Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
MAP
GOOGLE MAP
(
www.cafecuba.co.nz
;
cnr George & Cuba Sts; brunch $9-26, dinner $26-31; 7am-10pm Sun-Tue, to late Wed-Sat;
)
Need a sugar shot? Proceed to day-turns-to-night Café Cuba - the cakes here are for
professional chocoholics only. Supreme coffees and cafe fare (risottos, salads, curries,
corn fritters) also draw the crowds. The kumara cakes with avocado, sweet chilli and
cream are magic. Live music Friday nights.
Halikarnas
MAP
TURKISH
$$
GOOGLE MAP
( 06-357 5777;
www.halikarnas.co.nz
;
15 Fitzherbert Ave; mains $18-25; noon-2pm Tue-Fri, 5pm-late daily)
Angling for an Ali-Baba-and-the-Forty-Thieves vibe, with magic carpets, brass hookahs
and funky trans-Bosphorus beats, Halikarnas plates up generous Turkish delights, from
lamb shish kebabs to felafels and kick-arse Turkish coffee. Takeaway kebabs next door.
Drinking & Nightlife
Fish
(Regent Arcade; 4-11pm Wed, to 1am Thu, to 3am Fri & Sat)
A progressive, stylish, Pacifically hewn
cocktail bar, the Fish has got its finger firmly on the Palmy pulse. DJs smooth over your
problems on Thursday and Friday nights as a sexy, urbane crew sips Manhattans and
Tamarillo Mules (yes, they kick).
COCKTAIL BAR
Brewer's Apprentice
(
www.brewersapprentice.co.nz
;
334 Church St; 4pm-late Mon-Wed, from 11am Thu-Sun)
What was once a
grungy student pub is now a slick Monteith's-sponsored bar. Business crowds flock for
meals (brunch and lunch $8 to $18, dinner $23 to $29), and drinkers over 25 fill the beer
terrace after dark. Live music Friday nights. You have been warned: 'No untidy shoes.'
PUB
Celtic Inn
(
www.celticinn.co.nz
;
Regent Arcade; 11am-late Mon-Sat, 4pm-11am Sun)
The Celtic expertly offsets
the Fish bar nearby with good old-fashioned pub stuff, labourers, travellers and students
IRISH PUB
