Fortunato's has potential to be a 4 star rated restaurant and they only need to fix up a few things…read moreto get there IMO. If you are looking to go on a weekend night I suggest you reserve a table as it was quite busy on Saturday around 7pm. You have the choice to sit inside or out and my party of 3 sat inside which was nice as it was lightly raining outside (can be seated undercover). The tables have white sheets of paper over the tablecloths and if you're a regular you know that you can ask for crayons for your kids to deface the paper (there were kids all throughout the restaurant so this is a very child-friendly place). Our waitress was efficient to begin with but not overly friendly and made me feel like she could be in a rush to get somewhere else, which is never a nice feeling for anyone. Our food arrived and this is where this restaurant goes off, garlic pizza to die for! It was golden, thick, crispy, loaded with garlic and cooked to perfection. Needless to say between 3 people it was gone in a flash. Next up we had 2 medium sized pizzas - Garlic Prawns (apparently it was VERY cheesy, perhaps a bit too much but was told it was still delicious), Capriciossa (holy crap this pizza was amazing, not traditional as the ingredients were heavily loaded but that's just the way I like it) and a Truffle Carbonara Fettucine pizza for my brother - looked like a big, creamy portion but that 14 year old smashed the whole bowl! I didn't quite finish my pizza but this usually means you can take some home for leftovers the next day, except I didn't, because no one ever returned to our table. We were not offered a second round of drinks, our plates were not cleared, we were not offered dessert or coffee and even though we sat chatting for 20 odd minutes we ended up having to leave the table and go to the front counter to pay for the meal. The MIA service at the end of the night really put a damper on my experience which is unfortunate as the food was truly wonderful.

Brilliant food and service and being close to the station it's easy access for people that want a…read moredrink without driving

Came here on a recommendation from a friend who lived here while completing her studies. The…read morerestaurant is not too big so service is personalized. It's also busy as more customers after us weren't able to get in. Not knowing what's good on the menu, we took AI's suggestion. And AI matched what the server suggested! We got 3 dishes: *Cantabrian anchovy, sourdough, cultured butter *Spaghetti cacio e pepe *Mafaldine, prawns, tomato, kombu butter I loved the mafaldine the most as it has the added texture of pangrattato. I learned later that Pangrattato, or "poor man's parmesan," is a classic Italian topping made by frying coarse, stale breadcrumbs in olive oil with garlic, herbs, and chili flakes until golden and crunchy. I think it's a bit pricey for a small and simple pasta dish. However, I might be comparing this to North American prices.

There isn't enough praise to describe how much we enjoyed our meal at Ragazzi. We sat at the bar…read moreand I highly recommend that. The staff is friendly and engaging and watching the final prep on the food was great fun. We started with an Australian merlot and two local oysters. Both were so good. I had the pumpkin ravioli and OMG they were exquisite. Caramelized pumpkin seeds? Really? The cacio Pepe was just as good. What a delight this meal was. Wish we had leftovers!!

We had a lovely dinner here on a Sunday night for our daughter's birthday. Everyone really enjoyed…read moretheir meals; we had pizza, gnocchi, steak and veal so a pretty good cross section of dishes and they were all really good. The gelato and chocolate mousse are recommended.

Amazing food every time and a great atmosphere. I've held a lot if my family birthday parties here…read more Highly recommended one if my favourite local restaurants

$10 pizza's on Monday and Tuesday nights?! Hell yeah!!!!…read more And not just your normal regular pizza's there are some gourmet finds in there like the prawn and barramundi pizza. Highly recommended! Good 12 inch size pizza's too so it'll be a cheap and filling feed for those Monday's and Tuesday's when you just can't be bothered cooking dinner.

The quality of the food is very good, the staff are friendly, but the service is way way too slow…read more Took 2 hrs before our mains were delivered, and they weren't all delivered at the same time. Some people had completely finished before everything was brought out, and these were not complex dishes. We we celebrating my wife's birthday and ended up just asking for the bill after we finished our mains, took the cake back to our house and had coffee there. The restaurant manager took two meals off the final price due to the delays, but I'd never take a group of my friends there every again.

Always a good feed. Very authentic Italian roman style. Frederico's back story is an interesting…read moreone too. Much of the product pasta, pastries, cakes, I think even the bread is made on the premises. Having eaten in Rome it's no different. BYO even better. It's always busy another good sign. The owner is a great host and we haven't had a bad meal there. The antipasto board is great, likewise the pizzas you can sneak a request in as well no problem. A very authentic Italian experience. All that's missing is a piano accordion and a tenor.

A super nice restaurant. While the windy weather didn't help the outside seating atmosphere, we…read morewere met with warm hospitality and delicious food. We were given four different menus, one regular, one drinks, one with daily specials, and another with other specials. Okay, a bit all over the place but I came here to eat the food, not eat their menus. Pizza for me and pasta for my lady, along with two drinks. The service was quick and the waiting time for the food was minimal. The pasta, Spaghetti Gamberi, was very delicate in flavour; prawns, zucchini, and olive oil. The pizza, a White based "Kogarah" was hands down amazing. Cooked in a wood fire oven on perfect dough. Topped with bacon, mushrooms, parmesan cheese and a drizzle of cream. It was just last week I was thinking why don't we have white sauced pizzas when we have a whole heap of white sauced pastas. The bill was around $50 - $60. The only issue was the extraordinary loud drilling being done next door at a construction site. Literally everyone seated stopped talking and looked over at the building site for the 20 second duration of the drilling. Only happened once, thank heavens.

I had no idea that such a place existed in Kogarah, let alone Sydney . The food is exquisite and…read morethe service is exceptional. We were served by Veronica and Antonella , smiles and friendliness were offered from the moment we stepped in. Chatty and happy all along , really stands out in this city where service has gone out the door a long time ago. The pizzas are authentic and my fettuccini Ragu was unbelievable! A must return for sure. Thank you girls .xx