Chapman Taylors Bar and Café is an English pub in Thorndon, Wellington, established in 2023 inside a Chapman Taylors building known as Homecraft, restored for its new life as a pub. The venue serves breakfast, lunch and dinner alongside a range of craft tap beers, spirits and wines.
The building offers a mix of spaces to suit different occasions: an upstairs sunny balcony, a cosy area by an outdoor fire, room to watch a game with friends, spaces for hosting events, and quieter areas for a low-key meal. On weekends, the pub serves a separate brunch menu, and Sundays bring a dedicated Sunday roast.
Specific dishes are presented on Chapman Taylors' website as downloadable PDF menus covering Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Snacks, Brunch/Weekend, Platter and Walk & Fork categories, rather than as text on the page — so for the current dish lineup, checking those menus directly is the most accurate way to see what's on offer.
Chapman Taylors Bar and Café opened in 2023 inside a building known as Homecraft, a Chapman Taylors build that has been restored and reimagined as an English pub. That heritage gives the venue a sense of history that a newly built pub couldn't replicate — the bones of the old building now house a space serving breakfast, lunch and dinner alongside a solid line-up of craft tap beers, spirits and wines.
Sitting in Thorndon on Molesworth Street, Chapman Taylors positions itself as a pub with room for whatever kind of visit you're after. There's an upstairs sunny balcony for those wanting a bit of light and air, a cosy spot by an outdoor fire for a more intimate meal, open space to settle in and watch a game with friends, dedicated areas for hosting events, and quieter corners for a low-key meal. As the pub itself puts it, "there is space for everyone."
While the pub runs a standard breakfast, lunch and dinner service through the week, weekends bring something different. Saturdays and Sundays see a separate brunch menu, distinct from the weekday breakfast offering, and Sundays specifically bring a dedicated Sunday roast — a classic English pub tradition that fits neatly with the venue's overall concept.
Chapman Taylors organises its food across several menu categories: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Snacks, a Brunch/Weekend Menu, a Platter menu for sharing, and a "Walk & Fork" menu. Rather than listing individual dishes on the website itself, these are presented as separate downloadable menus, so the most accurate and current view of what's being served — including any dish substitutions or seasonal changes — comes from checking those menu documents directly before a visit.
Alongside food, Chapman Taylors runs a bar programme built around craft tap beers, spirits and wines, giving the pub a proper drinks list to match its English pub identity rather than treating drinks as an afterthought to the kitchen.
The venue also caters to functions and events, with dedicated space set aside for hosting — useful for anyone looking to book the pub, or a section of it, for a private gathering, celebration or work function beyond a standard table booking.
Chapman Taylors Bar and Café is located at 113 Molesworth Street, Thorndon, Wellington 6011. Opening hours vary across the week: Monday to Wednesday from 7:30am to 8:30pm, Thursday and Friday from 7:30am to 9:30pm, Saturday from 11am until late, and Sunday from 11am to 8:30pm. That spread of hours — earlier weekday starts for breakfast, later weekend starts to match the brunch and roast service — reflects how the pub's offering shifts across the week.
Bookings and enquiries can be made by phone at (04) 555-CHAP (2427) or by email at [email protected], both listed directly on the pub's contact page alongside its daily specials and offers page for anyone keeping an eye on current deals.