Cruise at Hotel VIC has opened with plenty of happy hour cocktails, tapas and killer harbour views.
The twin-tower, North Point hotel launched over the summer with 671 guest rooms, a rooftop swimming pool, 24-hour gym and swish online check-in and -out – guests access their room with a QR code sent to them when they check-in online prior to arrival. Along with the rooftop bar, there’s all-day family feasting and weekend brunch at The Farmhouse on podium level and smart dining at Cruise restaurant on level 23.
As well as signature cocktails and mocktails, Cruise bar offers snack combos of skewer pork sausage, deep fried shrimp balls and garlic & rosemary toasts from 4-11.30pm. It also has two house-beers on tap – VIC Blonde Ale and VIC Sugarcane Stout – and happy hour drinks from 4-8pm.
A tapas menu from 6pm offers foie gras lollipops, lobster & saffron arancini balls, Iberico pork mini charcoal burgers and Australian Wagyu chuck rolls.
Throw in a DJ from 8-11pm every Thursday to Sunday and you’ve got yourself the ideal evening drinks venue. hotelvic.com
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