Guidebook for Auckland
Drinks & Nightlife
The views are stunning!! There are food options, the fine dinning restaurant, the bar or the low key bean bags on the lawn. The wine is very nice, with wine tasting a good option.
55 locals recommend
Cable Bay Vineyards
12 Nick Johnstone DrThe views are stunning!! There are food options, the fine dinning restaurant, the bar or the low key bean bags on the lawn. The wine is very nice, with wine tasting a good option.
Being beach side it is beautiful, relaxing Kiwi style, with a colonial style tasting room and shared platters available and picnic blankets for the grass lawn. The perfect place to while away an after.
60 locals recommend
Man O' War Vineyards
725 Man O War Bay RdBeing beach side it is beautiful, relaxing Kiwi style, with a colonial style tasting room and shared platters available and picnic blankets for the grass lawn. The perfect place to while away an after.
With stunning wines (some say the best on Waiheke Island) grows their own vegetables which are used in their award winning Italian restaurant. Aucklanders choose Poderi Crisci to celebrate special occasions. The Sunday Long Lunch is renowned for which bookings must be made, set aside four hours and enjoy! It is recommended that you book. Poderi Crisci also has a cellar door and seating in its gardens for another option.
39 locals recommend
Poderi Crisci Restaurant and Vineyard
205 Awaawaroa RdWith stunning wines (some say the best on Waiheke Island) grows their own vegetables which are used in their award winning Italian restaurant. Aucklanders choose Poderi Crisci to celebrate special occasions. The Sunday Long Lunch is renowned for which bookings must be made, set aside four hours and enjoy! It is recommended that you book. Poderi Crisci also has a cellar door and seating in its gardens for another option.
Among the wines. It has a cellar door and also a great restaurant called The Shed, which is in laid back Kiwi style. On the bus route and in easy walking distance to Stoney Ridge and Tantalus Estate.
28 locals recommend
Te Motu Vineyard
76 Onetangi RdAmong the wines. It has a cellar door and also a great restaurant called The Shed, which is in laid back Kiwi style. On the bus route and in easy walking distance to Stoney Ridge and Tantalus Estate.
Loved for its more laidback vibe for wine tasting and casual food, which also has Auckland University’s wine of science project. This is the oldest vineyard on Waiheke Island.
18 locals recommend
Goldie Estate
18 Causeway RdLoved for its more laidback vibe for wine tasting and casual food, which also has Auckland University’s wine of science project. This is the oldest vineyard on Waiheke Island.
Food Scene
Franco's La Panetteria
30 Belgium StYum!!! And cheap. Enough said.
Great coffees, pastries an beds. Very laid back, nice garden and stunning sea views .
Ringawera Parāoa
104 Te Whau DriveGreat coffees, pastries an beds. Very laid back, nice garden and stunning sea views .
Local oysters. Champagne. Great views. Enough said. Did I mention it was stylsh.
78 locals recommend
The Oyster Inn
124 Ocean View RdLocal oysters. Champagne. Great views. Enough said. Did I mention it was stylsh.
The views are stunning, the food is gorgeous and it's a great way to spend an afternoon.
55 locals recommend
Cable Bay Vineyards
12 Nick Johnstone DrThe views are stunning, the food is gorgeous and it's a great way to spend an afternoon.
Parks & Nature
The best beach is Palm Beach. Its a crescent of white sand and usually gentle waves (unless there is a Northerly). At the right end of the beach there are some picnic tables and a public BBQ available for use. At the middle of the beach (directly at the base of Tiri View Road) there is a great children’s playground, changing rooms, another public BBQ and picnic tables. At the left end of the beach there is a rocky outcrop (which can be walked around when the tide is low or climbed over) that leads to Little Palm Beach which is idyllic and often the water feels warmer than the beach at Palm Beach, being shallower. Little Palm Beach is clothes-optional. But don't let that phase you!
