Florentino Ristorante Balgowlah, Sydney

User Reviews of Florentino Ristorante, Balgowlah

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5.5 Average

Food 5 Ambience 5 Service 6 Value 6

Average food, catering for families and priced reasonably to accommodate them.
The food can be a bit heavy on the cheese and a little oily. The service is friendly.

Jan 09, 2011

James2222
136

1 of 1 reader found the following review helpful

7 Recommended

Food 7 Ambience 7 Service 7 Value 7

This place was OK. My husband was very happy with his pizza however, I would have been better off with a magnifying glass to find the artichoke and sundried tomatoes on my vegetarian pizza. It was mostly capsicum and mushroom (cheap stuff!). When I offered some feedback about this, I got a, 'well no-one else has ever complained'. I felt that they were defensive. Saying this, the pizza base was nice.

Dec 11, 2008

shudie
39

6 Average

Food 7 Ambience 5 Service 6 Value 6

My Sicilian pizza was tasty with a good bit of heat but perhaps a little oily and the nicely thin base was soft rather than crisp. The meze plate was an odd mix of olives, salami and gherkins, the garlic bread was middle of the road. In the eternal search for the perfect pizza this place is on the better side of halfway but not good enough to drag me away regularly from my local eateries.

It also should be noted that it is popular with families. I am all in favour of this and my young son is an accomplished critic is his own right, but a baby yowling endlessly in the corner does not improve the ambience of a restaurant. This is not the fault of the restaureur and if the parents have aleady started eating there's not a great deal they can do either, but it does tend to make me avoid places known for their family clientele.

Aug 21, 2008

Gerko
226

7.3 Recommended

Food 7 Ambience 7 Service 8 Value 7

A pleasant local Italian eatery with all the right menu items. The prices are reasonable and the food is good. Kids love it! Maybe a bit too much cheese on everything for my liking but otherwise really quite nice. The decor is neutral and contemporary. Very attentive service.

Jun 01, 2008

joandtina
100

8 Recommended

Food 8 Ambience 8 Service 8 Value 8

The pizza's are very tasty and the kids pizzas are only just smaller than the large pizzas. Fabulous margarita pizza. The seafood pasta was tasty but lacked seafood. The staff were helpful, pleasant and attentive. Value for money in a comfortable setting.

Mar 04, 2008

4444
23

9.3 Highly Recommended

Food 9 Ambience 8 Service 10 Value 10

We had the nicest meal here. Service was great - warm, friendly and helpful. Food was all absolutely top class and fresh. The Bruschetta is excellent, the Spaghetti Boscaiola and French Style Chicken were great - light but satisfying. Great value for money, have told all our friends and will definitely be going back. Value for money!!

Aug 27, 2007

Hotlz
2

7.5 Recommended

Food 9 Ambience 7 Service 7 Value 7

Great Pizza's, we always use them when having a pizza at home and the M Special with Prawns is the best! Just make sure you tell them if you are ordering one of the special meal deals on the menu otherwise they will charge individual prices. Also the Large and Medium are almost the exact same size just a bigger box!

Friendly and helpful too, the only good 'gourmet' pizza in the area... (Melt in Neutral Bay is the BEST ever pizza in Sydney)

Aug 16, 2007

Gastronomer
3

6.8 Recommended

Food 8 Ambience 5 Service 7 Value 7

Didn't expect the food to be as good as it was, I have sent family and friends there as well.

Jun 25, 2007

nosaj
3

6 Average

Food 6 Ambience 5 Service 7 Value 6

Entree dishes and bread good but mains (pasta) oily cream. Good portions spoiled by overcooking and heavy handed sauce.

Mar 21, 2007

wharfys
4

1 of 1 reader found the following review helpful

8.8 Highly Recommended

Food 8 Ambience 9 Service 9 Value 9

Clearly business is picking up for this new Italian. The place was jumping when we arrived with three big tables getting stuck in. Good pizzas, very friendly and efficient service, only question mark was the garlic bread; very reasonable price and lovely garlic butter, but the bread was straight out of a sliced loaf you'd buy at wollies. For a good pizza gourmet or Italian it's well worth a visit.

Dec 17, 2005