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Monday 11am - 10:30pm Tuesday 11am - 10:30pm Wednesday 11am - 10:30pm Thursday 11am - 10:30pm Friday 11am - 10:30pm Saturday 11am - 10:30pm Sunday 11am - 10:30pm

The Speight's Ale House Wanaka

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The Speight's Ale House Wanaka

Classic Speight’s beers on tap & delicious gastropub meals, right in the heart of Wānaka. Family-friendly, locally-owned, warm and comforting environment.
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Great for a happy hour pint, apres adventure feed or family gathering; we're open seven days a week. The Speight's Ale House – Generous to a fault.

12/06/2026

Check out our new Guinness Harp.
Pouring that same goodness.
Join us for happy hour 4-6pm daily.

12/05/2026

NEW BEER ON TAP.
Exclusivly at Speights Ale House Resturants.

1876 Legacy Beer, Dark Ale, 5.2%ABV

This legacy brew is a tribute to one of the four original beers produced. Based on the oldest recipes found and interpreted by our Speight’s brewers.

1876 Legacy batch, a smooth, dark ale with elegant notes of roasted malt, cocoa, and a hint of coffee. Despite its deep colour, the body is light and crisp, with restrained bitterness and a clean, dry finish. Subtle toasty sweetness balances the roast, making it highly drinkable and deceptively refreshing.

11/05/2026

GETTING GREAT, GREAT, GREAT BEER TO YOU.

1876 Speights is born.

1880 A new brew house is built in Dunedin for Speights.

1913 Speights buys a motorised cart (truck) used for delivering casks to local pubs.

1984 Speights introduced their beer cans. Beer still brewed in Dunedin then sent to christchurch via the train to be canned. With much then to be sent back to Dunedin for sale.

1999 The first 'Speights Ale House' restaurant was opened in Dunedin.

2001 Speights become so popular extra production starts in Auckland. However the Dunedin brewery continues to brew today.

2012 Speights ale house restaurant Wanaka opens in December.

07/05/2026

1876 Speights Is bought to life by three
men.

James Speight the buisness man behind the Dunedin
brewery.
Charles Greenslade the maltster and William Dawson
the brewer.

Four years later In 1880 Speights Ale wins two gold
medals at the Melbourne expidition. With that the name
'Gold Medal Ale ' was born.

By 1887 Speights becomes the biggest brewry in New
Zealand. Exporting to Australia, Fiji and Tahiti. This
year also sees the passing of James Speight aged 53,
eleven years after founding Speights.
William Dawson, well he becomes mayor of Dunedin
aged 35.

04/05/2026

CELEBRATING 150 YEARS OF SPEIGHTS.

Come join us at Speights Ale House Wānaka to celebrate 150 years of great, great, great beer.

30/04/2026

Open every day from 11am ‘til late, with Happy Hour 4–6pm 🍻

Our menu has been updated this week, Have you been in to check it out? Featuring the popular Bangers & Mash back for the cooler months.

See you soon.

03/04/2026

NZ alcohol trade laws have changed just in time for Easter weekend, making socialising with friends that bit easier. Have a safe and happy Easter.

15/03/2026

Be ready! 🍀

Tomorrow we’re celebrating St Paddy’s Day with a proper Irish combo steak & Guinness pie served with either a pint of Guinness or a Bushmills whiskey for $30.
Good food, good pints, and a bit of Irish spirit to go with it!!

Sláinte! 🍻

17/12/2025

🎄 SPEIGHT’S CHRISTMAS CRACKER 🎄

👉 Buy any 2 Speight’s products and score a Christmas cracker on us.

💥 1 in 5 crackers is a WINNER!
You could be cracking open:
✨ A Speight’s swandri picnic blanket (worth $80)
✨ A Speight’s cooler bag (worth $25)
✨ A Speight’s cap (worth $35)

Perfect for summer sessions, beach days or backyard BBQs 🍻
Get in quick while stocks last!

Good on ya, mate!

09/10/2025

Thanks Luan, your review made our day ✨👌

Address

93 Ardmore Street
Wanaka
9305

Opening Hours

Monday	11am - 10:30pm
Tuesday	11am - 10:30pm
Wednesday	11am - 10:30pm
Thursday	11am - 10:30pm
Friday	11am - 10:30pm
Saturday	11am - 10:30pm
Sunday	11am - 10:30pm

Telephone

+6434435459

Website

http://wanakaspeightsalehouse.co.nz/

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