The Remarkables mountain range and Lake Wakatipu from Queenstown, Otago, South Island, New Zealand
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Burgers$

Lakeside Patty Shack

Town CentreQueenstown

8.6

The post-bungy ritual: a half-pound lamb-and-beef patty with beetroot and a fried egg, eaten on the lakefront wall while the Remarkables pretend not to notice you. The forty-minute walk-up queue is part of the legend but not mandatory — the online order line exists and locals use it. Still excellent at 1am; arguably better.

Order this

  • The Wakatipu Stack (lamb, beetroot, egg)
  • Blue cod burger
  • Kumara fries

The dishes reviewers keep coming back for. Ordering off-list is on you.

The practical bit

Getting a table

Walk in — no reservation, no fuss

Dietary

vegetarian (halloumi stack)

Neighborhood

Town Centre, Queenstown

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Reviews (1)

Trent Gallagher@trentchecksout Hot take

Comfort-first · Couple trip · Visited Jan 2025

6.5

The queue is Stockholm syndrome. Order online.

Good
The Wakatipu Stack is a legitimately great burger — the beetroot-and-egg call is correct — and eating it on the lakefront wall at sunset is proper Queenstown.
Bad
Forty minutes in a line for a burger is not a rite of passage, it's a failure of information: the online order line exists, locals use it, and the burger tastes identical without the folklore.
Verdict
Order on your phone, collect, walk to the wall; anyone romanticizing the queue is confusing patience with pilgrimage.
Feb 19, 2025 246