Lotus Dumpling Bar Opens in Sydney CBD

Sydney's favourite pre-theatre dumplings have moved a little closer to the city, with the team behind Lotus Dumpling Walsh Bay opening a brand new chapter in the CBD.

Making neighbours of Muji and Kinokuniya, Lotus at The Galeries is the shiny new 270-seater eatery from the lauded dumpling team; located on level one of the Galeries Victoria between George and Pitt Streets. According to Hospitality Magazine, the crew have gone with a completely different design to the Walsh Bay venue. DS17's Paul Papadopoulos and Kathryn Ashley have designed the new Lotus to allow as much light as possible through the space; think stripped-back, minimalist white and blue interiors, floor-to-ceiling windows, Fibonacci stone and ceramics errrrwhurrr.

So what's in store for your hungry, hungry, dumpling-loving self? Shaking things up from the Walsh Bay menu (but keeping the plethora of shitake mushroom, violet, and scallop dumplings on offer), Lotus Galeries is more focused on fresh seafood (yep, we're fresh oysters, mud crab, snow crab, lobster, the works).

But we're keen to try the restaurant's newest novelty dining style: a Lotus high tea. You can sit down to a traditional Chinese afternoon tea (or LoTea) from 3-5pm daily, feasting on little handmade Lotus dumplings, and pretty artisan Asian-style sweet goodies — like Szechuan pepper, toasted sesame and goji berry chocolates — served with the restaurant's own brand of Chinese tea. We'll raise a pinky to that.

Lotus Dumpling Bar is open on level one of the Galeries Victoria. Lunch runs from 11.30am-3pm, LoTea runs 3-5pm, and dinner is from 5.3-10pm.

Via Hospitality Magazine.