Sofitel Lounge
Image: You’ll never mind your date being a shade late for dinner if you arrange to meet in the casual yet classy surrounds of the Sofitel Lounge. After five on Wednesdays the martini trolley makes its rounds. Your Belvedere Pure Vodka Martini ($12) comes on a silver tray, deconstructed into component parts, with a well-dressed, softly spoken member of staff on hand to shake or stir.
You’ll never mind your date being a shade late for dinner if you arrange to meet in the casual yet classy surrounds of the Sofitel Lounge. After five on Wednesdays the martini trolley makes its rounds. Your Belvedere Pure Vodka Martini ($12) comes on a silver tray, deconstructed into component parts, with a well-dressed, softly spoken member of staff on hand to shake or stir. On Monday nights you can enjoy a bargain priced Flight of Wine ($16) matched with well-ripened Hunter cheeses; in fact there is currently a different worthwhile special every weeknight. Accompany your beverage with some snacks from the bar food menu. I’m told it’s best to order food as you arrive, as they sometimes get quite busy. Bar food options include crunchy Duck Spring Rolls ($8); skewered Lamb Kofta ($8) with minted yoghurt; and mild Chorizo ($8) with tomato and olive salsa. If you work in the area, check out their new ‘So Quick’ Lunch ($18) which includes your choice of soup, crunchy French baguette, savoury wrap or sandwich with a dessert item from the ‘Afternoon Tea at the Wentworth’ menu (I can recommend the cheesecake wholeheartedly). Lunch can be a dine-in affair, or packaged to take back to the office.
Sofitel Lounge
Lobby, Sofitel Sydney Wentworth, 61-101 Phillip Street, Sydney
Ph: (02) 9228 9188 www.sofitelsydney.com.au
Bar Food $
