Good Luck Restaurant Lounge, Merivale's new restaurant, is now open. Located in a hidden basement below the historic Burns Philp & Co building in Sydney's CBD, this head-turning venue is a project three years in the making by executive chef Mike Eggert (also of Totti’s) and CEO Justin Hemmes. The name pays homage to Eggert’s former Good Luck Pinbone pop-up.
Hemmes wants Good Luck Restaurant Lounge to feel like you’ve walked into a time capsule and stepped into a wild 1970s Tokyo underground scene. And with pumping music, kitsch ornaments and retro touches alongside traditional Japanese artworks, we reckon the brief has well and truly been met.
The food is equally impressive. Eggert is a formidable chef, and his talent is on display at Good Luck alongside head chef Prince Jeganathan (formerly of MuMu and Mr Wong). Come for pan-Asian cuisine, big, bold flavours, and lots of seafood, fresh herbs and punchy sauces and sambals. Highlights on the opening menu include smoked pork spring rolls with a creamy pâté dipping sauce; fried eggs with whipped tofu and crisp chilli; ling karaage with anchovy XO; ginger, shallot and sesame linguine; and fire-roasted fish collar with lemongrass and green chilli jam. For dessert, go for the ’grammable milk and chocolate soft serve with caramel.
“It’s going to be a fun vibe, maybe a bit wild but not stuffy or elitist. It’s got that feeling where you know you’ll lose track of time...it’s just great food with a side of party,” Eggert adds.
Time Out went to the opening night of Good Luck Restaurant Lounge and can attest the food, decor and party vibes were all on point. And time may have gotten lost. Want to get lucky? Come check it out.
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