Equal parts restaurant, café, bar and spa in a building that used to be an army barracks
Take a former army barracks. Scatter with vintage furniture. Offer views of the verdant Dempsey forest. Pipe in gentle jazz, tempt with an impressive cake counter, and you have House at Dempsey. If House at times feels a little too pleased with itself, redemption comes in its consistently succulent menu – skinny pizzas laden with goodies like squid ink are a highlight, while brunch and dinner options are varied. Worth taking the afternoon off for is the Vintage High Tea Buffet, available on Thursdays and Fridays 3pm-5.30pm ($22 a head). Diners pick from four tables’ worth of biscuits (keep room for the peanut butter shortbread), freshly baked loaves and condiments, and a heavenly selection of cakes – and are free to reload their plates. Food comas don’t come much finer than this. Keeley Bolger
Transport
Bus Lines: 7, 77, 106, 174
Telephone 6475 7787
Open Mon-Fri noon-10.30pm
Sat 11am-10.30pm
Sun 9am-10.3pm
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