WE HAD A DREAM:
A HOME FOR OUR BEER & WHISKY
Two Waiheke families created The HEKE in four acres of gardens. It’s home to our Restaurant, Waiheke Whisky Distillery & Craft Beer Brewery. Bring your friends and be treated like a local from the minute you walk in. If you’re looking for things to do on Waiheke - you’ve found it, with New Zealand craft beer on tap & award-winning whisky!
And have a great range of 0% beers for the driver.
Working with Izzard Design, we commissioned a striking design for the The HEKE Kitchen, and the new headquarters of Waiheke Whisky & Waiheke Brewing Co, which reflects the stunning profile of the island. Book a table now, or check our FAQ’s.
"The business is a “stronger together” union of two local families. Waiheke Whisky makers Mark and Ro Izzard joined Waiheke Brewing Co folks Mark and Vivian Hindmarsh. You’ll find the couples and their offspring working the floor at The Heke, which is one reason the place feels so welcoming; the hospitality feels homely. A walk through the distillery-in-construction with co-owner Mark Izzard reveals great things to come: a brewery and whisky distillery that will work symbiotically, and another restaurant space, which current The Heke chef Andrei Rotar will helm." - Anna, Lazy Susan.
CRAFT DISTILLERY & BREWERY - ‘THE MASHERY’
HOW DID WE GET HERE?
In a crazy coincidence, both Waiheke Brewing Co and Waiheke Whisky were born several years ago in the same old shed in Erua Road. The Whisky moved out to a new home and the beer moved in, so we like to think that the writing was on the wall for a collaboration long before we even met.