Restaurants, hotels, bars and wineries in Waiheke Island from the En Primeur Club guide.
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Mudbrick is a hilltop Waiheke Island wine estate in Oneroa, built around vineyard views, cellar-led tastings, restaurant dining, gardens, and stays rather than a simple cellar-door stop. Its strongest appeal is the way Waiheke’s maritime setting is folded into the visit: vines, Hauraki Gulf outlooks, Auckland skyline views, and a hospitality format designed for long, occasion-led afternoons.
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Poderi Crisci sits on Awaawaroa Road in the quieter southern reaches of Waiheke Island, combining Italian-inflected winemaking with a restaurant that draws on the island's produce and the vineyard's own estate fruit.
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Te Motu Vineyard sits on Onetangi Road in the heart of Waiheke Island's wine country, where the island's volcanic clay soils and maritime breezes shape what ends up in the glass. One of Waiheke's longer-established addresses, it occupies the kind of working vineyard setting that reminds visitors why the island built its reputation on place-specific wine rather than volume production. Plan visits around ferry schedules from Auckland's Pier 2.
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Selected entries from the current guide for Waiheke Island.
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Named Oceania's Leading Boutique Hotel at the 2025 World Travel Awards, Omana sits on Waiheke Island's quieter western edge at Woodside Bay, where the property's design takes its cues from the island's volcanic ridge lines and native bush. The setting positions it well outside the island's tourist circuit, with the Hauraki Gulf as a constant presence. For travellers seeking a small-scale, landscape-integrated retreat within reach of Auckland, it occupies a clear tier of its own.
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The Lodge at Mudbrick sits on Waiheke Island's Church Bay Road, positioned within the Mudbrick estate that has defined the island's wine-country hospitality for decades. The property places guests inside one of New Zealand's most recognisable vineyard settings, with Hauraki Gulf views and a dining programme built around estate-grown produce and local wine. Booking ahead is advisable, particularly across the summer season from December through February.
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Tantalus Estate sits on Onetangi Road in the heart of Waiheke Island's wine country, combining estate-grown viticulture with a drinks programme that takes the island's produce seriously. The setting, rolling vines, open-air architecture, and harbour-adjacent light, places it firmly in the premium tier of Waiheke's dining and drinking scene, where the glass in your hand is expected to reflect the land beneath your feet.
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Selected entries from the current guide for Waiheke Island.
Waiheke Island, New Zealand
Passage Rock Wines sits along Orapiu Road on Waiheke Island's quieter southeastern edge, where the vineyard's distance from the ferry-crowd circuit keeps the atmosphere unhurried. The winery is part of Waiheke's serious wine-producing tier, an island that punches well above its size in New Zealand's premium wine conversation. For visitors making the crossing from Auckland, it rewards those willing to travel past the obvious stops.
Waiheke Island, New Zealand
Stonyridge sits on Waiheke Island's Onetangi Road, where the island's volcanic soils and maritime climate produce some of New Zealand's most discussed Bordeaux-style reds. The property operates at the intersection of winery and destination dining, drawing visitors who cross the Hauraki Gulf specifically for the combination of estate-grown wine and food that reflects the island's produce traditions.
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