Located on Sussex Street in prestigious Darling Park, Sepia is the invention of former-Tetsuya chef Martin Benn offering an elegant seafood dining room that's currently one of the hottest in Sydney. The space utilizes a color palette of black and white for a deco-inspired space divided between a small lounge bar and main dining room. Emerald green velvet and geometric marble floors frame a martini-drinking crowd at the bar before and after dinner in a dining room concealed behind mahogany and glass paneling. The main eatery seems to sprawl on forever, defined by now familiar black and white floors and paneled columns facing floor-to-ceiling windows.
The Food
A seafood-minded menu begins with braised eggplant with chickpea puree, marinated Yellow Fin Tuna with rhubarb or Green Lip Abalone with ginger-scented egg tofu. Main course evolved from a vegetarian-minded roasted pumpkin with morel mushrooms to roasted snapper with octopus risotto, Murray Cod with dill pollen butter or duck breast with fennel salad. Saturdays feature a 9-course tasting menu with ala carte option limited to all other nights of the week.
Last Word
Former Tetsuya chef teams with local seafood purveyors to create Darling Park eatery and lounge bar that’s a culinary hit.
