Afloat

About Afloat

Doors open at 11am every day of the week, which makes this as much a lunch stop on Flinders Walk as a late one — though Thursday through Saturday the kitchen and the floor keep going until 1am, and that is when the room changes character. Modern Australian plates and pizza come with table service, priced in the mid range rather than the special-occasion bracket, so groups tend to settle in for a few hours. Commercial hits and lounge-leaning chill house set the tone, lifting as the evening moves on and the Friday and Saturday crowds fill the tables. Smart casual is enforced loosely but genuinely; the crowd skews late twenties to mid forties, a mix of city locals and visitors who have found their way down to the Yarra. Year-round, with the weekend nights the ones worth booking.