The HEKE

Name: The HEKE
Address: 64 Onetangi Road, Onetangi, Waiheke Island, Auckland, 1081, NZ
Telephone: +6493720020
Price range: $$
Rating: 4.9

The Heke Kitchen is a relaxed, vibrant, family friendly restaurant & bar set in 4 acres of gardens, and home to Waiheke Whisky and Waiheke Brewing Co.
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Two local Waiheke families with a shared vision have worked together to create a relaxed pub-style restaurant. A new home for each of our growing businesses, The HEKE is where you’ll experience The HEKE Kitchen, Waiheke Brewing Co. and Waiheke Whisky, all nestled into 4 acres of beautiful gardens. Open from Christmas 2021, the brand new restaurant takes its place on Waiheke Island’s much-loved go

lden mile, Onetangi Straight. With it’s striking interiors and sun-soaked spaces envisioned by Izzard Design’s award-winning architectural & interior design team, the ‘heke is a Waiheke first. A place where rustic meets modern, where class meets the classic kiwi relaxed island lifestyle. We want The HEKE to embrace the kiwi bach lifestyle. A special place to bring friends & family - relax over a roaring fire, watch your food be made in front of you as you dine, taste world-class whisky and watch the kids play on the giant jumping pillow. It’s a dining experience like no other on the Island. Next year The HEKE will be joined alongside by a spectacular new brewery, distillery and tasting room.

17/06/2026

⚽ Game on at The Heke!

We're screening all FIFA matches that kick off during our opening hours. The fixtures we're showing are listed in this post. Look out for Brazil on Saturday and New Zealand on Monday 22nd.

Catch the action in the Main Bar, or weekdays head to the Barrel Hall and watch on our huge screen for the ultimate match-day experience.

Cold beers, delicious food, plenty of space and every big moment live.
See you at The Heke. 🍺⚽

12/06/2026

⚽ FIFA action is live at The Heke!

We're showing every FIFA match that falls within our opening hours, so if it's on, there's a good chance you'll catch it here.

Watch the games from our Main Bar or go big in the Barrel Hall, where our giant screen brings every goal, tackle and celebration to life.

Check the post for the matches we're showing, grab your crew, a cold drink and settle in for the beautiful game.

📍 The Heke, Waiheke Island
🍻 Great beer, great food, big football energy

11/06/2026

Your local Pub every Friday.

Every Friday through winter we're busting out special prices on drinks and snacks.
$10 tap beer (425ml)
$10 wine - Stormwood Rose & Alan Scott Pinot Gris
$15 Cocktails - your faves: Thyme to Shine, Sunny Limoncello Spritz, Waiheke Whisky Highball
Low prices on our Southern Fried Chicken, Two Perfect Tacos & more.

From 3 pm right through to closing at 8 pm.

It's more than Happy Hour - it's your local pub, every day, but especially Fridays.

After work chats, school's out debriefs, dinner dates with mates... we are you local, and you're our local.

05/06/2026

Every Sunday from this weekend, right through winter, we serve a special that-day-only curry.

Head Chef Andrei and his team make this from scratch with the best ingredients, slow cooking the sauces and changing it up.

This week we have 'Special Pork Vindaloo':
Charcoal-grilled pork (200gm), slow cooked house-made vindaloo sauce, shallot chilli & coriander salsa, on potato foam, served with a generous garlic naan bread.

Once it’s gone, it’s gone. Book your table, and add ‘Curry Please x __’ to the notes if you'd like to reserve one for you and/or your guests.

Book online or email [email protected] :-)

P.S.
Keep your eyes peeled for our Winter Calendar of events!

-Local Pub Fridays (epic specials every Friday!)
-FIFA World Cup
-Kids Eat Free July School Holidays
-Loyalty Program Launch!
-Music in the Barrel Hall
-Open Whisky Nights
-We are open 7 days a week, Restaurant Thurs-Mon and PIZZA Tues/Weds!

29/05/2026

📢 Please give a warm welcome to our Winter Menu!

👑 We are open all Kings Birthday weekend for you to come and meet it! Chef says it’s the best yet. Try this:

Two Perfect Tacos: Grilled pork, chorizo, fennel parsnip whip, pear and parsley salsa, served on a small soft wheat taco

The Best Crudo: Today’s fresh fish, chilli lime dressing, tempura nori chips, mango, mint and coriander finished with a drizzle of chili oil

Beef Tartare: Edge-seared beef, thinly sliced, with shallot mayo, horseradish and watercress, served over fried rye bread

Charcoal Grilled Steak: Grilled Eye fillet, silken celeriac, onion jus, chives, crispy shallots

Roast Lamb Revival: Roasted lamb, smooth kumara mash, buttered baby peas, mint yoghurt sauce, kumara chips, kawakawa oil

Sensational Vegetarian Pizza: Bechemel, garlic roasted cauliflower, lemon tahini, leek and date jam, grana padano, parsley
Vegan minus bechamel & grano padano

Choritzo Pizza: Chorizo, roasted pumpkin, cavolo nero, pickled shallots, chili oil on a base of Mascarpone.

👋🏽 See you here!

🔥 The fires on!

11/05/2026

Are you nearly 50 already?
Do you need to impress some clients?
Are you turning 30?
Is it mum‘s 60th?
Are you trying to plan a Wedding?

We really overdeliver!

it’s not just a beautiful venue with gardens and spaces to relax and celebrate. The food we present is not just your standard event food. It’s food you are so happy to eat, so happy to present to people that are important to you, memorable food as well as a memorable event. It’s possible here!

jump onto our website and look at functions and pop us a message whether it’s this year next year - Monday daytime or a Saturday night, a big event or a small event.

If you’re planning an event on Waiheke Island hit us up. We’d love to hear from you and send a proposal through. and even better - to host you here and see the smiles.

07/05/2026

Here she is!

Come in and try it, it’s being served right now.
Right right now 👋🏽

Open all weekend!

Weekend starts Thursday!

Waiheke Island 🏝️

06/05/2026

With 2400 nominations we’re thrilled to have been awarded a spot in the 2026 100 Iconic Auckland Eats!

A huge shout out to our chefs, to our guests and especially to for nominating our Sichuan Cucumber Salad

With a change of season our new menu is due to launch but we’ve had to break the rules and keep this salad on for another season so that everyone who hasn’t tried it can try it and those who love it can go back to it.

The biggest Thank you ♥️ goes to the incredible team at Tataki Auckland -who do so much work to try, photograph, write about, put on their website, and run this incredible promotion of Auckland hospitality. We are very grateful to be in the cool club!

When I asked about this dish head chef Andrei Rotar said:
“Working in Auckland, you’re surrounded by amazing, everyday food—especially around Dominion Road. That really influenced me. There’s so much bold, punchy flavour in those spots, and it’s all about being fresh and craveable.
This dish is about taking that same energy and applying a bit more precision to something really simple like cucumber—keeping it seasonal and accessible, but turning it into something people actually remember.”

See you soon!

27/04/2026

Take me hommmmme 🎶🎵

🚨 We offer takeaways every day.

🍕🍔🍗When the main restaurant is open Thursday til Sunday, choose takeaway from a range of favourites. Burgers, pizza, fried chicken and more.

🍕On Tuesday and Wednesday we’re open for snacks and drinks in the Boilermaker Tasting Bar and Barrel Hall, and now we also have PIZZA available! You can order to takeaway on our website or come in and order to go.

Come in for a PIZZA and a drink mid week!

See you soon x

Address

64 Onetangi Road, Onetangi, Waiheke Island
Auckland
1081

Telephone

+6493720020

Website

http://www.theheke.co.nz/

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