Guidebook for Lower Hutt
Food Scene
Great food, reasonable price, within walking quick walking distance, recommend booking as gets really busy.
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Mr Ji's Kitchen
88 Jackson StGreat food, reasonable price, within walking quick walking distance, recommend booking as gets really busy.
Yum food, lunch specials, always space available, within quick walking distance from house
Tulsi Petone
304 Jackson StYum food, lunch specials, always space available, within quick walking distance from house
Go Bang Espresso
182 Jackson StGreat Coffee, retro feel fit
Kilim
87 Jackson StFantastic Turkish Food
...Restaurant meals too. Great vibe and good location. Stop by for a great coffee and yummy cake after walking the beach
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Seashore Cabaret
160 The Esplanade...Restaurant meals too. Great vibe and good location. Stop by for a great coffee and yummy cake after walking the beach
Ripe Coffee - Mo Town Cafe
Another great little cafe with yum Ripe Coffee
Caffiend
233-235 Jackson StNice place to go for Sunday Brunch and within easy walking distance from house
Lovely Breads! ...pastries, pies and sandwiches... easy walking distance from house
Brezelmania - German Bakery
378 Jackson StLovely Breads! ...pastries, pies and sandwiches... easy walking distance from house
... and lovely desserts. Buy Organic Ice Cream, Milk, Yoghurts and cheeses to die for... something a bit different... try the ricotta, or mint feta. The Smoked Yoghurt is delish. Great coffee or have an ice cream!
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Zany Zeus Ltd
149 Randwick Rd... and lovely desserts. Buy Organic Ice Cream, Milk, Yoghurts and cheeses to die for... something a bit different... try the ricotta, or mint feta. The Smoked Yoghurt is delish. Great coffee or have an ice cream!
... plus cake, coffee and gelato.... for a genuine Italian atmosphere and food, this is the best place in the whole region!
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La Bella Italia
10 Nevis St... plus cake, coffee and gelato.... for a genuine Italian atmosphere and food, this is the best place in the whole region!
"100% Vegetarian" ... also has great selection of delicious Indian sweets...plus its just around the corner! Open 10am to 10pm 7 days a week
Bikaner
313 Jackson St"100% Vegetarian" ... also has great selection of delicious Indian sweets...plus its just around the corner! Open 10am to 10pm 7 days a week
Drinks & Nightlife
... they brew their own beer. Yummy curly fries and other menu options. You can take the kids. Tues night Pub Quiz night and DJ Sundays
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Sprig & Fern Tavern
146 Jackson St ... they brew their own beer. Yummy curly fries and other menu options. You can take the kids. Tues night Pub Quiz night and DJ Sundays
...and restaurant... good grub washed down with a nice beer
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The Speight's Ale House, Petone
81 Jackson St...and restaurant... good grub washed down with a nice beer
Queen of Jackson
181 Jackson St...another nice 'watering hole'
Baylands Brewery
22 Victoria StGreat local brewery craft beers... go for a tasting session!
.. a fun day trip, Martinborough is famous for its wine and olive oil production, spend the day wine tasting and book a lunch at one of the Vineyards
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Martinborough
.. a fun day trip, Martinborough is famous for its wine and olive oil production, spend the day wine tasting and book a lunch at one of the Vineyards
Parks & Nature
Great swimming, jump off the wharf like a local, cross road to to Williams Park and have your picnic or go to Days Bay Pavilion for a meal... and grab a big ice cream!
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Days Bay
Great swimming, jump off the wharf like a local, cross road to to Williams Park and have your picnic or go to Days Bay Pavilion for a meal... and grab a big ice cream!
Butterfly Creek
31 Kowhai StreetGreat little day walk
... its just a lovely quiet bushy corner, and there are glow worm caves! Take a picnic blanket, great for kids
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Percy Scenic Reserve
5 Dowse Dr... its just a lovely quiet bushy corner, and there are glow worm caves! Take a picnic blanket, great for kids
Great day walking, fantastic views of the Hutt Valley out to harbour and Wellington city... its local! Smaller children might need a piggyback if they get tired...
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Belmont Regional Park
Great day walking, fantastic views of the Hutt Valley out to harbour and Wellington city... its local! Smaller children might need a piggyback if they get tired...
its a wild windy beach... its great for a long walk to blow the cobwebs off and de-stress from a busy week... there's even a cafe out there
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Makara Beach
its a wild windy beach... its great for a long walk to blow the cobwebs off and de-stress from a busy week... there's even a cafe out there
its a lovely day trip to a great swimming beach and to Queen Elizabeth II Park... which has great cycling trails.. take a picnic and hang out at the beach all day or go to the local cafe to grab a bite
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Paekakariki
its a lovely day trip to a great swimming beach and to Queen Elizabeth II Park... which has great cycling trails.. take a picnic and hang out at the beach all day or go to the local cafe to grab a bite
its worth the drive! Theres a cafe out there so you won't go hungry or thirsty!
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Lake Ferry
its worth the drive! Theres a cafe out there so you won't go hungry or thirsty!
