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G'day, Auckland.
On Monday 31 August, many of your local Joylab establishments will open their doors and welcome you back once again, with the rest to follow over the following days. You’ll find our new opening dates and hours on each establishment’s website – don’t forget level 2 restrictions mean we can take a maximum of 100 guests in any one defined space, so secure your spot now by booking online here or via phone.
During level 2 we’ll be back to our old tricks, ensuring we follow the three S’s to keep you safe, with all patrons being seated, separated and served by a single server to the greatest extent practicable. As always, we can't thank you enough for your support, and can't wait to see you soon.
Cheers,
Joylab.
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Expired Joylab Rewards Dollars and vouchers
Any Rewards Dollars which expired during Auckland’s Alert Level 3 lockdown from 12 – 30 August 2020 will be reinstated onto your account with a new expiry date of 31 October 2020.
The same validity extension applies to all Joylab or establishment vouchers which have expired during this time.
Not a Joylab Rewards member? Learn more here.
Every Wed in September / Multiple Establishments
Need a little joy, Auckland?
It’s time for us to do what we do best once again - welcome you back for a beer, a bite, and more than ever, a dose of bloody good, kiwi hospitality.
Believe us when we say we know it’s been tough. But as we’ve worked our way through the challenges faced by hospitality, you gave us your support. This time, we’re giving back to you.
Visit Joylab’s bars, pubs or restaurants on a Wednesday during September and eat what you like, then pay what you think it’s worth.
That’s right. Every Wednesday this month, we’re letting you call the shots.
What ‘should’ you pay? If you’ve enjoyed your meal, around 70% of the sale price would ensure you win, and help us pay the bills. Any more, we’d be chuffed. Any less, we’ll still be chuffed, so long as we’ve helped you out in doing so.
Welcome back, Auckland.
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Offer applies to Joylab Rewards Club members only. Sign up here, then pick up a card during your next visit.
Not valid at Auckland Airport or Five Knots Event Centre.
Booking recommended due to alert level 2 capacity restrictions.
Sign Up to Joylab Rewards
• Only available to Joylab Rewards Club members – sign up here then pick up a card during your next visit.
• Promotion applies to dine-in food menu only. A payment must be made towards each menu item, at the conclusion of your meal.
• Joylab Rewards Dollars may be earned but not used to redeem food purchases.
• Available at all Joylab establishments excluding those at Auckland Airport and Five Knots Event Centre.
• Excludes pre-booked events.
Sat 10 October, 10am / The Flying Moa
Show us your wiener!
The shortest, longest, and fastest event of the year returns for its 5th year!
The official NZ Wiener Derby returns to The Flying Moa for another morning of races, costumes and cuteness overload.
Registrations are open now for miniature and standard dachshunds and a race for wannabe wieners (other small breeds, or doxie mixes). Register your wiener below now!
Even if your four-legged friend isn't racing, they can still enter the costume parade, and we are hoping to set a record for the largest group of dachshunds in NZ at one time, so be part of the history books!
Don't have a furry friend? Spectators welcome - get in early for the best views of the race track.
Sat 3 October, 7pm / The Flying Moa
Mt Wellington Idol is back for 2020 with a $1000 cash prize for first place!
Do you have what it takes to be crowned this year's Mt Wellington Idol? This year we are looking for you to belt out your favourite pub bangers! Our winner will not only be able to sing, but also entertain and get the crowd involved and singing along!
Mackford - Music for Everyone will be back on stage as your very own backing band. They will release a song list for you to choose from and once a song has been chosen, youll be the only one to have that song for the night, making your show that bit more special.
Simon Cowell couldn't make it, but we have NZ Idol Winner Ben Lummis on the judging panel with Jim Cawthorn.
Competition open to all amateur singers/duos over 18 years old.
Complete the form below to enter!
RI8 only.
Entrants must be amateur singers (they must not have been paid to perform.)
Sat 26 Sep, 12pm / Basalt
NEW DATE CONFIRMED - We are moving the bottomless brunch to Saturday 26 September.
East-Auckland’s original bottomless brunch is BACK! 🥂
Join us on Saturday 26 September for your favourite Basalt brunch with bottomless mimosas, bellinis or bloody marys accompanied with some awesome tunes by our resident DJ.
Bookings essential. Book your table below!
2-hour package begins at confirmed booking start time. (late arrivals do not incur late start time).
R18. NO VALID ID, NO ENTRY
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Saturday 31 October / Sweat Shop Brew Kitchen
Get ready for the hottest day in Auckland City at NZ's Fifth Annual Hot Sauce Festival!
Packing more punch than ever before, join like-minded chilli heads taste your way around an array of top-notch hot sauces from New Zealand and beyond before watching the NZ Chilli Eating Comp Final take place on the big stage!
Turn up the heat and get amongst our special Hot Sauce Festival street eats, and when things get too hot, save your taste buds with our award-winning craft beer brewed right here on-site. PLUS enjoy live music from Brotherhood Musiq all day!
