Palmz

Ph: (03) 9663 3216; Carlton Hotel, 193 Bourke St, MELBOURNE 3000

Cocktail/Wine Bar, Bar
Open Mon-Tue 4pm-1am Wed-Thu 4pm-3am Fri-Sat 4pm-5am; Licensed; AE DC MC V
Chef (--) Owner

Other published opinions

The Age Clem Bastow, 17-4-2008 Score: * "Perched atop the revamped Carlton Hotel (where pre-makeover, presumably, one could once "hang" with pigeons, stray helium balloons and, er, corrugated iron sheets), Palmz officially opened earlier this year and provides an airy alternative to the original Carlton Hotel smokers' quarters, a long/tall shaft with a glimpse of clouds and stars at its peak, which when crowded conjured up visions of The Towering Inferno. You have to climb numerous flights of stairs past the Carlton proper to make it to the roof (not to mention a slightly unnerving fire-escape-ish final flight), but walking into its bamboo and palm tree aesthetic makes the athletic exertion so worthwhile."

The Age Larissa Dubecki, 24-5-2007 "The huge taxidermy emu at the bar is dressed to the nines in a string of pearls, while its flock of stuffed avian friends wouldn't look out of place at the Melbourne Museum. The result of a serious renovation spearheaded by Tracey Lester, who also owns Gertrude Street's Builders Arms, the Carlton takes its influences from the "more is more"school of interior decoration."

Herald Sun Stephen Downes, 26-12-06 Score: 16/20 "The Carlton Hotel is yet another Melbourne bistro offering terrific value for money. Bread arrived only with the mains, and wines by glass were poured at the bar, not the table, unfortunately. The wine list is limited, but interesting and representative of grape varieties, several bottles priced in the 30s of dollars. A Yeringa Ridge "house"chardonnay and cabernet shiraz came in at $28. Eight table whites, a rose and six reds are sold by glass."

Herald Sun Stephen Downes, 12-12-06 Score: 14/20 "Idea tables modernised Asian dishes licked up with juices of a European technical lean. Offerings tend to be sweet, as does most."

The Age Michael Harden, 15-1-2007 "YOU could call the decor at the revamped Carlton Hotel many things but you sure couldn't call it restrained. From the tip of its luridly patterned, pub-carpeted toes to the illuminated Saturday Night Fever dance floor ceiling, there is enough going on to feel like someone has spiked your drink before you've even ordered one. Stuffed birds, wallpaper, flocked dogs, candelabrum and urns, neon chandeliers, a labyrinth of curved booths - you name it and the Carlton has managed to squeeze it in."

The Age Clem Bastow, 3-5-2007 "Jeff-Koons-meets-Lewis-Carroll-on-the-set-of- Bladerunner might be a more fitting way to summarise the Carlton Hotel's new look, although ''ouch, my eyes'' might also work, too. The whole place glows, from the hot-pink neon chandeliers to the illuminated filigree wallpaper or the backlit cabinet full of taxidermied miscellany. Actually, taxidermy is a big deal at the Carlton Hotel now (where previously the patrons merely looked taxidermied)."