Bentley team confirms Barangaroo spin-off

The owners of award-winning CBD restaurant Bentley are confirmed starters for a Barangaroo​ spin-off, opening a seafood restaurant in September in the space occupied by the Noma pop-up.

Seafood offers to fill one of the few yawning gaps in an otherwise heavily supplied Sydney restaurant market, a culinary void never quite filled following the departure of Pier and Fish Face restaurants.

It's been a long dance with Barangaroo for Bentley owners Brent Savage and Nick Hildebrandt, with Good Food first reporting their interest in Barangaroo as early as August 2014.

Savage explained the initial idea had been to focus on a wine bar, but the site pushed them in the direction of seafood. "Fresh seafood by the water, the location here played a big part in it. It'll be seafood focused, super fresh and sustainable, from fish and chips through to lobster. And we'd like to get some tanks in here. But there'll be a few meat and vegetable dishes as well."

The restaurant, which doesn't yet have a name, won't carry the Bentley moniker.

Is there any pressure slotting into a space currently operated by Noma, one of the biggest names on the world food map? "We're not trying to fill their shoes, but we're honoured to follow it," Savage says.