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The best dam place in Otematata for food, drink and entertainment.

Otematata Eatery, Bar & Lodging prides itself on delicious meals, a fun and friendly atmosphere and excellent customer service. One of New Zealand's true country style kiwi pubs that you don't want to miss out on visiting.

04/11/2026

🚨 $820 JACKPOT!!! SOMEONE CHECK THE PUB’S FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT! 🚨💸

At this point, we’re not running a pub. We’re running a bloody charity with a liquor licence and a deep fryer. 😂

💰 SPIN & WIN HAS HIT A FILTHY $820!
That’s EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWENTY DOLLARS potentially heading into someone’s pocket tonight!

And because apparently we have absolutely no respect for our own profit margins…

🐔 IT’S WINGS WEDNESDAY!
🔥 $1 WINGS!
🔥 5PM–8PM
🔥 DINE IN ONLY!

Yes, ONE DOLLAR. For actual chicken wings. Not feathers. Not a picture of a chicken. Proper bloody wings.

Imagine coming in for a cheap feed and leaving $820 richer.

That’s the sort of financial planning they don’t teach you at school. 🤣

Get your backside into Otematata’s Best Dam Pub tonight!

The wings are cheap, the jackpot’s enormous, and whoever’s doing our accounts is probably quietly updating their CV.

🍻 THE BEST DAM PUB. WHERE THE CHICKENS ARE NERVOUS AND THE ACCOUNTANT’S ON THE EDGE. 🐔💰

02/11/2026

🏇👒 IT’S MELBOURNE CUP DAY! GET FROCKED UP AND LET’S HAVE A BALL! 🍾💃

Today’s the one day of the year when putting a dead chook on your head is considered fashionable, yelling at a television is perfectly acceptable, and everyone suddenly becomes a bloody horse racing expert! 😂

And at Otematata’s Best Dam Pub, we’re making a proper day of it!

👗 DRESS TO IMPRESS!
Frocks, fascinators, suits, ridiculous hats. Go hard! If you look like you’ve escaped from a wealthy auntie’s funeral and robbed her wardrobe on the way out, you’re probably overdressed just right!

🎟️ SWEEPSTAKES!
Our first is almost sold out and the second is underway!
💰 $5 a horse
🥇 $70 first | 🥈 $30 second | 🥉 $20 third

🍻 FREE EASYBET TICKETS!
The first 50 drinks sold come with a complimentary Easybet ticket! Who knows, your afternoon could get considerably more interesting!

🎰 AND THE BIG BLOODY ONE… $800 SPIN & WIN JACKPOT!

EIGHT HUNDRED SMACKERS! 💰🔥

Between the sweepstakes, Easybets and Spin & Win, there’s more winning opportunities floating around this pub than there are blokes pretending to understand a form guide!

🏇 RACING LIVE AND LOUD ALL DAY!
🍽️ Great food, cold drinks, plenty of laughs and a pub full of characters who scrub up surprisingly well when threatened with a photograph.

GET DRESSED UP. GET YOUR MATES TOGETHER. GET YOURSELF HERE!

It’s Melbourne Cup Day at THE BEST DAM PUB! 🍻

And remember, ladies, if your bloke reckons he’s picked a dead cert, just remind him he also thought that mullet looked good in 1987.

LET’S HAVE A BLOODY BALL! 🏇🥂😂

🔞 Gambling promotions R18. Gamble responsibly.

02/11/2026

Righto, let’s give Melbourne Cup Day the full Best Dam treatment. 🏇🍻

🏇💰 MELBOURNE CUP DAY! WHERE EVERYONE’S AN EXPERT AND HALF OF YOU CAN’T TELL A HORSE FROM A DONKEY! 😂

Tomorrow’s the big one, and we’re turning Otematata’s Best Dam Pub into the Flemington of the Mackenzie!

Minus the millionaires, overpriced ch*****ne and people who actually know what they’re talking about. 🍾

🎟️ SWEEPSTAKES ARE GOING OFF!
Our first sweepstake is nearly sold out, so we’ve opened a SECOND!

💵 Just $5 a horse!
🥇 1st: $70
🥈 2nd: $30
🥉 3rd: $20

No knowledge required. In fact, judging by some of your previous selections, we’d actively discourage it.

