So, we’re still party­ing at Mighty Mighty right now. Tom’s prob­ably on his sev­enty-fifth mar­tini, Martha is telling us all how much she loves us, and Jo is prob­ably try­ing to cause a boob­quake all by her­self, but we figured we’d come back from the future to tell you all who the win­ners on the night were!

Con­grat­u­la­tions to every­one who was nom­in­ated, nice work to all 1,547 people who voted (includ­ing the one who voted four times for just one category—yes, we saw you!) and here you are, the very best things in Wel­ling­ton:


  1. Best Café: Sweet Mother­’s Kit­chen
    • Hon­our­able men­tion: Maranui Cafe
  2. Best BYO: Roxy Cafe
  3. Best Res­taur­ant: Floriditas
  4. Best Drink in Town: Pea­nut but­ter milk­shake at Sweet Mother­’s Kit­chen
  5. Best Late Night Exper­i­ence: Mighty Mighty
  6. Best Ser­vice: Monterey
    • Hon­our­able men­tion: Hashigo Zake
  7. Best Cof­fee: Peoples Cof­fee, New­town
    • Hon­our­able men­tion: Mem­ph­is Belle
  8. Best Reg­u­lar Enter­tain­ment: ASB Gar­dens Magic
  9. Best Live Per­form­ance: Shi­had per­form­ing Kill­joy at SFBH
    • Hon­our­able men­tion: The Thomas Oliv­er Band at SFBH
  10. Best Event: 2010 Inter­na­tion­al Film Fest­iv­al
  11. Best Out­doors Exper­i­ence: Walk­ing along the water­front
  12. Best Sub­urb­an Des­tin­a­tion: Chocol­ate Fish
    • Hon­our­able men­tion: Monterey
  13. Best Art Exper­i­ence: Bri­an Brake: Lens on the World at Te Papa
  14. Best Shop­ping Exper­i­ence: Moore Wilsons Fresh
  15. Most Needed: More rooftop bars
  16. Most Missed: Cuba Street Car­ni­val
  17. Best Con­tri­bu­tion to the Inter­net by a Wel­ling­to­ni­an: Weird Wel­ling­ton
  18. Best Thing About Wel­ling­ton: The Water­front
    • Hon­our­able men­tion: Our new May­or