Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
www.eventfinder.co.nz
; look out for others as you walk the streets, or investigate venue
websites and Facebook pages.
Goldings Free Dive
CRAFT BEER
(
www.goldingsfreedive.co.nz
;
14 Leeds St; noon-11pm; )
Hidden down an up-swinging
back alley near Cuba St, gloriously garish Goldings is a bijoux craft-beer bar with far too
many merits to mention, although we'll single out ex-casino swivel chairs, a nice wine
list, a ravishing Reuben sandwich plus pizza from Pomodoro, next door. Plastic fantastic
gewgaws add colourful buckets of battiness.
Hashigo Zake
CRAFT BEER
(
www.hashigozake.co.nz
;
25 Taranaki St; noon-midnight; )
This brick-walled bunker bar
serves as the headquarters of a zealous importation business splicing a stimulating mix of
big-flavoured international brewstars into a smartly selected NZ range. Ogling the oft-
changing taps and brimming fridges is a wide range of hopheads, happy to stand elbow
to elbow around the bar or squeeze into the acoustically sweet side-lounge on nano-gig
nights (every Saturday at 10pm).
Malthouse
CRAFT BEER
(
www.themalthouse.co.nz
; 48 Courtenay Pl; 3pm-late Mon & Tue, noon-1am Wed-Sun)
At last
count there were nearly 200 reasons to drink at this, the capital's original craft-beer bar -
still boasting a high beer-geek quotient, and now housed in a low-key concrete box with
leaners, comfy corner lounge, and popular alfresco area where you can watch the world
go by. Check the blackboard for new brews, or ask savvy staff to serve something to suit
your mood.
Little Beer Quarter
CRAFT BEER
(
www.littlebeerquarter.co.nz
;
6 Edward St; 4pm-late Mon, noon-late Tue-Sat)
Tucked away in a
back lane, lovely LBQ is a lively bar handled with a lady's touch. It's warm, inviting, and
soft in all the right places, but still packs a hop-headed punch with its well-curated taps
and bottled selection. Good cocktails, wines and whiskies, too, plus tasty bar food along
the lines of pizza and pork scratchings. Bargain specials Monday to Thursday.
