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Karahui Wine Bar & Restaurant

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Experience Karahui — one of Martinborough’s best restaurants. Enjoy refined dining, local wines, handcrafted cocktails, and whisky tastings.

Perfect for special occasions, group gatherings, or wine lovers exploring Martinborough’s vibrant food scene. The recently developed wine bar & eatery situated in the historical BNZ bank building is vibrant, modern, light, and airy, offering a sophisticated yet casual and contemporary food and beverage menu. The beautiful building situated in the heart of Martinborough town square has recently undergone seismic strengthening and now, boasts a new contemporary yet elegant interior design featuring locally handprinted wallpaper by the gifted duo Ben and Helen Masters of Paperhands. The interior also features exposed brick walls that balance beautifully with the addition of several stunning chandeliers commissioned by the extremely talented local Crystal Chain Gang artists Jim Dennison and Leanne Williams. Karahui also features the bank vault as a private room for dinning, a beautiful courtyard that has you looking out over the iconic town square and will soon include the Bank Managers quarters which is currently undergoing renovations to offer a private event space and tasting room. Karahui means “To come together, gather and meet” in te reo Maori.

31/10/2026

A fresh season at the bar.

Our cocktail list has had a summer refresh, with a White Negroni, Malibu Aperol Spritz, Raspberry Limoncello Spritz and a Blush Cosmopolitan made with rhubarb and raspberry gin.

Swing by, pull up a seat and discover your new favourite.

28/10/2026

Toast Martinborough is coming up fast, Saturday 14th November.

Our bookings for Toast weekend are filling quickly, particularly for groups. If Karahui is part of your plans, we recommend booking early.

Great food, a great bottle of local w**e and your favourite people. Not a bad way to round out a big weekend.

24/10/2026

CHRISTMAS AT KARAHUI

Christmas functions are already starting to fill the calendar.

If you’re planning a team dinner or end-of-year get-together, we have two- and three-course set menus for groups of 12 or more. Get in touch with our team and we’ll help put together a menu and an evening that works for you.

Email [email protected]

21/10/2026

Labour Weekend plans?

Martinborough is a pretty special place to spend a long weekend, and we’d love to be part of yours. We’re open Friday and Saturday night with our new summer menu, a fresh cocktail list and one of the broadest selections of Martinborough w**e in town.

Bookings are highly recommended.

20/10/2026

LAST-MINUTE TABLES AVAILABLE TONIGHT!

We have a couple of last-minute tables available for our second Meet the Chef Dinner, and the launch of our new summer menu!

Three courses | $85 per person
Plus a complimentary glass of Argentinian w**e!

Flick us a direct message if you'd like to snap up one of our last tables!

17/10/2026

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who joined us Thursday night for our Meet the Chef Dinner at Karahui!

Our team are feeling super grateful and a little humbled by all your wonderful feedback.

A special shout-out to our new Executive Chef, Fabricio Porcel, and our fantastic kitchen team for bringing our new summer menu to life!

We've had so many requests from those who missed out on Thursday that we've decided to do it all again!

An Evening with Chef Fabricio

Originally from Mendoza, Argentina, a region famous for its incredible food and w**e, Fabricio brings a wonderful mix of South American roots and European influences to his cooking. We're excited to share a little of his heritage with you, including a complimentary glass of Argentinian w**e to enjoy with your evening.

Wednesday 21 October

Three courses | $85 per person

Complimentary glass of Argentinian w**e

Use code:CHEF DINNER when booking

Bookings are limited, We'd love to see you there.

10/10/2026

MEET THE CHEF DINNER

Thursday 15 October | Karahui W**e Bar & Restaurant

We're excited to officially welcome our new Executive Chef, Fabricio Porcel, and launch Karahui's new summer menu with a special Meet the Chef Dinner for our locals!

Originally from Mendoza, Argentina, Fabricio has called Martinborough home for the past seven years, settling here with his wife, Belen, after arriving in 2019.

With eight years' experience as a chef, alongside his experience as a sommelier, Fabricio has a strong understanding of the relationship between food and w**e.

His cooking is grounded in his South American heritage, with influences from Spain, Portugal, Italy and France, alongside Asian flavours and techniques

Join us this Thursday and get a taste of the new summer menu.

THREE COURSES | $85 PER PERSON

PLUS A COMPLIMENTARY GLASS OF ARGENTINIAN W**E

Bookings essential | Spaces are limited

30/07/2026

Pour & Explore Martinborough kicks off this weekend, make sure you have your events booked theres lots going on ;)

30/07/2026

This is the final night of our 2-for-1 mains offer at Karāhui W**e Bar & Restaurant

Just our way of saying thank you for your continued support. We appreciate everyone who chooses to dine with us. The offer is - One free main with every full-priced main purchased, bookings are essential.

Add 5711Local in the booking notes when reserving your table

We'd love to see you.

29/07/2026

We’re lucky to work alongside some pretty incredible local growers, w**emakers and producers here in Martinborough. Their passion keeps our kitchen inspired, our cellar full of beautiful w**e and our tables connected to this place we call home. We’d love to share it all with you.

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Address

1 Memorial Square, Martinborough
Wellington
5711

Opening Hours

Tuesday	3pm - 9pm
Wednesday	3pm - 9pm
Thursday	3pm - 9pm
Friday	2pm - 10pm
Saturday	2pm - 10pm

Website

http://www.karahui.co.nz/

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