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Grill Americano

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Grill Americano. (2026, October 26). The Sydney Morning Herald. https://www.smh.com.au/goodfood/nsw-good-food-guide/grill-americano-sydney-20261026-p60x9z.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

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Grill Americano Steakhouse is an upscale dining establishment that opened in late 2025 near Rockpool Bar & Grill. The restaurant offers a theatrical dining experience with Josper grills and extensive menu options including lobster agnolotti, prime steaks, and cicchetti like mozzarella and prosciutto. Chef Phil Wood has been announced as the senior group executive chef for Lucas Collective, promising enhanced culinary offerings.

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Story summary

In late 2025, restaurateur Chris Lucas brought Melbourne's Grill Americano to Chifley Square in Sydney. Located next to the well-established Rockpool Bar & Grill, Grill Americano offers an expansive and theatrical dining experience with soaring ceilings and white marble counters where Josper grills flare up behind the counter. Despite its audacious positioning, Grill Americano has been successful, attracting diners even during midweek service. The menu features elaborate dishes like lobster agnolotti and three signature bistecche prepared in different styles, including a "pizzaiola" of tenderloin over caper-infused sugo. This expansion reflects Lucas's approach to making dinner a theatrical event, which he first implemented at his restaurant Chin Chin.

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Topics

Chin Chin Grill Americano Josper Melbourne Rockpool Bar & Grill

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Grill Americano ORG · 2× Americaine ORG · 1× Campania GPE · 1× Chin Chin ORG · 1× Chris Lucas PERSON · 1× Genovese NORP · 1× Josper ORG · 1× Melbourne GPE · 1× Phil Wood PERSON · 1× Rockpool Bar & Grill ORG · 1×

Narrative

Dinner as theatre has been restaurateur Chris Lucas’ modus operandi ever since he turned up the volume at Chin Chin, and in late 2025, he imported Melbourne’s Grill Americano to Chifley Square, neighbouring – somewhat audaciously – Rockpool Bar & Grill.

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🔮 Only a scoop of the tiramisu served tableside could compete for their attention.

2026-10-26 · The Sydney Morning Herald

Grill Americano · assertive framing

Claims (16 extracted, 1 hedged)

The ceilings soar. asserted

ceilings → soar → ?

Behind the counter – white marble stretching to infinity – coals flare up on the Josper grills. asserted

coals → stretch → grills

A martini, nestled on ice in a mini carafe, lands on a silver tray alongside a couple of olives. asserted

martini → nestle → olives

Men in suits slap backs and delight at the candle in their meringue-coated layer cake. asserted

Men → slap → cake

Women stride by like the room’s a catwalk. asserted

room → stride → ?

The amaro trolley clinks. asserted

trolley → clink → ?

he → turn → Bar

Order lobster agnolotti and the parcels are impossibly plump, the curves thrown into relief by high-gloss sauce Americaine. asserted

parcels → order → Americaine

Stay simple for your steak, and prime cuts come unadorned. asserted

cuts → stay → steak

A solid line-up of cicchetti includes nicely crunchy lobster croquettes, and mozzarella – air-freighted from Campania twice a week – is torn over whorls of prosciutto. asserted

mozzarella → include → prosciutto

Perky spanner crab and avocado salad is the right idea in spring, as is the side of green beans boosted by a righteous Genovese pesto. asserted

side → boost → pesto

Note that weekend crowds lean more casual, and on one Sunday visit, we counted three children watching Bluey on tablets at the table. asserted

we → note → table

Only a scoop of the tiramisu served tableside could compete for their attention. uncertain

scoop → serve → attention

Good to know: With star chef Phil Wood announced as Lucas Collective’s senior group executive chef in September, the deliciousness is set to be turned up a notch. asserted

deliciousness → know → notch

Good Food reviews are booked anonymously and paid independently. asserted

reviews → book → ?

A restaurant can’t pay for a review or inclusion in the Good Food Guide. asserted

restaurant → pay → Guide