Guidebook for Wellington

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Guidebook for Wellington

Food Scene

Best coffee in the neighbourhood. Fun spot to people watch.
23 locals recommend
Peoples Constable Street
12 Constable St
23 locals recommend
Best coffee in the neighbourhood. Fun spot to people watch.
Popular with locals - fruit, veges, and food trucks.
2 Mein St
2 Mein Street
Popular with locals - fruit, veges, and food trucks.
Delicious authentic Italian fare made with quality ingredients. Friendly staff and warm atmosphere. Owners have a posh restaurant in the city, this is the same greatness just better value!
20 locals recommend
Cicio Cacio Osteria
167 Riddiford St
20 locals recommend
Delicious authentic Italian fare made with quality ingredients. Friendly staff and warm atmosphere. Owners have a posh restaurant in the city, this is the same greatness just better value!
Delicious authentic wood fired pizza place, with weeknight specials - 2for1 pizzas on Monday. The shop has a huge selection on deli style food imported from Europe. Try the epic tiramisu gelato!
22 locals recommend
Mediterranean Foods Trattoria and Deli
42 Constable St
22 locals recommend
Delicious authentic wood fired pizza place, with weeknight specials - 2for1 pizzas on Monday. The shop has a huge selection on deli style food imported from Europe. Try the epic tiramisu gelato!
Great coffee, grunge art exhibitions, arcade games, skate magazines.
Black Coffee
133 Riddiford St
Great coffee, grunge art exhibitions, arcade games, skate magazines.
Delicious takeaway burger place.
176 Adelaide Rd
176 Adelaide Road
Delicious takeaway burger place.
Epic modern asian hawker food, great dishes for sharing. Always a good selection of local and NZ craft beer and banging cocktails. A colourful neon lights canteen kinda joint. Try the pork belly bao (or tofu bao if you are vegetarian). Yum!
28 locals recommend
Mr Go's
3 Taranaki St
28 locals recommend
Epic modern asian hawker food, great dishes for sharing. Always a good selection of local and NZ craft beer and banging cocktails. A colourful neon lights canteen kinda joint. Try the pork belly bao (or tofu bao if you are vegetarian). Yum!
If you like food, this place is like a haven. Fresh food, and homewares. A Wellington culinary icon. Grab some items for a waterfront picnic.
102 locals recommend
Moore Wilson's
College Street
102 locals recommend
If you like food, this place is like a haven. Fresh food, and homewares. A Wellington culinary icon. Grab some items for a waterfront picnic.

Drinks & Nightlife

A friendly pub with Brazilian roots. Great burgers and selection of local craft beers.
19 locals recommend
Bebemos
88 Riddiford St
19 locals recommend
A friendly pub with Brazilian roots. Great burgers and selection of local craft beers.
Small venue with live music and great selection of beer. Great to hang out and people watch Newtown. Check their Facebook page for music lineup.
14 locals recommend
Moon Pizza Music and Beer Bar
167 Riddiford St
14 locals recommend
Small venue with live music and great selection of beer. Great to hang out and people watch Newtown. Check their Facebook page for music lineup.
We have been going to this place since it opened. It's kind of like your cool friend who hosts parties in their garage - but with delicious bar food & a better drinks list. Bonus - you can draw on the tables!
12 locals recommend
Monterey
4 Rintoul St
12 locals recommend
We have been going to this place since it opened. It's kind of like your cool friend who hosts parties in their garage - but with delicious bar food & a better drinks list. Bonus - you can draw on the tables!

Essentials

Convenient and well equipped.
40 Coromandel St
40 Coromandel Street
Convenient and well equipped.
Large grocery store with everything you need.
45 locals recommend
Countdown Newtown
3 John St
45 locals recommend
Large grocery store with everything you need.

Everything Else

Riddiford Street at Hall Street station
Catch a bus into the city
Delicious fresh ramen noodle house. Great for a quick healthy alternative for takeaways.
24 locals recommend
The Ramen Shop - Newtown
191 Riddiford St
24 locals recommend
Delicious fresh ramen noodle house. Great for a quick healthy alternative for takeaways.
Newtown NZ Post & Kiwibank
Handy for admin.

Shopping

If you like bikes, grab a great coffee here.
Bicycle Junction
1 Marion St
If you like bikes, grab a great coffee here.

Sightseeing

Take a walk up here from the top of our street following the town belt. Best views in the city from north all the way to the south island.
178 locals recommend
Mount Victoria Lookout
Lookout Road
178 locals recommend
Take a walk up here from the top of our street following the town belt. Best views in the city from north all the way to the south island.
A great spot to feel like a local at the weekend. 5 min drive or catch the number 3 bus. Have breakfast at iconic Maranui Cafe or Spruce Goose Cafe and walk the flat beach. Don't let strong wind put you off, it just makes for better conditions to watch the kitesurfing and the airplane landings at the runway!
34 locals recommend
Lyall Bay
34 locals recommend
A great spot to feel like a local at the weekend. 5 min drive or catch the number 3 bus. Have breakfast at iconic Maranui Cafe or Spruce Goose Cafe and walk the flat beach. Don't let strong wind put you off, it just makes for better conditions to watch the kitesurfing and the airplane landings at the runway!

Parks & Nature

Closest harbour beach to our house. A safe popular spot for swimming.
Evans Bay Parade
Evans Bay Parade
Closest harbour beach to our house. A safe popular spot for swimming.
We walk here frequently at the weekend. Great when sunny but also great when the northerly is blowing as it is quite sheltered. (Steer clear in a southerly). An 1-2 hour walk to the beginning of the seal colony in the right season. Great views out to Cook Strait and the South Island.
48 locals recommend
Red Rocks Walkway
48 locals recommend
We walk here frequently at the weekend. Great when sunny but also great when the northerly is blowing as it is quite sheltered. (Steer clear in a southerly). An 1-2 hour walk to the beginning of the seal colony in the right season. Great views out to Cook Strait and the South Island.
Lovely sheltered beach for swimming. Sheltered from most wind. Good cafe for food, coffee, and celebrity spotting when there are large films in production in Wellington.
24 locals recommend
Scorching Bay Beach
24 locals recommend
Lovely sheltered beach for swimming. Sheltered from most wind. Good cafe for food, coffee, and celebrity spotting when there are large films in production in Wellington.
Good for swimming when there are northerly winds. A nice little sheltered spot that gets late afternoon sun. Good for an afternoon picnic.
17 locals recommend
Princess Bay
17 locals recommend
Good for swimming when there are northerly winds. A nice little sheltered spot that gets late afternoon sun. Good for an afternoon picnic.
Great clean city beach with white sand. Super popular in the summer time. Safe for swimming. Iconic Wellington spot.
93 locals recommend
Oriental Bay
93 locals recommend
Great clean city beach with white sand. Super popular in the summer time. Safe for swimming. Iconic Wellington spot.