After a big build up, highly anticipated Latin American restaurant Morena is finally now open. Headed up by esteemed chef Alejandro Saravia – the executive chef and owner of Melbourne’s award-winning restaurants, Farmer’s Daughters and Victoria by Farmer’s Daughters – the 200-seat diner is located in the gorgeous, heritage-listed GPO Building in Martin Place. The menu pays homage to Saravia’s home country of Peru, as well as the flavours found in Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela, Argentina, Brazil, Cuba and more.
It's May, and Sydney’s restaurant openings are showing no signs of slowing down. And thank god, because we’re hungry. Keen to make a booking at the hot new spot? You’ve come to the right place. Below, we’ve rounded up the best new restaurant openings in Sydney right now, curated by Time Out’s Food & Drink Editor and professional eater (and drinker) Avril Treasure. Currently, we’re swooning over Merivale's fun and yum Good Luck Restaurant Lounge, the Shire's Italian diner, Fior, and Sydney Common, a wood-fire grill that is anything but. Oh, and Morena, a gorgeous Latin American restaurant at Martin Place. Dig in.