Eat Drink Laugh is a Grey Lynn cafe and bar on Pollen Street that lives up to its name — proper coffee and all-day brunch in the morning, cocktail jugs and a lively bar as the day rolls on. Weekdays kick off at 7am with flat whites and brunch favourites like the bacon benedict bowl, while Thursday and Friday the doors stay open late for burgers, Asahi and nights at the bar.
The venue is best known for its bottomless packages. Weekend bottomless brunch runs as two-hour sessions pairing a meal from the brunch menu with free-flow drinks — cocktail jugs of the day, endless mimosas, prosecco and sangria — with a non-alcoholic and low-alcohol bottomless menu available at the same package price. The daily Laurent Perrier Luxe Lunch takes things further: free-flow champagne, ever-refilling Peroni buckets, red and white sangria and bottomless sharing platters, from exotic mushroom risotto balls, fish tacos and sliders to juicy sirloin steak. Private areas are available for functions and large groups, sessions cap at 20 people, and reservations can be made online.
Pollen Street hums quietly through Grey Lynn, but at number 25B there is a corner that refuses to take itself too seriously. Eat Drink Laugh is a neighbourhood cafe and bar that does exactly what its name says — serious coffee and proper brunch food in the morning, cocktail jugs and good company as the day rolls on. It is the kind of place locals set their week around: flat whites before work, long weekend bottomless sessions, and burgers with an Asahi when Thursday and Friday nights stretch late.
Mornings here start early. From 7am on weekdays the coffee machine is already going, turning out brunch staples — the bacon benedict bowl is the one to point at, benedict served bowl-style and built for lingering. Saturdays and Sundays begin a little later, at 8.30am, with the same unhurried brunch energy.
What Eat Drink Laugh is genuinely known for, though, is its bottomless packages. The weekend Bottomless Brunch runs as two-hour sessions on Saturdays and Sundays starting at 11.00am and 1.30pm, with an extra Sunday sitting at noon. Every package includes one meal from the brunch menu plus free-flow drinks from the special drinks menu — and the cocktail jugs of the day are in on the deal. Depending on the day you might find tropical spritz, sex on the beach, midori sour or aperol spritz on the jug list, alongside endless mimosas, bottomless prosecco and red and white wine sangria. A Saturday evening session from 4.00pm to 6.00pm gives night owls their own window. Crucially, there is a non-alcoholic and low-alcohol bottomless drinks menu at the same package price, so designated drivers and non-drinkers get the full experience. Sessions cap at 20 people, which keeps things buzzy rather than chaotic — booking ahead is smart.
For celebrations there is an upgrade path: the Laurent Perrier Luxe Lunch. Running at 11.00am or 1.30pm every day of the week as a two-hour session, it removes every decision from the table. Drinks are sorted — free-flowing Laurent Perrier champagne (up to a bottle per person), ever-refilling Peroni buckets, red and white sangria and mimosas. Food arrives as bottomless sharing platters that keep coming: exotic mushroom risotto balls, tasty fish tacos, sliders and juicy sirloin steak among them. You really can try it all, as the team puts it, and dietary requirements are catered for with a heads-up.
The bottomless sessions are the headline act, but the stage supports a full programme. Thursday and Friday the doors stay open late, and the site's Nights at Eat Drink Laugh page hints at a proper evening schedule — the burgers-and-Asahi and happy-hour photos suggest a bar that earns its keep after dark. There are dedicated functions and events options, with private areas available and large groups catered for, making it a practical pick for birthdays and work dos. Gift vouchers cover the gift-giving dilemma, and reservations can be made online in a minute.
Practicalities are easy. Paid street parking lines Pollen Street and nearby Crummer Road — pay at the machine or, better, download the AT Park app before you arrive. Weekday hours run 7.00am to 4.00pm Monday through Wednesday, Thursday and Friday go from 7.00am until late, and weekends are 8.30am to 3.30pm. Public holidays the whole thing shuts down, so plan accordingly.
Strip away the package names and what is left is simple: a Grey Lynn local that takes its coffee seriously, its brunch generously and its fun seriously too. Come for the bacon benedict bowl at 8am, book the 11am Saturday bottomless, or go full Luxe Lunch and let the champagne decide the rest. Either way, the name checks out — you will eat, you will drink, and odds are good you will laugh.