59 locals recommend
Palm Beach
Palm RoadThe best beach is Palm Beach. Its a crescent of white sand and usually gentle waves (unless there is a Northerly). At the right end of the beach there are some picnic tables and a public BBQ available for use. At the middle of the beach (directly at the base of Tiri View Road) there is a great children’s playground, changing rooms, another public BBQ and picnic tables. At the left end of the beach there is a rocky outcrop (which can be walked around when the tide is low or climbed over) that leads to Little Palm Beach which is idyllic and often the water feels warmer than the beach at Palm Beach, being shallower. Little Palm Beach is clothes-optional. But don't let that phase you!
There are 8 public walks, in the Auckland Council Walk Series. The Palm Beach walk is enclosed in this guide.
See http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/en/parksfacilities/walkingtracks/pages/waihekewalkseries.aspx
Palm Road
Palm RoadThere are 8 public walks, in the Auckland Council Walk Series. The Palm Beach walk is enclosed in this guide.
See http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/en/parksfacilities/walkingtracks/pages/waihekewalkseries.aspx
Entertainment & Activities
A massage is the perfect way to chill, recharge and reconnect while also being a treat! Anu Spa will come to you at our apartment in Palm Beach. They can set up in where you prefer on the deck / lounge etc. Anu Spa offers a range of massages, including lymphatic drainage, Reiki, relaxation, hot oil head massage, pregnancy massage, sports, trigger point therapy, myofascial release and cranial myofascial release.
Anu Spa
A massage is the perfect way to chill, recharge and reconnect while also being a treat! Anu Spa will come to you at our apartment in Palm Beach. They can set up in where you prefer on the deck / lounge etc. Anu Spa offers a range of massages, including lymphatic drainage, Reiki, relaxation, hot oil head massage, pregnancy massage, sports, trigger point therapy, myofascial release and cranial myofascial release.
Attend a Hatha Yoga class at the Palm Beach Hall, which is run by Robyn Barrie. Robyn runs a one hour class on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday from 9am to 10am, or on a Tuesday from 5.30pm to 6.30pm, or on a Thursday for a one and a half hour class from 5.30pm to 7pm.
For something somewhat different and “new” the Palm Beach Hall also has a 5 rhythms class on a Friday night from 7.30 to 9pm, which is movement practice (no dance experience required).
74 Palm Rd
Attend a Hatha Yoga class at the Palm Beach Hall, which is run by Robyn Barrie. Robyn runs a one hour class on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday from 9am to 10am, or on a Tuesday from 5.30pm to 6.30pm, or on a Thursday for a one and a half hour class from 5.30pm to 7pm.
For something somewhat different and “new” the Palm Beach Hall also has a 5 rhythms class on a Friday night from 7.30 to 9pm, which is movement practice (no dance experience required).
A quirky 50 seat lounge-style cinema that is owned and operated by the Waiheke community. There is also a small 16 seat cinema that shows the less “popular” films. See http://www.waihekecinema.net/
127-129 Oceanview Rd
A quirky 50 seat lounge-style cinema that is owned and operated by the Waiheke community. There is also a small 16 seat cinema that shows the less “popular” films. See http://www.waihekecinema.net/
They also offer fantastic guided kayak tours, together with lessons for stand up boards and windsurfing lessons. Kayak Waiheke also arrange bumper ball battles and have hamster balls (similar to a Zorb).
6 locals recommend
Kayak Waiheke
They also offer fantastic guided kayak tours, together with lessons for stand up boards and windsurfing lessons. Kayak Waiheke also arrange bumper ball battles and have hamster balls (similar to a Zorb).
Essentials
The largest supermarket on Waiheke Island. Near the Saturday markets, and Francos (hmm).
52 locals recommend
Waiheke Countdown
19 Belgium StThe largest supermarket on Waiheke Island. Near the Saturday markets, and Francos (hmm).
Arts & Culture
Catch a play, watch a dance performance, live music and opera, or comedy at the Artworks Gallery at 2 Korara Road in Oneroa (this is just behind the public library). To see what is on and when see www.artworkstheatre.org.nz.
2 Korora Rd
Catch a play, watch a dance performance, live music and opera, or comedy at the Artworks Gallery at 2 Korara Road in Oneroa (this is just behind the public library). To see what is on and when see www.artworkstheatre.org.nz.