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Bustling Italian diner in the middle of Murray Street. We had 3 mains and an entree(for the young man). Prices were above average compared to some other Italian places we have been, whilst the portions were decent, not big. The 4 Formagi pizza was nice and thin but had a few spots that were charred probably due to slight inattention whilst churning out the many pizza. The lamb shark was really good. The parmi was standard pub style, nothing special but the young lady wanted it. Tiramisu was ok not special as there was lacking in marsala(or whatever spirit that they use). The creme brulee was the weakest link as the custard was overset. We were set on the high table meant for 8 people. As we were 70% through our meal an older couple was placed inside the end of our table near the wall, it was an inconvenience as I had to stop eating, move out of the way so that the lady customer could squeeze in, as our table was set back towards the bar . The high stool style chair was not really suitable for her as she almost slipped off her chair as it tilted when she was moving in. Consideration for your customers would be good. Not sure if this was a once off occurrence or something the establishment did not consider when seating customers.

SJ OSJ O
10

Simple yet Great! I must say that from the outside this place had catched my eye a couple of times, and I must say that the experience exceeded my expectations. We ordered 2x pizzas, the calamari, a brushetta and dessert. The pizzas were great, the dough was fluffy, with good texture and flavour. The sauce had character, a bit salty a bit acid, good quality. The ingredients were all well proportioned and of obvious quality. I was surprised that the Diabolla was actually a bit spicy!! The calamari were also tasty, they came with a good sauce and the proportion was quite good for the price. The dessert (Tiramisu) was well proportioned but it felt a bit old... And the brushetta was also just not amazing tbh, but the pros more than outweighs the cons.. The service is outstanding and the location just gives you this Toscana vibes through the whole stay... I highly recommended having the dinner inside to achieve this. There were quite a bit of wines, a mix of WA and Italians, good enough to break (or not) the bank at your convenience. A great place overall and one I will definitely can recommend to everyone around. The meal left the four of us pretty full, with a value of less than 60 per head, including drinks!.

Daniel SernaDaniel Serna
00

We had dinner here a couple of months ago and sad to say, it was disappointing 😌. Service was friendly, drinks arrived quickly but the positives ended there. There was little care when it came to seasoning. Where it wasn't lacking, it was too salty. Food was average and not worth the price tag. One of the dishes ordered was forgotten, delivered 30 mins after everyone else's and arrived cold. Like, how?! We had bruschetta and pizza to share, both were underwhelming. Although bruschetta bread was nice and crusty, tomato pieces were flavourless and the tiny dollop of stracciatella didn't help much. Suprema pizza had a decent amount of olives and charred capsicum but not much else to rave about, and that's not good considering it was a meat-forward pizza 😕. S's spaghetti all'amatriciana was lacklustre, tasted okay at first but got too salty towards the end. E's pasta was cooked al dente but tasted bland. The only thing prominent was chilli, and the clams weren't the most impressive. My grilled octopus wasn't anything special, romesco sauce didn't do much to the chewy octopus and salad especially looked sad. I get "simple" is in their name but didn't expect food to be thattt sort of simple ☹️. Now came T's chicken parmigiana, just as everyone was finishing up their meals. When we noticed it didn't come out at the same time as everyone else's, we brought it to the waitress' attention, specifically asked if they'd forgotten. She denied it and said the kitchen was still preparing it. Hmm sure 😬. So when it came out 30 mins later, you'd expect it to be hot right? Well, the chips were hot and crunchy but the chicken was cold. It was as if they'd left the plate sitting there for half an hour and just quickly replaced the cold chips. Or perhaps it was left out during the ordering process, kitchen somehow managed to whip up a new plate but that couldn't explain how the chicken was cold. Ah well, that now forever remains an unsolved mystery 🤷‍♀️. We sent it back and got it taken off our bill. The place unfortunately did not hit a single mark for us. Perhaps just a bad night for them, but left bad enough tastes in our mouths to not return.

Kathy NguyenKathy Nguyen
30

Called in for dinner while staying on Murray Street. Restaurant looked amazing from the outside and even better inside. The decor and vibes are a mix of new and old school Italian restaurants. I was pleasantly greeted and walked to my table instantly. Servers were friendly and smiling. I asked for chilli flakes on the side and ended up getting both flakes and this nice fresh chilli oil. I ordered the Arancini balls and the Gnocchi. The Arancini was huge in size and had the crispiest shell I've ever experienced - in a good way. Crunchy and delicious. The inside was hot and cheesy, packed with flavour. I also appreciated the cute presentation on the little wooden plate. The gnocchi was a big serve hidden in a deceiving fancy bowl. Definitely worth the price. The four cheese sauce was scorching hot and tasty. Enhanced with what I believe was pistachio nuts. Gnocchi looked and tasted handmade... The perfect consistency! Hard enough to be forked, soft enough to melt in your mouth. Highly recommend.

Chris G (Goose)Chris G (Goose)
00

No sure whether we had a great meal or a bad meal, started off with bad service, we arrived 10 minutes early as we do for all dinners, we told the table wasn’t ready and to come back in 10 minutes, not offered to have a drink or anything just to come back. We sat at a table for two, neither of us could really move with tables behind both of us. We ordered our food and within 5 minutes the entrees were there. Both were nice, plates cleared and within 2 minutes the mains were there. Didn’t really like that, prefer to relax and digest the first course. Desert was ordered and that actually took the longest, around 15 minutes. The food was pretty good, both entrees were good, mains, we had read reviews about the Gnocchi but my wife loves Gnocchi, she enjoyed it, she understood the comments of too floury but wasn’t an issue. The lasagne was very rich, flavours were ok but could only eat half. Not the worst meal and not the best, would we go back, probably yes.

Mark WhitemanMark Whiteman
00

Only ever been here for breakfast so YMMV. The coffee is great and everything sweet tastes amazing. The savoury options are very stingy though. The photo below is my ~$9 chicken schnitzel toastie. It had one piece of limp lettuce that probably should have been binned (the yellow thing is lettuce not cheese) and the schnitzel is so small less than half of my bites had any in it. It's ~9cm of sandwich with ~3.5cm of chicken. If that was half the schnitzel, the whole would have fit perfectly. For $9 its just not worth it when Headspace is cheaper for a bigger and tastier sandwich. Even the upmarket places around this area wouldn't charge $9 for two bites of chicken in a five-bite toastie. Also there is no cheese in it. Which is weird. For the record, the toastie still tasted good. The bread was very nice. But between the bad lettuce and the lack of chicken I'd give the toastie a 2/5 overall.

Jaedon RichJaedon Rich
20
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