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Blue Ice Café

Address: South end of Main Rd., Franz Josef
Phone: 03/752-0707

Price range: $$$-$$$$
Cuisine: New Zealand
Location: Westland National Park

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Fodor's Review:

The two levels here can carry you from an early dinner through the wee hours. Go downstairs for a fine meal of local standbys such as West Coast whitebait, venison, or lamb, with homemade bread. Try the oven-baked fish served on a pumpkin and kumara mash. Portions are well sized, service is good, and the setting is quieter than upstairs. The Flaming Dessert comes with an absinthe topping, lighted as it's presented at the table. Upstairs there's a bar where you can order a pizza and a beer and rack up at the free pool table. Because it has a 3 am license and regularly hosts DJs most weekends, this becomes the town's late-night party spot during the tourist season.

Credit Cards: AE, MC, V
Closed: No lunch

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