Wednesday 22 August 2012

Sydney's Newest Design Hotel to Feature European-Style Brasserie


QT Sydney
Set on the first floor of Sydney's newest hip design hotel - QT Sydney, Gowings Bar & Grill boasts stunning design and a bold brasserie style menu. Acclaimed restaurateur and QT Sydney Creative Food Director, Robert Marchetti will create a menu of future favourites for breakfast, lunch and dinner to complement the stunning historical backdrop reimagined by cutting edge designer Nic Graham.

Gowings Bar & Grill will be the ultimate CBD destination for a power breakfast, CBD working lunch, or a stylish night out. The 120 seat brasserie style restaurant is the perfect addition to QT Sydney and is set to entertain both Sydneysiders and international guests alike. QT Sydney is positioned on the corner of Market and George Streets, intersecting two of the cities major roads.


Robert Marchetti
Marchetti, of North Bondi Italian fame, and his team will hand select sustainable fish, crustaceans and shellfish to create a sumptuous seafood offering including Beer Steamed Prawn Cocktail, Tartare Yellow-fin and Hand Picked Spanner Crab Salad . The wood rotisserie will serve Whole roasted quails, Suckling pig, and, while the wood grill will feature Kinkawooka Mussels, Whole Flouder or Wild Rock Flathead and the oven will feature Pasture fed long bone lamb chops, Yellow-fin Tuna and Kirishin Full-blood Wagyu.

Breakfast at Gowings Bar & Grill is set to redefine breakfast and become a Sydney CBD breakfast staple. The menu focuses on super foods including Clay roasted granola, a series of Seasonal fruit hits, Detox smoothies and an Omelette with asparagus, kale, swiss chard and shiitake mushrooms cooked in flax seed oil. QT favourites include Fish tortilla, Poached eggs Rockefellar and a Huevos Rancheros served with a free range egg.

Teaming up with Marchetti is former executive chef of Rockpool Bar and Grill Melbourne, and new QT Sydney Executive Chef, Paul Easson, taking charge of the kitchen brigade. Wine industry stalwart, Ian Cook has hand selected a small batch, limited release wine list of fine Australian and international wines creating a punchy wine list set to impress and delight.

QT Sydney
Guests enter Gowings Bar & Grill via the bold QT lobby on Market Street which boasts a collection of original art work, quirky designer furniture and cutting edge digital graphic displays. A staircase connects the historic State Theatre to the Gowings Building, transporting guests to Gowings Bar & Grill.

Upon entry, guests are greeted by an energetic and vibrant central sydney CBD restaurant space punctuated by a bustling open pass. The setting is sophisticated but not stuffy, service attentive yet fast paced.  A modern staircase encasing a dramatic wine wall will take guests up to an airy mezzanine level, home to an intimate cocktail bar serving only the best classics and a series of lush private dining rooms perfect for intimate boardroom lunches or a Sydney CBD event location for up to 200 guests.

QT Sydney
 The culmination of some hefty restoration work, the historic Gowings and State Theatre Buildings in Sydney's CBD have been artfully revamped to see the introduction of Sydney's newest hip designer hotel, QT Hotel. It's a development we've been eagerly awaiting, with the gothic façades and features of the buildings carefully returned to their former glory, whilst inside the hotel possess cutting edge art and design featuring LED digital art, bespoke furniture and a strong use of bold colours makes clever interior design central to the hotel experience. And you can't beat the location - it couldn't be more in the heart of the city of it tried. The bowler hat lights are a favourite cheeky touch, but there's a huge focus on art and design here. QT isn't just about a place to lay your head.

QT Sydney is opening on 17th September 2012 and is the only Sydney hotel to be a member of the exclusive Design Hotels.

QT Sydney is located on George & Market Streets, Sydney NSW 2000

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