This wharf spot sits alongside bobbing boats, though views aren't quite knock-me-down. Hidden just steps from the Star Casino, it offers strikingly innovative Italian-Japanese cuisine in an atmosphere of casual competence. Degustations are a tour de force; memorable creations include extraordinary pasta dishes. The open kitchen is always entertaining, service is smart, and both wine and sake lists are great.


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Nearby Darling Harbour & Pyrmont attractions

1. Star Casino

0.15 MILES

The Star, Sydney's first casino complex, includes hotels, high-profile restaurants, bars, a nightclub, a good food court and a light rail station – plus…

2. Australian National Maritime Museum

0.21 MILES

Beneath a soaring roof, the Maritime Museum sails through Australia’s inextricable relationship with the sea. Exhibitions range from Indigenous canoes to…

3. King Street Wharf

0.24 MILES

The central one of three major developments along the east side of Darling Harbour, this is a modern metallic affair in three sections. Below plush…

4. Barangaroo South

0.3 MILES

The latest product of Sydney's port redevelopment is this extension of the CBD's officeland. There are three rather lofty skyscrapers and pedestrian…

5. Wild Life Sydney Zoo

0.31 MILES

Complementing its sister and neighbour, Sea Life, this surprisingly capacious complex houses an impressive collection of Australian native reptiles,…

6. Madame Tussauds

0.32 MILES

In this celebrity-obsessed age, it's hardly surprising that Madame Tussauds' hyperrealistic waxwork dummies are just as popular now as when the eponymous…

7. Sydney Sea Life Aquarium

0.33 MILES

As well as regular tanks, this impressive complex has large pools that you can walk through – safely enclosed in Perspex tunnels – as an intimidating…

8. Harbourside

0.34 MILES

The first major Darling Harbour development, Harbourside shopping centre is like that nightclub guy still wearing a pirate shirt and an unreconstructed…