10-seat deg-only Kuro restaurant coming to Kent Street

A 10-seat restaurant with a degustation-only menu is the dream of every second chef, but they are as rare in Sydney as an all-day parking spot.

It isn't stopping Taka Teramoto, a Japanese chef who has a body of work from the top shelf (Restaurant Pages in Paris and Florilege, Tokyo) from going against type in Sydney where there's been a noticeable shift to the accessible end of the market in recent years.

Teramoto's business partner in the venture, Alan Wong, believes there's room for a high-end venue in city where "the chef is in front of you telling you what you're eating and where it's from".

Kuro is sliding into the Kent Street site previously occupied by Canvas Bar, opening in September following a redesign led by architects Henderson & Co.

"We don't want to open a restaurant like everyone else is doing," Wong says.

But they are cleverly hedging their bets by including a more accessible 40-seat venue-in-a-venue with former Bar H chef Nobu Maruyama in charge.

Wong explains Kuro will also house a brew bar by day, with its machinery retracting Thunderbirds-style to create a communal table by night.