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43 Helwick

Restaurant & bar fit-out · Wānaka

A bare block shell on Wānaka’s main street turned into a restaurant and bar. Whole timber posts left in the round, board-formed and blockwork walls, exposed aggregate floor, a wood-fired oven, and a bar built as joinery rather than carpentry. Almost every surface a customer touches was made rather than bought.

Scope: Full interior fit-out
Sector: Hospitality
Where: Helwick Street, Wānaka
Status: Completed 2026

The space stripped back to bare block and concrete — Before

The same view finished, looking down the banquette to the bar — After

Bar and wine wall, with a timber post left in the round — Bar and wine wall

The shopfront at dusk, snow on the ranges behind — Frontage at dusk

Private dining nook and its stone table — Private dining

Counter seating along the open kitchen — Counter and open kitchen

Project photography by Larkin Photography

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