Last night we had dinner at the Monsoon Restaurant which part of the Rainforest Retreat Franz Josef Our group included 2 chefs. The venue is warm and inviting. Friendly efficient staff who made us very welcome Nice simple menu and food and drinks were reasonably...priced Salmon Salad was excellent as was my Pizza One of our group had the cauliflower steak that she said was excellent. No room for deserts. A very very satisfying meal Happy diners Joan. Paul. DebbieMore

Such a lovely restaurant - so cosy and delicious food! We were staying at the Rainforest Retreat and it was wonderful to have the restaurant on site. The service was fantastic - we were there for dinner on 16 May and there was one bloke...running the restaurant. Didn’t catch his name but he was doing a fantastic job by himself - excellent service and super friendly.More

Our hosts were friendly, helpful and showed they truely wanted us to have the best experience they could provide. Food was lovely, environment was comfortable and cozie

We were late check ins to Rainforest Retreat after a very slow and wet drive from Haast. Monsoon was just closing up the kitchen but managed to fix us a couple of pizzas and chips to feed the kids. Gorgeous setting, kids loved the egg...swings, friendly staff, loved the fire after the rain and pizzas were approved by all. Will definitely go back.More

A wonderful atmosphere in the Bar and Restaurant. Our steak dinners were excellent with steak coojed to our liking and vegetables fresh and lightly steamed. We recommend Monsoon Restaurant at the Rainforest Retreat.

Fantastic service!! The waiter on his first day did an awesome job and we were very impressed with the waitress who came out and gave us updates on our food time and checked on us. The food was great, all four of us really enjoyed...our meals (steak, GF pizzas and Burger). We also got the cauliflower as a starter and it was delicious!! We all had different G&Ts and they tasted great with a fantastic selection of gins as well as tonics to match. We arrived around 5:30 on a Thursday so it was quiet but rather than putting us by the window where it was colder in order to draw other people in, they sat us by the fireplace at the back which we were impressed by. By 6:30pm the place was starting to buzz. Good prices.More

We came here for a meal when we stayed in the attached holiday park. Husbands steak meal was very well cooked. I tried the cauliflower steak for something different. I hadn't tried this before and was expecting the cauliflower to be cooked abit more and...be softer but was still tasty. We were served by a very friendly and helpful young man.More