Opened in Martin Place, Mercado is a Spanish and Moorish restaurant from the brains behind China Lane and China Doll. Ex-Nomad chef Nathan Sasi will lead the kitchen in a truly impressive take on nose-to-tail dining, where pigs and chickens will be skewered on the rotisserie and there'll be plenty of offal on the menu. Sasi is taking house-made goods to the next level, making everything down to milling the flour for the bread. Mercado is about the revival of the old mixed with the new. Our passion in food derives directly from a love of reviving forgotten kitchen skills. Through whole animal butchery, meat curing, cheese making, bread baking & preserving we aim to continue these traditions by hand with a great respect to the way cooking was and how we can use each method in the modern kitchen. We work with many small farmers, growers and producers to source the finest ingredients. These tireless people work as we do with the love and care for producing only the best. Just like in a market place our menu changes with these people, one day its here the next day it’s gone.
We work with many small farmers, growers and producers to source the finest ingredients.
Chef and Co-owner Nathan Sasi is the mastermind behind the food at Mercado, having worked for some of Australia’s and the worlds top chefs such as Neil Perry, Peter Doyle, Heston Blumenthal and Moro’s Sam and Samantha Clark.
Nathan’s passion lies in making everything from scratch, a passion developed from his father who was a small goods maker when he migrated to Australia in the 70’s from Hungary.
