Eight guided Waiheke wine tours put lunch and a glass in the price, from NZ$255 (≈US$145) for a four-hour half day to NZ$360 (≈US$205) with spirits and olive oil. The most reviewed sits down to lunch at Three Seven Two on Onetangi beach. None of the shared lunch tours includes the ferry.
Updated Oct 2026 · prices checked Oct 2026 · Sources: GetYourGuide listings
Book the Beach Front Lunch tour (NZ$290, ★4.84 from 607 reviews) for a beachfront restaurant lunch after three sommelier-led tastings. Pick the Gourmet Food & Wine tour (NZ$325) if food matters as much as wine, or the Half-Day Scenic tour (NZ$255) for the shortest day. Add the ferry yourself: NZ$65 walk-up return.
The best Waiheke wine tour with lunch for most people is the Beach Front Lunch tour: three boutique vineyard tastings with a sommelier, then lunch and a glass at Three Seven Two on Onetangi beach, for NZ$290 (≈US$165). It has the most reviews of any lunch tour, 607 at ★4.84. For more food, take the oyster and tapas tour; for a short day, the four-hour half day.
Beach front
3 sommelier-led tastings, lunch + 1 glass at Three Seven Two. ★4.84 (607) · NZ$290.
Most food
4 tasting stops with oysters and olive oil, tapas lunch + 1 glass at Casita Miro, all tasting fees. ★4.86 (310) · NZ$325.
Shortest day
4 hours, a platter and a glass at the second winery. ★4.79 (21) · NZ$255.
Source: GetYourGuide listings, Oct 2026
Six lunches, six different days: pick by where and when you want to eat.
Six Waiheke wine tours with lunch stand out, each for a different kind of lunch: on the beach, among the vines, with oysters, in the afternoon, in four hours or with spirits instead of wine. All six include tastings and a glass with the meal, meet you at Matiatia wharf and leave the ferry to you. Prices run from NZ$255 to NZ$360 per person.
3 sommelier-led tastings
Three Seven Two, Onetangi beachfront, 1 glass
One guest rode a bus expecting a van; lunch is about an hour
3 winery tastings, afternoon format
Gourmet lunch with a glass by the sea
A Fullers return from Auckland after 13:00 costs NZ$48.50 off-peak; check the start time
3 vineyard tastings; max 11 guests
A platter or a main, with a glass
The listing recommends the 9:00 ferry
All tasting fees, oysters, olive oil; max 15 guests; adults 18+
Tapas lunch with a glass at Casita Miro
Food lovers who want more than wine
Tastings at 2–3 wineries; the listing gives both counts
A platter and a glass at the second winery
The shortest day: 4 hours
Craft beer, whisky and spirits tastings, olive oil; max 10 guests
Platters with a glass
Groups where not everyone drinks wine
Same idea, one difference · 2 tours
Two more repeat a pick above with one difference, so we name them rather than rank them.
Three Seven Two lunch with drinks, 2 wineries plus a distillery and olive oil, max 11
Source: GetYourGuide listings, live “from” prices per person, Oct 2026
A Waiheke wine tour with lunch is tastings in the morning, lunch around midday and one or two more cellar doors after. You meet the guide at Matiatia off the morning ferry, taste at two wineries, sit down to eat with a glass included, then finish in the afternoon. Lunch takes about an hour, so stay on the island afterwards if you want a longer table.
Most lunch tours want you on a 9:00 or 10:00 ferry from Downtown Auckland, about 40 minutes to Matiatia (35–45). The guide meets the boat and drives the group between cellar doors, so nobody has to stay sober. Tastings come first while the palate is fresh: three wineries is the usual count, with the oyster tour stretching to four stops that mix wine with olive oil and spirits.
Where you eat decides the day. Three tours sit down at Three Seven Two on Onetangi beach, a restaurant one Beach Front guest calls two-hatted. The oyster tour serves tapas at Casita Miro, and the vineyard tours bring a platter or a main to the table. Every one includes a glass with the meal, and the Wine, Gin & Olive Oil tour says drinks; anything more is on you.
Guests praise the food and sometimes the clock. On the Beach Front tour one guest found the hour at lunch too short to order another drink, another picked oysters to start on the guide’s advice, and one wished the fish came with a vegetable. Menus offer a choice of dishes; ask the guide what is good that day.
One September group toured through heavy rain and still rated it five stars. When the last stop ends, a walk-up ferry ticket lets you choose your own sailing home, and boats leave Waiheke until 00:30 on weekdays, so a long lunch can turn into dinner on the island.
