The Teal Lounge is a bar at 40 Drews Avenue in Whanganui Central, holding a perfect 5.0 Google rating from 23 reviewers. The address is a stone's throw from the Whanganui River, in the compact heart of the city's old town. A good lounge bar is measured by its slow nights as much as its busy ones: low light, seats you can settle into, and staff who would rather pour the right drink than the quick one. In a city Whanganui's size, the bars that last trade on familiarity: short, confident menus, conversation over flash, and a face behind the bar that remembers you by the second visit. If you are choosing, go early in the evening when there is time to ask what is good, and trust the place that asks what you like rather than pointing you at a list. With a full 5.0 behind it, The Teal Lounge reads like the sort of bar Whanganui locals have already made a habit — find it on Drews Avenue, in the middle of town.