Waterfront Restaurant Akti Is Doing Modern Greek Hospitality In Woolloomooloo

Opening on Friday 6 June, 2025, Akti is a pretty-in-pink Greek restaurant from the owners of some of Sydney’s most beautiful restaurants, like Sails in Lavender Bay, Ormeggio at the Spit, and Ripples Chowder Bay.

Building on the Mediterranean and Greek culinary focus of Manta, which formerly held the Finger Wharf space, Akti’s menu was devised by Athens-based chef Ntinos Fotinakis and will be overseen by head chef Robert Judd, who brings experience from noted Greek restaurant Hellenika (at the Calile Hotel) in Brisbane.

“Being a coastal city synonymous with beautiful beaches and summer, Sydney—and the harbourside location of Akti in particular—feels like the perfect extension of the Greek experience,” says Ntinos.

Akti's menus offer fresh interpretations of Greek classics, like moussaka croquettes; mezze and snacks including taramasalata with smoked yuzu; raw and grilled seafood like Blue Eye crudo with passionfruit, cucumber and onion; and Moreton Bay bug makaronia.

Tableside presentations of slow-roasted lamb shoulder (which arrives on a smoking bed of torched rosemary) and deconstructed galaktoboureko add a little theatre to complement the stunning setting, and a few group dining menus celebrate Greek-style communal feasting.

From the bar, a selection of indigenous Greek grape varieties sits alongside international and local wines, as well as signature cocktails with elements like dill vodka, mastiha, kalamata olives, and EVOO-washed spirits. For the traditionalists, a range of ouzo (Greek- and Australian-made) and metaxa are listed for post-long lunch sipping.

“Akti will bring new energy to a space as quintessentially Sydney as the harbourside Finger Wharf,” says Sydney Restaurant Group owner Bill Drakopoulos. “It’s heritage-listed and, significantly, where many Greek migrants first arrived by steamship in the 1950s.”

Across the main dining room, al fresco terrace that’s reminiscent of a Euro beach club, private dining room, and separate bar space with its own snack menu called Baraki, Akti’s palette is feminine, with coastal accents and Aegean-evoking details that perfectly suit its waterfront setting.

Akti is open Wednesday–Sunday, noon–late from Friday 6 June, and bookings can be made online.