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Backbencher
Opposite the Beehive is the Backbencher, where 3-D puppet heads of NZ pollies are mounted, trophy-room style, and there are clever satirical cartoons on the walls. Atmosphere is casual, fun and friendly.
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Basement
Basement is at Base Backpackers, with a happy hour from to that includes around NZ$4 pints and around NZ$3 house spirits (happy indeed). There's free pool Monday night, plus regular live bands, DJs, quiz nights, and competitions to keep everyone in high spirits.
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Brewery Bar & Restaurant
Occupying prime water frontage in a renovated warehouse near Te Papa, the Wellington Brewing Company takes beer seriously; those brewed on-site include Sassy Red, Sultry Dark or Wicked Blonde. Enjoy the outdoor seating or leather booths, diverse clientele and moreish bar food.
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Dockside
An upmarket, nautically themed restaurant-bar, popular for after-work tie-loosening later in the week (it's nicknamed the 'dry cleaners' on a Friday night, as it's where you come to pick up a suit). Great indoor-outdoor venue with water frontage and quality seafood.
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Leuven
The menu at this 'beer café' is an ode to hearty Belgian cuisine: mussels come 10 different ways, the frites (fries) are cooked to perfection, and all the brewing big guns are present (including Hoegaarden, Leffe, Stella and Chimay), but there's a handy list of NZ wines by the glass too.
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Matterhorn
In an architecturally designed space with low lighting and polished concrete floors, Matterhorn is way cool. Three bars dispense drinks to 20-somethings (try the Backyard Bellini, which does wicked things with feijoa-flavoured vodka) and the leather-bound menu reveals an array of taste sensations (lunch and seriously good dinner options, plus bar snacks). DJs at weekends spin ambient funk, and there's occasional live music.
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Ponderosa
Ponderosa is a fun, intimate, Wild West-themed cocktail bar (trust us, it's better than it sounds) with tree-stump tables, cowhide cushions and mounted animal heads. Ride 'em cowboy.
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Red Square
Opulent cocktail bar with seductive leather booths, red velvet drapes and lashings of chandeliers. Sample NZ vodkas in cocktails such as the delectable 'Kiwi pash' (kiwifruit vodka plus passionfruit pulp, lime and apple juice).
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Studio Nine
A cool dance club hosting international DJs and with a fab lounge area. This is the place to head for all-night doof - make sure you bring plenty of stamina.
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Tasting Room
In the thick of the action, this Monteith's-sponsored gastropub features clubby décor and leather banquettes (think city-slicker hunting lodge), but it's the antler 'chandelier' that most impressed us. If you're brave, wild game is a feature on the menu.
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