Waḻpa Lobby Bar

Stopped by the Walpa lobby bar which is within the Desert Gardens Hotel. Lovely ambience, good service. We had wine 🍷 Pinot Noir and Pinot Griggio with a fabulously generous cheeseplatter! 🧀 Highly recommend a visit if you are staying at Ayres Rock Resort. Located next to the Town Centre. Hop on the free resort shuttle! 🚌

Of the options available on the resort, this seemed like the best setting to enjoy lunch. We opted for burgers after reading reviews - beef and veggie - and for $28 each thought they were pretty good all things considered! The service was good and it was a nice atmosphere, would recommend.

We had an early lunch here after seeing the sunrise at Uluru. It was handy that it opened at 10:30am for food. The staff were all very friendly and helpful. The food was great and came in quite decent serving sizes. The waffle fries were a hit. As was the fried noodles and the lobster blt- though would have loved a bit more lobster.

It is the best coffee in all of the resort and the area. I think the sweets are quite okay too, but the price is quite expensive. Still, always enjoyed my times there. I've had a cookie with pistachio, a lot of white chocolate and some rosella. I've never tried rosella and it was nice.

Incredible food and wonderful staff and setting. Good vegan / veggie options. Best negroni I've had at a bar also. A must try if you like a tipple.

The venue is beautifully designed and the staff were very friendly. I got the wagyu burger which was very tasty but so messy to eat. Liquid from the burger filled the bottom on the bowl once I started eating so it was quite the trick for me to eat it without causing a mess of myself haha! The Iced coffees and frappes were watery rather than creamy or milk based. Everything was fairly priced.

The food was a little underwhelming. Wouldn't recommend the vegan salad - maybe try the burger instead. The vegan dessert was pleasantly nice. Drinks were good price, food was a little higher but expected for NT but I think the food would be elevated more with small tweaks like the burgers having a burger bun vs sandwich bread. Lovely little area and interesting seating options. Surrounding artwork was sublime. Service was a bit hit and miss but we were there until late. Wish we could have poured our own water or been given a jug as we went through it quickly and it wasn't always refilled. Staff were friendly and polite though.

Have to say was very underwhelming here, they run out of food very easily and couldnt get my first 2 options. Had to go for the cookie which wasnt bad, staff are all new and are not well trained. Food incl chips are below average and cocktails are very expensive but tasty. Senior Staff heavily pushed the $102 buffet over eating here.

There are very limited restaurants in Uluru and this is a good one. Tenderloin is so tender and savory. Fish & Chips are crispy and the Chocolate Mousse was scrumptious! Service could improve a bit. Ambiance is classy, well-lighted and clean. We will return for a dinner buffet here tonight.

Of all the places to eat here this one we enjoyed the most. Food was really good and service pretty quick. A little pricey though. We had our first and last lunch here so we pretty much had everything on the menu. All was good. Fries are made really well. Servers are really nice but we have found that the Australians are nice in general. The bar will stay open late if there are people at the bar.

Pretty tasty food amongst the other options on the resort. Located in the lobby of Sails in the desert and is right next to the main restaurant Illkari. Service is a little slow, especially if u sit in the main lobby facing reception. I had the Caesar salad one day and that was yummy. My fiance loved his club sandwich with fries and ordered it both times we went there. The second day I had the lamb ragout pasta and that was pretty tasty too. Portion sizes are fine.