The Hop Garden

Hop Garden is a real hidden treasure, they've got a great selection of booze and some really tasty food, really well priced as well. Staff are super friendly and very attentive, I've never had to wait longer than a few seconds to get served, even when it's a particularly busy time of day. It's just a shame I've moved now as I loved coming here regularly.

Excellent service and above average menu. There’s a genuine French attitude to food and wine here, plus an ever changing range of locally sourced craft beers. The place is bigger than you’d expect from the modest entrance, with an upstairs garden bar as well as the spacious ground floor bar/dining area. Dogs are welcome in the bar areas and there are 2 unobtrusive TVs if you want to check out local and international sports events. The pub is closed on Mondays but you’ll be sure of a warm welcome every other day, for lunch and dinner, as well as a thirst quenching glass of ale.

We had a really nice meal at The Hop Garden last night. The menu is more casual compared to our last visit 2-3 yrs ago, with lots of small plates to share such as arancini balls, falafel, calamari, pork belly skewers & fries with a really wide range of dips & toppings. The Hop Garden is a craft beer venue but as I'm not greatly into beer, I had a very good sloe gin with East Imperial Old World Tonic. Nice to see a good gin list & range of mixers. Food was very good; my partner enjoyed his steak with stuffed potato while the others had a succulent-looking stuffed chicken breast. I opted for vegetarian pasta (there's also a vegan option) with Jerusalem artichoke, mushrooms, rocket, spinach & roasted chestnuts. Overall very nice though i will say it was a bit odd having raw mushrooms in a pasta dish where everything else except the rocket was cooked; it would have been tastier with cooked mushrooms. The apple pie & cheesecake were scrumptious! Service was excellent & the wine list was small but interesting. We'll defo go again 😀

Very good food. While not obviously child friendly, ie no children's menu, it was actually a great place to take kids. Staff were more than happy to split meals for our young boys, who demolished them. Comfortable set-up with good atmosphere. Great range of drinks and friendly service. One of the best gastro pubs in the Wellington region.

Food is great, eaten here many times and am always blown away. There is a good selection of small bar plates and the a la carte menu in the restaurant. There is an awesome selection of beer on tap with even more in the fridge. The wine menu also has some brilliant drops. I also love the glass roof, although in summer the roof top bar is the place to be.