Bestsellers: Hamilton Hotel’s charred prawns steal the show

Hamilton Hotel, 170 Victoria St Hamilton

The Hamilton Hotel, one of the newest and most prominent additions to the city’s food scene, is thriving.

Hamilton Hotel general manager and co-owner Jonathan Knapp described the past few months since opening in November as a “whirlwind”.

“We simultaneously opened this while moving Wonder Horse (bar) and into the new space and Four Daughters (eatery) upstairs, so it was an interesting couple of weeks trying to get on top of that, but it’s been great. Particularly once the theatre opened and we started having shows, it felt a bit more put together.

“When there’s a show on, the Bistro will be full for dinner and the pub pre-show with people coming in for drinks, and that just amplifies and varies depending on the popularity of the show. Dave Dobbyn nights were pretty chaotic and the Matilda show recently was really busy.”