Just Open: Fei Jai Next Door

Fei Jai Next Door opens this week, and you'd be forgiven for thinking its cocktails and dumplings are designed exclusively for customers at its older sibling Fei Jai given it's, well, right next door.

"Its actually for the whole area. The idea of it is Potts Point has so many great restaurants but nowhere to go if you're waiting for a table," argues Fei Jai co-owner Peter Lew. Fei Jai Next Door has squeezed into the former Challis Street digs of The Sardine Room, dishing up dumplings, pork belly, tuna tartare spring rolls as well as cocktails.

Lew and his team have had a busy month, closing their Bayswater Road Mexican restaurant, Barrio Chino​, last week and sliding a burger pop-up in its place. They've also done a deal to look after the food menu at Darlo Country Club on Victoria Street in Darlinghurst. And the culinary direction? "It's very LA country club," the restaurateur says.