Source: GetYourGuide listings and verified guest reviews, Oct 2026
Every Waiheke wine tour with lunch in this list includes tastings, a guide with transport on the island and a glass with the meal. What changes is the meal itself, from a platter to a main course, and whether the tasting fees are spelled out: only the Essence of Waiheke and the Gourmet tour say so. None of the shared tours includes the ferry, and those two listings also state 18+.
Ferry is extra on all eight: NZ$65 walk-up return. “Group” shows a number only where the listing states one.
Source: GetYourGuide listings, inclusions and exclusions, Oct 2026
For Waiheke wine and dine in the evening, three tours swap lunch for sunset. The Magical Evening tour includes the return ferry and a two-course dinner, the Sundowner is the cheapest at NZ$239 but leaves dinner to you, and the Sunset Tour costs NZ$700 per group of up to two. Each has five reviews or fewer, so book with that in mind.
2 wineries, a 2-course dinner, return ferry included
2–3 wineries, 6–8 tastings, dinner not included, starts in Oneroa
Mudbrick and Stonyridge, 3 tastings; dinner is in the title, what it covers is not stated
Source: GetYourGuide listings, Oct 2026
Beyond the six main picks, a Waiheke wine tour with lunch also comes as a budget ferry package, as private days and as one new listing. Wine & Dine — Batch is the only shared option with the ferry included, at NZ$176, but it has one winery and one review. Private lunch tours start at NZ$595 and are covered on the small-group page.
Return walk-up ferry, lunch with a glass at Batch Winery and a 1-day Explorer bus pass; no other tastings
The title says lunch but the listing lists lunch as not included; the 9:00 ferry is suggested
Source: GetYourGuide listings, Oct 2026
We picked each Waiheke wine tour with lunch from the 23 Waiheke wine tour listings on GetYourGuide, keeping only tours that put lunch in the price and have reviews. Each pick had to be best at one thing: setting, food, length, start time or drinks. Near-copies are named beside the tour they resemble, and tours with no reviews are shown as New, never ranked.
Source: GetYourGuide listings, Oct 2026
Guests rate the lunch tours highly: the six main picks score between ★4.79 and ★4.86. Reviews of the Beach Front tour praise the beach, the guides and the food, and the complaints are about pace: an hour for lunch, and a bus where one guest expected a van. One group rated a downpour tour five stars.
Source: GetYourGuide verified reviews of the Beach Front Lunch tour, Oct 2026
“The weather was diabolical- it was bucketing down with rain but that didn’t dampen ours or Caleb’s spirits.”
“Interesting bus tour, excellent lunch, different styles of wine tastings, nice guide”
A fair complaint
“I will say the day feels a little rushed though.”
Plan on about an hour at the table. A guest on the Beach Front tour said an hour was not enough to order another drink after eating, so treat lunch as a meal, not a long afternoon. Tours that leave lunch out are looser: the Wineries’ Tour gives at least 1.5 hours to eat where you like. Compare the six lunch tours.
Yes, one glass with the meal on every shared lunch tour in our list, and the Wine, Gin & Olive Oil tour says drinks. Anything after that is on your own bill at the restaurant. The tastings before and after lunch are separate from the meal. What each lunch tour includes.
Usually you choose from a menu. Beach Front guests describe ordering oysters, flounder, mussels or steak, and the Sip and Savor tour offers a platter or a main. The listings do not state dietary options, so message the operator through the booking before you go if you have a restriction. See the Sip and Savor tour.
The cheapest guided one is the Half-Day Scenic Wine & Lunch at NZ$255 (≈US$145), four hours with a platter and a glass. Wine & Dine — Batch costs NZ$176 with the ferry, but it is one winery and a bus pass rather than a guided tasting tour. Check the Half-Day tour.
Yes. The Whisky Distillery tour at NZ$360 tastes craft beer, whisky and spirits with platters and a glass, and the Gourmet Food & Wine tour adds beer, gin and whisky to its four stops. Both still visit wine country, so a mixed group can share one day. See the distillery tour.
Yes, and many guests do. With a walk-up ticket you pick your own sailing home, and boats leave Waiheke until 00:30 on weekdays and Saturdays and until 23:00 on Sundays. Ask the guide to drop you in Oneroa village, a 15-minute walk from the wharf. Sailings by day.
Guests report tours going ahead in heavy rain: one Beach Front group toured a September downpour and still gave five stars. Bring a jacket rather than rebooking. The Essence of Waiheke listing offers free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start, so check the terms on yours. Book the Beach Front tour.
Book the Waiheke wine tour with lunch first, then the ferry for the sailing the tour names, usually 9:00 or 10:00 from Downtown Auckland. Where a listing offers free cancellation, booking early costs little. Prices are live “from” prices per person, checked Oct 2026.
Book the Beach Front Lunch tour · NZ$290Return ferry · NZ$65
Cancellation terms are shown on each tour before you pay.