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4.5
Travellers' Choice 2024
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PRICE RANGE
$6.00 – $29.00
CUISINES
Fusion, Healthy, Street Food
Special Diets
Vegetarian friendly, Vegan options, Gluten free options
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"Ditto offers Asian inspired street fare for both down in & takeaway, with an emphasis on freshness & flavour. Our ‘south meets east’ fusion menu is created from combining a lifetime of trial and travel, and the best of local produce in our stunning Te Anau location."
PRICE RANGE
$6.00 – $29.00
CUISINES
Fusion, Healthy, Street Food
Special Diets
Vegetarian friendly, Vegan options, Gluten free options
Meals
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Brunch, Drinks
FEATURES
Takeout, Outdoor Seating, Seating, Street Parking, Wheelchair Accessible, Accepts Credit Cards, Family style
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4.5
404 reviews
Excellent
340
Very good
41
Average
12
Poor
9
Terrible
3
Stephen & Sue
Canberra2772 contributions
Jan 2020 • none
It looks good, there's always a crowd, and it delivers.
Great bao, fantastic loaded fries and some good salads too.
They even coped with a request for gluten-free by switching out the bao bun for a wrapper.
Not cheap, and if you come here hoping for a bargain you will be disappointed, but the food is great and well worth the cost.
Eating "in" is a series of outdoor tables under umbrellas, so, you may want to make this a takeaway in Winter, or on a wet day.
Written 22 January 2020
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Yokeko
Anacortes618 contributions
Jan 2020 • couples
Loved the bao I had with pork belly. With three generous pieces of belly and delicious fillings, it was a perfect lunch for me. I care about fresh ingredients and layered flavors and this hit the spot! Given the price of eating in restaurants and cafes here in NZ, I feel this place IS a good value for their baos -$13, and a pleasant change from burgers. My husband had their beef bao and wasn’t as impressed. But did flavors were good. Fillings were very wet and made it a huge mess to eat without a knife a fork. Drinks are higher priced than they need to be. We drank our own water and were happy with that. Friendly, helpful people and will happily eat there another time or two.
Written 24 January 2020
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Russell M
9 contributions
Jun 2020 • couples
This kai is a massage for your taste Buds. I got the pork belly and my partner got the tofu. She is a vegetarian and good street food can be hard to come by for her, but she said it was faultless. Anybody who can make tofu taste good is onto something. Ryan seems like a top kiwi bloke. Like a lot of hospitality businesses in a tourism town, turnover has slowed down. It’s important that other kiwi’s passing through show their support. So if you’re making a trip to Te Anau before the borders open up, leave the sandwiches at home and get yourself some bao.
Written 20 June 2020
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Donvictorio1
15 contributions
Feb 2020 • family
Probably the most disappointing Trip Advisor's visit ever. Piece of super small bun with one stick of meat swimming in sauce for $13 is total rip-off. Can't understand those reviews
Written 22 February 2020
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Diana B
1 contribution
Nov 2022 • couples
Reading all the great reviews, we stopped there for lunch and food was very underwhelming. I ordered sushi bowl with slow cooked pork belly and pork was hard as a rock - dry. My husband ordered Pho, which had very little chicken, but other than that he liked it. The Tofu chips were the best dish we ordered. It also took a very long time to get the food due to them being understaffed. Would not return back.
Written 20 November 2022
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GVH232
32 contributions
Dec 2022 • couples
Ok, bit overpriced. Loaded fries with chicken $18, thin fries with tomato sauce/mayo, grated carrot & sm amt mung beans, dry bullets of chicken. Bao bun was tasty $14.50 isn't enough for lunch. Better options available in TeAnau.
Written 9 December 2022
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Fforde
Manchester433 contributions
Dec 2020 • none
The sushi bowl is full of fresh flavours and products, great to fill yourself up for a summer day. Soft drinks are from Karma cola (ie no big chain supported here).
You site outside on metal chairs and tables (may be shared if busy). Very tasty and well priced food. I went here twice in three days while visiting.
Highly recommended. Wheelchair accessible, child friendly, adult friendly.
