Above 8 Rooftop Sydney

Above 8 Rooftop sits on the ninth floor of 6 Cross St. It is a fifteen-minute walk from both Martin Place and the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia.

While much of the city’s dining focuses on the immediate water line, this space looks back at the skyline from a distance. The menu offers an international, modern fusion approach that ignores the rigid structures found in the harbor-side dining rooms. It feels more like a deliberate departure from the tourist-heavy paths surrounding the Sydney Opera House, which is exactly why locals occupy the tables when the sun begins to drop. The room runs smart, trading the formality of neighboring institutions for a focus on the perspective of the city grid.