Tawa RSA is a Returned and Services' Association club bar at 89 Oxford Street in Linden, Wellington, rated 4.1 by Google reviewers.
RSAs grew from support networks for returned servicemen and women, and their bars remain a distinctive thread of suburban New Zealand. Expect an unfussy lounge and public bar rather than craft taps: the draw is honest pricing, familiar faces and a calendar built around raffles, quiz nights and Anzac Day. Many welcome visitors with a quick sign-in, though club hours run shorter than a city pub's, so arrive early if you want a meal. Regulars know the ritual is the point: the same seat, a well-priced jug, the sport on the telly.
On Oxford Street in Linden, Tawa RSA gives its corner of Wellington an unpretentious place to drink and catch up close to home.