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Functions & catering

Got something to celebrate, organise, or simply survive?

We do the lot — birthdays, weddings, work do's, club trips, fundraisers, and the occasional “we just need somewhere to put 200 people” situation. Take your pick of the spot: the restaurant, a meeting room, the community centre, or the marquee with our Thirsty Float mobile bar parked alongside.

You bring the people and the reason — we'll sort the food, the drinks, and the three things you forgot. Give us a yell. We'll make it easy.

Work functions

Conference, team day, or end-of-year piss-up — we'll take it off your plate and put a better feed on it. Room for up to 300, a menu built to suit, entertainment sorted, and a hand with beds so nobody's risking the drive home. There's a tidy conference room in town and a big community centre for the larger crews, plus the marquee if you're feeling fancy. You rock up. We handle the rest.

Club destination

Car clubs, bikers, fishos, golfers, bowlers — Otematata's a cracking spot to point the convoy at. We're smack in the middle of the South Island's best scenery, with room to feed and water a whole club without breaking a sweat. Plenty of groups have made us their yearly tradition. Get yours on the calendar and we'll treat you like regulars from day one.

Weddings

Your day, your way — and we'll do the heavy lifting. The marquee or the community centre, a mobile bar, catering that actually tastes like something, and beds close by so your guests aren't on the road after a few wines. Big sky, big lakes, no fuss. Let's have a yarn about how you want it to go.

Marquee

Our marquee seats 80 and becomes whatever you need — wedding, work dinner, milestone birthday, you name it. Add the mobile bar and you've got the full setup: cocktails before the speeches, cold ones long after. Tell us the vision; we'll build it.

Catering

Buffet spreads, table-drop service, low-and-slow smoked meats, or a proper gourmet BBQ — our kitchen does the lot, with local produce that hasn't travelled any further than you have. Dietaries and fussy eaters? Sorted — just give our crew the heads-up. You eat well; we'll make it look easy.

Mobile bar

The Thirsty Float is our mobile bar that rocks up to you, anywhere across Waitaki, Mackenzie and Central Otago. Cocktails, cold beers, and a tidy wine list, poured by a crew who know what they're doing. BYO liquor or let us run the whole show.

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Club destination

Point the convoy at Otematata

Plenty of clubs have made us their yearly tradition. Get yours on the calendar and we'll treat you like regulars from day one.

Enquire

Tell us what you're planning

Rough details are fine — we'll come back to you with options. If it's urgent, ring us and we'll sort it on the spot.

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