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Fishnets surfaces in Bronte with an ex-Sokyo sushi master at the pass
Alex Cameron's Table Manners sibling debuts an 'omakase-grade' Japanese leaner above the beach, with tuna katsu, share plates and mapo gelato.
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Sagye simmers 100kg of wagyu a day for Melbourne's new gomtang headquarters
Ondo founder Levi Eun opens a 23-seat Russell Street diner dedicated to Korea's clear winter beef soup.
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Sydney CBD, NSW
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Khanh Nguyen will lead Bentley's new Southeast Asian grill, Ashe
Brent Savage and Nick Hildebrandt have signed the King Clarence chef to head an 80-seat grill — and a second venue, Vespertine — in the group's biggest expansion to date.
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Bentley Restaurant announces closure after twenty years
Brent Savage and Nick Hildebrandt's hatted CBD flagship will pour its last glass at the end of June, with the team redirecting focus to new venues.
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Sydney's new underground '70s-style Daiquiri bar comes with a 4am licence
Razz Room is a hidden CBD bunker pouring live music, disco vibes and the 11/10 Dirty Daiquiri until sunrise.
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South Yarra, VIC
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From the Editor
A bigger winter for openings than the industry expected.
Six months ago, the conventional wisdom held that 2026 would be the year Australian hospitality consolidated. Energy bills, wage settlements and a softer mid-week trade were going to force a contraction. Instead, the opposite is happening. From Bronte to Mooloolaba, operators are taking bigger spaces, signing bigger leases and — most tellingly — investing in late-night infrastructure that didn't exist a year ago. This edition tracks twenty of those decisions, and the people making them.
In Brief
- · Bentley Restaurant will close after 20 years at the end of June.
- · Avani Mooloolaba adds 180 keys to the Sunshine Coast in a single move.
- · Sydney's CBD is quietly building a real after-midnight scene again.
- · Korean cooking continues its move from specialty to mainstream.