Regiment specialty coffee

Right on George Street just up from Wynyard station, Regiment fuels the CBD grind with dialed-in specialty espresso and serious kitchen plates. Commuters rely on the baristas for consistent, velvety flat whites pulled without morning holdups, while cold brews arrive spiked with lemon to cut through midday heat. The kitchen turns out hefty lunches that outpunch typical downtown fare—think tuna poke bowls piled high with sea grapes, edamame, and chickpea miso, or toasted wagyu beef bagels loaded with house kimchi. Tables inside fill up fast with colleagues debriefing away from the office, but staff run orders directly out to the open-air plaza, where you can settle under heritage facades as city traffic rolls by.