Wellington is home to a range of good coffee roasteries. Local roasters include Cafe Laffare (recently sold for $25 million to an overseas company), Coffee Supreme, Havana, Mojo, and People's Coffee. Below is a small range from the extensive list of the Wellington cafe scene:
Aro Cafe - On Aro Street, offering a range of vegan and gluten-free food.
Beach Babylon, 232 Oriental Parade, Oriental Bay (Across from Oriental Bay), ☎ 801 7717, . early till late. A retro, beach paradise inspired cafe and restaurant with Wellington's best outdoor dining area. Beach Babylon serves good, retro New Zealand cuisine and great prices.$10-30. �
Butlers Chocolate Café - Willis Street - chocolates, coffee and decadent hot chocolate. If your a chocolate lover, you can't miss this!
Cafe Neo - 132 Willis St - a trendy cafe offering a delicious variety of cuisine and very good tea.
Caffe L’affare - with its own roastery that supplies New Zealand coffee to cafes and supermarkets across the country. Popular cafe.
Clarks Cafe - located in the Wellington Central Library, Clarks is one of the few places where you still put your own food on the tray - and then wait for your coffee at the counter.
Deluxe - nestled beside the Embassy Theatre, Deluxe is the ideal pre-movie meeting place, portions are well-sized and the food is tasty.
Ernesto - This is a Cuban-themed cafe in mid-Cuba Street allied with Fidels. Good place to watch the world go by.
Espressoholic - centrally located but tends to have a lot of drunk people in the late evenings.
Fidel's cafe - an popular destination, it is claimed to be one of Wellington's best-known cafes. Has a selection of vegetarian and vegan food.
Floriditas – in Cuba St on Marion Square, good cooking using fresh, locally grown and organic food that’s popular among foodies
Front page cafe - 40 Boulcott St off of Willis St. Caters for both the public and Wellington's local newspaper staff (The Dominion Post).
Gasoline- between Woodward Street and The Terrace in Wellington's business district, Gasoline caters to a largely corporate clientele.
Kelburn Cafe - Located on Upland road amongst the Kelburn shops.
Maranui- in the surf life-saving club buildings at Lyall Bay (near the airport). Relax in front of a panorama of the beach and the Cook Strait.
Midnight Espresso - Selection of mostly vegetarian counter food.
Ministry of Food - just up the road from parliament, what else can you call the place where the civil servants go to eat.
Nikau at the Art Gallery (Civic Square) - good food, but at relatively high prices.
Olive Cafe - a long-established cafe on Cuba Street. Has a selection of vegetarian and vegan food
Plum - located on Cuba Street and recently given a refit. Great coffee and food selection.
Simply Paris – new to Wellington has a range of tasty sweets and pastries.
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