Otematata's Best Dam Pub

Otematata's Best Dam Pub The best dam place in Otematata for food, drink and entertainment.

Otematata Eatery, Bar & Lodging prides itself on delicious meals, a fun and friendly atmosphere and excellent customer service. One of New Zealand's true country style kiwi pubs that you don't want to miss out on visiting.

Well bu**er me, Ben Kinney’s gone and cleaned us out! 💸Tonight’s Spin & Win legend has walked away with a tidy $180 cash...
12/06/2026

Well bu**er me, Ben Kinney’s gone and cleaned us out! 💸

Tonight’s Spin & Win legend has walked away with a tidy $180 cash, a grin wider than the Waitaki, and enough bragging rights to be mildly unbearable until at least smoko tomorrow.

Huge congratulations, Ben! Bloody good spin.

The wheel resets back to $100 tomorrow night, so get yourself in, grab a drink, and have a crack. Someone’s got to win it, and it might as well be you.

Spin & Win, every night at Otematata’s Best Dam Pub.
Where the wheel spins, the cash flies, and occasionally someone leaves looking far too pleased with themselves. 🍻

Here you go:TFIF has officially entered the chat. 🍻🔥It’s Friday afternoon, the week has taken enough out of you, and we ...
12/06/2026

Here you go:

TFIF has officially entered the chat. 🍻🔥

It’s Friday afternoon, the week has taken enough out of you, and we reckon you’ve earned a cold one, a feed, and absolutely no sensible reason to go home early.

TFIF kicks off at 4pm today!

From 4pm to 7pm, we’ve got 3 hours of Happy Hour on selected products, plus complimentary bar nibbles to keep the engines ticking over.

And don’t forget, our Spin & Win Jackpot is sitting at $180 tonight.
Use the app, be here between 6pm and 7pm, and you could be the lucky legend taking a spin.

This weekend’s specials are looking bloody tasty too:

Chef’s Special
250g Sirloin with Mediterranean salad, pumpkin, zucchini, feta, olives, capsicum, lemon and herb dressing, topped with grilled prawns and steamed mussels. $56

Dessert Special
Pretzel doughnut smothered in cinnamon and sugar, served with ice cream, cream and berry coulis.

Homemade Cheesecake
Snickers with Frangelico and crème de cacao.

Fruit Crumble
Apple and orange.

Curry of the Week
Massaman Chix.

Fish of the Day
Dory.

Cold drinks. Good people. Weekend feeds. Spin & Win.
No good reason to leave early.

See you at Otematata’s Best Dam Pub.
The weekend starts at four. 👊

# ☮️ CAR POKER RUN & 70'S NIGHT ☮️ # # # Saturday 11 July 2026🎵 Disco was king. Petrol was cheap. Hair was big. Let's d...
10/06/2026

# ☮️ CAR POKER RUN & 70'S NIGHT ☮️

# # # Saturday 11 July 2026

🎵 Disco was king. Petrol was cheap. Hair was big. Let's do it all again. 🎵

Dust off the flares, crank up the tunes, and join us for a groovy day out through the Waitaki Valley while helping raise funds for the Waitaki Recreational & Boating Club's Floating Jetty Project at Parsons Rock.

Whether you've got a muscle car, classic cruiser, hot rod, Harley, café racer, V8 beast, Japanese icon, or something that looks like it escaped a 1970's movie set... you're in.

# # # 🚗 The Mission

Hit the road with us and collect a playing card at each stop.

We'll visit four mystery venues before rolling back into Otematata's Best Dam Pub for a far-out 70's themed after-party complete with DJ, food, drinks, raffles and enough questionable dance moves to make John Travolta nervous.

One day. One poker hand. One chance at glory.

# # # 📍 The Groove Route

🕙 10:00am Departure
📍 Otematata's Best Dam Pub

Cruise through the Waitaki Valley visiting four surprise stops before returning to Otematata.

At each stop you'll collect a card.

Best poker hand takes home the loot.

# # # 🏆 Groovy Prizes

♠️ Best Poker Hand

🕺 Best 70's Dressed Driver, Rider & Crew

🚗 Best 70's Car

🏍️ Best 70's Motorcycle

🎤 Best Hard Luck Story of the Day

# # # 🎟️ Entry

$15 per person

Includes:
✔ Poker Hand Entry
✔ Prize Eligibility
✔ Nibbles Along The Way
✔ A Bloody Good Time

# # # 🍻 What's In It For You?

🎶 Tunes and laughs all day

🍔 Food & refreshments available along the route

🎲 A great excuse to take the toy out of the shed

🪩 Massive 70's Party at Otematata's Best Dam Pub afterwards

🍺 Cold beers, hot music and questionable fashion decisions

# # # 🚘 Who's Welcome?

If it's got wheels and a sense of humour, bring it.

Cars. Bikes. Classics. Muscle. Chrome. Rust. V8's. Choppers. Café Racers. Old Holdens. Cool old Jappas. Modern rockets.

Even that project you've been promising to finish for the last seven years.

# # # ⏰ On The Day

🚪 Registration Opens: 9:00am

📢 Driver Briefing: 9:45am

🏁 Engines Fired Up: 10:00am Sharp

# # # ✌️ How To Enter

Head to:

www.bestdampub.nz

Get your tickets sorted, start growing the sideburns, and prepare for a day of cards, chrome, community spirit and 70's chaos.

**Peace, love, horsepower and pok

WINGS WEDNESDAY.The weekly reminder that dignity is temporary, but crispy chicken is forever.From 5pm to 8pm tonight, we...
10/06/2026

WINGS WEDNESDAY.
The weekly reminder that dignity is temporary, but crispy chicken is forever.

