KENNEDY POINT VINEYARD ‘THE CELLAR WINE BAR’
The wine Bar at Kennedy Point Vineyard is open during our fabulous summer season for visitors to enjoy a wine and food matched lunch overlooking beautiful Kennedy Bay. The menu has been designed to compliment the wines of Kennedy Point and please the palate. We welcome families with children and the picnic tables in the olive grove are the perfect spot to gather.
We will cater for lunch groups of up to 20 by appointment
Hours: 12 to 4 pm. Open labor weekend
Summertime: open for three weeks starting Dec. 28th Wed. to Sun weekends till April
All other times of year by appointment call 372-5600
CABLE BAY
Waiheke Island’s newest winery, Cable bay Vineyards includes a restaurant, tasting room and working winery, and offers a delightful way to spend a day.
Overlooking pastoral farmland and the inner gulf, Cable Bay Vineyards affords views that stretch past Motukaha Island to Auckland City in the distance.
Whether you visit to savour the wines in the tasting room, or enjoy a meal in the restaurant, you’ll experience the best Waiheke has to offer. Cable Bay Vineyards serves fresh, seasonal New Zealand cuisine at lunch and dinner, partnered with elegant wines from Waiheke Island and Marlborough.
ONETANGI
The Jesters Cafe' at Onetangi Road Vineyard
The Jesters Cafe' at Onetangi Road Vineyard offers a versatile fully licensed tasting facility, cafe' and event venue. Come and taste our critically acclaimed wines in a unique environment. The Jesters Cafe' and tasting room is set amongst the vines, enabling you to experience the atmosphere of the Vineyard while relaxing with a glass of wine.
For younger families we have a very 'children friendly' picnic area adjacent to the tasting rooms and deck, with games to play and plenty of lawn area to run around.
While your here, try a Baroona beer, the tasting room is situated in the same building as our Waiheke Island Brewery, the home of the Baroona range of beers, after your wine tasting how about a 'Beer Tasting' and have a look at the workings of the Brewery.
Jesters is a great place to relax with soft background music, great wine, great food, great beers, great selection of Waiheke produce, all at one great location.
http://www.onetangiroad.co.nz/jester.html
GOLDWATER ESTATE
The Tasting Room
The Tasting Room, set in the established Goldwater Estate, is the ideal venue for a private function, Christmas party, corporate function or conference. Throughout the year The Tasting Room will host special events open to the public including the Long Lunch, the last Friday of every month. For more details of events see www.goldwaterwine.com. The Tasting Room willl be open for the summer season for casual, delicious vineyard lunches and throughout the year for winetasting by arrangement.
Summer Hours: 7 days, 5 Jan - 29 Jan 2006, 11am - 4pm
Long Lunch last Friday of every month
Private functions or winetastings by arrangement 372 7493
SARATOGA ESTATE
Saratoga Estate opens our tasting room through out the summer and on sunny days through out the year. On these days we offer light lunches specializing in platters, our own Waiheke Island Beer - Brewed on site as well as bar facilities and of course a nice coffee. We specialize in events such as; weddings, corporate functions, Christmas functions, balls, concerts. We can cater for a pre-arranged lunch or evening from 5-500 people. Our large winery is the suberb venue for your next large booking.
Contact wine@saratogaestate.com for bookings. While you enjoy your time at Saratoga Estate, you will find yourself enjoying one of Saratogas award winning wines at a table situated amungst the vines, or overlooking the Onetangi Valley. Superb views and ambiance are offered at every table.
Also owned by Saratoga Estate is the Onetangi Beach Cafe situated right on the beach, - Formorally Onetangi Beach Store - offers breakfast, lunch, dinner, coffees and soon to have wine tasting, promoting Saratoga Winery. After renovations our warm atmosphere with spectacular beach views will stop time as you recognise the coromandal, Great Berrier and other distant island. We have great pride in our food as we use Waiheke local produce, and sorce organic goods in most of our dishes. Now open from 7am til late.
For bookings call 372-8196 or 0275-658531
STONYRIDGE, ‘VERANDA CAFE’
Our restaurant is open every weekend throughout the year on Saturday’s and Sunday’s from 11.30am to 5.00pm with our delicious new menu. Created by our chef Eyenta Livingtone we have divine starters, mains and desserts to choose from. Naturally we close the caf? off to the public when private functions are booked. We specialise in Waiheke and organic wines by the glass, not to mention our own products, which are often not available elsewhere.
We have one of the most romantic and exotic venues in the greater Auckland area for caf? dining as well as private functions and weddings. Functions are special to the team here at Stonyridge because we only do a limited number each year. Just like our wine production, we are preoccupied by quality, not quantity.
We also offer tours of the vineyard and winery. Guests are greeted on arrival and are taken on a guided stroll through the olive grove, vineyard and then into the cellar for some nibbles. The tour is designed to be casual and friendly, yet technically informative. Click here for more information http://www.stonyridge.co.nz/cafe.html.
Te Whau Vineyard Restaurant
Te Whau has a spectacular setting, high on a cliff overlooking the vineyard, with breathtaking views across the Hauraki Gulf and Auckland Isthmus. Our restaurant offers a full a la carte menu serving fresh, New Zealand cuisine with an emphasis on flavours to complement the wines we serve. We have what is reputed to be one of New Zealand’s finest wine lists, with particular depth in older vintages of Waiheke Island Classics as well as a wide range of top quality wines. Each year since 2002 Te Whau has won an Award of Excellence from Wine Spectator Magazine for having one of “The Most Outstanding Restaurant Wine Lists in the World”. Recent accolades include being name as one of “the (13) finest vineyard restaurants in the world” by Wine International Magazine, and a five-star rating in The New Zealand Herald’s restaurant reviews.
Hours: Summer (November to April) Open six days a week for lunch 11am - 5pm, closed Tuesdays
Winter (May to October) Open weekends only for lunch 11am -4.30pm and Friday & Saturday nights for dinner 6.30pm - 11pm
Reservations advisable. Phone 09-372-7191
www.tewhau.com
MUDBRICK
The Mudbrick exudes a special type of ambiance. Situated on Waiheke Island in the Hauraki Gulf, the Mudbrick is renowned for it’s breath-taking views. By day the beautiful clear vistas – sea and vineyard views, are magnificent. By night the stunning sunsets and sparkling city lights are unrivalled – a difficult choice to make between lunch and dinner dining!
The restaurant takes its name from the materials of its construction – hand-hewn mud bricks. Following traditional lines it bears a timeless quality where guests truly feel transported into a different world.
The food should match such a special environment. Arrive to a menu laden with the season’s best. We work closely with the seasons and have developed organic potager gardens to provide our own choice of heirloom and unusual ingredients, picked fresh each morning. We believe in slow food, that’s had time to absorb depth of flavour, presented to your table with flair and imagination. We enjoy sourcing new and unusual products that interests your palette and leave you feeling content, satiated, satisfied. Alfresco dining can be enjoyed from our terrace, and at night, constellation spotting is a common pastime.
