Easily the best restaurant in Oamaru. Owned and operated by two friendly South Americans who also own and neighbouring Tees St cafe (also recommended). I have dined here a number of times and have never been disappointed. The type of dining experience you would expect...More

I have read some of the reviews and I think I must have eaten in another restaurant. Yes the food was slow coming out of the kitchen but when you saw what was on the plate of course it would take time. This establishment is...More

There was a group of us, had booked a month in advance as we were finishing in Oamaru from doing the Alps to Ocean bike ride. We had heard it was great, sorry, it is far from it, overpriced, poor service, and when one of...More

We went for dinner the restaurant was full but we were offered a table in the connecting cafe, several tables were being used. Staff were friendly even though they were rushed off their feet. We had a pasta dish, lamb meal and a ribeye all...More

Based on vg TA reviews we selected Cucina for pre-booked dinner and were not disappointed. We chose the whole flounder special and lamb mains courses, both of which were nicely cooked and interesting. Learning of the owners pedigree we finished off with the Churros deserts,...More

I think we caught Cucina on a busy night as I am sure this is one of the best restaurants in Oamaru. Our local AirBnB host highly recommended it to us. The Mussels and Clams in a tomato sauce was just OK but lacked a...More

We wanted soup, there is no soup except for winter time For salad there was only green tomatoes.. We had cripsy pork belly and very tender steak, each 36.....Together with the salad plus a bottle of 28 dollar drink. Total cost us over 107...acceptable but...More

We have just eaten here tonight and it was amazing. We couldn’t choose what to eat so went with the ‘chefs choice’ option and it was so good! 4 large courses later and we struggled to finish! The courses were well thought out and full...More

We had a delicious dinner - I went for the ricotta spinach walnut ravioli as a main and my partner chose to eat the lamb . Both were cooked perfectly - the ravioli were still al dente and the portion was perfect. The lamb was...More

We had been looking for a cheaper pub-type meal but wheelchair access meant we ended up at Cucina which turned out just fine. We shared a plate of mussels and they were nice but I find more than four or five mussels in their shell...More