360 Cocktail Bar sits on the top floor of The Langlands hotel — the seventh level above 59 Dee Street, in the heart of Invercargill's CBD. Reached by lift straight from the hotel lobby, the room is wrapped in floor-to-ceiling windows that frame one-of-a-kind views across the city, making the bar a destination in its own right.
The drinks menu is the headline act: carefully curated and genuinely extensive, with a wide-ranging cocktail list at its centre, backed by a deep gin selection and a well-chosen wine menu. The kitchen keeps pace with a tapas menu built for sharing — braised lamb croquettes, mushroom arancini, fried chicken tenders, brisket tacos, calamari and more — plus generous artisan cheese and antipasto boards.
360 opens 4pm till late, Tuesday to Saturday. It is restricted to ages 18 and over, a high standard of dress is required, and limited table bookings are available each evening by calling 0800 84 86 88. The venue is also available for exclusive hire, with enquiries to functions@thelanglands.co.nz.
Perched on the top floor of The Langlands — the seventh level, reached by lifts straight from the hotel lobby — 360 Cocktail Bar is a destination in its own right. From its address at 59 Dee Street in the heart of Invercargill's CBD, you ride up through the boutique hotel and step into a room wrapped in floor-to-ceiling windows, with one-of-a-kind views out over the city. The invitation is simple: grab a friend, sit back and enjoy the 360 experience.
The name tells you what to expect. Where most bars give you a street frontage, 360 gives you the skyline — glass on every side, the city laid out below, and the light changing from late afternoon through to the evening. Few rooms in Invercargill can claim the same outlook, and it turns an ordinary round of drinks into something of an occasion.
The drinks menu is the bar's calling card: carefully curated and genuinely extensive, with a wide-ranging cocktail list at its centre and a deep gin selection alongside a well-chosen wine menu. Whether you're in the mood for a familiar classic or something the team has built around a favourite botanical, there's enough on the list to keep a table ordering well into the night.
The bar runs from 4pm till late, Tuesday to Saturday — a rhythm that suits a pre-dinner drink, a nightcap after eating elsewhere in the city, or a whole evening in its own right.
This is not a bar that leaves you hungry. The kitchen sends out a tapas list built for the middle of the table: braised lamb croquettes with verdi aioli and pomegranate drizzle, mushroom arancini with truffle mayonnaise, fried chicken tenders with hot honey and chipotle aioli, salt and pepper calamari, Texas braised beef brisket tacos, and an olive salad with toasted walnut, whipped feta and charred Turkish bread. A trio-of-tapas option lets the table mix and match, and a basket of crispy skin-on fries rounds out the list.
For something more substantial, order a board. The artisan cheese platter pairs reserve brie, vintage blue and aged cheddar with fresh fruit, quince paste, fig relish, crackers and New Zealand honey, while the antipasto platter loads up pepperoni salami, shaved ham, smoked chicken and grilled chorizo with charred garlic Turkish bread, hummus with dukkah, sundried tomato pesto, pickles and mixed olives.
A few house rules set the tone. 360 is restricted to ages 18 and above, and a high standard of dress is required — the details are published on The Langlands' website and are worth a look before you head up. Table bookings are limited each evening, so if a particular night matters, call 0800 84 86 88 to secure a spot rather than chancing walk-ins.
The venue is also available for exclusive hire, with enquiries handled through functions@thelanglands.co.nz — a rare option for a private celebration with Invercargill's best view built in.
360 is the crowning venue among The Langlands' five eateries and bars, sitting above Brew'd, Niche, Two Doors Down and Meld. That makes it an easy final chapter on a night out — dinner at street level, cocktails and city lights on the seventh floor — or simply the reason to come into town.