Common Room
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Heretaunga Street's east end was once a derelict ghost town, all tumbleweeds, boarded-up windows and empty shops. Flash-forward to roaring 2025. Heretaunga St East is a bustling, thriving hub of arts and culture. At the centre of that hub is Common Room.
Established by Gerard Barron in 2013, Common Room has become a Hawke’s Bay icon, the heart and soul of modern Hastings. It's a bar, restaurant, music venue, theatre, games room, marketplace, art gallery, lounge, garden…a home.
In 2024, Gerard passed the reins of the Common Room to locals Fiona Lee and Chris Whyte, owners of the popular Off The Track restaurant, and modern Asian eatery OTT In The City, just a few doors down from Common Room on Heretaunga Street.
Fiona and Chris have brought their own creativity and flare for food and live events to Common Room, while remaining true to the Bar’s original vision of being your home from home for great music, interesting tipples, delectable food and good company.
Common Room’s aesthetic matches its community - creative, chaotic and eclectic, yet cosy, warm and inviting. We believe in the fine art of conversation, providing a space for you to be you, showing off fine wines and crafted beers, with comforting food done well.
Our staff are a motley crew of scallywags, rogues and rascals who put on their best behaviour to serve you. Whatever your interest, we’ll have someone who can parry with you. Whatever your tipple, we can rustle it up.
If you know us, you need no convincing. If you don’t, then join us.
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