Eating and staying in West Coast
274 cafés, restaurants, bars, hotels and motels across 51 towns and suburbs in West Coast.
West Coast accounts for 2% of every venue we hold in New Zealand, which makes it the 13th-largest of the 17 regions by venue count. Those 274 venues sit across 51 named towns and suburbs, of which 4 carry at least 20 venues and get a page of their own.
Distribution inside the region is relatively even: Greymouth (35), Hokitika (32) and Franz Josef / Waiau (25) hold 34% of everything between them. The remaining 47 places average 3.4 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 39% eating to 76% 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.
30 venues in West Coast carry a cuisine tag. Measured against the national mix, the region over-indexes on sandwich (4), fish and chips (5) and pizza (5).
Data quality varies by region and it is worth knowing where this one stands: 40 venues here publish opening hours (15% against 23% nationally), 107 list a website, and 13 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 | 75 in West Coast · 27% of the region · 6% of New Zealand's 1,337 |
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| Motels | 51 in West Coast · 19% of the region · 4% of New Zealand's 1,152 |
| Restaurants | 43 in West Coast · 16% of the region · 1% of New Zealand's 4,558 |
| Cafés | 38 in West Coast · 14% of the region · 1% of New Zealand's 3,648 |
| Hotels | 27 in West Coast · 10% of the region · 3% of New Zealand's 775 |
| Hostels | 25 in West Coast · 9% of the region · 6% of New Zealand's 414 |
| B&Bs and guest houses | 17 in West Coast · 6% of the region · 4% of New Zealand's 478 |
| Pubs | 15 in West Coast · 5% of the region · 2% of New Zealand's 623 |
| Serviced apartments | 12 in West Coast · 4% of the region · 4% of New Zealand's 282 |
| Takeaways | 11 in West Coast · 4% of the region · 0% of New Zealand's 3,742 |
| Bars | 1 in West Coast · 0% of the region · 0% of New Zealand's 649 |
Sideline covers the same region for sport — gyms and clubs in West Coast →
Towns and suburbs in West Coast
A further 47 smaller places in West Coast 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.