Rosie Campbell's to bring Jamaican food to Surry Hills

The Surry Hills site where Bentley Bar and Chui Lee Luk's short-lived Chow restaurant traded is set to be born again by a hospitality group better known for hidden entrances than prominent corner sites.

The group behind The Soda Factory, where you enter via a fridge door, has nabbed the site on the corner of Crown and Campbell streets, which has been empty since Chow shut its doors last September.

It will open in late June as Rosie Campbell's, its food Jamaican inspired and the bar rum led. With a rash of Jamaican restaurants popping up in Sydney recently, owner Graham Cordery​ says its calling card will be its more American twist on Jamaican food.

"We're looking at things like the wetter style sauce you get with jerk in New York. It might be the way we plate the food. Or taking some of the influences of other parts of the Caribbean," he explains.

Rosie Campbell's design cues are equally electric. "Jamaica is about big, bold prints, big flavours and big personalities," Cordery says.

With plans to also open for brunch and lunch, Cordery isn't ruling out a secret entrance for Rosie Campbell's, despite its prominent corner exposure. "It lends itself to some really creative stuff," he says.