Olympic Hotel is a neighbourhood bar on Hollands Crescent in Epuni, Lower Hutt, holding a 4.0 rating on Google. A good local bar is judged less by its sign than by its regulars: if the same faces are at the rail most evenings and the staff know what they drink, that tells you more than any menu. Tap beer is the usual test — lines that are cleaned regularly pour bright and clean, while a stale pint gives away a bar that is coasting. Neighbourhood hotels tend to be working institutions: sport on the screens, counter meals around dinnertime, and a mix of long-time locals alongside newer arrivals. For a quiet drink, midweek beats Friday night, when the room fills. Set among Epuni's streets, the Olympic Hotel is the sort of walk-up local the Hutt does well.