The dining room overlooking the tranquil Japanese garden on Kent Street.Christopher PearceA spokeswoman confirmed the reprieve is due to delays in finding a new venue and that the restaurant would continue to operate at its current site until the end of the year.
Staff have toldGood Food that owner Tetsuya Wakuda has kept them in the dark on where the restaurant is headed.
There has certainly been no shortage of time in which to find a new home:the Kent Street building sold in 2018.
Wakuda,who was reported as a part-owner of the site,and other private joint owners,reaped $53 million from the sale.
With the site now slated for redevelopment,Wakuda has toured potential locations across Sydney over the years.
He was spotted looking at real estate in Chippendale,and inner-west diners hoped he might relocate back to Rozelle,where Tetsuya’s operated prior to its city move in 2000.
There was a hot,short-lived rumour linking the Japanese-born chef with a landmark restaurant on Sydney Harbour.
Chef Tetsuya Wakuda at his Kent Street restaurant.Peter BraigTetsuya certainly has a lot on his plate overseas,having recently opened spin-off Wakuda restaurants inSingapore andLas Vegas. He also has plans for a venture in Dubai.
What’s the next step for Tetsuya’s Sydney? Only Wakuda knows,and he couldn’t be reached for comment before publication.