The Ugly Duckling Richmond - Kurunjang

Great atmosphere and drinks Price per person: A$60–80 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5

I have been a regular at this bar for a few years as it was a great place to stop through before catching up with friends. On my last visit I called in for a glass of wine at the shared front table. When I ordered the wine I was asked if I wanted water still or sparkling? As the offer was there I suggested sparkling would be nice. The girl placed a bottle on the table and filled up my glass whilst I was on the phone. I sipped on the glass over my glass of wine and when I went to pay was charge over $12 for the sparkling almost as much as the glass of wine!! I don't have an issue with being charged for sparkling water BUT I do have an issue with staff NOT telling you that the sparkling is part of the bill or is charged!!! When challenged the staff member was incredibly rude. She told me it was a standard practice in bars to charge for sparking!! So rude. I get it but it's not standard practice not to let your customers know when they're just having a glass of wine. I won't be heading back to this bar again staff need to be more customer focused there are plenty of other places in Richmond to try. A very UGLY experience! Atmosphere: 3

Cute little cocktail bar with some nice food options from their neighbouring restaurant. Lots of drink choices and extremely tasty, however slow to make compared to other venues in the vicinity when it wasn’t even busy. Atmosphere could use some improvement, it was a big mood killer with how professional and quiet it was in there.. we were scared to laugh with how serious everyone seemed. Price per person: A$40–60 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 2

Richmond’s best cocktail bar. Price per person: A$40–60 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5

Quiet cocktail bar with very friendly and amazing bar staff. Huge selections of wines also and great food from their sister restaurant. Guava cosmo is mwah! Price per person: A$40–60 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5