Hankey Street Food Market is a neighbourhood supermarket at 25 Hankey Street in Mount Cook, an inner-city Wellington suburb, and it holds a 3.9 rating on Google.
The trick with small supermarkets is knowing what they are for: they shine at top-up shops — milk, bread, fresh vegetables for tonight's dinner — rather than the big weekly run, where large chains usually undercut on price. In walkable inner-city suburbs, where people shop little and often on foot, freshness follows turnover: an early visit or a trip soon after delivery finds the best produce, and dates on slower-moving chilled lines are worth checking. Regulars learn a store's rhythm quickly — which shelves restock most often, when the quiet stretches fall, and which staples are reliably in.
For students and flat-dwellers around Mount Cook, having the basics a short walk up Hankey Street keeps the daily shop simple.