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