Cucinetta Ristorante Woolwich, Sydney

Cucinetta Ristorante Details

Cucinetta Ristorante Address

Woolwich Lookout
103 Woolwich Rd
Woolwich NSW 2110
Map
Cucinetta Ristorante Menu
Cucinetta Ristorante Website

Cucinetta Ristorante Contact Info »

Cuisines

European, Italian

Chef

Vincenzo Mazzotta

Prices

Average Meal Price $66 - based on one entree & main course only
Entrees $27.00
Mains $34.00-$43.00
Desserts $15.00-$18.00

Set Menu
1st set menu-$59 (mix entree sharing + choice of 4 mains + side order) 2nd set menu-$71 (appetiser on arrival + mix entree sharing + choice of 4 mains + side order) 3rd set menu-$82 (canapes arrival + mix entree sharing + risotto + choice 4 mains)

Bookings

Bookings are essential

Rooms & Capacity

No of Seats 60

Hours

Lunch
Fri to Sun Noon - 3pm
Dinner
Tue to Sat 5:30pm - 10pm
Open on Christmas Eve
Open on New Years Eve

BYO

Wine only
Corkage per bottle $8.00
Wine Selection
A good selection of Australian and Italian Wines

Specialties

Calamaretti Ripieni
Fagottini di Melanzane
Tagliolini con cicala di Mare
Pescato del giorno in Acquapazza

Parking

Ample or Convenient Parking
Parking Suggestions
Frankki Avenue, Clarkes Point Reserve

Help us correct a mistake or add more info!

Overview of Cucinetta Ristorante

Cucinetta captures the essence of the Sydney Harbour with it's SPECTACULAR location over looking the city skyline.

User Reviews of Cucinetta Ristorante, Woolwich

Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Next

Displaying: 1 - 10 of 69 reviews

9.5 Highly Recommended

Food 10 Ambience 10 Service 10 Value 8

Wow! We went here for my 30th on a Friday night and were thoroughly impressed by the entire experience.

Waitstaff were professional, knowledgeable, and attentive without being clingy. The service itself was very well paced, allowing us time to enjoy the meal and each others company without feeling rushed or waiting too long between courses.
But it was the food itself that was to die for. We ended up doing a sort of entree degustation, with a piece each of the zucchini flowers, stuffed baby squid and an eggplant roll, and all were absolutely delicious. I will dream about the eggplant things for months!

The mains were also beautifully presented and delicious. Extremely fresh produce was used and cooked perfectly. This restaurant is definitely worthy of the chef's hat it so narrowly missed out on.

The only downside was that it was quite a pricey night, but not unreasonable given the quality of the food and service. I would definitely go back!

Apr 17, 2012

Jordan G.
8

9.3 Highly Recommended

Food 9 Ambience 10 Service 10 Value 8

This was the forth time we have dined at Cucinetta. The last time was our wedding. Yet again the food was outstanding, the service attentive and the ambience flawless. Giovanni has a well oiled machine here and I urge you to sample his wares.

Apr 01, 2012

gottabegormet
1

8 Recommended

Food 8 Ambience 8 Service 8 Value 8

I dined here with local friends yesterday evening, we arrived a little late and were shown to an outside table with a superb view of the city lights, as it was cool the staff kindly lit one of the big gas heaters for us.

Both my entree of stuffed calamari and my main of long cooked beef cheek were perfect. The restaurant was full but the service was still excellent. The menu is modern Italian and reminded me of that of Bel Mondo in some ways.

Mar 10, 2012

Iain17
51

9 Highly Recommended

Food 8 Ambience 10 Service 9 Value 9

My partner and I had dinner here on Tuesday night. Thankfully we made a reservation as the dining area, was pretty small and they were mostly full. We had the $59 for 3 course set. We started off with oven baked zucchini flowers with 5 cheese and pan seared calamari and prawns. I absolutely loved the zucchini flowers. The combination of 5 cheeses was excellent. It was sweet, creamy, salty and just worked very well in the dish.

My partner loved the seared calamari and prawns which I thought were good too. The seafood was very well cooked and seasoned well. It was a tremendous start to the meal.

