“World First” Sydney superyacht, restaurant and day club setting sail from October

• Solare is a world-first superyacht that’s been converted into a floating Italian restaurant and day club on Sydney Harbour.
• The new superyacht experience will have two sailings per day between Thursday and Sunday during the summer season.
• The design blends 1970s Mediterranean style with Sydney’s coastal tastes.

When it launches on Sydney Harbour on Thursday, October 30, Solaré will open as Australia’s first Mediterranean-style beach club and Italian restaurant onboard a converted 150-foot superyacht.

Scott Robertson, the same mastermind behind Seadeck, has tapped Alex Zabotto-Bentley to work up a retro design to blur the lines between the Mediterranean circa 1970 and Sydney Harbour.

“We’ve created a world-first: a restaurant, cocktail bar, and beach club onboard a 150-foot superyacht designed entirely around leisure,” explains the founder, who has been playing around with on-water concepts for the past few years. Here, he’s landed on something unmistakably European in aesthetic, shaping the yacht with three levels: The Dining Room, Terrace Deck and Sun Deck.

Ex-Totti’s chef Pablo Tordesillas and ex-Bistecca chef Nick Mathieson take charge in The Dining Room, sporting a seafood focus that screams coastal Italian but keeps Sydney tastes at the forefront. Think options like:

• Oscietra caviar with house potato crisps and cultured cream
• Vingar and bottarga dusted potato scallop with chives and caviar
• Deep-sea royal red prawns with finger lime and bisque mayo
• Moreton Bay bug with crustacean butter and chilli
• Market fish with clams, saffron butter, fregola and spring vegetables
• Bistecca alla Florentina

The Terrace Deck pitches more share plates and cocktails for casual sundowners, pulling out that classic Med vibe with swathes of sunflower yellows, burnt oranges, teak and greek marble. Here you’ll find VIP tables that can be reserved for sunset sessions, while the Sun Deck upstairs favours booths and day beds.

If you don’t want to fork out $185 per person for a set menu at The Dining Room, you can still grab some substantial snacks from the other spaces. Think Moreton Bay bug sandos, spanner crab spaghettini, and spanner crab tartlets with salmon roe. Ed Loveday has written a drinks menu to match the seafood style perfectly, building up a selection of crisp Mediterranean wines, roses and seasonal cocktails that lean towards classics like margaritas and daiquiries.

Solare will set sail throughout spring and summer on Sydney Harbour with two cruises per day between Thursday and Sunday. You can either book into The Dining Room for $185 per person, reserve a VIP table on the Terrace Deck, or register for a booth or daybed on The Sun Deck. A general Cruise Pass will cost you $50 and comes with access to all three levels. For all information visit the Solare website.

Solare

Address: Sydney Harbour (marina in Pyrmont)
Price: From $50