It's hard to decide between pizza and pasta at this restaurant, they're both so good. It has taken…read morea while for them to get their act together but right now they're doing just fine. The pasta, which used to be one of the worst things to order has completely change and now comes out of the kitchen full of flavour. The meals are quite good and they do children's plates for ankle biters. The service is excellent with attentive staff who look as if they are interested in you as a person. I love veal so I always go for one of their many dishes: I recommend the veal with peppercorns or the veal Caretta (wine, mushrooms,ceam, mozzarella and tomato sauce) It's just a little suburban restaurant but has something a little extra special. If you haven't booked you will have to eat early as they do get crowded.

Pizza: Amazing Pasta: Are these guys even Italian?…read more Apple Crumble Cheesecake: YUMMY - Average table service - Found a small hair in my pasta Overall the pasta was a tiny bit of a disappointment but the pizza made up for it. Next time I go I will for sure be getting pizza

WARNING!!!! Poor service, poor toppings, poor quality. Expensive and definitely NO value for money!…read moreAfter waiting 45 minutes for our 25 minute order we only received half of what we ordered and were told it would be another 25 minutes if we wanted to get the rest of our order. If you'd like pizza for dinner be sure to give this place a wide berth.

Have been getting Pizza from here for a while - quality is excellent with tasty crusts and quality…read moretoppings. For sides I would give their garlic bread a miss which on the occasions I have ordered one have had a very hard crust. Their garlic pizza sides however are excellent. Home delivery is usually 45 Min to 1 hour and they come hot, in store orders in my experience usually take about 25 minutes They are a little pricey but the quality is good

Went and had dinner at Il Nido again with a friend who hadn't been there before. It was just as…read moregood as I remember it. We both had the veal marsala which wasn't very adventurous of us but we cleared the plates. We had desserts and a glass of wine each and it came to about $70 if I am not mistaken. Very good value. Another aquaintance was there and they were extolling the virtues of the food as well. A good night was had by all. Amanda came and spoke to us, as she did with most people. It makes you feel connected somehow to the restaurant when they take the time to do that.

The staff here were very friendly they managed to slot my wife and I in on valentines day after the…read moreitalian restaurant next door stuffed us around with outrageous set menu prices without telling us. Lovely girl that managed to fit us in was very understanding and actually genuinely wanted help and make sure we were happy. 5 stars just for her help! As for the food, fresh homemade pasta is the first thing I noticed. Had the bosciola and it was nice and creamy and fresh pasta made it even better but slightly on the thick side but still incredible. My wife had bosciola chicken without pasta which we had never heard of but pretty much grilled chicken with mushroom cream sauce. Over all nice night good atmosphere friendly staff good food. I would good again for sure.

I had enquired to book for 40 people and placed a booking for a time and date 2 and a half weeks…read moreaway. I was only told that the cancellation fee would be $10pp if cancelled 7days or less prior to the event. 3 days later (so still more than 2 weeks from the event), I cancelled the booking because a $59.99pp set menu was too high for most of our guests so I cancelled. But according to their policy they still charged me $70 (3%) which I was not informed of until they called to let me know they were charging my account. Genuinely shocked at this policy and the service. Over 2 weeks cancellation and I'm still having to pay for it? Absolutely ridiculous.

A date night I planned with my wife after long struggle with being under lock down. Our plan was to…read morehave dinner at Crinitis and then head over to a Mozart tribute concert. We had to be at the concert in Rozelle by 9 pm. We had booked a table at Crinitis for 6:30 pm. We put in the order of our favourite pastas and drinks at 6:45 pm we waited till 7:15 pm and the food hadn't arrived. We asked the waiter.l when we could expect the food as we have to be somewhere which meant we have to be out by 8 pm. He went to check with the chef and returned with the advice that it would be here in 10 minutes. Not thinking about it much my wife and I went back to our conversation as we noticed another couple came and sat next to us and started to put their order in. At 7:30 we see the couple that came half an hour after us were being served their food and ours still hadn't arrived. So we called the waitress and asked her how long we would have to wait for our food. She went in and checked and advised another 10 mins. At around 7:45 we saw a family of 6 who had arrived with us were done with their food and were already leaving. We called the waitress again and asked her if she could get our food to us because we have 15 minutes before we had to leave to make the concert. She checked and came back and said 5 minutes this time. I told her I've heard it 3 times and we still haven't seen our food. She went and told the the head waiter or someone and he shrugged it off like there was nothing he could do. Hence we waited for the 5 minutes we were advised and went over to them and advised we were leaving. They said sure sorry for the trouble. They made us wait over one hour with no food. We went to the concert without having any food and hungry. Ruined the night for us. Thanks Crinitis. For making what was supposed to be our special night, memorable.

La Collina has been in Castle Hill for about 25 years. First they were located in the old Castle…read moreTowers (pre-renovation)and they were fairly good. They are now in Terminus Street surrounded by a number of other restaurants and the quality has dipped a little. These days they make lots of cheap and creamy pasta dishes for people who want quantity over quality. Several owners have run the restaurant during this time. They have veal dishes which you would never hear off in Italy and then there's the pizzas. Thanks goodness they have managed to maintain control over them. They also do a range of seafood dishes. But I must admit, on Saturday its hard to get a table. I guess a lot of people don't care what they eat as long as there is plenty of it. Great for groups and parties.

Came here on a Saturday night and it was barely half full. I'm always skeptical as to how places…read moresurvive if they aren't full on a Friday & Saturday night. FOOD Fried scallops with bacon ($15.90) - not a fan, served with sweet chilli sauce which I don't think matched at all. Chilli mussels ($14.90) - underwhelming, not enough chilli bang! Vagu tortellini ($18.90) - good but I was expecting the portion size to be slight larger SERVICE Friendly but forgetful. We ordered a sparkling water and the waiter repeated what we said but brought out tap water. Fail. OVERALL For the quality of food and price you pay I'd say there are better Italian places in the Hills.