Fitzroy · Dining · In-person card room

Australian restaurant, card room & offline poker venue

Where Great Food Meets Serious Offline Poker

Step into a refined Australian restaurant and card room built for memorable evenings, competitive poker, and exceptional dining.

  • Live poker tables
  • Curated dining
  • Regular Texas Hold’em tournaments
  • Private venue atmosphere
Warm dining table and emerald felt poker table in Riverand Cinder's dark card room

An evening with range

The evening, in four signals

Come for one part of the night or let each part shape the next. Riverand Cinder keeps the choices clear, the room welcoming, and the pace entirely your own.

Restaurant

A restaurant-first welcome

Begin with a considered meal and the ease of a table made for conversation. Dining is complete on its own here: come to linger, catch up, or make an ordinary evening feel more deliberate. Explore the Restaurant or take a closer look at the Menu whenever food is your first reason to visit.

Card room

Face-to-face poker

Offline poker means seated, in-person play at physical poker tables. Real cards, real conversation, and a hosted card-room setting replace screens and digital interfaces. Whether you know the rhythm of the game or are simply exploring the room, the Offline Poker page explains the venue-led experience clearly.

Poker programme

Tournament nights

Regular Texas Hold’em tournaments give the card room a planned, social rhythm. Tournament nights are in-person venue events, with confirmed details and conditions kept where they belong: with the relevant event information. Visit Poker Tournaments to review what is current before making plans.

The setting

A composed social setting

There is a high roller atmosphere in the sense of mood, not exclusion: low light, attentive focus, and a room that gives conversation room to breathe. It is polished without being distant, private in feel while remaining welcoming. Find practical planning guidance on Venue Information.

One destination, many ways to settle in

A Different Kind of Night Out

Riverand Cinder brings a quality dining experience and an in-person card room into one restaurant poker venue. Groups and individual guests can move through dinner, conversation, and poker at their own pace, or choose only the part of the evening that suits them. The result is a fuller social night, shaped by hospitality rather than a hurried transaction.

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Social by design

Face-to-face poker has its own human rhythm: shared tells, table etiquette, pauses in the conversation, and the pleasure of reading a real room. Offline poker keeps that energy present without making anyone stare into a screen. The Card Room is designed around attentive social energy, focused play, and a welcome that makes space for different kinds of guests.

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Hosted with care

The card room is professionally hosted so practical expectations remain clear and the experience feels considered from table to table. Venue rules and event conditions help guests prepare before they join. For tournament nights, participation details, including buy-in information where applicable, are confirmed event by event through Poker Tournaments and Venue Information.

Guests sharing a warmly lit dining table at Riverand Cinder

Choose your pace

Two rooms, one considered pace

For the table

Begin with the restaurant

For food-led guests, Riverand Cinder begins with a dining experience shaped by a refined setting and time for conversation. Settle in for a considered meal before poker, after poker, or instead of it entirely. Visit the Restaurant to understand the approach, then browse the Menu when you are ready to plan your table.

View the Menu

For the felt

Discover the card room

For poker-led guests, the in-person card room brings together live poker tables, physical play, and regular Texas Hold’em tournament nights. Start with Offline Poker for the room itself, then visit Poker Tournaments for event-specific practical information. Any buy-in detail is confirmed in the conditions for the individual event.

Explore Poker Events

For the whole evening

Planning a shared occasion? Start with a meal, let the card room become part of the atmosphere, and ask us about details that need a human answer. For a direct conversation, call +61 3 9417 8392 or email [email protected].

Contact the Venue

Offline poker, clearly stated

The card room, in person

In this dark, attentive card room, guests gather around physical tables for real cards, chips, conversation, and composed competition. Offline poker is tactile and face to face, with a welcoming high roller atmosphere that is about focus and occasion rather than casino spectacle. The room is built for people sharing an evening, one hand and one conversation at a time.

Hands arranging face-down cards on emerald felt under a warm lamp in the card room

At the table

Live poker tables

Poker is played in person at live poker tables, with the practical rhythm of a hosted room rather than an online interface. Guests are encouraged to review the relevant Card Room information, venue rules, and event conditions before taking part, so the shared table starts from a clear understanding.

For events

Texas Hold’em and tournament nights

Texas Hold’em tournament nights are part of the venue’s poker programme. Participation details, including any relevant buy-in information, belong to each event’s confirmed conditions rather than a generic promise. Visit Poker Tournaments for current event information before deciding whether a particular night is right for you.

Before you join

A respectful shared room

Clear conduct, age requirements, venue rules, and event conditions are part of a considered guest experience. They help everyone arrive prepared for a respectful restaurant and card-room environment. Read Venue Information and the Terms of Use for the detail relevant to your visit.

Tournament planning

A clear route into poker events

For anyone curious about tournament nights, the useful information is calm, current, and venue-specific. Follow these steps before attending an in-person event.

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Find the current event details

Use the Poker Tournaments page for current poker events Australia information rather than relying on assumed dates or a fixed home-page schedule. It is the place to check confirmed Texas Hold’em tournament details when they are available. Where registration or scheduling information has not been supplied, the event page remains the appropriate route for updates.

View Poker Tournaments
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Review the conditions before attending

Each event may carry its own venue rules, age requirements, event conditions, and practical participation information. Buy-in details, where applicable, are also specific to the event in question, not a one-size-fits-all promise. Review Venue Information and the Terms of Use before attending so the basics are clear.

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Ask when you need a human answer

If a practical question is not answered by confirmed event information, contact the venue directly. Call +61 3 9417 8392 or email [email protected] for a straightforward conversation about your visit.

Contact the Venue

Plan your visit

Built for a good evening

Find the venue

48 Ember Lane, Fitzroy VIC 3065, Australia

Dining and poker take place together at one real Fitzroy venue. Use the address to plan the physical part of your evening, then choose the page that suits your reason for visiting.

Get directions

Plan around the occasion

Whether you are arranging table booking, considering poker events, or bringing together a group for a refined social evening, use the route that best matches your plans. Explore the Restaurant, check Poker Tournaments, or Contact the venue when the details of your visit need a direct conversation.

Read the room before you arrive

Venue rules, age requirements, and event conditions help guests arrive prepared for a respectful restaurant and card-room environment. They are practical parts of an enjoyable evening, not barriers to it. Visit Venue Information and the Terms of Use for the guidance that applies to your plans.

Useful answers

Questions before your night out

A few essentials for first-time diners, card-room visitors, and tournament-curious guests.

No. Riverand Cinder’s poker activity is offline poker, conducted in person at the physical venue. Guests gather around live poker tables in the card room; it is not an online poker offering. Read more about Offline Poker before planning your visit.

A sense of the room

From ember-lit dining to the felt

Move from dinner-table warmth to the focused energy of the felt without leaving the character of the venue behind. A refined card room and a considered dining experience share the same deep shadows, tactile materials, and unhurried social pace. See more of the physical setting in the Gallery.

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Carefully presented dish on a warm timber table under brass light
Restaurant atmosphereCareful food presentation and a table set for an unhurried social pace, without reducing the evening to a single course or occasion.
Emerald felt with face-down cards and understated poker chips
In-person poker-table detailPhysical cards, felt, chips, and real table conversation give the card room its tactile, shared focus.

Make an evening of it

Your Seat at the Table Is Waiting

Join us for memorable food, a refined card room, and the energy of offline poker in a distinctly Australian setting.