12 min walk
Lake Hayes
- Must see
- Nature site
Restaurant or café · Queenstown
Amisfield Cellar Door and Bistro
- Today
- Open today, 11:30 – 17:00
- Visit duration
- 2 hours Editorial visit time estimate
- Accessibility
- Partly step-free
- Price
- NZ$40.00 per person
- Standing
- Must see
- Rank
- Rank 25 of 706
Plan your visit.
Opening hours
| Monday | Closed |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | Closed |
| Wednesday | 11:30 – 17:00 |
| Thursday | 11:30 – 17:00 |
| Friday | 11:30 – 17:00 |
| Saturday | 11:30 – 17:00 |
| Sunday | 11:30 – 17:00 |
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About Amisfield Cellar Door and Bistro
Amisfield Cellar Door is a wine-and-food destination beside Lake Hayes near Queenstown. The visitor-facing experience is centred on the cellar door and bistro, where Amisfield wines are presented alongside food. It is separate from the private vineyard, so the useful way to picture the visit is as a hospitality stop with a scenic lakeside setting rather than an open vineyard tour.
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What's inside
The cellar door provides the wine element of the experience, including presentation and sales of Amisfield bottles. The bistro supplies the food element, creating a destination where dining and wine can be enjoyed together. The private vineyard is not part of the visitor route. Plan around the Lake Hayes venue itself, whose appeal comes from combining a distinctive setting with a focused wine-and-food experience.
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How long to spend
Give Amisfield enough time for the kind of visit you want. Wine presentation and tasting can be a shorter stop, while a bistro meal with wine turns the visit into a longer dining occasion. Several hours provide room to settle into the Lake Hayes setting without rushing between the cellar door and table. Include travel time from Queenstown when arranging the rest of your day.
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Season and crowds
Amisfield suits a relaxed Queenstown day built around Lake Hayes, wine and food. Busy tourism periods can make a destination bistro feel more in demand, so place the visit deliberately within your schedule. The surrounding setting remains part of the attraction across the year, while different seasons bring different light and landscape character. A meal-based visit deserves more flexible timing than a brief tasting stop.
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Tickets
Amisfield is a commercial cellar door and bistro rather than a ticketed public attraction. Costs come from the wine experience, food and any chosen combination of the two. Treat the visit as a restaurant-and-winery expense within your day’s plans.
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Getting there
Amisfield Cellar Door is at Lake Hayes outside central Queenstown. Reach it by private vehicle or arranged transport, allowing time for the journey beyond the town centre. The lakeside location works well as part of a wider outing in the surrounding area. Because the experience includes wine, arrange transport that does not leave the driver relying on tasting-room consumption being compatible with the return journey.
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What to watch out for
Do not plan to enter the private vineyard as part of this visit; the public experience is at the Lake Hayes cellar door and bistro. Wine tasting makes transport planning important, especially when dining is included. Treat the venue as a destination meal rather than a quick roadside refreshment stop. If you have food requirements, include them in your arrangements so the bistro visit can be comfortable.
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Photography
Lake Hayes and the surrounding landscape provide the strongest photographic context for an Amisfield visit. Inside the cellar door and bistro, keep photography considerate of diners, staff and the pace of service. Wine, table settings and the venue’s presentation can make attractive details, while the wider setting gives the stop a clear sense of place. Commercial photography requires the venue’s permission.
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Practical details
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Practical details
- Full address
- 10 Lake Hayes Road, RD 1, Queenstown 9371, New Zealand
Sources
Information collected 2026-09-05
Common questions
What is the visitor experience at Amisfield Cellar Door?
It is a Lake Hayes wine-and-food visit centred on the Amisfield cellar door and bistro.
Is the private Amisfield vineyard part of the visit?
No. The visitor destination is the Lake Hayes cellar door and bistro, not the private vineyard.
What can I enjoy at Amisfield?
You can experience Amisfield wines at the cellar door and pair the wine visit with food at the bistro.
How much time should I allow at Amisfield Cellar Door?
A tasting can be shorter, while the combined wine-and-bistro experience deserves several hours including travel from Queenstown.
Where is Amisfield Cellar Door?
The visitor venue is at Lake Hayes, outside central Queenstown, and is reached by private or arranged transport.
Why include Amisfield in a Queenstown itinerary?
It brings together Central Otago wine, bistro dining and the scenic atmosphere of the Lake Hayes area in one destination stop.
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