REVIEW
Sink into a booth under trailing plants and talk intimately while easy, breezy, super-smart staff bring you a succession of pretty plates. Radishes and ruby grapefruit with cured swordfish, perhaps, or delicately-pink beef carpaccio, maybe the Parmigiano flan that is cloud-like in texture, with a whiff of ragù for substance. Or pull up at a communal table and prepare to be plied with (always) perfectly cooked pasta and gnocchi, made in-house and always served with a twist. Like the smoked egg in the carbonara, for example. The seating at the bar here – which in other places can leave you feeling like a ring-in at the kids' table – is more like the cool corner. And outside is a perfect spot for people-watching with a glass and snacks to hand. The ever-shifting wine list is adventurous in the best way – Italian varietals, of course, backed up with small-batch finds that someone's mate in the Adelaide Hills made, or a keen eye spotted on their travels. Like all the best Italian, it starts with the best – and that includes the staff, the sommelier and the attitude, as well as the produce.
ABOUT
Chef Mimi Rivers
Price guide $$
Bookings Recommended
Wheelchair access Yes
Price guide $$
Bookings Recommended
Wheelchair access Yes
This review was made independently for the Gourmet Traveller Restaurant Guide. The guide's reviewers visit unannounced and pay their way.
