A waterfront bar on Princes Wharf where Pacific flavours meet the sea. The Lula Inn sits at the water's edge at 149 Quay Street, in Auckland's city centre, and it describes itself as Auckland's home of bottomless brunch.
The food is Pacific-inspired and made to share. Plates on the menu include a pull-apart loaf with garlic and kawakawa butter and green chilli cheese fondue, raw market fish with coconut and lime, and pressed lamb shoulder with mint chimichurri, Māori fry bread and kūmara chips. Other dishes are a turmeric mussel fritter with lemon aioli, a huli huli pulled chicken with jalapeño and mango salsa, and a prawn and snapper hot dog with popcorn prawns. There is an Impossible patty for vegetarians and vegans, and smashed yams with mushroom ketchup. For dessert, hokey pokey ice cream comes with jalapeño caramel and salted honeycomb.
The bottomless brunch is built around a set choice per person, such as ciabatta with poached eggs and hollandaise, or a fried egg mac n cheese fritter. A Lula's platter upgrade for two can replace the meal, for $15 each (as at 2026). The drinks list runs to cocktails made with Lyre's spirits, including a pineapple and agave margarita with a salted-spiced rim, and cold beer. An Espresso Martini is $15 (as at 2026).
Four new cocktails arrive every day, all day, from 2 November to 13 December, so the summer menu is about to change. The venue also runs Star Social, a loyalty programme that gives $1 back for every $10 spent, and you can buy gift cards that work at any Star Group venue.
Our pick for a long, sunny lunch on the Princes Wharf waterfront.