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19/06/2026
🏉 SUPER RUGBY PACIFIC FINAL LIVE AT CHINWAGS! 🏉
Looking for the perfect spot to spend your weekend? Join us at Chinwags Restaurant & Bar for great food, cold drinks, and live sport!
📺 Catch the Super Rugby Pacific Final LIVE tomorrow from 7:00 PM on our big screens.
🍕 Check out our NEW pizza flavours, freshly added to the menu and already proving popular with our locals.
🍺 Pair your game-day experience with:
✨ Chinwags Platter – just $20 (perfect for sharing or enjoying yourself!)
🍷 Enjoy a glass of house wine for just $7
🍻 Beer Bucket Special – $35 for 5 bottled beers of your choice
🍕 Dine-In Special – Only $25
Choose from selected menu favourites and enjoy a relaxed meal with family and friends.
🥡 Prefer a night in? All your favourite Chinwags meals, pizzas, and platters are also available for takeaway.
Whether you're joining us for the rugby, catching up with friends over drinks, enjoying a family meal, or grabbing takeaway on the way home, Chinwags is the place to be this weekend.
📍 Chinwags Restaurant & Bar
📞 Contact us on 09 2320005 to book your table
🌐 www.chinwags.co.nz
Great food. Great drinks. Great company. See you this weekend!
11/06/2026
🏉🔥 SUPER RUGBY PACIFIC FINALS WEEKEND AT CHINWAGS! 🔥🏉
The biggest weekend of Super Rugby Pacific is here, and there's no better place to catch all the action than Chinwags Restaurant & Bar!
📺 LIVE ON THE BIG SCREEN
🏆 Friday 12th June Chiefs vs Crusaders
🏆 Saturday 13th June Hurricanes vs Blues
Grab your mates, settle in with an ice-cold drink, and enjoy one of our Game Night Platters while cheering your team to victory!
🍻 $20 Game Night Platters Each platter includes: ✅ Your choice of team-themed platter ✅ 1 bottle of beer OR ✅ 1 in-house cocktail from our $10 cocktail range
Perfect for enjoying during the match and available DINE-IN ONLY.
🌟 NEW TO CHINWAGS! Introducing our Chinwags Platter – just $20!
Loaded with: 🍤 4 Prawn Twisters 🦑 4 Salt & Pepper Squid 🍤 6 Shrimp Popcorn 🥗 Small Garden Salad 🧅 3 Onion Rings 🍗 3 Chicken Nuggets
Available any day of the week we're open, making it the perfect snack platter to share or enjoy yourself alongside your favourite drink.
🍺 Fully Licensed Bar 🍹 Cocktails, Wine & Beer 🍕 Great Food 🏉 Live Sport 🎉 Great Company
Whether you're backing the Chiefs, Crusaders, Hurricanes, or Blues, make Chinwags your game-day headquarters this finals weekend.
📍 Chinwags Restaurant & Bar
📞 09 232 0005
Great Food. Cold Drinks. Live Sport. Good Times. 🍻🏉🔥
05/06/2026
🍤 NEW CHINWAGS PLATTER – ONLY $20 🍤
Looking for a light meal, something to share, or the perfect snack while watching the game?
Our new Chinwags Platter is packed with customer favourites and is ideal for one hungry person or two people to share.
For just $20, you'll get:
🍤 4 Prawn Twisters
🦑 4 Salt & Pepper Squid
🍤 6 Shrimp Popcorn
🥗 Small Garden Salad
🧅 3 Onion Rings
🐔 3 Chicken Nuggets
Whether you're catching the rugby, meeting friends for a drink, enjoying a casual lunch, or stopping in for a relaxed dinner, this platter is a great choice any day we're open.
Pair it with an ice-cold beer, a glass of wine, or your favourite beverage from the bar and you've got yourself a winning combination.
🏉 Perfect for game days.
🍻 Great with a drink.
👫 Ideal for sharing.
💰 Only $20.
🍽️ Dine-in only.
Available now at Chinwags Restaurant & Bar.
Bring a mate, grab a drink, and enjoy a platter that's big on flavour without breaking the bank.
