Great timing for Doltone

Sydney doesn't get a new ballroom every week, and the 1920s New York design brief for the new Doltone House Hyde Park couldn't be better timed, with Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby rolling through town.

The function space was designed by architect Koichi Takada, with a $5 million price tag.

Owner Paul Signorelli, who has former Otto chef James Kidman on the payroll, says he'll open a branch of Signorelli Gastronomia - with a deli, wine and cheese room - at the Elizabeth Street location in December.