Written 10 January 2021
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Pgnacht
Manchester145 contributions
Jan 2020 • couples
Outstanding! Perfect flavour and texture combo - sweetness of the confit hare set off by fresh coriander, with candied peanuts and mung beans adding crunch as well as another layer of the sweet/fresh combo. Porky also an excellent option. The house made smoky bbq sauce is great, and as well as fancy sodas there are probiotic ones. Don't miss.
Written 8 January 2020
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Wanderlust
Nottinghamshire497 contributions
Jan 2024 • couples
Unfortunately this restaurant does not allow advance bookings so you have to walk in, and if you are lucky will be placed at a table, otherwise you have to join the queue. Seating is available indoors and outdoors.
We arrived at 6.30pm and had to join the queue, probably 8-10 people ahead of us. It all seemt chaotic as the area where you queue is also a small bar area and also some people waiting for take out orders. Really felt quite jostled around and was unsure whether to wait or not. You have to choose, order and pay for your food before you try to find a table outside. Having decided to wait, we were advised of a 40 minute wait for food, which allowed time for us to enjoy a drink.
Sure enough, after 40 minutes the food arrived and was worth the wait. We ordered the Beef Bao bun and the Pork belly Sushi bowl with a side of loaded fries. All the food served was fresh and delicious. The experience taught me, patience is a virtue, sometimes things in life are worth waiting for!
Written 18 January 2024
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Bruce180852
Cornwall1155 contributions
Mar 2020 • couples
There are some very mediocre or even awful places to eat in town, but the street food here is excellent, all fresh ingredients, all local sourced, and some really great ideas of combinations and ingredients.
We had a couple of meals here, and it was always excellent, and guys running it are passionate about food.
There’s seating and fun to sit with others and talk about each other’s experiences of travel, from a backpacker to large RV, we all have stories and tales to tell.
I’d recommend it to anyone.
Written 4 March 2020
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indulgentexperiences
Sydney246 contributions
Feb 2023 • none
Ditto is very casual, the sort of place you head to if you want a quick lunch or dinner, rather than somewhere to linger.
It is extremely popular so be prepared to queue for a table no matter what time you arrive. It's also closed on Wednesdays. We tried to get in a few times but were turned away as they were too busy. We eventually got a table by arriving quite early one night and asking a couple if we could share their table.
You have to order at the counter but food is delivered to your table. On a busy night (which I suspect is every night) the wait for our meals was about 25 minutes.
Food is best described as Asian fusion street food. Quite a few rice bowls and strangely enough for an Asian restaurant, loaded fries. The pork belly rice bowl was quite tasty although could have done with some more sauce, given as some of the other reviews have mentioned, the pork was a little dry.
Overall a decent experience, but definitely not outstanding. Its place as the Number 1 ranked restaurant in Te Anau is probably due to the fact that there aren't a lot of choices in town and it's one of the few places that has lighter / healthier options.
Written 4 February 2023
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jenn k
Yorba Linda54 contributions
Feb 2020 • none
Really enjoyed this place. It is a food truck with a couple of tables under a giant umbrella. They have a great unique concept of Bao which is steamed Chinese bread, and your choice of insides. We tried the beef and pork and the Vietnam fries were the best. The guy running the truck was super chill!
Written 10 February 2020
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S0much2cN2liltym
124 contributions
Dec 2019 • couples
Wow! Fish boa with loaded fries was excellent. Flavourful , sweet and spicy crunchy with the sprouts and peanuts from fries, delightful combination. Also fried venison bao, also really good but def fish was winner !
They open for breakfast and we simply couldn’t decide given variety on the menu, so thank you Bao team for helping us!! Keep up the amazing food.
Written 1 February 2020
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Alexandra S
Christchurch61 contributions
Jul 2020 • none
This place has great reviews for a reason. The food is awesome! We got the porky and the feathered bao feasts which were huge, delicious and hot. The baos themselves are flavourful and the chips should also get a special mention. Will be back next time we're in town!
Written 16 July 2020
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indiangumby
2 contributions
May 2021 • none
We got two dishes from this joint, very friendly and fairly quick. 12 momos and a bun in a cardboard box on the street for $27 was not in our opinion good value. We had to go back to the supermarket to get something else.
Written 23 May 2021
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