High Country Salmon

High Country Salmon

High Country Salmon
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8:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Monday
8:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Tuesday
8:00 AM - 6:30 PM
Wednesday
8:00 AM - 6:30 PM
Thursday
8:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Friday
8:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Saturday
8:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Sunday
8:00 AM - 10:00 PM
About
High Country Salmon is a boutique, 100% NZ family-owned salmon farm, floating café & restaurant, and fish shop situated 3km south of Twizel. • Logans Café & Restaurant is open 7 days a week during the day and is Twizel’s must-do evening dining venue. Be a part of #TheLogansExperience and try the sashimi, sushi, cabinet food or the impressive cuisine from the kitchen. • The Fish Shop has a wonderful range of premium fresh, smoked and cured salmon, deli items, kitchenware and merchandise. There is online ordering with overnight nationwide delivery. • You can feed the hungry salmon out on the deck for free (or by donation). • The Catch-A-Fish experience is suitable for the whole family - no experience necessary to catch your own glacial mountain salmon! For more information or to book, visit the website. Open from 9am daily – check the website for seasonal closing times and bookings. High Country Salmon: The freshest premium salmon – from glacier to plate!
Twizel, New Zealand
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4.0
4.0 of 5 bubbles401 reviews
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Graeme Kennedy
2 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
May 2021
I booked online for my two grandkids to do “ Catch a fish “.
Hunter aged 6 first to go, and after a few minutes managed to catch a monster ( 6.4 kilo ) then Eva aged 8 caught her salmon (2.4 kilo). 2.4 kilo usual catch size staff say. Eva’s fish took several minutes to catch. But the fishing guide Sam was excellent in patience and both children really enjoyed the experience.
We did not have to buy the bigger fish but we choose to take both fish.
Staff gutted and filleted the fish, vacuum packed and provided container with ice.

Cost to fish $15, but then you also have to pay for fish by weight plus filleting etc.

Overall experience 11 out of 10, extra point for Sam the guide.
Would suggest you book a time as several people came, but had to wait until the bookings had been completed.
Great to stop and break the journey if travelling. Right on the main road.
Written May 3, 2021
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Thanks for your review and glad you and your grandkids had a great Catch-A-Fish experience! Excellent comments regarding booking - we can get pretty busy on weekends, public holidays and school holidays, so booking is the best way to ensure your spot. Congratulations to the kids on catching a couple of our beautiful salmon.
Written June 29, 2021
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Jude T
Nelson, New Zealand17 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2020
We loved our late lunch at High Country Salmon last week. To my surprise I found the best pie ... Salmon, kumara and lemon (made just down the road in Fairlie). Plus we had to get some extra salmon to take home too. We enjoyed some other salmon fridge options too.

Nice to be able to feed the salmon in the pool outside and see how healthy and colourful they were when leaping out of the water.

Highly recommend - we dined about 4pm (late lunch/early dinner) on our way through to Lake Tekapo.
Written August 22, 2020
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Waynedvh
Hokitika, New Zealand4,137 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2023 • Couples
High Country Salmon a must for all Salmon lovers call in feed these beautiful fish. Have a walk around have a look at the holding pens, visit the Salmon Cafe and indulge you won't be disappointed. Before leave the shop awaits you, name it they have once again so many types of salmon you can buy and take home yummo.
So don't drive past a must to visit.
Written July 17, 2023
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Thank you! What a great review. Glad you enjoyed your visit.
Written August 8, 2023
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Inha
Christchurch, New Zealand1 contribution
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2020 • Friends
Im not one to really leave reviews, but felt compelled to do so after this shockingly bad experience.

I get that they’re a big tourist stop and receive tons of foot traffic, but the customer service was beyond poor!

Visited the shop to pick up some fresh salmon on our way to Queenstown. We were very excited and looking forward to trying some High Country salmon after reading some highly rated reviews (we’re huge lovers of Akaroa salmon). Came slightly earlier than opening. We outside for about 15 mins and when we they opened the doors we were barely acknowledged by the two staff that were working in the shop. It seemed like they had no clue what they were doing - we asked for a price list for the different salmon varieties they had and were told they didn’t have one? We asked for fresh sashimi which we then waited whilst they prepared it, only to be presented with a standard fillet from yesterday’s harvest. We waited some more to find then out that the had no fresh harvested salmon available... They then brought out a day old fillet from out back saying that this particular fillet is good for sashimi, raw consumption while the other (same day old) fillets were not, but could not explain to us why?

