Lottie

Dining at Lottie makes you feel like you’re on holiday. The Mexican restaurant (which sits on top of The Eve Hotel) might have inner-city views, but the polished fit-out and lush plants scream vacay. The courtyard restaurant is dusted pink, with a giant marble bar for walk-ins and travertine walls.

A share-friendly menu offers many gluten-free dishes. Standouts include Aztec cake, almost a Mexican lasagne, where chicken and a bright poblano pepper sauce are layered with tortillas. There’s also pork jowl with cola mole, inspired by Nigella Lawson’s Coca Cola glazed Christmas ham. The jowl is cooked carnitas style: low and slow with stock and fat, until the meat falls apart. It’s topped with a mole that’s been sweetened with fizzy drink, then served with house-made tortillas. Plus, find charcoal-fired Murray cod and a riff on tartare that sees beef chop offcuts sit between crisp, golden potato wafers.

The bar has a list of options that’s full of, naturally, tequila and agave. There’s the Elote Elote, which leans into the Whiskey Sour zone, and a trio of Margs: classic, frozen or spiced.

The rooftop venue is run by Liquid & Larder (Afie’s, Bistecca, The Gidley, The Rover).