Eating and staying in Southland
314 cafés, restaurants, bars, hotels and motels across 41 towns and suburbs in Southland.
Southland accounts for 2% of every venue we hold in New Zealand, which makes it the 10th-largest of the 17 regions by venue count. Those 314 venues sit across 41 named towns and suburbs, of which 4 carry at least 20 venues and get a page of their own.
Distribution inside the region is concentrated: Invercargill (82), Te Anau (71) and Oban (24) hold 56% of everything between them. The remaining 37 places average 3.1 venues each — a long tail of small settlements that we list on the nearest town page rather than give an empty page to.
The regional split runs 57% eating to 60% accommodation, against a national 75/25. That is a markedly higher share of accommodation than the country as a whole — the mark of a region that hosts visitors rather than only feeding residents.
88 venues in Southland carry a cuisine tag. Measured against the national mix, the region over-indexes on breakfast (4), italian (4) and fish and chips (12).
Data quality varies by region and it is worth knowing where this one stands: 92 venues here publish opening hours (29% against 23% nationally), 130 list a website, and 18 record step-free access. Everything on this site comes from open data, so coverage reflects what mappers and councils have published — not what exists on the ground.
The category split
| Holiday parks and campgrounds | 73 in Southland · 23% of the region · 5% of New Zealand's 1,337 |
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| Cafés | 58 in Southland · 18% of the region · 2% of New Zealand's 3,648 |
| Restaurants | 57 in Southland · 18% of the region · 1% of New Zealand's 4,558 |
| Takeaways | 44 in Southland · 14% of the region · 1% of New Zealand's 3,742 |
| Motels | 33 in Southland · 11% of the region · 3% of New Zealand's 1,152 |
| Hotels | 26 in Southland · 8% of the region · 3% of New Zealand's 775 |
| Hostels | 25 in Southland · 8% of the region · 6% of New Zealand's 414 |
| B&Bs and guest houses | 17 in Southland · 5% of the region · 4% of New Zealand's 478 |
| Serviced apartments | 13 in Southland · 4% of the region · 5% of New Zealand's 282 |
| Bars | 12 in Southland · 4% of the region · 2% of New Zealand's 649 |
| Pubs | 8 in Southland · 3% of the region · 1% of New Zealand's 623 |
Sideline covers the same region for sport — gyms and clubs in Southland →
Towns and suburbs in Southland
A further 37 smaller places in Southland carry fewer than 20 venues each. Rather than publish a page with nothing to say, we list their venues on the town pages nearest them.