The Backbencher Gastropub will be re-opening as of Friday 15th May 2020! Our opening hours will be Monday to Friday, 11:30am – 7pm for the foreseeable future however we will open on weekends to air any prominent sporting fixtures. Our staff will adhere to all […]
We’d love you to “Go Gold” and test your knowledge with the best of questions from the Backbencher …we do have all the correct answers, you know! Come on down and get a team together and “know for victory” show us how good you are. […]
It’s that time of year again!We are counting down the days until Wellington On a Plate!
Join us as we celebrate 10 years of this fantastic festival, and get ready to party with our mardi gras themed menu!
Check out our menu for WOAP here!
The Spicy Winston Burger?
Our Go The Canes Cocktail?
Did someone say ice hockey!?!? This weekend Team USA and Team Canada are facing off at Westpac Stadium in what is sure to be a high intensity action packed game! Join us before or after the game and warm up with our special deals especially […]
On the 3rd of May we held the annual 2018 Press Freedom Debate! This years moot was ‘‘the observers of politics are smarter than the politicians’’ Grant Walker is the chairman for the night, and was joined by the likes of Nicola Willis, Kris Faafoi, […]
