Policy Overview
How we use cookies at Kiwii Games
Kiwii Games, presented on the Kiwii Games website, uses cookies to support a secure, smooth and consistent browsing experience across our restaurant, Card Lounge, offline poker, events and journal sections. This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how we use them, and the choices you have in managing them.
Our focus is on creating an elegant digital introduction to our in-person restaurant, card lounge and poker salon — not on tracking you around the web. Any cookies we set are designed to keep the site stable, help you find the right information quickly, and maintain a trusted, hospitality-first environment.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device (such as a computer, tablet or smartphone) when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to site owners.
On the Kiwii Games website for Kiwii Games, cookies help us remember essential technical details, such as which pages you have visited, whether you have seen our cookie banner, and how our content is performing. They do not give us direct access to your device, and they do not allow us to view any information stored on your device outside of what the cookie itself contains.
Cookies may be set directly by us (first-party cookies) or by carefully selected third parties that provide services integrated into our website (third-party cookies), such as embedded maps that help you locate our restaurant.
Types of cookies we use
To support a refined and reliable online experience that reflects the atmosphere of our restaurant and offline poker environments, we use several categories of cookies:
- Strictly necessary cookies — essential for the basic operation of the site and for providing core features you request.
- Functionality cookies — help us remember your choices, such as preferred views of our Card Lounge or restaurant information, to offer a more tailored experience.
- Performance and analytics cookies — give us insight into how visitors navigate between pages (for example, moving from Restaurant to Lounge to Poker) so we can refine our content and layout.
We do not use cookies to turn our offline poker experience into an online game. All references to poker, card lounges, poker tables and events remain centred on the physical, face-to-face experience at Kiwii Games.
Essential cookies
Strictly necessary cookies are required for the Kiwii Games website to function correctly. Without them, some parts of the site would not work, or would not work as reliably as you would expect from a professional hospitality venue.
These essential cookies typically:
- Remember your cookie consent choices so that the cookie banner does not reappear unnecessarily.
- Help maintain basic security, such as protecting forms on the Contact Us page from misuse.
- Support the correct display of core pages such as Restaurant, Lounge, Poker and Events.
Because these cookies are essential to the functioning of the site, they are always active and cannot be disabled through our on-site tools. You can still remove or block them using your browser settings, but doing so may affect how the site operates.
Functionality cookies
Functionality cookies allow the site to remember choices you make, so your experience feels consistent and tailored to your interests in our restaurant and offline poker culture.
On the Kiwii Games sections of Kiwii Games, functionality cookies may be used to:
- Remember which part of the venue you last explored — for example, whether you were viewing the Card Lounge, Poker Salon or Texas Hold’em Guide — so we can highlight related content when you return.
- Store your preferences for how information is displayed, such as list or feature views for Journal articles.
- Recall whether you have interacted with on-page features that explain card-room etiquette, social poker nights or private events.
These cookies are not essential for the site to run, but disabling them may make your visit feel less personal or require you to re-enter certain preferences.
Performance and analytics cookies
Performance and analytics cookies help us understand how visitors use the Kiwii Games website, so we can refine the way we present Kiwii Games’s restaurant, Card Lounge and offline poker experiences.
These cookies may collect information such as:
- Which pages are visited most often (for example, Texas Hold’em Guide or Card Room Etiquette).
- How visitors move between sections like Private Events, Poker Salon and Poker Events.
- Which content formats are most engaging, such as our editorial “Top 10” features on offline poker traditions and Australian dishes for poker night.
The information collected by these cookies is aggregated and does not identify you personally. We use it solely to improve our website design, navigation and storytelling around the in-person dining and poker lounge experience.
Cookie preferences and control
You have control over how cookies are used on your device. In addition to the consent choices you make when you first arrive on the site, most web browsers allow you to manage cookies through their settings.
Depending on your browser, you may be able to:
- View the cookies that are currently stored on your device.
- Block cookies from specific sites or all websites.
- Delete existing cookies when you close your browser.
If you choose to disable or delete cookies, some parts of the Kiwii Games website may not function optimally. For example, you may see the cookie banner more frequently, have to re-enter preferences when exploring our restaurant and Card Lounge pages, or experience less tailored navigation between offline poker, Texas Hold’em and etiquette content.
Adjusting cookie settings is usually done in your browser’s “Settings”, “Options” or “Preferences” menu. For detailed guidance, please refer to the help documentation for your browser or device.
Third-party cookies
In some cases, we may use third-party services that place cookies on your device when you interact with features embedded on the Kiwii Games website.
These third-party cookies may be associated with:
- Embedded location maps to help you find Kiwii Games in the city.
- Media hosting for imagery and video that capture the atmosphere of our restaurant, card lounge and poker salon.
- Analytics tools that inform us how guests discover and navigate our pages.
Any third-party providers we work with are selected to align with our privacy and hospitality standards. We do not authorise third parties to use cookies from our site to build marketing profiles for other properties, and we do not use third-party cookies to promote online casinos, online poker or remote betting services.
How we protect your privacy
Respect for privacy is central to how we welcome guests, both online and in person. We treat cookie data with the same discretion we apply to conversations around our physical poker tables and private dining rooms.
In connection with cookies, we commit to:
- Collect only the information we need to keep the site secure, stable and informative.
- Avoid using cookies for intrusive tracking or to follow you across unrelated websites.
- Not sell or lease cookie-derived information to external parties.
- Use aggregated or anonymised analytics wherever practicable.
For more information on how we handle personal data more broadly, please refer to our Privacy Policy. Together, these documents describe how we support a trustworthy experience that mirrors the in-person hospitality and face-to-face poker culture at Kiwii Games.
Policy updates
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, legal requirements or the way we present Kiwii Games on the Kiwii Games website. Any updates will be published on this page with a revised effective date if appropriate.
Where changes are material, we may also highlight them through on-site notices or by updating our cookie banner, so you can review how they affect your browsing experience around our restaurant, Card Lounge, poker events and related editorial content.
We encourage you to review this Cookie Policy periodically to stay informed about how we use cookies to support a secure and enjoyable digital introduction to our offline, in-person hospitality and poker environments.