Joyful Day Out
The dinner menu
Coal grill, Waitaki beef, a wine list we argue about. If your note was about a booking, this is what you're booking.
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Message received
Thanks,
Thanks,
your note made it
A booking question, a poker seat request, a hello. Whatever it was, it's sitting in our inbox now. We read every message ourselves and write back within a day, usually faster.
24h reply
promise
promise
01 / What happens now
Three steps, all on our side
You did your part by writing in: dinner booking, poker seat, that sort of thing. The rest is ours, and it goes like this.
poker seat requests get answered first
1
We read it
A person opens it. Me, or whoever's running the floor that day. We don't do auto-replies, so the answer you get is the real one.
2
We write back
Inside 24 hours, most days well inside it. Booking and poker seat questions jump the queue because they expire fastest.
3
We sort the thing
Table confirmed, poker seat held, event details sent. Whatever you asked about comes back as a straight yes or a decent alternative.
Can't wait a day? Ring the room on +64 3 366 2941; if the kitchen's open, someone picks up. Email works too: joyfuldayout@gmail.com.
02 / Meanwhile
If waiting isn't your thing, just come in
The reply will land either way, but a seat at the bar settles most questions quicker than email does.
- Kitchen runs Wednesday to Sunday, 5:00 to 10:30pm
- Bar stays open later than the kitchen most nights
- Poker nights run Thursday to Saturday, cards from 7pm
- Card room upstairs is 18+, and the poker stays social and in person
- First poker night? Tell the caller at the stairs — they'll walk you through the first orbit
84 Thames Street, Oamaru
Victorian frontage, warm windows, been us since 2019. If you told us you're coming by, mention it at the door, since I probably read the note myself.
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+64 3 366 2941 · joyfuldayout@gmail.com
03 / While we get back to you
Three ways to spend the wait
Reading about dinner counts as research. So does checking how our poker nights run before you sit down at one.
Poker nights
Thursday to Saturday from 7pm, social format, beginners walked through their first orbits. The card room page explains how a seat works.
How poker works here
Casino events
The bigger evenings live on the events page when a season's posted: charity poker, whisky nights, themed deals.
What's on
Half the notes we get turn into regulars at the bar. The other half turn into poker players.
04 / Last thing
Hungry already?
If the wait's making you peckish, or you're already planning a poker night around our reply, the fastest answer is the room itself. Come see us on Thames Street.