Il Grappolo

Amazing staff and food. The carpaccio was incredible. A truly authentic Italian experience

Delicious food and good service. Our reservation had been received and our table was ready.

Amazing food as always. Have been eating there for 10 years. Always sensational. The gnocchi is the best I’ve ever had. Thanks Marcus and Matthew

Excellent food but sadly service not the usual high standard.

Consistently great quality Italian food and service here. Little bit noisy at times but we probably contributed to that anyway.

Love the food at I’ll grapollo - our fave local

Great to be bank here after a long tome away. Definitely did not disappoint

First time at this restaurant and was pleasantly surprised at how good the food and service was. Will definitely dine here again if over this way.

Great food, good value, nice ambiance, we don’t dine out often but this was a pleasant experience

It is a good family restaurant with great food at a reasonable price

Best Italian restaurant in Oz. Been to Italy several times in the past 2 decades and Il Grappolo would give some of the best Italian restaurants a run for their money. My favourite eating place. Best food and always consistent. Happy to pay that bit extra for a superior eating experience.

Excellent food but very noisy. Why can’t restaurant improve the acoustics to make it a pleasant experience where you don’t have to shout have to wear hearing protection.

All meals were very good except the spaghetti vongola which was dry with no sauce.

Food, service, quality & quantity well above expectations. Overall a very pleasing night.

A few glitches. Warm white wine. Dropped plates. All fixed by polite and friendly staff. Food was nice.

Great food, tasty, fresh and consistently good quality produce. Ravioli di Casa and Zucchini flowers alway my go to. Service was excellent considering the restaurant was packed.

Great food, wine & location. Definitely going back for the ravioli de casa & the vitello limone again!!

Excellent food and excellent service in a very nice atmosphere

Pizza was amazing, although main dishes could have been more generous

We have been to Il Grappolo a few times now and have always enjoyed the food, atmosphere and service. However, on our most recent visit, we felt let down by the service. There were a number of young, front of house, staff who seemed to lack direction. We had to order drinks three times before they were served, after our meals were finished, among other things. We noticed other diners becoming frustrated by slow response times. Otherwise, the food was good and reasonably priced. We feel, however, that more attention needs to be focused on the diners' experience.

I love this restaurant but it has changed. The waitstaff are not the same and I found the service below average. We had to get our own menus and my husband's meal came out 5 minutes after mine. It was very disappointing especially when we have come from the Central Coast.

We arrived to find our table was double booked so they couldn’t seat us and we had to go elsewhere

Excellent food, service and relaxing atmosphere. Recommended for a great night out.

Always hits the spot! The staff members too are consistently gorgeous.

All meals cam on time and size exceeded our expectation.

We had a lovely evening and my only criticism was that the Tuesday Pizza Special was not explained to us when we sat down. I was with three friends and we were all very confused about what the deal was. Hence a surprise when we received the bill. Apart from that everything was very good. Kind regards, Wendy

Great food and great service. An authentic Italian dining experience.

Did not have our table reserved even after we have booked and the service was poor.

We usually have an enjoyable experience here but last night was not great. The pasta special was pretty ordinary, and fish over cooked.

As usual great friendly service, a good menu and excellent food.

Great little place Amazing food Highlight the Pannacotta with strawberry blood. Wow Highly recommend

Tasty food And great menu and service b y I

Great food and service . Highly recommend to anyone wanting excellent Italian food

A lovely little local Italian restaurant which exceeds expectations. Staff are very polite and authentic. Food is very well-priced for the quality.

Great food, great service! Everything we ordered was delicious, 100% recommended.

My wife and I went for a Sunday lunch. The restaurant was quiet with a nice Italian atmosphere. The light Italian music playing in the background added to the pleasant atmosphere. The food overall was average. Our shared arancini balls were good and we would rate them an 8/10. My wife’s spaghetti carbonara she scored a 7/10, but my ravioli with spinach and ricotta was overly wet/sloppy and quite tasteless and scores a very low 4/10. The dishes were pretty well priced for their portions, but not for their quality. The wine was well priced and enjoyable. The service was terrible though, and it is worth mentioning that we were barely waited on. Every time we wanted something we had to gain the two waiters’ attention with much difficulty. From sit-down to final payment this was the case. We felt as if they were not in the least concerned about us and were ignoring us. This left us with a bad overall impression of the place. We both feel that with better attention to the customers’ needs this place could really make a grand impression as it has many attributes that lend to it being a traditional trattoria. We feel that we will return to give it another go, but aren’t overly confident that they’ll impress a second time around.

Very good food and wine menu. Very friendly service. Thanks.

Rushed by the staff as was told we had to be off the table by7.25pm for a 6pm booking - which I made 2 weeks ago - the only available time. Food is good but this is my second experience of poor service at this venue and we’ve been trying to support local businesses in COVID. Specials were sold out at 6.35pm and told unavailable - even though our waitress confirmed there was a portion left. Left the restaurant at 7.40pm due to the poor experience - only half the restaurant was full and several tables for 4 remained empty with no one Arriving to fill them. Disappointing service apart from one waitress who knew what service was and continually apologised to us. No wonder Balmain is dead at 8pm every night!!! So many other Italian restaurants to choose from who understand hospitality and make their guests feel welcome. Do not recommend this place.

Fantastic food and service always consistent. Do a decent negroni too

Nice pizza and service the best at Sydney..Ciao ciao ciao