Escape (Australia)

There’s nothing quite like complimentary breakfast bubbly to shift you into holiday mode. And so each morning at The Colonial, one of four dining outlets within the hotel and by far the most fanciful, I help myself to sparkling wine, leg ham straight from the bone, cheese, pastries and a la carte eggs.

By night, the restaurant transforms into an elegant fine-diner serving classical French cuisine, including foie gras roulade and wagyu fillet and accompanied by what I’m told is the most extensive wine menu in Vietnam. It’s an ambient affair, with 70-something, in-house jazz singer Ben on the piano.