Hunter St. Hospitality is Australia’s preeminent dining group. Our portfolio of first-class, internationally renowned premium restaurants and bars encompasses Rockpool Bar & Grill, Spice Temple, Rosetta Ristorante, and Saké Restaurant & Bar. 

Our Restaurants

Hunter St. Hospitality
A Snapshot

October 2006
Rockpool Bar & Grill
October 2006

The multimillion-dollar Rockpool Bar & Grill opens at Crown Melbourne, shaking up the local restaurant scene.  

January 2009
Spice Temple
January 2009

Spice Temple opens in Sydney, breaking the mould of Chinese dining in Australia with its focus on less well-known regional cuisines.

March 2009
Rockpool Bar & Grill
March 2009

Rockpool Bar & Grill explodes on the Sydney dining scene, captivating diners and charting a course to become a revered dining institution.  

September 2009
Saké Restaurant & Bar
September 2009

Saké Restaurant & Bar brings a reinvention of Japanese cuisine to Sydney, opening in The Rocks.  

October 2010
Spice Temple
October 2010

Things spice up at Crown Melbourne, with the arrival of Spice Temple and its successful take on regional Chinese cuisine.

November 2010
Saké Restaurant & Bar
November 2010

Saké debuts in Brisbane, taking a prime site on the edge of the CBD at the riverfront location of Eagle Street Pier.  

January 2011
Rockpool Bar & Grill
January 2011

Rockpool Bar & Grill takes its successful steakhouse concept West, opening at Crown Perth.

August 2012
Saké Restaurant & Bar
August 2012

Saké takes a breathtaking riverside promenade site at the Arts Centre Melbourne’s new Hamer Hall. 

October 2012
Rosetta Ristorante
October 2012

Rosetta opens at Crown Melbourne overlooking the promenade and Yarra River with a panoramic sweep of the Melbourne city skyline and opulent interiors by Iain Halliday of BKH. 

January 2015
Saké Restaurant & Bar
January 2015

Saké moves into the upmarket suburb of Double Bay, at the base of the Intercontinental Hotel, to a fanfare of reviews.

November 2018
Saké Restaurant & Bar
November 2018

Saké secures a prized site on the rooftop of Manly Wharf and makes the iconic beachside suburb its new home.

July 2022
Saké Restaurant & Bar
July 2022

Saké closes at Eagle Street Pier in line with the redevelopment of the precinct, with plans to open at a new Brisbane location.   

Message from the CEO, Thomas Pash

Thomas Pash

Hunter St. Hospitality is locally grown and globally known. We have a diverse portfolio of premium restaurants and bars, each of which is one of the world’s best in its culinary class.  

At Rockpool we serve some of the world’s finest steaks from the country’s most spectacular dining rooms. Spice Temple broke the mold of Chinese restaurants in Australia when it launched, specialising in little-known, regional cuisines.