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Overall Total Score
4.4 out of 5
Impressive | 1044 reviews

What User likes about Tipsy Trout:
great place to breakfast, lunch or just a cold drink after a ride/running. glen the cook has some amazing experience and when we asked for plant-based foods, he delivered a fantastic crushed avo for our lunch. large selection of apple and beer wines. recommend this as a great day trip from taupo. View all feedback. What User doesn't like about Tipsy Trout:
Went to go for dinner on a Saturday night at 5.30. Walked in and there was no-one in there. Stood at the counter for a couple minutes to be served, asked for a table for 2 for a quick dinner and got told they were fully booked and couldn't seat us and didn't bother to try fit us. I understand if the place was packed but didn't think they would turn down 2 Kinloch locals that would have been there no longer than 45 mi... View all feedback.

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4.0 ★ from 10 reviews

Great place on a wet day. Good coffee and mulled wine, but no fish and poor selection of slice or cake. They catered for gluten free but not ordinary tastes. Th...

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Amazing eating! we had to wait a little long (understood how we were a group of 8) but it was totally worth! nicely cooked and presented. the personal was also...

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Beautiful little cozy place near the beach. Definitely makes one of the best coffee in the area. Great selection of teas as well if you not a coffee person. Try...

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We have been coming to Kinloch for over 20 years, but this is our first visit to Tipsy Trout in many many years. Previous incarnations were rather average. I ha...

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Went to go for dinner on a Saturday night at 5.30. Walked in and there was no-one in there. Stood at the counter for a couple minutes to be served, asked for a...

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4.4 ★ from 852 reviews
Scott
12.01.2024 - 00:24

Great local place for breakfast, lunch or just a cold drink after a ride/run. Glen the chef has some amazing experience and when we asked for plant based food h...

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Larry
12.01.2024 - 00:24

Over from Sunny Coast Queensland and pop out for a drive. Found this lovely Cafe and had BLT and a pot of chips. Amazing food, well presented and delivered to o...

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Catherine
12.01.2024 - 00:24

We went to the Tipsy Trout as a birthday present for my partner and absolutely loved it, the burgers were so delicious and filling, by far the best I've had fro...

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Michaela
12.01.2024 - 00:24

Amazing food! We had to wait a little long (understandably as we were a group of 8) but totally worth it! Beautifully cooked and presented. Staff were lovely al...

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Phillippa
12.01.2024 - 00:24

Amazing place! The food is incredible, our table of 7 ordered 5 of the southern fried chicken burgers, 1 salt and pepper squid and 1 BLAT. It was a last minute...

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3.5 ★ from 4 reviews
samantha56
09.04.2024 - 16:53

They cater for Coeliac. Just ask them what on the menu is gluten free as they don’t have gf next to them. Highly recommend the butter chicken.

rebecca107859
09.04.2024 - 16:53

The food is quite average, and the staff didn't seem very engaged during our last visit. My meal arrived with gluten on the plate, but they did remake it. There...

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The food is quite average, and the staff seems indifferent to our concerns. Our meals initially contained gluten, but they did prepare new ones for us. There ap...

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This restaurant is accommodating for those with Coeliac disease. Just inquire about which items on the menu are gluten-free, as they aren't labeled as such. I h...

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Findmeglutenfree
4.0 ★ from 3 reviews
sue6014
09.04.2024 - 16:53

We had lunch at this restaurant, and I was impressed by their knowledge of gluten-free cooking. They informed me that the fries weren't safe for someone with co...

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We had lunch here and were impressed with their knowledge about celiac disease. They informed me that the fries were not safe for those with gluten sensitivity....

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4.5 ★ from 50 reviews
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4.4 ★ from 210 reviews
Tripadvisor
4.4 ★ from 98 reviews
Zomato
3.4 ★ from 5 reviews

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