From 5pm to 8pm tonight, we’re slinging $1 wings like we’ve made a terrible business decision and decided to stick with it.

Strictly dine-in only, because watching people try to eat wings politely is half the entertainment.

Bring mates.
Bring napkins.
Bring the confidence of someone who definitely thinks they can “just have a few.”

Otematata’s Best Dam Pub.
Where Wednesdays get saucy. 🍗🍻

Boody hell. Greg Brosnan just spun his way into $960.That’s not a prize.That’s a suspiciously good night wrapped in pub ...
06/06/2026

Boody hell. Greg Brosnan just spun his way into $960.

That’s not a prize.
That’s a suspiciously good night wrapped in pub luck and mild jealousy.

🎡 Spin & Win went off tonight
💰 $960 gone
👏 Greg took the big bucks
📱 Loyalty app users, this is your loud little reminder…

Use the app during the day.
Be here when we draw between 6pm and 7pm.
Get called up.
Have a crack.

Worst case? You get public pressure and a story.
Best case? You leave with cash and everyone quietly hating you.

Congrats Greg.
The rest of you… rip into it. The wheel doesn’t spin itself.

Saturday night is calling… and she sounds suspiciously like someone murdering Angels on karaoke. 🎤🍻We’ve got rugby on th...
05/06/2026

Saturday night is calling… and she sounds suspiciously like someone murdering Angels on karaoke. 🎤🍻

We’ve got rugby on the big screens, cold beers behaving better than most of us, and karaoke back in the building after a wee spell in witness protection.

So warm up the vocal cords, dust off your party shirt, and come join us for a proper Best Dam Saturday night.

Will the rugby be good? Hopefully.
Will the singing be good? Absolutely not guaranteed.
Will it be fun? Bloody right.

Saturday night at Otematata’s Best Dam Pub.
Rugby. Karaoke. Beer. Poor decisions in perfect harmony.

💰 NINE HUNDRED AND FORTY BLOODY DOLLARS. 💰At this point, if you’re not using the app, we’re starting to wonder if you en...
05/06/2026

💰 NINE HUNDRED AND FORTY BLOODY DOLLARS. 💰

At this point, if you’re not using the app, we’re starting to wonder if you enjoy being poor.

🎡 Spin & Win has jackpoted to a ridiculous $940.

That’s not “buy yourself a beer” money.

That’s:
🍺 A lot of beers.
⛽ A tank of fuel and a small cry of relief.
🥩 Enough mince to survive winter.
💸 Or one spectacularly irresponsible weekend.

Here’s the deal:

📱 Use your loyalty app sometime today.
🍻 Be at the pub between 6pm and 7pm.
🎤 If your name gets called…
🎡 You get a spin.

Simple.

Meanwhile it’s TFIF!

🍺 Happy Hour from 4pm to 7pm.
🌮 Complimentary bar nibbles.
😎 The weekend officially starts when you stop pretending to work.

Some lucky bu**er could walk out nearly a grand richer tonight.

Will it be you?

Probably.

Unless you’re sitting at home scrolling Facebook and making terrible life choices.

📍 Otematata’s Best Dam Pub

$940.
One spin.
One winner.
Meanwhile, it’s TFIF for everyone else. 🍻🎡💰

$920. On a Thursday. Behave yourself.Spin & Win has climbed to a filthy big $920 jackpot.Plus it’s Thrifty Thursday, whi...
04/06/2026

$920. On a Thursday. Behave yourself.

Spin & Win has climbed to a filthy big $920 jackpot.

Plus it’s Thrifty Thursday, which means $1 dumplings from 5–8pm, dine in only.

Use your loyalty app during the day, be here between 6–7pm, and if your name gets pulled… you get a crack at the wheel.

Could win $920.
Could win something else.
Could get absolutely nothing and have to pretend you’re fine.

Either way, there are dumplings.

Get in. 🥟🍻

SUNDAY HAS ENTERED THE CHAT… AND IT’S NOT WEARING PANTS.Today we’ve got the full holy trinity of questionable greatness:...
31/05/2026

SUNDAY HAS ENTERED THE CHAT… AND IT’S NOT WEARING PANTS.

Today we’ve got the full holy trinity of questionable greatness:

🍻 Super Sunday from 4–7pm
🥪 $5 roast meat sammies
🥩 Mega meat raffles
🍺 Cheap drink deals
🏁 Boat racing prize giving at 4:30pm
🎸 Hot Mess live from 8:30pm

The boat racers are in town, the beers are cold, the meat is up for grabs, and Hot Mess are ready to make Monday feel like a personal attack.

Come for a sammie.
Stay for the prize giving.
Accidentally become part of the dance floor problem later.

Kings Birthday Weekend.
Super Sunday.
Big boats. Bigger stories.
Same Dam good time.

See you at the pub.

Thrifty Thursday tonight, you magnificent bargain goblins.$1 crispy dumplings from 5–8pm.Dine in only, because we’re a p...
27/05/2026

Thrifty Thursday tonight, you magnificent bargain goblins.
$1 crispy dumplings from 5–8pm.
Dine in only, because we’re a pub, not your personal dumpling courier.
Then buckle up.
Kings Birthday Weekend is coming in hot with boat racers, prize givings, Super Sunday chaos, meat raffles, cold drinks, questionable confidence and Hot Mess live Sunday night from 8:30pm.
Basically, your long weekend has plans now.
Tonight: dumplings.
Weekend: boats, beers, bands and bad decisions.
Remember to book to dine over the weekend!
Otematata’s Best Dam Pub.
Where sensible plans come to get absolutely ruined.

Address

2736 Otematata Kurow Road
Otematata
9412

Telephone

+6434387899

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