Organization:
The Cross
Live music and garden bar
The Cross is an institution. Seriously, this is a bar that defines what bars should do. It is not a club, it is not a lounge bar, it is not a pub, it is not a café (though it does do that on the side reasonably well). It is The Cross.
The Abel Smith St boozer has been around for eons; I remember drinking half-price cocktails there as a 19-year-old (about one eon ago). Most people have had a beer there, and have a story to tell about the Southern Cross.
It has been jazzed up in recent years, moving on from the smoky, pokie workingman’s hangout it once was, and has been decorated. Fortunately, this does not detract from it delivering as a
Wellington hospitality icon.
The entertainment is varied and extensive, and it pays to check out the website, because management tries to cater for everyone.
Source: Nick Churchouse Review in The Dominion Post May '08
