Michaelangelo's. A pleasant family style Italian restaurant in Blaxland, in the Lower Blue…read moreMountains. An excellent stop off when you are on an evening run up to Leura or Katoomba. The restaurant has a lovely ambiance, and a more than adequate wine list. There is even a separate menu with a selection of boutique beers. The tables are well set with crisp linen, white crockery and shiny silverware. Servings appear to be all adequate or generous in their sizes. Regrettably tonight's dinner was just not up to scratch. We started with sparkling water with a slice of lemon, followed by a lovely Shiraz for me as accompaniment for my veal Oscar. My wife had a pleasant Pinot Grigio as accompaniment to her Baked Barramundi. All good so far. I ordered the Salt n Pepper Calamari for entree. Regrettably a poor choice. It was served as little squares of calamari with a spinach salad. The salad was nicely dressed and the calamari tasted pleasant enough, but it appeared to have been commercially prepared, was of disappointing texture, and just would have been so much nicer if it appeared to fresh calamari prepared wholly in the restaurant kitchen. On the other hand, my Veal Oscar was a very adequate dish, accompanied by nicely roasted half potatoes, beans, etc. The veal was tender and tasty and served with a lovely cream sauce. For desert, I ordered a Zabaglione, described in the menu as a "chilled, rich dark Belgium Chocolate mousse". That is exactly what it was, so I am at a loss to understand why it is called a "Zabaglione". In summary, a really very pleasant restaurant, with lovely staff and generally quite good food, only let down by a few small and unusual details. As a family restaurant in pleasant surroundings, I believe this restaurant deserves to be tried as you wend your way up to the mountains, but don't expect haute cuisine.

Michelangelos is a find in Blaxland, New South Wales. More informal than the excellent meal would…read moresuggest, you should book ahead because of its popularity among the locals. Excellent soups, pastas cooked al dente, good selection of wines(none too pricey) and excellent desserts! A must if you are in the Blue Mountains area. You might have to urge your server on to greatness! Service is a little laid back! Dave, from Chicago

When I moved to Penrith I was in search of authentic Italian food. Where I used to live I had a…read moregreat Italian restaurant near me so I needed to find a new one! I love everything about this place - the food is excellent quality and is always steaming hot when it's served. I've had pretty poor luck with finding fresh tortellini from other places (always frozen or store bought) but the pasta here is amazing. Everything is fresh! Decently priced too. The service is excellent and you will almost always find the owner cooking in the kitchen. He is always very welcoming! When I found out they did take away it basically made my life! I have recommended this place to all my friends and family and they love it too!

Awesome pizzas, proper Italian pizza and pasta made by Italian family that have excellent quality…read moreof food and lovely people!! Deservedly a 5 star food and service!

This is my go to takeaway on Friday night I always get the…read moreham, cheese and pineapple pizza and the garlic bread also the taste is so delicious that it is unexplainable I totally recommend this place

Near constant attention/interruptions by the wait staff. They definitely need to improve…read morecommunication there. Asked regularly about drinks, meal orders etc even after we had already placed them. The food though, I can't remember the last time I had pasta that good. The cheesecake was the best I've ever had, too. Well worth it for a fine night out.

My wife and I dined at Restaurant Trivi on Saturday March 11, it was our 28th wedding anniversary…read more We ordered a glass of sparking wine to celebrate when the waitress returned she said it was complementary. The food we ordered was excellent and the service faultless and friendly. We have been to Trevi on a number of occasions over the years. we felt the service and food was not as good as it was when it first opened. Recently a friend and her husband dined there nd loved it . We loved it too and the price was a pleasant surplice We will definably be back.

The food is always beautiful. The staff are very polite and attentive. The prices are reasonable…read morefor what is offered. My only (slight) negative would be that there are some inconsistencies with meals. A dish will be one way this week and very different next week, although you get that with fresh ingredients so I guess that's more of a positive in a way?

We had a large group without a booking and they gave us great service and recommendations. We tried…read moreseveral pastas and the garlic pizza, and everything was good and reasonably priced. I would come back again if in the area.

Hungry and want some decent quality food? Panarottis at panthers is the place to you. They have…read morepizza pasta seafood and poultry. We had ordered a starter of bruschetta which was on nice crusty bread with fresh tomatoes. Then we had ordered for a main 2 pizzas between 4 of us. The chilli chicken pesto and the panarottis special which had bacon pineapple mushrooms and olives. These pizzas were huge!! And we couldn't Finish them between the 4 of us! I must say I'm a lover of pesto and that pizza just blew me away loved it! Although all the chilli was loaded into one slice and was to spicy for my mate. Then we had tiramisu and cheesecake for desert didn't like the tiramisu coz it had coffee in it but the cheesecake was epic! But all in all The food is so nice you eat too much and you end up In a food coma. It's that good. If come here again!

Friendly staff and quite roomy... It stops there. Food is…read morefake Italian, really American-level creamy. Serves are OK but wouldn't call them generous. After eating there, I felt bloated but definitely not satisfied.