Glow Worm Restaurant & Bar sits at 24 Mokoroa Street in Te Anau, the Southland gateway town to Fiordland, and holds a 4.5 rating from 237 Google reviews. Its menu is available online.
Te Anau keeps the same clock as its day trips: most visitors roll back from Milford or Doubtful Sound in the late afternoon and the whole town dines within a couple of hours, so booking ahead in summer is the seasoned move. The kitchens worth seeking out tend to lean on southern produce — Southland lamb, venison, blue cod — with a Central Otago pinot noir alongside. A short, well-cooked menu usually says more about a kitchen than a long one, and a seat at the bar is a fair trade while the rush thins.
For travellers heading into Fiordland, Glow Worm's highly rated table and bar on Mokoroa Street makes an easy first night in town.