Great food. Great company. That's the Chinwags way.
04/06/2026
🍕 NEW PIZZA RANGE NOW AVAILABLE AT CHINWAGS! 🍕
❄️ Featuring 3 Winter Edition Gourmet Pizzas + Our New Classic Pepperoni Pizza ❄️
As the weather cools down, we're turning up the flavour with four delicious new additions to our pizza menu, including three special Winter Edition creations and a classic crowd favourite!
🔥 Introducing our New Pizza Range:
🦐 Seaside Garlic Prawn Pizza – Garlic base, succulent prawns, fresh spinach, cherry tomatoes, mozzarella and a garlic aioli drizzle.
🧀🍓 Brie & Berry Chicken Pizza – Rich pizza sauce base, mozzarella and creamy brie cheese, seared chicken, baby spinach and finished with a delicious cranberry sauce drizzle.
🐑🧀 Lamb & Feta Delight – Savoury lamb mince, sweet caramelized onions, red onions, fresh spinach, mozzarella, crumbled feta and finished with a refreshing mint yoghurt drizzle.
🍕 Classic Pepperoni Pizza – Rich pizza sauce, melted mozzarella cheese and generous pepperoni slices.
💰 Winter Collection Pizzas – $25 each 💰
💰Classic Pepperoni Pizza – $20 💰
🎉 Don't forget our Takeaway Pizza Deal!
Order ANY 2 pizzas and receive:
🍟 1 Small Fries FREE 🥤 1 Can from the Coca-Cola Range FREE
✅ This promotion includes all four of our new pizzas.
🌾 Gluten-Free Option Available!
All of our pizzas can be made on a gluten-free pizza base upon request. A small surcharge applies for the gluten-free base.
Whether you're dining in with friends or enjoying a cosy night at home, there's never been a better time to enjoy a pizza from Chinwags.
📍 Chinwags Restaurant & Bar, Clarks Beach
📞 09 232 0005
Come and discover your new favourite pizza this winter! 🍕❤️
29/05/2026
🏉🔥 BIG GAME WEEKEND AT CHINWAGS 🔥🏉
Grab your mates, wear your team colours, and head down to Chinwags Restaurant & Bar for an epic weekend of rugby, food, drinks & unbeatable game night vibes! 🍻🍔
📺 TONIGHT’S MATCH Friday 29th May 2026
🔴 Crusaders vs Hurricanes 🟡
Enjoy our special game night platters:
🔴 Crusaders Special
• 2 Garlic Bread
• 4 Salt & Pepper Squid
• 4 Onion Rings
• Small Fries
🟡 Hurricanes Special
• 4 pieces Meatlovers Pizza
• 2 Jalapeño Bites
• Small Fries
📺 TOMORROW NIGHT Saturday 30th May 2026
🔵 Blues vs Chiefs ⚫
Game night specials include:
🔵 Blues Special
• 3 Crumbed Camembert
• 4 Prawn Cocktail
• Small Fries
⚫ Chiefs Special
• 2 Garlic Bread
• 2 Jalapeño Bites
• 4 Prawn Twisters
• Small Fries
🍺 ALL GAME NIGHT PLATTERS ONLY $20
Each platter comes with:
🍺 1 Bottle Beer
OR
🍹 1 In-House Cocktail from our $10 cocktail range
🎉 Bringing a big group? Even better!
Round up your crew, dress in your team colours, bring the loudest cheers and create the ultimate game night atmosphere!
🏆 BEST DRESSED TEAM GROUP may WIN a round of drinks ON THE HOUSE! 🍻🔥
Great food, cold drinks, rugby action and good company — only at Chinwags!
*T&Cs apply.
📍 Dine in only at Chinwags Restaurant & Bar
📞 Book your table now on 09 232 0005
28/05/2026
What a beautiful night last night..!! Thank you to Rebecca from Aligned Hart Wellness NZ for organising the lovely concept of and a big thank you to all who came and made this event a huge success 🙌 😊🙏.
We look forward to meeting you all again in another 4 weeks time 🌿🥳
Be quick to book your tickets and table for the next one!!
