organized and the smell was incredible. All of the group felt the calming effects if being amongst the lavender. Lovely products also available to purchase.
4.60 (72 reviews)
14
Fensham Reserve Bush WALK
National reserve
ππ Lovely bush walk with some unique views of the Wairarapa
4.70 (56 reviews)
15
Centreway Takeaways
Fish and chips takeaway
ππ Had fish and chips twice in the last few weeks and they have been superb. Decent sized crumbed fish and perfectly cooked food. A spotless store with good seating inside while you wait for your food to be cooked. Highly recommend and we will return.
$ $$$
4.20 (131 reviews)
18
Downtown Country Fried Chicken & Pizza Carterton
Pizza restaurant
π Great Pizza, best in town. Very friendly staff, love this place.
4.20 (104 reviews)
19
Tasti Takeaways
Fish and chips takeaway
ππ Fabulous dinner takeaways first time in Carterton my daughter and I from Taranaki wonderful service very friendly and funny π very tasty highly recommended
4.10 (120 reviews)
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Cafe Ole
Cafe
π A great place to get a feed outside of normal hours. They open really early, great for if you're up early, or pulling an all nighter. Their food is pretty typical NZ cafe food, the usual selection of pies, sandwiches, slices and bikkies. The menu isn't super expansive, but they've got what most peop...
4.40 (62 reviews)