the lobo plantation

okay. i'm impressed!. dropped in for a drink before heading off for other thing. down the stairs into this fantastically polished and romantic small bar. can't say enough good things about it but this made such an impression btw the fantastic fitout and the really groovy barstaff... plantain chips were great. mate was like "this is romantic, you wouldn't have known it was here". /thumbsup. my favourite new smallbar easily

the lobo plantation. its quite rare that i walk into a venue and within minutes realise that i really effing dig it. lobo plantation is it. like uncle ming on york, lobo is a themed small bar. it focuses on what i’d call plantation glam and its got a hidden aspect to it and loads of colonialist touches which made it feel really special. i love it and this is why you need to visit asap. so here’s the entry off that unassuming gate off clarence street. nearby is a long queue of punters waiting for the m30 whatnot to take them home to the northshore and their tellies. they have no idea this is here! down the stairs and its warmly lit and intimate and romantic with the furnishings and the greenery. i like the palette. its effusive and sort of calming. great looking space. they picked some rather fantastic pieces of furniture and the venue is just top notch. big plantation art piece on the wall. a look at their bar. unlike some other small bars, light level is good and you can see easily. t

the lobo plantation is definitely my kind of place, and it’ll be yours too if you like themed bars, caribbean hospitality and eats, and great drinks. oh, and rum. located in a former basement hairdresser on clarence street across from seminal hidden cbd bar the baxter inn , the lobo plantation is a rum drinker’s haven with over different 150 bottles on offer, most of them caribbean rums uncommon on australian shores. entry doors i'm a little in love with the entry foyer just past the iron gates before the white-painted doors, which is a bit like a transition space for drinkers entering off the cbd street into mid-20th century good times in the caribbean. step down the winding staircase into the atmospheric, jovial space and the lobo pl