Rows of olive trees, a wide courtyard and a low, modern room looking out over the grounds: that's what you walk into at the end of Gordons Road, where Allpress has built a bistro beside its groves and tasting room. It's a casual, informal spot with great produce and thoughtful cooking behind it; the estate's extra virgin olive oil runs through the plates, and the menu changes with the seasons, built on a few good ingredients in the style of a European cantina. Out in the courtyard there's a pizza kitchen and bar handling the relaxed end of things, which is where you want to be on a sunny Waiheke afternoon.
You'll want the sourdough with olives and oil to start, a pizza from the outdoor kitchen or the tuna as a main, and the chocolate mousse with olive oil in the middle to finish. It's open Thursday to Monday, 12pm to 8pm, and closed Tuesday and Wednesday; you can book online for up to 10, and walk-ins are welcome. The tasting room next door does $10 olive oil tastings, and Bistro Hour pours $10 beers and house wine from 3pm to 5pm on Monday, Thursday and Friday.
Written from 36 Google reviews, every one we could get, on 12 November 2026. Rated 4.9 from 35 Google reviews.
Lunch here is one of the best meals you'll have on Waiheke, and it's the kind of place that quickly becomes a local. The cooking is confident and uncomplicated, the room and courtyard are gorgeous, and it feels like somewhere that's been open for years rather than months.
Order the sourdough with olives and the estate olive oil to start, then the hummus and flatbread or the escabeche if you want a second. Pizzas from the outdoor kitchen are enormous and very good, the tuna, chicken and lamb are cooked properly, and the agria potatoes and Mediterranean salad are the sides to add. Finish with the chocolate mousse, dairy free with olive oil in the middle, or the eccles cake.
You get a warm welcome at the door and staff who are attentive without hovering, and they'll work around dietaries or put a candle in a dessert for a birthday. Even a coffee-only stop gets looked after properly.
You eat looking out over the olive groves, either in the bright, carefully designed room or out in the courtyard when the weather plays along. The outdoor pizza kitchen and bar make the courtyard the spot for a sunny afternoon.
Prices are pretty reasonable for cooking this good, and lunch is good value compared with what you'd pay elsewhere on the island. The $10 olive oil tasting is worth adding on, and Bistro Hour's $10 beers and house wine make a cheap start to the afternoon.
It's made for long lunches, birthday gatherings and family tables, and it works just as well for a date in the courtyard. Bigger groups can take the Events Salon upstairs, which seats up to 50 with private balconies.
The bistro is closed Tuesday and Wednesday, and last orders are half an hour before the 8pm close, so don't roll in late. If there are 12 or more of you, book direct and you'll get the $85 feasting menu; there's a 15% surcharge on public holidays, and since only about half the room can be booked, walk-ins get fitted in where they can.
Every fact on this page was checked on 8 November 2026 against Google, Bistro Allpress's own website and 36 of its Google reviews. The photo is from the eatout library, not taken here, and no venue pays to be listed or ranked. Something out of date? Tell us
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