The 10 Best Cafés In Wellington, New Zealand

The Flight Coffee Hanger

Offering some of the best coffee in Wellington thanks to the fresh, in house roasted beans, The Flight Hanger is a gem among Wellington’s cafés and restaurants. Positioned in the centre of the city, this is a great place to grab a cup of coffee and have breakfast. The décor is rustic and reflects the traditional roasting techniques used to make the brilliant coffee. Whether you’re looking for something light or something heavier to set you up for the rest of the day, you’ll find it at The Flight Coffee Hanger.

The Flight Coffee Hangar (Cafe and Bar), 171 – 177 Willis Street, Wellington, New Zealand, +64 4-830 0909

Peoples Coffee Cafe is located south of Wellington’s CBD and offers excellently brewed coffee using fresh beans that are roasted daily. This suburban café is passionate about ethically sourced coffee beans to make brilliant coffee. The aesthetic of this café is industrial and simple, creating an ambiance and setting where you can focus fully on the coffee, which is what’s most important in the end. At Peoples Coffee Café you have the choice of multiple different brewing methods, meaning that they’re sure to be able to make the coffee just how you like it.

Located in the centre of Wellington, not hidden from the hustle and bustle of this capital city, Pravda Café provides excellent Italian coffee in an elegant environment. You will be able to find this café in the Lambton shopping precinct, in a building with crystal chandeliers hanging from high ceilings and marble table tops. This modern bistro offers classic European dishes along with local Immigrant’s Son Coffee coffee beans, which are roasted locally in Wellington.

The décor at Customs Brew Bar is casual and clean cut, and makes use of muted colours and light wooden motifs to create a relaxed atmosphere for an espresso bar. Using locally roasted beans, from a roastery named Coffee Supreme that provides fresh and ethically sourced coffee throughout New Zealand and Australia, this café creates balanced and delicious cups of coffee. Customs Brew Bar also offers a selection of sandwiches to enjoy for brunch with your delicious coffee.

Fidel’s Café provides classic home style cooking using ethically sourced ingredients from local artisan producers. Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, you can find exactly what you need in this Cuban café that embraces the true bohemian experience that is found on Cuba Street. Enjoy your Carribbean brunch, available daily until 4pm, with an authentic Cuban espresso, or maybe one of the meals, that’s taste is inspired by the Caribbean country’s cuisine.

The main focus of Lamason Brew Bar is the bar that extends the length of the café where you can watch the coffee brew before your eyes in a siphon bulb, an alternative brewing technique that is the speciality of this café. With coffee beans acquired from fair trade and organic producers from around the world, the coffee is treated in a manner that brings out all of its incredible flavours, as well as offering traditional espresso-based drinks.