Hot Sauce at QT Melbourne

Celebrating Melbourne’s laneway culture, QT Melbourne has created its very own late night hot-spot within the hotel offering with Hot Sauce Laneway Bar.

Hot Sauce, the edgy dinner and late night drinking den cranks up the cool factor with a fusion of Korean and Japanese street food in a vibrant ambience with funky 90’s beats, cracking cocktails and a hip hop vibe.

Laneway bars and intimate dining venues are part of Melbourne’s genetics and Hot Sauce fits right in. The venue is intimate and lined with bar seating, where guests can enjoy a front row show of playfully artistic bartenders serving Asian-inspired cocktails such as the Umeshu and raspberry infused Gangnam 64, and the smoky flavours of the Shinshu Julep – Mars Iwai Japanese Whiskey, Shiso Umeshu, Yuzu Bitters and Shiso leaves. 

The bar menu features a large selection of Korean and Japanese beer, as well as rare Japanese liquors.

On the food front, the menu boasts a great selection of items to share and in true QT style, it's quirky and playful. Designed by QT Melbourne’s Creative Food Director Rob Marchetti in collaboration with Executive Chef Paul Easson, the menu takes you from grazing between drinks to a hefty meal. 

We love the ‘Steam and Stuff Me Baos’. The crispy fried chicken bao is a must have. Fluffy bao encases beautifully crispy chicken laced with hot sauce, kimchi and American Yellow Mellow cheese.

From the robata yakitori section, our favourite item is the eel - Luscious unagi sprayed in sake, adorned with toasted black rice and organic soy. 

The ‘Street’ section of the menu offers larger dishes ideal for sharing, with a selection of seafood, vegetarian and meat options. The Special cup of caramel fried chicken ‘n’ chilli is simply delicious. Think flavour-laden morsels of deep fried chicken slathered in sticky sweet sauce, black sesame and some Japanese whisky and smoked cola to sip on!

And to finish on a sweet note, we suggest the ‘Big ass bowl of Asia’. It's fun, it's big, it's colourful and it's really good. Mango ripple ice-cream with coconut ice and coconut cream topped with Asian sweet treats like coconut sago, shredded coconut, pandanas liquid balls, plum Kelly and sweet corn.

Location: 133 Russell Street, Melbourne
Phone: 03 8636 8800
Link: www.qthotels.com.au