Mr Murdoch's on Fort Street in Auckland CBD is rated 4.5 from 440 reviews and offers a rooftop pub with wood-fired pizza, cold pints, pool, and weekly specials. Customers praise the open-air space, clean atmosphere, friendly staff, and value—particularly the pizza at $16 and the Beer of the Week at $6. A good rooftop bar works because it's destination, not compromise. The space itself becomes the draw—high enough to feel separate from street noise, open enough to catch weather. Rooftop venues need food or entertainment to justify lingering; wood-fired pizza fits because it creates smell, theatre, and reason to stay. Weekly specials create habit: regulars know when to come, which fills quieter nights. Cold beer and friendly staff are baseline; the space and ritual make people return. Both outdoor and indoor seating solves weather and mood. Mr Murdoch's combination of rooftop space, wood-fired pizza, craft beer selection, and weekly specials position it as a destination rather than a quick stop.