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Blue Diamond
Ph: (03) 8601 2720; 15th floor, 123 Queen St, Melbourne 3000
Cocktail/Wine Bar, $ -
Licensed
Other published opinions
The Age Cheap Eats 2008 "Fifteen floors up with a close-range view of the city's skyline, Blue Diamond is Melbourne's nook for New York dreaming"
The Age Michael Harden, 22-8-2007 "Much of Blue Diamond's ability to bestow glamour comes from a location that bundles suave street-level doormen, a 15-storey lift ride, cocktails served by uniformed staff, live music and a glittering, undeniably spectacular backdrop of city lights. Such a setting can't help but add a sliver of Clooney-esque veneer to all but the most unreconstructed bogan (who probably wouldn't pass the dress code anyway)."
The Age Clem Bastow, 25-1-2007 "The newest baby of Andrew Leonedas and Night Cat and Black Cat maestro Henry Maas, Blue Diamond (full name: Blue Diamond Social Salon & Cabaret) is perched atop a Queen Street block mostly inhabited by the RACV; only the suave and wide-grinned doorman hints that something intriguing lurks on the 15th floor. Such is the "golden-era office-block"vibe of the foyer, you may spend the entire lift ride wondering whether this was such a good idea - but as soon as the doors open onto Blue Diamond's red-velvet entrance hall, any misgivings vaporise like flaming Sambuca."
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