The Temperance Society

Love this place! Always has a kicking vibe, great drinks menu and amazing staff who serve the best espresso martinis going around.

I dont know why I havent come in, as a very very local person, to The Temperance society until now, on a whim as a really half arsed attempt by the husband and I at doing the whole valentines thing. Booze brings us together.
Wow. This place is very cool. The staff are rather boisterous which brings down to earth, what could easily be a very snobby little locale (only because of the the high class booze and all those chesterfields and floor to ceiling bookshelves — sploosh)
Not having a good sample to go by, this place seems a go to for girls nights, and the night I visited there was a medium sized group of ladies cutting loose and not caring who heard their hollerin. Wine is a gal’s best friend and I watched as they palmed off a would be suitor with nothing more than a glance. Heros.
Wine by the glass in big bowled wine glasses with a great selection, and Elvis who I presume is the owner, knows his tipples.
My pick of the eve was the Alto Monte — $ 14 a glass but by George that wine is as delightful as a magical miniature new born fawn prancing across your tongue on a rainbow.
Food is basically nibbles. Sharing platters: a cheese one, a meat and cheese one and a Vego one with Cashew cheese.
Toasties including one with Brie, cranberry and Rabbit terrine. Delicious.
Anyone can google the origin of the name of this place, and I think it does every justice to the moniker.
I think this may become my regular hangout.

Stopped in here for a quick drink before dinner. Lovely vibe, cute little library upstairs and a couple of prime balcony spots. Courtyard was closed though would be nice as summer rolls around. Another win for Summer Hill.