In the beautiful village of Ngātīmoti in the South Island’s Motueka Valley a Little(ish) Pub called The Bugger Inn sits. It’s found it’s new home at River Haven, a collective restaurant, cafe, store, clubhouse and hive of activity. The Bugger Inn is open to the public and well worth a stop in if you are ever in the region.

This was a really fun project for us. As Brits, these clients had ideas of their Little Pub being like the TARDIS from Doctor Who; step inside and be transported.

Along the way we had a lot of laughs listening to all of the clients creativity around the theme “Bugger”.

“It is obviously focused upon the ability of the human race to bugger everything up. Also people do the most ridiculous things and end up looking at the result and going bugger.”

From inception to delivery the hilarity continued. Now, if you visit The Bugger Inn you can talk to Alex the Publican and choose a pint from one of the Bugger Beer Company brews on tap including;

Old Git Pilsner
Tits Up Lager
Boring Bastard Hazy IPA
Hoplicker American IPA
Genius Stout
Dickens Cider

This Little Pub was a full team effort as we had a tight turn around from the final design approval to delivery. It meant we needed all hands on deck to make sure it got on the truck in time. 8 weeks after approval it was in the hands of it’s new owners and ready to go.

You might have also noticed that this pub is a little bigger than the usual. Instead of the standard 4.3m length, The Bugger Inn is an extended version at 6m. The first of it’s kind for My Little Pub! It’s perfect for River Haven as it offers a bigger bar space for commercial appliances and also more seating for the pub’s customers whilst still keeping the charm of a Little Pub.

We don’t want to give too much more away about this Little Pub, you’ll have to go and visit it at River Haven yourself!