The best waterfront restaurants in The Rocks

Discover Canvas, the bold new dining destination at the Museum of Contemporary Art. With stunning harbour views and a transformed space, this vibrant eatery offers a menu inspired by global cuisines and bold flavors.

Led by Josh Raine, former Executive Chef at Tetsuya’s, Canvas delivers innovative dishes crafted with premium ingredients and expert techniques for an unforgettable culinary experience.

6Head is for discerning lovers of steak and fresh seasonal food. Award-winning executive chef, Sean Hall selects premium wagyu and grass-fed beef cuts from local farmers then prepares them with simple but precise techniques.

The result? This is the juiciest, most flavourful steak you’ll ever taste, accompanied by uncomplicated but delicious sides and a panoramic harbour view.
 

The name says it all! This exclusive yet casual restaurant serves up local, freshly caught seafood right on the harbour’s edge.

The menu is elegant but unpretentious, with standouts including pan fried Canadian scallops and a whole Great Western Australia Lobster served with dashi and oyster butter. 
 

Luna Lu craft a fiery and luxurious fusion of Asian cuisines and fresh Australian produce, promising punchy flavours and premium ingredients. Think scallops cured in ponzu, fresh lobster XO noodles and Shanghai toothfish. 

Their dining room is poised metres from the harbour with up close views of the Opera House, best enjoyed with a galangal root infused old fashion in hand. 
 

Whalebridge serve French bistro cuisine, inspired by the bounty of the Pacific ocean, best served with sea views and wine. The restaurant is perched right on the water’s edge so close you could “blow a kiss to passing boats and see their lights wink back”.

Come for long sunkissed lunches, dinners of fresh oysters and buttery lobster, then stay for a world class Parisian Negroni or two. 
 

Ploos plucks the flavours of the South Aegean from the kitchens of Santorini and Mykonos and delivers them on the shores of Sydney’s Harbour. There’s grilled halloumi with lemon, honey roasted lamb ribs, sardines, salmon roe - plus a novel-length wine list. 

The only place to serve such cuisine like this is by the sea, so renowned chef Peter Conistis has picked a spot in Campbells Cove with stunning views over the harbour to the Opera House.