Made my way to Pharmacy last night, the "speakeasy" bar/restaurant in Dellagio on Sand Lake Road.
In keeping with the theme, there's no signage--you enter through a door cleverly designed to look like a nondescript elevator. Inside there are a lot of vintage (probably faux vintage) mirrors, a metal bar, and 1920s music--reminded me of the background loop at the Adventurers Club.
The emphasis is on specialty craft cocktails made with small batch liquors. Honestly the only bottle I recognized behind the bar was Blantons. The bartenders also use various "tinctures" and house-made syrups and sodas. The RJ--made with creme de violet--was quite good, almost like drinking a lei. But my favorite was the "house soda," essentially a Manhattan carbonated every morning then served in a soda bottle. Drinks aren't cheap by Orlando standards--the specialties are $12 each--but you can see the amount of work that goes into making them. There is also a food menu--far more tables in here than I expected, the bar itself is surprisingly small--but we were drinking, not eating. The place was packed for a Tuesday evening, as well, tho surprisingly that seemed true of all of Dellagio.
Definitely worth a visit if you want to try something different. Pretty much an ideal "date place" as well.
In keeping with the theme, there's no signage--you enter through a door cleverly designed to look like a nondescript elevator. Inside there are a lot of vintage (probably faux vintage) mirrors, a metal bar, and 1920s music--reminded me of the background loop at the Adventurers Club.
The emphasis is on specialty craft cocktails made with small batch liquors. Honestly the only bottle I recognized behind the bar was Blantons. The bartenders also use various "tinctures" and house-made syrups and sodas. The RJ--made with creme de violet--was quite good, almost like drinking a lei. But my favorite was the "house soda," essentially a Manhattan carbonated every morning then served in a soda bottle. Drinks aren't cheap by Orlando standards--the specialties are $12 each--but you can see the amount of work that goes into making them. There is also a food menu--far more tables in here than I expected, the bar itself is surprisingly small--but we were drinking, not eating. The place was packed for a Tuesday evening, as well, tho surprisingly that seemed true of all of Dellagio.
Definitely worth a visit if you want to try something different. Pretty much an ideal "date place" as well.