When I started thinking about opening a
restaurant I thought about the qualities I wanted from a place where I would take my family and friends – somewhere I would visit regularly by myself or that would become the first place I would think of for breakfast, a quick lunch or an impromptu celebration/get together.

I came to the conclusion that the taste of good food will always reflect the freshness and quality of the produce: garden-picked herbs & salads, locally sourced, well-raised meat & poultry, the freshest of fish.

That’s why at No.7 Balmac we have our own kitchen garden supplying the kitchen with the freshest of herbs and greens, a wine list that champions wines from Otago as well as further afield, our very own baker and as much dairy, poultry, and meats we can source from other
local suppliers.

I decided these ideas of freshness and quality would define the type of place I would love.
These are the same ideas at the heart of the No.7 Balmac kitchen: that fresh, local and untampered with is always best.

Katrina and everyone at Balmac.