Good coffee shop in Wellington city

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mattwnz

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#319776 1-Jun-2025 20:41

Can anyone recommend a good coffee shop in Wellington that is open later afternoons (many seem to close at 3pm) , and is a good place to sit and is relatively quiet? I haven't been to Wellington for years and don't know the current ones now open. TIA

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#3379703 1-Jun-2025 20:53

Are you able to narrow down to a certain part of Wellington you are looking?

mattwnz

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#3379704 1-Jun-2025 21:04

DjShadow:

Are you able to narrow down to a certain part of Wellington you are looking?

Central city such as Lambton Quay but also out as far out as Cuba street and Courtney place

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#3379705 1-Jun-2025 21:12

It's incredible pretty much all cafés shut at 3 PM around the city.

I sometimes go to the Intercontinental Hotel bar. Good coffee there and very quiet.

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#3379706 1-Jun-2025 21:14

Oranga Café - https://maps.app.goo.gl/oGxHiYn9KLa1pPhk8 (closes at 3:30pm).
Aurora Argentinian Bakery - https://maps.app.goo.gl/gkFPVG5EBgsA1rKP6 - also, https://maps.app.goo.gl/9oWDxUz1QJE7QyqZ7
Collective Coffee Shop & Co - https://maps.app.goo.gl/AoDUazxosRZumAh28
Raglan Roast Coffee - https://maps.app.goo.gl/Yn9Vtj8K51tWq8GfA
Kaffee Eis Cuba Street - https://maps.app.goo.gl/JCGJNXdY1XKoov7w6

Those are some I've been to a few times now and have great Coffee. That's generally in the CBD area around where I work but Raglan Roast is pretty good (they have a few locations) if you're just after good Coffee. Aurora is incredible and has amazing food too.

I don't personally like Mojo at all.

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#3379707 1-Jun-2025 21:20

No, not Mojo, thanks.

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#3379731 2-Jun-2025 09:19

If more people showed up at cafes from mid afternoon onwards, more would stay open. It's a bit of a catch 22 but I can understand the desire to close around 3, since many of them are open from 6-7am anyway, and the observable foot traffic from the CBD workforce dries up around 230pm.

A likely option for a quiet space to work at that time is a bar or restaurant/bar. Coffee might be a bridge too far but some will serve it.