Sweet dreams: A hotel fit for Willy Wonka

The Adelphi was Melbourne’s first boutique hotel when it opened in 1993, but new owners have completely revamped the interiors, and the concept, to create a topsy-turvy world of colour, pattern and sugar. The interiors are filled with swirl-print rugs, like cake batter being mixed. At check-in, guests receive a spoon and a candy-cane coloured straw – all the better to enjoy the free sweet treats that await them in their rooms.

The restaurant, Om Nom, run by head chef Christy Tania, former Ritz-Carlton Paris pastry chef, is a dessert bar with avant-garde sweet dishes and a small selection of savoury ones. This is sweet-tooth hospitality both in food and design. 

Dessert is being given a high-minded makeover. For more, read our Seed on the Parisian dessert restaurant Dessance.