The Grand Nationwide Resort by Saint Peter, Sydney, opens Friday, 31 Jan 2025

Josh and Julie Niland are thrilled to announce the opening of their boutique lodge, The Grand Nationwide by Saint Peter. The 14 luxurious rooms, located above their world-renowned restaurant and bar, Saint Peter, will open on Friday, January thirty first. This represents the ultimate part of Saint Peter’s relocation to this historic website.

Discovered within the Sydney suburb of Paddington, The Grand Nationwide Resort was as soon as a beloved neighbourhood pub, with the unique construction relationship again to 1890. Constructing proprietor George Penklis wished to revive The Grand Nationwide and keep its half as a Sydney hospitality vacation spot. He first approached Josh and Julie Niland in 2018 with the thought of opening a restaurant. Within the years that adopted, as constructing work progressed, conversations continued, and Josh and Julie Niland’s imaginative and prescient of extending their hospitality providing advanced. The result’s the Nilands’ first enterprise as hoteliers. The Grand Nationwide by Saint Peter is now house to 14 individually designed bedrooms, the three-hatted Saint Peter Restaurant, with each a non-public eating room & chef’s desk and Saint Peter Bar.

Belinda Chippindale and Dimity Chitty of Studio Aquilo designed the lodge interiors with intensive participation from the Nilands. When work started, the construction was in a state of semi-dilapidation. Nonetheless, the staff was dedicated to restoring as many unique options as attainable, together with the marble fireplaces, architraves, and classic tiling.

The aesthetic within the bedrooms is extra vibrant and elaborate than within the restaurant downstairs, the place the color palette and textures mirror the Australian panorama. Upstairs, design options mix texture and color to supply elegant, trendy consolation, respecting the basic heritage backdrop. Bespoke velvet headboards adorn king-size beds topped with luxurious down duvets ethically sourced by Melbourne-based Bonny, an Australian firm making splendidly cloud-like duvets. Intricate wallpapers and maximalist carpets with various shapes, colors and textures proceed the theme. Artisans and luxurious suppliers akin to Catherine Martin, Cole & Son, and Fornasetti are on show. Olsens Gallery has curated the partitions of the rooms with work and prints from celebrated and rising Australian artists alongside some black and white sketches by Ken Performed. Chef Josh Niland’s entire fish philosophy has equally discovered its place within the lodge, with the rooms boasting fish-fat candles and ceramics created from fish bones.

The Grand Nationwide Resort by Saint Peter respectfully preserves a cornerstone of Sydney’s historic Paddington suburb. On the coronary heart of the renovated and restored constructing is an moral, considerate strategy to hospitality designed to be loved by generations to come back.

Room charges embody breakfast, a complimentary non-alcoholic mini bar and snacks. Breakfast created by Josh and his staff might be served completely to lodge visitors within the Saint Peter Bar. Breakfast will reference the unique Saint Peter Brunch, with the likes of Marron Scrambled Eggs, Spanner Crab Omelette and plenty of different favourites rotating throughout a curated expertise.

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