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The Victoria Room

European

First published on 2 Apr 2008. Updated on 27 Dec 2011.

The Victoria Room is a serious cocktail bar with serious cocktails. Yes, it’s easy enough to take along your girlfriends (or flamboyant boyfriends), grab a lounge and spend the evening bitching over a round of Vodka Things (bisongrass vodka, cassis, lemon and apple juice), but the bar is also home to some serious bartending talent. The room's always been a drawcard, with its lush lounges, beaded curtains and ferns as far as the eye can see. It's like a colonial Indian palace - all that's missing is the elephant. They’ll whip you up a Trinidad Sour (a masterpiece cocktail of rye hammered with a full jigger of bitters – not for the faint of mouth) as fast as a Pina Colada (in its very own coconut!) and are happy to chat about barrel-aged cocktails and rare bitters to your heart's content. Getting your nerd on has never been so easy.

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