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Bars and pubs in Wellington

169 bars, pubs, wine bars and breweries in Wellington.

Ranked with the travel guide's picks and well-known places first. Showing the top 40 of 169.

Thistle Inn, Wellington
Photo: Canley, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)

Bars and pubs in Wellington

  1. DrinkBarCity

    Havana Bar

    Attached to the popular Havana Coffee Works. Near the top of Cuba St in an old character house, it is a nice place to listen to some jazz or just relax out in the outside courtyard bar.

  2. DrinkBarCity

    Valhalla Tavern

    Music venue specialising in metal, punk and hardcore. Formerly known as Medusa, Valve and Hole In The Wall.

    Live music

  3. DrinkBarCity

    Hummingbird

    Live music.

    Daily 09:00-03:00

  4. DrinkBarCity

    Blend Bar

    118 Wakefield St

  5. DrinkPub

    Thistle Inn

    The Thistle Inn is one of New Zealand's oldest public houses. It was originally built in 1840 by William Couper, and the name 'Thistle Inn' probably comes from his Scottish background. It received the second liquor licence issued in New Zealand.

  6. DrinkBar

    Ye Olde Pinball Shoppe

    New Zealand's premium pinball arcade, bar & showroom, in the heart of Wellington city

    Mo-Th 12:00-20:00; Fr 12:00-22:00; Sa 11:00-22:00; Su 11:00-18:00 · Wheelchair accessible

  7. DrinkPub

    Golding's Free Dive

    14 Leeds Street, Te Aro

    Tu-Sa 12:00-21:00 · Wi-Fi · Outdoor seating · Wheelchair accessible

  8. DrinkPub

    Dirty Little Secret

    54 Taranaki Street, Te Aro

    Tu-Th 16:00-23:00; Fr-Su 12:00-23:00 · Wi-Fi · Wheelchair accessible

  9. DrinkPub

    Hotel Bristol

    131/133 Cuba St

    Tu 12:00-23:00; We-Th 12:00-24:00; Fr-Sa 12:00-01:00; Su 12:00-23:00 · Outdoor seating · Wheelchair accessible

  10. DrinkPub

    Panhead Tory Street

    1 Tory Street, Te Aro

    Mo-Su 12:00-23:00 · Outdoor seating · Wheelchair accessible

  11. DrinkPub

    The Old Bailey

    101 Lambton Quay

    Mo-Fr 07:00-03:00, Sa,Su 10:00-03:00 · Wi-Fi · Outdoor seating

  12. DrinkBar

    Bebemos

    88 Riddiford St

    Mo-Fr 11:30-23:00;Sa-Su 11:00-23:00 · Wheelchair accessible

  13. DrinkBar

    Eva Beva

    32/35 Dixon St

    15:00-24:00 · Wheelchair accessible

  14. DrinkBar

    Heyday

    264 Cuba Street

    Su,Mo 11:00-23:00, We-Sa 11:00-24:00 · Wheelchair accessible

  15. DrinkPub

    Little Beer Quarter

    6 Edward street

    Mo-We 15:00-23:00; Th-Sa 12:00-23:00; Su 15:00-23:00 · Wheelchair accessible

  16. DrinkPub

    Shed 22

    4 Taranaki Street

    Mo-Th 12:00-22:00; Fr-Sa 12:00-24:00; Su 12:00-22:00 · Outdoor seating

  17. DrinkPub

    The Black Sparrow

    10A Majoribanks Street, Mount Victoria

    Mo-Su 17:00-22:00 · Wheelchair accessible

  18. DrinkPub

    The Pickle Jar

    5 Parkvale Road, Karori

    Mo-Su 11:30-18:00 · Wheelchair accessible

  19. DrinkBar

    Waitoa

    175 Victoria St

    Mo-Th 16:00-18:00+; Fr,Sa 12:00-18:00+; Su 15:00-18:00+ · Outdoor seating

  20. DrinkPub

    Bay 66

    66 Bay Rd

    Mo-Fr 10:00-02:00, Sa 10:00-02:00, Su 11:00-01:00 · Wheelchair accessible

  21. DrinkPub

    The Office

    124 Riddiford St

    Mo 12:00-22:00; Tu-Sa 10:00-22:00+; Su 13:00-22:00 · Limited wheelchair access

  22. DrinkBar

    Lovebite

    2 Forresters Ln

    We-Sa 17:00-03:00 · Wheelchair accessible

  23. DrinkBar

    Kiki

    35 Courtenay Pl

    Mo-Th off "subject to bar takeovers"; Fr-Sa 17:00-03:00 · Wheelchair accessible

  24. DrinkBar

    Bedlam & Squalor

    Level 1/18 Garrett St

    Th-Sa 16:00-02:00

  25. DrinkBar

    Fork and Brewer

    20A Bond Street, Te Aro

    Mo-Sa 11:30-23:00; Su 11:30-19:00

  26. DrinkBar

    Foxglove

    33 Queens Wharf

    Outdoor seating · Wheelchair accessible

  27. DrinkPub

    Gibbons Hotel

    52 Taranaki Street, Te Aro

    Mo-We 12:00-23:00; Th 12:00-00:00; Fr-Sa 11:00-03:00; Su 11:00-23:00

  28. DrinkPub

    Graze

    95 Upland Road, Kelburn

    We-Fr 16:00-23:00; Sa-Su 12:00-23:00

  29. DrinkBar

    Hanging Ditch

    14 Leeds St

    Fr-Su 15:00-24:00, Mo-Th 16:30-24:00

  30. DrinkBar

    Hawthorn Lounge

    82 Tory Street

    Tu-Sa 17:00-03:00

  31. DrinkBar

    Ivy Bar

    49 Cuba St

    Tu-Th 19:00-02:00, Fr-Sa 19:00-04:00

  32. DrinkPub

    Khandallah Trading Company

    35 Agra Crescent

    Mo-Su 11:30-22:00

  33. DrinkBar

    Parrotdog Bar

    60/66 Kingsford Smith St

    We 15:00-22:00; Th 11:00-22:00; Fr-Sa 11:00-00:00; Su 11:00-22:00

  34. DrinkBar

    Sprig and Fern

    461 Adelaide Rd

    Wheelchair accessible · Vegetarian options

  35. DrinkPub

    The Featherston

    cnr Featherston & Johnston Street

    Mo-Sa 11:30-23:00; Su 12:00-20:00

  36. DrinkPub

    The Fringe

    26 Allen Street

    Mo-Fr 09:30-04:00; Sa-Su 21:30-04:00

  37. DrinkBrewery

    The Malthouse

    76 Willis Street, Wellington Central

    Mo-Sa 10:30-23:00; Su 11:30-21:00

  38. DrinkPub

    The Puffin

    60 Ghuznee Street, Te Aro

    Mo-We 16:00-24:00+, Th-Su 14:00-24:00+

  39. DrinkBar

    The Rogue & Vagabond

    18 Garrett Street, Te Aro

    Mo-Th 11:00-00:00; Fr-Sa 11:00-02:00; Su 11:00-00:00

  40. DrinkBar

    Welsh Dragon

    10/12 Cambridge Terrace

    Mo,Tu 17:00-18:00+; We-Sa 16:00-18:00+; Su 15:00-18:00+

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