Guidebook for Wellington
Food Scene
1 minute walk! Great coffee and excellent cabinet food if you feel like a salad, sandwich, muffin, slice or piece of pie!
47 locals recommend
Queen Sally's Diamond Deli
200 Queens Dr1 minute walk! Great coffee and excellent cabinet food if you feel like a salad, sandwich, muffin, slice or piece of pie!
Loretta's chefs are definitely up with all the latest flavours, and food & drink trends. Fresh, healthy and seasonal, but still indulgent. Guaranteed taste-bud satisfaction!
43 locals recommend
Loretta
181 Cuba StLoretta's chefs are definitely up with all the latest flavours, and food & drink trends. Fresh, healthy and seasonal, but still indulgent. Guaranteed taste-bud satisfaction!
great vegan menu, good wines and beverages - this restaurant is great for a coffee break, or for a nice night out. Great ambience, relaxed, lots of pot plants - and across the road from the ocean - 10min walk away!
45 locals recommend
The Botanist
219 Onepu Rdgreat vegan menu, good wines and beverages - this restaurant is great for a coffee break, or for a nice night out. Great ambience, relaxed, lots of pot plants - and across the road from the ocean - 10min walk away!
Drinks & Nightlife
Great beer selection, unpretentious, lively, warm buzz - great spot to experience real Wellington
48 locals recommend
Golding's Free Dive
Great beer selection, unpretentious, lively, warm buzz - great spot to experience real Wellington
Stand-out dj's and live music - always a friendly funky atmosphere, great soul, jazz, and by 11-12 often the most fun dancefloor in town! Zero pretention, lots of fun and good times. Plus great decor and menus!
41 locals recommend
Laundry
240 Cuba StStand-out dj's and live music - always a friendly funky atmosphere, great soul, jazz, and by 11-12 often the most fun dancefloor in town! Zero pretention, lots of fun and good times. Plus great decor and menus!
Arts & Culture
Wellington's main art gallery - always good exhibitions, some free, and some a small cost; and a great cafe attached. It's smack bang in the centre of town, beside the main library and the tourist info centre, so easy to get to.
72 locals recommend
City Gallery Wellington
Wellington's main art gallery - always good exhibitions, some free, and some a small cost; and a great cafe attached. It's smack bang in the centre of town, beside the main library and the tourist info centre, so easy to get to.
Essentials
Countdown Kilbirnie
47 Bay RdClosest supermarket for supplies