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Bailies Irish Bar
Convivial pub at Warners hotel with lovely large beer garden, pool tables, big-screen TVs, cheap food (particularly at lunchtime), a trivia night on Tuesday and live music later in the week.
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Belgian Beer Café
Are Belgian beer cafés the new Irish pub? They seem to be springing up everywhere, with the cosy wood-heavy interiors, pots of mussels and fabulous array of beers. This is a fine example of the genre, with a suitably old-world exterior and a good-looking beer menu you'd be happy to work through.
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Dux de Lux
You could easily settle in for a long, sunny afternoon drinking session at this Christchurch institution, sampling its home-brews. And you could feel somewhat virtuous too, as all the meals are 'vegaquarian' (ie vegetarian and seafood). There's often live music; if you want to get away from the rabble, there's a lounge bar upstairs.
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Foam Bar
Sophisticated little back-alley bar, worth seeking out for its chilled-out crowd, art-bedecked walls and DJ-spun tunes. There's also the occasional live band, usually on Thursday night.
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Holy Grail
Set in a converted Art Deco theatre, the Holy Grail is a multilevel complex that includes a 10m screen with its own set of padded bleachers, pool tables, balcony bars and a minimalist dance floor. Caters mainly to sport-lovers but there are also DJs most nights.
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Indochine
If you can't get a dinner reservation at this city hot spot , drop in for one of the enticing cocktails. The signature drink, 'Kingofsnake', is vodka based, with fresh ginger, palm sugar, chilli, lemon and honey - full of bite.
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Jolly Poacher
Jolly Poacher keeps dangerously long hours and so what starts off as a casual lunch could become a gruelling liquid marathon. There may be some consolation in knowing that beer-sopping food is always available.
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Le Plonk
Le Plonk is a cutely named wine bar, offering a grand selection of NZ tipples, lush leather lounges to sink into and regular live jazz. Very smooth.
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Loaded Hog
Popular place with brewery equipment strewn along the walls (in testimony to its naturally brewed beers) and a fondness for major sports events, DJs, cover bands and, rather strangely, salsa nights (every Thursday).
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Minx
Newly opened in 2005, this sleek minimalist restaurant continues to win praise from industry types, while the basement Rootes bar makes the most of its underground outlook. Prop on a neonlit cube, sip a cocktail and admire the commissioned graffiti in the car park.
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Twisted Hop
In a revitalised part of town, two Englishmen have set up a 'real ale brewpub', where the beer is brewed in the traditional English manner. There are home-brews, including the wonderfully named Twisted Ankle, plus a huge range of microbrewed beers from NZ and abroad. Good food too, including a kids menu. Brewery tours and tastings available.
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