NEW mouth watering summer menu

Check out these culinary delights - just a small taste of the gorgeous new dishes available on offer at the hotel's Panorama Restaraunt.

Since it first opened its doors in 1969, the award-winning “Panorama Room” at The Hermitage has gained a reputation as being amongst the best restaurants in New Zealand. Its very simple secrets to success are using only the freshest, local ingredients and providing the finest in service combined with absolutely stunning views of Aoraki Mount Cook.

(1)South Island Beef Fillet: Topped with shitake mushroom ragout served with glazed summer vegetables, rosemary flavoured fondant potatoes and sherry butter jus

(2)Duo of Corn Fed Chicken: Chicken - prawn galantine & pan fried breast, served in a Asian style chicken consommé with wok fried vegetables And wasabi infused sesame—rice stick

HIGH 5 for the first Enviro GOLD Recipients!

The Hermitage Hotel is among Five of the country’s tourism businesses to have received top accolades as the first accommodation providers in New Zealand to achieve Qualmark’s new Enviro-Gold logo.

Geoff Penrose, Chief Executive of Qualmark, said this achievement is testament to how each of these properties has fully integrated environmental sustainability into quality tourism products. These Enviro-Gold logos are evidence that each has achieved the pinnacle of responsible tourism processes within their respective operations.

For more info visit wwww.hermitage.co.nz/accommodation/environment

Winter in Mount Cook Village

It's the middle of winter and you work in an iconic alpine retreat covered in metres of snow. What to do in your spare time?!........

1) Lillian Dunlop looks on as Leonie Rasmussen & Jenna Chapman take sledding to a whole new level!

2) Alan Reidel makes the most of the fresh powder with a stair slide.