Romancing the City

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Cool Britannia. Exquisite surrounds play up on the inner princess. You can't overdress and you won't want to leave. Something about this reminds me of a Star Wars line. The last remnants of the old republic have been swept away...

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Take the stairs on the left all the way to the top, head past the bar, down the hallway, last door on the left. Here, a red lounge (that you only thought existed in your dreams) awaits. Romance doesn't have an address, but it rents this space regularly.

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Group bookings and romance are not mutually exclusive and here is the proof. If you haven't done it in Bungalow 8, you're un-Australian.

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This is where pinot and pizza procure philosophical parleys. Don't make this your first stop. Open until very, very late, Caffe Roma is the perfect place to wind down a night when you don't really want it to end. This place is tucked in a laneway behind the bright lights of the Cross.