The Carlton Hotel

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• Carlton Hotel

  Clem Bastow, Reviewer

  Thursday, May 03, 2007

  The whole place glows, from the hot-pink neon chandeliers to the illuminated filigree wallpaper.

  IF MY calculations are correct, Franco Cozzo has been mentioned as a descriptive term at least four times in BarFly; that crazy furniture seems to have inspired a riot of shiny white patina and mirrored cut-outs in bars all over Melbourne. Well, if there was one place I was expecting to roll Franco out again, it would?ve been the recently made-over Carlton Hotel ? only Franco Cozzo doesn?t even come close to describing the vivid madness of the new-look former hellhole. Jeff-Koons-meets-Lewis-Carroll-onthe-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). You are greeted at the top of the stairs by an enormous stuffed ostr...

  Source: The Age

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• The Carlton Hotel

  Ultimate Melbourne

  Sunday, August 02, 2009

  Down your weapons as you enter this once notorious city bloodbath that has now been cleverly transformed into ‘Alice in Wonderland on serious drugs’ sort of style. A stuffed ostrich wearing Audrey Hepburn’s pearls greets you at the door of a mad space that includes a myriad of other eccentric features including a life-sized giraffe, ornate booths, a hot-pink and purple rhino bust mounted on the wall and a ‘70s-style dance floor that lights up the ceiling. A menu full of hearty crowd-pleasers as well as small dishes to share is sure to tempt. Check out Palmz at The Carlton rooftop deck on a Friday and Saturday night for a unique “city by night” experience.

  
  

• Carlton Hotel

  Michael Harden, Reviewer

  Thursday, May 03, 2007

  The new-look Carlton attracts a new-look, weaponless crowd.

  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. Owner Tracey Lester has a thing for eccentric decor. As co-owner of Gertrude Street's Yelza, she introduced a new generation of bar flies to the joy of flocked wallpaper and Franco Cozzo-esque style and has since honed her eye for the quirky at the Windsor Castle and the Builders Arms. Lester's aestheticism may not be everybody's cup of tea but you have to admit it's different and only the anal-retentive minimalist freaks would deny that she's expert at creating an atmosphere conducive to imbi...

  Source: The Age

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• Carlton Hotel

  Larissa Dubecki, Reviewer

  Thursday, May 24, 2007

  Eight beers on tap and a perky wine list cement the Carlton as a kooky, fun place to drink.

  Gone are the days when you checked your private health insurance before contemplating a walk up the gloomy staircase off Swanston Street to this first-floor boozer. But while the more "colourful" elements have been swept out, the new Carlton Hotel has a colour all of its own. 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. Along with the Noah's Ark of stuffed animals, it boasts flocked wallpaper that, when combined with the kind of lurid neon lighting last seen in a 1980s video clip, can be quite unsettling after a few pots. There's a decent-sized dining room where tapas-style plates are the way to go when sharing with friends, and smokers can get a resp...

  Source: The Age

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