Sydney Just Got A New Inner West Subterranean French Brasserie

• Sydney’s latest hotly anticipated dining venue, Darling Glebe, has opened its doors, situated in the storied sandstone grotto beneath Glebe Point Road.
• Chef-restaurateur Jeff Schroeter helms the luxe French brasserie, while award-winning bartender Charlie Ainsbury curates the bar.
• Open from Wednesday to Monday, Darling Glebe is located at 134A Glebe Point Rd, Glebe, and is now taking bookings.

Part Parisian brasserie, part secret Sydney bunker, Glebe’s got a new restaurant-slash-bar that’s begging for a booking.

Darling Glebe has just opened inside the historic Darling Mills building on Glebe Point Road, offering diners a moody, subterranean space that’s been reborn as a luxe French brasserie from chef-restaurateur Jeff Schroeter (yes, the man who’s served the likes of Madonna, Queen Elizabeth II, and Anna Wintour).

It’s also something of a homecoming, as Schroeter previously co-founded the famed Beckett’s in the same space back in 2021. The new fit-out leans hard into the venue’s old bones of convict-chipped sandstone, vaulted ceilings, and tables carved from a single native Coachwood tree.

However, the mood is firmly focused on late-night dining and martini sipping, thanks to a dedicated Martini bar curated by Charlie Ainsbury, who was the 2016 Diageo Reserve World Class Australian Bartender of the Year. There’s also a private dining room and a cellar-style event space for when you’re operating with the company card.

The headline, though, is Schroeter’s French omakase chef’s table, which is basically a “leave it to the chef” experience where he’s personally serving guests. Plus, in a neat nod to the site’s history, he’s sourcing produce from the Adey family’s Mills Farm, even drawing inspiration from their original cookbook.

Darling Glebe is now open for dinner Wednesday to Monday (open till midnight every day other than Monday), with Friday lunch in the mix. The Martini bar runs from late afternoon until the doors close around midnight, practically tempting you to “just pop in for one” and see where the night goes.