The popularity of bottomless brunches across Sydney has changed Sydney’s dating scene meaning less women are going out at night

The popularity of bottomless brunches has changed Sydney’s dating scene. With less women going out at night, single men mingle solo as women sleep off the day drinking.

Alex Rodd, Tulin Sevgin, Georgia Boward and Carina Anderson enjoying a bottomless brunch at Milli Vini in Surry Hills, Sydney. Picture: Newscorp Daily Telegraph/ Gaye Gerard

The rise of ladies who long lunch has left single men mingling with themselves at dinner.

Bottomless Brunch has taken over Sydney’s hospitality scene and in part, has changed the dating scene.

More groups of women are making use of the cost effective drink and food packages and partying during the day, instead of the evening.

Top venues like LilyMu in Parramatta, Luke’s Kitchen at The Kimpton Hotel and Rocker in Bondi all run food and beverage packages on weekends.

Chris Marnie runs a popular matched speed dating company, City Swoon, and says the cost-effective nature of the packages, as well as safety factor of being out during the day and catching public transport, has increased their popularity.

“I keep hearing same refrain. Groups of ladies have conditioned themselves to not go out in evening as much on the weekends. However the guys are doing the same thing they’ve done, which is go out at night. Men are conditioned to going out when it’s dark, ” he said.

The allure of the bottomless brunch, like those at LilyMu Parramatta, has changed Sydney’s dating scene.

Surry Hills Italian wine bar and restaurant Mille Vini offers a Bottomless Italian Lemoncello Spritz Brunch on the weekends and majority of the guests taking advantage of the offer is groups of women aged 25 to 35.

Owner Andrew Wallace said since offering the package in November the average group booking has increased three fold.

The package costs $99pp for five courses and unlimited spritz, mulled wine, prosecco or wine.

The restaurant seats 60 people but now is doing 80 to 120 people for lunch, with Wallace saying it’s become more popular then he could “have imagined.”

“Prior to our Bottomless offering, our smaller groups tended to book later start times, resulting in one busy later lunch sitting,” Wallace said.

Now we have two massive sittings every week with demand for earlier timeslots.

“Large group requests have always been common in the evening, but we are seeing that demand migrate to lunch.”

Since Italian restaurant and wine bar Mille Vini launched their bottomless brunch package, their group booking numbers have increased three fold.

Georgia Boward, 27, said as she’s gotten older, it’s become more appealing for her to go out during the day so she can make the most of the weekend.

The colder weather also makes it more appealing to head out when the sun is out.

“I feel if I go out late, then the next day is a write off,” she said.

“Regardless of whether it’s Friday or Saturday night, that’s half the weekend gone.

“Going out during the day means you can make the most of a lovely day, finish earlier, and feel rested for tomorrow.”