Our long lunch on the verandah at Bracu on Christmas day was a great hit with our family of 12. The five fancy courses were really amazing and the friendly but professional waiter Marwan, was so accommodating, organising children’s menus and extra bowls of their ‘to die for’ hand-cut fries with aioli. Afterwards, a stroll through the olive groves and gorgeous gardens to take photos was such a nice finish to a perfect afternoon – thank you Bracu – we can’t wait to return!

Don’t want to spoil a series of great reviews – maybe they had an off day, but …

We booked a mid week lunch and were given a table on the verandah.
I enquired about a particular wine on the list – but the waitress was unable to tell me anything about it – also there was no wine waiter available to ask.

My ‘roast’ duck was crisp on one side, but raw and bleeding on my plate and I couldn’t cut it with a knife. I sent it back – it returned over-cooked but at least edible. (They deducted cost of coffees as a gesture).

Finally they mixed our bill up with that of the adjacent table.

Bracu is well worth the drive and is a fantastic setting either during summer or winter. If booking ask for a table outside as this will get you on the totally in-closed veranda.

Each meal starts with freshly made bread and extra virgin NZ Olive oil (NZ Olive oil is some of the best in the world and is no relation to the old, sometimes off, imported supermarket stuff).

The service matches the food which is exceptional.

A place for a long lazy lunch.

PS: They do really good coffee.

Went to Bracu for the Sunday Sampler Dinner special last night.

Setting is very nice. It would be nice to sit outside next time on a Summer’s day.

All the staff were very pleasant, cannot fault them for anything.

Bread and olive oil to begin was delicious. The only problem was there wasn’t enough of it!

The starters were also of a high quality.

Lamb for the main was also well-cooked and tasty. The salad to share had a nice dressing, but consisted solely of lettuce. A little bit of colour would have gone a long way. As our other side was a rather large bowl of broccoli, it was just a bit too much green.

The salty-peanut ice cream with dessert was excellent. The chocolate tart was also very generous.

Although not the cheapest, my experience at Bracu was definitely a good one, and I will be going back again in the future.

Best for special occasions where it doesn’t reall matter how much you spend.

My wife and I have dined at Bracu on numerous occasions since it opened and we dined on Sunday for the first time in a while and were blown away with the attentive wait staff and the qualty of the food. I have to say that the food was probably the best that I have eaten there. I was quite surprised to find that the new chef was the old 2 I c, long may this chef remain. I will be back sooner rather than later. This was their Sunday special and we came away with both arms and a huge smile.
I would love to know how the lamb was done

4.5 really.

Lovely setting, friendly and attentive service, without being OTT. Food is lovely, and really nicely presented.

Pork belly not as good as ascension! (but still good!)

Check out the wine library.

Excellent fine dining experience! Been there 2-3 times, and although I haven’t tried recently, I still couldn’t find any better experience. Still the best so far. Quality of foods are superb, Great atmosphere.

Bracu is one of Auckland’s lesser known wonders. It is DELIGHTFUL. For that special occasion THIS IS THE PLACE TO GO. Extraordinary surroundings matched by interesting and delicious food.

Patrick the maitre’d is OUTSTANDING. I had a ‘fussy moment’ – and he moved heaven and earth to sort everything out. Top top service. Highly recommended

Wonderful food, wonderful service, wonderful place. Our Sunday brunch was such a treat – felt so special dining on the balcony. Staff were lovely – everyone so helpful.
We had the dog with us and we were able to let him lie under an olive tree while we had bruch. Following our meal the maitre’d invited us to take the dog for a walk around the estate – brilliant. This was a great morning – couldn’t recommend it enough.

The rating here is a bit unfortunate for one reason, actually for one person.

The setting at Bracu is lovely, definitely worth the drive out to Bombay.

The food was much better than the last two times we attended. Perfectly seasoned, not generous portions but still comfortable after 3 courses.

Our waitress (Katie) was polite, friendly, and accommodating. She didn’t seem to have a lot of experience but made up for it by being totally charming & helpful.

Unfortunately, our other lasting memory was the clown of a maitre’d/ sommelier that was working (Saturday 11th, lunchtime).

I had come out for lunch to thank a friend for some brilliant work he had done for me. I did NOT come out to talk to an arrogant pompous overqualified waiter.

Aside from constantly pestering us (he knew my guest) he told us how much he disliked working there, how he had no respect for the staff, and was only waiting to get a cafe of his own and then get away as quickly as possible.

His persistence and interruptions spoiled an otherwise fine lunch.

Do go and try Bracu, but ask Katie to look after you!

very very expensive, but you do get what you pay for. felt like we were millionaires dining at their beautiful venue.. Was a great experience that we still talk about all the time. The wine list was over 20 pages long and had bottles of $4000 wine on there! I think everyone needs to treat themselves to Bracu at least once in their life…

It was a Wednesday night Birthday with quiet celebration over a superb meal, extensive wine list allowed for different choices through the night. Very accommodating staff, ever attentive but unobtrusive. Expensive but “You get what you pay for”!