We just dined here. Walking up the hill from the ferry and spotted Capollo. Very good stop. In-house pumpkin ravioli was excellent, light and tasty especially with the in-house chilli oil. Salad good. Raspberry cheesecake superb. We’ll definitely return. Oh and the service was excellent - gracious and attentive even in the midst of a full house (despite this stupid Covid business shutdown)
Got takeaway pizza here. Very prompt and polite service. The pizza was delicious!
Really delicious pizza (Rustica) and salad (tomato and buffalo mozzarella?). House wine was only so, so. Staff are friendly and helpful. Ambience is lovely but becomes quite noisy when full and when people have been drinking.
A little gem in balmain. Recommend the risotto and the tiramisu. Fine and delicately cook. The kingfish and scallop (special menu) in the risotto were very fresh. The tiramisu - best ever that i ever tried, served in a little jar, creamy and packed with flavours. The ravioli, however, was a little thick. The veal parpadelle was quite nice.
Outstanding food! Especially the vegetarian lasagna. Only downside that coffee was a little on the weaker side. Good people watching from the street view seating too.
Delicious over baked pizzas! A cute restaurant with very nice decor, you enter and are greeted with a good view of the pizza oven - a good sign that the pizzas are going to be great! Ordered the margherita and the cappello pizza. Crust was soft and light and not doughy and cooked to perfection. Toppings were fresh and you could taste the fine ingredients. Overall an outstanding pizza joint (can only comment on the pizzas)!
Great little spot, with sandstone walls and a wood fire pizza oven that lights up the place and sends a great aroma through the restaurant. Pizza was a nice thin base and great flavours, which was perfectly cooked. The seafood pasta was not as good as the pizza, I expected the serving size and quality of seafood to be better. Tiny prawns and the pasta sauce was a little dry. Great place if your in Balmain.
The Cheesy Charlatan
+3.5
The Spot: not tooo hard to find parking, nice decor, nothing obnoxious nor particularly memorable
The Service: bit weird; not sure if it's because we were a relatively big group but we had some real cardboard floaters, which only seemed strange because it was so unlike other mid-high range Italian restaurants with extremely personable staff. I'm not particularly sensitive to service as I know they're only human, but I was a bit spooked. And for a group of 9, the way the 10+ dishes were staggered was perplexing - only two pizzas at a time with what felt like a real-time moon landing in between.
The Food: finally - the pizzas were aaaalmost worth the #weirdvibes. Perfect woodfire crust, thin and chewy base, pleasant amount of toppings as compared to the super super authentic ones (off-centre, sneezed-it-on kind that you can only get away with in the motherland where the ingredients are slaughtered, I mean procured, the day of). Highlights were the Margherita, Calzone Napoli and Contadina. Surprisingly felt a bit dirty eating the Rustica and truffle is usually my most trusted. Gnocci is personal, but the texture of these was one of my favs - smooth and melts in your mouth BUT had at least one satisfying chew.
I think I was ultimately let down by the dining experience, but if we're talking pizza, it is one of the great ones.
My favourite Italian place in the inner west.
Capello is located a short walk from the busy hub of Balmain, but it is a walk worth every step.
The proscuitto pizza is exceptional.
Nice service and nice rustic sandstone setting.
Cameee here for pizza last night to celebrate my sisters birthday! We were seated upstairs which was nice and quiet with the same sandstone wall design. The pizza did not dissapoint! Perfect woodfire oven crust and tasty toppings. The cappello pizza with prosciutto and blue cheese was the bomb! Will definitely revisit!
Enjoyable experience at Cappellos. Ordered the weekly special gnocchi, calzone and the rocket and pear salad.
Beautifully cooked, efficient and friendly service and tidy amenities.
The restaurant has two levels, and ample parking on the street, or within walkable distance from the ferry wharf.
Great little authentic Italian restaurant in Balmain east. The service was great and the staff were very attentive. The food is always amazing. Can't go past one of the woodfire pizzas or calzones. The place is in a sandstone cottage which adds to the vibe. Highly recommend this to anyone in the mood for Italian.
Fabulous food and a lovely, cosy atmosphere. Will define be coming again.
We dined at Cappello for NYE and we were really happy with the food and the service. We ordered almost all the entrees and among these octopus and Bufala were the ones that stood out for me the most. My Risotto with Mushroom and truffle oil was seriously good, I asked to swap the salmon with Prosciutto and it worked beautifully, portions were massive as well. My Partner ordered the duck and he said it was amazing. Desserts were also very good! I will come back to try their pizza as well!
We tried three pizzas, the one with pear in it was the most special and delicious one. Tiramisu was the best among the desserts we orders, which was soft, creamy and balanced well with coffee and wine. To be honest, Cappello is the top rated Italian restaurant on Zomato, but it is not that perfect compared with its high rating.
Great service, food was delicious!
Was a great find before we enjoyed Vivaldi by Candlelight. Lovely experience 💕
We had a lovely birthday dinner here. The service, food and atmosphere were great and we'll definitely come back. We made a mistake and ordered non-vegetarian pizza instead of the non-meat one. The waitress was graceful and didn't charge us. Overall a very good experience.
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