Rick's

Glass-fronted basement bar just off fashionable George Street which doubles - triples? - as restaurant and boutique hotel. Expect classy, cosmopolitan stylings with cubey seats and candles in the bar, with staff whose ever-smiley demeanor conceals a wicked way with the cocktail shaker. The food menu reaches way beyond easily churned-out bar grub without being pretentious (the butterscotch cheesecake is a must-try), while the ten-room boutique hotel goes for timeless colours, minimalist furnishings and convenient simplicity rather than gimmicks.