Smash Palace

The Smash Palace is everything you would expect and want in a town that has been ravaged by an earthquake of the magnitude of the one that hit the Garden City in 2011. The food is hearty but uncomplicated, the beer selection is limited but thirst-quenching, and the service is perfectly Kiwi if you don’t get too needy. This is the pub to go to when you want to drink in a place where everyone seems to know your name, and everyone’s glad you came.