Evolve Spirits Bar

Love the fossil theme in the place. Well presented. Friendly staff, great selection of whisky too.

The unique atmosphere of evolve makes it well worth the walk over to MacQ1 to start your night or finish it with a night cap. As you walk in the door there is an impressive and stunning dinosaur skeleton inside a glass case spanning floor to ceiling. The rest of the bar is decorated with impressive fossils adding to the atmosphere.

The drinks are well presented and priced as you would expect and the drinks and whiskey list are impressive.

*If you're a connoisseur and feel like there isn't much on the drinks list you are looking at, ask for the full drinks menu.

It's a relatively small space as you might expect from a hotel bar and helps to keep the space exclusive and transient, I wouldn't plan to spend the whole night here. On a busy night you can expect standing room only even after midnight.

I would rate this bar 5 stars if not for the pretentious attitude held by some of the service staff. Sorry guys, but you poor liquids out of bottles at premium prices while wearing gold bow-ties, you really can't afford to be rude to customers in that setting.

The bar staff were so helpful. The cocktail and spirits menus were absolutely amazing, a great way to try a range of different drinks. Their Tasmanian spirit selection is thorough, and goes beyond the usual two or three distilleries. The free popcorn is very tasty too.