Via Della Spiga Restaurant

Loved the food and attention. Yuri has a great thing happening here and Sydney needs to know! Home style Italian with that extra ingredient many restaurants in Sydney miss...love & passion. Truly great food and wine. ::I'll slip into my food comma now::

I'm taking advantage of The Fork festival where you can get 50% off your bill at selected restaurants across Sydney. I couldn't believe it at first but didn't question this amazing perk. I've been using TheFork (previously Dimmi) for a while now and I'm a huge fan!. I caught up with my foodie bestie over pizza and pasta at Via Della Spiga. The pizza came highly recommended and I've since heard, their pasta as well. I can definitely agree with both - the pizza base is so thin and crispy (my favourite) with the perfect amount of toppings. I dare say the pizza from Via Della Spiga was better than some pizza's we tried in Italy.

Service was friendly and prompt.  I ordered a pizza and thought it was sensational.  However I then ordered a dessert (like a mouse cake) and to me it was not fresh or nowhere near the same quality.  I would certainly go back but purely for the pizza.  Very convenient location

I was surprised to see the rating here is so low. I just dined there last week, using my Dimmi 50% discount. The staff is lovely, altho the place is a bit busy, she is always very friendly and enthusiastic, to make sure everyone is good. Food are good, I love the dessert Qing Liu

nice location and nice services. Pizza is above average but not cheap though. Will come back again. The seat next to the window is really cozy.

Great pizzas, friendly serving staff that care about diners having a good experience from start to finish. Food envy with every plate that came out. Order off the menu and get an affogato with the mocha gelato in place of the traditional vanilla.

I wasn't very happy that my reservation was cancelled at the last minute. However, I got a call from the owner/manage explaining the circumstances. We can't wait to try the food here. So far, they care about their business and their customers. Excellent service .

Four of us dined on a busy Saturday night in February. We started off with a couple of refreshing Peronis and a glass of Prosecco. For starters, we shared the chicken, spinach and mozzarella arancini balls ($13), salt and pepper squid ($10) and a rocket salad ($17). That was all fresh and tasty and a great way to start the meals. For my main course, I choose the spaghetti bolognese with ragu and pecorino cheese ($25). The others all choose fish dishes, including the salmon with a leafy green salad ($33), seafood linguine ($26) and a “cacciucco alla livornese” ($29) which is a seafood medley with toasted bread. My pasta was cooked “al dente” just the way I like it, with a flavoursome meat sauce and sprinkled with tasty cheese. My wife’s salmon was succulent and tasty, well complemented by a serve of nutritious salad. The other dishes also went down well and everyone enjoyed their meals. Portion sizes were generous. For dessert, we shared a gelato ($7) and a cheese cake ($12), they were sweet and creamy; the perfect way to end the evening. This is a family owned and run restaurant and it shows. The owners have clearly put in a lot of effort into creating a pleasant dining experience. They care about their guests, and the result is a warm and homely place, where you’ll be made to feel welcome the moment you walk in the door. In fact even before you arrive you’ll start to feel the love. If, like us, you’ve made a booking, Jennifer, the owner will give you a courtesy call a few hours prior, to confirm your booking. That was a nice touch, and also saved me the trouble of confirming the booking myself. And they’re obviously doing something right, because the place is popular with the locals. We had an early 6.30pm booking and we were the first diners, but within an hour or so it was a full house. Despite that, acoustics are good and we were easily able to converse. The interior has been tastefully decked out in a soothing cream colour scheme, with simple but comfortable wooden furniture, flower pots on the ceiling and some colourful wall posters, to give it a bright and cheery vibe. Service was polite and attentive, although if I had one suggestion to these folk, it would be to roster an extra staff member on busy nights. Our drinks and starters came out quickly enough, but then followed a rather long and tedious wait of about 30 minutes for the mains. I accept that everything is freshly cooked and that sometimes takes time, and it was, as I mentioned, fairly busy, but still, for me at least, quick service is always a pleasure. With a generous 50% discount off the food, from TheFork, we paid a reasonable $111 for three drinks, two starters, a salad, four mains and two desserts. That was excellent value for money. There’s a single unisex toilet at the back. It was clean and well stocked, although the 1980s hand dryer could do with an upgrade. Via della Spiga is conveniently located next door to the North Sydney train station on Blue Street. Parking in the near vicinity can be a little tricky, although we managed to find something near the Coles on Walker Street where there are no weekend restrictions. Overall, I liked this little restaurant. It’s a cheerful and friendly place, with a relaxed and casual atmosphere. The food is fresh and tasty, and served in decent portions and the prices are reasonable. Service was tad slow on a busy Sat night, but despite that, this place is worth a return visit.

ABSOLUTELY LOVE THEIR PIZZA AND PASTA. I’ve only ever tried their pizza (came highly recommended) but finally tried their pasta too! The pizza base is light, thin and oh so crispy. It’s better than some of the pizza’s I had in Italy.