LOCATION
At the end of Jones Bay Wharf on the Lower Deck, 5 minutes from the CBD. Close to Star City.
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The reputation of this award-winning restaurant is likely to precede your visit here. It is after all located at the end of the ultra trendy Jones Bay Wharf and has won several accolades. From its somewhat withdrawn position it enjoys unobstructed views of the Harbour. This lends the restaurant a distant feeling; a sensation that it is part of a bygone era and now overlooks the developing city. The decor helps to maintain this impression. Here older heritage-listed elements of the former warehouse – pipes, iron elements, windows, wooden staircases and so forth – are offset by stylish, modern design. An alfresco area boasts a cocktail bar, comfortable couches and low tables. The interior of the restaurant plays with intimacy through darker feature walls and glowing light features that resemble underwater life. Similar care has been taken with two private dining rooms – the Wine Room (named after walls filled with the restaurant’s collection) and the Arcadia Room.
The kitchens at Flying Fish are also remarkable – split into three (the hot, cold and pastry) they are completely open. I’ll let you work out what each one does, but will say they are the source of many a compliment. The menu at Flying Fish is predominantly seafood and falls into the modern Australian category, although executive chef and owner, Peter Kuruvita’s Sri Lankan heritage provides influence in dishes like the signature devilled prawn curry. Together with head chef Stephen Seckold, Kuruvita looks over a menu that travels from light bar snacks like oysters to sashimi and entrees like seared yellow fin tuna with ruby red grapefruit and sweet pork crackling, mains like seared flathead fillets with scampi, jamon Iberico and Jerusalem artichoke and desserts. It changes seasonally and offers an evolving eight-course degustation. The quality is extended to an extensive wine and cocktail list.
Agnes Gajewska, March 2010
FUNCTIONS AND PRIVATE DINING
Surrounded by breathtaking views of Sydney Harbour, Flying Fish Restaurant & Bar, presents a spectacular venue to host a range of private or corporate functions, weddings, private lunches or dinners, cocktail parties, product launches or events. Flying Fish is also available for exclusive use reservations for up to 199 guests. Please contact Holly Phillips on (02) 9518 6677 to discuss your event.
WINE ROOM
The Wine Room is a magnificent two-storey loft private dining space, situated on the ground floor with a capacity to host up to 30 guests on one table, it features an impressive six-metre floor to ceiling working wine cellar. This interactive space is concealed behind frosted glass walls and is ideal for all levels of corporate or private dining functions and events. An adjoining outdoor terrace is available for pre and post lunch/dinner drinks.
THE ARCADIA ROOM
The Arcadia Room has been designed for patrons who are looking to dine in privacy and style. A stylish and intimate dining space situated on the first floor of the restaurant, designed to host up to twenty guests, on two tables, for private, corporate and boardroom entertaining.
WEDDINGS
The staff are on hand to assist with planning your special day. Choose from a sit down style event with a capacity of up to 140 guests, or 199 cocktail-style, utilising the entire venue, or for more intimate numbers the upstairs loft-style dining room offers a capacity for 150 guests sit-down/ 60 seated upstairs and 80 canape style. Each room offers spectacular views across Sydney Harbour and beyond.
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CRITICS REVIEW
“Flying Fish is a neat reimagining of a wharfside chop shop and tavern, all dark wood and amber glow, with a marvellous golden resign chandelier. It’s a fitting venue for Peter Kuruvita’s thoroughly modern handling of seafood. Please sir, I want some more.”
The Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide 2010 – 1 Chef’s Hat and 1 Wine Goblet
“With waterviews to the Harbour Bridge, Flying Fish succeeds in being both dramatic and welcoming, a place where captains of industry and romantic couples are equally at home. The novella-length wine list features the luminaries and the quirky and, like everything else about this place, it’s impressive.”
Australian Gourmet Traveller 2010 Restaurant Guide – 2 Stars and 2 Wine Goblet