Italo Dining & Disco Club #8

Overview

This long weekend sees The Dolphin Hotel fire up for a huge all-day NYC-inspired party on Sunday, June 9, marking the eighth edition of the Italo Dining & Disco Club run by restaurateurs Maurice Terzini (The Dolphin, Icebergs, Bondi Beach Public Bar) and Giovanni Paradiso (10 William Street, Fratelli Paradiso). And every corner of the Surry Hills boozer is getting involved in a different way.

It all kicks off in the dining room (12–5pm), where the kitchen will be whipping up a generous Italian-American menu, headlined by a range of NYC-style 20-inch pizzas, available as whole pies or by the slice. You'll also spy a selection of pasta, fried calamari, fresh salads and a chicken parma sub, which can be paired with a hefty lineup of wines. Award-winning bartender Matt Whiley has also knocked up a snazzy list of cocktails, featuring drinks like the Rome and Stormy, starring Amaretto, ginger and lemon myrtle kombucha.

When you're done with lunch, head upstairs to the top floor cocktail bar Scout (2–7pm) for even more inventive Italo sips, including the strawberry gum-infused Miami Vice negroni.

A special edition of Delfino Aperitivo will then take over the Dolphin's Wine Room from 5–7pm, offering Italian snacks (and most likely Jatz) by Mitch Orr (of the soon-to-close Acme), alongside a menu of American and Italian wines and other libations by sommeliers Marie Sophie and James Hird.

From 7pm, the party really heats up, as the dining room is transformed into a dance floor and New York-based DJ Mike Simonetti takes the decks for a free disco-drenched evening, running until late.

Itali Dining & Disco Club runs from midday–10pm.