Melville’s famous The Loft, which is under new ownership, has become an oasis of diverse cultural entertainment on Friday nights, when beatbox artists, poets and musos pack out the venue.

On Sunday afternoons, live jazz wafts lazily out onto the street. Peruse the restaurant-cum-cocktail lounge’s fabulous menu, which offers a variety of options for all food lovers: vegetarians can try the seared tofu on sweetcorn fritter with refried beans, tomato salsa and guacamole, while meat-eaters can slice through butter-tender beef fillet served with a bone marrow and red wine reduction.

Those with a sweet tooth will have difficulty choosing between the deliciously light vanilla crème brûlée and the rich and warm chocolate fondant, which oozes chocolate and is served with home-made vanilla ice cream. The new owners want patrons to think of the revamped venue as their home away from home, a place where you can work from – free Wi-fi and endless cups of vanilla-flavoured cappuccinos – and play from.