HOT SAUCE BRANDS:
Fire Dragon Chillies
Red Hot Kiwi Company
Jolokia Farm
K Pow! Hot Sauce
Huffmans Crafty Sauces
Al’s Laboratory
Blood Shot
Morepork BBQ
Spicy Boys
BBQ BOI
Emoyeni Products
Wild West Worcester
Homemade Hot Sauce Comp - If you think you've got a hot sauce recipe that's better than the rest, bring yours along and enter into our Homemade Hotsauce Competition. Entries close at 2pm and judging commences at 4pm. Winner announced at 5pm.
TICKETS
$10 from Eventfinda. Grab yours now!
Saturday 7 November, 7pm / The Elephant Wrestler
You don’t have to hit the right notes. But the right moves… you better bring ‘em.
Our Takapuna famous Lip Sync Battle returns this spring, bigger and better than ever before!
Partnering with ZM and hosted by NZ Drag Queen Icon Miss Ribena, we'll be bringing you a night where you can unleash your inner superstar, so get up there and work it, twerk it, give it all you got.
1st place - $1,000
2nd place - $500
3rd place - $250
Crowd fave - $250
Saturday 7 November, from 7pm
Enter now by filling out the form or book your spot in the crowd below!
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Grab a few beers and put all of your weird, wonderful and totally useless facts to good use at one of our weekly Quiz Nights across Auckland.
With $25 Export Gold Jugs and Heineken Buckets and great prizes up for grabs, it's the perfect excuse for a mid-week catch up with mates.
Find your local quiz night below:
Coops Corner Pub, Viaduct Harbour
Wednesdays, 7pm
The Zookeeper's Son, Royal Oak
Tuesdays, 7pm
The Flying Moa, Mt Wellington
Tuesdays, 7.30pm
The Postman's Leg, Glenfield
Wednesdays, 7pm
Goode Brothers,New Lynn
Mondays, 7pm
The Elephant Wrestler, Takapuna
Tuesdays, 7pm
Moretons, St Heliers
Tuesdays, 7pm
Sat 24 October, 8.30pm / The Postman's Leg
NEW DATE CONFIRMED - SATURDAY 24 OCTOBER
Motel California, New Zealand's most popular tribute to the legendary Eagles, are returning to The Postman's Leg!
Get ready to dance and sing along to all of your favourite Eagles hits including:
Take It Easy
Hotel California
Lyin’ Eyes
Heartache Tonight!
Long Run
One Of These Nights
Peaceful
Easy Feeling
There’s a New Kid In Town
Life In The Fast Lane
Best Of My Love
I Can’t Tell You Why
and many more!
Tickets $20 | Grab yours from Eventfinda now!
Every Wednesday from 5pm / Sweat Shop Brew Kitchen
It’s time to dig under your car seat, dive into the depths of your couch and find that precious little gold coin for Sweat Shop's Dollar Dog Wednesdays!
Every Wednesday from 5pm we'll be serving up classic American style hot dogs for only $1. There's a limit to five hot dogs per drink, but by then you’ll probably need another beverage to wash down all the deliciousness.
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Max 5 hotdogs available for any one drink purchased
Not available for pre-booked events or with First Table bookings.
Offer only available while stocks last.
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Winter is officially here, and you know what that means? It's Sunday Roast season.
Chase away those winter blues and find your local Sunday Roast spot at one of our Joylab establishments below.
Basalt, Howick
Moretons, St Helliers
The Zookeepers Son, Royal Oak
The Postman's Leg, Glenfield
Rugby & Roast
Rugby & Roast at your local might just be the ultimate winter combo. Check out which Rugby League & Rugby Union games we have playing live at some of your favourite sports bars across Auckland below.
Every weekend / The Lula Inn
Auckland’s Original Bottomless Brunch ~ $47.5
Here at Lula's we've grown quite fond of that delicious weekend in-betweeny meal – not quite breakfast, not quite lunch - but the perfect excuse to fuel up for the day while still indulging a little (or a lot). Brunch has really become our favourite meal(s) of the day and we've improved it with bottomless daytime-appropriate mocktails, bubbly and cocktails.
Bookings essential, maximum group size of 12 people.
Please note this is an R18 event only. No children or guests under 18 are permitted to attend.
Please ensure you have read Lula's Bottomless Brunch Terms & Conditions below before making your booking.
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Gift Cards
Give a loved one the gift of joy with a Joylab gift card which can be used for Lula's Bottomless Brunch or any other occasion at our 20+ establishments across Auckland. Grab yours here or head into any of our establishments to pick one up, ready to go in an instant.
See Lula's Bottomless Brunch Menu
Lula’s Bottomless Brunch is an R18 event only.
2-hour package begins at confirmed booking start time. Late arrivals do not incur late start time.
Package applies to all guests at the table.
