Nelson Bites: Top 10 Takeaways to Order ASAP
Nelson Tasman: The perfect destination for foodie lovers, all year round
Nelson is known all over the world for its iconic scenery and stunning landscapes. The wider Tasman region is an area of unique natural beauty, with rolling hills, expansive plains, golden beaches and silky, sparkling oceans and rivers.
Which is all nice and fancy if you’re writing an ad for some overseas tourists or something. Here in New Zealand, we just say it’s a mint place. What’s also mint is the food they have in Nelson. There are some awesome food joints doing heaps of local and international foods…and you can get it all delivered too.
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These are 10 of our personal favourite takeaways in Nelson.
Nelson's great taste: Top takeaway restaurants to indulge in
Chimichanga Nelson
Location: 105 Bridge Street, Nelson
Description: Mexican cuisine is known around the world as being fresh, tasty and occasionally more than a little spicy. It’s a food that can be fancied up or served simple, making it ideal for all sorts of occasions. Chimichanga Nelson is guaranteed to satisfy your taste buds.
A chimichanga is a deep fried burrito, and they come with all sorts of amazing fillings. They also have Chimi Bowls if you’re that way inclined - either way, it’s a seriously good option for any mood.
Famous for: The Barbacoa Beef Double Chimichanga. It’s authentic and delicious. What more do you need to know??
Taste of Delhi
Location: 89 Hardy Street, Nelson
Description: The secret of Taste of Delhi is in the name. This place is super authentic, with traditional flavoured Indian cuisine that really pops. The small team blends their own spices the traditional way, and the result is nothing but the very best.
Everything they do here is about quality. The customer service is excellent, the food is totally legit, and they’re also committed to doing it affordably.
Famous for: Taste of Delhi does all the Indian classics well, but one thing you may not have tried before is the Kadahi Chicken. On the menu, it’s boneless chicken pieces cooked with capsicum, onion, tomato, chilli and coriander seeds, but that doesn’t quite do it justice. It’s a super flavoursome, punchy number that’s hard to put down once you’ve started eating it.
Bowl'd
Location: 244 Hardy Street, Nelson
Description: Bowl’d is a unique takeaway spot that is ideal for groups of people where everyone wants something different. The great thing about Bowl’d is they have dishes from all around the world.
As the name suggests, Bowl’d serves bowls of food. And they’re all different. They have Mexican Fiesta Bowls, Middle Eastern Kebab Bowls, Greek Meze Bowls and loads more. They’re all super fresh, super tasty and actually pretty affordable too.
Famous for: The Donburi Bowl
Egg'd
Location: 244 Hardy St, Nelson
Description: Egg’d is a spinoff from the legends at Bowl’d above. The food may be slightly different, but it’s just as fresh and just as tasty.
Egg’d’s speciality is its all day breakfast burgers. We’d never heard of that either, but you know it sounds good.
Famous for: The Ultimate. Egg, bacon, smoked ham, hash brown, cheese and sticky chilli jam. Wow.
Jay's Dumpling Cafe
Location: 306 Hardy Street, Nelson
Description: Jay’s Dumpling Cafe has little pops of amazingness in all the varieties you can imagine. There’s nothing quite like a good dumpling, and these are some of the very best.
Famous for: The Juicy Pork and Cabbage Dumplings. It’s a classic for a reason, and Jay’s does them right.
Tong tara
Location: 142 Hardy Street, Nelson
Description: Tong Tara is the ultimate combination of Kiwi produce and Thai food. They take all the incredible local food Nelson is known for and put their authentic Thai twist on it…it’s everything Thai food should be, and that’s really saying something.
Famous for: Basil Stir Fry. A dish that’s well known in Thailand, but under-appreciated in New Zealand.
Green Bamboo
Location: 126 Hardy Street, Nelson
Description: Yet another Hardy Street eatery, and this one lives up to all the quality of the others. Green Bamboo is an unreal modern interpretation of classic North Vietnamese food, and if that doesn’t get your taste buds going then nothing will.
It’s super fresh, crispy, tasty…everything the very best Vietnamese food is known for and more.
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Famous for: Grandma’s Lamb Green Curry. You know any recipe that comes from Grandma is gonna be a good one. We don’t know why, but these are the rules. Don’t question them.
Fish Stop
Location: 24 Alton Street, Nelson
Description: Fish Stop isn’t your standard fish and chips. They have everything you’d expect from the local chippie, except the quality of their food is next level. This is the kind of fish and chips that’s made it a global favourite.
Famous for: The burgers are great, but it would be wrong not to say fish here. Shout out to the blue cod.
Milton Street Gourmet
Location: 135 Milton Street, The Wood, Nelson
Description: Whoever coined the phrase, Jack of all Trades, Master of None obviously never went to Milton Street Gourmet. These guys do a variety of food, and it’s all amazing. From seafood to burgers to pizzas, it’s good, honest food done right.
Unlike many other eateries, this is well set up for gluten free customers. There are gluten free options for just about everything on the menu, making it a great place for the whole family.
Famous for: It’s hard to go past the Buttermilk Chicken burger. The Pulled Pork pizza is also right up there.
Krua Bangkok
Location: 561 Main Road Stoke, Stoke, Nelson
Description: Krua Bangkok started with a goal of bringing Thai street food from the back alleys of Bangkok to the good people of Nelson. And we’re stoked they did!
If you know Thai food, you know the best dishes have bucket loads of flavour. That’s what you get here, with a blockbuster menu that makes it really difficult to choose just one thing.
Famous for: Pad Thai Crispy Chicken and Hang Lay - a seriously good pork belly curry.
Conclusion
The best Nelson takeaways are not only incredible on their own, they come together to make up a very impressive list of delivery options. There’s something for everyone, from fussy eaters to sophisticated global food enthusiasts.
And now Delivereasy makes getting your hands on all this delicious food easy.
Delivereasy has all the best Nelson takeaway options in one place. Simply scroll through what’s available and see what takes your fancy. With all these options and more, you’ll be tucking into some tasty Nelson takeaways in no time.