🎫 FREE EASYBET TICKETS!
The first 50 drinks sold come with a complimentary Easybet ticket and a crack at the BIG BUCKS!

🎰 AND THEN THERE’S THE BLOODY JACKPOT!

Our SPIN & WIN HAS HIT A STAGGERING $800! 💰💰💰

EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS!

That’s enough to buy yourself a decent hat, shout a few mates and still have enough left to explain to the missus why you’re suddenly interested in horse racing.

🏇 RACING ON THE SCREENS ALL DAY!
🍽️ Great food, plenty of laughs, cold drinks and an atmosphere that’ll give Flemington a run for its money!

Forget sitting at home listening to some bloke on the telly yelling about horses you’ve never heard of.

GET YOUR ARSE TO THE BEST DAM PUB!

And if your horse finishes last, don’t feel bad.

Some of you have been backing losers your entire lives. Just look at your exes. 🤣🏇

🍻 OTEMATATA’S BEST DAM PUB
Where the horses aren’t the only things getting talked about!

🔞 R18 for gambling promotions. Gamble responsibly.

30/10/2026

$740 CASH. SUDDENLY EVERY BASTARD AT YOUR TABLE’S CLAIMING JOINT CUSTODY. 💸

Tonight’s SPIN & WIN JACKPOT is a whopping…

$740 CASH

SEVEN HUNDRED AND FORTY BLOODY DOLLARS.

And you could be the one taking it home tonight.

Watch your mates go from “good on ya” to “remember those chips I bought you?” before you’ve even touched the cash.

Calm down, Nigel. Three chips in 2019 doesn’t make you a fu***ng shareholder. 😂

The weekend’s officially here and our NEW MENU has landed too. Come get stuck into a proper feed.

Bring your loudest mate. We’re keen to see whether a mouthful of dinner can achieve what years of dirty looks haven’t.

Book your table at bestdampub.nz.

📍 Otematata’s Best Dam Pub.
Come hungry. Leave full. Potentially leave $740 richer and in a custody dispute with Nigel.

29/10/2026

🚨 $700 JACKPOT! HOLY DUMPLING BALLS! 🥟💰

Someone could be heading home $700 richer tonight… and it might even be you, you lucky bu**er! 😂

🎰 SPIN & WIN is sitting at a whopping $700! Not long left to get your backside in here!

🥟 THRIFTY THURSDAY means $1 dumplings until 8pm. At that price, even your wallet will be confused.

🐟 And while you’re here, check out our NEW MENU! Our take on Ikimata, fresh fish in citrus, veges and coconut cream, is an absolute bloody cracker!

$700 up for grabs, $1 dumplings and food worth putting pants on for.

If you’re still sitting on the couch, we’re starting to question your judgement. 🤣

🍻 OTEMATATA’S BEST DAM PUB
Where good decisions are occasionally made by accident.

25/10/2026

☀️ WANT TO SPEND SUMMER MAKING BEDS AND MAKING BANK? 💸

We’re hunting for a couple of legends to join our housekeeping crew over the silly season!

✅ Great crew, great perks and half-price feeds
✅ Morning shifts, afternoons are yours!
✅ No experience needed, just a cracking attitude!

Work hard, have a laugh, and enjoy summer in Otematata! 🍻

Sound like a bit of you? Flick us a DM!

24/10/2026

🚨 $620 UP FOR GRABS AND SUNDAY’S ABOUT TO LOSE ITS INNOCENCE! 🚨🍻

It’s LABOUR WEEKEND SUPER SUNDAY at Otematata’s Best Dam Pub, and we’ve got more going on than a family reunion after someone mentions the inheritance! 🤣

💰 SPIN & WIN JACKPOT – $620!!

SIX HUNDRED AND TWENTY BLOODY DOLLARS!

Someone could have the chance to walk out $620 richer tonight. Could be you. Could be Barry from down the road who already owes you twenty bucks. 😂

🥩 SUPER SUNDAY RAFFLES – EARLY TODAY!

Our legendary meat raffles, thanks to Chopped Butchery, are happening EARLY!

⚠️ BE HERE BEFORE 4PM!

Don’t wander in at half past four asking where the meat’s gone. It’ll be gone, mate. Along with your dignity.