We do not offer discounts for those who are not consuming alcohol as non-alcoholic beverages are served as part of the package.
Maximum group size of 10 people.
The Lula Inn complies with the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012 and therefore enforce the responsible consumption of alcohol by all our guests. Guests will not be served more than one beverage at a time as part of the bottomless brunch package. We offer non-alcoholic beverages and food at all times and will stop service to any intoxicated persons.
Every Thursday, 7-9pm / The Elephant Wrestler
How much fried chicken can you devour? Find out for yourself at The Elephant Wrestler's Bottomless Fried Chicken, Beer & Bubbles Night!
For just $45, you can eat as much fried chicken as your heart desires, along with bottomless Export Gold or Prosecco for 2 hours! You might need your stretchy pants for this one.
2-hour package starts at 7pm and ends at 9pm.
Bookings essential, maximum group size of 6 people.
Please note this is an R18 event only. No children or guests under 18 are permitted to attend.
Please ensure you have read The Elephant Wrestler's Bottomless Fried Chicken, Beer & Bubbles Terms & Conditions below before making your booking.
The Elephant Wrestlers Bottomless Fried Chicken, Beer & Bubbles is an R18 event only.
2-hour package begins at confirmed booking start time. Late arrivals do not incur late start time.
Package applies to all guests at the table.
We do not offer discounts for those who are not consuming alcohol as non-alcoholic beverages are served as part of the package.
Maximum group size of 6 people.
The Elephant Wrestler complies with the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012 and therefore enforce the responsible consumption of alcohol by all our guests. Guests will not be served more than one beverage at a time as part of the bottomless brunch package. We offer non-alcoholic beverages and food at all times and will stop service to any intoxicated persons.
Every Tuesday from 7pm / Coops Corner Pub
Our quiz will be returning at Level 1. Watch this space!
At Coops we like things super, so it's no surprise that we're making our weekly quiz super too.
This is no average pub quiz. Expect a quiz that's bigger and bolder than the rest, with bonus games chucked in to shake things up a bit. If the games don't shake you, our epic frozen margaritas are sure to do the trick. Go easy, tiger.
Put your crew to the test and book your table now.
Every Tuesday at 7pm
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No matter where you are across Auckland, we’ve got your end of the week celebrations covered. So whether you want a sit back and relax or dance the night away we’ve got something for everyone.
Sweat Shop Brewery, Auckland City
Sweat Shop Live returns with The Beat Council every Friday night plus many more acts taking you through the weekend
As the sun sets & darkness falls, when it all gets a bit louder, a lot livelier & much dancier, stay on & stay late with live music every Thursday, Friday & Saturday night.
Coops Corner Pub, Viaduct Harbour
Our resident DJ will be pumping the tunes loud on the Viaduct every Friday & Saturday night.
The Elephant Wrestler, Takapuna
Join The Mix Tape Brothers and DJ Vincent Hanna every Friday & Saturday night at your larger than life local.
Toast the end of the working week with Friday Amped. Big Band Music, Big Drink Specials & Big Fun!
Kicking off Sunday 14th June. Join us every Sunday afternoon for some live music from the amazing Hands Off Duo.
The Zookeeper's Son, Royal Oak
The best place for Friday night entertainment. Live music and all the rugby you need.
Every Thursday from 5pm / The Lula Inn
Bottomless brunch who?
Join us every Thursday evening for bottomless beer, bubbles and dumplings for just $47.50 per person.
MENU
- Bottomless Dumplings (includes meat + vegan options)
- Bottomless Export Gold OR prosecco
Too good to be true? How about we throw some tunes in the mix, with Lula's Jukebox Live turning up the tempo every Thursday as our band plays nothing but songs requested by YOU.
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Please ensure you have read Lula's Bottomless Beer, Bubbles & Dumplings Terms & Conditions below before making your booking.
90 minute package.
Bookings essential, maximum group size of 10 people.
Choice must be made between bottomless beer OR prosecco per person, not both.
Unfortunately we can not cater for gluten free guests as part of Lula's Bottomless Dumplings package, please speak to us if your guests are gluten free.
Available for a limited time only.
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Gift Cards
Give a loved one the gift of joy with a Joylab gift card which can be used for Lula's Bottomless Brunch or any other occasion at our 20+ establishments across Auckland. Grab yours here or head into any of our establishments to pick one up, ready to go in an instant.
Lula’s Bottomless Beer, Bubbles & Dumplings is an R18 event only. Bookings are essential.
90 minute package begins at confirmed booking time and all guests as the table must take part in the package. Late arrivals do not incur late start time.
Maximum group size of 10 people.
The Lula Inn complies with the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012 and therefore enforce the responsible consumption of alcohol by all our guests. Guests will not be served more than one beverage at a time as part of the Bottomless Beer, Bubbles & Dumplings package. We offer non-alcoholic beverages and food at all times and will stop service to any intoxicated persons.