21/05/2026
💗 Today at Chinwags Restaurant & Bar, we’re proud to support the Breast Cancer Foundation NZ.
We will be donating 10% of today’s sales towards helping make a difference in the fight against breast cancer.
You can help support this amazing cause by ordering a takeaway — or even better, put on your pink outfit and come dine in with us today! 💕
Every meal shared today helps contribute towards a meaningful cause, and we would love to see our community come together in support.
If you’re unable to come in today but would still like to support the cause, you can donate directly through our fundraising page below:
https://fundraise.bcf.org.nz/fundraisers/nehatolani/pinkribbonbreakfast
📍 Chinwags Restaurant & Bar
📞 09 232 0005
Thank you for helping us support Breast Cancer Foundation NZ. 🌸
14/05/2026
🌿 PLANT BINGO NIGHT at Chinwags 🌿
Something a little different is coming to Chinwags Restaurant & Bar and we are so excited to host a fun-filled evening of Plant Bingo on Wednesday 27th May 2026! 🪴✨
Join us for a relaxed night of laughs, good food, great company and plenty of chances to WIN amazing plant prizes — including completed lines, full bingo cards and a jackpot card draw with prizes worth up to $200! 🎉
📍 Chinwags Restaurant & Bar – Clarks Beach
📅 Wednesday 27th May 2026
⏰ Arrive from 6:30PM | Games start at 7PM
🎟 IMPORTANT:
Bingo cards must be purchased through the event booking link provided by the organizer
Aligned Hart Wellness NZ
https://buy.stripe.com/5kQ9AT7Vh28OeRP5DpcZa06?fbclid=Iwb21leARyLZ5jbGNrBHItl2V4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHqs-8JVoeGXpfCBUXueNI_XciKrszyfqt3F7CkI4S7OUqxLBGXYKsxVf4AQz_aem_73ElV-GqOiZrWTfIjximLw
☎️ Once you have purchased your bingo card, please call us on 09 232 0005 to reserve your table so we can organise seating accordingly.
Bookings are essential.
Bring your friends, your lucky charm and enjoy a beautiful night surrounded by good vibes, plants for prizes 🌱💚
Hosted by Aligned Hart Wellness ✨
Address
8 Seaway Road
Waiau Pa
2122
To get to Seaway Road in Waiau Pa, there are a few options for transportation. For those taking public transport, the nearest bus stop is located on the intersection of Waiau Pa Rd and Seaway Rd. From there, it is a short walk along Seaway Rd to your destination.
For those driving, take the Southern Motorway south and take exit 476 towards Ramarama. Continue straight on Ararimu Rd until you reach a roundabout, where you should take the third exit onto Sim Rd. After about 3km, turn left onto Waiau Pa Rd and continue for another 2km until you reach Seaway Rd. Turn right onto Seaway Rd and your destination will be on your left.
Parking is available outside of most establishments along Seaway Rd, but it may be limited during peak times.
Opening Hours
| Tuesday |
12pm - 9pm |
| Wednesday |
12pm - 9pm |
| Thursday |
12pm - 9pm |
| Friday |
12pm - 9pm |
| Saturday |
12pm - 9pm |
| Sunday |
12pm - 9pm |
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What people say
Chinwags Restaurant, located on Seaway Road, is a must-visit for anyone looking for a delicious meal in Waiau Pa. The restaurant offers both an A la Carte Menu and a $39 Set Menu, which has become very popular among locals and visitors alike. The set menu includes all your favorites and is definitely worth trying out.
The restaurant's social media updates show that they are always offering something new and exciting to their customers. Whether you're in the mood for a full A La Carte experience or want to try out their set menu, Chinwags has got you covered.
The staff at Chinwags are friendly and welcoming, making sure that every customer feels right at home. They are always happy to help with any questions or requests you may have.
Overall, Chinwags Restaurant is a great place to enjoy a delicious meal with friends and family. With its tasty food options, warm atmosphere, and excellent service, it's no wonder why this restaurant has become so popular among locals and visitors alike.
