If you were there seven years ago, you probably would have been been driving your car on what are now the entrance stairs.
Instead of the leather couches with the elegant gold frames, there would have been caddies everywhere, filled with tools. The cement floor would have been covered with oil stains and as for the walls now draped with paintings, there were once power tools hanging off the wall.
For a place that started off as a panel beater car shop seven years ago, the transformation of the Victoria Room is outstanding.
As I walked up what used to be a ramp, I was excited to be part of the High Tea cookbook launch and tasting some of the food and drinks that are featured in it.
The British colonial interior design with Morroccon and Indian elements pay tribute to the period those countries were colonised by the British.
The walls are covered in two types of patterned wallpaper - one red and one green; and the painting of a man riding a horse, his hunting dogs running alongside, stands out from the other paintings in the room.
Even the couches, which are leather with a gold plated frame, and the vintage-look globe positioned on top of a wooden side table, keep with the venues colonial history - it almost felt like as if I had gone back in time. I liked it.
They had kept with the theme in the ladies room, and even had antique chairs for women waiting for their friends to finish their business - or to give their feet a break from their heels, which is what I used them for.
The only thing that looked modern were the people wandering around the room, in modern day clothing.
As for the crowd that filled the room, initially I thought the Victoria Room would be a place that would attract classy ladies and suit wearing men, a place for those who like to sip on wine and not for those who prefer to scull their beers or who like to get drunk and dance the night away.
I didn't think it would be a place for kids either.
But I was wrong - there were children, people wearing t-shirts and some people were even wearing thongs, and everyone seemed to be having a good time, listening to the live piano performance.
As the food started to come out, and the cocktails in tea cups, I got a bit excited - it was my favourite part of any function.
I understood why the British love their tea time - the smoked salmon on scones, and the lemon flavoured dessert pastries were delicious.
I thought it couldn't get better but then came out the chicken sandwiches and cupcakes. Mmmm... cupcakes!
Jill Jones-Evans, who co-authored the book with Joe Gambacorta, said the reason why they decided to write the cookbook was to give people "a slice of the Victoria Room to take home with them".
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While eating, I met one of the people who has been there since the beginning, Michael Burokas, who told me why the Victoria Room was successful.
"When people come here, they feel like it's an extension of their lounge room. It almost feels like you left work and and went home, except you are here. All types of people come in and relax on our comfortable couches and relax and listen to the music," Burokas said.
On April 18, Burokas will be hosting the Victoria Room's version of Cirque du Soleil - Performance Carnaval.
"There will be violinists, belly dancers, contortionists and all that jazz. It will be fantastic," Burokas said.
As if it couldn't get anymore unique, I was introduced to the restaurant's astrologer.
It was all too much for me to take in in one night so I decided to leave and have set a date to come back again.
I know there will be more to learn.