entering this restaurant and bar through an unassuming entrance off victoria street, you don’t expect to find what follows. flowing from the upstairs bar to the inside restaurant to the outside patio is a calming, tropical oasis. the butler is taking its design cues from the french carribean, with stencilled walls, plantation chairs and envious plant game.
the beautiful, summery space makes you feel like you should be drinking pimms. and, while pimms is absent from the drinks menu, you don’t notice because there’s a throng of other summery cocktails, all sporting names like ‘when life gives you lemons’ and ‘ladies who lunch’. on a side note, espresso martini lovers will go weak at the knees because the coffee cocktail is offered three different ways: vodka, rum and cognac – your choice.
the lunch and dinner menu is modern australian, and designed to be shared. but who wants to share ruby tuna tartare and slow-cooked free range pork belly? get your stinking mits off my belly of pork!
and, did i mention, there’s full-frontal views of the city skyline that will leave you enamoured? yep, thisplaceis a gold logie.