... check out 3.5hr bush and lime stone chasm walk... beautiful" on private owned Farm. $10 for child and $25 for adult. Take a look online
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Patuna Farm Adventures
236 Haurangi Rd... check out 3.5hr bush and lime stone chasm walk... beautiful" on private owned Farm. $10 for child and $25 for adult. Take a look online
The Pinnacles are a geological formation and one of New Zealand's best examples of badlands erosion. They consist of a large number of earth pillars or hoodoos. 2-4hr track... a great day out
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Putangirua Pinnacles
The Pinnacles are a geological formation and one of New Zealand's best examples of badlands erosion. They consist of a large number of earth pillars or hoodoos. 2-4hr track... a great day out
Sightseeing
Walk along the beachfront... or take your fish'n'chips and park up to a great view for a fine dining experience... don't feed the gulls or you'll be surrounded
The Esplanade
The EsplanadeWalk along the beachfront... or take your fish'n'chips and park up to a great view for a fine dining experience... don't feed the gulls or you'll be surrounded
Petone Wharf
... jump off the wharf like a local!
...go to the lookout for a 360 degree view of Wellington City, Harbour and out to Hutt Valley with the Tararua Range as a backdrop
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Mount Victoria
...go to the lookout for a 360 degree view of Wellington City, Harbour and out to Hutt Valley with the Tararua Range as a backdrop
Cuba Street Wellington... its a funky part of town with a bustling scene of shops, restaurants, cafes etc. Catch the 'Cuba Dupa' Festival if you're here in February. Sit by the iconic 'Bucket Fountain' and enjoy local buskers doing their thing... check out 'Iko Iko' and grab a coffee at 'Midnight Expresso'
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Cuba Mall
Cuba Street Wellington... its a funky part of town with a bustling scene of shops, restaurants, cafes etc. Catch the 'Cuba Dupa' Festival if you're here in February. Sit by the iconic 'Bucket Fountain' and enjoy local buskers doing their thing... check out 'Iko Iko' and grab a coffee at 'Midnight Expresso'
Arts & Culture
Changing Exhibitions and permanent Maori Art installations, 'Late Lounge' Live music first Thursday evg of month... it also has a great little cafe.. The Dowse 'Square' often holds events on weekends... performance arts and music... check on google!
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The Dowse Art Museum and Dowse Square
45 Laings RdChanging Exhibitions and permanent Maori Art installations, 'Late Lounge' Live music first Thursday evg of month... it also has a great little cafe.. The Dowse 'Square' often holds events on weekends... performance arts and music... check on google!
Its our National Museum... full of amazing exhibitions - short term and permanent. It has a lovely Cafe downstairs and Coffee Lounge upstairs. It has a whole floor dedicated to Maori Taonga and a Marae on the top floor where there are often live performances to attend. Storyplace for the kids and Sound Theatre for grown ups where you can attend theatre and films.
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Museum of New Zealand - Te Papa Store
55 Cable StIts our National Museum... full of amazing exhibitions - short term and permanent. It has a lovely Cafe downstairs and Coffee Lounge upstairs. It has a whole floor dedicated to Maori Taonga and a Marae on the top floor where there are often live performances to attend. Storyplace for the kids and Sound Theatre for grown ups where you can attend theatre and films.
.. it has amazing exhibitions!
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Galería de la Ciudad de Wellington
.. it has amazing exhibitions!
Our local Museum in an iconic building... great little building on the Esplanade which holds within the history of Petone!
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Petone Settlers Museum
160 The EsplanadeOur local Museum in an iconic building... great little building on the Esplanade which holds within the history of Petone!
Essentials
Great fresh vege and meat range... good prices and always has lots of specials
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PAK'nSAVE Petone
124 Jackson StGreat fresh vege and meat range... good prices and always has lots of specials
Another great store and has its own in store pharmacy ... right next door are some great little places for lunch...
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Countdown
45 Jackson StAnother great store and has its own in store pharmacy ... right next door are some great little places for lunch...
Urgent Pharmacy and Doctors open til 11pm every week night and on weekends
Lower Hutt Urgent Pharmacy
729 High StUrgent Pharmacy and Doctors open til 11pm every week night and on weekends
Hutt Hospital
638 High StPetone Self Service Laundromat
134 Sydney StOpen - 6am-10pm 7 days a week.
Jackson Street Drycleaning & Laundromat
134 Jackson StNearest Drycleaning service. Takes laundry drop offs.
Shopping
... more like the best Delicatessen in the region! ... they offer you a free coffee while you're shopping! Careful you could spend a lot here!!
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OnTrays Scheckter's Deli
38 Fitzherbert St... more like the best Delicatessen in the region! ... they offer you a free coffee while you're shopping! Careful you could spend a lot here!!
Davis
20 Te Puni Stspecialists in Asian cuisine ingredients
our local souvenir shop but it holds much more...local artisans sell their art and craft here... it has some interesting stuff and you can usually find some lovely NZ crafted gifts
NZique
154-164 Jackson Stour local souvenir shop but it holds much more...local artisans sell their art and craft here... it has some interesting stuff and you can usually find some lovely NZ crafted gifts
The Warehouse Petone
Annie Huggan Grove... where everyone gets a bargain!
Briscoes
145 Tirangi Rdgreat range of household essentials
its another store with a huge range of items to buy from household stuff through to clothing
Kmart Petone
35 Hutt Rdits another store with a huge range of items to buy from household stuff through to clothing