Chill On Ice Lounge Ski Lodge
Blogger from MelbourneThe Ice Lounge is, at the end of the day, a large glorified freezer: it’s 10C inside. The exterior is rather nicely camouflaged with stone pavers and the inside has ice bricks (a’ la igloo) lining the walls the inside is also filled with ice sculptures. When we first entered we ooh’ed and ahh’ed at the sculptures, then discovered the. Full Review
I took some family here [عزيزي الزائر يتوجب عليك التسجيل لمشاهدة الرابط للتسجيل اضغط هنا] on a coupon ($15 for entrance cocktail) and a couple of them were from out of town and were excited about going because they had heard about the ice lounges. This was more like a giant cool room in a large supermarket deli. It [عزيزي الزائر يتوجب عليك التسجيل لمشاهدة الرابط للتسجيل اضغط هنا] was cheap and the tin floor with ice all over it didn’t really make sense, especially when they make you wear smelly ugg boots so you slip and slide everywhere. My sister in law was pregnant so I spent the whole time worrying about her falling over. Also the cocktail card they give you is for a cocktail to the value of $15, yet none of the cocktails cost $15. It’s only $2 but it’s the principle. The guy at the front counter could not have cared any less that he had customers, in fact he either hates his job or was just particularly grumpy that day. He ordered us around like cattle and you could see he was getting more and more frustrated because we were all just having a talk (obviously not a place to really catch up with people). As we were entitled to 20% off food and the restaurant we decided to have dinner there first. We were rushing to get there by 6pm because they had a private function coming in at 7 and wouldn’t let us eat any later. When we arrived (right on time!) we had to wait about ten minutes at the front desk because they only had one person serving and none of the restaurant waiters deigned to seat us. They then sat us on bar stools and I had to ask to be moved to a table.
I’m one of those super organised people who looks at the menu online before going somewhere to decide what I want to order and was quite pleased with the choices. However when we got our menus we discovered that the restaurant had been changed the day before and the entire menu was different. No more tapas or burgers! It would have been good if they’d warned us when we booked.
It was really difficult for my partner to find something to eat as the only thing on the menu was a $45 steak which isn’t really an option for students. We ended up ordering lamb ribs, beef ribs, salt and pepper calamari, dips and bread, and chips. The ribs were delicious and the bread and chips were fairly good, but that’s where it ended. The calamari was inedible and had a very strange flavour that took me ages to get rid of. The dips were also poorly made.
On a positive note, the actual ice bar was fun and the cocktails were delicious. Although we couldn’t stay in there long because I was shaking and going numb. I don’t remember being that cold the last time I was at an ice bar.
All in all the bar is good if you have a coupon, but the restaurant is definitely not worth a visit. Eat somewhere else!
Walked into chill on by fluke, didn’t know what to expect, started with some cocktails which were delightful, the staff were helpful and polite, they convinced us to go into the ice bar, reluctantly we agreed, happy we did, they dressed us in ponchos, gloves and boots, we went in and had an adventurous time, we danced had cocktails and smashed our ice glasses and took some memorable photos, when we walked out we were starving, the food was to die for. I must say this was an unusual event as what started as a couple of drinks turned into an all nighter. This was the most fun we have had in Melbourne for a while. I highly recommend it [عزيزي الزائر يتوجب عليك التسجيل لمشاهدة الرابط للتسجيل اضغط هنا] to all that love [عزيزي الزائر يتوجب عليك التسجيل لمشاهدة الرابط للتسجيل اضغط هنا] food cocktails and entertainment other venues don’t offer. Thanks guys had a great night
Relative to the price of an airfare to Helsinki, Chill On is quite inexpensive.
There are two major differences between Chill On and a regular bar. Firstly, it’s very, very bright. Second, there is not a lot to do. The actual temperature is all but negated by the mandatory uniform of ugg boot and ugg poncho, so it’s barely a novelty.
Sure, to abuse a pun, it’s a cool idea. A bar with sub freezing temperatures, ice sculptures and even ice glasses. But the gimmick wears off pretty quickly. The lack of entertainment may well be designed to encourage the use of high priced in house photography, but the result is eventual boredom.
Unfortunately, what’s been created by design or by mistake is a venue that very few people will visit more than once. It’s cute, but it’s nothing brilliant. The expensive drinks and high price of entry are sure to discourage people even on what would be their first visit.
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I decided on like it because we had a great night. We had dinner first and that was very underwhelming, good wine though. We then went into the Ice Lounge, which was quite a lot of fun. Some drink sliding issues, but the cocktails and shots tasted fine. A couple of friends did the Luge option on the cocktails and that was a lot of a fun. A British barman yelling, come on suck it, suck it harder, amused us no end. It was overall a fun experience, but we went in on vouchers of 35 dollars each for the package, well worth it, not sure about paying full price.
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