Cuba St Tavern is a restaurant at 172 Cuba Street in Wellington, with a strong 4.7 rating on Google.
A tavern sits in useful middle ground between the corner pub and a proper restaurant: you can arrive without a plan, settle in for a real meal, and stay for another round without anyone rushing you. The good ones keep the menu short and the staples steady, so the dish you liked in winter is still there come spring. Hearty, unfussy cooking that stands up to a Wellington evening is the tavern's whole trick. On a stretch as crowded with places to eat as Cuba Street, the truest sign of a good room is who is already in it on a weeknight — regulars on their usual stools say more than any signboard.
At number 172, a 4.7 Google rating suggests Cuba St Tavern has already passed that test.