The Carlisle Bar

Carlisle has a new cocktail and tapas menu. It's sleek, dark and trendy in decore. The absolute highlight for me that night was the Haloumi. It tastes like a tasty mozzarella; it's not as salty as your normal haloumi but I'm told it's hand made by some greek grandma and only distributed to three places - Carlisle being one of them. It's a must try! If you are a fan of gin and whiskey then you'll also love the cocktails. If you are soft and normally stick to vodka like myself then you will get smashed really quickly from the cocktails. My favourite for the night though was called South of the Border (Tequila, mezacal, passionfruit, lime and vanilla).

New earlier hour cocktail bar and its got a luxe feel although it quite dark inside and feels like a larry suit larry lounge with its plush velvet and faux/lit marble. Luxe? Front bar is lovely and really enjoyed sitting out the front chatting to the bar guy. Good food too. tried to head back for drinks on a saturday- and there's a $20 cover to get in even though we were just going to sit at the front bar and have drinks - $20 bucks to sit at the bar to have another $18 drink? Nah. Bit skeezy