For mains we had the fish of the day (white cod with parnsip puree and lentils) while the parsley linguine with crab meat and chilli basil soffrito. We had some issues here. Fish was cooked well but was not seasoned at all which was surprising. Not a hint of salt or season on the fish so it was very bland. We swore that all the seasoning for the fish went into the linguine because that dish was extremely salty. The pasta was a little overcooked but it could be just me as I like my pasta al dente. Nonetheless, we still finished everything as it was good.

For desserts we had the tortino and the crepes. My partner loved the tortino as it was soft and gooey in the inside with a nice crust on the outside like a molten lava cake plus the bitter chocolate ice cream worked really well for us. It wasn't sweet at all but we were glad it wasn't. The crepe for me was Excellent. The passion fruit white chocolate fondue was so great. The passion fruit wasn't too tart or overpowering but it added a great fruity taste to the sweetness of the white chocolate. The crepes were light and the mascarpone cheese in the middle was like a great cloud of fluff.

To top it all off the caramelised banana on the top just brought it all together. All components eaten together was mind blowing. This is definitely the best dessert I've ever had, barring it being a little too sweet for my liking. Service was excellent with all 4 servers being attentive, polite and helpful.

Mar 07, 2012

Shin0bu
21

9.5 Highly Recommended

Food 9 Ambience 10 Service 10 Value 9

My partner brought me here as part of a surprise Valentine's Day adventure. The atmosphere was delightful, appropriately for Valentine's day there was a long stemmed red rose on each table and the restaurant had a great view. Live music was also great, with a talented guitarist/singer who did some wonderful covers.

The set-menu food was absolutely delicious, particularly the oven-baked pork sausage entree that I chose.

Service was incredible, we'd forgotten to call up in advance regarding some allergies and initially feeling embarrassed, but the kitchen staff and our waitress were very helpful in coming up with last minute alternative dishes my partner would be able to eat, putting us at ease. Service was prompt but we were in no way rushed.

Absolutely superb, and one of the best date locations I've ever been taken on!

Feb 15, 2012

Renee Y.
1

8.3 Highly Recommended

Food 9 Ambience 8 Service 8 Value 8

It was a surprise, despite the heavy rain on 25th January 2012, the greeting from the staff was warm and comforting. We were sat a table with a gorgeous view. The noise level in the restaurant was soft and calm. Kitchen noise was nil.

Service was prompt but not hurried or slow. Choices from the menu was ample. Quality of food was superb. My guest had the slow cooked lamb shank (lamb and not sheep), whilst I had the main seafood soup. Recommend this fine restaurant.

Jan 26, 2012

levendel17
1

9.8 Highly Recommended

Food 10 Ambience 10 Service 10 Value 9

This place reminds me of Italy. Warm friendly service and lovingly prepared food. Very impressed.

Nov 22, 2011

Leno
48

9 Highly Recommended

Food 9 Ambience 10 Service 9 Value 8

One of the best Italian restaurants around. Has great views too.

Nov 17, 2011

gigi Gi
25

1 of 1 reader found the following review helpful

9 Highly Recommended

Food 9 Ambience 9 Service 9 Value 9

This little gem tucked away at the end of Woolwich is our absolute favourite local & if you're not local is probably worth the trip. Their weekday special of $49.00 for 2 courses & $59.00 for 3 courses also make it fantastic value for money especially if you want to be byo with the corkage $8.00 per bottle.
The food is fresh, authentically Italian with a modern twist & we have yet to experience a bad dish or even average one for that matter. Service is attentive & has improved enormously since they first reopened after the makeover a couple of years ago. The ambiance is lovely with views to the harbour bridge, subtle lighting & it is nice to be able to have a conversation comfortably even when the restaurant is full. It is easy to see why this is the busiest restaurant on the peninsular.

Sep 10, 2011

missgourmet
8

9.3 Highly Recommended

Food 9 Ambience 9 Service 9 Value 10

Ate here at this local gem after friends recommended it to me. Had the weekly promotion for 49 two courses. Food is up there with best italian restaurants by far. Service is friendly and professional. Great value for money as you can choose any item off the menu. Must return.

Sep 09, 2011