The Victoria Room
Sultry summer nights in the Victoria Room
lazing back on the wide-lipped chaise
lounge with a Hemingway daiquiri (rum
and maraschino liqueur with a shake of
white grapefruit and a dash of lime) are
proof positive of how good Sydney bars can
be. It’s easy to be bamboozled by the chic
decadence of the Victoria Room.
It carries
all the romance of the tropics mingled with
a peripatetic cocktail list rooted squarely in
home turf (witness their Eucalyptus Martini)
but also straying into deepest darkest Peru
(an amazing Amazon Punch). Outside is the
eat street of Victoria Street and its pizza
parlours, schnitzel halls, burger joints and tiny
Italian bistros. Down the road is the pulsating
cardiac arrest of Kings Cross.
But inside the
Victoria Room it’s anything you want it to be.
One thing’s for sure: bartender Simon Keene
knows how to keep pace with a crowd in the
fast lane. More impressively he and his crew
look after big crowds full of beautiful yet laid
back punters in an open plan room sans TVs
and pokies – now that’s style.
The Victoria Room Level 1, 235 Victoria Street Darlinghurst
2010. (02 9357 4488) Tue–Wed 6pm –12 midnight,
Thu–Sat 4pm–12 midnight.