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Tiki Central / Locating Tiki / The Watusi, Wellington, New Zealand (bar)

Post #574101 by Club Nouméa on Tue, Feb 1, 2011 4:00 AM

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Name:The Watusi
Type:bar
Street:6 Edward Street
City:Wellington
State:
Zip:6011
country:New Zealand
Phone:(04) 385 9610
Status: defunct
Description:
The Watusi is a rock'n'roll exotica bar, decorated with a mix of Pacific, Indonesian and African carvings and pictures on the walls. They do a reasonable range of cocktails, and have live music from Wednesday through to Saturday night.

Gig guide listing: http://www.mukuna.co.nz/wellington/central/the-watusi.htm

At the time of writing, this is the closest thing New Zealand has to a tiki bar.

UPDATE 1 August 2011 - the Watusi has now closed and has been replaced by a swanky bar with a clever name and nothing whatsoever to do with exotica.

[ Edited by: Club Nouméa 2011-07-31 03:50 ]

[ Edited by: Club Nouméa 2011-07-31 03:50 ]