This Italian Restaurant is located in The Old Rum Store close to Spice Alley. Service was pleasant and attentive.
As a group of us were dining, we decided to share the starters, mains, pastas, and desserts. We were offered some complimentary amuse bouche of fried polenta which a wonderful way to start our meal. My highlights were the Arancina which were perfectly fried rice balls filled with a sumptuous pulled beef brisket. Both pastas hit the mark for us. The Tonnarelli which was the squid ink pasta served with spanner crab. Tasty and with a bit of spice from the pork nduja. I very much enjoyed the Pappardelle which was homemade and served with pulled wagyu beef Ragu. The pasta was great to the bite and ragu was melt in the mouth and flavoursome. The dessert of Sicilian Cheesecake was light and served on a tasty biscuit crumb base. We were served a complimentary petit four of mini cannolis which were delicious.
Overall a delightful meal with mostly hits and couple of not so hits.
tonnarelli pasta was excellente and the pistachio tarte was amazing as well. overall nice food and nice ambience
I really enjoyed my time here. We were in a group so we ordered the set menu - 6 meal course.
I really enjoyed all the meals but the highlight was definitely the pasta and dessert. Staff were friendly and helpful.
The atmosphere was calm and lights were dimmed.
If you're looking for a fancy restaurant to celebrate an occasion or simply want to eat expensive food, I'd recommend this place!
Loved the entrees here! The scallops with cashew nut cream and the bresaola with awe milk cheese were delicious. Their chestnut mascarpone with truffle ice cream was a bit disappointing - a very small dollop of ice cream. Seating was relaxing and staff were friendly.
Enjoy the flavours of Sicily at this Italian restaurant found in an historic warehouse space on Chippendale’s Kensington Street. Homemade pastas, produce that’s fresher than a winter dip at Icebergs and plenty of seafood.
Nice decor and friendly service, food was consistently good in every course. Flavour may not be so stand out however all ingredients tasted fresh, given most courses consisted with seafood. Overall the experience as whole was lovely.
I came here to use the Citibank Dining Program. Lo and behold, the complementary Pinot Grigio is valued at $55, and it went really went with the pasta. The pasta is subtle and took some time before I enjoyed the dining experience. The in-house olive oil is delicious with the bread.
We really haven’t had much off the menu other than some starters and the pastas which I absolutely love. I feel like I am back in Italy. The pasta is cooked to perfection and they are teamed with the most divine sauces. The highlight for me were the seafood pastas. #italianfood #sicilianfood #seaurchin
Sono stata da Olio Kensington Street a pranzo, un ristorante raffinato, contemporaneo e trendy.
Locale al secondo piano di un building su una strada pedonale del centro di Sydney che ti ricorda tanto Londra.
Ti colpisce lo stile moderno,curato con una buona divisione dello spazio e una cucina a vista dove la brigata guidata dallo Chef Lino lavora in modo ordinato, professionale, silenzioso.
Ottima l’accoglienza del personale giovane qualificato, attento e disponibile . Gusto,sapore, passione e creatività nella preparazione del menu.
La materia prima eccellente, viene sapientemente esaltata da combinazioni ricercate e ben bilanciate.
Un consiglio? Se siete a Sydney PROVATELO!!
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Olio Italian for Olive Oil.
Place:
Located in beautifully restored The Old Rum Store, serving Sicilian Cuisine in heart of Kensington Street Precinct.
Service:
waitress who look after my table, Jana ( sorry if I spell your name wrong), she is full of knowledge of what she is selling.
It’s a top class service!
Came just pass 18.00pm, service was attentive, however when it’s peak hour around 7.30 pm, I feel like the are short of staffs, since I only saw 3 girls running the food to cater almost full house customer.
Food and Drink:
As a started:
Complimentary bread with nut mascarpone and compressed cucumber.
Garden lemonade ( house made ), taste so refreshing, garnished with mint and cucumber.
Olio Spirits also a very nice, although i like garden lemonade better.
As a starter I have:
Polipo:
spicy charred Fremantle octopus, lemon crushed potato salad, mint roasted capsicum and bottarga mayo.
Love how tender the octopus was, goes well together with potato and minted roasted capsicum.
I do like the bottarga mayo, but to my liking a little salty.
Burrata:
Fresh “vannella’ burrata cheese, beets confit, pickles& dried fruit and almond pesto.
This dish looks deceptively simple but deliver a very nice flavour.
Everything comes together and still the burrata is shining through as centre piece of the dish.
Next Course we have:
Tonnarelli
With homemade squid ink, QLD Spanner crab and spicy pork Nduja.
This egg pasta basically similar to spaghetti shape but in my observation just a little square shape.
Love the spiciness from the pork salami on the sauce that gives a profile background complimenting the squid ink and the spanner crab meat. It’s a tasty dish, for sure!
However,
The next dish, Ravioli, with scarlet prawns filling, black truffle and burrata sauce was a talking point.
Pasta perfectly cooked, the prawn and the black truffle was amazing combo and the sauce.... it was magical!
I’ll comeback just for the ravioli, I promise you guys!
Dessert:
Seasonal Fruit Granita, Brioche Gelato and poached nectarine looks amazing!
Brioche gelato is a unique flavour, unfortunately the nectarine were mushy, I think poached too long, and sourness from granita flavour just hit a your palette and give this sensational refreshing after taste.
Pistachio
Mouse tart, milk ice cream and mulberries ... Oh.. my new favorite dessert.
Flavour combination was perfect! Not too sweet, and the milk ice cream was surprisingly good and the tart base was just soft and crumbly.
Also petite four for tonight was chocolate cake, it was light yet yummy!
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