🍽️ DINNER – BOOK YOUR BLOODY TABLE!

It’s Labour Weekend, we’re busy, and hoping for a table isn’t quite the same as booking one!

📲 www.bestdampub.nz – Online is quickest!
☎️ 03 438 7899

🎸 BRAD SAYLEY LIVE TONIGHT FROM AROUND 9PM!

Once everyone’s fed and the plates are cleared, Brad’s firing up the tunes and we’re turning Sunday night into something Monday morning might have questions about! 🕺💃

And the best part? NO WORK TOMORROW FOR MOST OF YOU!

So bring your mates, bring your appetite, bring your dancing shoes and, for the love of God, bring some rhythm. We’ve seen some of you dance. It’s concerning. 🤣

😇 AND JUST A QUICK WORD ABOUT ATTITUDE…

We’re already getting a wee bit tired of the odd bad attitude this weekend.

Our team are working their arses off so everyone can have a bloody good time. A bit of patience, a smile and some good old-fashioned manners go a long way.

So here’s our official Labour Weekend hospitality policy: DON’T BE A DICK. ❤️

It’s not a particularly complicated policy. Even Barry can understand it.

🔥 $620 JACKPOT. EARLY RAFFLES. GREAT FOOD. LIVE MUSIC.

All under one roof at OTEMATATA’S BEST DAM PUB!

If your Sunday plans involve sitting at home watching other people renovate houses, you seriously need to reassess your life choices. 🍻😎

24/10/2026

N🚨 $600 UP FOR GRABS, DINNER’S CALLING, AND YOUR COUCH CAN GET STUFFED! 🚨

It’s LABOUR WEEKEND SATURDAY at Otematata’s Best Dam Pub, and we’re expecting a crowd bigger than the list of people who reckon they can sing after two b**rs! 🍻🤣

🍽️ FIRST THINGS FIRST. BOOK YOUR BLOODY DINNER!

We’re going to be busy, and while we love a spontaneous arrival, standing around looking hungry and disappointed isn’t quite the Saturday night experience we’re aiming for.

👉 www.bestdampub.nz – BOOK ONLINE! It’s the quickest and easiest way to secure your table.

☎️ Or give us a bell on 03 438 7899.

💰 SPIN & WIN JACKPOT – A WHOPPING $600 TONIGHT!

SIX HUNDRED SMACKEROOS!

That’s enough to make even the tightest bu**er in Otematata crack a smile!

Want your chance at the cash? Download the Otematata’s Best Dam Pub app and USE IT! 📱

Don’t just download it and let it sit there gathering digital dust next to the fitness app you haven’t opened since January. 😂

😇 NOW, A QUICK WORD ABOUT BEHAVIOUR…

We’re all about having a bloody good time, a bit of banter and plenty of laughs.

Bring your best attitude, your good manners and your dancing shoes if you’re feeling dangerous.

And if you’re 18 or under, bring Mum or Dad along! No ID - No Service - Simple! Besides, someone’s got to show you how to embarrass yourself properly in public! 🤣

🔥 GOOD FOOD. GOOD BUGGERS. $600 UP FOR GRABS.

And remember, tomorrow we’ve got SUPER SUNDAY, followed by BRAD SAYLEY LIVE FROM 9PM! 🎸

It’s a long weekend. The pub’s humming. The kitchen’s cooking.

The only thing missing is you… and frankly, we’re starting to take it personally. 😎🍻

📲 BOOK NOW: www.bestdampub.nz
☎️ 03 438 7899

🍻 OTEMATATA’S BEST DAM PUB
Where good behaviour is appreciated, bad dancing is tolerated, and boring bastards are encouraged to stay home.

22/10/2026

🚨 PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: YOUR COUCH HAS HAD ENOUGH OF YOU. 🚨

It’s LABOUR WEEKEND, you beautiful bunch of hard-working (and occasionally working) legends! 🍻🔥

And we’ve got a weekend lined up that’s got more action than a possum on an electric fence! ⚡🤣

💥 TONIGHT – TFIF!

We’re kicking things off with Hoppy Hour from 4–7pm, complimentary nibbles and a SPIN & WIN JACKPOT OF $580!! 💰

That’s not a typo. FIVE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY BLOODY DOLLARS!

