My boyfriend is Italian so I have a pretty good idea of what true Italian food is and this place…read moredoes it perfectly. If you want true Italian food like you would get in Italy this is the restaurant for you!!! I recently came here for my birthday and am already planning my next trip to Newcastle just to come back and eat here. The night I was there we had Napoli Style Garlic Bread - The bread is cooked in the woodfire oven and stuffed with garlic, oregano and mozzarella cheese, I can never eat any other garlic bread again after eating this one it is that good Margherita Pizza - The best pizza I have ever eaten, the pizza here is done in the true Napoli style, thin crust soggy middle (flip up the nose and curl in the sides) beautiful rich sauce and blobs of mozzarella cheese Pasta Alla Norma - Pasta was cooked perfectly al dente in the most amazing red sauce with chunks of beautifully cooked eggplant and ricotta Sicilian Canoli - Omg I dream about these! You get three canoli's filled with beautiful fresh ricotta. My Grandparents had another pizza and I didn't try it but they told me it was great I cannot stop raving about this place, it is my favourite restaurant in all of Australia.

The food was amazing! The dough on the pizza was light and crisp. The variety of pizzas that they…read morehave is great - I had the pear and prosciutto and it was one of the best I have ever had - highly recommend!

What a great find. New York styled pizza...... AND a hidden bar at the back. Great atmosphere.read more

Great food. Pizzas are sensational and will require to be back soon. Good atmosphere and it was our…read morefirst time.

I want to start this review by saying the the food is always lovely when we come here. We are semi…read moreregular visitors of this restaurant and the food never disappoints. However, what we have observed is a steady decline in service. The serving staff are blunt, unfriendly and rushed. They almost feel like they are trying to rush you through your meal. If it was just a one time thing then it would be excusable but it happens time and time again. It pains me not to be able to recommend this place because the food is delicious but the service makes for an unpleasant and rushed dinning experience.

Well I'll definitely be back. We are from out of town, called in for a takeaway pizza and was…read morepleasantly surprised. Our order was taken by a lovely man who asked us if we would like to relax out the back in the garden style area while we waited for our order, which we did while having an ice cold Italian beer and a glass of Sav Blanc. Sadly our order didn't take very long, as I could have sat there all night. (Which in plan on doing on our next visit.) We had Garlic bread, Spicy Italian sausage pizza and a Mediterranean salad and thoroughly enjoyed it. Would highly recommend Salinas. Deliziosa, grazie mille

This is my favourite restaurant anywhere! Robert, the host, is always attentive and makes every…read morevisit an occasion. The food is excellent and the staff friendly.

Its a restuarant pretending to be a Italian restuarant with no Italians to be seen anywhere ,…read more great location looking out at the water. we ordered the $27 mussel dish with 12 mussell shells and 8 mussels, thou the sauce tasted nice. The Seafood chowder was given a 4/10 by the mrs, The sword fish on the specials board at $38 tasted like it was straight out of the iga freezer, ( and probably was), The service was friendly thou the waiter didnt seem to know anything about the menu, All in all id recommend to go up to the fishos club or the down to the pub!

We got pizzas three to be exact. They were delightful, the crust was very tasty. The meat was…read moreplentiful. The vegan pizza was fabulous lots of veggies and vegan cheese. Definitely going again!

The food was really good but the vicinity was not as clean as you would expect, the yellow squares…read moreon wall were really dirty and the floor was quite dirty as well but the food, customer service and wait time were all really good!!

Read about this place online and was super stoked to try it out. The menu looked great and had a…read morenice variety of food options. When you first walk in, kind of feels like you are in a video game. Very funky and crazy decor. We ordered 2 ramens and some appetisers. For the appetisers we got the 6pc Wagyu gyoza, they were alright; should have stuck with the classic pork gyoza. We also ordered the Korokke which were tasty. It's essentially a Japanese croquette, deep fried goodness. For the ramen we got Shoyu ramen, you can't go wrong with the black garlic and chicken oil. The shoyu was pretty good. We also got the Katsu Curry ramen. The pork loin was good but the broth was very bland. Overall I just felt it lacked some flavour but has potential.

I have been here 3 times now & I will go back for whatever birthday/anniversary/special occasion…read morethat comes up next. Tonight I was with a party of 7 & we all had different meals. Pasta & pizza mainly but all of us raved about the food. Only had the one course as the servings were very generous. They provided take away containers. Average cost was $25 a head. Where in Newcastle are you going to find this quality at that price ?

Cardiff Seafood and Pizza is A take away /dine in cafe. Very plain in appearance, however, the…read morefood is great and tasty. I ate there last week and ordered The veal scalopini boscaiola which I found absolutely heavenly ....Mmmmmm......delicious . So yummy. I will ask for it again and again. HOWEVER, The serving of vegetables accompanying my veal was microscopic. The veal part was perfect, but one bean cut into 3 bits and 3 little pieces of carrot was a shock after being specifically asked did I want veggies or salad & chips. A proper portion of veggies would have made the meal just right. The veal was very impressive.

Newcastle Institution This is home style Italian cooking and…read morecountry hospitality at its best. I was initially a little put off because I don't like to see food in bain-maries, but the food was terrific. My husband and I tried the veal saltimbocca and a couple of pastas - parmigiana (tomato eggplant) and vodka chilli. The food was tasty, the portions were generous and the service was friendly.

The food is fantastic - no question, absolutely delightful and probably the only thing saving them…read more The service and organisation is terrible - They try. I can tell they do but every time its a shambles, ordering to knowing what's in the oven, to even answering the phone.