We went to the New Years Eve party at the Bathhouse in Queenstown.  It’s one of the most iconic eateries in all of Queenstown, located in a Victorian bathhouse built in 1911.

I pre-booked our NYE tickets about 3 months in advance. The tickets were $90 per person which included a welcome glass of champagne and unlimited tapas all evening.  The staff was great and were always bringing around drinks and tapas. We found the food to be excellent quality and seemingly endless - some of our favorite items were the venison, oysters, salmon and the portobello mushrooms. The Bathhouse is the only beachfront restaurant/bar location in Queenstown so it had by far the best undisturbed view of the fireworks.

It was an unusually rainy cold New Years Eve so I felt very fortunate to be warm and dry with a stunning view of the lake. I am not sure we would have had very much fun with the massive crowds standing outside along the lake promenade shivering for hours waiting for the fireworks to start.

By the end of our evening at the Bathhouse we had met new friends and everyone clearly enjoyed themselves.