Coming Soon: Pizza'Mare Delivers the a'Mare Experience Without the Fine-Dining Price Tag
The lauded Barangaroo restaurant will expand into a three-part venue — adding a new upstairs pizzeria and aperitivo bar.
Barangaroo's a'Mare has long sat at the polished end of Sydney's Italian dining scene, all tableside theatre, crisp linens and a price point to match. Now, the Pavonis are opening things up.
From April 22, the lauded restaurant will expand into a three-part venue, adding a new upstairs pizzeria and aperitivo bar, offering a more accessible way into one of the city's most pedigree-backed kitchens.
If you know the names behind it, the move tracks. Alessandro and Anna Pavoni, the duo responsible for Ormeggio at The Spit, Cibaria Manly and Postino Osteria, have built a reputation on detail-driven Italian dining. Since opening in 2020, a'Mare has been their flagship: refined, exacting and firmly in 'special-occasion' territory.
Upstairs, Pizza'Mare is shifting the dial. It's the group's first pizzeria, taking over the mezzanine with a more relaxed, drop-in format. The same produce-led philosophy, just expressed through pizza, pasta and antipasti instead of full-scale dining.
The pizzas are built on a pre-fermented biga dough for a lighter, more digestible base, cooked in a Modena-imported MAM oven. Pizzaiolo Paolo Lacarpia, who has spun pizzas across Puglia and Tuscany, leads the offering under executive chef Giuseppe Fuzio.
The menu leans clean and classic, with rigatoni cacio e pepe, punchy pennette arrabbiata and antipasti like Sydney rock oysters and octopus alla Luciana, alongside a tight pizza list that moves from traditional to downright luxurious.
That includes the a'Marinara, topped with yellowfin tuna crudo, stracciatella and lemon zest (with optional caviar if you want to really get down). It's this balance that defines the new offering; familiar, but still unmistakably a'Mare.
Next door, Vista'Mare is all about aperitivo culture, with spritzes, negronis and Venetian-style cicchetti designed for grazing by the harbour. There's also a rare Campari Seltz machine, one of only a handful worldwide, adding a direct line to Milanese drinking culture by way of frothy, ice-cold sippers.
Don't fret though, none of this replaces the original experience. Downstairs, the a'Mare dining room continues as is, with its signature tableside service and dishes like trofie al pesto and cotoletta Milanese firmly leading the menu.
Instead, the expansion reframes the experience. While a'Mare still sits comfortably in the anniversary and birthday camp, it now stretches across multiple formats, from a quick midweek pizza upstairs to Friday arvo knock-offs, and the full dining room experience below.
For diners, this a new way in: the same kitchen, the same attention to detail, just without committing to the full-scale affair. Pizza'Mare and Vista'Mare will open on April 22, and reservations can be made at the website here.
Imagery: Supplied | Steven Woodburn
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