On Chapel Street's busiest stretch in South Yarra, where Melbourne's appetite for design and dining is most acutely felt, a five-storey curtain-wall building clad in dark steel and floor-to-ceiling glazing announces Ovolo South Yarra with the confidence of a property that knows exactly where it sits culturally. The facade — a grid of black-framed glass panels stepping back toward the roofline — gives the building a mid-century commercial DNA that the Hong Kong-based Ovolo group has consistently reinterpreted as something louder and more irreverent across its portfolio. Carr Design handled the interiors when the property opened in 2019 across 43 rooms, deploying the studio's characteristic skill at layering texture and colour without tipping into incoherence. The rooms pull from a palette of burnt orange, deep teal, and dusty terracotta, with retro-patterned wallpapers, woven circular headboards, and arc floor lamps that borrow from 1970s Italian domestic design. The lobby takes things further: a circular tan leather banquette wraps a central fire bowl beneath exposed ductwork and a halo pendant light, surrounded by pop-art canvases — Bowie, the Hulk, a collaged Mona Lisa — that give the common space the atmosphere of a record collector's den crossed with a gallery. The ground-floor restaurant, Bebida en la Boca, layers gilt-framed Old Master paintings against teal tongue-and-groove panelling, velvet banquettes in coral and burgundy, and terrazzo tabletops, pitching Italian-leaning hospitality through a distinctly Melbourne lens.

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Blending past, present and progressive, a place where retro chic and pop-art collide. Taking its design cues from the days of disco, rock gods and retro glamour, the vibe of Ovolo South Yarra is bold, creative and unpredictable. All mods. Zero cons. Each room infuses retro-plush, with accents of chrome and colour, including four Rockstar suites – named after the era’s most iconic, lyrical lovers. Feed your soul at a unique Ovolo kitchen & bar concept, inspired by fresh and locally-sourced produce, ethical eating and conscious cuisine. Alongside seasonal cocktails and wines sourced from some of Australia’s most progressive producers. South Yarra – the cosmopolitan corner of Melbourne – has always had a rep for setting trends as a cultural hub of food, art and fashion. It’s the ultimate place for stepping out in style and living life as it should be.