Society – Salamanca
Highlights
- Explore Society's impressive backbar featuring over 500 rare spirits, creating a whimsical atmosphere for cocktail enthusiasts.
- Savour signature cocktails crafted with Tasmanian gin, elevating your taste experience with local botanicals.
- Indulge in a gin tasting platter, showcasing four unique gins paired with house-made tonic and garnishes.
- Join lively events like drag bingo and trivia nights, fostering a vibrant community spirit in Hobart's underground scene.
Hobart’s finest underground cocktail bar, specialising in Tasmanian gin and whisky, established in 2015.
Society’s impressive backbar is the centrepiece of the venue. Displaying a collection of over 500 rare and wonderful spirits, made accessible with a sliding ladder, reminiscent of a Disney fairy tale.
Sip on one of Society’s signature cocktails. Or sit down and enjoy a gin tasting platter. Featuring four different gins, matching garnishes and their own house-made tonic water, designed to highlight the delicate botanicals found in Tasmanian gin.
Whisky tasting platters are also available, allowing guests to discover and compare, award-winning Tasmanian single malts.
Society also hosts regular special events, which have a loyal local following including happy hour, drag bingo, trivia nights and disco DJ sets.
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Features
Actively welcomes people with access needs.
General access
- Offers multiple options for booking – web, email, phone is available.
- Offers a range of contact methods for receiving complaints.
- Website meets <a href="https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/" target="_blank">WCAG 2.0</a> accessibility standards
Communication
Welcomes and assists people who have challenges with learning, communication, understanding and behaviour. (includes people with autism, intellectual disability, Down syndrome, acquired brain injury (ABI), dyslexia and dementia)
- Uses Plain English / easy read signage and information (includes menus and emergency information)
Physical – Mobility
Caters for people with sufficient mobility to climb a few steps but who would benefit from fixtures to aid balance. (This includes people using walking frames and mobility aids)
Physical – Wheelchair
Caters for people who use a wheelchair.
Allergies and intolerances
Caters for people with allergies and intolerances.
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