“Spruce Goose” Restaurant

The old Aero Club building was built in the 1930s and it housed the superintendent of the airport and the Union Airways Terminal Building.Also for many years it was used by The Wellington Aero Club.

It was back in the beginning of 2011 that its fate was sealed when work started on the new Hanger for private jets. Room was required once it was completed to ensure that there was room for the Private Jets to move around without hindrance.

Then in the March of 2012 the building was moved in two overnight sections to its current location overlooking Lyall Bay main surfing area and next to the NZ Air-force building. This involved the wire fence being removed and the sections being moved by a specialist building moving company.

The building was placed onto timber piles and remained untouched until Jan 2013. At this point security fencing was put up. The contractor chosen was MainZeal which then went into receivership. It was not long after when Naylor Love took over the work.

For the 1st month or so very little appear to happen then around late May 2013 the building rework started to take shape.

Through out the following months work progressed with earnest. Now it appears to be very close to opening and the building is now looking very different to when it was moved although the overall shape is the same, but with the additions to the external areas adding to its overall size.

Currently i am not aware of its opening day nor the menu that will be on offer.Looking at what it is left to complete it will not be too long before the big day.

As for opening hours my understanding is that it has applied for are Monday to Sunday from 7.00am to 2.00 am. It does not mean that that it will be open for these hours.It is a matter of wait and see.
Opening times confirmed as from 7am to late 7 days a week.Brunch from 7am to 3am and Dinner from 5pm through to late.*
There have be no signs up around the area as to indicate that it has applied for for Liquor Licence,again it does not mean that the owners will not.
The Cafe does have a liquor licence.*