Bay 66 Bar & Gaming Room is a neighbourhood bar on Bay Road in Kilbirnie, Wellington, holding a solid 4.2 rating on Google. A good local bar earns its keep through consistency: a decent pour, sport on the screens, and staff who greet regulars by name. Where a venue runs a gaming room, expect that to be a separate, closely supervised space — gaming machines in New Zealand are independently audited and staff are trained in host responsibility, so it pays to set yourself a limit before you sit down. The easiest way to judge any suburban bar is to drop in at an off-peak hour and see how the place is run when there's time to talk. For Kilbirnie locals, having a spot like that a short walk from home on Bay Road is exactly what a neighbourhood bar is for.