The Beacon Room
Gaming & entertainment at Oceanic Manor
Gaming & entertainment at Oceanic Manor
The Beacon Room is a single room on the ground floor of the house, behind its own door, off the corridor between the lobby and The Pilot Bay Bar. It is 210 m², it holds about 130 people comfortably, and it is the only part of Oceanic Manor where anyone under 20 is not welcome.
It is named for the leading light at the harbour entrance, which you can see from the upstairs windows on a clear night. Casino entertainment here is part of the resort rather than the point of it — there are more seats in Moturiki Kitchen than there are in this room.
Everything here happens in this room, on the premises, with our own dealers and our own machines. Nothing on this website is playable and there is nothing to install — if you want to play, you come to Marine Parade.
Sixty-two in all, along the eastern wall and the two banks in the middle of the room. Forty-four are modern video slots, fourteen are classic three-reel machines for people who prefer them, and four are progressives linked across the floor.
Nine tables, dealt by croupiers we trained here. Five blackjack, two roulette, one baccarat and one poker table running Texas hold'em. Minimums start at NZ$5 on blackjack and NZ$10 on roulette; the board by the door has the evening's limits on it.
Four of the nine tables run as live gaming from six in the evening, with a professional dealer on each and a limit board that goes up as the night does. Friday and Saturday are the busy nights; a Tuesday in June you may well have a table to yourself.
A separate high-limit room off the main floor, six seats around one table, named for the pilots who bring the ships in. Booked ahead through the front desk, with its own service from The Pilot Bay Bar. High rollers, private parties, and the occasional very quiet game of poker.
Noon to 3am, Sunday through Thursday. Noon to 4am on Friday and Saturday. The room closes at those times whether the tables are full or not — last hands are called fifteen minutes before.
Twenty and over, in line with the Gambling Act 2003. Photo ID is checked at the door every time, including for guests staying in the house and including for people who were checked yesterday. A passport, NZ driver licence or 18+ card is fine.
Smart casual. No high-vis, no bare feet, no swimwear — which needs saying rather more often than you would think, ninety metres from a surf beach. Shoes on after 6pm.
The Pilot Bay Bar serves the room until midnight, and there is a short supper menu from Moturiki Kitchen until 1am. We do not serve anyone we think has had enough, at the tables or anywhere else in the house.
Calls are fine at the slots, not at the tables. No photographs of other guests anywhere in the room — people are entitled to spend an evening here without ending up on someone's feed.
Through the lobby, past the lift, second door on the left. Guests staying in the house can charge nothing to the room from this floor; the room and the hotel bill are kept entirely separate, deliberately.
We hold a licence under the Gambling Act 2003, and section 308 of it requires a host responsibility policy. Ours is written down, it is on the wall by the door, and these are the parts of it you can see from where you are sitting:
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Most people who spend an evening in The Beacon Room are staying upstairs. Rooms start at NZ$228 a night with breakfast, and the stay & play package on the offers page includes gaming lounge access and a dinner at Moturiki Kitchen.
The Beacon Room at Oceanic Manor is reserved for adults aged 20 and over, in line with New Zealand law. The rest of the hotel — the rooms, Moturiki Kitchen and The Saltwater Bathhouse — welcomes guests of every age.
Gambling Helpline 0800 654 655 · free, any hour
We are sorry — we cannot let you through. If you would like to talk to someone about gambling, the Gambling Helpline is 0800 654 655, free, any hour.