Fresh ingredients, great service, amazing food - partner and I stumbled on this place looking for a decent dinner in Glebe. Have brought my folks back for round 2 - it is serious good eats!
If you want a laminated menu - look elsewhere. They serve what is fresh, available and in season. I’ve ordered a dish just to be advised they are all out - that’s great to hear! No microwaved dishes or frozen muck!
Wine list also great - never a bad drop.
Good for dates, dinner with family or dinner with friends.
I’ve also seen parents bring young kids - it’s tops.
Love coming here. Better than all the food i ate in Italy. The worst thing about this place is choosing what to eat when it is all so mouthwateringly delicious. Will recommend to others and will definitely come back soon. That pumpkin gnocchi was unreal. Yum yum yum
I enjoyed the whole experience. Food and wine was swell. Dig the way the menu represents a different region in Italy each month. Definitely will be back soon
This is one of our Glebe faves. It’s great that the menu is different each time - every month the menu is from a differ region in Italy. The service is very professional and efficient. The pasta dishes are always excellent - best lasagne I have ever had. Very reasonably priced too - $25-$28 for pastas and $30-$35 for mains.
Sir And Mlady Dine Out
+4
Ombretta is a small place that is big on quality. Facing onto Glebe Point Road, it is so well insulated from the hustle and bustle outside that it is almost an oasis from the outside world. Here at Ombretta you sit back, forget the day you've had, and simply enjoy the food, wine and charming service that awaits you.If you try to decide what you want in advance from their web site - you'll fail. Their dinner menu isn't there! It really can't be as it changes every fortnight to reflect a different region of Italy. If you're desperate then ring and they'll tell you what's there. It's really not necessary to do this though, the food is going to be good.
Matthew James Anlezark
+4.5
Dined here on a Sunday night a few weeks back. Overall the service was passionate & capable however a few pedestrian mistakes such as not offering water however this did not impact on the experience.
Salumi plate to start was great quality especially with the Byron bay buffalo mozzarella. The pasta cooked al dente with a well balanced sauce.
The fish of the day was mackerel, succulent & very well cooked.
The winelist is very small yet concise with some smart & interesting Italian drops.
The menu traverses the regions of Italy so expect a different style of food each day. Great experience & would definitely return.
This place is great. Avoid Fri & Sat nights if you can and the experience will be better. A neighbourhood gem.
The only thing better than a set menu is a vegetarian set menu – I love having someone else choose what is best. Ombretta came recommended by a friend who knew one of the owners from shared time in Venice. Pretty solid intel there, so we booked. The Tuesday night dinners seem the go – 4 course set menu for $55 (not unlike Berta’s Sagra dinners actually)*. It’s an adorable little restaurant, store front based on Glebe Point Road. I love this kind if space – cosy and warm. For primi we has Torta Pascqualina – a ricotta, chard and egg tart. It was very simple but good, rustic & with lots of that earthy chard flavour. Then for secondi a pasta – trofie al pesto con fagiolini e patate. This was also gorgeously green, with al dente pasta, tender potato bites & crunchy green bean morsels. Then more green – faggotini di verza con polenta. Cabbage dumplings are one of my favourite Italian dishes, and the creamy chestnut spiked polenta was like a warm embrace. Dessert was cialda alle mandorle con
We went there for a family dinner and it was an amazing experience. The menu changes regularly and all items were in Italian and the staff did an amazing job at explaining all items and the region this was representing in Italy!
The food was amazing and service could not be faulted. But the best display of customer service came when the Eftpos machine stopped working and the ATM next door was also down. The staff simply explained the problem and solutions ranged from bank transfers to IOU's. There willingness to not inconvenience the guests was this teams master stroke. As a person who works in a hotel I completely understand these accommodating staff and appreciate being on the receiving end of this amazing example of superb customer service. I will definitely be back! :)
Absolutely Wonderful!!. My husband and I went to Ombretta last night for his birthday dinner and it was absolutely wonderful! From the minute we arrived the service was impeccable with the waiter seating us in a pleasant table near the window. The wine list was excellent with the average bottle price at $40, and when we queried the $25 bottle of house wine the waiter was kind enough to give us both a generous sample before committing to it (which we did because it was delicious!). The entire menu was then explained to us in detail. We opted for a shared antipasto to start, a pasta and risotto for mains, a shared tiramasu for dessert with 2 coffees, and all of that with the bottle of wine came to exactly $100! This is the most authentic Italian restaurant I have been to in Sydney and I can't wait to go back.
Delicious pasta! Terrible service though, they were brushing us off just because we were young...didn't refill our water, offer drinks or dessert. They weren't friendly, didn't converse and didn't even smile. Didn't realise how much bad service can ruin a meal.
Delicious, authentic Italian - finally!. Came here last week on the suggestion of a friend and owe her an enormous thank you! Loved the warm welcome and the short but inspired menu - such a change from many Sydney "Italian" restaurants. Highlights were the delicious antipasto plate and divine agnolotti, stuffed with goat's cheese in lemon
butter sauce. The pannacotta was creamy, wobbly and melted in the mouth and all this served up with genuine warmth and Italian hospitality. Can't wait to go back.
I’ve been wanting to have dinner at this small restaurant for several years and finally got there. The wait was worth it. Super nice dishes, small and well balanced. The food price is fair, but perhaps the wine is a little too expensive. Anyway, big thumbs up!
This restaurant is a total taste tour de force of the best cuisine in Sydney. More importantly, it is the true testament to the great hospitality of the Venetian people that they make you feel like family. I enjoyed thoroughly every bite of every meal which jumped off the plate into my mouth. The pasta was divine, the meatballs were perfect and the desert was divine. I cannot recommend this place highly enough ! A must enjoy
Part of the charm of this restaurant is the legitimate Italian service and despite not knowing what they were saying most the time when explaining the menu - I don’t care 😍 swoon! Menu varies depending on the region in focus and we were happy with the pasta, chicken liver pate and lamb dish. Shared a couple of plates as well as a dessert. Fairly yummy
Fantastic hospitality and wonderful authentic Italian food. Potentially one of the best Gnocci I’ve had in Sydney. The owner of the restaurant takes pride in the menu and the service of his guests - our glasses were always filled.
Always excellent authentic regional Italian dishes. Exceptional, genuine good service. Cosy decor inside and outside courtyard area. Menu changes every month to reflect a different region of Italy. Good wine list and cocktails. Monthly Degustation night is a must.
Omg Ombretta hombre! If you don’t like freshly made pasta, amazing Italian food or friendly service then don’t come here. If you do want a great meal with a cosy ambiance then stop reading reviews and bring your ass down here! Bring your partner and go home and make love with each other after being turned on by the amazing flavours at Ombretta.
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