The Bar at Oncore by Clare Smyth

Grand, glamorous dining doesn’t come any better than the full-scale Oncore by Clare Smyth experience. If you book a table in the restaurant proper you will be served a meal of unerring grace and precision – an intricate medley of seven courses (or the option of three at lunch) that weave you through the childhood memories of Northern Irish chef Clare, the first woman ever to hold three Michelin stars (for her London restaurant Core) and three Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide hats in Australia (for Oncore) simultaneously. 

Fine dining at this level doesn’t come cheap. But it certainly comes a bit cheaper if you swap the restaurant for the adjoining bar. Here, you can sample a limited selection of Oncore’s most famous dishes (and a few others designed specifically for snacking) along with anything from the Oncore drinks list. Unless you’re really splashing out on big-ticket bottles of wine, you’ll walk away paying a fraction of what you’d shell out in the restaurant. Oh, and pro tip: the view’s even better in the bar.