Some lucky bu**er could be heading into the long weekend with a wallet fatter than their excuses for not mowing the lawns!

🍽️ LABOUR WEEKEND DINING – BOOK YOUR BLOODY TABLE!

The kitchen’s ready, the food’s fantastic, and we’re expecting a fair few hungry mouths.

Don’t be the muppet standing at the door looking devastated because you thought, “She’ll be right, we’ll just rock up.”

She might NOT be right, Barry. BOOK A TABLE. 😂

🎸 SUNDAY NIGHT – BRAD SAYLEY LIVE FROM 9PM!

First, we’re rolling through our usual SUPER SUNDAY shenanigans, raffles, great deals and all!

Then settle in for a bloody good dinner before Brad Sayley fires up at 9pm, cranking out the tunes and turning the place into a proper Sunday night knees-up!

Great music, good people, and dancing that should probably require council consent. 🕺💃

Monday’s a public holiday, so you’ve got absolutely no excuse for behaving like you’ve got an early meeting.

🍻 THREE DAYS. ONE BEST DAM PUB. QUESTIONABLE DANCING. EXCELLENT FOOD.

📲 BOOK YOUR TABLE NOW:
🌐 bestdampub.nz
☎️ 03 439 7899

Otematata’s Best Dam Pub.

Where the food’s worth booking for, the weekends get a bit loose, and the only thing worse than a Monday morning is watching everyone else have a bloody good time because you forgot to book! 😎🔥

21/10/2026

🚨🍽️ LABOUR WEEKEND WARNING: BOOK YOUR BLOODY DINNER! 🍽️🚨

We love you all, but we can’t feed 300 hungry bu**ers with 40 chairs and a packet of chips!

LABOUR WEEKEND GETS BUSY! Don’t be the poor bastard standing at the bar watching everyone else tuck into a steak while you contemplate eating the b**r coasters.

👉 BOOK ONLINE: bestdampub.nz
📞 CALL: 03 438 7899

BOOK EARLY. EAT WELL. AVOID HANGRY DOMESTICS. 😂

🍻🔥 NOW, ABOUT THIS ABSOLUTE CRACKER OF A WEEKEND! 🔥🍻

🍺 FRIDAY – TFIF!
Happy Hour 4–7pm, complimentary nibbles and enough bu****it flying around to fertilise half the Waitaki Valley. The perfect warm-up for three days of questionable decisions!

🎰 SATURDAY – HOLD ONTO YOUR UN**ES!
Traditionally an absolute belter! The pub will be pumping, the stories getting taller and SPIN & WIN giving you another reason to park your backside on a stool!

🍻 SUNDAY – THE BIG KAHUNA!
We’re kicking SUPER SUNDAY off a little earlier to make room for the dinner crowd!

🍷 Your favourite Super Sunday drinks deals!
🎟️ Raffles around 4:30pm!
🎰 Spin & Win!
🍽️ Dinner, if you’ve had the brains to BOOK!

🎸🔥 SUNDAY NIGHT – BRAD STALEY LIVE! 🔥🎸

Once we’ve fed the hungry hordes, the ridiculously talented BRAD STALEY takes over!

This bloke can make a guitar do things most of us can’t make our bodies do anymore.

Expect cracking tunes, outrageous dance moves and at least one middle-aged legend throwing shapes that require a physiotherapist on Tuesday.

🕺 BRING YOUR DANCING SHOES, YOUR BEST ATTITUDE AND SOMETHING RESEMBLING GOOD BEHAVIOUR!

Leave the drama at home. Nobody wants to see your dirty laundry unless it’s on the dance floor when you split your pants. Actually, don’t do that either. We’ve got standards. Low ones, but standards nonetheless. 😂

🍻 OTEMATATA’S BEST DAM PUB

THREE DAYS OFF. ONE MASSIVE WEEKEND. A LIFETIME OF STORIES THAT WILL NEED SLIGHT EDITING BEFORE TELLING THE GRANDKIDS.

👇 Tag your Labour Weekend partners in crime!

AND FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THINGS HOLY, BOOK YOUR BLOODY DINNER! 😂🍻

Address

2736 Otematata Kurow Road
Otematata
9412

Telephone

+6434387899

Website

https://www.bestdampub.nz/

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