Vino e Cucina

This is an interesting one… I went here with a group of friends not knowing where we were going and what to expect. It was «Mad Monday» so $ 20 for all you can salad and pizza ($ 10 for kids under 12).
Waiters come around to your table offering you different pizzas and give you one slice of each if you want it. When we told them that 3 of us were vegetarians they seemed openly annoyed by the inconvenience and nonetheless offered us every pizza with chorizo, prawns and ham on it… When we wanted some more tap water for our table my friend saw a tray full of bottles and brought one over to us. A waiter then angrily came up behind her and without a word grabbed the bottle from her hand, ignoring her apology for taking it herself and took it away. He also yelled «hey» at a customer who almost bumped into him on their way to the bathroom. All in all the staff was incredibly rude and did not look after us at all checking for drinks etc.
Two stars because the food itself was good and maybe mad Monday is an exception for them but I won’t be back.

Fantastic Italian restaurant. The entire staff speaks fluent Italian which makes it feel like home for me. The food is fantastic, you can really tell that they make everything homemade. There wine selection is gigantic as well, and carry authentic Italian wine, (Try a chianti). 5 stars easy for a place that made me feel like I was back in Florence for the night.

Very generous portions, extensive wine menu. Very attentive, Italian staff. I got the Mezzaluna pizza, excellent half-​pizza, half-​calzone. My friend got a special of the day with angel hair pasta and tuna in a light citrus sauce — ahmazing!

I love this place! I have dined here twice in the last two weeks. It has a great atmosphere and most importantly, it has excellent food. The staff are attentive yet relaxed and it has a real family feel about it. Great for kids.
I’ve had both pizza and pasta here and neither disappointed. The spaghetti was cooked perfectly. I also loved the shaved cabbage salad with balsamic glaze and parmesan.
This is a great value Italian restaurant in the normally pricey eastern suburbs.

When I got to Sydney I was surprised of how good Asian food was and how terrible was European and Latin American food.
Vino e Cucina is one of those exceptions that confirm the rule.
It’s an amazing Italian restaurant with the best pizzas I’ve eaten in Sydney. They’re big, tasty and dangerously close to the real thing.
The staff was amazing, the ones I saw were Italian and the overall vibe was fancy but relaxed.
I asked for the potato pizza, and even if it’s not like the ones I’ve tried in Italy (the potatoes were cut in squares instead of slices) it was pretty good. I was with a friend who ordered the prosciutto one, and, oh man, he nailed it. Ask for that one the next time you go.
They’ve got pasta, calzones and plenty of different options, but I think I’ll be paying them a visit soon enough, and it’ll be because of the pizza. The prices were around $ 15 or $ 20 per pizza and they were very fair for the quality and quantity you are getting.
Only con: It was damn cold the day we went there and the calefactor they had in the back wasn’t enough. But to be fair, was one of these days in which we almost hit 0 degrees, and probably nobody is prepared for that.
My advice? Go to Vino e Cucina and try it out asap.