Probably some of the worst customer service I’ve experienced. Staff had no knowledge of the product they were selling and had very little willingness to help. Extremely disappointed, will not be back.
Written August 19, 2020
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Hello, thanks for taking the time to write a review. I will pass this on to our Cafe/Retail manager as this is not an acceptable standard of service. As with many businesses, we are struggling managing staffing post-COVID but I will make training a priority.
Written August 23, 2020
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Eric C
Atlanta, GA21 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2020
This place doesn't look like much from the road, and we stopped on a whim, but it turned out to be one of our better finds. We didn't feed the salmon or any of that, but did buy both cold and hot smoked salmon and some fillets from the little store inside the shed. They sold us a small Styrofoam cooler and packed it all in ice for us.

The cold smoked was without a doubt and without exaggeration the best smoked salmon i've ever had. And it went with everything, cheese, wine, farm fresh scrambled eggs.

I truly regret that we didn't buy more while we were there.
Written June 9, 2020
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Hi Eric, Thanks for taking the time to write a review and we're glad you turned in! I agree that the cold smoked is fabulous - so smooth and velvety!!
Written June 14, 2020
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floridaherbie
Marco Island, FL220 contributions
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2020
We stopped there on our way back from Mount Cook to have so e sushi/sashimi. The salmon sashimi was OK, the rest - salad and kind of sushi rolls was below average. The restaurant is apparently now for Asian costumers only with all the plastic and the prices are more Japanese style.
Written February 23, 2020
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Thanks for taking the time for your review. All of our packaging is recyclable or biodegradable and we have the appropriate receptacle for customers to use. Our prices are similar or less than other businesses so maybe Japanese pricing is cheaper?! Our menu caters to all nationalities - burgers, chowder, curry, tacos, sandwiches, platters, salads as well as asian-style dishes to give a well-rounded menu. Thanks again for your review.
Written May 19, 2020
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Shane B
Te Awamutu, New Zealand811 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Nov 2020
Stopped here for about 20 minutes if you are not going to eat at the cafe probably long enough able to feed salmon for free and get some photos. Has good toilet facilities obviously geared up for tourists. You can buy salmon here in various forms. Definitely worth a stop and I would say children would enjoy the salmon feeding experience.
Written November 26, 2020
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Steve0906
Peterborough, UK32 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2023 • Couples
We wanted to buy a load of salmon from the shop there, plus have a look round the salmon farm. I asked the lady working at the salmon farm the same question twice and she completely blanked me on both occasions. She wasn't talking to anyone else and could clearly hear and understand me but choose to ignore me. We left and didn't bother to buy the salmon we wanted from the shop. Very rude manners and we won't bother returning.
Written March 16, 2023
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Hello, thanks for the review. We're sorry this happened and unsure why as this is not our normal service. Please accept our apologies.
Written August 8, 2023
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NinaG
Auckland Central, New Zealand84 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2021 • Family
We loved our stop at High Country Salmon. You can feed the fish for free and book to catch a fish if you like ($15 plus you have to purchase what you catch). My boys loved it and we had the most amazing sashimi and salmon steaks for a couple of nights. Can absolutely recommend!!
Written March 15, 2021
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Hi Nina, thanks for taking the time to write a review and we're glad your boys enjoyed our Catch-A-Fish experience.
Written March 21, 2021
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AnnMayTravelling
Baden-Württemberg, Germany438 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Apr 2023 • Friends
This review is for their on-site store and their offering of salmon products. The salmon was excellent and the prices were fair in my opinion. We bought steaks, filets and smoked and all were delicious. Paid about NZD 60 and had about 1kg of salmon. I would recommend stopping here. We stopped in the morning and about 10-15 people were in the store.
Written May 5, 2023
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Thank you! Our Fish Shop has only been open for less than a year, and we're thrilled at the response we've had to the shop and the products we sell in there.
Written August 8, 2023
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